Chapter 42 [VIP] Jianghu (23)
The next morning, when Xiao Guanxue knocked on Nan Yan's door with the medicine, he found that no one responded in the house.
He waited for a moment, knocked on the door twice, and after making sure that no one inside responded, he reached out and pushed open the gate.
But after pushing it open, I found that the yard was empty and the house was clean and lifeless, as if no one had ever lived there.
Xiao Guanxue was feeling uneasy, as if he had an inexplicable panic rising from his chest. He didn't know why, but he had been feeling uneasy lately. A vague emotion kept lingering in his heart, making him feel a dull and suffocating feeling in his chest.
He was not the kind of person without principles and bottom line. What he said yesterday was just angry words. He did not mean to hurt her. In fact, no matter what she did, he never thought of hurting her.
Xiao Guanxue had already regretted it yesterday. He didn't give the jade pendant to Su Mo, she just picked it up by chance.
He admitted that what he said later was just to irritate her, but she was too impulsive. She rushed forward and tried to grab it without caring about anything. He really didn't know that things would turn out like this...
Especially when he saw Yanyan's cold eyes towards him, as if she were a stranger, he felt as if his whole heart was being tightly grasped. The bone-chilling coldness he had never experienced before made his chest so stuffy that he could hardly breathe and felt extremely uncomfortable.
He never knew that a person's eyes could make him so uncomfortable, even making it difficult for him to breathe.
Why would she never give in to him?
She had no idea that as long as she was willing to admit that she had some feelings for him, even if it was only a little bit, he would be willing to do anything for her, but she was so cruel!
Xiao Guanxue harbored resentment towards her in his heart. He resented her for doing anything to thank him, and also resented her for taking advantage of him.
But if there is no love, where would the resentment come from? People always have higher requirements for the person they truly like than for ordinary people. They require her to care about themselves, like themselves, and trust themselves. He does not ask her to treat him the same way she treats Xie Yu, but she is full of calculations and revenge towards him.
Xiao Guanxue pinched his fingers tightly. Although he expressed resentment, he still couldn't bear it in his heart. So he came to Nan Yan's yard early this morning, wanting to talk to her in detail and explain what happened yesterday. But when he arrived, he found that there was no one in the yard.
Xiao Guanxue was stunned for a moment, but didn't know where to find her.
At this time, a child about ten years old was sitting under a tree outside the yard, eating a bag of pine nut candy happily.
When the little boy saw Xiao Guanxue enter the yard, he remembered what the beautiful sister had told him before, so he walked up to her with the bag of snacks and asked, "Brother, are you here to look for that beautiful sister?"
Xiao Guanxue recognized the child as her next-door neighbor, whom she had seen several times during previous consultations. When she heard him say this, she immediately stepped forward and asked, "You saw that sister, do you know where she went?"
The child, with his mouth stuffed full of pine nut candies, blinked at him and then replied honestly, "Well, that sister... is gone."
Gone?
Xiao Guanxue was stunned and asked again and again. After making sure that he had heard correctly, he suddenly felt a pang in his chest. When did she leave? Why didn't she tell him? Did she really hate him so much?
He then asked, "When did she leave? Did she leave alone?"
The child shook his head and said "hmm", then picked up another pine nut candy and stuffed it into his mouth, swallowing it in a few bites. It was so sweet that it hurt his teeth.
"He left last night in a hurry. The big brother with the sword went with my father to the town to buy a carriage. He was very nice and even bought me this bag of pine nut candy."
The little boy proudly showed him the pine nut candy in his hand, with a very happy smile on his face. Because of this bag of pine nut candy, his favorability towards that person increased a lot.
Xiao Guanxue heard him say that the brother with the sword should be thanking him, but why did the two of them leave in such a hurry? They didn't even say hello. Did they really intend to break up with him completely?
