Chapter 103 [VIP] Shadow Guard (17)
Ye Qiuchen hummed a light "hmm". Seeing that she had finally recovered a little, he did not say anything to refute her. However, his eyes dimmed slightly. He did not want to hear her discuss these annoying things anymore, so he changed the subject directly.
"Yanyan, you've been unconscious for a long time. You must be hungry when you wake up. I'll go to the kitchen and get you something to eat."
He smiled at her as he spoke, trying to stop her from dwelling too much on the past. He hoped that she could get over it as soon as possible and continue to live.
Nan Yan looked up at him after hearing the voice, and seemed to have just noticed the person standing next to her. Seeing his dark eyes and haggard face, she suddenly felt a little embarrassed and guilty, and subconsciously asked, "I'm sorry, I didn't know. How is your injury...?"
Ye Qiuchen smiled sincerely this time, and touched her head affectionately with his palm, his eyes full of gentle smiles.
"Don't worry. I'm a man and I'm a martial artist. These minor injuries won't be a problem for me. Okay, you take a rest first. I'll go to the kitchen and get you something to eat. You'll be fine soon."
He didn't give Nan Yan a chance to refuse, he opened the beaded curtain and went to the outer room.
Ye Qiuchen's movements were indeed very quick. In just a moment, he brought a bowl of steaming white porridge and a few light side dishes. He then carefully mixed it with a spoon, scooped up a small spoonful, and carefully brought it to her mouth.
But Nan Yan had no intention of eating at the moment. Her heart and eyes were all on the pearl hairpin, which she had been holding in her hand against her chest. Finally, she could not help herself and turned to look at Ye Qiuchen beside her, looking at him expectantly.
"Can you... take me to the place where Seventeen disappeared? I want to go there to see if there are any other traces. Is that okay?"
Ye Qiuchen was silent for a long time before he said, "You are still sick and there are shadow guards out there who want to take you back. I will take you to see the doctor when things are calmer outside."
Nan Yan sat up straight subconsciously, her eyes starting to moisten again, "No, I can't wait any longer, I have to go to the place where he disappeared, otherwise if time passes, there won't be any trace left. Ye Qiuchen, can you help me?"
There was a strong pleading look in her eyes.
Ye Qiuchen looked at her bloodless lips and suddenly felt a little bitter and sad. After taking a deep breath, he suppressed the discomfort in his heart and whispered, "Okay, I can take you there, but you have to eat your meal and drink your medicine honestly before I take you there."
Ye Qiuchen knew that today's situation was his own choice, because only by fighting and competing could he get what he wanted, and he had no regrets!
He also did not regret killing Ying Shiqi with his own hands.
Otherwise, he would never have the chance to be so close to her and take care of her in his life.
From now on, he would completely eliminate Ying Shiqi from her life. He didn't believe that a person who was dead and completely missing could remain in her heart for how long, and he didn't believe that he could not compete with a dead man like him.
So it doesn't matter if she feels a little sad or upset for him now. As time goes by, she will forget it one day.
After hearing what he said, Nan Yan nodded almost subconsciously, with a grateful smile on her face, "I understand, I will eat well, I will listen to you and work hard to recover, and I will never let you worry..."
As she spoke, she impatiently lowered her head to bite the spoon he handed her. In her panic, she moved too quickly and accidentally bit her tongue, covering her chest and coughing.
Ye Qiuchen was really helpless now, but he couldn't blame Nan Yan for her pale face. He could only sigh softly, then sit on the bed and pat her back, trying to comfort her, "Don't be like this, okay?"
"I said I would take you there, and I will, but before that, you must take good care of yourself. You should know what kind of personality I have. If you continue to make me worry like this, it will be difficult for me to agree to your request."
After Ye Qiuchen finished speaking, he looked at her steadily again.
Nan Yan's body seemed to stiffen for a moment, and her eyelashes trembled slightly. Her originally tense mood seemed to slowly calm down under his gaze. She glanced at him, obviously thinking of what happened before. She bit her lip, and was a little afraid to ignore her body like this. She began to drink the porridge in small sips with his fingers.
After she finished eating half a bowl of rice and rested for a while, her complexion finally regained some color. Seeing her look full of expectation but not daring to urge her, Ye Qiuchen didn't say much. He bent down to help her put on her shoes, and took out a plain white cloak from the cupboard, wrapping her completely. Her face was also covered tightly. After making sure there was nothing wrong, he took her out.
