Chapter 28 Chapter 28 She clearly. (Revised)
As soon as he returned home, he heard bursts of crying from the side courtyard.
Hongye and Lin Yue were locked in the room together. Lin Yue also learned the news of her sister's death. She threw herself on Hongye and cried uncontrollably.
The door was suddenly pushed open. She was so startled that she shrank into Hongye's arms, her eyes wide open as she stared at the tall figure who stepped into the room.
The man gradually approached and squatted in front of them, his huge shadow almost covering the two of them.
Hongye had witnessed Ji Sui rushing into the sea of fire. Thus, unlike Lin Yue, she wasn't terrified of the man before her. She was simply heartbroken...
Ji Sui’s appearance reminded her of that scene again. The tears in her eyes fell faster and she buried her head deeply.
Seeing the man approaching, Lin Yue cried even harder. She was at a loss, and her wide-open almond eyes were filled with endless fear.
Now that my sister is gone, what will he do to me...
Almost every strand of her hair was tense as she stared at the man in front of her without blinking, completely on guard.
As soon as Ji Rui raised his hand, she was so scared that she closed her eyes and bit her lips tightly, but surprisingly, she did not feel any pain anywhere on her body. Instead, she felt a slightly cold touch on her cheek.
Lin Yue slowly opened her wet eyes and looked at Ji Bai in surprise. He was wiping the tears from his eyes with his fingertips.
"Why are you crying?" the man asked with a smile.
"Sister...Sister is gone...Please let us go..."
The man's gentle gestures and words could not dispel the fear in her heart. Sister had been her only support and reliance, but she was no longer...
The simple-minded girl clutched the corner of Hongye's clothes tightly. She looked at Ji Sui with tears in her eyes, trying to make this man soften his heart and let her go.
"ah--"
Suddenly, someone grabbed her neck tightly, and she felt suffocated.
"I said she is not dead."
"Second Miss!" Hongye wanted to rescue her, but was quickly dragged aside. She could only watch Lin Yue being pinched in Ji Bai's hands.
Just as the girl was about to breathe, the man suddenly loosened his grip. He looked at Lin Yue, who was lying on the ground, and said slowly, "You are the person she cares about the most. You can't die like this."
Ji Sui stood up, glared at Lin Yue, and coldly ordered: "What are you standing there for? Why don't you serve Madam Lin properly?"
Only after the door was closed did Lin Yue slowly get up from the ground. She was gasping for breath and groping her neck with both hands in shock.
"Blood...Sister Hongye...blood..." Lin Yue opened her hands and stared at the bloodstains on her hands and called out in horror.
Hongye knelt down to help her examine it. After a moment, she spoke to comfort her, "Miss, don't be afraid. That's not your blood. It's okay. I'll go get some water for you to wash."
Lin Yue was the only one left in the room. She curled up on the ground, hugged herself with her arms, and cried silently.
*
In the bedroom of the main house of the General's Mansion, Ji Bai stood under the window, wiping the blood off his hands with a towel. Even when he wiped the wound, he remained calm.
"General, it's time. I'm here to change your medicine." Shizhu walked in holding a tray.
Ji Sui threw the handkerchief into the tray and said calmly, "Get out."
Shizhu paused for a long time holding the red lacquered wooden tray, finally responded in a low voice and walked out the door.
Ji Sui turned and walked towards the bed. The blood on his back looked like a blooming hibiscus flower. He lay on the bed with his clothes on, turning a piece of broken jade between his fingers.
The last thing that belonged to Lin Zhen that he got was the jade pendant of that loser.
The wound under my body was being compressed, and I felt waves of tearing pain, but my heart felt empty and numb.
The person who should have been entangled with him for the rest of his life is gone, the person he should have hated the most is gone.
How dare she?
But, had she ever really been afraid of him?
She was just suppressed by him using despicable means. She had always hated him and despised him...
Then she should live a good life!
Live to hate him! To loathe him! To pierce his heart with a sword!
Lin Zhen, aren't you very proud? I treated you like this, and you're willing to let me go like this?