When thinking about this, Xiao Guanxue felt as if his chest was filled with endless depression and bitterness. He tried hard to suppress the discomfort in his heart and asked anxiously, "Then do you know why they left?"
The little boy scratched his head, glanced at Xiao Guanxue in front of him, and remembered what his sister had told him. He nodded and continued, "Well... I don't remember it very clearly."
"Oh, I remember now." The little boy thought about it, and suddenly his eyes lit up, and he smiled happily as if he remembered something, "It seems... it's related to some kind of engagement."
"My mother said that my sister and brother are going home to get married. My brother said that he made mistakes in the past, but my sister has forgiven him, so the two of them are going home to prepare for the engagement..."
The teenage boy already understood the meaning of marriage. With a joyful smile on his face, he picked up another pine nut candy and stuffed it into his mouth, "Brother Miracle Doctor, don't you know?"
"I've seen brothers and sisters in the village get married. They get married just like my father and mother. The two of them have many brothers and sisters together. In the future, the brothers and sisters will also have many sisters together..."
The child talked about some other things in a messy way, but Xiao Guanxue felt that he couldn't hear a word he said.
When he heard the news that Nan Yan was going back to marry Xie Yu, he felt his body suddenly go cold.
The medicine bottle in his hand was accidentally crushed into pieces, and the sharp fragments instantly pierced into his palm, causing a piercing pain that quickly spread.
Get married? They are going back to get married!
He suddenly thought of Nan Yan's hesitant look when she came to see him yesterday. Was it true... that she had already made the decision at that time?
No wonder he left in such a hurry, it turned out he was going back to get married.
When he thought of these things, Xiao Guanxue felt as if his chest was suddenly stabbed by a poisonous needle. At first it was just a slight dull pain, but after a while, the pain became more and more intense, surrounding his chest and spreading to his whole body. He couldn't bear the pain so much that he covered his chest and even his breathing became rapid.
But the more it hurt, the clearer his thoughts became. It was really funny that he actually became the one who helped the two people reconcile.
These two people used him over and over again. One was his former best friend, and the other was a woman he truly loved. However, the woman approached him just to get revenge on her fiancé.
Xiao Guanxue felt extremely resentful. She used him and then threw him away, then turned around and married another man. It was obvious that she really had no feelings for him at all.
For a moment, he really wanted to kill Xie Yu, then snatch her back and lock her up in Yaowang Valley, to make her regret, to make her despair, to make her suffer for the rest of her life.
But whenever he thought about the fact that she had no feelings for him at all, he felt a tearing pain in his chest. His whole body began to hurt, and he trembled slightly. The only thing he could remember was that she was going to marry Xie Yu...
He was in a trance and thought of the scene when the two of them were on the cliff. She jumped down with him without hesitation. What was she thinking at that time? Was it all a plot? But if it wasn't a plot, then what was it? She even plotted her own life to avenge Xie Yu.
Do you really like thanking me so much?
I like you so much that I don't care about anything else.
...Why can't it be him?
What Xie Yu can do for her, he can do too, he can even do it better than Xie Yu, so why can't she like him?
Xiao Guanxue didn't know what his mood was at the moment. Jealousy, anger, resentment, countless emotions surged into his heart in an instant, but what made him most sad was her leaving!
She didn't even want to tell him what she thought of him as, a toy to be summoned and sent away at will?
The more Xiao Guanxue thought about it, the more unbearable it became. He felt as if his mind was split in two, one for him to hate, rob, and take revenge.
The other one made him more rational. He thought that the woman had no feelings for him and even if he really pestered her, he would only be a shameless clown. These two voices kept arguing and entangled with each other, making his head hurt more and more.
It was not until someone called his name from behind that Xiao Guanxue was suddenly awakened, as if from a nightmare, with cold sweat covering his forehead.
Su Mo rushed forward and held his hand. "Brother Xiao, what are you doing? Don't you feel anything when your hand is injured like this?"