He knew that Nan Yan would not give up. She would definitely have to see with her own eyes the place where Ying Shiqi disappeared before she would completely give up, so he had already made all the arrangements.
So when Nan Yan really went to the cliff and saw how bottomless the cliff was, her heart sank for a moment. She looked at the cliff with a pale face, and looking down was an abyss of dozens of feet. The terrain below was rugged and uneven. Even a normal person with high martial arts skills could not be guaranteed to survive after falling down, not to mention Seventeen who was seriously injured. After falling into this abyss, was there really a chance of survival?
In other words, Ying Shiqi's death was actually doomed. No one could fall from such a high cliff and remain intact, not to mention that he was hit by such a sword.
Nan Yan seemed to have anticipated this outcome. She walked forward in disbelief, seeing the knife marks carved on the gravel on the edge of the cliff and some dried blood on the ground. He had bled so much that the soil had turned deep red. At this height, even Nan Yan couldn't convince herself, not to mention that Seventeen could come back alive...
Tears came almost instantly.
Without waiting for Ye Qiuchen to react, she rushed directly to the edge of the cliff.
If Ye Qiuchen had not been paying attention to her expression, when he noticed that her expression was not right, he would have rushed over and pulled her back immediately, and held her in his arms at an extremely fast speed. He did not let go even though the wound on his shoulder was hurting, for fear that she would fall down accidentally.
Seeing the man in his arms still crying and struggling,
"Let go, let me go, I want to find Seventeen..."
This was the first time Ye Qiuchen got really angry at this person. Her eyes were heavy, and her hands around her waist were almost breaking her waist. She scolded him fiercely, "Are you crazy? You dare to rush forward on such a high cliff? What do you think of your life? Do you really want to die?"
Ye Qiuchen was panting, looking frightening, and violently twisted her body, "Ye Nanyan, have you forgotten what you promised me?"
When he looked down and saw her face full of tears, he could not help but feel a sharp pain in his heart. This damn Ying Shiqi! He was so restless even in death. Thinking that her body could not bear any more blows recently, in order to prevent her from being overly frightened, he could only suppress his anger and scolded in a low forgotten voice, "I didn't bring you here to let you commit suicide. Have you what I said? Ying Shiqi is just missing, which does not prove... that he must be dead. If you jump, you will never see him again in this life. Is this the result you want? There is still a chance if you live, right? Do you want no one in the world to remember him anymore?"
These words seemed to move Nan Yan. Nan Yan raised her head, staring blankly at Ye Qiuchen in front of her, tears flowing silently. Finally, she couldn't help but threw herself into his arms, clutching his clothes tightly and burst into tears.
Ye Qiuchen didn't say anything else, he just patted her back to comfort her. He knew that she must have an outlet to vent. Only by venting all the pent-up emotions in her heart could her body truly get better.
Afterwards, Ye Qiuchen brought her back to the courtyard. Nan Yan didn't know how he did it, but the shadow guards who had been searching for them in the town were no longer following them, and their lives seemed to have returned to normal.
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Ye Qiuchen took good care of her, and she became more energetic day by day. He no longer scared her like before, but he would restrain her occasionally and not let her go out. However, there was no other way because it was indeed more dangerous outside.
The people from Qixia Villa have not given up on capturing her.
Ye Qiuchen's ability to clean up the mess is indeed better than Ying Shiqi's. He has even trained some of his own people in the film studio over the years, so the information he receives is more accurate than before.
After some time, Nan Yan's health finally improved a lot. Although she would still secretly cry while looking at the pearl hairpin in her hand at night, she no longer immersed herself in the grief of the past all day long.
He looks much more energetic.
She would smile at him occasionally, with light brows and plain face, without any makeup. Perhaps she had just had a serious illness, and there was still a hint of weakness lingering between her eyebrows and eyes.
But it doesn't matter. As long as she takes good care of herself, her body will fully recover one day. Just like Ying Shiqi, he will also die completely from her heart one day.
Ye Qiuchen was sure of this, especially the next day, when he heard Nan Yan was going to cook a dinner for the two of them in person to express her gratitude for his care during this time, he was really happy in his heart, happier than ever before.
This made him feel that all his efforts during this period were effective. Although he was just grateful, she would eventually realize that he was the only one who would always be with her.
