Chapter 37 Addiction

Duan Zhisu was stunned for a moment, then looked at Yuejian with red eyes filled with murderous intent.

"It's you..."

Tsukimi: “Hmm?”

Duan Zhisu said: "You killed him..."

Yue Jian couldn't help but burst out laughing.

"It's you who made me not even see him for the last time..." Duan Zhisu rushed forward, grabbed Yue Jian's neck, and said fiercely, "You even burned his body, you..."

"Damn you!"

Yue Mi did not hide, allowing the man who was almost driven crazy by his guilt to strangle her throat. There was no panic in his eyes, only deep ridicule and relief.

Sui Yan stared at them blankly, seeming to want to stop them, but his body couldn't move no matter what.

“Run away…”

"Tsukimi...don't..."

"Moon view!"

Sui Yan took a breath and suddenly opened his eyes.

His heart was beating like a drum, he was breathing heavily, and darkness like snowflakes appeared before his eyes. It took him a long time to come back to his senses.

Jun Jingxing was sitting beside the bed, hugging him gently, patting his back, and coaxing him softly.

"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid. Everything in the dream is fake."

"Don't be afraid, I'm here."

Sui Yan reacted belatedly. He listened to Jun Jingxing's heartbeat in his chest, and after a long while he grasped his collar with shaking hands, uttering a low murmur from his throat.

"Moon view."

Jun Jingxing was stunned.

Ever since he came out of Wanhua Tower, no one has called him by this name.

Jun Jingxing hated the name Fengchen very much, but when Sui Yan called him out with some fear and dependence, he felt as if his heart was pinched and felt a little sour.

Jun Jingxing said softly: "I'm here. I've always been here."

Sui Yan leaned on his shoulder and panted for a while before slowly straightening up. He looked at him with red eyes and asked in confusion, "Why don't you run away?"

Jun Jingxing was confused. When he saw Sui Yan's unfocused eyes, he realized that he was not awake at all. He remembered that he had said before that Duan Zhisu wanted to kill him, so he had to coax him, "I ran away, I ran away immediately, you don't know how fast I run."

Sui Yan said: "You are lying."

Jun Jingxing thought that it was so hard to coax him, but he also noticed that Sui Yan's mind seemed a little different. He didn't dare to provoke him, so he had to persuade him: "Why don't you go to sleep for a while? I'll light some incense for you."

Sui Yan stared at him blankly, and only nodded when he heard that he had to light incense, and said obediently, "Okay."

Although the medicinal incense prepared by Jun Jingxing has the effect of calming the nerves and soothing the mind, it contains all strong and powerful drugs in heavy dosages. It was only used twice when Sui Yan was nearly dead from the poisoning, and it has been rarely used since then.

Jun Jingxing frowned and lit the incense and placed it in the small incense burner. After thinking for a while, he reminded: "Remember, don't burn too much of this incense. Although it can temporarily relieve your pain and nightmares, it will become an untreatable poison once you become addicted."

White smoke was curling up. Sui Yan lay on his side on the bed, holding onto the quilt with both hands, staring at the rising white mist, and whispered, "Come closer."

Jun Jingxing said: "You can't get any closer - did you hear me talking?"

Sui Yan's eyes were a little dazed, and he said vaguely: "I am listening, I am listening, please continue."

As he spoke, he dazedly lifted the quilt, as if wanting to get closer to the incense burner, but Jun Jingxing pushed him back onto the bed.

Sui Yan shook his head and looked at him blankly: "Xiang..."

The more Jun Jingxing looked at him, the more he felt something was wrong. He forced him into the quilt, grabbed his wrist and felt his pulse. After a moment, his expression changed slightly.

He pressed Sui Yan's shoulder and asked, "How many days did you burn the incense?"

Sui Yan stared at him in a daze, not knowing whether it was because he was too sleepy or because of the hallucinogenic and calming effect of the incense, but he didn't react for a long time.

Jun Jingxing looked extremely unhappy. He turned around, put on his outer robe and walked towards the side courtyard. When he took out the box of incense in his cabinet, he found that most of the incense was gone.

Jun Jingxing returned to the room angrily, but before he could get angry, he saw Sui Yan had gotten out of bed at some point and was squatting beside the incense burner with his knees hugged, staring blankly at the rising white mist, with a look of confusion on his face.

Jun Jingxing immediately rushed forward, picked up the burning incense burner and threw it directly into the snow pile outside the window.

There was a bang.

Sui Yan was still squatting there, looking up at him in confusion.

Jun Jingxing pulled Sui Yan to the bed and made him lie down. He was so angry that his head started to ache.

He had only been away for three or four days, but judging by the dosage of the medicinal incense, Sui Yan had actually burned it for four whole days. No wonder he was chanting about the incense all night long.

"Sui, Sui Wanggui..." Jun Jingxing stared at Sui Yan, who was bewildered, and said weakly, "Are you looking for death?"

Sui Yan had nightmares every night since he met Duan Xichen during the Lantern Festival. He originally wanted to use the medicinal incense prepared by Jun Jingxing as a calming incense, so he asked Haitang to burn some for him.

Jun Jingxing had warned him before that this kind of incense should only be used when feeling extremely uncomfortable and must be used only for one stick of incense at most before being extinguished. However, Sui Yan became addicted to it as he continued to burn it, and actually burned this poisonous medicine as incense every day.

