Qingji was startled awake, and seeing Shuang'er was awake, he said hoarsely: "Shuang'er, you're awake, how are you? Do you feel uncomfortable?" Shuang'er said weakly: "I'm fine." Because she was still very weak, Shuang'er found it a little difficult to speak, and she looked at Qingji with her big eyes. Qingji poured a bowl of water for Shuang'er and fed it to her. Only then did Shuang'er feel much better.
Qingji saw the confusion in Shuang'er's eyes, so he told her the whole story from beginning to end, and said, "You can live a good life from now on. My blood can keep you from getting sick and keep you alive at your age. Don't do anything like committing suicide."
Shuang'er nodded slightly and said, "Okay, Qingji, will you always stay with me from now on?" Qingji helped Shuang'er lie down slowly, and did not answer Shuang'er's question. Instead, he said to Shuang'er, "I'll go up the mountain to catch some prey to nourish your body. You lie down at home for a while." After that, he went out.
Shuang'er looked at Qingji's back as he left without saying anything. Qingji quickly caught a rabbit and two fish and came back, and began to cook like his mother used to. Shuang'er lay quietly on the bed, looking at the roof. After Qingji finished cooking, he brought the food into the house, helped Shuang'er up and leaned her against the wall, then fed her little by little. After Shuang'er drank a mouthful of the fish soup made by Qingji, her eyes were filled with tears, and she said, "It tastes exactly the same as my mother's."
Qingji paused, continued to feed Shuang'er and said, "I cooked it according to the method you used before." Shuang'er drank the fish soup quietly. This went on for several days, and Shuang'er could slowly get out of bed and move around.
When Qingji was hunting on this day, he felt something pushing upwards. With a "pu~" sound, Qingji spat out a mouthful of blood. Qingji smiled bitterly and said, "Is this not going to happen soon? I want to stay with her for a few more days." Qingji slowly sat down with the help of a tree, practicing Qigong and regulating his breathing.
Shuang'er here didn't know anything about what was happening on the mountain. She was trying to do some simple things to help Qingji share some of the burden. When Qingji came back with a pheasant, he saw Shuang'er wiping the table. Qingji hurried over to support Shuang'er, snatched the rag from her hand and said, "Let me do these things, you just take care of your injuries." Shuang'er smiled at Qingji and said, "I just want to do something within my ability so that you can do a little."
Qingji helped Shuang'er to sit on the bed and said, "It's okay, I'm not afraid of hard work." Shuang'er shook her head and said, "I feel bad about it." After the misfortune, Shuang'er seemed to have changed. She was not as lively or tough as before.
Qingji looked at Shuang'er and said, "Then you better get better soon so that you can help me." Then he went to deal with the pheasant he had just brought back.
Qingji, who had just walked out of the thatched hut, vomited blood again. Qingji hurriedly wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, glanced into the room, and found that Shuang'er was not looking outside. He immediately breathed a sigh of relief, then buried the blood on the ground, and then went to deal with the pheasant as if nothing had happened.
Shuang'er was sitting on the bed and actually heard the noise outside, but she didn't get up to see. Shuang'er knew that Qingji must be hiding something from her, and she was waiting for Qingji to speak up himself.
After Qingji finished preparing the pheasant, he cooked it. Shuang'er said, "It's not good to eat this every day. Go to the town to buy some food." After Qingji finished a bowl of chicken soup, he said, "Okay."
Qingji was gone for most of the day and didn't come back until the evening. Shuang'er said with a gloomy face: "Don't you have the ability to travel a thousand miles a day? Why did you take so long?" Qingji said calmly: "Something happened on the way." Shuang'er didn't believe it and asked: "Why don't you tell me what happened to you now?"
Qingji was stunned for a moment, and looked at Shuang'er. Shuang'er continued, "You have been acting strangely these past few days. Do you think I can't see anything?" Qingji looked at Shuang'er like this and still couldn't bear to tell her the truth. Just as he was about to lie to Shuang'er, he heard Shuang'er say again, "Don't lie to me. Every time you have this expression, it's a lie."
Qingji smiled bitterly and said, "So you saw through me. I thought I was disguising myself well." Shuang'er asked, "What happened?" Qingji sat on the doorstep and said, "I don't have many days left in the human world. You used a lot of magic power on humans before, and now it's backfired. I have to go back to where I came from to protect myself."
Shuang'er looked at Qingji in disbelief and said, "Then why didn't you tell me? You took care of me every day as if nothing had happened. Qingji, why are you always like this, doing everything silently but saying nothing?" As she spoke, Shuang'er couldn't help but burst into tears.
When Qingji saw Shuang'er crying, he felt very distressed. He hurriedly wiped the tears from Shuang'er's face and said, "I just don't want to see you like this. I want to stay with you for a few more days. I'm afraid that no one will take care of you after I leave." Qingji's eyes gradually turned red.
"Then you don't have to risk your own life to take care of me. I already owe you a life. Do you want me to live in guilt for the rest of my life?" Shuang'er shouted loudly. Perhaps she had been suppressed for too long, or perhaps these things had stimulated her. Qingji said, "I will take care of you for a few more days, okay? I will leave when your injury is much better."
Qingji's tone was filled with pleading. Shuang'er looked at Qingji, who had given so much for her, and many complicated emotions flashed through her mind. Finally, she sighed helplessly and said, "Okay."
So the two of them lived in peace, each pretending to be strong, not wanting to face the separation. After several days, Shuang'er's health got better day by day, but Qingji's health got worse day by day. Shuang'er tried hard every day to heal her injury, because one time Qingji vomited blood and was bumped into by Shuang'er.
Shuang'er looked at Qingji with a face full of heartache, and secretly vowed to herself that she must heal her wounds quickly so that Qingji could go back. Shuang'er and Qingji both worked hard with the mentality of wanting each other to get better. Finally, Shuang'er's wounds were healed, and it was the day when Qingji and Shuang'er separated. At this time, Qingji's body was not strong enough to support for long, but Qingji still looked fine as usual. On this day, Shuang'er cooked a table full of dishes, all of which were prey that Qingji had hunted down. When Qingji saw the table full of dishes, he knew what Shuang'er meant.
Qingji lowered his head and ate while saying, "I'll stay one more afternoon, and leave in the evening." Shuang'er looked at Qingji with a lot of reluctance in her eyes, but she had to do it, so she said calmly, "Okay."
After finishing her meal, Qingji went into the mountains. Shuang'er stood in the yard and looked at the back mountain. In the evening, Shuang'er waited in the house for Qingji to come back. After waiting for a long time, Qingji still didn't come back. Shuang'er decided to go out to look for him. As soon as she walked out of the door, she found a lot of prey in the yard, but there was no sign of Qingji.
Shuang'er squatted on the ground and burst into tears. Qingji, who was hiding in the dark, wanted to comfort the crying girl, but he held back. Qingji thought that this was the best way to say goodbye, and then went back to the place where he practiced.
Qingji practiced for two hundred years. After two hundred years, Qingji had offset the backlash and his skills were much stronger than before. Qingji felt that he missed the girl in the thatched hut. He wondered how Shuang'er was doing. After two hundred years, Shuang'er should still be in the thatched hut.
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