Chapter 176: Why should she feel guilty?
Xiyan, who was a little behind Yanzi, finally saw the situation on the river surface clearly.
Wen Yu held Song Linsheng in one hand and stirred the river water in front of her with the other hand, heading towards the shore.
"Oh! Madam Wen! Young Master!" Xiyan was horrified and couldn't help shouting, and was about to go into the water.
"Don't go!" Yan Zi whispered, then seemed to feel something was wrong, "Brother Xiyan, I mean I'll go."
After saying that, Yanzi hurried into the water, and together with Wenyu, they helped Song Linsheng ashore in a short while.
"Young Master! Young Master!"
Xiyan raised his hands in front of him, as if he wanted to take Song Linsheng from Wenyu, but he didn't know how to start.
Song Linsheng's eyes were tightly closed, his brows furrowed, and he seemed to be very uneasy. He leaned on Wen Yu with his limbs weak, and it was obvious that he had fainted.
Xiyan was horrified. "Hasn't the young master's water skills improved a lot? How could he get into this mess again?"
"I... I'll drive!" Xiyan stomped his feet and finally figured out what was going on.
Wen Yu's hair was disheveled and her clothes were soaked. She held Song Linsheng with one hand and held her chest with the other hand, catching her breath. She looked at the figure who hurried away to wash the inkstone, feeling helpless.
Why did she feel that the current situation was no different from the last time?
"Song Linsheng?" Wen Yu patted Song Linsheng and called softly.
Song Linsheng's cheeks were rosy and his breathing was even, as if he was sleeping, peaceful and well-behaved.
There shouldn't be any big problem, Wen Yu breathed a sigh of relief.
Yan Zi, who was helping at the side, withdrew her gaze and waited until Xi Yan had walked away before turning around and asking, "How is it? Did you find it?"
Wen Yu's eyes moved, "Are you talking about spring tumbleweed?"
"Right! What else could it be?" Yan Zi nodded at Song Linsheng, as if to say, "Isn't the person here? It can't be Song Linsheng, right?"
"I found it," Wen Yu replied quickly and quietly. "But this spring grass, apart from being strangely familiar, doesn't have anything special about it."
"I'm afraid you've been deceived by those little monsters in the mountains." Wen Yu shrugged and didn't care.
"What?" Yanzi was about to retort, but she saw Xiyan driving the car towards them in a hurry, so she could only keep quiet.
Brother Xiyan was slow in tying up the horse, but he was very quick in driving the carriage.
There was no conversation for a while, and the few of them could only go home first.
Song's residence, Guanwu Courtyard.
Led by Xiyan, a group of doctors went in and out, and finally finished taking Song Linsheng's pulse. Guanwuyuan finally felt a little more peaceful.
Wen Yu sat on the stone steps in front of the door, watching the moon slowly sink into the clouds, speechless.
The inner room was silent, without a sound of wind. Only the soothing and sleep-inducing incense burning in the stove was lingering throughout the room.
Song Linsheng was lying on the couch where Wen Yu usually rested, and was sleeping soundly at the moment.
Xiaoyu, where are you?
Surrounded by the freezing cold river water and facing endless darkness, Song Linsheng looked around but could not see Xiaoyu.
Even the spring grass that Lord Mu mentioned was nowhere to be found.
Xiaoyu?
He wanted to call Xiaoyu's name, but he couldn't make any sound underwater. In such a desperate situation, he didn't know what to do.
Song Linsheng paddled his arms and swam underwater with his still unskilled skills.
He only knew that he had to find Xiaoyu, but he didn't know which direction to go.
He searched aimlessly in the water until his hands and feet gradually became heavy and he could hardly move.
Song Linsheng's chest felt tight and uncomfortable, and the weakness in his hands and feet made him dizzy.
It seems that his swimming skills are still not perfect, and he needs to practice more, otherwise he will lose Xiaoyu again...
He only felt that everything around him had become quiet, even so quiet that it was scary. He could not even notice the ordinary flow of water.
Everything slowed down...
But suddenly, at this moment, the water around him seemed to surge again at a very fast speed, and the huge momentum made him unable to ignore it.
