Chapter 75 Longing: Are You Ready?
She's gone mad again.
Yu Wenxue smiled, deliberately not answering him.
Gu Yun Shen pursed his lips, stared straight at her, and said as a compromise, "Then let's hold hands."
Yu Wenxue hooked her little finger around his.
Gu Yun Shen then grasped her hand with satisfaction and lifted her off the swing.
Yu Wenxue straightened her skirt: "Qingwan sent someone to invite us to visit tomorrow."
"Hmm," Gu Yunshen said calmly.
Her condition could no longer be delayed; she needed immediate medical attention. If one method didn't work, we'd try several more.
If we still can't save her...
The knuckles hanging at his sides were bluish-white, and the pain of his nails digging into his palms forced him to suppress his emotions.
Yu Wenxue was completely unaware of his unusual attitude, focused solely on how to help Gu Rongting regain his memory, and didn't even know when she was carried back to the house.
By the time she realized what was happening, he had already pinned her to the table, with her drawing paper sitting beneath him. A pair of tiny figures holding hands leaped off the paper, now crumpled and crumpled from being pressed down.
Gu Yunshen held her earlobe in his mouth, pressed his palm against her legs, and dug his thumb into her soft flesh.
The familiar movements reminded Yu Wenxue of that absurd night, and she blushed with shame.
“Not here,” she refused.
Gu Yun Shen smiled innocently: "What do you mean, 'can't'?"
"that is……"
Asking a question you already know the answer to.
I don't want to talk to him, whether he's good or bad.
Yu Wenxue kicked, but he pressed down on her ankle. His strong hands slowly moved up her ankle bone until they reached under her skirt.
She shifted her position slightly to divert his attention: "We can't go to visit guests tomorrow empty-handed, why don't we go to the storeroom and pick out some gifts?"
She knew that the Empress Dowager had recently sent many gifts, both openly and secretly, hoping that Gu Yun Shen could acknowledge his ancestors and regain his identity.
Gu Yunshen did not express a clear opinion, neither denying nor agreeing, and just kept dragging things out, which made the Empress Dowager very anxious.
Even if he didn't say it, Yu Wenxue knew that he had no interest in power or status, and everything he did was to take revenge on those who had hurt him. The man on the dragon throne was the source of all evil.
Gu Yun Shen really didn't mean anything by it; he simply reached under her skirt and massaged her calves.
He took her hand and replied, "Okay."
Yu Wenxue blushed, jumped off the table, smoothed out the crumpled Xuan paper, and said with a smile, "Let's go."
Before I even stepped out the door, my heart suddenly ached.
She unconsciously tightened her grip on his hand, clutching her chest where the pain was unbearable.
Gu Yun Shen was clearly stunned for a moment, then took her hand and checked her pulse.
Same as before, nothing has changed.
The pain came quickly and went quickly; in no time, Yu Wenxue recovered. She rubbed her chest, looked up, and smiled, "It's alright now."
The system might be malfunctioning again, or it might be urging her to complete the task quickly.
When will this broken system be taken offline?
Afraid that Gu Yun Shen would worry, she deliberately circled around in front of him a few times to prove that she was fine. "Don't worry, I won't hide it if I'm not feeling well..."
Yu Wenxue ultimately failed to escape.
As her consciousness faded, she collapsed into Gu Yunshen's arms.
...
Guan Nan stood guard at the door, originally intending to ask what to do with the big white goose, when he saw his master run out like a madman.
There was no time to wait until tomorrow. Gu Yunshen, carrying Yu Wenxue, kicked open the door and ran towards the Lin residence.
In the side room of the Lin residence, several people surrounded Yu Wenxue's bed, their expressions increasingly solemn.
Lin Qingwan's eyes were red, but she still tried her best to remain calm and discussed the treatment with the old witch doctor.
After taking the pulse, the old witch doctor shook his head weakly.
They said nothing, yet it seemed like they said everything.
Lin Qingwan bit her lower lip tightly, but tears still welled up in her eyes uncontrollably. She stared blankly at Yu Wenxue, who was sleeping peacefully on the bed.
How could this happen? It was clearly getting better...
Her body went limp, her steps slowed, and she nearly collapsed to the side when Gu Rongting gently caught her.
He had originally intended to make things clear to Lin Qingwan tonight, expressing his willingness to marry her and fulfill their promise. However, he never expected to encounter such a scene.
The room was quiet; everyone held their breath and dared not speak loudly.
Finally, Gu Yunshen broke the silence first, bending down to lift the blanket for Yu Wenxue: "She'll be fine, she's just asleep."
She was just being affectionate with him a moment ago, but now she's just tired and needs to rest.
Lin Qingwan looked away, choked with sobs and unable to speak. Gu Rongting quietly took her hand and asked, "Sir, could you tell me about the current situation?"
"This young woman's body is already at its last gasp, but there seems to be a conflicting force within her, halting the pace of death." The old witch doctor stroked his beard and shook his head. "We have no way of knowing what that force is. Once she breathes her last, I'm afraid..."
It's too late to turn the tide.
