Chapter 110 [VIP] Shadow Guard (24)

Nan Yan seemed not to have heard what he said at all. She sat stiffly on the ground, her eyes slowly shifting to the jade pendant on the other side.

Zhao Shiqi also looked over.

When he saw the broken jade pendant on the ground, he felt a little breathless for a moment, and a sharp tearing pain suddenly came from his heart, as if his chest was hit hard by a heavy hammer. An unprecedented panic surged in his heart.

He clenched his fingers tightly and was even a little scared for a moment, but he didn't even know what he was afraid of.

This strange, unknown emotion kept churning and spreading in his chest, oppressing him so much that he could hardly breathe and felt extremely uncomfortable.

Zhao Shixi unconsciously covered his chest, looking a little confused at the moment. He didn't even know what was wrong with him. Was it because of guilt? Maybe... it was really because of guilt... After all, he accidentally hurt her again, and he pushed her away twice, and her fingers were bleeding. Especially when he saw the blood... his chest was full of sour and swollen emotions.

He must be feeling so bad because of guilt.

But deep down in her heart, there was a conscious, unknown voice that echoed in her ears. How could he push her? How could he hurt her?

How could he do this to her?

Even he himself didn't know why such a strange idea came into his head?

It seemed to come out of nowhere, but when he was about to think further, his brain felt as if it had been hit by a stick. An intense pain suddenly came over him, as if the blood vessels inside were about to burst, forcing him to stop.

Zhao Shiqi's fingernails were almost digging into his flesh, and his finger bones were pinched until they turned white.

He tried hard not to lose his composure, took a deep breath, and tried hard to suppress the violent reaction in his heart. He subconsciously reached out to pick up the jade pendant. He was thinking whether he could find someone to repair the jade pendant, but he didn't expect Nan Yan to push him away and snatch it from his hand.

"Don't touch my things..."

The expression on her face was a little nervous and strange, with tears still in the corners of her eyes, but the look she gave him was unprecedentedly cold and defensive, completely different from just now. She stared at him with cold eyes, fearing that he would break her jade pendant again, and shouted at him,

"That's mine!"

After she finished speaking, she carefully put the jade pendant back together, but it was broken into pieces and no matter how she put it together it would never be complete. Her face showed anxiety at first, then sadness, and finally despair, with tears rolling down her cheeks. She cried silently, which was completely different from before.

Obviously, before, when she cried, she would deliberately cling to him and show a pitiful expression to get his sympathy, but now she was so sad, she didn't even give him a glance the whole time, and never looked at him again.

For a moment, Zhao Shiqi only felt his heart trembling slightly.

He glanced at his palm, which was still stained with some blood from her skin. He subconsciously wanted to reach out and help her up, "Your hand is bleeding, I'll let the doctor help you first..."

But she slapped her hand away without hesitation, "No need."

Her force was not light, and the back of Zhao Shiqi's hand turned red from her slap, and his palm remained frozen there.

He opened his lips, feeling a little sad for a moment, and wanted to say something to apologize, but when his eyes met that expressionless face, he felt as if all the words were stuck in his throat, and his chest felt heavy and stuffy. He couldn't utter a word for a moment, and just stared at her blankly.

Nan Yan slowly raised her head, and her tear-stained black eyes stared into his eyes quietly, unfamiliar and indifferent, without a trace of love in them, as if she had never known him before.

She shook her head, as if she was apologizing or talking to herself, "I recognized the wrong person. You are not him, not my Seventeen. You are obviously not similar at all. How could I mistake you for him? I'm sorry for delaying you for so long."

She frowned and climbed up from the ground with some effort. Her body was a little unstable, probably because she accidentally pressed the wound. Her face suddenly turned pale. When Zhao Shiqi wanted to go forward to help her for the third time, she avoided him without hesitation.

She pursed her lips, refusing to let anyone touch them.

Then she stood up staggeringly, picked up the pearl hairpin and half a jade pendant scattered on the ground before leaving, threw away the carefully prepared food boxes and snacks, and without looking back at him, she just stumbled away.

Zhao Shiqi, who was left alone, just stared at her leaving back. The more he looked, the more uneasy he felt. His heart felt empty, and he had an inexplicable urge to chase after her regardless of everything.

But as soon as he recalled the strange and cold look she had given him just now, his whole body seemed to be nailed to the spot. He froze in an instant and could not move at all.

He found himself afraid of seeing that kind of look. If it was just guilt... would it be so painful?

Zhao Shiqi's eyes followed her figure all the time, and he looked at her so intently that he felt even his breathing stagnate for a moment.

He doesn't know what's wrong with him?

I just felt the panic in my heart continue to spread, as if there was something I could no longer grasp.

But I don’t know where this emotion comes from?

The butler behind him called him seven or eight times but he didn't hear anything. It was not until the slender figure could no longer be seen that Zhao Shiqi finally woke up completely.

