Chapter 171 If I were to marry, the only person I would marry would be you
Ling Xue wanted to say more, but Ling Zhen stopped her with a look.
"Your Highness, please stay here and see you tomorrow." After Ling Zhen said this, he took his sister into the carriage.
Dongfang Qi immediately turned around and looked for Lin Qingyue.
There were many figures behind him, but Lin Qingyue was still the most eye-catching one.
She stood under the palace pillars, holding a white jade wine jug in her hand.
The palace lanterns under the eaves swayed slightly in the night wind, and her beautiful facial features became a little hazy under the swaying light and shadow.
She raised the wine jug and was about to drink the last bit of wine, but was caught off guard when a big hand snatched it away.
Lin Qingyue frowned and looked at him: "Dongfang Qi, why did you steal my wine?"
Dongfang Qi said, "You can't drink any more."
The memory of my last drunken outburst was still fresh in my mind. If I said anything outrageous in the palace again, I'd be in real trouble.
Lin Qingyue heard the hidden meaning in his words and smiled, "Don't worry, I didn't drink too much today. It was just a pot of wine. The Imperial Jade Liquor is indeed better than the wine outside. When the party was over, I saw there was still some left in the pot, so I took it out based on the principle of not wasting."
She waved her hand: "Everyone has left, it's time for me to go back."
Dongfang Qi was still a little worried: "I'll take you there."
Lin Qingyue asked, "Are you worried that I'll get lost?"
Dongfang Qi said, "I'm afraid you'll get drunk and start spouting nonsense on some rooftop!"
It would be even worse if you hugged someone else and cried and acted sweetly!
Lin Qingyue did not refuse and let Dongfang Qi accompany her all the way out.
"I'm really not drunk. Give me back the jug. There's still a mouthful left in it. Don't waste it."
Dongfang Qi raised the wine jug, his eyes swept over the light pink lipstick mark on the rim of the jug, then he tilted his head back and swallowed the remaining wine along with her lipstick.
As his Adam's apple rolled, he casually threw the empty pot behind him and said in a low, hoarse voice, reeking of alcohol:
“No more wasting time now.”
Lin Qingyue: “…”
"Lin Qingyue."
Dongfang Qi seldom called her by her full name, so Lin Qingyue was a little surprised when he suddenly called her that.
"how?"
When she raised her eyes, he happened to turn around and look at her.
Their eyes met, there was a hint of doubt in hers, but deep affection was hidden in his.
The palace buildings behind him were lit up like day, and he stood in the square in front of the palace gate.
There was no trace of greed for power in his dark eyes, only her figure, which had been engraved in his eyes for a long time.
"Lin Qingyue, why did you help me out at the palace banquet just now? In that situation, with your intelligence, you should have known to stay out of it. You did so at the beginning, but why did you ask for my help later?"
"Why?" Lin Qingyue smiled.
"Because I can see that you don't like the Princess of Fengguo, because you are my apprentice, because we have a good relationship, and because you have helped me."
She gave many reasons in one breath, but none of them were what Dongfang Qi wanted to hear.
"Is that all?"
Lin Qingyue was a little surprised: "Aren't all these reasons enough?"
Dongfang Qi took a step forward, and the distance between them was quietly shortened.
"Lin Qingyue, do you know why I don't want you to be my master?"
Lin Qingyue's face darkened. "Are you planning to regret this? Just because you learned my skills, you want to kick me out?"
Dongfang Qi was so angry that his blood was about to spit out:
"Because we've been established as master and disciple, our relationship can't be changed! I finally managed to end that ridiculous uncle-sister-in-law relationship with you! How could I possibly put another layer of shackles on you?"
"Lin Qingyue, don't play dumb. I don't believe you can't see how I feel about you."
Lin Qingyue was forced by his scorching gaze and turned around, saying in a cold voice: "I think you've drunk too much. You should go back and drink some sobering soup."
Dongfang Qi grabbed her shoulders and turned her over, not allowing her to avoid his gaze, wanting to take in her expression at the moment.
"If I were to marry, the only person I want to marry is you—Lin Qingyue!"
There was a hint of aggression in his eyes, but when she looked up at him, there was only tenderness.
He looked at her tenderly and confided his thoughts: "I have thought about this for a long time and have endured it for a long time. I have never been able to be sure of your thoughts, and I dare not rashly reveal my feelings."
"But tonight, I saw different emotions in your eyes. You stood up for me and worried about me."
"You have me in your heart, too, right?"
His eyebrows and eyes are really beautiful, sometimes cold and sometimes gentle, very much like the master and also very much like A Zhuo.
But unfortunately, he is no one.
In her previous life, after becoming possessed by the devil, Lin Qingyue became stubborn and self-centered. She acted solely based on her own preferences, which is why she treated Ah Zhuo as a substitute for her master.
She thought she could dispel her loneliness, but in the end she humiliated her master and hurt Azhuo.
In this life, she has never thought about love.
Even though Dongfang Qi's features resembled theirs, she always managed to stay rational.
She didn't want him to be the second Azhuo and endure the suffering that Azhuo had once endured.
So at this moment, she pulled his hands from her shoulders and took a step back to increase the distance between them.
"We can be mentors, colleagues, and friends, but we can never be lovers."
Dongfang Qi asked unwillingly, "Why?"
Lin Qingyue smiled calmly and carefreely: "Because I already have someone in my heart."
"Who?" He asked anxiously, his heart aching.
"A dead man," she replied.
Dongfang Qi was slightly surprised, but continued to ask: "Since he's dead, why can't you let it go?"
"Because I can't let go." Lin Qingyue's tone was indifferent, but it revealed a layer of unbreakable sadness.
"No matter how long he's been dead, no matter his past lives, present lives, or future lives, even if his body dies and his spirit disappears, I can't let go."
Dongfang Qi initially thought that she had made it up on purpose, but her eyes were so sad that it didn't seem like a disguise at all.
He recalled the time when she cried and called out to her master after getting drunk.
"So that man was your master?" Dongfang Qi smiled bitterly. "When you were drunk that day, you mistook me for your master. How did he... die?"
"He was killed by a bad guy, but I've already avenged him." Lin Qingyue said it simply. But the past was etched deep into her soul, following her everywhere.
Dongfang Qi was so upset that he wanted to throw away his gentlemanly manners and hug her desperately, telling her:
Even if you have someone in your heart, even if you can't accept me, I will never let go!
But... when he caught a glimpse of the sadness deep in her eyes that could not be hidden;
When he saw her smiling calmly and pretending to be relaxed;
That impulse turned into heart-wrenching pain, how could he bear to force her?
If you truly love someone, you will not let her suffer even if your heart is already broken into pieces.
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