Su Mo saw the muddy patch on his palm and immediately felt distressed and her eyes turned red. "Are you a fool? Even if you are unhappy, you shouldn't take it out on your body. What kind of ability is it to torture yourself like this?"
She instinctively went to check his hand.
But the other party raised his hand and slapped it away with a loud bang.
Su Mo was stunned, as if she had not expected Brother Xiao to be like this.
Xiao Guanxue's fingers paused slightly, his eyes were gloomy. He didn't do it on purpose, but his body instinctively rejected her approach.
"What's wrong?" He quickly withdrew his fingers and turned to look at Su Mo beside him. His expression was indifferent, and no one could tell that he had any emotional ups and downs.
Su Mo felt an extremely strange feeling in her heart. She had never seen Brother Xiao so cold before. It was as if she had never understood him.
She also heard what the child said just now and knew that Xie Yu was going back to marry Gu Nanyan. In fact, she should have understood it long ago, as it was made very clear last time in Yizhuang.
But there is always some expectation in her heart. What is she expecting? Even she herself doesn't know.
It was not until she heard that Gu and Xie were going back to prepare for their wedding that Su Mo finally understood that there was no possibility for her and Xie Yu to be together again. She had already completely lost Xie Yu, so she absolutely could not lose Brother Xiao again.
She knew that she was very selfish, but feelings are always a selfish thing. She vaguely understood in her heart that maybe Brother Xiao had liked her before, but what he said that day was probably just to show off his anger with Gu Nanyan. He must have cared about Gu Nanyan in his heart.
Su Mo felt a little tormented in her heart. She didn't even dare to ask him directly whether what he said that day was true.
She was afraid that she would get an unbearable result. She was unwilling to accept it, really unwilling to accept it. Why did all the people she cared about and liked be taken away as soon as Gu Nanyan appeared?
She didn't know what her feelings were for Brother Xiao. She liked him, but it was more of a dependence. After she had completely lost her job, Brother Xiao was the only person she could rely on. Besides, he also liked her a little, didn't he?
If he hadn't truly loved her, how could he have been so hypocritical and flattering for her and Gu Nanyan, such a reckless and scheming woman, in the beginning?
She was confident that as long as Brother Xiao was willing to be with her, she would be able to make him fall in love with her again.
She has nothing now. It was confirmed during the last assassination attempt that the killer of the evil cult would not even let her go. You can imagine her current situation, so she can only hold on to Brother Xiao tightly.
As Su Mo's thoughts turned, the idea in her mind became clearer and clearer. Since Xie Yu was going to marry someone else, why couldn't she marry Brother Xiao?
So she said, "Brother Xiao, Xie Yu is leaving Miss Gu without saying goodbye, right? They...are going back to get married, right?"
Xiao Guanxue's eyes were slightly cold, and he looked into her eyes inadvertently, as if he wanted to see through her deepest thoughts, "What do you want to say?"
Su Mo subconsciously clenched her fingers, and some sweat came out of her palms. She didn't dare to ask him directly, so she could only use those words to poke him.
"Gu Nanyan has been using you since the beginning. She used you to get back at Xie Yu. You don't have to feel guilty about what happened yesterday...Brother Xiao."
"So?" he asked expressionlessly.
Su Mo took a deep breath. This kind of thing was still difficult for a woman to talk about. Her cheeks turned slightly red and she felt a little nervous.
"Brother Xiao, will you marry me? They are getting married soon, so we can naturally let go of the past."
Xiao Guanxue looked at her calmly, "You don't like Xie Yu anymore?"
Su Mo's heart trembled, thinking that he really cared about her, otherwise he wouldn't mind what happened between her and Xie Yu.
She shook her head, feeling a little sad in her heart, "He already has someone he likes. There's nothing between him and me. We've always been just friends."
Xiao Guanxue sneered very lightly, so softly that Su Mo thought it was her illusion. Before she could react, she heard the other party's slightly sarcastic voice again.
