Chapter 70 Can I Do Anything? If not brother, then what is it...?
Jin Suiqing stared at Jin Shiyu for a moment, then the tears she had just held back burst forth. Her lips trembled, her face a mixture of fear and anger, and she cried, "Jin Shiyu, I just crawled out of that dark cave, I was so scared, and you're still yelling at me..."
This statement was half true and half false. Jin Suiqing was afraid, but not angry. Even the source of his fear was the terror he felt in the cave, and had nothing to do with Jin Shiyu in front of him.
She was certain that Kim Shi-ok wouldn't break her legs, so what was there to be afraid of?
Sure enough, Jin Shiyu snapped out of her daze, pressed her forehead against Jin Suiqing's, her tears falling onto her forehead, and chuckled softly a few times.
Hearing him laugh, Jin Suiqing felt something was off. Feeling the scalding water hitting her forehead, she looked up at him and said incredulously, "Jin Shiyu, are you crying?"
“Yes,” Kim Shi-ok’s eyelashes trembled, and her tears fell even harder. “I cried.”
Jin Suiqing was stunned, not expecting him to admit it so easily, and stared at him blankly. Jin Shiyu's hair was dirty and messy, his face was a mess, and the black mud even covered the cinnabar mole between his eyebrows. The tear stains under his eyes washed out a glaring white line, making him look exactly like a jade bodhisattva that had just been unearthed.
She pondered for a moment, then swallowed her urge to complain. She pulled her hand out from under the blanket he was wrapped in tightly, wiped away his tears, and used her wet fingers to press a light mark between his eyebrows.
After rubbing the cinnabar birthmark out, he looked much better. Jin Suiqing chuckled and gently patted his cheek, saying, "Don't cry, I'm out now."
Jin Shiyu's breathing suddenly became rapid. He no longer cared about anything else and only wanted to pack Jin Suiqing into his body and take her away. He wrapped the quilt tightly, picked up Jin Suiqing, and strode down the muddy slope.
"Hey, hey, hey, Jin Shiyu, Jin Shiyu, wait!" Jin Suiqing shouted repeatedly, trying to stop him. "I can't leave yet, I can't leave! There are still people in the cave, there are still people!"
"I don't care."
Jin Suiqing panicked. Wrapped up like a caterpillar, she could only wriggle in his arms, crying out, "Princess Ye... there are still miners in the mountains! We can't leave! We can't leave! I have to save them!"
Jin Shiyu's shoulders stiffened. The relief of finding someone vanished in an instant, replaced by an uncontrollable surge of anger. Through the blanket, he pressed Jin Suiqing down on his chest, coldly saying, "What does this have to do with me?"
“It has to do with me!” Jin Suiqing struggled to say. “They, they trapped me inside so that I could get out first. I… I can’t be ungrateful… I can’t be greedy for profit! I can’t be attracted by lust… This is not right. In short, I can’t leave them in the mine.”
Jin Shiyu ignored him and continued down the slope with the person in his arms. The mining machine driven by the Death Guard also stopped. Jin Suiqing was even more anxious. Now that there was a rescue device, of course he had to save the person as quickly as possible.
After holding back for a long time, Jin Suiqing blurted out, "Jin Shiyu, as long as you're willing to help the people in the mountains, I'll do anything!"
Jin Shiyu stopped in his tracks.
Standing there, he remained silent for a moment, then suddenly looked down at her. Their eyes met, and his gaze was filled with a mixture of mockery and fervor.
Kim Shi-ok: "You really can do anything?"
Jin Suiqing shrank back, his eyes darting around. After a long while, he finally met Jin Shiyu's eyes solemnly and said firmly, "Yes, that's right, Jin Shiyu. As long as you can save the people in the cave, I will do anything."
Kim Shi-ok suddenly broke into a hearty laugh, “What you’re saying now isn’t nonsense.”
This cannot be fully guaranteed; it depends on the circumstances.
Jin Suiqing's eyes darted around, and he said guiltily, "It's not nonsense."
