Hidden Marriage: Spoiled by the Imperial Commander
Chapter 131: Hypnosis

Chapter 131: Chapter 131: Hypnosis

Qu Yang handed the medicine to Yan Qianyi with a worried expression.

"Qianyi, I’m really concerned about you. The weather is so hot right now; you need to treat the injury on your back sooner rather than later, before it gets any worse."

Right after he spoke, suddenly a figure rushed over, standing between the two.

Yan Chuhua, with hands on her hips, shielded Yan Qianyi behind herself and said to Qu Yang,

"Thanks, but we have medicine. You just worry about your girlfriend, okay? Qianyi has me. She doesn’t need your unnecessary concern."

Qu Yang frowned and tried to look at Yan Qianyi, but Yan Chuhua spread her arms wide to block him.

Wherever he turned his head to look, Yan Chuhua shifted her body to obstruct the view.

"Are you two dancing or what?" Yan Qianyi said, then stepped away.

As Qu Yang tried to follow her, Yan Chuhua blocked him once more, glaring at him with puffed cheeks.

"You already have a girlfriend; can you stop harassing Qianyi? With all this free time, why don’t you keep an eye on your girlfriend’s big mouth and stop her from spreading malicious rumors everywhere?"

That gossip about Qianyi and Instructor Mai Hunter had been started by that jerk Yan Ruyi.

And a bunch of other nonsensical rumors all stemmed from Yan Ruyi as well.

Yan Chuhua chased after Yan Qianyi, "Qianyi, wait for me!"

Yan Qianyi glanced back at her, "I thought you were going to cover my back?"

"That guy’s called Qu Yang, right? He’s such a jerk. If he likes you, why didn’t he get together with you from the start instead of being with that nasty ghost? You mustn’t be fooled by him, Qianyi. I absolutely despise men who try to have their cake and eat it too!"

Yan Qianyi responded calmly, "Actually, I don’t blame him. During the two years I was in a coma, the doctors said I would never wake up. It’s only natural for him to move on to someone else. After all, he’s still young, and he couldn’t be expected to wait indefinitely for someone who might never wake up. It’s what anyone would do, nothing reproachable."

Indeed, she didn’t blame Qu Yang. Business is business, and righteousness is righteousness; they had grown up together since childhood, after all.

The reason she didn’t want to interact with Qu Yang anymore was simply that she didn’t want to be bothered by Yan Ruyi.

"So, you mean..." Yan Chuhua scratched her head in confusion, "you were together before?"

"Yeah, our parents had arranged a childhood engagement for us. After I became a vegetable, he got together with Yan Ruyi."

"That’s still low! If I loved someone and they were asleep, I’d wait for them, no matter how long it took. And he couldn’t wait just two years before moving on to someone else."

To be precise, it was one year.

But none of that mattered anymore.

She had never loved Qu Yang, so why should she expect him to remain chaste and loyally wait for her?

"Qianyi, so... Yan Ruyi claims you’re already married. Is that true?" Yan Chuhua asked again.

She was just too curious, too eager to learn more about Qianyi.

Qianyi didn’t normally talk much, and she felt embarrassing asking about these gossipy matters.

It was rare for Qianyi to be willing to talk so much with her today.

Seeing Yan Qianyi nod slightly, Yan Chuhua was surprised, "Really? How could you get married off so young? But I bet the person you married is outstanding, right?"

"You’ve met him."

"Huh?"

"The day of new student registration, at the school gates—the one I said was my ’big brother,’" replied Yan Qianyi truthfully.

Now that she had accepted Yan Chuhua as a friend, there was nothing to hide.

Besides, with Yan Ruyi’s big mouth, there was no way she could keep her married status a secret.

Yan Chuhua’s eyes widened in shock and excitement, "The handsome guy? Qianyi, do you know? He’s the most handsome person I’ve ever seen! Gosh, no wonder you married so young, he really is so handsome!"

Yan Qianyi smiled helplessly, "Actually, it’s a sham marriage."

"Fake marriage?"

"It’s a long story, but we’re not really husband and wife. We’re just registered as married in the system. We’ll get divorced once the one-year term is up."

As they talked, the two had returned to the dormitory.

"What a pity," Yan Chuhua sighed, seeing that Yan Qianyi didn’t want to talk more, she didn’t ask any further.

She took out a bottle of medicine and shook it, "Take off your clothes, I’ll apply the medicine for you. Yun Mu gave me this earlier."

Yan Qianyi glanced at the bottle, walked over to the bed, and sat down as she took off her camouflage jacket to reveal a white tank top underneath.

The tank top subtly showed speckles of blood.

After taking off her tank top, Yan Chuhua couldn’t help but gasp when she saw the wounds on Yan Qianyi’s back, "Qianyi, does it hurt a lot?"

Yan Qianyi’s originally fair back was now covered in purple bruises, with several areas abraded, oozing blood.

"It doesn’t hurt, go ahead with the medicine."

Yan Chuhua frowned, picked up a cotton ball dipped in the medicine, and carefully started to apply it to her wounds.

Saying it didn’t hurt was not true, especially when the medicine was applied, the abraded areas were stung even more by the liquid.

But Yan Qianyi didn’t even furrow her brows.

Hiding pain was what she did best.

Since the year she turned thirteen and met the Lord Commander, she had secretly enrolled in combat classes without telling her parents.

She had trained in secret, enduring the pain of injuries without showing any sign of it at home, fearing her parents would stop her.

At sixteen, she joined the organization, and in the two years before she became comatose, she undertook many missions.

Being young, her skills were not as good as they are now, so she got injured often.

Returning home in pain, she would bite down and bear it to avoid her parents discovering her injuries.

Suddenly, she heard sobbing sounds from behind.

Yan Qianyi turned around, puzzled, and discovered Yan Chuhua was secretly wiping her tears.

She was slightly taken aback, "I’m not crying, what are you crying for?"

Yan Chuhua sniffed, her green eyes turning red, "It hurts just looking at it. Instructor Shi went too far, so harsh in her hits."

"It’s okay, she’s hurting more than me now."

"But she can rest and heal now, while you still have to go to training."

"No worries, it’s a small issue." To calm Yan Chuhua, Yan Qianyi quickly changed the subject, asking, "By the way, what’s your special ability?"

Yan Chuhua’s eyes, brimming with tears, suddenly lit up, joy sparkling amidst the teardrops, "You want to know?"

After knowing each other for so long, Qianyi was finally taking an interest in her!

"Yeah, if you’re comfortable sharing."

"Of course, of course, I’m comfortable!" Yan Chuhua sat up and positioned herself in front of Yan Qianyi, "Look into my eyes."

Yan Qianyi gazed into her green eyes.

That was when she realized, Yan Chuhua’s eyes seemed to hold a magical allure.

It was as if gazing into an expansive, mysterious green ocean, so vast and mesmerizing that one couldn’t help but be drawn in.

Yan Chuhua then said, "As long as you look into my eyes, you’ll be hypnotized."

"Hypnotized?"

"How about we play a game to try it out?" Yan Chuhua giggled, "I can ask who you really like in your heart, and you’ll answer truthfully."