"So he doesn't want you anymore, so you come to me?"
Su Mo's expression was a little stiff. She didn't know what he meant and just stared at him blankly.
Xiao Guanxue frowned slightly, as if he was thinking of something. His eyes gradually turned cold, but after he calmed down, he recovered and his expression was as calm and indifferent as usual.
"Okay, if you're willing, I'll marry you."
Su Mo was stunned again after hearing this.
She was so nervous that she gave up asking solemnly, but he actually agreed so casually?
Without thinking it over, without hesitation, without even thinking about it, you just agreed so casually? What is this?
Su Mo didn’t know what this meant either.
But this result did not make her feel happy. Instead, she felt a little embarrassed, as if the thing she cared about so much was just an insignificant joke in his eyes.
Could it be... that this is also because of Gu Nanyan?
On the other side, Xie Yu was in a hurry and spent most of the day on the road before finally returning to Mingyue Villa.
Nan Yan was in a coma the whole way. Even if she woke up, she fell asleep again after a while and her body became weaker and weaker.
When he learned that his daughter's life was in danger, Gu's father was so angry that he almost beat Xie Yu to death.
How could his daughter, who was fine, become so critically ill after going out? If this guy hadn't secretly taken her out, how could she become like this?
How could Father Gu not be angry or hateful?
If he had not taken into account the century-old friendship between the Gu and Xie families, he would have beaten Xie Yu to death on the spot.
After learning about this, the Xie family was furious. Xie's father whipped Xie Yu with a whip and beat him hard, causing him to spit blood. Fortunately, Gu's mother took the beating for him.
But Father Xie still felt guilty for giving birth to such a bastard.
He did such extremely stupid things. He was the one who wanted to cancel the engagement in the first place, and now he was the one who put his sister's life in danger.
If anything happens to Yan'er, how can the Xie family face the Gu family?
Regardless of how his father and mother punished him, Xie Yu suffered it all, without a single complaint the whole time. However, after all this ordeal, Xie Yu was almost half dead. He was already seriously injured and had not yet recovered. Now with the combined internal and external injuries, he looked even worse than Nan Yan.
Even after being seriously injured and vomiting blood, Xie Yu still lay in front of Nan Yan's bed and refused to leave. If anyone touched him, he would look ferocious as if he was going to fight to the death. Everyone was angry and had no choice but to let him go.
When Gu's family saw him like this, their resentment was finally reduced. After all, no matter how angry and hateful they were, they couldn't really beat him to death, otherwise their daughter would be sad.
However, no matter how they asked, Xie Yu never said why Nan Yan was sick. He just said it was all his fault and that it was all because of him that she became like this. This was indeed true, so everyone in the Gu family disliked him very much.
But Xie Yu didn't care. During this time, he just stayed by Nan Yan's side, taking care of her carefully and praying that she would wake up soon.
Nan Yan finally woke up after being in a coma for three days, but even though she was awake, her will became even more depressed.
Xie Yu looked at her haggard face and worried every day whether she would never wake up again after falling asleep next time.
He still didn't know what happened that day, why did Yanyan collapse to such an extent? But with her like that, how could he trust her to someone else, so he never mentioned the cancellation of the engagement.
He hoped in his heart that maybe one day when Yanyan would understand and let it go, she would be willing to give him another chance.
However, he did not wait for this opportunity, but received another piece of news: Xiao Guanxue, the genius doctor of Yaowang Valley, was going to get married. The woman he was marrying had a special identity and seemed to have some connection with the Demon Sect.
Xie Yu knew that the person he was going to marry was Su Mo, so he kept this news a secret because he couldn't imagine how Yanyan would react after learning the news.
During this period, she kept coughing and taking medicine. She was not in good health. Xie Yu tried his best to cheer her up. He collected some small toys from the folks and some random stories and read them to her in the yard every day to cheer her up and make her laugh. He just hoped that she could forget those unpleasant things and stop making herself so sad.
