41. Scars

Mo Ting Xiao quickly got off the horse carefully while carrying Lu Chang Chang in his arms.

The others who saw that Lu Chang Chang was safe and with him sighed in relief. But then it again turned to worry seeing that she was shivering very badly.

"Fetch the physician. Now!!", Mo Ting Xiao yelled. Liu Chen immediately set off on his horse.

Mo Ting Xiao jogged towards Lu Chang Chang's room carrying her in his arms. All the other maids were running behind him.

He carefully placed her on the bed before turning towards the servants.

"Get her into fresh clothes...", he said before walking out towards Li Sing Tan who was waiting outside. The servants didn't waste a second and were running around, getting all the necessary things.

Because Lu Chang Chang was shivering, the servants found it a bit tough to change her clothes. But in the end, they successfully got rid of the wet clothes and made her wear new dry clothes.

They put her into a simple white robe and cotton pants as the doctor was yet to examine her.

At the same time, Mo Ting Xiao was standing with a worried expression outside Lu Chang Chang's room. He felt like his heart was in his throat.

Li Sing Tan just stood there while looking at him. He really wanted to ask where Mo Ting Xiao had found Lu Chang Chang. But he kept his curiosity at bay because he knew that Mo Ting Xiao needed time to calm down and that would not happen until he hears that she was alright.

The door to Lu Chang Chang's room opened and the maids stepped out, headed by the head maid.

"We have changed Her Highness's clothes, Your Highness.", the head maid said and bowed before walking away, followed by the other maids.

Mo Ting Xiao was about to walk in but the words he heard from the maid's mouths made him turn to ice.

Maid 1, "Did you see the scars on Her Highness's back??..."

Maid 2, "Yes… Except the new wound, which she probably got today, there were so many old scars on her back…"

Maid 1, "They look so painful... It must have hurt very badly when she got them…"

Maid 3, "I don't know how Her Highness could have bared with so much pain… I would have probably died if I was in her place…"

Maid 2, "And why does she have so many scars??... Isn't she the elder daughter of that Minister Lu Boran…"

"Shut your gossipy mouths for once.", the head maid sneered. All the other maids immediately sealed their mouths.

"....."

Both Mo Ting Xiao and Li Sing Tan looked at each other with shocked faces before looking towards the closed door.

Scars??!!

What scar??!!

Mo Ting Xiao was shell shocked when he heard this.

'She never told me about any scars… Did she get bullied before??'

Mo Ting Xiao quickly walked inside the chamber and walked towards the bed.

There he saw Lu Chang Chang laying on her stomach. It seemed as if she was shivering even more than before.

His eyes went towards her back that was covered by the simple white robe.

He hesitantly reached his hand towards the strap of the robe near her shoulder. His hands were trembling when he held the cloth in his hands.

A part of him wanted to see if there were actually scars on her back while another part wanted him to be more sensible and no do that. He didn't want to touch her or look at her body without her consent.

But in the end, his curiosity couldn't stop the movement of his hands.

He slowly slid the robe off one of her shoulders. That part of the robe rested on the bed revealing her shoulders and a bit of her back.

He slowly moved his eyes with hesitation. First his eyes were on her very fair shoulder, that looked beautiful with no scars.

But when he looked lower, his eyes widened in shock.

There were scars... Long scars… Scars which seems to be made by bamboo, canes, swords and many other things… They were in a brownish red shade...

Most of them had already started fading, indicating that they were very old.

Mo Ting Xiao's pupils quivered at the sight. Those scars indeed looked extremely painful… His eyes started turning red and his heart was in a knot.

He didn't even want to look what was there further down. He immediately pulled the robe up and covered her shoulders.

Even though it was very cold, he felt sweat dripping off his face at the thought of how much pain she must have endured. Using his hands, he wiped the sweat off while taking a few deep breaths.

'Why didn't you tell this to me Chang Chang??... Why were you suffering all alone??...'

He was just staring at her in a daze, not knowing what to say.

He snapped out of his trance when he heard Li Sing Tan shout from outside.

"The physician is here Ting Xiao!!", Li Sing Tan yelled from outside.