Chapter 37 Chapter 37 Jiaojiao, be obedient.
There she is.
Gu Zhi placed the tinder on the stone floor beside her. The light from the tinder illuminated half of her dejected face.
The body is soft and the tentacles are terribly cold.
He hurriedly checked her breath.
Although it was faint, there was still a trace of breath.
fortunately.
These days, she fell into the Hidden Dragon Pool and was washed into the underground palace by the underground river. It was so cold underground that her clothes that had been soaked in ice water were still damp and stuck to her after so many days.
Her long hair was also wet, and it was disheveled, with strands sticking to her cheeks.
A pair of long eyelashes like dead leaves were closed, still wet, reflecting a small spot of light in the firelight.
He squatted down, bent the knuckles of his index finger, and slowly, lovingly and carefully stretched it out.
Trembling, he rubbed her pale cheek.
Still alive, thank goodness, thank goodness.
But, he had become so haggard, fragile and broken like a handful of thin paper money.
Mingming stuffed two pieces of rose cake into his arms when he left, and said with a smile, "I'll be back soon."
Then I almost couldn't come back, and I was lying alone in such a cold and dark place underground.
I wonder how frightened, helpless and desperate she feels these days.
At a glance, I saw that her fair wrist was torn and the flesh was almost turned up, but she placed it directly on the dusty ground of the underground palace without any care, and the wound was covered with dust.
She fell asleep without feeling anything, and didn't even cry.
He almost shed tears and whispered:
"Bright."
Suddenly, I remembered the question my uncle asked unintentionally that day while he was sitting high in the hall.
"Which is more important, the mountain rules or her?"
Maybe he knows the answer.
However, like a terminally ill person who vaguely senses reality from the unusual pain in his body but deceives himself, he dares not even admit the answer.
He stood there in silence for a while, then carefully picked her up and carried her sideways, taking two steps.
But suddenly it stopped.
Just now, he came down from Xingchen Pavilion. The eldest sister was waiting at the foot of Sanqing Peak. Seeing that he finally insisted on opening the Hualongtan, she was exhausted and stopped trying to stop him. She just said a few cold words behind him:
"Gu Huaijin, don't forget what I told you that day. This woman's origins are unknown, and her identity is questionable."
"Under the Hualong Pond is where the key to the Star Pavilion is kept. Was her fall into the underground palace accidental or intentional? You'd better be careful."
"This concerns the entire mountain, so you'd better not gamble."
He didn't like to hear that at all.
However, it cannot be said that it is not taken to heart at all.
For her sake, he broke the mountain rules and forced the Dragon Pond to open up. He was too selfish.
If Quan Shan were to take risks with him because of his ridiculous thoughts.
Then he would be the sinner of the whole mountain.
He stood there, hesitating for a while, and finally put the person down on the ground again. He carefully leaned her upper body against the wall, took off his coat, and carefully put it on her.
Then, he slowly walked towards the wooden box under the big red coral in the center of the underground palace.
Just one look to see if the key was safely placed in the wooden box would clear all her doubts.
*
Sui An scooped a spoonful of medicinal porridge and put it to her mouth: "Ah——"
Nan Qiong Shuang tilted her head impatiently, "What is that? I'm fine even if I don't need to eat it."
Sui An: "You call this good? You call this good? You call this good?"
Nan Qiong Shuang couldn't stand it anymore, so she pulled up the quilt to cover her face and rolled over to the inside of the bed.
Sui'an's spoon still didn't give up, chasing her face and feeding her whenever there was a chance.
She cried out "Ouch" and pushed Sui'an's spoon away.
His hand fell into a broad palm.
In the dream, the man held her whole hand in his palm, caressing it lovingly, interlocking their fingers, and handed her a spoon.
She woke up suddenly, and in a half-dream state, she still saw Sui'an sitting beside her couch in the backlight, handing her a spoon.
Then, the light and shadow changed, and the outline of the lively girl with fluffy hair and a high ponytail slowly transformed into a restrained and gentle figure.
Gu Zhi handed a spoonful of medicine to her lips and looked at her with worry and preoccupation.
Seeing her open her eyes, her tired expression relaxed a little, and she said with relief, "Awake, Miss Chu?"
Nan Qiong Shuang was a little dazed for a moment, blinking and looking around slowly.
The bed curtains she had seen on the day she was shot by an arrow while lying on this couch, the familiar window with ice crackle carvings, and the familiar peach tree outside the window.
This is Gu Zhi’s bed.
She is back.
She is not dead.
She was stunned for a moment.
Gu Zhi brought the spoonful of medicine close to her lips again. She was startled and looked up at him.
He pressed his eyelashes tightly together and said, "Drink the medicine and be obedient."
She doesn't want to drink anything that she hasn't tested with silver needles.
However, his expression was so gentle and careful that she could hardly refuse, so after hesitating for a moment, she opened her mouth and drank it.
"Is it hot?" He lowered his eyes and wiped the medicine stain on her lips with a handkerchief. Such an intimate action was surprisingly calm and natural.
She shook her head.
I just wondered if she put the key back before she fell unconscious?
At that time, she thought that even if she had the key, she couldn't take it with her. If there was a one in ten thousand chance that someone really came to rescue her, they would definitely check for the key.
There's no point in holding it, so you might as well put it back just in case.
As he thought about it, he handed over another spoonful of medicine.