Later, on the day he went to see Jun Jingxing, he felt guilty for being a thief, so he quickly asked Haitang to extinguish the incense, and then lit sandalwood again for half a day to suppress the medicinal fragrance that filled the room.

Jun Jingxing was so angry that he had a headache, and was also filled with fear - this medicinal incense was concocted by him, and no one else knew the recipe. If he never came back, or died outside, and Sui Yan burned all the incense regardless of his advice, and then he became addicted, what would he do then?

Jun Jingxing took a deep breath, and even his breathing was trembling.

The room was still filled with the strong aroma of medicine. Sui Yan lay back on the couch without making any more noise, and soon fell into a deep sleep.

He had no dreams that night, and Jun Jingxing sat beside his bed with a complicated expression on his face all night.

The next morning, Sui Yan sat at the table, frowning and drinking white porridge. He put the bowl down after drinking half of it.

Jun Jingxing poured him a bowl of the prepared medicinal soup and said, "Drink it up."

Sui Yan frowned: "It tastes bad."

Jun Jingxing said, "I made it in the kitchen before daybreak. Just drink a little, even a sip will do."

Sui Yan said, "I'm full."

Jun Jingxing said calmly: "Drink it. I will light some incense for you later after you finish it."

When Sui Yan heard this, he picked up the bowl and took another sip, then asked in confusion, "Didn't you say I can't order more?"

Jun Jingxing put aside the half-drunk bowl of porridge he had drunk, and watched him frown as he ate half a bowl of medicinal food before saying calmly, "Then don't order it."

Sui Yan glared at him immediately: "You lied to me?!"

Jun Jingxing knocked on the table in annoyance: "Now do you know why I didn't let you use that incense?"

Sui Yan was stunned for a moment, and recalled the resentment that had just arisen from nowhere, and suddenly shuddered.

Thinking of the fact that he had burned the medicinal incense as perfume a few days ago, Sui Yan quickly suppressed his anger, looked at Jun Jingxing with a guilty conscience, and whispered, "Are you really...addicted?"

Jun Jingxing glanced at him and said with a half-smile, "What do you think?"

Sui Yan felt even more guilty. He timidly pinched the edge of the half-empty bowl of medicinal food and drank the rest in small sips like a frightened little animal - he would carefully glance at Jun Jingxing after taking each sip.

Jun Jingxing looked at him coldly.

After Sui Yan finished drinking, he pushed the bowl in front of Jun Jingxing to let him see the clean bottom of the bowl, and smiled flatteringly with his eyes crooked: "I... I'm done."

Jun Jingxing almost laughed at his attitude: "You are quite obedient, more flexible than Lianye. But do you think I won't hold you accountable for the bad things you did after you drink the medicine?"

Sui Yan lowered his head and whispered, "I... I didn't mean it. You didn't tell me in advance that the scent of the medicine would be addictive, so I..."

Jun Jingxing said coldly: "Young Marquis, are you blaming me? If the medicinal incense can be used anytime and anywhere, why would I keep it in my room and not let you use it? Oh, young marquis, you are really amazing. I locked the stock in the cabinet and you found someone to pry open the lock. You are really good!"

He uttered the last three words with gritted teeth.

Jun Jingxing would only call him "young marquis" when he knew he had made a mistake or was really angry. When Sui Yan saw this, he knew he was in trouble and stood up to run.

Jun Jingxing said, "If you dare to leave, I will not be named Yin unless I stab you to death with a needle tonight."

Sui Yan was most afraid of needles, and he froze immediately. He sat back sheepishly and whispered, "Your last name isn't Yin now."

Jun Jingxing said coldly: "Go on, I'll sit here and listen!"

Sui Yan suddenly didn't dare to mention his surname anymore. He said timidly, "Besides, I... I am the young marquis. How come you don't respect me at all? You even dared to yell at me..."

Jun Jingxing: “…”

Sui Yan glanced at him aggrievedly: "You are so fierce."

Jun Jingxing slapped the table and said angrily, "I've already told you I won't fall for this. Take that look away!"

Sui Yan was used to acting. Seeing that Jun Jingxing refused to give in, he immediately retracted his pitiful look, propped his elbows on the table, and squinted at Jun Jingxing with his chin propped up. He said lazily, "I was wrong, I was wrong. Isn't it okay if I was wrong?"

Jun Jingxing was shocked by his sudden change of expression and said in disbelief, "Are you admitting your mistake or are you here to pay your respects to me?"

Sui Yan sighed: "Oh, what a hassle."

Jun Jingxing: “…”

Jun Jingxing really wanted to stab this bastard to death.

Sui Yan was just about to throw a tantrum at Jun Jingxing when Haitang knocked on the door and reported, "Young Master, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is here."

When Sui Yan heard this, he stood up immediately and said, "Hey! I'll be there soon!"

He sent Haitang out, and looked at Jun Jingxing with a gleam in his eyes, and said happily: "It's not me who is leaving, it's the prince! His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is here, I have to go to greet him! We still have important things to discuss, not your shit! I'm going for you, you can't stop me, and you can't prick me with a needle!"

Jun Jingxing looked at him coldly.

Sui Yan finished his chattering and without waiting for Jun Jingxing to stop him, he went out happily.

Jun Jingxing rubbed his eyebrows with a headache.