Chapter 122: A Small Family in the Mountains, a Game of Honesty
A few birds chirped outside the window, and Yang Hui also came in from there, making the whole room bright.
This house may not look luxurious, but it is simple and warm.
Xiao Qingxu's clothes from yesterday, still wet and hanging outside, were now dressed in a simple, neat linen shirt. A closer look would reveal his unusually thin figure beneath. He habitually leaned back, sipping his porridge, his every move exuding a sense of nobility.
Yin'er took a small stool and sat on the edge of the bed, supporting her chin with both hands, staring straight at Xiao Qingxu's face.
Really pretty... Even though she's blind in one eye and her looks are ruined, she's still pretty.
But she is still not as beautiful as her elder sister.
Xiao Qingxu was thinking to himself. Although he noticed the child looking directly at him, he did not pay any attention to it.
He had been shot by an arrow before, and the poison on the arrow had made him unconscious. He could only cling to Shang Yuwan in the river, unable to seize the opportunity to swim with Shang Yuwan to the place he wanted to go. Judging from the child's accent, this place didn't seem to be familiar to him.
Where were they washed up to?
Xiao Qingxu stopped drinking his porridge and asked, "Yin'er, where is this?"
Now Shang Yuwan is still in a coma and has not woken up yet. Xiao Qingxu needs to grasp the information around him quickly.
Yin'er uttered an "oh" and came back to her senses. She took the rice porridge and put it away, saying innocently, "My home."
Xiao Qingxu was stunned for a moment, then chuckled, "Where is Yin'er's home?"
Yin'er tilted her head and thought for a moment before saying, "Cai Xiazhen."
Caixia Town...was about fifty miles away from the place he originally planned to swim to.
"But my home is not in Caixia Town." Yin'er suddenly added, "My home is in the mountains. It's quite a distance from here to Caixia Town."
Caixia Town was a small town; Xiao Qingxu had barely heard of it. With assassins chasing him...why not go to the town first? If things got out of hand, he'd be punished, but Langjiang wouldn't stand a chance either.
The fear is that there are people from the eldest princess's side hiding in this place. It would be bad if we alert them. If we are unlucky, it would be an even greater sin if this family of three is implicated.
Xiao Tong has been planning for so many years in conjunction with Xiao Qingji and Empress Langjiang. How much is hidden behind his back and where are they distributed?
Dayu is vast, and larger cities wouldn't necessarily be so brazen. However, Dancheng and Luzhou were both living examples. With the enemy strong and the enemy weak, it was even more difficult to predict what might be hidden in this small place. Given their current abilities, even if one of them could escape, they'd be lucky. They were holding the account books, and Yang Qianmo's condition was uncertain. If he and Shang Yuwan weren't there, Yang Qianmo would be the Langjiang people's biggest target.
And over at Baijialou...
Xiao Qingxu fell into deep thought. Yin'er looked at him for a while, shaking her two small tufts of hair. She asked, "Big brother, you and big sister are husband and wife, right?"
"......What?"
"You must be husband and wife, and you are as loving as my parents." Yin'er said, nodding her head.
Xiao Qingxu chuckled and asked softly, "Why are you so sure, Yin'er?"
"My mother said so."
Yin'er looked very confident.
"Mom said that Big Brother was able to protect Big Sister from hitting rocks or anything else in such a turbulent current, and Big Sister is willing to help Big Brother suck out the poison from his body with her mouth. You two must be very important to each other, and you are even willing to sacrifice your life for each other."
Xiao Qingxu's movements as he held the bowl of porridge gradually became stiff.
"Yin'er doesn't have any relatives or friends. She only knows that her parents are willing to give everything for each other, even their lives. Maybe this is what true love between men and women looks like."
Yin'er patted her chest and said, "I will definitely find a husband like this in the future!"
Xiao Qingxu smiled softly, "Yeah."
"I will."
"Big brother, you should rest for a while. Your parents just cleared the poison from you yesterday. You will get better soon if you rest more."
Xiao Qingxu could see that Yin'er was a very sensible child, so he smiled and said, "Big brother, just sit for a while."
Yin'er didn't force it, nodded, took the unfinished rice porridge and went out, and considerately closed the door.
