"Um... cough... Banjian, because of the technique, in order to find the location more accurately, I need you to take off your clothes..."
Mu Jinyun's face flushed slightly as he spoke, and his eyes unconsciously drifted elsewhere.
"Okay." Lin Banjian didn't hesitate for a moment and reached out to untie his clothes.
Just as Lin Banjian was about to take off her clothes, Mu Jinyun hurriedly stopped her, "Wait."
Lin Ban looked up in confusion.
"Okay, that's enough."
It turned out that he had closed his eyes.
Lin Banjian could see that his eyelashes were trembling slightly, and he smiled.
"That's enough." She pulled his hands, which were awkwardly resting at his sides. "What's next?"
“Next, I need to touch your heart…is that alright?” he asked rather cautiously.
“There’s nothing wrong with it, Jinyun, you don’t have to do this.” She placed his large hand on her chest.
Mu Jinyun touched the smooth, soft, and elastic skin.
Beneath my palm is a rhythmic heartbeat.
His throat bobbed.
"Okay, it might hurt a little now. If you can't help it, you can scream, or hit me or yell at me." Mu Jinyun's voice was a little hoarse.
"Okay, let's begin. I'm ready."
All these years, we've been waiting for this moment!
At first, the sensation wasn't strong, but something seemed to pass through her skin from Mu Jinyun's palm, entering her bones and blood, extending towards her heart.
She thought to herself: That's all there is to it.
But she soon realized she was wrong.
What was originally just a winding, gently flowing stream has transformed in the blink of an eye into a surging, powerful tide!
That sudden, immense force felt like an invisible hand gripping her heart, causing her unprecedented pain, as if a thousand steel needles were piercing her heart simultaneously, or as if a raging fire was burning in her chest, making her almost scream out loud.
However, she clenched her teeth, not allowing herself to make a sound.
She struggled to open her eyes; the man before her was completely absorbed. Beads of sweat streamed down her forehead, and she tensed her body, trying to hide her trembling.
A second felt like an eternity.
She finally couldn't hold on any longer and clung to Mu Jinyun's arm, trying her best not to fall.
She felt like she no longer belonged to herself.
She couldn't feel her own breathing, her eardrums were filled with the rustling sound of blood flowing, her vision began to turn red, and her limbs could no longer support her.
She collapsed into Mu Jinyun's arms.
Gradually, the white figure began to blur, and small black dots appeared before her eyes. At first, there were only a few, but they gradually became a large group, densely packed, and then they spread and enlarged endlessly until the blackness completely engulfed her.
She finally fell into endless darkness.
After an unknown amount of time, Mu Jinyun opened his eyes.
He held the girl, who was nearly unconscious, and gently kissed away her tears with his lips and tongue.
"Thank you for your hard work, Banjian..."
He picked up her clothes, carefully dressed her, and then let her lean against him.
"From now on, we will never be apart again."
...
Lin Banjian was awakened by the sound of rain.
Raindrops pattered down the windowpane, soaking everything and shattering her nightmare of endless running in the darkness.
She opened her eyes and stared blankly for a few minutes before touching her heart.
It's still beating.
It's already a success.
Her throat was dry and hoarse; she coughed softly, her ribs pressing against her heart, "Uh..."
it hurts!
She smiled sadly. Indeed, with blood drawn from the heart, how could it heal so quickly?
She tried to be as quiet as possible, not even daring to breathe too heavily.
After lying there for a while, she lifted the blanket to reach for the water glass on the bedside table, but found that she couldn't muster any strength in her arm. The water glass fell to the ground and shattered with a crash.
Has she become a cripple?
Even this small movement made her catch her breath for a while.
Forget it, let's call someone. Maybe there are maids guarding outside.
She was right after all, except that it wasn't her maid who came in.
"Oh dear, why are you so angry as soon as you wake up? You even smashed the cup on the ground!" The old nanny from before came in and started yelling as soon as she entered the room.
"Granny, I didn't mean to..." she tried to explain.
"Tsk tsk, just because the young master favors her, she's become lawless!" The old woman walked to her bedside. "Get up quickly, still thinking you're a young lady!"
Lin Banjian noticed something was wrong. "Granny, what do you mean by this?"
"What do you mean? We've already taken your heart's blood, you're worthless now! And you still refuse to leave our Mu family?" the old woman shouted dramatically. "You still think you're something special!"
