Chapter 192: Tactfully Persuading to Get a Chance

In the clinic filled with the aroma of medicine, Doctor Liu was giving acupuncture treatment to the unconscious Jingshu.

Rongzhen retreated outside, unable to hide the sadness on her face.

Patriarch Huang was surprised and asked, "Why did he suddenly react so strongly?"

Last time he was just vomiting blood, but this time when he was sent here, he was already vomiting blood and unconscious. What on earth happened?

Rong Zhen said vaguely, "We went to the cotinus coggygria forest outside of town today."

Master Huang immediately understood.

He knew that recently, the mountains outside the town were covered with golden oaks, and their bright pink clouds were very beautiful. This attracted many young men and women to come and play together in pairs.

The two young people in front of them were originally a couple who eloped. Although they were in the name of brother and sister, their feelings for each other would not change after spending so much time together. So when they encountered the recent spring feast, it was normal for them to be unable to bear the loneliness and run out of town to join in the fun.

But the bad thing is that Jingshu is poisoned to the point where he can't even think or feel anything, let alone feel anything.

Once he gets emotional, this is the end he will suffer, as he is now unconscious.

Master Huang once again felt pity for Rong Zhen and the other man. Compared to their tragic experiences, he felt that his own illness was nothing.

For people in the underworld, physical pain is commonplace, but psychological torture is the most difficult to endure.

"Alas, what a cruel fate!" Master Huang sighed and ordered his men to clean up the guest room.

Judging from Jingshu's condition, he might not wake up for a while, so Rongzhen will probably have to stay here for two days.

Rong Zhen declined, "No need. I'd better go back, lest he wake up and see me upset and vomit blood again."

In fact, she didn't know how to face him. After all, she was partly responsible for his vomiting blood this time. But if she had to accept his feelings for this, she... she was unwilling.

She had a clear plan since she came into this world, and it was currently being implemented step by step. She was about to reach a new level, and she didn't want her pace to be disrupted by his sudden intrusion.

He had helped her and she had saved his life. They no longer owed each other anything. Since he had no place in her life plan, why should she get entangled with him because of this or that concern? That would be irresponsible to herself and disrespectful to his feelings.

It's really rare, but it's a pity that I found the wrong person.

Rong Zhen ignored Master Huang's astonishment, hardened his heart and turned to leave.

The streets are crowded with people and the spring flowers are in full bloom. It is much more lively than usual.

Rongzhen felt like a lonely figure in the crowd. She subconsciously wanted to say something to the person next to her, but then she realized that the person was gone.

Maybe it won’t be here anymore.

Habit is a terrible thing. It can make people go from being calm and peaceful to feeling lost in an instant.

"Miss, what's wrong with you?" A calm male voice suddenly came from behind her.

Rong Zhen collected her thoughts and turned around, only to see the serious scholar whom she had randomly clicked on in the morning, a man who Jingshu had described as having a fiancée and who was suspected of having a complicated life experience with him.

As fate would have it, they met again on the street.

If Jingshu hadn't said that, she might have just thought that this was a match made in heaven, but now, it was probably a bad match.

Rong Zhen secretly complained in her heart, looked at the other person, shook her head and said, "I'm fine, thank you for your concern, sir." After that, she prepared to move on and go home.

At this moment, the men of the Huang Sect caught up with her and called out to her anxiously, "Miss Song, when Master Jing woke up and didn't see you, he vomited blood and passed out again. Come with us to take a look."

Rongzhen: !!

What's wrong with this person? Has he never been rejected before?

Don't be too sensitive. There are so many beautiful things in life. It's not like you can't live without love.

Rong Zhen had a shocked look on his face and was pulled back by Master Huang's men.

The scholar who had just spoken to her stood there and watched her disappear into the crowd. A moment later, a servant who looked like a book boy came over and called out "Young Master".

The scholar then withdrew his gaze and asked the servant, "How is it going? Have you heard any news?"

The servant shook his head to indicate that he had no news about that person, but... he hesitated to speak, not knowing whether to tell this matter.

"If you have something to say, just say it. Don't be so hesitant." The scholar turned and walked towards the teahouse on the side of the road.

The servant waited until they were in a private room, then closed the door and whispered, "We haven't heard a single word about that person, but the news about the Lu family's runaway marriage is everywhere. It's said that they just caught a flower-stealing thief in Taolin County with the help of heroes, and there's a lot of demand for us to eliminate this evil. Young Master, should we intervene?"

"Who cares? Isn't she using the alias Lin Xixi? What does it have to do with us? The Lu family should be worried about it." The scholar, also known as Xi Jingyuan, didn't care at all. He didn't even care about his runaway fiancée as much as the brother he came to find.

And... the girl I just met on the street.

Rong Zhen, who was being missed, had already returned to the five-story mansion of Master Huang. Looking at Jing Shu, who was lying on the bed in the clinic and was pricked like a hedgehog, he felt helpless.

She decided to have a good talk with him when he woke up again.

Thanks to the extraordinary medical skills of Doctor Liu, Jingshu woke up quickly. He opened his eyes and saw the person standing in front of the bed, and coughed up blood again.

Rongzhen: ...

There is a feeling of being relied upon.

"Sorry, did I scare you?" Jingshu wiped off the blood and started to apologize.