Holding the broken jade in his palm, Ji Sui slowly closed his eyes. The scene before him was the first day he was brought back to the Lin Mansion to recuperate.
The girl in a snow-white cloak stood in the wind, tiptoeing to look at the servants who were repairing the eaves on the escalator. She noticed his undisguised gaze, frowned, looked at him sideways for a moment, then turned around, gave a few instructions to the servants under the eaves, and left.
Ji Sui's lips curled up slightly.
Her tightly closed eye sockets were burning hot. She was so easily angered, so prone to anger...
*
It had been raining on the canal for several days, but today the weather was unusually good. Lin Zhen stood in front of the guardrail and looked out at the dark green jungle on the shore.
I don’t know where Lin Yue and Hong Ye are now.
Perhaps, they will never meet again in this life.
This is fine, after all, all their sufferings were caused by her.
After standing for half an hour, Lin Zhen withdrew his gaze and turned to go to the man's room.
The moment she raised her hand to knock on the door, it opened from the inside. A servant came out of the room carrying a plate of broken porcelain pieces and passed by her.
Xinyi was standing in front of the couch with the help of a crutch, serving tea to the man on the couch.
Lin Zhen walked over and wanted to take the teacup from the man after he had finished drinking tea. Suddenly, her face felt hot. She raised her eyes and looked at Xinyi who was standing in front of her with a glare on her.
"Where have you been? Is this how you take care of the young master?"
The man's eyes darkened slightly, and just as he was about to speak, he heard a slap. Lin Zhen took a step closer to her and slapped her hard.
"I am neither your slave nor your maid, so I hope you will respect yourself."
Although Lin Zhen was not as skilled in martial arts as Xin Yi, he was taller than her. Standing closer to her, he looked even more imposing.
Xinyi never expected that Lin Zhen would fight back. She covered her cheeks in disbelief. She was the descendant of a good general, and no one had ever dared to treat her like this, not even the young master.
She glared at Lin Zhen, gritting her teeth and her eyes red with anger, but she couldn't say anything for a moment.
At this moment, the man sitting in front of the two people who were on the verge of a fight suddenly chuckled. Soon, he curled his hand to his lips and coughed lightly, his voice low: "Xinyi, go down."
Xinyi glared at Lin Zhen and left angrily on her crutches.
"This girl has been spoiled by everyone since she was little, and she's become increasingly unruly. Today, someone is finally able to control her."
The man was talking and laughing slowly, but Lin Zhen couldn't respond. She looked at the wooden door that was swinging left and right after being thrown by Xinyi, and turned around after a long time.
Taking the tea bowl from the man's hand and placing it back on the table, Lin Zhen turned his back to him and said lightly with his eyelashes drooping, "Perhaps, you should tell me about your daily habits."
The man said, "You are right. You are neither a slave nor a servant. You will disembark as soon as you arrive in Ling'an City. There is no need for you to learn these trivial matters."
His voice was gentle and appropriate, but it made Lin Zhen feel guilty.
That's not what she meant just now...
"I..." Lin Zhen unconsciously dug her slender fingers into the edge of the table, her lips moving slightly. The servant who had just left was now standing at the door again, interrupting her: "The master's medicine is ready."
Lin Zhen pursed his lips, stepped forward to take the wooden tray, slowly poured a bowl of medicine, and slowly handed it to the person on the couch.
It was a bowl of very sour and bitter medicine. Lin Zhen could smell it from a distance. When the man picked it up to drink, she suddenly stopped him: "Wait a minute."
Lin Zhen turned and walked out of the room. After a while, he walked back to the room with a piece of candied fruit in his sleeve.
Although she doesn't like sweets very much, this method was used on her by that person and it was indeed effective.
Before Lin Zhen returned to her room, the man had already finished the medicine in the bowl. Behind his back, his fingertips gently stroked the oil paper. The moment she pursed her lips and raised her hand, the man smiled and said to her, "Tomorrow I'll tell Xinyi to hire someone else on the boat. You just rest well on the boat."