Upon hearing the news, Ye Qiuchen was truly relieved, a smile appeared on his face, and the gloom and sorrow that had accumulated in his heart in the past disappeared in an instant.
Ye Qiuchen was originally really happy. A kind of unprecedented satisfaction spread in his chest, making him unable to control the curled corners of his mouth throughout the whole day.
He was originally worried that her body had not fully recovered, and that she might overwork herself by cooking, so it would be better for him to do it instead, and she only needed to help. As long as it was her intention, he didn't care whether she made it herself or not. She was the only one he cared about from beginning to end.
But until she handed him a bowl of bone soup with added ingredients.
Ye Qiuchen's body suddenly went stiff and cold.
His eyes paused for a moment, his eyelashes drooped, his gaze fell on the bowl of steaming milky white soup in front of him, and the corners of his mouth unconsciously curled up into a sarcastic smile.
She probably didn't know that these shadow guards had gone through countless poison and knockout drug resistance training since they were young. Did she want to knock him out with this low-quality drug?
Ye Qiuchen unconsciously clenched his fingers under the table, his eyes were dark and his expression became increasingly obscure and difficult to understand. He really didn't understand why she drugged him.
Wasn't he good enough to her?
Or is someone threatening her behind the scenes?
Until this moment, Ye Qiuchen still refused to believe that she really wanted to kill him? Was it possible that her smile to him and her words of gratitude were all fake?
Ye Qiuchen suddenly raised his eyes and stared at the person in front of him expressionlessly. He did not expose her, but just looked at her.
Nan Yan also looked obviously nervous, probably because it was her first time doing such a thing. She avoided his gaze and didn't dare to meet his eyes. She didn't even realize that her fingertips were burned red.
Instead, it was Ye Qiuchen who couldn't help himself first. The smile on his face disappeared without him knowing when. He frowned and took the bowl of soup from her hand and put it on the table with a "bang".
Then he took her hand and examined it carefully, and began to scold her, "Are you stupid? If you have any problem, don't you know to ask me for help? You didn't even use a piece of cloth to cover the hot soup right out of the pot. Your hand is already red from the heat, but you don't feel it? Doesn't it hurt?"
As he spoke, he subconsciously blew on the burned area twice, and Nan Yan pulled her hand back uncomfortably and pushed the bowl towards him, "I'm fine, it's just a little red, it will be fine soon, that... this soup is specially made for you, you were injured so badly before, and you still have to take care of me all the time, this is just right for you to replenish your body, hurry up... drink it while it's hot."
At the end of her words, her voice was obviously stumbling, and she didn't even raise her head. Her eyelashes trembled slightly, and she didn't dare to look at him at all.
Ye Qiuchen looked at her expressionlessly. He was silent for a long time before he suddenly chuckled, which made some unclear meanings. "Why are you so nervous all of a sudden? Are you worried that the soup won't taste good? Will I dislike your cooking skills?"
Nan Yan was stunned for a moment, then nodded subconsciously.
Her voice was dry and a little nervous. "Yes, yes, this is my first time cooking, so I was a little worried that you wouldn't like it."
After saying this, even his hands on his knees clenched unconsciously.
Seeing her nervous look, Ye Qiuchen suddenly felt extremely sarcastic in his heart. He smiled and said, "Then you absolutely don't have to worry, because as long as it is something that Yanyan personally delivers, even if there is poison in it, I will drink it all up."
As soon as he finished speaking, he picked up the bowl on the table and started drinking.
Nan Yan paused, then her whole body froze. She accidentally knocked over the chopsticks on the table, then raised her eyes and stared at the person in front of her.
After Ye Qiuchen finished drinking the bowl of soup, he put the empty bowl on the table with a "pa" sound. His eyes suddenly turned cold, and a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth. "Well, I finished drinking. Are you surprised that you didn't make me faint? I'm so sorry. Miss, don't you know that the Shadow Guards have all been trained in drugs? Next time you want to make your subordinates faint, remember to choose drugs with stronger properties."
Of course she knew that, otherwise she wouldn't have chosen the worst one.
Ye Qiu suddenly changed the subject.
"But then again..."
He grabbed Nan Yan, who was already pale with fear, and pulled her in front of him. Then he stared at her expressionlessly, his eyes becoming increasingly sinister and dark.
"Do you hate me so much? You wish I were dead, so you put drugs in the soup to poison me?"