He didn't want to be like this, but once the secret affection in his heart broke through the gate, it was difficult to be taken back. This is what they mean by "it's hard to suppress one's emotions".

For the first time in my life, I felt a little flustered and sad, but also happy with it and didn't want to let it go.

Rongzhen sighed, pulled a stool to sit at the head of his bed, and looked like she was ready to have a long talk with him.

Seeing this, Jingshu wanted to get up, but she pushed him down and made him lie down.

Rongzhen: "Now, let's talk."

"Okay." Jingshu nodded obediently, looking at her with his phoenix eyes sparkling with stars, as if he was looking at his own daughter.

Rong Zhen couldn't resist, so she avoided his gaze slightly and asked directly, "When did you start to have such thoughts about me?" She and he were together day and night, but she didn't notice any signs.

That's why she was caught off guard when someone suddenly thrust into her face, and she didn't find a more tactful way to refuse, which led to the man vomiting blood and falling into a coma.

Jing Shu's calm eyes were filled with emotion. "I don't know either. I don't know where the love comes from, but it's so deep."

Oh, you, a swordsman in the martial arts world, can actually recite poetry.

Rongzhen covered half of her face, feeling numb.

But she felt she could still try, so she lowered her hand and looked at him with sincerity, "Have you ever considered that maybe it wasn't a romantic relationship, but rather that you haven't had many experiences with women, and I happened to save you and spend too much time with you, which led to this illusion?"

"I once heard someone say that regardless of gender, people will have a special feeling for someone who saved them or who they saved. It can easily be mistaken for love. Only when you meet the person you truly like will you discover the truth."

So, brother, you should see more of the world instead of hanging on this crooked tree of hers.

But Jingshu's focus was obviously not here, but: "Have you found the person you really like?"

How could he not know that they were only separated for a short while.

Rong Zhen wanted to say that she found it, but when she met his starry eyes, she really didn't want to lie to him.

Rongzhen had no choice but to answer truthfully: "Not yet."

But sooner or later she will find a suitable partner for marriage and having children, and that person will definitely not be Jingshu, who has an extraordinary background, is poisoned, and is suspected of having a blood feud.

Every label on him represents endless troubles, enough to overshadow all his personal shining points.

He is not the ideal type she wants to find in this world, and they are not suitable to be together.

These were the main reasons why Rongzhen rejected him, and she conveyed them to him as tactfully and implicitly as possible, while also paying attention to his reaction to prevent him from vomiting blood and poisoning again.

Fortunately, that situation did not happen again and Jingshu held on.

"I understand what you mean." He smiled faintly after Rong Zhen finished speaking, like ice and snow melting and lotus blossoming, dazzling someone. But he said happily: "I am very sure that my feelings for you are not wrong. You are just worried now, but you have not denied that you do not have the same feelings for me."

Rongzhen suddenly woke up and choked.

Okay, she admitted it. She was not a saint, but just an ordinary mortal. She would still be tempted by male beauty and attracted to the outstanding men around her. Isn't it normal?

But being moved does not mean taking action. Besides love, there is also reason. Now her reason prevails, and inappropriate love will naturally be abandoned.

Compared to her, Jingshu was like a young boy who was just beginning to experience love.

Oh, actually he is.

If he feels like this, he will take action. If he wants something, he will get it. If he can't get it, he will work hard for it. Otherwise, he will never give up easily.

Fortunately, his emotions are relatively restrained, his behavior is relatively reserved, and he has no tendency to take things by force.

This meant that even though Rongzhen was troubled by his feelings, she didn't hate him because of it.

Jingshu seized on this opportunity and said, "Since we're both not indifferent, why don't we give each other a chance? While I'm detoxifying, we can try to get along. If you can change your mind after I'm done, I'll address all your concerns and then we can spend the rest of our lives together."

"If you still refuse to accept my feelings after this, I will leave this place..."

Having said this, he finally spat out two mouthfuls of blood as if he could no longer hold back, and looked at Rongzhen with silent and sad eyes.

Rong Zhen's heart was trembling, and she suspected that he was using a torture trick, but human life was at stake, so she could only call for Doctor Liu repeatedly and nodded in agreement under his eager eyes.

She was afraid that if she didn't agree, this guy would really vomit blood and die.

Divine Doctor Liu came in and chased her away, rolling his eyes at the man on the bed vomiting blood and saying, "Alright, stop vomiting! I'm the one who gave you the acupuncture, how could I not know how effective it is? You're simply ruining my reputation as a miracle doctor!"

Jingshu smiled cheerfully, "You don't really care anyway. You'd rather be called the Poison Saint than a Miracle Doctor, right?"

Upon hearing this, Doctor Liu was overjoyed and asked him what he wanted to do.

Jingshu wondered how long it would take for him to clear the poison.

Doctor Liu has been researching for such a long time that he has actually found two ways to deal with it. He was just hesitating about which one to use on him. Now it's a good opportunity for him to choose for himself.

If one wants to completely remove the strange poison from his body, one method is to follow the conventional detoxification steps designed by Doctor Liu, using both decoctions and medicinal baths. It will take half a year to gradually remove the toxins lurking in his body.

Half a year? Jingshu thought it was too long.

Although he hoped to have more opportunities to spend time with Rongzhen, he also knew that she was already planning to find her future husband.

If he couldn't detoxify himself quickly and deal with the troubles behind him, she might meet the right person to marry first.

He can't wait.