God of Racing

Chapter 657 - 644

Helian Si said blandly, "Is it because you didn’t unlock the safety catch?"

Yu Sangwan checked again, "It’s open! Let me try again..."

However, there was still no response.

"Let me see." Helian Si had no choice but to put Yu Sangwan down, holding her with one arm while checking the signal gun with the other.

"How is it?" Yu Sangwan asked.

Helian Si furrowed his brow, pondering, "There’s no signal flare."

"..." Yu Sangwan was stunned, "How could that be? Why did you bring a signal gun without a flare?"

Helian Si’s expression darkened. Of course, it was not the gun he intended to bring... So where was the problem? Had his subordinates become this negligent and careless?

Looking up, he noticed something amiss. The original beam of light was moving away, suggesting that his men were leaving the area... What on earth was happening?

Seeing him frowning, Yu Sangwan also realized something was wrong. With one leg injured, she could only lean against him, "What’s going on? Where’s Secretary Ou? Can’t you reach him?"

Helian Si lowered his eyes, reluctantly admitting it was his oversight. Initially, thinking he was in this area with many people around him, he hadn’t made full preparations and only brought a signal gun, which turned out to be useless.

Yu Sangwan became anxious, "What should we do?"

"We wait!"

Helian Si said calmly. Although the situation wasn’t great, he showed no signs of panic.

"Wait?" Yu Sangwan was puzzled.

"Yes." Helian Si nodded and sat down slowly, holding her waist, "It’s so dark now; there’s no method we can use. We have to wait for daylight."

Yu Sangwan was in a daze, "...Oh."

"Come here." Helian Si opened his arms to embrace her, "Are you cold? If I hold you, you won’t feel cold."

The mountain night wind was equally piercing.

"I don’t need..." Yu Sangwan was about to refuse.

Helian Si interrupted her, his gaze deeper than the night, "Don’t say ’no’ to me. Aren’t we already fine?"

How could they be fine? Yu Sangwan frowned, feeling a stabbing pain in her lower abdomen, "Ah..."

"What’s wrong?" Helian Si asked in concern, seeing her delicate features contorted in pain.

"I..." Yu Sangwan couldn’t speak. Why was her stomach suddenly hurting? It wasn’t the time of month! Maybe it came early because of exhaustion these past days?

Helian Si saw her not speaking but with a hand on her stomach, understanding immediately.

"Is your stomach hurting? Is it that monthly thing for you girls?"

Yu Sangwan blushed, her voice soft, "You even know about that?"

"It’s common sense." Helian Si said blandly. "Is it very painful?"

"Yes." Yu Sangwan nodded. Since having Xiao Mantou, she hadn’t recovered properly, and her menstrual period every month felt like an illness.

Helian Si’s thick eyebrows furrowed, his tone anxious. He thought for a moment and took off his jacket, covering Yu Sangwan, "There’s nothing we have... Use this to block it for now. The stomach ache, how to solve it?"

"...A hot water bottle would be nice." Yu Sangwan weakly mumbled, knowing it was impossible.

A hot water bottle?

Helian Si paused briefly, raising his hands swiftly to lift the hem of Yu Sangwan’s shirt.

"Ah!" Yu Sangwan was startled, "What are you doing?"

"Don’t move!" Helian Si softly scolded her, his deep eyes burning bright, "You’re like this, what can I do to you? My hands are warm... Let them be a hot water bottle for you."

As he spoke, his warm palm already rested gently on her lower abdomen.

In an instant, Yu Sangwan stiffened. She felt a faint warmth diffusing through her skin and slowly entering her body... It was really warm!

Helian Si held her tighter, asked with concern, "Does this feel a bit better?"

In pain, his warmth and concern... seemed like a ray of sun in winter. Yu Sangwan wanted to refuse but didn’t have the strength.

"...Yes." Yu Sangwan nodded.

Helian Si lowered his head and kissed her forehead, "If it hurts, close your eyes and rest. I’m here!" Yu Sangwan, tormented by the pain, leaned weakly against Helian Si.

"Are all women like you?" Helian Si frowned, asking with heartache.

"Ugh..." Yu Sangwan squinted slightly, without much strength, "Not necessarily. I wasn’t this bad before... Since having a child and not recovering well."

Helian Si remembered that her child... was born after her husband had passed.

"Was he that good?" Helian Si spoke with a tinge of jealousy, though being jealous of someone who was deceased was indeed unmanly.

"Hmm?" Yu Sangwan, covered in cold sweat, didn’t understand his meaning, "What?"

Helian Si continued, "Good enough that you were willing to have a child alone, to raise him on your own..."

Yu Sangwan was taken aback, "You... know?"

Helian Si nodded slightly, "I’m sorry, I misunderstood you... thought you deliberately lied to me."

Yu Sangwan shook her head, "It’s okay, it doesn’t matter."

Helian Si lowered his eyebrows, "You haven’t answered me. Why did you decide to have the child in such a situation?"

Such a situation? Yu Sangwan curved her lips slightly, "You mean, after I lost my husband?"

"Yes." Helian Si nodded.

Yu Sangwan blinked, tears welling up. How could he know that she endured more than just that... Back then, after losing her husband, she was also battling for her own life! But did she regret it? Of course not, because Xiao Mantou is so adorable, just like a mini version of Jinxuan.

Yu Sangwan smiled gently, "The child had to be born... Otherwise, as time goes on, who would remember he once came into this world? With the child, when people see him, they’ll say... Oh, this is his child!"

Listening to her affection for another, Helian Si felt a pang of acidity in his nose.

Lowering his head, he kissed her brow, "What a fool."

"Uh..." Yu Sangwan was too pained to speak.

...

As the sky faintly brightened, Yu Sangwan was awoken by the smoke.

"Cough, cough..." Yu Sangwan covered her mouth, coughing lightly as she opened her eyes, finding herself still in Helian Si’s arms while he was lighting grass on fire.

"Awake?" Helian Si looked down at her, "Did the smoke wake you? Sorry! I noticed you didn’t look well, and now that it’s daylight... We should quickly figure out how to leave."

"Okay." Yu Sangwan gently pushed him, "You can let go of me now."

"Not cold anymore?" Helian Si, reluctant to release the person in his arms, unwillingly asked, "I’m worried you’ll be cold."

"It’s okay, feeling much better now." Yu Sangwan stepped out from his embrace, covering her embarrassment, "What are you doing? Do you need help?"

"No need." Helian Si couldn’t help but feel a little empty with his arms now free, pointing to the grass, "These semi-dry grasses can’t burn, but they can smoke... Ou Guanshen surely wouldn’t have gone far, he must be nearby, seeing the smoke will surely bring him back."

Yu Sangwan looked at him sincerely, hinting at admiration.

"You... even know this?"

Helian Si raised an eyebrow, "Is that complicated? It’s a simple self-rescue technique!"

"Uh... yes." Yu Sangwan smiled, "But I didn’t expect it, I thought you should be that kind of..."

She paused, not knowing how to continue.

"Tsk." Helian Si laughed, "You don’t have to say it, I already know. You thought I was a spoiled rich kid from Guan Chao, only good at being pompous, unable to even take care of myself, right?"

"Uh..." Yu Sangwan smiled awkwardly, she indeed thought of him that way.

Helian Si wasn’t annoyed, "It’s okay, it’s you, I allow you to think whatever you like... After all, you’ll come to understand me eventually."