A layer of mist quickly filled Nan Yan's eyes.
There was guilt but also stubbornness in her eyes.
Then she turned around and wiped the tears from her cheeks, her eyes becoming more determined. Since the things in the soup had been discovered, she simply did not deny it. "Yes, you are right, I put drugs in the soup, but I just want to know the truth of some things."
Ye Qiuchen was startled, and his strength suddenly loosened a little.
"The truth? What truth do you want to know?"
In fact, he vaguely guessed in his heart what she wanted to ask about the truth of the matter, but he really didn't expect that she would use such means to poison him.
Is Ying Shiqi so important in her heart?
Nan Yan's tears immediately fell. She took out the dagger from her arms and pressed it against his chest. She became more and more emotional, "You lied to me!"
"You clearly said you would bring Seventeen back to see me, but why? Why were you the only one who survived that day? And Seventeen's body was gone! Ye Qiuchen, tell me the truth, did you kill him?"
Ye Qiuchen's grip on her wrist suddenly loosened.
It seemed that he had not expected her to say such a thing, let alone that her dagger was pointed at his heart.
He looked down, and when he looked up again, a look of extreme sarcasm suddenly appeared in his eyes, "So in your eyes, I should be the one who died that day, right?"
Nan Yan's lips trembled slightly. She wanted to say that she didn't mean that, but when she saw the look in the other person's eyes, she couldn't say the words no matter what.
"Is that who I am in your eyes?"
Seeing the doubt in her eyes, Ye Qiuchen suddenly sneered, then took the initiative, grabbed the dagger in her hand, pressed it against his chest, and approached her step by step.
"Ye Nanyan, you are so cruel. You drew your sword against me. Do you want to kill me so that you can bury me with your lover?"
"I, I just..."
Nan Yan was frightened by him and her face turned pale, her eyes were filled with tears, and she dared not move the dagger in her hand, for fear of really hurting the other party. In fact, she had no evidence to prove that he killed Seventeen, and she drugged him just to test him.
But now, facing Ye Qiuchen who was so emotional, she seemed to really feel that she had done something wrong, as if she had really wronged him.
Ye Qiuchen was still not giving in, his eyes full of mockery and indifference, "How have you masters ever really cared about the feelings of us servants? In your eyes, only Ying Shiqi truly loves you, and the feelings of others are all cheap."
"Just because I like you, you can trample on and belittle my feelings without any scruples."
"But if it weren't for me, do you know what you would be like now?" Ye Qiuchen stared at her with a cold smile on his face, "You would have been taken back by those shadow guards a long time ago."
"You will marry the sickly only son of the general. Do you know the ways he plays with women? Do you know how he will treat you? That sickly son is not in good health, but he is very good at bullying women. All the worst things you can think of will happen to you!"
"You know what? As long as I send you back, the owner of the manor won't care about my negligence. I betrayed the studio and the owner of the manor for you two, but what about you? You treat me like this?"
Hearing this, Nan Yan's face suddenly turned even paler.
She seemed to think of all the things he had done for her during this period of time, just to make her feel better, he would coax her, accompany her, and tell her interesting things happening nearby every day...
He would also catch small animals for her and try his best to make her happy. He was afraid that she would lose her appetite, so he would cook for her every day to nourish her body. He was really good to her.
It was so good that whenever Nan Yan thought of those things, the hand holding the dagger began to tremble uncontrollably.
Ye Qiuchen was still pressing on. He obviously wanted to resolve all her doubts at once and make her never dare to mention it again.
"You want to kill me and bury your sweetheart with me, right?"
Ye Qiuchen noticed the relaxation of her expression, his eyes turned cold, and he suddenly increased the strength of his grip on her hand. The dagger suddenly pierced an inch into her chest, and the blood instantly soaked her clothes on her chest.
He groaned, his face pale with pain, but his eyes were still fixed on Nan Yan,
"Okay, then just kill me!"
And Nan Yan was really scared this time.
Especially when she saw the blood oozing out from the tip of the knife, she almost subconsciously loosened her grip, and the dagger fell to the ground with a clang.
Tears started flowing instantly.
She tightly covered the wound on Ye Qiuchen's chest, shaking her head, crying uncontrollably, her voice full of guilt, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I didn't mean it, I never thought of hurting you..."
"I was wrong. I shouldn't have doubted your..."
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