Gu Yunshen ignored him, his fingertips slowly tracing across Yu Wenxue's face, and said softly, "Let's go outside to talk, without waking her."
The only sound in the room was the old witch doctor's helpless sigh: "Whether he can wake up or not depends entirely on fate."
*
Yu Wenxue slept for a long time. When she woke up, she felt fine and her chest pain had subsided. She rubbed her head, and then everything went dark.
She groped her way to her feet. The layout of this place was very different from her room. If she smelled carefully, she could also smell a faint herbal fragrance.
She was at the Lin residence.
Why is she here? Could it be that after she fainted, Gu Yun Shen brought her here to see Lin Qing Wan for treatment?
Yu Wenxue fumbled around on the windowsill for a long time before finally finding a candle and lighting it.
Her vision instantly cleared, and she saw a little girl sleeping on the footstool, her head resting on her arm. She walked to the door, but there was no one outside.
Following her memory, she arrived at Lin Qingwan's courtyard and overheard the conversation inside.
"This method is unacceptable; I disagree."
It was Gu Rongting's voice.
Yu Wenxue remained silent, standing quietly and listening attentively.
"What I do doesn't seem to require your approval." Gu Yun Shen chuckled briefly, then quickly straightened his lips. "My affairs are none of your concern."
Gu Rongting rarely showed his anxiety, and his voice became a few decibels louder: "Why wouldn't I need it? Unless you change your surname, you will always be a son of the Gu family, my own brother."
Gu Yun Shen revealed a sarcastic expression, but surprisingly did not refute, only leaving behind the words: "Mind your own business."
Seeing that the two brothers were arguing again, Yu Wenxue walked through the flower bushes and went around them, and the two people who were just talking here disappeared without a trace.
Intuition told her that they were hiding something from her. Without much thought, she followed Gu Yun Shen's steps.
The reception room of the Lin residence.
"If Miss Yu knew you were doing this, would she accept it?" Lu Qingsheng's gaze was solemn as he stared intently at the Gu worm in the bowl.
The Gu worms are divided into mother and offspring, both of which are fed with fresh blood. The offspring Gu is sent into the body of the recipient, while the mother Gu is sent into the body of the donor.
The two Gu gu merged into one, then split into two, together nurturing the withered heart.
"The mother and child Gu share the same life; the longer the child Gu lives, the shorter the mother Gu's lifespan becomes." Lu Qingsheng removed his mask, his face showing a puzzled and sorrowful expression: "Is it worth it?"
"She deserves it."
Whether the Gu worms can adapt to the environment inside the human body is unknown, and Gu Yun Shen was naturally aware of this, so he prepared a glass coffin in advance.
At first, he thought that finding the old witch doctor would provide a cure, but Yu Wenxue's illness was too strange. He consulted countless famous doctors, but none of them could help. Only a witch doctor from Miao territory who was skilled in Gu poison suggested this method.
Although it is dangerous, there is a certain probability of success.
He will not give up as long as there is even the slightest chance.
Lu Qingsheng: "You heard what the old witch doctor said. This method is dangerous. You two might not even survive. What if..."
He dared not think any further.
Gu Yun Shen ignored his words, cut his wrist with a dagger, and fed the hot, crimson blood into his wrist until it overwhelmed the Gu worms.
The worm, having eaten its fill, wriggled its body, expressing its thirst.
Gu Yun Shen withdrew his hand and casually wrapped the wound with a white cloth: "If we fail, I would trouble you to put us in the same coffin and never bury us."
"You're insane!" Lu Qingsheng gritted his teeth. "How much do you hate her that you don't even want her to be properly buried!"
Gu Yun Shen didn't quite understand his strong reaction and asked in return, "She can't see at night, it's too dark, what if she can't find me?"
"you……"
Yu Wenxue stood blankly at the door, unable to come back to her senses for a long time.
Her heart ached as if it were being ripped apart; a pair of invisible hands kept clenching and unclenching her chest, leaving it tingling and numb.
It's not a love potion, but... a life-borrowing potion.
Is this what he meant when he said he wanted her to accept something from him?
She accidentally kicked over a flowerpot, and quickly squatted down to right it. A tear fell onto the flower's roots and dissolved into the soil.
Immediately afterwards, the door creaked open.
She looked up and met Gu Yunshen's dark gaze.
Yu Wenxue choked up, unable to make a sound. Her hand was cut by the shards of the flowerpot, but she felt no pain.
He was willing to give his life for hers.
Lu Qingsheng, who was standing to the side, silently withdrew, leaving the two of them alone.
Gu Yun Shen gently pinched her wrist to check her pulse. He didn't speak first, waiting for her to question him.
After confirming that it was the same as before, the light in his eyes instantly dimmed.
He showed no emotion, and gently wiped her cuts with the remaining white cloth from the bandage.
Yu Wenxue withdrew her hand, refusing to let him bandage her.
Gu Yun Shen remained silent and looked at her.
"Why did you do this?" Yu Wenxue heard her own voice trembling. Her cut finger was still bleeding, but she ignored it, letting the blood drip onto the tip of her shoe.
