Chapter 45: Talking

Jiang Yuyan protected Qin Shangyu, and her hands were also weak. After all, she was just a weak woman, how could she not be nervous when there were swords and spears?

After taking a deep breath, Jiang Yuyan walked forward and thanked Zheng Shaopu.

Zheng Shaopu waved his hand, gave her a meaningful look, and moved closer to her. He whispered in a voice that only the two of them could hear: "Why don't you marry me? This weak pretty boy can't even protect himself."

Jiang Yuyan's body froze, and she said vaguely, "Oh, my Lord, you are joking!"

Zheng Shaopu looked at her sharply, raised his eyebrows, laughed, and flew away again.

Jiang Yuyan turned around and supported Qin Shangyu, and asked anxiously: "Shangyu, can you walk?"

Qin Shangyu had many scratches and bruises on his body. It seemed that the bones in his ankles were dislocated. It hurt a lot when he moved. He frowned slightly and said patiently: "I can walk."

Jiang Yuyan was worried, "Jiang Yi, go borrow a cart and take Master Qin to the clinic."

"Mrs. Jiang... don't worry... I'm fine..."

Hearing his distant address, Jiang Yuyan felt a little depressed. She remembered that he seemed to be engaged, but she just called him her fiancé in front of others. She couldn't help but curse herself inwardly. But she still insisted on sending him to see a doctor.

When they got to the clinic, the doctor neatly repositioned Qin Shangyu's bones in the inner hall, but it was still red and swollen, so he needed to rest for a few days. The other scrapes and abrasions were all skin injuries, and they could be treated with some blood-activating and blood-stasis-removing medicine, so they were not serious.

The doctor reported to Jiang Yuyan, and Jiang Yuyan went in.

She was still distracted at the moment, and the surprise of meeting just now had faded a little.

Jiang Yuyan slowly sat down in front of Qin Shangyu's couch. She looked at his usually gentle face, which was now a little pale, and felt a little distressed.

"I... heard that you are getting engaged soon?" Jiang Yuyan said sullenly.

Qin Shangyu raised his head and looked at her. He hadn't seen her for a long time. She seemed to have become more plump and more beautiful.

In the past, I only felt that the longing for you was unbearable every day. Why is it that now that I see you, I still miss you so much?

Thinking of the scene where she had just confronted the princess for him, Qin Shangyu suddenly felt a sense of longing in his heart, like a traveler in the desert encountering an oasis.

His eyes flickered slightly, but he was still unable to speak.

Seeing Qin Shangyu remained silent, Jiang Yuyan was also confused. She had already let him down once before, and now that he had found a good partner, she still said something that could lead to misunderstanding. Although she did it to save him at the time, if his fiancée heard it...

Jiang Yuyan felt regretful. A good horse never turns back. If Qin Shangyu had a new life, what would her current position mean?

She felt that she was quite bad, indecisive, disturbing others and herself. She clearly hated this kind of people the most in the past.

Then he said embarrassedly: "If I told you that you were my fiancé on the street... I... I wanted to save you... but... it was all my fault..."

The light in Qin Shangyu's eyes suddenly went out. Sure enough, he was just daydreaming!

"Thank you, Madam Jiang. Don't blame yourself. You are a chivalrous person. What's wrong with that?"

Jiang Yuyan felt that Qin Shangyu's attitude towards her became even colder, and her heart ached. She managed to calm herself down and said, "If, if your fiancée knew about the misunderstanding, I will go and explain it to you..."

"I'm not engaged, so there's no need to explain."

"Then...what about your marriage with the Ji family?"

"My parents were interested, but I turned them down."

Qin Shangyu seemed very tired and closed his eyes after he finished speaking. He was feeling very uncomfortable now, but she was still talking about her marriage with someone else.

Jiang Yuyan was instantly filled with joy, her eyes sparkling.

"Then...are you still willing to be with me?"

"?" Qin Shangyu felt as if he was hallucinating. He suddenly opened his eyes, "You...what did you say?"

"I said...are you still willing to be with me?"

Jiang Yuyan held his wrists with both hands, "At the beginning, I just didn't think it through, but after you left... I regretted it... Shang Yu..."

Jiang Yuyan's bright eyes were wet. "In the past, I just passively accepted your kindness to me, and I didn't know what it meant to love you. But since I realized that I might never see you again, I've been very sad..."

She sniffed, "I heard that you were getting engaged, so I thought that we would never see each other again in this life, and that was why I built this Shenshang Restaurant."

Qin Shangyu was so excited listening to her confession that he almost fainted. Countless words were stuck in his throat and he couldn't utter a word.

“I…I…”

"Call me Wanwan." Jiang Yuyan said softly, holding his hand.

"Wanwan..." Qin Shangyu ignored his injury and sat up and hugged her. He sniffed her unique scent and his eyes became moist.

"I...I've been thinking about you all the time...I think about you every day...I can't accept anyone else..."

Jiang Yuyan stroked his back to calm him down, and then smiled after a while, "Then I will go and ask your parents for marriage tomorrow!"

Qin Shangyu nodded repeatedly, "Well, we should come to your house to propose marriage to you... I will ask my parents to come to your house to talk to you tomorrow!"

Jiang Yuyan was a little hesitant. She had rejected the Qin family once before, and she was afraid that her parents would not be able to save face. The Dayue Kingdom did not pay much attention to this. At the beginning, the Wu Wang Mansion had a higher status, and she was the one who went there to discuss the wedding date.

Then he said confidently: "I will go to your house tomorrow, you just wait for me. But you need to talk to your parents-in-law first..."

Jiang Yuyan smiled gently.

Qin Shangyu heard that her "father-in-law and mother-in-law" also laughed, but her cheeks were red, and she whispered: "Okay."

After saying this, he stared at her tenderly, as if he couldn't look at her enough.

Jiang Yuyan's face flushed. She found that she could never resist his deep affection. She was overwhelmed by his beauty and held his cheek and kissed him.

Qin Shangyu was stunned, his fingertips touched the place where she kissed, his heart was excited. As if he could no longer bear it, he took the initiative and pressed his lips against hers.

Warmth, softness, and sweetness, all the pains from the past have now turned to ashes in this kiss.