Chapter 218 The Cold Buddhist Girl and the Sinister Young City Lord 14
The eldest young master's wife burst into tears: "Little Master, I will go with you. Please let me see him again."
This time, she did not reject Cha Jiu again, but obediently let him pull her and rushed out of the sea of fire.
But the fire had become extremely fierce.
Burnt beams of wood were falling down in large numbers, emitting flames.
Cha Jiu managed to dodge and was almost hit several times.
A figure in a wet robe rushed in without looking back.
"Shen..." Cha Jiu was a little surprised.
Shen Suyuan's eyes were bloodshot, and he suppressed his anger. While blocking the fallen wood around her, he urged her, "Hurry up!"
Cha Jiu didn't waste any time and quickly took the eldest young lady out.
Shen Suyuan was tall and had been protecting them behind them. Two muffled groans were heard.
Cha Jiu asked anxiously: "Are you injured?"
Shen Suyuan just said calmly: "Go forward."
After the three of them got out of the sea of fire, the eldest young lady fainted.
Only then did Cha Jiu realize how serious Shen Suyuan's injuries were.
His back and arms were bruised, with large red spots and blisters.
There was also a small burn on the lower jaw caused by sparks, which turned terribly red.
Fortunately, all three of them were fine.
Shen Zhong, who rushed over, looked at all three children and made sure that none of them were missing any limbs, then he breathed a sigh of relief.
Shen Suyuan's face was terribly gloomy.
He grabbed Cha Jiu's wrist tightly and said ruthlessly: "Who allowed you to rush in?"
When he saw her running into the fire, his heart almost stopped beating!
Cha Jiu was in so much pain from being grabbed that he couldn't help but show a painful expression.
Shen Suyuan reacted and immediately relaxed his grip.
But he still didn't let go of her hand.
"I just want to help you." Cha Jiu looked at him with her watery eyes: "Just like you helped me in Lianhua Temple, in Hengzhou, and in the mountains and forests."
Shen Suyuan's heart trembled violently.
This time, her starting point is no longer to save people or the world.
But for him.
He couldn't stop being happy.
But... I can't stop feeling sad.
Shen Zhong, who was standing by, could see what his son was thinking.
Shen Zhong first reprimanded Shen Suyuan for his harsh words to Cha Jiu, and then said worriedly: "Your injury is too serious. Let the servants help you deal with it quickly."
Shen Suyuan refused: "I can do it myself."
He didn't like being touched, and everyone in the mansion knew it.
Shen Zhong could only sigh and said to Cha Jiu, "Young Master, can you help me apply medicine to my son's injuries? He has a strange temper and doesn't like people in the mansion to touch him."
Cha Jiu naturally agreed.
This time, Shen Suyuan just pursed his lips and said nothing.
Shen Zhong snorted and laughed, as if he saw through him.
…
In the room, there was a bitter smell of medicine.
Shen Suyuan had not gotten enough rest for many years and had health problems, so he never used incense in his room. Instead, he burned medicine sticks to relieve his manic and depressed mood.
At this time, there were only two people in the room.
Shen Suyuan turned his back to Cha Jiu and took off all his clothes on the upper body.
The layer of skin stuck to his underwear was torn off, but he just frowned and didn't cry out in pain at all.
"You..." Cha Jiu was stunned by his brutality and quickly used medicine to stop the bleeding. "You have to do it slowly. It will hurt a lot if you tear it apart all at once."
Shen Suyuan closed his eyes and said, "It's something that we have to face sooner or later. No matter how serious or fast it is, the result will be the same. It's better to just do it directly."
He is talking about the injury.
It also tells about his destiny.
Shen Suyuan knew that he was destined to be trapped in the curse like his brother and would not live past the age of twenty-five.
My elder brother once did not believe in fate and married the woman he loved.
But what is the result?
He turned into a monster without a mind and died in the sea of fire, while his wife struggled in pain for the rest of her life.
Shen Suyuan didn't want to follow in such footsteps.
Cha Jiu treated the burn on his back, then came over with ointment and sat down in front of him, wanting to apply medicine to the wound on his jaw.
Shen Suyuan grabbed her hand.
There were complex emotions in his dark jade eyes, including sadness, attachment, but more of it was forbearance.
"Okay." His voice was hoarse, "You should go now."
Cha Jiu was slightly startled: "Where are you going?"
"Return to Lotus Temple."
That meant he didn't intend to keep her here.
Those boastful introductions to the library, the Four Seasons Waterside Pavilion, and other places in the Shen Mansion seemed like momentary jokes.
Cha Jiu was silent for a long while before he said, "I can stay."
Shen Suyuan said decisively: "No need."
Cha Jiu's long eyelashes fluttered like butterfly wings, trembling slightly, and then she slowly raised her eyes to look at him. She saw that his face was cold, his eyebrows were covered with frost, and he looked like he was keeping people at a distance.
If the system hadn't prompted that the favorability had risen to 70%, Cha Jiu would have really thought that Shen Suyuan hated her to the extreme.
"good."
Cha Jiu said slowly.
This word was as light as a feather, but when it fell on Shen Suyuan's heart, it was like a heavy mountain falling down.
Cha Jiu wanted to get up, but she found that he had never let go of the hand on her wrist.
On the contrary, it is even more powerful.
Cha Jiu's eyes fell on the hand and he gently reminded, "Shen Shishi, I'm leaving."
She was half standing up, so she couldn't see the expression on Shen Suyuan's face as he sat down.
A few breaths passed.
The hand slowly loosened.
"Go ahead." Shen Suyuan didn't look at her again.
Cha Jiu got off the couch, quietly packed up the medicine on the tray, then turned and left.
"Donor Shen, take care."
She closed the door as she left, taking away the last ray of light in the room.
Shen Suyuan's lonely and slightly bent back was completely hidden in the dim shadows.
…
Walking in the winding corridor, the system asked in confusion: "Since Shen Suyuan's favorability is already so high, why don't you just express your feelings to him and stay?"
Cha Jiu: "No hurry. The curse of not being able to live past the age of 25 is his inner demon. He will not easily accept me stepping into the remaining part of his life."
For someone like Shen Suyuan, a superficial liking might allow him to possess someone regardless of everything.
But love is hesitant, timid, and cautious.
Just as he held her hand in the study, he wanted to push it away, but couldn't help but keep it.
Getting into a person's heart is never an easy thing.
Every step is just around the corner, or it could be as far as the horizon.
Just take it slow.
At this time, a maid from the Shen family came over and bowed to Cha Jiu, saying, "Master, our eldest young lady has woken up, and she hopes to see you."
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