After a moment of silence, Lin Zhen hid the candied fruit back into his sleeve and took the medicine bowl with both hands.
"good."
*
In the next few days, Lin Zhen never went to the man's room again. He only saw Xinyi coming in and out every day. He no longer made things difficult for her or talked to her.
Xinyi always returned to her room at a very fixed time. This night, Xinyi was still not back in her room. Although Lin Zhen felt it was a little strange, he did not take it to heart. He still lay on the low couch, looking at the blurry outline of the bright moon on the window.
Suddenly, a black figure blocked her sight and left in just a moment.
Lin Zhen became alert and waited in the room for a while. When he noticed that the man's footsteps were gradually moving away, he sat up and pushed the door open to go out.
When Lin Zhen walked out of the room, the man had disappeared around the corner, and she could only barely see his back.
This passenger ship has only two floors except for the bottom cabin. Most of the time, passengers only stay on the floor where they live. After a few days, although they don’t know each other, they feel familiar with each other.
The man's body shape and clothing made Lin Zhen feel unfamiliar.
The inexplicable feeling of uneasiness made her quicken her pace and walk towards the room where the man was.
From a distance, Lin Zhen saw that the door of the room was ajar, but the room was dark.
She slowed down her pace and approached the door, and saw Xinyi lying not far from the door, while another big man was stabbing the man in the wheelchair with a sharp dagger.
Seeing Lin Zhen rushing in, the man held the big man's wrist tightly and shook his head at Lin Zhen: "Go!"
The big man was only interested in killing the man and didn't pay any attention to the woman who suddenly ran in. It was not until he felt a sudden pain at the back of his head that he turned around in shock and touched the back of his head with his hand. It was covered in blood.
Lin Zhen was holding a broken porcelain bottle in his hand, his long eyelashes trembling but his eyes looking at him firmly. The big man was in pain and furious. He pushed the man in the wheelchair away and strode towards Lin Zhen.
"How dare you hurt me!"
The big man walked towards Lin Zhen with a dagger in his hand and a ferocious look on his face. He raised his hand fiercely and stabbed the dagger at the arrogant woman who dared to hurt him from behind.
With a thud, just as the dagger was about to scratch Lin Zhen's shoulder, the big man fell heavily at her feet.
Lin Zhen looked at the big man lying motionless on the ground with his eyes wide open, and took a few deep breaths. She just tried her best to stab the vital parts written on the document submitted by the coroner in her father's study, but she was not sure enough.
After calming herself down a bit, she gently placed the blood-stained porcelain bottle on the ground.
"This person has helpers, let's leave as soon as possible."
Lin Zhen walked quickly towards the man, helped him sit up, looked up at the wheelchair beside him, lowered his eyes for a moment, and without waiting for the man to respond, he put his hand on his back, carried him on his back and walked out of the room.
Perhaps because he had been sitting in a wheelchair for many years, his weight was much lighter than that of an ordinary man, and she could still bear it.
Following her memory of following the boat boy to the bottom cabin to get candied fruit during the day, she slowly carried the man to the wooden ladder.
In the darkness, the man's eyes were heavy. He looked at Lin Zhen's bloodless face and wet hair in the moonlight, and whispered, "Put me down, you're injured."
After she carefully walked down to the next floor, she began to feel a little exhausted, her feet were weak, and her head was dizzy.
She didn't know why she was fighting for this man who had nothing to do with her, but at this moment, she just didn't want to let go.
She had already given up on someone...
The two of them stumbled and finally entered the cargo room in the lower cabin. Lin Zhen slowly put the man down. She looked at him, who was intact. Suddenly, his appearance gradually overlapped with the person in her memory.
Her lips were pale and she just looked at him quietly. Slowly, she curled her lips and smiled.
Lin Zhen's shoulder was stained with blood. The man looked at the woman who was smiling in front of him, and his brows furrowed unconsciously.
The next moment, Lin Zhen lost consciousness and fell into the man's arms.
He seemed to have just come back to his senses, and Qi Yushi subconsciously called out a name he had never called before: "Lin Zhen!"
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