Then he heard the butler beside him say, "Prince, please go over and take a look. The princess and Miss Yan are waiting for you."

He was stunned for a moment, then reacted and said "hmm" in a low voice. His eyes unconsciously fell on the scattered food boxes on the ground. The butler was also very considerate. He thought that his master was bothered by those things, so he immediately stepped forward and asked, "Sir, do you want to order someone to take care of these things..."

Before he finished speaking, Zhao Shiqi blurted out, "Don't throw them away. Pick them up first and bring them to my room later."

He said this without any hesitation, almost subconsciously, but after he finished speaking he realized what he had said and his expression changed slightly.

He was puzzled by his own attitude. Wasn't he very annoyed with those things? But why, inexplicably, did he not want to throw them away? Even he himself didn't know what he was thinking at the moment.

The housekeeper and the guards were also a little stunned. They originally thought that the prince didn't like those things and was going to throw them away, but what did the prince's attitude mean?

Is there really any connection with that woman?

The surprised looks from people all around also made Zhao Shiqi confused. He felt as if he was trapped in a fog and couldn't get out. At this moment, he felt a little weird.

It seemed that whenever he met that woman, he would become abnormal. He would feel inexplicably tight in his chest, would unconsciously want to care, and even couldn't control the most basic emotions. This was wrong and abnormal. There must be something wrong. When Zhao Shiqi realized that his mentality had changed, he left here like a wolf.

He felt uneasy in his heart, and his mind was in a mess. He needed to sort out his thoughts. What happened to him? Why did he become like this?

…

In the following time, Zhao Shiqi was absent-minded. The same was true when he went to visit Du Yuyan. He did not hear what his mother said or what the doctor said. Maybe even if he heard it, he did not remember it. His mind was still immersed in the chaos just now and could not get out of it.

Until his mother called him several times, "Shiqi, Shiqi, what happened to you today? You didn't respond when your mother called you. Did you hear what the doctor said?"

Zhao Shiqi finally came to his senses and looked over with a confused and bewildered look, "What's wrong?"

The princess shook her head helplessly, "What are you thinking about so intently, kid? Did you hear what Doctor Zhang said?"

Zhao Shiqi seemed to have just reacted, and his eyes fell on the doctor in the room.

Doctor Zhang was the doctor Zhao Shiqi had specially invited from Lincheng to treat Du Yuyan. His medical skills were naturally not bad. The old doctor sat in front of the bed and carefully felt Du Yuyan's pulse, then shook his head and sighed, "The girl's disease was brought from the womb."

The princess nodded quickly and said yes. Du Yuyan's mother died of a difficult labor when she gave birth to her. The child was stuck in her belly for a long time and couldn't come out. In the end, there was no other way. She waited until she died before someone cut open her belly and took the child out. Because of this, Du Yuyan's health has always been poor. She has been taking care of herself with expensive medicinal herbs for so many years. She was fine on weekdays, but she was frightened two days ago after leaving the house and accidentally caught a cold, which is why she is seriously ill.

The old doctor nodded, stroked his beard, and put away the medicine box. He did not say whether the disease could be cured. Instead, he turned around and talked to the princess about another matter. "I wonder if the princess has heard of General Feng in Lincheng?"

The princess had naturally heard of him. The general was the commander of the city guard next door. As a princess, she had naturally met many wives of officials in the court. It was just that the general seemed to have a sickly only son in his family. However, the child had a bad reputation in the past, so he was not very popular.

The old doctor's question was a bit strange, but the princess didn't avoid the question. "Of course I know him. Doctor Zhang, just tell me what you want to say. I wonder if General Feng's family has any good medicine that can cure my girl?"

The old doctor nodded again and explained, "Yes, your young lady's illness is the same as General Feng's only son's. Young Master Feng was kept in confinement for too long during childbirth, which caused him to be weak and sickly since birth. Although I can't completely cure it, I know of something that can extend your young lady's life for a few more years."

Upon hearing this, the princess was overjoyed and hurriedly took a few steps forward to ask, "I don't know what the method is. Please tell me the truth, old doctor. The palace will definitely thank you when you recover."

The old doctor then told everything he knew. In fact, he was able to cure the young master of the Feng family because of something else but the unique life-saving prescription of Qixia Villa.

The recipe was not difficult to find, but one of the ingredients was made from a dragonfly. This dragonfly was not an ordinary dragonfly, but a life-saving tonic that was grown by feeding it with various precious herbs. Moreover, this dragonfly was difficult to raise, and no one knew how the Qixia Villa raised it. It was said that it took more than ten years to raise only two or three dragons. But now even the Qixia Villa was gone, and he, an old man, had no idea whether the dragon was still there. He could only tell the method first and that was it.

Sure enough, the princess felt disheartened upon hearing this. Of course, she knew about Qixia Villa. It was that place that almost killed her child a year ago. The prince was furious and ordered the destruction of Qixia Villa. Although the wives, daughters and family members were not killed, the Qixia Villa was now deserted. It was said that the owner of the Ye Villa also died in prison. She had no idea what happened afterwards.

