Shangguan Wanning checked the list Sun Jinyao wrote to her, purchased the herbs and went home.
The sedan suddenly stopped when passing through the alley.
"What's the matter?" Shangguan Wanning asked as she lifted the curtain of the sedan chair. In an instant, she saw a familiar figure standing not far in front of her.
Subconsciously, a glimmer of joy appeared in her eyes, but then it dimmed and she shrank back.
"I have something to tell you."
These days, Mu Jingrui tried hard to resist the longing, not to bother her, and not to pursue the matter. But today, when he saw Shangguan Wanning's sedan chair on the street, he could no longer bear it.
"I have nothing to tell you."
Shangguan Wanning was flustered. She didn't dare to look Mu Jingrui in the eye, for fear that she would fall into his arms if she was not careful.
She just felt a little scared, so she quickly lowered the curtain of the sedan chair. "Lift the sedan chair."
Mu Jingrui gently closed his eyes, stepped forward and pressed the acupoints of the four sedan bearers. Then he dragged Shangguan Wanning out of the sedan.
"Shangguan Wanning, how long are you going to keep running away?" Mu Jingrui almost squeezed out these words from between his teeth.
“I…” Shangguan Wanning didn’t know how to answer, her chest heaving violently, “Mu Jingrui, let go, you’re hurting me…”
Mu Jingrui calmed down immediately, loosened the strength on his wrist, but the anger in his eyes faded a little.
"General Mu, my eldest daughter..."
"You wait here, I'll take her somewhere else to talk for a few minutes."
"Eh..."
As soon as Mu Jingrui finished speaking, he picked up Shangguan Wanning and flew away, leaving Lutong standing there stamping her feet, at a loss.
Shangguan Wanning was hugged tightly by Mu Jingrui and felt the warmth coming from him.
She couldn't help but clutch his collar, pressing her cheek against his chest, listening to his steady heartbeat.
Mu Jingrui found a secluded place before putting Shangguan Wanning down.
He looked down at her thin appearance and felt distressed. Thinking of his attitude just now, he felt even more guilty.
"Ning'er, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to lose my temper. I just..." Mu Jingrui's tone softened. He gently stroked Shangguan Wanning's face, sighed deeply, and took her into his arms to apologize. "I'm just worried that you will blame me for Zhixing's matter. I don't care about anyone's opinion, except you... I don't want there to be a gap between us, do you understand?"
Shangguan Wanning was held by Mu Jingrui. She did not struggle or resist. She just stood there blankly, as if muttering to herself.
"Even if I understand, so what? We... Zhixing is dead, we can't go back."
"Why can't you go back?"
Mu Jingrui pulled Shangguan Wanning out of his arms and became excited again.
"Ning'er, you can't give up our relationship just because of Zhixing's death. These are two different things. What's more, I was very measured when I attacked. It's impossible for me to kill Zhixing with one palm. Others may not know about the consequences, but don't you know about it too? It's the Saint Son of the Barbarian Tribe who is causing trouble."
Shangguan Wanning gently shook off Mu Jingrui's hand on her shoulder and stared at him with tears in her eyes.
"Maybe, maybe not. Zhixing died, and the Holy Son disappeared with him. We will never know the truth. What bothers me is...why can't you wait a little longer? If you wait just one more day, the Barbarian Tribe leader will find a way to save Zhixing."
"Ning'er, I'm not a saint. I can't predict the future. What's more, it was Zhixing who came to see me that day. I don't want to see the ending like today."
Shangguan Wanning leaned weakly against the wall, raised her head to look at the sky, letting the tears slowly seep back into her eyes.
"Now, it's too late to say anything."
"It's not too late." Mu Jingrui was determined not to give up. He held Shangguan Wanning's hand and said firmly, "I will go to your father to propose marriage tomorrow. You were originally betrothed to me. I want to marry you."
Shangguan Wanning was stunned.
This was originally the agreement between them.
Return to the capital and get married, but now...
"Ning'er, are you still willing to marry me?"
Shangguan Wanning was in a state of confusion, but the remaining consciousness in her mind made her still full of expectations for Mu Jingrui.
"I... um..."
Mu Jingrui didn't give Shangguan Wanning a chance to speak, but kissed her on the lips.
In fact, he was a little afraid of hearing a negative answer.
Shangguan Wanning slowly came to her senses. She found herself in Mu Jingrui's arms. The hot kiss was slowly melting her heart, leaving her without the courage to push him away. Instead...
Gradually she responded.
Mu Jingrui felt relieved from the heavy burden on his heart. He carefully let go of Shangguan Wanning with a faint smile on his lips.
"Ning'er, believe me, as long as your heart is with me, I will protect you for the rest of your life and will not hurt anyone around you."
Shangguan Wanning felt sad, this was the promise she had been looking forward to most after her rebirth.
"Ning'er, I will take care of you for the rest of my life. Are you willing to marry me?"
"I……"
"She doesn't want to."
A loud voice came from the air, and a figure flipped several times in the air and landed steadily in front of Mu Jingrui.
Mu Jingrui immediately protected Shangguan Wanning behind him.
"Ning'er, come back."
Zheng Binghong looked at Shangguan Wanning seriously, with a majestic and sharp light in his bright eyes.
Shangguan Wan Ning had never seen her uncle stare at her like this since she was a child. She instinctively felt a little scared.
Shangguan Wanning didn't want to make her uncle angry, so she took a step forward. Suddenly, her wrist tightened and her thoughts were pulled back.
"Don't be afraid, I'm here." Mu Jingrui patted her head gently, tenderly.
Zheng Binghong was furious and shouted, "Mu Jingrui, take your claws away."
"No one can make me let go of Ning'er's hand."
"Well, in that case, I'll have to chop your hand off."
Zheng Binghong had already condensed his true energy in his palm and struck towards Mu Jingrui with a palm.
Mu Jingrui did not dodge or evade. The two men exchanged palm strikes and each took three steps back.
Zheng Binghong was shocked. With this palm strike, it seemed that they were evenly matched, but only he knew that his entire arm was numb from the shock.
Mu Jingrui remained calm. Was he the same as him?
"Stop fighting."
Shangguan Wanning stood between the two of them. She really didn't want to see the two people she cared about killing each other.
"Uncle, Ning'er will go back with you."
Mu Jingrui saw the tears flashing in Shangguan Wanning's eyes. He couldn't bear to irritate her, so he didn't stop her and said, "Go back first. I will bring the betrothal gifts to propose marriage tomorrow. Don't worry, I will make your father agree to marry you to me."
"Hmph, you're dreaming." Zheng Binghong grabbed Shangguan Wanning's hand and walked away.
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