"I just blew on it for a long time, and when it was no longer hot, I fed it to the girl."
She said in a low voice: "Thank you."
But why does it feel so weird?
He called her "girl" and "girl" in a distant tone, but why did he feed her medicine one spoonful at a time?
She thought, why not give it a try, so she stretched out her hand and said, "Don't bother, sir, just give it to me."
When I stretched out my hand, I found that the wound on my wrist had been bandaged.
He laughed and said, "With your injured wrist like this, the girl might spill the whole bowl on my bed in a moment."
Without letting go, he handed her another spoonful.
She keenly sensed the subtle anger in his smile, and remembering how she had stubbornly gone to Hualongtan with Li Xuanbai despite his objections, she asked, "... Was it the young master who saved me? Is the young master angry?"
As for the previous question, he lowered his eyes and stirred the medicine soup, silently answering it.
As for the latter question, he smiled and said, "How could I be angry with a girl?"
...Nan Qiongshuang felt uneasy when she saw his smile.
The more you laugh, the angrier you get.
However, seeing how relaxed he looked, it seemed that rescuing her was just a piece of cake for him.
only……
How ironic.
When she was imprisoned downstairs and no one was able to help her, the only person willing to come down to save her was the person who would die at her hands in the future.
So funny.
She leaned against the head of the bed, almost a little dejected, and smiled bitterly in a trance for a while. She was confused and no one knew what was going on in her mind.
But, being alive is good.
She let out a long sigh with lingering fear and said, "I'm glad you're not angry, sir."
Upon hearing this, Gu Zhi lowered his head expressionlessly, took a spoon, and stirred the medicine soup for a long time.
After a long pause, he sneered, "Why should I be angry? The girl is willing. Why should I be angry?"
She was stunned. What happened? When she just opened her eyes, his eyes were full of heartache.
At this moment, he sneered and started to speak in a sarcastic tone.
He can be sarcastic?
He didn't look at her and continued, "Miss, you injured your leg a few days ago, didn't you know it? Or are there many traps on this mountain, and you didn't know it? Or maybe you almost died under a trap a few days ago, and you didn't know it? Since you are so clear-headed, what happened today was your own will. What else can others say?"
A barrage of questions followed. Nan Qiong Shuang was stunned for a moment at how could such a gentle and considerate person ever be so aggressive.
"Young Master..."
"The girl is weak and she's not careful. No matter how much others feel sorry for her..."
He suddenly stopped talking.
The two people looked at each other, but neither of them looked into the other's eyes. They just lowered their eyelashes and fluttered their eyes like two baby birds.
Finally, he said no more and put the bowl on the counter: "I'll find someone to help the girl drink the medicine."
"Young Master." She spoke hastily and pulled his sleeve.
She was so anxious, could it be that she was really moved? She said, "Young Master, are you leaving?"
Gu Zhi only gave her an unapproachable back: "Miss, do you want me to stay?"
She skillfully gathered her tears and choked out, "Young Master promised that he would never abandon me."
Abandon you? I will abandon you?
Gu Zhi thought sarcastically in his heart, if I could let go, I would not break the rules and regulations to save you.
He laughed, "Who abandoned whom?"
After saying that, he sneered and walked away without looking back.
*
Why was he angry with Jiaojiao?
She had just woken up in shock and her injuries hadn't healed yet, so why was he angry with her and even walked out?
Gu Zhi himself couldn't figure it out either.
Now that you've walked out, is it difficult to go back?
He stood outside his carved window with cracks in the ice and looked inside cautiously.
Her long hair hung down in front of her chest, and she was still sitting on the couch. The maid fed her a spoonful, and she drank it obediently.
Fortunately, I finished the medicine well.
He just felt that sometimes, even he himself didn't know what he was doing.
I clearly felt sorry for her. Even though I was a little angry and a little resentful, in reality… I felt more sorry for her.
However, she didn't even realize that her wrist was injured like that, and even when she saw that her wrist was injured, she didn't react at all, just indifferent, as if she still didn't take it to heart.
He felt a surge of inexplicable anger in his heart.
Then, he thought that he fell into the underground palace because he ignored his own body and insisted on going to the Hualongtan.
Why does he cause such worry when he is so weak?
Can she learn to cherish herself a little?
He took one last look inside from the window.
She is still taking her medicine well.
Fortunately, although she still looked indifferent, she still finished taking the medicine.
Sometimes, he really felt that he couldn't understand her.
She was such a fragile and timid person, always looking at him with tearful eyes, but she would cry because of the hurt, and then turn around and not take it to heart.
After she finished the medicine, she pulled up the quilt and lay back on the couch.
Outside the window, Gu Zhi sighed lightly.
Quietly, he walked away from the peach tree outside the window.
I called her "Jiaojiao" in my heart a thousand times, but when I spoke again, I could only call her "Miss Chu" in a proper manner.
Even if I walked out in a fit of anger and wanted to go back to feed her medicine, I couldn't.
Sometimes, he felt like a clam.
Her name only stung him when it entered his lips and teeth, but he had no choice but to suck her name in his mouth, rolling it around on his tongue reluctantly. When he was forced to spit it out, it was already a pearl wrapped in layers of his thoughts, and its original appearance could not be seen.
He laughed at himself.
Who can see what he is thinking?
Don't say it was her.
Even he himself couldn't see it.
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