30 Chapter 30 Unaware
◎Is he thinking too much?◎
"The girl should also know..."
Yun He pondered for a moment, lowered his eyes and thought for a while before he slowly began to speak. However, as he spoke, his tone paused slightly.
It seemed that every time Yun He talked about his amnesia, a rare, barely perceptible look of bewilderment would appear in his eyes. "I've forgotten a lot of my memories. Aside from the few skills I have now, everything else is almost blank... I can't even remember my own name."
Yuliu's light grey eyes moved slightly, and her throat trembled slightly as she let out a soft "hmm" sound.
It seemed as if he was responding to Yunhe's tentative words, but also as if he was reminding himself to calm down and listen patiently to Yunhe's answer.
"However, ever since the young lady took me in, I remember everything that happened in Yuqing Courtyard very clearly."
Yun He's tense brows gradually relaxed at the gentle whisper, as if receiving a different kind of permission. He lowered his brows slightly and stared at Yu Liu. A hint of apology suddenly appeared in his clear voice, "Come to think of it, I disturbed you when we first met, and I haven't been able to explain it to you properly..."
"……Feel sorry."
Yun He stared into Yuliu's eyes. The bright light in those light-colored pupils was just like the setting sun that streamed in through the carved wooden window when he first saw Yuliu.
The long spring breeze blew across their faces, blowing up the sleeves and lapels of their clothes, which were pressed so close together, silently forming a soft vortex. The tumbling hem of their clothes and skirts was like a layer of light white waves floating on the blue lake, making a slight rubbing sound in the gentle wind, pushing Yunhe's memory back to the setting sun afternoon when they first met.
When the interweaving of light and shadow illuminated the girl's tear-stained cheeks, what was the emotion that inexplicably surged from the depths of his heart?
Sympathy? Pity? Compassion?
Yunhe lowered his eyes and looked closely at the expression of Yuliu in front of him. Seeing the girl's nose and cheeks slightly red due to emotional fluctuations, he knew clearly that Yuliu's expression showed that she was obviously unhappy.
But the moment he finished speaking, Yuliu's emotion was like the morning dew on the green lotus leaves turning into mist under the first ray of morning sunshine, and slowly spread in the girl's peach blossom eyes, which were three times more beautiful than the flowers in spring, softening and soothing the unhappiness in her expression.
When Yuliu smiled, her eyes would always curve into a certain angle, like a silver hook and a spring peach. After hearing this, she looked at Yunhe with her smiling eyes, which suddenly widened a little, and her light grey pupils slightly dilated, with a hint of surprise and astonishment under the distant mist.
Yuliu just looked at Yunhe like this, silently and secretly tearing off a small piece of the carefully crafted human skin mask, and quietly revealing a trace of fresh emotion from under the airtight barrier.
Yun He, however, was able to discern the complex and unclear emotions in those lively eyes.
——It’s regret.
I regret that he came so late.
So sorry.
Yuliu thought Yunhe was apologizing for their first meeting.
——It wasn’t a very pleasant encounter, and they were both in a mess.
She had just walked into the room as usual, but inexplicably experienced a scene of hellish fire. Even when she was awakened by Yunhe, she was still dazed and confused after surviving a disaster.
Yun He, on the other hand, was in a truly miserable state. His injuries were so severe that his life was in danger. He had just woken up from a serious illness and his wounds were about to burst if he wasn't careful...
……Um?
Wound bursting?
The scene in the memory gradually froze on Yunhe half-sitting on the edge of the bed, his snow-white undershirt stained with a crimson blood flower due to the bursting of the wound.
Yuliu's eyelids suddenly blinked, and the mist in her eyes suddenly dissipated like clouds and rain, revealing a clear light.
Yun He keenly caught the glint in Yu Liu's eyes, and a faint smile appeared between his brows. He dispelled the budding doubts in Yu Liu's heart with every word: "This handkerchief was lent to me by the girl to treat my wound on the day she saved me."
Yuliu was slightly stunned when he heard this.
It was not until she heard Yunhe mention it in person that the victim thought about it for a long time and suddenly remembered that such a thing had indeed happened between them.
That was their first meeting.
When she returned to Yuqingyuan from Chunfeng Buluan to check on Yunhe, Yunhe had torn his wound while standing up and sitting down repeatedly. At that time, Li Shengshou had finished the consultation and went to get some medicine, and there was no bandage around to bandage the wound, so she pretended to be angry and threw the embroidered handkerchief in her hand to Yunhe, wanting him to use it to deal with the wound temporarily.
At that time, she pretended to be indifferent, and Yunhe seemed to have only covered the wound with an embroidered handkerchief and did not go any further.
Yuliu was not sure whether Yunhe did that to avoid suspicion, so he was so self-restrained and did not use the embroidered handkerchief she carried with him to treat the ruptured wound on his chest atrium, or whether he just wanted to temporarily use a cover to hide the rapid leakage of blood so as not to scare her.
But even with such caution, the embroidered handkerchief was inevitably stained with blood.
After all, silk is extremely soft. Once it is stained with a drop of blood, the crimson color will follow the direction of the blooming night-blooming lily, and the overlapping horizontal and vertical penetrations will quickly spread and diffuse into a large area of light pink.
But Yuliu remembered very clearly that when Yunhe spread the embroidered handkerchief in her hand just now, the whole fabric was white and soft, without a single speck of blood stain.
"Well... I didn't return this handkerchief to you in time because I was trying to clean the stain. Luckily, I found a soapberry plant in the courtyard a few days ago. I had originally planned to come to Yuqing Courtyard with Master Jiang today, so I could return this handkerchief intact."