Now she is told that her other child depends on Qixia Villa for his survival. What should she do?

In a hurry, the princess could only subconsciously call Zhao Shiqi a few times, wanting to ask him if there was any way to find the precious medicinal materials to save Yanyan's life.

It was this voice that brought Zhao Shiqi back to his senses. He heard them talking about Qixia Villa, and his expression was a little dazed for a moment. He immediately thought of Nan Yan whom he met at the door.

She is...from Qixia Villa.

Zhao Shiqi lowered his eyes. At first he thought she was looking for revenge, but it seemed he had misunderstood. She really just recognized the wrong person.

Du Yuyan, lying on the bed, looked a little pale.

She coughed a few times, and seeing that Zhao Shiqi was somewhat absent-minded, she reached out to grab his hand, but he subconsciously avoided it.

Du Yuyan was stunned for a moment. Thinking of what happened that day, she suddenly felt a little aggrieved. "Shi Qi, what's wrong with you recently?"

Zhao Shiqi was also slightly startled. He didn't know what was wrong with him. His body had an inexplicable repulsion to such sudden approach. Sometimes he didn't even realize it, and his body had already reflexively avoided it. Just like in the beginning, every time someone approached from behind, he would uncontrollably want to strangle the other person's neck. It took him nearly a year to make himself less sensitive. But when he thought of that woman... thinking of her approaching and entangled him again and again, why didn't his body ever reject it?

Zhao Shiqi looked over calmly with his dark eyes. When he saw Du Yuyan's aggrieved expression, he came to his senses again, then turned his face away and explained perfunctorily, "It's nothing. I was thinking too much about the problem and didn't hear the sound for a while."

"Do you have anything to tell me?" he asked subconsciously.

Du Yuyan pursed her lips, not knowing how to start the conversation with him. She looked at his expression. She was actually a little uneasy in her heart. She always felt that something was wrong with Shi Qi since he met that woman last time.

Maybe he himself didn't even realize that the way he looked at that woman that night was always different from the way he looked at others, otherwise her first reaction that day would not have been to doubt him.

Du Yuyan lowered her eyes, feeling a little depressed for a moment.

The princess thought she was worried about her own health, so she didn't notice the awkward atmosphere between the two. She turned around and saw Shi Qi standing aside with an expressionless face. She couldn't help but mutter a few more times, "What are you doing standing there, kid? Didn't you hear what Doctor Zhang said? Why don't you find someone to inquire about the news of Qixia Villa?"

Zhao Shiqi didn't think much about what his mother said, and almost subconsciously replied, "I know where the people from Qixia Villa are."

In fact, when he said this, he was not thinking about what medicinal herbs he could get from her, but that he finally had a reason to go find her, and he inexplicably had an urge to meet her.

But it was obvious that the people in the room did not think so, especially the princess. She felt relieved after hearing this and wanted to say something else to the child, but after Zhao Shiqi said this, she turned around and left.

He returned to the room and saw the food box on the table. He didn't know what was on his mind, but he walked forward and opened the lid. He saw the broken cakes inside, which still exuded a slight fragrance of locust flowers. He was a little dazed for a moment, and somehow picked up a piece and put it in his mouth. It tasted very sweet. He ate several pieces in a row, and then he found that he didn't seem to be so disgusted by it.

Especially at night, Zhao Shiqi seemed to be haunted by a dream. He saw a girl in a red dress with her back to him in a sea of ​​flowers. A delicate pearl hairpin was loosely pinned on her black hair. The hairpin seemed familiar.

But before he could recall, he heard someone calling her, and then the girl turned around happily.

She ran towards him with a smile, holding a handful of unknown wild flowers in her hand. Her fluttering skirt brushed against the green branches, like fleeting shadows, and looked particularly beautiful in the sunlight.

She called his name tenderly, "Seventeen..."

He originally thought that she was going to throw herself into his arms, but for some reason, she passed right through his body and accidentally fell into the bottomless cliff.

The sudden impact startled Shi Xi and he reached out to grab her, but he failed to catch her and didn't even touch her sleeve. He suddenly shouted, "Don't..."

"don't want……"

Zhao Shiqi woke up trembling.

He covered his chest tightly, and suddenly he felt a pain in his eyes that made him want to burst into tears. The palpitation seemed to be branded into every part of his body, making him tremble all over. For a moment, he couldn't tell whether it was a nightmare or reality, and his heart was beating violently and uncontrollably.

He tried hard to recall the scene in his dream, but for some reason, he just couldn't remember her face. Every time he thought of the most important part, his mind went blank in an instant. He only vaguely remembered that the look in her eyes looking at him was sad and desperate, which made even his breathing become short.

Why can't he remember?

…

On the other hand, Nan Yan estimated that her story in this world was almost over.

But before that, she still had to think about how to leave a deep impression on the other party.