Chapter 50 I Thought I Could Hold You Back
The warriors of the Ten Kings Division rushed over, divided into two teams, and moved in from the left and right, surrounding "Jing Yuan" and the corpse on the ground.
The person leading the team this time is the judge of the Juzi Department - Xue Yi.
"General." Xue Yi nodded to Jing Yuan, then looked at the people in the encirclement.
After all, there were two Jing Yuans here now. In order to distinguish them, Xue Yi followed the Luofu people's way of addressing him and called him Mr. Jing Yuan.
Jing Yuan tilted his head and reminded, "Perhaps it would be more accurate to call him a fugitive."
"Mr. Jingyuan took the initiative to enter the prison, so he is innocent." Xueyi said formally, and then looked in the direction of Jingyuan, "As for the so-called jailbreak... the general has sent the jailbreakers to the prison for trial, proving that this jailbreak had nothing to do with you."
Jing Yuan fell silent.
......So, Jing Yuan failed to reach the base for half an hour. It was not because he was delayed by something, but because he cleared himself of the charge of jailbreak first.
Xue Yi didn't pay attention to the atmosphere at the moment, and just continued, "There is also the elder Zhiming who was reported by Mr. Jingyuan. The evidence is still unclear. Before the charges are fully screened, please don't leave Luofu, Mr. Jingyuan."
They came neatly and left decisively, but never asked any questions from beginning to end.
I don't know if the process of the Ten Kings Division is like this, but I know that the fact that I can still stand here so easily must be related to Jing Yuan.
......Is this considered a cover-up? I wanted to ask him jokingly and break the silence between us.
But when the words came to my lips, I swallowed them back. If I ask this question, how should I ask Jingyuan to answer?
I stared at him in silence. Jing Yuan's figure clearly appeared in my field of vision, but I felt as if there was a huge chasm between us.
Suddenly, I remembered something. Jingyuan and the others are worried that it will disrupt my plan, but does he really have no plan at all?
It is absolutely impossible to say that there is absolutely nothing. He was able to communicate well with the Ten Kings Division within half an hour, and must have even laid the groundwork for Master Long's matter.
So did I disrupt Jingyuan's plan?
......The "me" in the dream was right, I could never become Jingyuan.
So, in this silence, I couldn't say anything after all, and could only walk towards the exit of the Scaled Abyss Realm.
Just as I walked to Jing Yuan's side and was about to walk away with my back to him, I heard Jing Yuan say, "Mei Ze told me that you hesitated, so..."
I paused, and then I only heard Jingyuan's sigh.
Jing Yuan closed his eyes, but the image in his mind became clearer.
At that moment, he seemed to see with his own eyes "Jing Yuan" waking up calmly after death and making arrangements for Mo Ze as usual.
"Other than that..." Jingyuan paused hesitantly. It is hesitation and self-examination. At this moment, killing or not killing is just a matter of thought.
Jing Yuan opened his eyes, but did not look at the person beside him. He only whispered: "So, I thought I could hold you back."
…Even though I might have disrupted everything, Jing Yuan was still thinking about me. I don't know what to say in response, just as I am always at a loss for what to do in response to well-intentioned words and actions.
Jing Yuan did not wait for my reply and continued: "You have trusted me since you first came to Luofu, and you are even willing to entrust everything to me."
"So I should have held you back."
"...I've never thought about it this way. It's just the sense of responsibility you impose on yourself." I said indifferently, trying to make Jingyuan feel better.
But even so, after seeing Jing Yuan's downcast eyes, I still couldn't help feeling a little bit reluctant and sad.
What have I done since I fell into this world? Did everything I did really relieve Jingyuan’s burden?
Or maybe I just made Jingyuan spend more energy because of it.
"Do you know?" Jing Yuan's sudden question brought me back to my senses.
"What?" I asked subconsciously.
"Whether it's your words or your actions, they all hide your expectations of me." Jing Yuan paused suddenly, "Jing Yuan, when you look at me, do you think of your past self?" ”
Perhaps the former "Jing Yuan" also stood under the sun. He had long given up his dream of traveling the starry sea to do justice, but he could still act in an upright manner.
But now, he was quietly cleaning up the filth in a place where no one could see, until his hands were covered in blood, but he just looked at the other self in the sun and smiled: "After all, you are Jing Yuan."
There was a kind of longing and relief in his tone, as if Jing Yuan was supposed to be like this Jing Yuan, not like him...
Subconsciously, he is still refusing to acknowledge his own identity. Or to be more precise... exclusion.
——He hated himself for being like that.