However, the happiest day for her was when he handed her the repaired jade pendant. It was the first time in half a month that he saw her smile sincerely.
"Thank you, Brother Yu."
Nan Yan smiled at him.
Xie Yu, however, felt very sad. Even though he knew this would be the outcome, he still couldn't help but feel the pain in his heart.
Is it true that apart from Xiao Guanxue, no one else is suitable?
Afterwards, Nan Yan seemed to be in a good mood and started to embroider a small purse. Xie Yu initially thought it was embroidered for him as he looked at the pair of flying geese on the purse.
She couldn't help but tease her, "Yanyan's embroidery skills have become more and more exquisite. This pair of ducks is really lifelike."
Nan Yan couldn't help but burst out laughing, laughing at his lack of taste, and then she pretended to poke him with a needle, "What ducks? They are clearly a pair of wild geese."
Seeing her smile, Xie Yu also smiled, "So it's a wild goose. Sorry, I'm not very good at seeing it."
Nan Yan glanced at him and really took the needle towards him. Xie Yu did not dodge. Seeing that the needle did not stick in, a look of regret appeared in his eyes, thinking that this self-torture trick could not be realized.
The two of them were laughing and joking. Seeing that Yanyan was in a much better mood, Xie Yu couldn't help but ask, "Is this purse embroidered for me?"
There was some anticipation in his eyes.
Nan Yan paused when she heard this. Her fingers holding the needle and thread stopped moving. Her eyelashes drooped slightly. Finally, she said, "I was just embroidering for fun..."
Xie Yu understood what she meant, but what he hated most at the moment was her look like this. He touched her head subconsciously and said in a relaxed manner.
"Look at your useless look. How can I, your brother, steal your purse? If you don't want to give it to me, then don't give it to me. Why do you have such a pitiful expression? I'm not angry with you."
Nan Yan was stunned for a moment, then pursed her lips and smiled.
However, this harmonious moment was soon broken by the news that Xiao Guanxue was getting married.
When Nan Yan heard that, the needle in her hand pierced her fingertips almost instantly, and bright red blood soon oozed out.
"You mean, the miraculous doctor of Yaowang Valley, Xiao Guanxue...he's getting married?"
The little maid was just telling a joke, but she didn't expect her mistress to care so much about it, so she told her all the news she had heard recently, "Yes, mistress. It has been spread all over the martial arts world that the miracle doctor of Medicine King Valley is going to marry a woman named Su Mo. I heard that many martial artists went to congratulate him."
"Is he really going to get married?"
Xie Yu heard the noise outside and came in. When he pushed the door open, he saw Nan Yan's pale face without a trace of blood. She looked at him in despair, "You already knew it, didn't you?"
People can't cry when they are extremely sad and hopeless. Xie Yu felt a sharp pain in his heart when he saw her unable to even cry.
He pressed her into his arms and whispered to her, "Yanyan, don't be like this. Just cry it out and forget about him after you're done crying. Don't torture yourself like this..."
Nan Yan shook her head, her voice unusually hoarse, "I can't forget it. Can you take me to Yaowang Valley? I have something to say to him."
Xie Yu was scared, he thought of Yanyan's devastated look when she came back from visiting him before, she couldn't stand the torture anymore. No, he couldn't take her with him, she would die!
Xie Yu turned his head away and rejected her request, "No, I can't take you there..."
Nan Yan reached out and held his hand, her voice light and light, gradually becoming relieved and calm, "Brother Yu, take me with you. If you don't go, I'm afraid I will never forget him in my life."
"I just took his things and wanted to return them to him. Don't worry, I won't do that again this time."
She suddenly whispered, "Brother Yu, I promise you that after this time, I will forget about him. Let's... start over, okay?"
There was a long silence in the air...
After a long time, she heard a hoarse voice, "...Okay, I promise you."
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