Ascending, Do Not Disturb!

Chapter 90: Pretty Please

Death never stopped. Maybe when all the people of the city died, the death lingering in the city would disappear.

Hearing the cries of the child, the guard continued. Under the cloth, an arm hung down, swollen and black. But no one was frightened seeing this arm.

Who in this city had not seen the corpses after dying of the plague?

Crying, sighs, cursing, prayers.

These sounds shrouded the city and waited for its death.

Kong Hou jumped off the flying sword. As she steadied herself, she saw an old person fall down near here. She moved forward, wanting to support him, but someone pulled her sleeve.

“Older sister, don’t go.” A child with a large head and small body looked straight at her. “He’s already dead.”

This pair of eyes which should have been innocent showed no emotion when speaking of death, as though he was talking about eating breakfast.

Kong Hou’s voice trembled. “What if… he’s still alive?”

“Then he is about to die,” the child said. “I saw, you can fly.”

Kong Hou’s throat felt blocked. “Mm-hmm.”

“You are a martial expert?” The child’s calm eyes finally lit up. “You can leave here?”

The wind blew by Kong Hou’s face. She looked at this city shrouded in black mist and didn’t speak. A cold item was shoved into her hand. She looked down and met the child’s bright eyes.

“This jade is warm in the winter and cold in the summer—it is worth cities. It is true, I’m not lying!” The child explained, trying to prove the jade was real, “My grandmother was a junzhu of the previous dynasty; she was of imperial blood.”

“What do you want me to do?” Holding the thumbnail-sized jade, Kong Hou asked softly.

“Wait here!” The child ran into the room behind him and quickly came out with a bunch of swaddling clothes. “Take her, even to be your servant. As long… as long as you raise her and give her something to eat.

“My sister doesn’t eat much; Father says my sister is like my mother. My mother eats very little each time, really.” The child feared Kong Hou would not agree, his eyes turning red. “Please take her away. I promised Father to take care of her.”

This child of eight or nine was as thin as bamboo, his voice trembling in fear, but still spoke of wanting to protect this month-old infant.

Kong Hou touched the child in the swaddling clothes. Weak breathing, entangled in fiendish energy. She didn’t even have the strength to cry. If she stayed in this city, she probably wouldn’t live another day.

Seeing Kong Hou silent, the child knelt down and kowtowed to Kong Hou. “Please, I beg you.”

“Stand up.” Kong Hou heard the sound of the child’s forehead hitting the ground and bent down to pull him up. “A man will kneel for heaven, earth and his parents, and not easily for any others.”

She had never held a child before so she did not dare to move too fast. Seeing the child’s eyes still stuck on the swaddling clothes, Kong Hou turned back to look and saw Huan Zhong walk over. “Huan Zhong, come help me.” The child was too soft. She feared she would use too much force and make this already weak child even weaker.

Huan Zhong: “…”

Staring at the child in Kong Hou’s arms, Huan Zhong reached up rigidly and took the soft round ball into his own arms.

The swaddling clothes seemed to be falling down?

The child was going to fall?

Would children be comfortable in this position?

When Lin Hu arrived, he saw Master standing like a statue next to Miss Kong Hou, supporting something using a powerful wave of spirit energy by his feet. He frowned. Was this an evil talisman that would explode upon movement?

He quickly walked forward and looked over to Huan Zhong’s side. Then he immediately took three steps back silently in hope that Master did not discover him.

“Lin Hu.” Huan Zhong looked at him expressionlessly, his side profile still perfect and flawless.

Lin Hu said, “Master, I will go to the eye and look.”

“You have the bloodline of the yao; you are not suited to go near the eye of the fiendish energy.”

Lin Hu said, “No, the minuscule bloodline effect is not important.”

Huan Zhong did not speak and looked at him with expressionless eyes.

Kong Hou did not notice what Huan Zhong and Lin Hu were saying. She rubbed the swollen spot on the boy’s forehead and returned the jade to him. “I return this to you. Your mother left this to you, I cannot take it.”

The boy shook his head. “I am not lying to you, the jade is very valuable. Please accept it.”

“I will rescue your sister.” Kong Hou held his face. If he continued to shake his head, it would fall off. “I won’t just save her—I’ll also save you and everyone in the city.”

The boy stilled, “Are you… a doctor?”

“I am not.” Kong Hou forced a smile. “I am a distant relative of your grandmother.”

The boy frowned. “But Mother said to me Great-Grandfather was a junwang and Grandmother’s relatives were all members of the previous imperial family. You…” Father rarely mentioned the previous imperial family in front of Mother, but in private when teaching him to read and write, he said the members of the previous imperial family were mostly arrogant and extravagant. When the present emperor took the throne, the people all clapped in joy, and many villages even invited troupes to sing for three days and nights.

The previous dynasty had such a bad reputation. This young older sister looked so beautiful. Why did she state a connection with the previous dynasty? Wasn’t she making trouble for herself?

The boy said in a small voice, “Older Sister, leave. Even the imperial doctors His Majesty sent cannot do anything against the plague. Don’t stay here and get buried as well.”

“So young, do you know what getting buried is like?” Kong Hou stood up and looked back. She found that the baby had moved from Huan Zhong to Elder Lin’s arms. She took out a bottle of spirit fluid and put a drop into the girl infant’s mouth.

“Huan Zhong, I am going to fly to look above the eye.” Kong Hou took out the Concealment Umbrella she had received from the secret realm and raised it above her head. “You and Elder Lin wait here for me.”

“I will accompany you.” Huan Zhong stopped her and said. “Do not go alone.”

Kong Hou slowly shook her head. “Just wait below for me. Huan Zhong, I need to repay what the Ji family owes the people.”

“I will repay along with you.” Huan Zhong took the umbrella from her hand and looked warmly at her. “You accompany me to search for medicine over mountains and rivers, I accompany you to defeat this formation. Please?”

Kong Hou looked dazedly at him and couldn’t speak.

Huan Zhong suddenly bent down and leaned against her shoulder before quickly moving away.

Kong Hou was puzzled. “Huan Zhong?”

Huan Zhong pressed his lips together, his face slightly red. “I thought of a new way of playing cute.”

“You…”

His eyes reflected Kong Hou’s puzzled expression. “Pretty please?”

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