Chapter 21 [VIP] Jianghu (2)

Nan Yan understood the plot and lay on the bed, playing with the round fan in her hand.

It was the time when Xie Yu came to Mingyue Villa to break off the engagement, which meant that Xie Yu had fallen in love with the heroine Su Mo.

No wonder the original owner's eyes were so red from crying, so pitiful.

As for Xie Yu, he was severely whipped by Xie's father yesterday. There was not a single piece of good flesh on his body. At present, he was being recuperated in the villa of Mingyue Villa.

It was impossible to cancel the engagement. Xie's father just thought that he had lost his mind for a moment, beat up the man and then went to find his old friend to give gifts and apologize.

The two elders thought that the children were just young and hot-tempered and had a conflict for a while, and said nonsense on impulse. After all, the two children had a good relationship since childhood, so the matter was just passed over.

As for the targets of this mission, one is the childhood friend Xie Yu who has fallen in love with someone else, and the other is the miracle doctor Xiao Guanxue who is not easy to approach.

Neither of them is a good person, and the original owner's death is closely related to both of them.

In the plot, Gu Nanyan started to cling to Xie Yu after she learned that he had fallen in love with someone else. She clung to him like a sticky candy and would not let him go. She would follow him wherever he went, and would not leave his side to prevent him from contacting other women. She would also say bad things about the evil woman from time to time...

These actions made Xie Yu increasingly dissatisfied. He wondered when did the once gentle and considerate childhood sweetheart change?

She became more and more irritable. She was jealous, stingy, narrow-minded, and petty. She always assumed the most malicious attitude towards others and used the most unpleasant words to slander her sweetheart.

How could Xie Yu tolerate this?

No matter how bad he is, it is his own business. He has let her down, so if she has any resentment, she can just direct it at him.

But what does all this have to do with Su Mo?

How could he not be angry when his sweetheart was slandered?

It was also under such circumstances that Gu Nanyan exhausted the last bit of guilt and sympathy her childhood sweetheart had for her, and was finally ruthlessly abandoned.

…

Nan Yan came back to her senses and decided that she would still pester him, but maybe she should change the way she did it.

She first sat in front of the mirror and re-dressed herself. The redness of her eyes had faded a lot, but the corners of her eyes were a little wet and red, and she lightly pressed the corners of her eyes with powder.

The girl in the mirror has an outstanding appearance, elegant yet gentle, with rosy lips and fair skin. The sharp contrast makes her temperament even more outstanding.

After everything was ready, she took the medicine and went to the villa where Xie Yu lived. At this time, Xie Yu was lying on the bed and couldn't move. He was in pain all over, and most importantly, there was not even a servant to serve him.

It seemed that his father was really angry this time, so he beat him so hard and refused to send him a bottle of medicine. Besides that, he also forbade him to leave here and insisted that he and Nan Yan admit their mistakes and promise that they would not cancel the engagement.

This made Xie Yu very upset. He was worried about Su Mo and whether she would be angry if he could not leave her for a long time. But what he was more worried about was how to break off the engagement.

He already has someone he likes, how could he marry another woman?

Just as he was frowning and thinking about how to leave, he suddenly heard the sound of someone pushing the door open.

The person who came was Gu Nanyan. She came alone, holding some gauze and medicine in her hands.

When Xie Yu looked up and saw her, he felt a little embarrassed. After all, he had come to cancel the engagement without even saying hello. This move was really insulting.

Besides, there was not no friendship between the two of them. In his impression, the childhood sweetheart in front of him was an extremely gentle and docile girl. Even if they could not be husband and wife, he would truly love her as his sister.

Xie Yu looked at Nan Yan's face. She seemed to have just cried. There were some wet and red marks at the corners of her eyes and her face was a little pale. She looked gentle and quiet, but there was no sign of anger.

"I'm here to give you medicine."

Nan Yan took the medicine and sat down beside the bed.

This attitude surprised Xie Yu. He thought Nan Yan came here to cry and blame him. After all, he did something wrong to her, and what he said at that time was indeed a bit excessive.

Nan Yan looked at Xie Yu lying on the bed and realized that he had been whipped on the back. He was only wearing a shirt at the moment, so if she wanted to apply medicine, she would have to lift up his clothes.

This made Xie Yu even more uncomfortable, especially in this situation, a single man and a single woman in the same room. It was fine before, but now he already had a lover, so he was more cautious and subconsciously wanted to keep a distance from her.

He frowned, turned his head away and said, "No need, you can give the medicine to the servants. Men and women should not touch each other."

Nan Yan paused, her face looking depressed for a moment, but this expression only stayed on her face for a short while.