Lin Banjian was already heartbroken, and now he was so angry that he suffered angina.
"How dare you speak to me like that, Granny? Yes, I have lost my heart's blood, but I am Jinyun's fiancée. As long as he hasn't broken off the engagement, I am still the mistress of this place!"
Lin Banjian was at her wit's end, and she had no choice but to bring out Mu Jinyun as her trump card.
The old woman exclaimed as if she'd heard a joke, "Fiancée? Oh dear, Miss Lin, you're still dreaming!"
Lin Banjian frowned.
"Why do you think Duan Yao and the others didn't come? The young master has already assigned them to other courtyards! The young master never intended to marry you in the first place! Fiancée? That's just to appease you! He's been feeding you and dressing you all these years, he's already been extremely good to you! And you still dare to dream of being the mistress of Ruzhou?"
Lin Banjian naturally didn't believe it. "I'll wait until Jinyun comes out of seclusion and ask him myself!"
The old woman looked at her with disdain, "Ask me yourself? What right do you have? You're not even as good as a gatekeeper dog in our Mu family now!"
"You!" Overwhelmed with anger, Lin Banjian clutched his heart.
"What do you mean, 'what do you mean, 'get up!' Get out of here! Do you still want to stay at our Mu residence and eat and drink for free?!" The old woman yanked Lin Banjian off the bed.
Despite her advanced age, the old woman has a surprisingly strong grip.
"I want to see Jinyun, you can't do this to me!" Lin Banjian struggled despite the excruciating pain.
"The young master himself gave the order that you should leave as soon as you wake up, what more do you want!" The two wrestled together.
Just then, a figure entered the room.
The old woman immediately became docile upon seeing the newcomer.
"Elder." She knelt down respectfully.
Grand Elder?
Lin Banjian looked at that person.
Although she had never met him, Mu Jinyun had told her that the Grand Elder was one of the most important figures in the Mu family, an uncle of his generation, whom even he had to show deference to, and also the one he trusted and respected the most.
"Miss Lin." His voice was authoritative from the very first word.
"Elder." Lin Banjian bowed respectfully, though it hurt.
"Miss Lin, this is a letter that the young master asked me to give to you."
letter?
Lin Banjian took it; the seal was Mu Jinyun's private seal and had never been opened.
She opened it with trembling hands.
As she read through each word, her eyes gradually widened.
The writing above was gradually soaked with tears.
Vision is blurry.
How could this be? How could this be!
"This must be a fake, this must be a fake!" Lin Banjian collapsed.
But this letter is indeed in Mu Jinyun's handwriting.
She followed him for nearly ten years, learning from him and imitating him. She knew the importance of every stroke of his pen.
"Please accept my condolences." That was all the elder could say.
"I don't believe it!" Lin Banjian fell to the ground, and she tried to get up but couldn't.
Why did Mu Jinyun leave her such a letter?
He had said such affectionate words to her before, and he had made promises about the future.
Clearly...
She's starting to look forward to it...
In the end, they told her it was all a lie?
Rather than giving her hope only to let her despair, it would have been better not to give her any hope at all in the first place!
The Grand Elder has left.
She lay on the ground alone, silently weeping.
The old woman scoffed, "Who are you crying to? Can you walk or not? If you can't walk by yourself, we'll help you!"
Lin Banjian ignored her. The letter crumpled in her hand.
The old woman clapped her hands, and several strong maids came in.
"Throw them out! Don't defile our Mu family's place!"
Without the slightest pity, Lin Banjian was simply left out in the pouring rain.
The gates of the Mu residence closed behind her, telling her that everything that had happened was just a dream.
She struggled to her feet from the puddle.
Where to go next?
She didn't know.
But she knew she had to leave.
She was still wearing only a thin undergarment, her feet on the wet, slippery ground, the mud and water submerging her toes.
She staggered forward.
She hadn't taken more than two steps when she could no longer hold on and fell back into the water.
She watched the raindrops fall before her eyes and disappear into the ground.
My heart really hurts so much. Is it really this painful just from losing three drops of my heart's blood?
She wept silently, her tears mingling with the torrential rain.
So be it, torn apart by the heavy rain, letting the remnants of her parched land dissolve into this desolate world.
Before she closed her eyes, a pair of strong arms pulled her out of the endless cold and dampness.
She nestled into a warm, dry embrace.
"I'm sorry I'm late."
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