"Okay, I'll do as you say, I'll save them." Jin Shiyu waved his hand, and the mining machine's water pump changed direction, heading towards the cave. He then extended his little finger and held it up to Jin Suiqing's face. "Pinky promise?"
Jin Suiqing quickly reached out to make a pinky promise with him, but Jin Shiyu withdrew his hand and said, "Never mind, it's not of much use."
"ah?"
Before Jin Suiqing could react, Jin Shiyu continued down the mountain with the person in his arms.
Jin Shiyu agreed without any intention of stopping, but Jin Suiqing quickly patted his shoulder, "Hey, hey, stop, stop! I want to see him come out with my own eyes."
Jin Shiyu didn't stop walking, gritting her teeth as she retorted, "Who are you looking at? Huangfu Feng?"
Jin Suiqing shuddered, then suddenly realized what was going on and hurriedly said, "Ma...it's mainly the miners."
Jin Shiyu still hesitated, so Jin Suiqing quickly added, "Jin Shiyu, you said that the princess was ordered to go to Jiangnan Road. If something goes wrong on the way, you are a member of the Jin family and can get away with it thanks to the emperor's grace. But I am not. How can I get away? If you don't see her come out unharmed, you can prepare a mat, roll her up, and collect her body in front of the Meridian Gate."
When it comes to eloquence and spouting nonsense, no one can compare to Jin Suiqing.
Jin Shiyu saw through the woman's distrust and, going along with her wishes, ordered two chairs to be brought in so he could accompany Jin Suiqing and watch the magic machinery open the mountain.
The miners wanted to go forward to thank them, but they dared not approach because of the fierce aura emanating from Jin Shiyu. They could only hear Jin Suiqing, wrapped in a thick quilt, jumping around on the earthen slope, directing the pumping of water and the opening of the mountain based on his memory of leaving the mountain.
With both people and the water pump down, Jin Suiqing felt much more at ease. Feeling hot from jumping around, she tried to pull off the blanket, but Jin Shiyu quickly pulled her into his arms, grabbed the two corners of the cup, and wrapped her up tightly again, saying, "Don't take it off."
Jin Suiqing's cheeks were flushed, and she was so hot that she was dizzy. She asked in confusion, "Why? It's so hot!"
Afraid that she would break free, Jin Shiyu forcefully grabbed the corners of her chin where the blankets overlapped, held her arm around her, pressed her down onto the stool, squatted in front of Jin Suiqing, leaned over, and pressed her forehead against Jin Suiqing's.
It was indeed very hot.
Startled and after swimming, without even a moment's rest, he spent a long time on the mountain directing the rescue efforts. The cold air seeped into his body, how could he not get a fever?
Jin Shiyu felt guilty; he shouldn't have stayed on the mountain with her and acted recklessly.
Jin Suiqing was startled by his coldness, her breathing became heavier, and she kept dodging backward, asking curiously, "Jin Shiyu, why are you always so cold? Are you sick?"
The temperature was too high; it made him delirious.
They can't even tell who's sick anymore.
Jin Shiyu pressed down on the back of her head, holding her firmly in place. With their foreheads touching, he looked up at her. Jin Shiyu no longer made any deliberate attempt to hold his breath. His cool breath, mixed with bitterness, hit Jin Suiqing's face directly.
Jin Suiqing's blocked nose suddenly cleared up, and Jin Shiyu's bitter breathing made her heart palpitate.
Looking down, one could easily see Jin Shiyu's chapped lips opening and closing. "Suiqing, it's not that I'm sick, it's that you have a fever."
"I...have a fever?" Jin Suiqing mumbled. "Brother, I have a fever?"
She blurted out instinctively, and Jin Shiyu paused, his expression unreadable, "I'm no longer your brother."
Jin Suiqing squinted, puzzled, and asked, "If it's not my brother, then what is it?"
Jin Shiyu released Jin Suiqing's nape. The feverish man's mind was not working properly. He was focused on one thing and forgot all about avoiding him. He maintained the close position and looked at him expectantly with his big eyes filled with water.
