The Return to the Capital
The Governor's mansion, Ningzhuo
They pulled away and Lu Yaozhu grabbed her hands, he put his finger through hers. Flexing them a few times and tapped her knuckles. Even with his high pain tolerance, Lu Yaozhu could tolerate pain for long. Lu Yaozhu wasn't awake for long, two hours later, he slept off. After taking another bowl of the prescribed medicine. For the next few days, Lu Yaozhu spent the majority of the day sleeping.
Five days later, Lu Yaozhu sat up on the bed with his back leaning on the headrest of the bed while Su Liya fed him some cut fruit. The pain wasn't as bad as it was during the first few days, according to the doctor during his visit a day ago, the injuries were healing properly. Luckily the scouts reported days earlier that the Chu state army had pulled back but Lu Yaozhu had the soldier on high alert, in case of a sudden attack.