Chapter 267 Epilogue - The New World Arc (Sixty-Four)

Their voices rang out simultaneously.

After Shen Yingxue finished speaking, she stood there without saying a word, quietly watching Yu Qingzhou, who still looked sleepy.

The boy paused for a moment, as if he had just realized what the other person had said.

It took him quite a while to understand what was being said. After a while, he finally mumbled an "oh."

Subconsciously, I repeated half of the sentence: "You're not coming back—"

As the boy spoke, he glanced at the raw glutinous rice balls on the cutting board, revealing a somewhat conflicted expression.

Then he looked up at Shen Yingxue, who was still standing there, looking at him without saying a word, and seemed hesitant to speak.

"Doctor, have you eaten this—"

Halfway through his sentence, the boy seemed to suddenly remember something and smiled sheepishly at the person opposite him.

"I'm sorry, I almost forgot what time it is. You must have already eaten, so these..."

Then, Shen Yingxue heard the boy lower his voice and mutter to himself, "If we leave it for a few more days, it shouldn't be a big problem, right?"

"Yu Qingzhou".

Shen Yingxue couldn't help but call out the boy's name.

Then she saw the boy's shoulders suddenly tremble, and then he turned around, looking up at her with a pair of deep black eyes, half confused and half bewildered.

"Is...is there something you need?"

The boy countered with a question, his Adam's apple bobbing slightly as he spoke, and the subtle trembling of his skin extended into the shadows beneath his collar.

Then it disappeared.

Like a fish swaying and diving into the water, it disappeared completely, yet still left ripples on the surface of Shen Yingxue's heart.

Shen Yingxue couldn't help but recall the day when the other person carried Li Nian to the infirmary and begged her for help.

Back then, the weather wasn't this cold.

The boy, wearing only the thin clothes provided by the ward, was panting heavily as he ran, looking particularly disheveled from the hurried journey.

The fabric at the neckline shifted to one side due to the continuous pulling, revealing small red marks on the collarbone.

It looks like the red plum blossom embroidered in the corner of the handkerchief you gave to the other person.

Yet it possessed a more decadent and vibrant beauty than that typical red—

Shen Yingxue had always known that her cousin had no bottom line and always liked to do whatever he wanted.

They also noticed Li Nian's strong interest in the boy immediately.

But when I actually saw it, my eyes still stung.

Did you still do it...? You did that shameless thing where you couldn't see yourself.

Shen Yingxue suddenly felt a surge of inexplicable anger.

—That feeling was close to a sense of betrayal.

It's as if something that should have belonged to me was taken away for no reason.

Shen Yingxue knew she shouldn't think that way, but jealousy was growing and spreading wildly in her heart like weeds.

Shen Yingxue seemed to have split into two people who were not the same person.

On one hand, she calmly called out to the other party to gently put Li Nian down, while on the other hand, she wished she could personally send that guy who was pretending to be dead with his eyes closed to his death.

However, just like countless times before, Li Nian was rescued without serious injury.

As Shen Yingxue walked out of the emergency room, exhausted, and headed towards the waiting boy, she actually felt a glimmer of hope.

But without a doubt, all of the other party's attention was focused on Li Nian, who was lying inside.

Upon learning that the latter was safe and sound, he suddenly relaxed and fell into a deep sleep caused by the alternating chills and fever.

Shen Yingxue reached out and hugged the boy's burning body before he fell to the ground.

But just before she was about to soften her heart, she caught a whiff of that damned sweet mint scent on the boy's neck...

Shen Yingxue is not a saint.

Studying medicine is merely a choice made to meet environmental expectations.

To shut those noisy mouths and prevent them from uttering the words they hate—

For the past twenty-odd years of her life, Shen Yingxue has lived a life that is almost like a clockwork mechanism, very rigid and routine.

What is living?

It's about striking first before anything that might kill you does.

Pity, shame, guilt...

It's like flesh and blood smeared with a sharp blade.

It may seem weak and powerless, but it can silently corrode a deadly weapon into a piece of scrap metal.

Fortunately, Shen Yingxue seemed to be born lacking that kind of thing.

Therefore, over the years, there has never been a single mistake.

So far, the only out-of-the-way thought has only been related to Yu Qingzhou.

Shen Yingxue wanted to take the other person and escape from here, anywhere they wanted to go. The two of them together.

It should be called eloping.

This impulsive behavior, which disregards the consequences, is completely contrary to Shen Yingxue's personality.

Shen Yingxue, however, found an indescribable joy in this impulsive idea.

like--

The uneventful and unremarkable life of the past twenty-odd years was just a long prelude to waiting for this moment.

Unfortunately, a series of events occurred along the way, preventing Shen Yingxue from putting her plan into practice...

It was during this period that Yu Qingzhou was targeted.

That madwoman Li Nian, taking advantage of her limited time, is capable of doing all sorts of shameless and despicable things.

Clearly...

He and Yu Qingzhou met first, so why should Li Nian get to come out on top? That's not fair at all. Fortunately—

The clenched fingers subtly and gently unfurled.

Shen Yingxue suddenly felt a sense of relief, thinking that the person who was in the way was no longer there.

When that long-lost thought resurfaced in her mind, Shen Yingxue could hardly wait to share it with the boy.