She glanced at him, her tone not too angry, "Now you are saying such things, but when you kissed me secretly, why didn't you think that there is no such thing as physical contact between men and women?"

When Xie Yu heard her say this, he also remembered it and his face turned red. But that was a long time ago, and didn’t he understand it at that time?

"Don't talk nonsense. That was a long time ago. We were ignorant at that time. It was because you kept crying that I..."

What happened just now? He was too embarrassed to say it out loud. It was a long time ago. She was only twelve years old that year, and he seemed to be only fifteen. On the Lantern Festival, he secretly took her out to play, but they almost lost her on the way. She was so scared that she hid in the bushes and cried. When he ran all over the street and was exhausted and finally found her, the little girl couldn't stop crying. He just wanted her to stop crying. Later, he didn't know how, but he kissed her inexplicably, patted her back and coaxed her gently. As he kissed her, her crying stopped smoothly.

Then the little girl closed her red eyes, licked her lips blankly, and asked him why he kissed her?

He was young and ignorant at that time, so he blushed and said that they were engaged since childhood, and he kissed her because he loved her, and only he could kiss her, not other men.

Apparently the little girl remembered these words very well, and from then on she regarded him as her future husband, and she still remembers him until now.

But now it's different, he already has a lover.

Nan Yan looked at his absent-minded expression and couldn't help but add, "Then you were also ignorant for peeking at me taking a bath?"

These words also successfully brought people back to their senses.

Xie Yu's ears also turned red, "Nonsense! What do you mean by peeping? It was obviously you who insisted on taking a bath in the wild, and you were frightened by the snake and jumped on me. I told you not to go to the wild, but you didn't listen. You were frightened by the snake and you blamed me for taking advantage of you..."

"Then he slapped me in the face. Was I wronged?"

Xie Yu glared at her unhappily.

I get angry when I talk about this. Can I blame him for this?

He worked so hard to guard the entrance, not even letting in a rabbit. The girl was frightened by a snake while bathing in the river and cried loudly. He thought something had happened, but as soon as he entered, he was slapped in the face...

Fortunately, he was generous and didn't bother with this young woman.

Xie Yu snorted coldly and decided not to talk about these old things.

The atmosphere between the two of them inexplicably became smooth, without the initial awkwardness. Nan Xuan simply reached out and pulled open his quilt, revealing his shirt and back that were covered in bloodstains.

Xie Yu was startled and subconsciously held her hand, "What are you doing?"

"Of course, I'll take medicine..."

As a result, when Nan Yan saw the large, red and swollen whip marks on his back, tears instantly fell from her eyes.

Her eyes were full of heartache, but she didn't cry loudly. She just shed tears silently, like a pear blossom in the rain, which made people feel particularly pity for her.

"Why...are you injured so badly?"

"Does it hurt? Why did uncle hit me so hard this time?"

Xie Yu didn't know what to do because she cried so much. She cried endlessly, and her tears fell one by one like beads from a broken string. He couldn't stand seeing her cry since he was a child, so he had to let go of her hand and hurriedly raised his sleeves to wipe her tears.

"Okay, okay, it's just a minor wound. It looks serious, but it doesn't hurt that much... Stop crying. Why don't you apply some medicine to me? It won't hurt after applying the medicine. Aren't you here to apply medicine to me? Why are you crying first?"

These words seemed to bring her back to her senses. Nan Yan stopped crying after hearing this. She carefully lifted the clothes from behind him, sprinkled the medicine powder on him little by little, and then bandaged the wound carefully.

Her technique was quite skillful, and Xie fell silent again when he saw it.

In the past, she was often beaten up by her senior brothers in the martial arts training ground, and she was the one who bandaged the wounds every time. Over time, she became more and more proficient in this technique.

Xie Yu felt a little sorry for her. He had thought about marrying her. After all, they were childhood sweethearts and had a good relationship, so marrying her was a normal thing to do.

But there are always surprises in life. His meeting Su Mo was an accident, or it could be said to be fate.

It was destined that he would like Su Mo.

He once thought that he liked gentle and considerate women, but he didn't know that it was because he had never met someone he truly liked. Su Mo was not gentle, not considerate, and sometimes even quite unreasonable, but he just liked her.

He was struggling with how to talk to her...

Nan Yan bandaged his wound gently. She was so focused that the air was silent for a moment.

Just when Xie Yu was hesitating and preparing to speak, he suddenly heard her soft voice.

"Do you really want to break up with me?"

Xie Yu remained silent.

Nan Yan pursed her lips, her voice a little hoarse, "Can you tell me...what's the girl's name?"

Xie Yu was slightly startled and looked up at her.

Nan Yan had stopped moving, her hand holding the bottle, her eyes looking at him quietly.

