Chapter 48: What about true love? Why don’t you let me touch it?
Frost probably understood his intention and tried to smooth things over:
"Ms. Xi means well, and Master Qi is aware of it. However, Her Highness is a little different from before. Master Qi is worried that Her Highness, in her current state, might accidentally hurt you even if she wakes up. Master Qi knows how much you hold in Her Highness' heart, and he is doing this out of consideration for your safety. I hope Miss Xi will forgive me."
Xi He's eyes lingered on Qi Xin's profile, her crescent-shaped pupils dark and unclear: "What happened to Her Highness?"
Seeing how they were trying to cover up the truth, Xihe knew that things were definitely not as simple as they seemed, but it was not easy to force them to answer, so he had to be patient and let them know the truth bit by bit.
Frost Jiang couldn't speak directly, so he simply smiled politely and said, "I wonder if your house has any vacant rooms?"
"Go along this corridor to the end. Don't pay attention to the forks along the way. The rooms in that row have been empty for a long time. Just pick one at random." Xihe knew that he was a burden now. It was pointless to worry about these things. It would be better for him to heal his wounds first.
"Thank you, Miss Xi." Shen Yu lifted Qi Xin up and whispered as he passed by Xi He, "Lord Xi..."
"Don't worry, Duke. Father won't know what happened tonight." Xihe looked at Chen Yu with a heavy gaze, not cold, nor friendly, as if he was trying to find something.
"Thank you." Previously, it was Qi Tian, and now there was Xi He. He didn't even know how many potential competitors there were. Chen Yu truly felt that his position in Qi Xin's heart could be ranked from Shengdu to Dianxi Kingdom.
In fact, when thinking about this, Chen Yu was stunned for a moment. His feelings for Xiaojiu had unknowingly become so deep?
He admitted that he had been interested in her since the time they were in the farmer's yard, but at that time, he had mostly wanted to use their relationship to achieve his own goals...
But I didn't expect that I would get so into the role while acting that I ended up getting myself involved in it.
At least now, he could no longer fool himself. Perhaps, he had never regarded her as the high and mighty princess from the beginning, and did not think that she was any different from others.
To him, she was just Xiaojiu.
Chen Yu said in a gentle and subdued voice, "Shuangshuang, stay here and take good care of Miss Xi."
Shuangjiang understood: "Yes, Master Qi."
Shuangjiang escorted Xihe back into the house, helped her remove the hidden weapon from her ankle, and warned her, "Miss Xi, you have a penetrating wound. I only gave you some medicine I brought with me. It would be best if you wait until tomorrow morning to see a doctor."
Xihe seemed unconcerned, leaning leisurely on the low table mixing spices, and said with a smile: "The medicines in the Jingguo Army are naturally all top-grade, so there is nothing to worry about."
Frost did not comment, his upper and lower lips touched silently, and then he fell silent.
"You mean I recognized the wrong person?" Xi He lit the incense and smiled at her unwillingness to speak. "Come on, your Duke will definitely know that I recognized him."
Shuangjiang has followed Chen Yu for so many years, and usually, she can guess what her master is going to do.
But now, she can't see clearly.
Even if the Seventh Master accepted the emperor's order to cooperate with Princess Jialing, he still regarded her too seriously, even more so than his own safety.
"Why are you standing so far away? Come and sit down." Xi He blinked her bright crescent eyes at her bitter and resentful face and said in a long tone, "Looking at you like this, are you interested in your master?"
Frost's eyes narrowed in panic as someone openly exposed her carefully buried thoughts. She stepped back and said cautiously, "Miss Xi, please be careful with your words."
At the same time, Chen Yu did not dare to delay for a moment and hurried towards the wing room.
After entering the room, Chen Yu gently placed her on the bed and covered her with a thin quilt. From the top of her head downwards, he traced her eyebrows with his eyes.
Qi Xin's eyes were round and bright when he looked at people. When he smiled, the dimples at the corners of his lips made him look quirky. But when he examined someone, his eyes became extremely sharp, as if he could see through them, leaving them with nothing to hide.
But now, she just lay there quietly, her long eyelashes drooping obediently, casting a shadow under the candlelight.
Chen Yu's fingertips unconsciously touched her round nose, followed by her philtrum, and finally stopped at the peak of her plump lips.
The touch is exactly the same as I remember!
Then, Chen Yu rubbed her lips lingeringly.
Just as he was about to withdraw his hand, Qi Xin suddenly grabbed his wrist and sat up.
Before Chen Yu could put away his look of pity, he met her eyes filled with red lines.
Chen Yu was shocked to realize that she was still in the middle of an attack, but he didn't know what she would do next, so he had no choice but to let her pull him along. He asked tentatively, "How do you feel? Are you feeling unwell?"
Qi Xin lifted his chin, and surveyed his face as if admiring a work of art, and said in a condescending tone, "Chen Yu?"
This kind of Qi Xin made him feel very unfamiliar, but even so, when Chen Yu heard her call him by his full name for the first time, he couldn't help but feel a strange sense of pleasure in his heart.