Yun He seemed to see Yu Liu's confusion and slowly explained before lowering his brows and smiling slightly. His tone was slightly regretful, but it also seemed to contain a hint of other meaning:
"However, unfortunately, today, it is stained with flying poplar catkins again. It seems that it will take a few days before I can return this embroidered handkerchief to the young lady."
What Yuliu was worried about before was actually just that he was worried that Yunhe was being nice to him because of the opportunity given by his predecessors.
But Yunhe had actually explained the reason very clearly in just a few words - this embroidered handkerchief was given to her by "Yuliu".
There was never anyone else.
As for why Yunhe had delayed mentioning the handkerchief until today, Yuliu didn't seem to mind it at all. Her eyes flickered, and her usual gentle smile returned silently. She smiled and said, "It's nothing. It's just an embroidered handkerchief, not a big deal."
"How can being stained with flying catkins be a small matter?" Yun He nodded slightly after hearing this, then shook his head, folded the handkerchief in his hand a few more times, and said disapprovingly, "I'd better wait a few days until I clean it up before returning it to you, young lady. Otherwise, if there's still a bit of flying catkins stuck on this handkerchief, your skin is delicate, and if you use it close to your skin on a daily basis, it won't be good."
Yuliu didn't think so much.
If it weren't for the extraordinary significance of an embroidered handkerchief in such an era, she would actually not care about an embroidered handkerchief at all. Not to mention that it was made of silk brocade, even if it was woven with gold and silver threads, in her eyes it was just a piece of cloth.
If it’s dirty, you can throw it away.
Anyway, she has plenty of embroidered handkerchiefs of all kinds.
Yuliu originally held a nonchalant attitude towards this. After all, she was not worried that Yunhe would use the embroidered handkerchief to do anything with his personality. She just couldn't bear to refuse Yunhe's kindness, so she smiled slightly and nodded, which was considered as tacit agreement.
Yunhe waited until Yuliu nodded in agreement before he continued to put the folded embroidered handkerchief back into the pocket under the collar with green bamboo pattern piping and put it away carefully.
Yuliu was used to this and didn't notice anything wrong with it.
But Jiang Jingmo, who was standing under the willow tree with his head down, was already shocked when he heard the conversation between the two.
Even though Jiang Jingmo was slightly tilted against the ceiling and couldn't see Mr. Yun's eyes when he spoke, just listening to the few words coming from the spring breeze made him feel as if they were as clear and sweet as the spring water in a spring stream, sparkling in the warm spring light like leaping gold and sinking jade, and flowing softly under the shade of green willows in the bamboo forest. It was truly a scene of calm wind and waves, and peaceful years.
Jiang Jingmo was a little hesitant.
Why was it that they both gave patient advice, but in the morning when Mr. Yun admonished him, he seemed to be just quoting scriptures, like a strict teacher, giving him a few random remarks.
...Could it be that he was thinking too much?
Yuliu didn't really think too much about it. After all, she felt that Yunhe had always been like this, with a clear and steady tone and a stable and peaceful mood.
If there was any change between them, it was that her attitude towards Yun He would probably become more peaceful. At least, she would not be as confrontational as when they first met, carefully hiding her suspicions while trying to test Yun He's feelings.
Yuliu's eyes fell on Yunhe's hand, which had just been held by her through the embroidered handkerchief. She blinked, and her memory slowly flowed back to the moment when she was asking Jiang Jingmo if he wanted to go to Spring Breeze Blowing the Railing. Suddenly, she realized:
——Yunhe just reached out to hold her hand, as if...interrupting her question in disguise?
However, the moment this idea came out, it was rejected by Yuliu.
How could she have such an idea?
How could Yunhe, such a self-disciplined and polite person, deliberately interrupt her invitation to others to have dinner at Chunfeng Fulan Restaurant?
Yu Liu couldn't help but find this idea that suddenly popped up in her mind a little funny. She glanced at Jiang Jingmo, and a smile appeared in her eyes: "Oh, right... Master Jiang wanted to say 'nothing' just now?"
Yun He's timing of attack each time seemed to be neither too early nor too late, and it happened to be when Jiang Jingmo uttered half a syllable. Although Yu Liu was more inclined to believe that what Jiang Jingmo wanted to say at that time was "If you have nothing to do and are free, of course you can go", she could not guarantee that there was still a 10% chance that Jiang Jingmo would actually say "I don't have time and am not free, it's not convenient to go."
What Jiang Jingmo originally wanted to say was indeed the former.
After all, his purpose of coming to Yuqingyuan was to avoid danger and limelight, so he naturally had nothing else to do. It was rare that Yuliu, as the host, would come to politely ask for his opinion. With his love for drinking and eating meat, he naturally couldn't bear to refuse his appetite.
but……
Just as Jiang Jingmo was standing under the cool shade of the willow tree and preparing to reply truthfully, his peripheral vision accidentally met the eyes of Yunhe who was standing next to Yuliu. The warning in that look was so strong that it was difficult for him to ignore it.
He was invisibly forced by that gaze to look at Yunhe.
Yun He's eyes were long and narrow, with the corners of his eyes slightly drooping. When he looked at Jiang Jingmo with a smile, Jiang Jingmo felt that the willow shade, which had been cool just now, suddenly became as sharp and biting as the night wind, making his back feel cold.
——This is an alert reaction that only occurs when he falls into an unfavorable situation without knowing the situation.
【Author’s words】
Yun He smiled: I want to see who dares to disturb me from chasing my wife.
Note: The story of Yuliu giving the handkerchief can be seen in Chapter 6
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