Xiao Qingxu slowly turned his head and looked down at Shang Yuwan.
Her clothes were also hanging outside. She was wearing the same coarse linen clothes as Xiao Qingxu, and she was lying on her side on the bed with her hair loose.
"It's my fault." Xiao Qingxu's voice was very soft. He wanted to touch her increasingly white hair. His hand, which was so thin that it was almost without any flesh, hovered in the air, but after a moment, he retracted it.
"If I had been calmer at the time, she wouldn't have found out. You too..."
She didn't need to be forced by Ji Suxian to know Xiao Qingxu's affection, which she couldn't bear at the moment.
It would have been fine if it was in the past, when the Shang family had not yet been wiped out, Shang Yuwan could still spare some time to pay attention to Xiao Qingxu.
But now, these feelings are too heavy for Shang Yuwan.
She wants to redress the injustice, to take revenge, to protect the twelfth monk Mingqi, to overthrow every murderer who wiped out the Shang family, and to assist Xiao Qinggu in becoming emperor... When they return to Kyoto, even before entering the city gates, there are unknown storms and bloodshed one after another, not to mention what kind of dangers are lurking inside the city of Kyoto.
Surrounded by wolves and tigers, and with all kinds of relationships crisscrossing her, Shang Yuwan was already exhausted. For her, Yue Zhu was no longer respected and loved, and she hated him completely. And for Xiao Qingxu, wasn't she also unable to love him, and hate him?
Pouring out all this affection, coupled with the fact that Xiao Qingxu himself was dying - if Shang Yuwan still had some childhood feelings for him, this would undoubtedly break her heart.
Rather than adding to the pain, it would be better for both parties to push each other away, so that they can act with less heartbreak in the future.
Thinking of this, Xiao Qingxu couldn't help but curl his fingers inward.
But he couldn't bear to do it.
Decoctions, medicinal foods, pills, these things constantly remind him that he won't live long.
The shorter his life was, the less he knew when he would suddenly die. This sense of panic made him more reluctant to maintain a true interest relationship with Shang Yuwan. He just wanted to be closer to her and have a bigger place in her heart.
Xiao Qingxu hopes that Shang Yuwan will forget him more slowly after his death.
"...Even now, you still refuse to admit anything and say nothing."
Shang Yuwan slowly opened his eyes, "You really are such a dull person."
Her vision is still a little blurry, but much better than yesterday.
"......" Xiao Qingxu saw her grabbing a piece of his clothes, "How long have you been awake?"
"It wasn't long before the kid woke up when he went out."
Xiao Qingxu was silent for a moment, then said, "It doesn't matter whether you admit it or not."
"The facts are before you and me, so your recognition is certainly important."
Shang Yuwan raised his arms and tried to get up, and Xiao Qingxu quickly reached out to help him.
He placed both pillows on Shang Yuwan's back. Shang Yuwan leaned back and let out a breath.
"Is it hard?" Xiao Qingxu almost frowned when he was drinking porridge just now.
"You've even given me your pillow, how can you be so hard?" Shang Yuwan turned around and grabbed his hand unexpectedly. "Don't try to run away, and don't change the subject. Just explain yourself clearly. This is very important to me."
Xiao Qingxu's hand, which she was holding, began to sweat. He asked in surprise, "Is it important...?"
"Well. How about we play a game of honesty?" Shang Yuwan's eyes flashed with cunning. "As long as you answer my questions obediently, I will tell you why it is important. How about that?"
Something seemed to be bursting out uncontrollably in Xiao Qingxu's heart, and he nodded as if possessed by a ghost.
Shang Yuwan immediately used a powerful move: "You like me."
Xiao Qingxu was silenced by this move for a long time, and finally squeezed out a word from between his teeth: "Yes."
"Louder." Shang Yuwan looked at him with a hint of disdain, "Why aren't you being as honest as me?"
"Originally, I should have confessed to you first."
Xiao Qingxu lowered his head and looked at the hand that Shang Yuwan was holding. "This kind of thing shouldn't be..."
"What's the right or wrong thing to do? If we talk about who liked who first, it must be me."
Xiao Qingxu suddenly raised his head, his eyes fixed on Shang Yuwan.
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