Qi Xin didn't wait for his response. He immediately pulled him down on the bed with a strong force, turned over and pressed on him, locking his wrists in front of him: "Why, do you like me?"
Chen Yu didn't know whether it was because he was still weak from his illness, or because the power of Qi Xin's blood pill was too great after taking effect, but he couldn't move at all for a while.
But he didn't want to answer her at this moment. Even if he answered, she would definitely not remember it after she woke up.
Qi Xin didn't get a response, so he just assumed it was the answer he wanted.
Her red eyes gleamed with brilliance. She pressed her body down, leaned close to Chen Yu's ear, and said with a warm breath, "If you like me, then give it to me!"
In an instant, Chen Yu's hair stood on end. He didn't know whether Qi Xin meant what he thought, but he still had some expectations.
The next moment, Qi Xin tilted her head and took his earlobe in her mouth, sucking and kissing it vigorously. The temperature in her mouth was several times hotter than usual.
Chen Yu was suddenly strongly stimulated, his whole body twisted restlessly, and his overwhelming desire surged towards one place with his emotions.
Chen Yu knew that Qi Xin didn't really want to have anything to do with him at the moment, but was just suffering from the backlash of the blood pill's power and needed an outlet.
What he didn't know was that even if the blood pill's power backfired, it would only infinitely amplify the blood remnant's inherent delusions, and would not create anything out of thin air. Unless, after resonance, they were controlled by their own resonators and did things against their own will.
Seeing his intense reaction, Qi Xin stood up with an uneasy look on his face, slapped him in the face, and pushed his shoulders back down, which had already left the bed a little. He pressed his thumb hard on his lower lip and rubbed it:
"Why, you won't let me touch you? I have everything I want. It's an honor for you to be liked by me! Don't you see how you behaved in Handanfang just now? Why are you pretending to be chaste here?"
Chen Yu was slapped by this slap, and the heat in his body boiled even more. He knew rationally that he shouldn't let Qi Xin do whatever she wanted when she was not clear-headed, but emotionally, he hoped that Qi Xin would be a little more cruel, a little more crazy, and a little closer to him...
Shen Yu's Adam's apple moved, and he spoke with difficulty: "Why, why me?"
"You should be thankful that your face pleases this princess very much. Otherwise, if you were touched by someone else, this princess would have cut you into pieces." When Qi Xin said this, the expression was as if she would pick up a sharp knife and stab the other person in the heart at the next moment.
Shen Yu felt that he must be crazy.
Even though Qi Xin's words and actions now made him feel unfamiliar, he knew clearly that this was still the same person - Xiaojiu, whom he spent every day with, the Xiaojiu who had attracted him at first sight.
Although his mind was still resisting rationally, his body had already succumbed to instinct and continued to cater to it.
Qi Xin was already a little impatient and started to tear his clothes randomly, and then sat down without saying a word.
But it was obviously too much brute force. As soon as she sat down, a tear of pain involuntarily came out of her eyes.
At the turn of spring and summer, the rain poured down without warning, dripping like beads, bit by bit, heartbreaking. Along with my inexplicable emotions, they blended into the puddles of mud on the uneven bluestone road, unable to distinguish between clear and turbid water, sinking endlessly.
Shen Yu didn't dare move even as he felt the ultimate pleasure. He watched the endless pain on Qi Xin's face, and his heart ached. He pressed the back of her neck soothingly, letting her draw closer to him, and carefully touched her lips.
This caring touch did not relieve Qi Xin at all. She was very familiar with the pain caused by the force running rampant in her body when the blood pills were fused before.
Qi Xin no longer knew where she was or what she was going to do. She just wanted to do something to end the tearing pain.
The next moment, Qi Xin pulled out the dagger from Shen Yu's waist and stabbed it into his chest. The speed was so fast that he had no time to react.
"Xiaojiu, don't--" His low growl was filled with empathy for the pain and despair of being on the verge of being stranded.
Chen Yu wondered if she had been stopped by his shouting, but she had actually frozen in the critical moment when the sword tip was pressed against her chest. He quickly knocked the dagger out of her hand and then controlled her wrists.
Qi Xin felt discomfort in his throat, tilted his head, and coughed up a pool of blood. He then fainted and fell under the bed.
Shen Yu quickly caught her head, pulled her back, let her lean against his arms, and hugged her tightly as if she had been lost and found again.
After a long while, Shen Yu laid her flat, tucked in the quilt for her, and managed to straighten his upper body. He stood up and looked out the side window.
As it happened, Frost was already waiting by the window, hiding under the eaves in a place not wet by the rain, with its head down.
Shen Yu waved at her, and when he saw her coming over, he whispered, "How is Miss Xihe?"
"She's fine after applying the medicine." Shuangjiang had been immersed in the question Xihe had just asked her. When facing Shen Yu, she seemed a little embarrassed.
Fortunately, Shen Yu was still immersed in the feeling of powerlessness at Qi Xin's imminent suicide in front of him, and didn't pay too much attention to it. He continued, "Has Miss Xihe rested?"
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