Chapter 43 The Gift "I'm afraid it will spoil if it's left out in the open."
Xuanyun Sect.
After learning that she would not die as an adult, Yue Mingxi returned here to cultivate.
On the broad trunk of the red-flowered iron tree that covered half of the back mountain, Yue Mingxi sat and turned to look at Wu Shanqing sitting beside her. Her eyes were full of heartache, and she said softly, "And then?"
Even though it's winter, this huge red cycad is still as beautiful as ever, with its red flowers blooming brightly and showing no signs of withering due to the season.
The towering red cycads reached into the clouds, their trunks at the summit largely untouched, gradually becoming a place where the two shared their past.
Looking at the lush red flowers, Yue Mingxi's eyes dimmed.
I wish Wushanqing could also see such a beautiful view.
"Later," Wu Shanqing's ears turned red as he said shyly, "I rarely hurt myself anymore, and I've been planting dragon blood trees, waiting for you to come."
As he spoke, Wu Shanqing smiled.
"Planting trees is really tiring; I'm so busy that I don't even have time to hurt myself."
Sensing the girl's emotions, Wu Shanqing immediately added, "Don't be sad. I hurt myself before because I was bored."
"It's not because I'm idle." Yue Mingxi turned her face away, her nose tingling. "If only I had met you sooner, you would have suffered less."
Wu Shanqing sighed softly, "I should be saying those words to you."
Yue Mingxi tilted her head and looked at him with a puzzled expression.
He pursed his lips and continued, "Before I left, I only had time to leave a lot of gold and silver jewelry on your bed. I thought that with these, you would live a good life."
"So that's what you left behind," Mom said. She didn't know that the kind person left it. She checked the surveillance footage but couldn't find out. She just told me to repay society properly so that the kindness of the person who helped me wouldn't be in vain.
Rubbing her eyes, Yue Mingxi tried her best to suppress the sadness and grief that was about to overflow in her heart. "That money was used to treat my mother's illness. But she still passed away."
Turning her head, Yue Mingxi said gratefully, "Thank you, Wu Shanqing. If it weren't for the money you left behind, my mother might have left me long ago."
Wu Shanqing felt guilty. "It's all my fault. I should have kept more."
Yue Mingxi quickly waved her hand, "No, no, no, you mustn't think like that. Life is unpredictable, and you've already helped us enough. My mother and I are very grateful to you. Without your money, our lives would be much harder. Every year, my mother takes me to the temple to pray for you, hoping that this kind person who helped us can live a peaceful and prosperous life."
"Really?" Wu Shanqing raised his head and asked cautiously.
“Yes, yes.” Yue Mingxi nodded vigorously and said seriously, “So, you must not blame yourself. If you do, neither Mom nor I will be happy. You are our savior, and we don’t want to see you sad.”
After a moment of stunned silence, Wu Shanqing gently curved the corners of her lips into a smile. "Okay."
Yue Mingxi leaned against the tree trunk and looked at him, saying, "If Mom knew that I had found this kind person, she would be very happy in heaven. When she passed away, she specifically told me not to forget to pray for you. Every summer, we would go to the temple to hang red ropes for you and pray for your well-being."
Lowering her eyes, Yue Mingxi said softly, "I wonder how Mom has been doing in heaven all these years."
“It will definitely be very good,” Wu Shanqing said firmly.
“Okay.” Yue Mingxi smiled gently. “I’ve already been there this year. I’ll go to the temple again next summer to pray for you and Mom.”
“I’ll go with you,” Wu Shanqing said earnestly. “You and Aunt have prayed for me so many times, and I want to pray for you too.”
“Okay,” Yue Mingxi replied just as earnestly.
"Then it's a deal." Wu Shanqing curled the corners of her lips.
He remembered that Yue Mingxi had said she would not break her promise.
"Mmm." Yue Mingxi smiled and nodded vigorously.
What Yue Mingxi didn't expect was this simple agreement.
She and Wu Shanqing hadn't gotten together in seven years.
The unease that had been creeping into his heart was dispelled by Yue Mingxi's firm voice, and Wu Shanqing breathed a sigh of relief, even though he didn't know where the unease came from.
Suppressing the anxiety in his heart, Wu Shanqing curled up the corners of his lips and said, "We've finished eating the dragon blood fruit, let's go pick some more."
Looking at his slender hands, Yue Mingxi said with heartache, "Does the Dragon Blood Tree have to be irrigated with the blood from your fingertips? Can my blood do?"
"Don't worry about me, I'm fine," Wu Shanqing said with a smile. "These past few days, with your massages, I've been sleeping very well and I'm not vomiting black blood anymore. A little bit of blood from my fingertip is nothing."
"But my hands will hurt," Yue Mingxi said with concern in her eyes. "It won't hurt. So many years have passed, I'm used to it." Wu Shanqing summoned Bubbles and stood up from the tree trunk. "Let's hurry up, pick them all, and go find Yun Ci to see how his research is going."
“Okay, I also have some new developments to share with you.” Yue Mingxi’s eyes crinkled into a smile.
Half a month ago, Yue Mingxi made a firm decision in the cave, vowing to read through all the ancient books in the cultivation world. However, after searching through the books of the four races of humans, demons, immortals, and monsters, she found no record of elves whatsoever.
This is a species that no longer exists in the world and has long been extinct. Fortunately, we have the ancient artifact, Xiaomi.
