His Mischievous Time-Traveler: How To Capture A Celebrity Husband?

Chapter 56: Xiao Wei, do you need my help?

"Xiao Wei." Wu Yixing, the sly fox, pats my back. "Come inside the carriage. I will give you the tonic. Your body will be good as new in the few days."

"Xiao Wei, don't worry. Sit with them. They are good people." Aunt Yoori grins. "I will sit outside with the driver."

I shake her head frantically. She can't understand what I am trying to say. If I go inside the carriage, I am going to be lying in my coffin soon.

"Mo Qian, sit with us inside." Wu Yixing gives a kind smile to my aunt. Aunt, please don't believe him. I already told you about him. "Xiao Wei is shy."

Argh! She doesn't know their faces.

Li Jun keeps staring at me. I am afraid that he recognizes me. He called me a witch. Is our cover already blown? Should I leave this era? I can't leave aunt like this.

"Ah... that must be it." I hear her mumble. Does she really think that I am shy around new people? I am pretending to be fifteen. Not an actual fifteen years old kid. "Let's go in, Xiao Wei. It's rude to keep people waiting."

Aunt, you don't understand.

I feel like crying, but tears of frustration won't come. She drags me inside the carriage. She takes a seat beside Wu Yixing naturally. I have no choice but to sit beside Li Jun.

"Here, Xiao Wei, drink it." Wu Yixing gives me the tonic. "Kneeling didn't do you good. Were you stabbed in the left side of your lower stomach?"

Aunt Yoori blinks at him. "Lord, how do you know?"

"She is favoring her left side." Wu Yixing takes her wrist. "Let me check your martial art."

This creepy man!

"What are you waiting for?" Li Jun asks me with a low voice. "Drink it."

Is this poison? I stare at the tonic. I can't even ask without blowing my cover more. If I speak, I am sure that he will recognize my voice and accent. Wu Yixing and my aunt are talking happily about martial arts. There is no one to help.

"I didn't ask you to kneel." Li Jun takes the tonic away from my hand. "Xiao Wei, you should not be rushing to become a man. Drinking a blood tonic doesn't make you look weak."

He believes Aunt Yoori then? I am relieved. But, not for long. He grasps my jaw and forces down the blood tonic down my throat. I have never drunk anything so bad in my life. He doesn't remove the glass bottle from my lips until I drink it all.

"Lord, what are you doing to my brother?" Aunt Yoori asks him anxiously.

"Your kid brother is picky about medicine." I hear his answer. "Young stubborn kids need to be fed like this."

I use my sleeve to wipe my mouth. Tch! I hate this guy. He is being petty.

"That... " Aunt Yoori looks at me with pity.

Wu Yixing brings out another bottle of medicine. "Xiao Wei, drink this. It will help you recover fast."

I open my mouth to refuse, but Aunt Yoori shakes her head. "Lord, my brother will be fine. Don't use your valuable resources on him."

Li Jun smiles at her. "How come? A young boy won't grow up into a fine man if his body isn't healed properly. Besides, you and Wu Yixing have a deal."

Before he can take the medicine and shove it down in my throat again, I take the bottle from Wu Yixing and gives him a thankful bow. I open the bottle reluctantly. It smells so bad. Aunt, I am making a big sacrifice for you. This is worse than dying.

Li Jun puts his finger on my chin and lifts my head to meet his eyes. "Xiao Wei, do you need my help?"

"..." I shake my head and shift away from him. With a heavy heart, I sacrifice my taste buds and gulp down bitter medicine.

***

Aunt Yoori has fallen asleep on her seat. Wu Yixing's eyes are closed. t's night, but the carriage doesn't stop. I can't sleep with Li Jun beside me. He looks like he is also asleep. Who knows when the timekeeper activates the minutes? I look at him carefully. I only see a sword on him. No keeper's dagger. But, there are two in my bag. My bag is lying by my aunt's feet. Damn!

The timekeeper needs to use the dagger to kill a time-traveler. If he doesn't use the dagger, the time-traveler will be reborn with the time-traveling ability because this ability comes from the soul instead of the body. A reborn time-traveler is as dangerous as the one who absorbs the time crystal.

I stare at the man beside me. It is injustice how he can look so beautiful. Long eyelashes. A high nose. Smooth skin. Broad shoulder. He looks just like the same Li Jun from the original timeline.

I look away. This Li Jun doesn't love me. He never dreamt of me. He must have already married the princesses.

The one who really loved me. Kang Si An and Li Jun from the original timeline. They are really gone. I promised Kang Si An that I would come and make him fall for me, but I feel hopeless. It will never be the same. I will be the only one with the memories.

The price of turning back time is heavy, but I am happy that Li Jun is not living a lonely life this time.