Kim Shi-ok smiled and said, "You'll find out later."
"What later?" Jin Suiqing was confused, tired and exhausted, and didn't know which thing to deal with first. She was thinking about Ye Zhufeng, but Jin Shiyu's cool forehead felt very comfortable, and she couldn't bear to leave. She didn't care about being close or not, and just stayed close to him.
She stared at Jin Shiyu for a long time, then suddenly chuckled and said, "From now on, Jin Shiyu... I want to leave the Jin family."
The answer that Kim Shi-ok had silently recited countless times was now laid out before him.
Hearing this, it wasn't as torturous as the self-doubting. Jin Shiyu chuckled, his Adam's apple bobbing. He tilted his head back and kissed Jin Suiqing's eyes, leaving Jin Suiqing stunned.
Jin Shiyu kissed her again and again, Jin Suiqing's eyelashes brushing against his lips, making them itch. Jin Shiyu's heart was filled with jealousy, and he harbored a mischievous thought, teasing her, "No, change it, call me brother."
Jin Suiqing closed her eyes and frowned, finding this person really strange. He had clearly said earlier that he wasn't her brother, but now he was. After thinking for a long time, she couldn't figure out what was wrong, so she went along with him and said, "You're not my brother anymore."
Kim Shi-ok snorted and curled her lips into a smile, saying, "If it's not my brother, that's even better. Anyway, I can't leave."
Jin Suiqing was furious with him: "How can you be like this?"
That's just how I am.
After saying that, Jin Shiyu picked up Jin Suiqing and strode down the mountain to leave the mine. Jin Suiqing was drowsy and worried about Ye Zhufeng. She didn't want to be with him and twisted and turned like a crazed worm. Through the blanket, Jin Shiyu slapped her bottom hard: "Good girl, be good."
Jin Suiqing's tears streamed down her face again, and she moved even more violently, wailing, "Jin Shiyu, you bastard, you spanked me again!"
Kim Shi-ok raised an eyebrow: "You think I'm a jerk just because I spanked you? What if I do something even more jerk-like in the future?"
Jin Suiqing was so delirious from the fever that he didn't care about anything else. He straightened his body, leaned back, and slammed his head down on Jin Shiyu's forehead. Jin Shiyu's head jolted, and he groaned. The spot where Jin Suiqing had placed his cinnabar birthmark was now a large red mark.
Jin Shiyu was furious. "Jin Suiqing, can't you be quiet for a moment?"
Jin Suiqing was dizzy and couldn't stay still. Encouraged by evil, he shouted, "You dare, or I'll bite you!"
When she says "bite," does she mean biting with her head?
It has no deterrent effect whatsoever.
Jin Shiyu was amused by her, but in his heart he was thinking that the body temperature could not be higher, otherwise it would probably really cause brain damage. No matter how much she made a fuss, he had to take the people away from the mine first.
We can't delay any longer; her consciousness is fading, we must take Jin Suiqing to see a doctor.
Jin Suiqing slumped softly on his shoulder, muttering "Ye Zi," "Big Dog," and "Jin Shiyu is a bastard" in her mind. Before completely passing out, she looked over Jin Shiyu's shoulder at the mine.
The miners gathered around the hole dug by the mining machine and cheered with joy.
"They're out! They're out! Everyone's been rescued!"
Jin Suiqing struggled to lift her heavy eyelids and, before her vision went completely black, saw Ye Zhufeng being surrounded by miners as he left the mine.
Ye Zhufeng watched Jin Shiyu leave with someone in his arms, and raised his foot to chase after him, but was blocked by a group of guards.
The guard said, "Your Highness, please don't make things difficult for us. Miss Jin has a fever and must see a doctor immediately. If Your Highness truly cares about Miss Jin, then please don't chase after her anymore."
Author's Note: My brother has turned evil (Guess a place name)
It seems like other things are also possible, hehe.
There's no fixed answer.
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