Transmigration: The Fate of the Villainess

141 But not with everyone Part I

Bai Yu remembered that there was a black dragon unit within the army. Yue Huiling told her that she did not have the authority to mobilize them. She could only command the soldiers of the main army and was responsible for the Emperor’s decree that involved them. On the other hand, Bai He was responsible for the secret missions and the black dragon unit, which was currently hiding somewhere in the absence of their leader.

And so, Bai Yu handed her cousin the golden jade before parting ways that night. Da Yang’s spies would give that jade to its owner along with a message. Bai Yu believed that when the jade reached Chu Zhaoran’s hands, he would surely come to see her.

After talking with Yue Huiling, Bai Yu came to the conclusion that the person who could help her find Ouyang Feilong was Chu Zhaoran. Yue Huiling’s intel said that he was not in Da Chu’s camp; thus, the plan to capture Ouyang Feilong was not organized by the real second prince. She felt that the assumption could be either true or false.

Still, it would be hard for her to ask Chu Zhaoran about Ouyang Feilong. She could only hope that when he saw the jade, which had been sent to him at the same time as Ouyang Feilong’s disappearance, he would think she wanted to see him because she wanted to be his Wang Fei.

Bai Yu was unsure why she did not feel danger when she met Chu Zhaoran. Nonetheless, she decided to use a simple and straightforward plan. If something went wrong, then she would just escape. End of the story!

Two days had passed without a word from Chu Zhaoran. Yue Huiling swore that her men had brought the jade to its owner already. Bai Yu could only wonder about the reason why that man refused to meet her. Chu Zhaoran destroyed her plan before it could begin!

“Miss Bai, please rest for a little while.”

Bai Yu gave the chief doctor a smile. She gritted her teeth, sending the current of her magic through her hand to heal the wound on an unconscious soldier. She had helped Ouyang Feilong heal his injury twice. Luckily, she could use her experience in method acting and combine it with trying to replicate the same feeling she had when she sent her magic to heal another person. After training for a whole day and night until she exhausted her energy, she could finally use basic-level healing magic.

Only a handful of people could use healing magic. Still, it was not impossible for someone like her when she put her heart into it. Bai Yu took out her handkerchief to wipe her sweat. She had been forcing herself to use healing magic on people from the morning until late afternoon. Despite being sweat-stroked, she never once revealed her face beneath the veil.

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The number of injured people increased in the last two days. She could heal only those with basic and non-life-threatening injuries, while other doctors focused on treating soldiers who were poisoned or had complications that she could not examine or heal. This was Bai Yu’s extent of her impersonating Bai Hua. She had to hope for Bai He to wake up faster before another battle occurred. Otherwise, she would no longer be able to fool others.

“It’s a good thing there haven’t been any battles recently, but most soldiers have caught the flu.”

Bai Yu was silently sipping on her tea while listening to the conversation between other doctors in the tent. She had noticed what the chief doctor mentioned. However, she was not a doctor, so she did not know the source or the specifics of the soldiers who fell sick after returning from the patrols. It was strange, nonetheless.

“Doctor! Chief doctor!” The joy in the newcomer’s voice was a clear indicator of the news he was going to announce.

“What is it?”

“Reinforcement has arrived. More doctors have come with them too.”

“Very well.” The chief doctor smiled, and Bai Yu, too, smiled with the same relief.

“Wei Wang is also with the reinforcement. He’s heading here right now.”

“Is that true?!”

Ouyang Wenrou’s name had a wonderful effect on the morale of everyone in the tent.

Bai Yu was also glad. If the god of healing was here, then there was nothing for her to worry about while waiting for the real Bai Hua to arrive. She stood up to prepare to welcome the prince, but it seemed the soldier who had come to inform them was slightly too late. Ouyang Wenrou’s tall figure had already entered the tent.

Bai Yu curtsied and said her greeting along with the others. She slightly lowered her face, her eyes fixed on the hem of Ouyang Wenrou’s white robe as the chief doctor explained the situation.

The ever-present smile was on Ouyang Wenrou’s lips as he gazed at the woman who was bowing her head. His ears were listening to the doctor, and his mouth was responding, but since everyone was keeping their faces lowered, no one noticed that his eyes were fixed on the sole woman there.

As soon as the chief doctor finished his report, silence fell upon the tent. Ouyang Wenrou’s brows were pulled together slightly. It was not caused by what he had heard, but by the unstable posture of the woman in front of him. He moved closer to confirm his thoughts, but before he could utter a word, she suddenly collapsed. Ouyang Wenrou instantly caught her smaller body in his arms.

He frowned...This woman had already been in his embrace once. It was impossible for him to not remember...There was no mistake. This Miss Bai was Bai Yu, not Bai Hua.

Ouyang Wenrou gently carried Bai Yu up.

“Lead benwang to her tent.”

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Bai Yu woke up feeling more exhausted than ever before, even more than when she had practiced using healing magic last night.

“Healing magic is not something you can overdo as soon as you know how to use it.” His usual gentle voice scolded her as soon as she opened her eyes. Bai Yu looked at the man who was in her tent, helping her sit up. She listened to his words in silence… It was her fault, as he said.

“My gratitude to Wei Wang for helping me.”

“Benwang forbids you from using magic in the next two days.”

“But at the medical tent...”

“Benwang is here now. You don’t have to force yourself.”

Bai Yu met his gaze. His light-colored eyes were looking at her with a strange glint she had never seen before.

“You can rely on benwang.”

Bai Yu smiled. “Wangye is always gentle...”

“But not with everyone.”

Ouyang Wenrou continued in the same strange tone that lacked softness. It might be because she had been trying to avoid him, the man who resembled her past lover. She did not talk or observe him much, so she had never seen this side of Ouyang Wenrou, not even after they had become friends.

‘Are you this gentle with every woman?’ Once, she had whispered amidst the sweet melody of the guqin. And today, she received his answer… Bai Yu did not dare to imagine that if back then he had heard her and immediately said this, she would be able to stop loving him or not.

“Bai Yu...” Ouyang Wenrou sighed. “...Benwang doesn’t know what you were thinking when you decided to come here. But you shouldn’t put yourself in danger. You shouldn’t even use so much magic until you faint like this.” His brown eyes stared straight at her. He was scolding her, yet gentleness finally returned to his gaze.