Shen Wei was shocked.
She thought she had heard wrongly.
She looked at Li Yuanli in confusion and whispered, "Really?"
The bonfire was reflected in Li Yuanli's pupils. He said, "Really. But Chen Wei, watch the sunrise with me first."
Shen Wei couldn't understand Li Yuanli's train of thought, but since he temporarily agreed, Shen Wei could only nod gently: "Okay."
It was still early and the night was dim outside the cave.
The cave was warm, and Shen Wei slowly closed her eyes again, seizing the moment to rest. In her drowsiness, Shen Wei could sense Li Yuanli's gaze, and he seemed to be looking at her all the time.
Look at her for a long time.
Time passes quietly.
Li Yuanli didn't sleep all night.
The night quietly flowed in the mountains, the sky gradually turned pale, a ray of golden light burst out from the clouds, and the blood-red morning sun emerged from the mountains.
It's dawn.
The bonfire burned out and Shen Wei was awakened by a rustling sound. The entrance of the cave is to the east, just enough to see the blood-red morning light all over the sky. Shen Wei showed a happy expression, and she waved to Li Yuanli: "Sunrise."
Li Yuanli: “Yes.”
The mountain breeze blew, Chen Wei and Li Yuanli walked out of the cave and looked into the distance. In the distance, there are mountains and the sea in the distance. The sunrise scenery is extremely beautiful.
There was a stone serving as a stool at the entrance of the cave, and Shen Wei sat down naturally.
The two watched the sunrise together.
It was cold in the morning, so Li Yuanli put the cloak on Shen Wei. He really hoped that time could freeze at this moment and stop flowing, but unfortunately time has its own pace. The blood-red morning sun rose slowly from the horizon, changing from a semicircle to a full circle, standing above the mountains.
Li Yuanli sighed: "In the past, my mother often took me to the palace wall to watch the sunrise. She was always worried that I would not live long... She was overthinking, I am not short-lived."
Shen Wei sat beside him, silent, and it was unclear whether she listened or not.
Li Yuanli sighed in his heart.
The bony fingers reached for the neck and pulled out a fishbone chain with a silver key hanging at the end. The Nan Chu cavalrymen who followed him stepped forward, knelt down and presented a box.
Shen Wei looked over with an expression that said "as expected". During this period, Shen Wei tried every possible way to find the instruments and keys, and almost turned the Nanhai Villa upside down.
Nothing gained.
At that time, Shen Wei had already vaguely guessed that Li Yuanli might carry the key with him and no one else was allowed to get close to him.
Li Yuanli used a key to open the box and took out a palm-sized precision instrument.
Snap——
The sound waves were harsh, and Shen Wei felt dizzy, her vision became blurry, and her soul was almost being pulled out. She knew that she should return to her original body.
Shen Wei tried hard to open her eyes, and in the light of the blood-red morning sun, she saw Li Yuanli's rapidly aging face. Shen Wei was slightly surprised. She asked, "You...what's wrong with you?"
Li Yuanli had black hair just now, but in the blink of an eye, his hair had turned white.
Rapid aging.
In a flash, Shen Wei seemed to understand. The price of activating the instrument is Li Yuanli's life.
Shen Wei never expected that Li Yuanli would actually give up his life.
The wind was very strong at the entrance of the cave. Li Yuanli lowered his eyes to look at his pale hair. Turning on the instrument caused his life force to be rapidly depleted. He lost his strength and leaned crookedly on Shen Wei's shoulder.
This time Shen Wei didn't push him away.
Li Yuanli felt satisfied. He looked at the red sun above the mountains: "I can't tell whether it's obsession or love, but Chen Wei, I can never let you go..."
He wished Shen Wei could love him for a bit.
Give him a little love, even a little bit.
Unfortunately, he couldn't find the key to Shen Wei's heart, and he couldn't get Shen Wei's love no matter what.
Perhaps Shen Wei will never understand Li Yuanli's obsession. As soon as Li Yuanli was born, he was defined by his father as "a tool to train the prince."
Li Yuanli seemed to have a glorious life in the first half of his life, but he was destined to fail miserably in the end. He was unwilling to be a tool and tried hard to climb out of the abyss - the power to climb out of the abyss was actually the insignificant Shen Wei.
Shen Wei is a beam of light that suddenly breaks in.
Occasionally it would fall on him, and he was greedy for the warmth of this light and wanted to hold it for a long time.
"Chen Wei, do you have anything to say to me before you leave?" Li Yuanli asked Chen Wei.
Even one word will do.
As long as I can hear Shen Wei’s voice.
Her soul was torn apart, and Shen Wei felt dizzy, but her mind was inexplicably clear.
Having lived for many years in her past and present lives, Chen Wei has always been an indifferent spectator, observing the joys, sorrows, anger, and happiness, as well as love, hate, anger, and ignorance in the world with cold eyes. She has always been rational, with reason dominating her thinking, and she would never throw herself into the vortex of emotions.
She didn't understand why Li Yuanli loved her so much.
Shen Wei thought about it, and then spoke frankly: "When I woke up in Yuanjia Fishing Village, I was weak. Later, I drank the medicine boiled by Yuanfu, and my health gradually improved. I was even able to go to the sea to sell fish with Yuanfu's child."
Li Yuanli listened quietly.
He thought, what a nice sound...
Shen Wei continued, "Then you brought me back to Nanchu and gave me a lot of health-promoting medicine along the way. In fact, I didn't drink any of the medicine and secretly vomited it because I was afraid that you would poison me. In the Nanchu harem, I also secretly vomited the medicine sent by the imperial physician, and asked Mo Xun to prescribe me medicine that would make me look weak."
Li Yuanli seemed to be thinking about something.
Chen Wei revealed her true feelings: "The half-year life span was a lie that Mo Xun told you... I played along with him and pretended to be weak and had a short life span, hoping to gain your pity."
Shen Wei succeeded.
She successfully gained Li Yuanli's mercy and made Li Yuanli hand over the instrument voluntarily. Shen Wei's soul was slowly returning to its place, and she would soon return to Qingguo's body.
As they were about to part and Li Yuanli was about to die, Shen Wei chose to tell him the truth.
It was quiet all around.
Li Yuanli suddenly revealed a helpless bitter smile, and he murmured: "Chen Wei, you can always bring surprises..."
This was the Shen Wei he liked.
Even if he is imprisoned, he can still devise a strategy to escape, play people around in circles, and make them willing to give without any complaints.
After half of his life being absurd and half of his life being ups and downs, Li Yuanli feels satisfied to have met such a special person like Chen Wei.
Li Yuanli could no longer open his eyes under the blazing sun. He leaned on Shen Wei's shoulder and said, "Shen Wei, if there is an afterlife, please let me meet you first."
If there is an afterlife, he must meet Shen Wei earlier than Li Yuanjing and possess Shen Wei.
Shen Wei didn't answer, she never made empty promises.
The sun rises high, and the bright spring sunshine shines on the world.
Li Yuanli leaned on Shen Wei's shoulder and lost his breath.
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