It was at this moment that Xie Yu realized that she already knew the cause and effect of the broken engagement. He pursed his lips, turned his face away and replied, "Her name is Su Mo."

"Is there something wrong with me? Or is she just prettier than me?"

"No, that's not the reason. It has nothing to do with appearance." Xie Yu frowned slightly and began to explain, "You are all good, it's me who is not good. This is a kind of... feeling, do you understand?"

"She is different from you. She doesn't like reading or writing, nor does she like needlework. She is neither gentle nor considerate. She spends all day brandishing swords and guns. When she gets angry, she can chase me for three blocks with a broken sword."

"She is obviously very fierce, but sometimes she is very childish and even acts like a rogue. I have never seen a woman like this before. In fact, I didn't like her at first, but after getting to know her, I found that she is really..."

Just when he was about to continue speaking, he suddenly realized that the person on the other side seemed to have been silent for a long time. He looked up and saw that the little childhood sweetheart's eyes were red again. He immediately knew that he should shut up.

Well, he didn't mean to do that.

But once I start talking about her, I can't seem to stop, as if I have endless things to say.

"Do you really... like her that much?"

There was an obvious tremor in the gentle voice of the little girl in front of me.

Xie Yu turned away and said nothing for a long time, but his eyes were very firm, "Yes, I like her."

"What about me?" Nan Yan turned her gaze towards him, her voice softer than before, with a slight tremor, "Then what does our relationship of all these years count for?"

When this question was raised, Xie Yu felt inexplicably uncomfortable, and even a little annoyed. "I made it clear on the day we broke off the engagement that I treat you as my sister. This question is the same no matter how many times you ask it."

"You may not understand, but true love is definitely not the bland and boring way we are getting along. Maybe when you really like someone, you will understand how I feel now."

After he finished speaking, he felt a little annoyed. Why did he always ask questions like this that had been answered over and over again?

Why must the relationship between childhood sweethearts be love? Wouldn't it be just as good if he just treated her like a younger sister?

He wanted to say something else, but he inadvertently noticed that her fingers holding the bottle were already white from the tension, and the rest of the words were instantly stuck in his throat.

He was the one who had let her down, and he was willing to compensate her, even if he had to work like a slave and owe her a debt for the rest of his life.

But marrying her was really impossible. From the moment he met Su Mo, it was destined that there would never be any possibility between them.

Nan Yan glanced at his changing expression, and her mood slowly calmed down. "If that's the case, then let's... cancel the engagement."

Cancel the engagement?

Xie Yu was stunned. He didn't expect her to agree to this so easily. But then he came to his senses and became a little suspicious. Did she have any other requests?

Nan Yan saw through his thoughts. She raised her head and smiled at him, but a tear flowed uncontrollably from the corner of her eye.

"I like Brother A-Yu. I have liked you since I can remember. You don't have a very good temper, but you are always the most patient with me. You would take me to the wild to see wild flowers, weave little grasshoppers for me, and secretly hide candied haws for me... I remember all these things, and I remember them very clearly. I really like you..."

She kept talking, her memory was a little confused, as if she was trapped in that memory, and she talked about whatever she thought of.

Xie Yu lowered his head and listened calmly.

There were indeed many beautiful memories between them, but that was not love. It was completely different from the feeling he had after meeting Su Mo.

Nan Yan's smiling eyes were misty, "You said I don't understand, but actually I do. I understand that feeling, so I can't bear to see you sad. I want you to be happy, even if... you don't want to be with me."

At the end, she smiled again, her smile was as soft and pure as in her memory, with a few tears hanging on her eyelashes, "Let's cancel the engagement, Brother Yu, I don't want to make you unhappy..."

Xie Yu opened his mouth and suddenly felt that he had gone too far. He would rather she could criticize him harshly, even if it was hatred and complaints. But she was so gentle, well-behaved and obedient that it made him feel pity.

He moved his lips and suddenly felt his throat was a little hoarse. "Are you really willing to cancel the engagement?"

"Hmm..." Nan Yan turned her face away slightly, her eyelashes drooping slightly, not wanting him to see her face clearly, "But you also know that Uncle Xie is very angry now. If I talk about breaking off the engagement now, they will definitely not agree. So, can I talk about our matter after their emotions have stabilized?"

"I know."

"However, you don't have to tell me about this. I will take the responsibility myself when the time comes."

He was not so cowardly as to let a woman bear the consequences of breaking off the engagement.

Xie Yu knew her father's temper, he was conservative and stubborn but also valued friendship and especially his reputation. His breaking off the engagement without any reason had already made him lose face. If he asked a weak woman like her to bear all these things, he would not only not agree, but would be even angrier.