In Xiao Mi's labyrinth, Yue Mingxi found a large number of stones that recorded the spirits. The stones were inscribed with strange languages, which Yue Mingxi memorized. During this time, she, Wu Shanqing, and Yun Ci also studied these languages, but with little effect, as they could not understand the words.
Having pondered these strange characters day and night, Yue Mingxi suddenly made a new discovery today: she seemed to be able to understand some of the characters.
Sitting in the bubble of wind, Yue Mingxi looked at the two layers of white veils covering Wu Shanqing's head and smiled, "Wu Shanqing, when exactly did you start wearing only the one I gave you?"
After leaving the cave, Yue Mingxi packed up the white gauze that had dried overnight and gave it to Wu Shanqing early the next morning.
The boy was very happy after receiving it and bowed his head, saying, "Thank you, Yue Mingxi, I like it very much."
Yue Mingxi smiled and said, "I'm glad you like it."
Wu Shanqing gently stroked the white gauze. "This is Heavenly Lotus Silk. So this is the secret you shared when you went to the snow mountain?"
“Yes.” Yue Mingxi’s eyes widened. “Wu Shanqing, you’re amazing! You guessed it right away.”
Wu Shanqing pursed her lips. "The Heavenly Lotus Silk is extremely fine and very difficult to weave. Weaving this piece of white gauze must have been very hard work. I'm not worth all your trouble."
“It’s not hard work,” Yue Mingxi shook her head vigorously, then seriously corrected him with a stern face, “Nonsense, you deserve it.”
Wu Shanqing was so moved that he didn't know what to say, and for a moment he felt that he was really despicable.
The secret that Yue Mingxi buried was entirely for him, but the secret that he buried was for his own benefit.
He simply wanted to confess his love to her the day after her birthday, against the backdrop of a sea of pine trees.
Seeing him staring blankly, Yue Mingxi blinked and smiled, "Try it on quickly. Xiaomi told me that this kind of silk is soft and feels like nothing, and is very comfortable."
Wu Shanqing snapped out of his daze and softly agreed.
Turning around, Wu Shanqing removed the white veil from her head.
Yue Mingxi's heart clenched. She wanted to say, "Wu Shanqing, I'm not afraid of your empty eyes," but she hesitated and had to swallow the words back.
With her head down, Wu Shanqing folded the white silk gauze given to her by Yue Mingxi into four layers before carefully placing it on her eyelids.
Then she took out the white veil she had been wearing and covered herself up again.
Turning around, Wu Shanqing couldn't help but smile. "It feels so good. Thank you, Yue Mingxi. This is the best gift I've ever received."
Yue Mingxi's eyes widened as she looked at the thick layers of white gauze over his eyes and chuckled, "Why did you put them all on? You could have just worn one. I was trying to make you comfortable, but now you're uncomfortable with all of them on, and with four layers, it's even more uncomfortable than before."
Wu Shanqing shook his head and said seriously, "Comfortable, even more comfortable than before."
He paused, afraid she might misunderstand and think he didn't like the gift she gave him, Wu Shanqing's ears turned red, and he added softly, "It's exposed outside, I'm afraid it will get damaged."
Yue Mingxi's heart pounded, and she laughed, "No, Xiao Mi told me that this kind of silk is particularly strong and won't break easily. Even if it does break by accident, I can help you fix it."
“No, I want to cherish it, and,” Wu Shanqing said earnestly, bowing her head, “you’ll get tired if you keep weaving.”
Her heart was beating even faster. Yue Mingxi looked up and said seriously, "It's not tiring. Wearing too many is definitely not as comfortable as wearing just one."
"No, just wear it like this, it's comfortable," Wu Shanqing hummed softly.
Inside the bubble, looking at Wu Shanqing sitting beside her, she replied with the same words as before.
Every time I ask him, he gives me the same answer.
A smile played on Yue Mingxi's lips as she began to haggle with him for the first time.
He's been wearing it like this for two weeks already; we can't let him continue like this.
"If you keep doing this, I'll heal another one for you?" Yue Mingxi said gently with a smile.
Wu Shanqing was immediately intimidated and muttered softly, "Okay, I'll listen to you. I'll only wear one. You're not allowed to knit anymore for me; it's too tiring."
"Okay." Yue Mingxi smiled.
Turning to the side, Wu Shanqing untied the white veil she had been wearing, unfolded the four layers of veil, and put it back on.
Yue Mingxi suppressed the urge to ruffle his hair, looked down at her surroundings, and asked, "Wu Shanqing, are we almost there?"
Wu Shanqing nodded. "We'll be there soon."
Yue Mingxi pursed her lips and suddenly asked, "Wu Shanqing, there's a question I've wanted to ask you for a long time."
"Hmm?" Wu Shanqing tilted his head and asked, "What's the problem?"
Her heart pounded with nervousness. Yue Mingxi took a breath, looked up at him earnestly, and asked, "I want to ask you, why have you wanted to protect me since I was born?"
Not wanting him to run away, Yue Mingxi continued, "It's not as simple as I think, is it?"
Wu Shanqing stopped and fell silent.
Taking a deep breath, Yue Mingxi continued to ask him, "When I went to save Li Shizhi, what was the thing you promised me to do?"
"Is it because I can kill you?"
Yue Mingxi's eyelashes trembled, and she finally asked her final guess.
Wu Shanqing froze on the spot, speechless.
Author's Note: There was a small mishap, but I'll definitely confess in the next chapter. [pity][pity]
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