"Why?"
Gu Yun Shen maintained a calm expression, but the turbulent emotions in his eyes betrayed his unease.
He didn't answer the question directly, but lowered his eyes and said, "Take care of the wound first." After saying that, he reached out to take Yu Wenxue's hand.
Yu Wenxue dodged it once again.
She wanted to know the truth from him.
Gu Yun Shen remained silent for a long time, his gaze focused on her injured finger.
He finally gave in to her and calmly said, "I want you to live."
Without any unnecessary embellishment, this short sentence is powerful and resounding.
Tears blurred her vision. Yu Wenxue wanted to see what he looked like, but she couldn't open her eyes no matter what she did.
Her parents thought she was a burden and didn't want her. Apart from her grandparents, everyone else hoped she would pass away soon.
Let her, and let them be free.
Then, she came to a completely unfamiliar world, where she met a bunch of lovely people. She could be herself without restraint and run and breathe freely in this land.
She thought her heart had long since become a stagnant pool.
But he said he hoped to live on.
A gust of wind whistled past, and a light drizzle began to fall from the sky, gently landing on Yu Wenxue's shoulder.
She wiped her eyes, unable to distinguish whether they were rain or tears, and said in a trembling voice, "Have you ever thought that I wouldn't want you to do all this for me?"
Gu Yun Shen walked into the rain and gazed at her: "It doesn't require your consent; it's my own choice."
"I refuse!" Yu Wenxue shouted. "I can't bear the thought of your life."
She didn't want to owe anyone anything. If fate had decreed that she wouldn't live past twenty, then please allow her to squander the rest of her time as she pleased.
Gu Yun Shen stroked her slightly pale face, his icy fingertips devoid of warmth: "It's raining, let's go home first."
Yu Wenxue brushed his hand away and rushed into the house.
Her chest heaved violently with the fluctuations of her emotions. After scanning the room, she accurately spotted the Gu worms that were stirring on the table. In front of Gu Yun Shen, she threw the Gu worms into the grass outside without hesitation.
Gu Yun Shen didn't look at the Gu worms, but leaned down and pulled her into his arms. "If you don't like this, there will always be other ways."
It's unclear whether he was speaking to Yu Wenxue or comforting himself.
Yu Wenxue turned around, rejecting his embrace, but... his embrace was so comforting and intoxicating that she greedily craved it and didn't want to be separated from him.
"Idiot!" Her voice was choked with tears and thick with a nasal tone. "I'd rather die than take your life!"
Do you think I would be happy if I gave up my life to live?
She won't.
Even if such a life-saving method really existed, she was unwilling to gamble on it.
"I'm sorry," Gu Yunshen said, patting her back.
Yu Wenxue shook her head helplessly.
As long as she hasn't reached the end of her rope, she still has a glimmer of hope, doesn't she?
The past six months have been stolen time for her; her true self had already died on the cold operating table, and at the moment her parents gave up on treatment.
Anyway, this is the worst it can get.
Thinking this, Yu Wenxue didn't linger any longer. She grabbed Gu Yunshen's hand and walked out, saying, "If fate has decreed that I don't have long to live, then I will find a way to make the rest of my life more wonderful."
She looked at his profile and smiled, "Anyway, you'll agree to whatever I do, right?"
Gu Yunshen suppressed his inner emotions and let her pull him along.
He couldn't see the expression on Yu Wenxue's face; all he could see was her stubborn back.
However, he didn't want her to leave alone.
I'm sorry, I'm going to disappoint her.
...
This trip lasted until almost dawn.
After a quick shower, Yu Wenxue sat upright in the room, her eyes lowered and silent.
She tried to summon the system, but the system gave no prompt and vanished without a trace, as if it had evaporated into thin air.
She had actually considered a backup plan: if the mission was truly impossible to complete, she would use the life-saving charm; in any case, the outcome couldn't be worse than it was now.
She has more important things to do now.
Not long after, Gu Yun Shen returned from his bath.
He habitually took the soft cloth to wipe Yu Wenxue's hair first, but she stopped him.
Gu Yunshen paused, his fingers moving slightly.
Yu Wenxue suddenly stood up, tiptoed, cupped his face, and kissed his lips.
Her eyes were bright, sparkling with tiny glimmers of light: "I'm ready, are you ready?"
Gu Yun Shen's brow twitched slightly, unable to believe what he had heard. He stood there, waiting for her instructions.
Yu Wenxue kissed him again.
From the chin, to the neck, and then to the collarbone...
A slight tingling sensation came from the side of his neck, and Gu Yun Shen's body trembled involuntarily, his eyes instantly becoming misty.
Yu Wenxue's voice was very soft as she whispered in his right ear, "May I have it?"
He simply couldn't bring himself to say "no" to her.
Gu Yun Shen chuckled softly: "My heart yearns for it."
Author's Note: The next chapter will be about the wedding night. Update will be at 12 PM on Saturday.
Just between you and me, this story has a happy ending!! (Very loudly) (I hope this isn't a spoiler...) (If it were me, I'd secretly delete this)
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