Gu Chenyuan didn't know how he got there. He reached out with trembling hands to check Ye Qingyun's breath. Only after finding that Ye Qingyun was still breathing faintly did his senses return to his body.
As Gu Chenyuan moved, Ye Qingyun's eyelashes trembled, and he slowly and weakly half-opened his eyes. He looked as if he might close his eyes again at any moment and never open them again.
Gu Chenyuan belatedly realized the pain in his body; it was because Ye Qingyun was injured, and the bloodline restriction was his punishment for failing to protect Ye Qingyun.
The physical pain was nothing compared to the agonizing fear that threatened to burst Gu Chenyuan's heart. He half-squatted down and, with trembling hands, lifted Ye Qingyun into his arms.
"I'll take you to get treatment," Gu Chenyuan's usually calm voice trembled with barely perceptible sobs, "Don't close your eyes, I'll take you to get treatment, everything will be alright, everything will be alright."
Ye Qingyun shook his head slightly, looked at Gu Chenyuan, and extended his hand to him.
Gu Chenyuan wouldn't let Ye Qingyun exert herself in her current state. He lowered his head so that Ye Qingyun could easily put her arms around his neck.
Ye Qingyun loosely embraced Gu Chenyuan with one hand, then pressed Gu Chenyuan's head down and kissed his lips.
This kiss had nothing to do with sweetness; Gu Chenyuan only tasted the metallic taste of blood. It was the blood from Ye Qingyun's mouth that had been transferred to his mouth through the kiss.
Gu Chenyuan did not spit it out, nor did he consider spitting it out; instead, he swallowed the mouthful of blood.
Why is there so much blood? How badly must Ye Qingyun be feeling right now?
Gu Chenyuan was in a panic. He ended the kiss and wanted to get Ye Qingyun to the hospital as soon as possible so that she would be safe and sound and no longer look like this.
"Haha." Ye Qingyun suddenly laughed weakly. "See, you fell for the trap after all. Does it still hurt?"
Gu Chenyuan: "...What?"
Ye Qingyun's voice was weak, but there was a hint of a smile in it: "You were injured because of me before, so it must have hurt quite a bit, right? Does it still hurt now?"
Gu Chenyuan felt as if a basin of ice water had been poured over him from head to toe, leaving him feeling instantly chilled.
...He's not in pain anymore.
He felt no pain at all.
Even though Ye Qingyun was still so badly injured, he couldn't feel any punishment at all.
"The wine I told you about before wasn't the antidote... The real antidote is still on me." Ye Qingyun closed his eyes wearily, speaking haltingly, clearly struggling, but a smile still played on his lips. "But now, you can't pour it out, because I... have already fed it to you, haha."
Countless thoughts flashed through Gu Chenyuan's mind. He had so much to say and so many questions to ask, but in the end, only one sentence came to his lips: "...Let's go to the hospital."
"It's no use. Didn't you guess it?" Ye Qingyun mercilessly exposed Gu Chenyuan's illusions and forced him to face reality. "I am a 3S-level mental power user. After destroying that superpower decomposition machine, I... couldn't hold on any longer. I'm beyond saving."
Gu Chenyuan remained silent, and Ye Qingyun continued, "Sending you to the hospital is useless, and there are... no hospitals around here. So why don't you talk to me? I want to have a quiet chat with you."
Gu Chenyuan's arms, which were holding Ye Qingyun, began to tremble uncontrollably. He sat down against a tree and let Ye Qingyun lean against his chest.
Ye Qingyun asked, "Without the bloodline restraint, will you still listen to me?"
"……listen."
Ye Qingyun was satisfied with this answer. He instructed Gu Chenyuan, "After I die, live well, eat on time, sleep on time, understand?"
As Ye Qingyun spoke, his voice grew softer and softer. He struggled to open his eyes and looked at Gu Chenyuan with his no longer bright eyes.
Gu Chenyuan held Ye Qingyun's hand without saying a word.
He doesn't need to eat or sleep on time.
The road to the underworld is too lonely for one person, and he couldn't bear to let Ye Qingyun walk alone. He would accompany Ye Qingyun, no matter where they went.
Ye Qingyun said softly, "Your life... was bought with my life, and you're just going to... destroy it like this?"
Gu Chenyuan's breathing quickened. Ye Qingyun reached out and gently pressed her hand on Gu Chenyuan's beating heart, saying in a voice so soft it would be blown away by the wind, "Think carefully before you destroy it. This is my life. Do you really want to... make it disappear?"
A drop of clear, colorless water fell onto Ye Qingyun's cheek. Ye Qingyun blinked laboriously, then slowly closed her eyes again: "You said you'd listen to me, I... I order you, don't die, live well, wait..."
What are we waiting for?
Gu Chenyuan didn't know, because the person who said those words could no longer complete them.
“…Qingyun?” Gu Chenyuan stroked Ye Qingyun’s cheek, trying to wipe the water off her face, but the more he wiped, the more water appeared, and he couldn’t get it clean at all. “I’ll take you back, and we’ll find a beautiful place with clear water and green mountains, and settle down peacefully. I’ll stay with you for the rest of my life, and you can supervise me as I eat and sleep, okay?”
Ye Qingyun should like this leisurely life. Whenever there is a new technology or research, he can read it to Ye Qingyun to make her happy.
He also had to prepare Ye Qingyun's clothes for each day, ensuring that they were different for each day of the year.
Ye Qingyun is beautiful; she looks good in anything, even a burlap sack. But he couldn't let that make Ye Qingyun feel neglected. If others had the best and most luxurious styles, Ye Qingyun had to have them too.
Ye Qingyun would stay under his protection, accompanying him through the four seasons and thousands of days and nights, until he grew old, then dig a deep grave, make a coffin big enough for him and Ye Qingyun to lie in, and bury them forever.
They will always be together.
The jumbled thoughts in Gu Chenyuan's mind suddenly stopped. In his arms, Ye Qingyun's body showed signs of abnormality.
Several streaks of red light emanated from Ye Qingyun's body, piercing through her skin.
Gu Chenyuan had seen this red light not long ago; it was exactly the same light as when the light screen was shattered.
The light continued to expand, and wherever the red light shone through Ye Qingyun's body, all the flesh and blood turned to ashes.
Gu Chenyuan's fear grew infinitely. He used every method he could think of to protect Ye Qingyun and prevent her from getting hurt again.
However, it was no use. The light surged out faster and faster, and as soon as it left Ye Qingyun's body, it completely dissipated and disappeared.
And like those rays of light, Ye Qingyun also vanished into the world.
Gu Chenyuan kept his head down, still in the position of holding someone, but his arms were empty, with nothing left.
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