"My former self?" I repeated in a low voice. There was nothing noteworthy about me in the past, and I led a completely ordinary life all the way, but in Jingyuan's view, the "Jingyuan" of the past was different.
Perhaps I shouldn't use this identity to influence Jing Yuan's judgment, nor should I use this trust to do something that I think would be better.
So, I answered him, “I am not Jingyuan.”
At that moment, Jing Yuan clearly saw that "Yan Qing" and "Dan Heng" both became nervous, as if they were worried about "Jing Yuan's" health.
They watched him closely, and breathed a sigh of relief when they confirmed that he was fine.
Jing Yuan's condition was worse than he had expected. No wonder when the Danding Division was first mentioned, Jingyuan's first reaction was to see a psychiatrist.
He was right. I should ask Bai Lu to help me identify his mental state.
"Come back with me." Jing Yuan said casually. It was as if they had just come to the Scaled Abyss for a visit and could now go home.
But Jingyuan chose to be so tolerant of me, but I cannot take it for granted. I shook my head and retorted, "But..."
"No buts." Jing Yuan interrupted me and even used a slightly tough tone, "I have been in office for more than 700 years. Although it is a bit cumbersome to deal with, he is just a dragon master. You don't need to distance yourself from him."
......really. Jing Yuan, who has always been used to putting more effort into routine matters, couldn't possibly be unprepared.
Seeing Jing Yuan getting more and more depressed, Jing Yuan couldn't help but say helplessly, "Besides, your working hours are not enough to cover your expenses in Luofu."
"Jing Yuan" looked over in surprise, obviously not expecting that this was the kind of thing that was being mentioned at this time.
"The financial situation of the Shen Ce Mansion is not much better." Jing Yuan responded seriously, and then said with regret: "And if there is one less person to help, I will have even less time to sneak out."
Finally, he looked over and smiled, "Just consider it a small favor for me?"
No one can refuse such a Jingyuan, at least I can't, especially after I know that I owe him a lot.
So, I was eventually brought back to the Shen Ce Mansion, along with Yan Qing and the others.
"Miss Bailu, I feel that I am in good health." I tried to maintain a smile, and looked at the steaming, bitter medicine in front of me, "So, we don't need this kind of thing, right?"
"No!" Bai Lu put her hands on her hips, and successfully reached 1.8 meters in momentum. "You four, and General Jing Yuan over there, don't even think about running away!"
Jing Yuan blinked and drank the bowl of warm medicine in front of him, silently indicating that he had no intention of running away.
Bai Lu nodded with satisfaction, then looked at the other four threateningly.
"I'm immortal, why should I drink this?" "Blade" muttered softly, and after taking a few big gulps, he fell headfirst onto the table.
"Yan Qing" looked at him as if he were a warrior, then looked at the one in front of him with a sympathetic heart, and asked in a trembling voice: "Could it be that the Immortal Boat also has medicine similar to Coptis chinensis?"
Dan Heng, the only one who could drink it, thought for a moment: "How about I add some water to dilute it?"
Bai Lu, who keenly caught the hint, immediately retorted: "No! This is the best combination for medicinal effects. Don't add anything else randomly, especially cold water!"
After being scolded, Dan Heng silently picked up his bowl and continued drinking until he heard someone suddenly say, "Can I have another bowl?"
"Cough, cough, cough!" The sudden words made Dan Heng, who had not completely swallowed the medicine, choke and cough. Even Blade, who had already "fallen down", suddenly raised his head and pushed his share forward: "Brave man, please!"
Bai Lu pushed it back to Blade expressionlessly, and then asked with concern: "Is one portion not enough?"
Jing Yuan nodded solemnly: "Not enough."
"That shouldn't be the case." Bai Lu muttered to herself in confusion, "Could it be that I missed something?"
However, after just a brief moment of thinking, when Bai Lu looked over again, she found that "Jing Yuan" had already taken the initiative to drink up the three of their shares.
"General, are you drinking this as if it were wine?" "Yan Qing" looked at him with trembling pupils, as if he just got to know this person today.
"How come I didn't know you had this ability?" Blade smacked his lips with a look of regret, and after feeling the bitter taste, he said sadly, "If I had known that, I wouldn't have drunk those few sips."
Jing Yuan lowered his eyes to look at the table in front of him. When he raised his eyes again, he had put all his thoughts aside. "For some reasons, there is no place to sell wine in Luofu now. If you want, I have quite a lot prepared."
Bai Lu frowned and was about to say that the injured should not drink alcohol, but she met Jing Yuan's suggestive gaze.
A few seconds of silence seemed like a century, and finally Jing Yuan said, "Okay."
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