It’s Xiaoyu!
Song Linsheng's heart tightened, and he used all his remaining strength to swim towards Wen Yu.
It was difficult to breathe underwater and he was only taking his last breath.
There was no hesitation or delay. Underwater movements were slow, so he had to hurry.
Song Linsheng moved closer to Wen Yu and embraced her. Looking at the face in front of him that he had imagined countless times in his mind, he passed his last breath to Wen Yu.
He moved closer and closer to her, until their hands were clasped and their lips were pressed tightly together...
Xiaoyu...Xiaoyu!
Song Linsheng suddenly woke up. He sat up from the couch, still unable to stop calling out the name that had been lingering in his mind.
"Xiaoyu."
The call was extremely light and faint, but it seemed to have a tremendous force, passing through the screen and going straight out of the yard until it fell into someone's ears.
Wen Yu placed one hand on her lips, lost in thought, not knowing what she was thinking about.
At this moment, he stood up hurriedly as if he had been called upon, and while answering, he went into the inner room.
"Song Linsheng?" Wen Yu hurried to the bedside, her figure flashing. "How do you feel?"
Earlier, when they were underwater, she took advantage of the fact that there was no one around to transfer magic power to Song Linsheng. In addition, with the help of the many doctors invited by Xiyan, she thought that his health would be fine.
However, she was still worried about how Song Linsheng was feeling at the moment, afraid that he was uncomfortable or unhappy somewhere.
Seeing Wen Yu appear in front of him, Song Linsheng's silent eyes suddenly flashed with light, and his clear gaze focused on Wen Yu's face, unwilling to move for a moment.
Before Song Linsheng could speak, his hand had already tightly grasped Wen Yu's wrist.
"Xiaoyu..."
It’s a dream…
Song Linsheng looked at Wen Yu's face so close to him, and the constant warm touch in his palm, and the place where he was clearly Guanwuyuan.
All of this seemed to remind him that everything that had just happened was just a dream.
Folding my hands is a dream...that...is also a dream...
Song Linsheng was stunned, seemingly unable to recover.
Wen Yu had one hand held by Song Linsheng, and waved the other hand in front of Song Linsheng's eyes a few times, but he didn't even blink and had no reaction.
"Song Linsheng?" Wen Yu reached out and touched Song Linsheng's forehead.
His fair and delicate cheeks were flushed with a very rich blush, and the loose hair on his forehead hung down along his temples, with a thin layer of sweat seeping out from the gaps, making him look really fragile and easily broken.
It's a little hot, but not so hot that I can't speak, right? Wen Yu glanced at Song Linsheng strangely, then simply sat down next to him.
Song Linsheng's eyes followed Wen Yu's movements until she sat down completely, and Song Linsheng's eyebrows drooped even lower.
He hoped that it was not a dream, but he was also afraid that it was not a dream.
The suffocation in my chest was even worse when I was in the water. My unspeakable emotions were running around in front of me, and I couldn't find an outlet to vent them. I could only feel a dull pain in my heart.
Song Linsheng exhaled lightly, and something seemed to be mixed in the breath and disappeared along with the sound of the wind.
"Xiaoyu, I'm fine." Song Linsheng slowed down the strength in his hands and gently patted the back of Wen Yu's hand.
Then, as if he was afraid of the air becoming quiet, he asked hurriedly, "This place is yours... Why am I here..."
"Of course, it was Madam Wen who gave it to the young master to rest." As he spoke, Xiyan's figure came out from behind the screen. "Just now, in a moment of urgency, Madam Wen was worried that the young master wouldn't be able to rest well in the study, so she vacated her room for him."
"It's just that the bedding hasn't been changed yet, so you'll have to make do with it for now." Wen Yu scratched behind his ear, feeling a little uncomfortable.
She knew that Song Linsheng loved cleanliness and tidiness, but there was nothing she could do in such a hurry.
Song Linsheng shouldn't blame her, right?
Song Linsheng was startled, his palm tightly grasping a corner of the quilt, as if he was afraid of losing something.
In this way, the temperature and smell here all bear traces of Xiaoyu.
Song Linsheng's expression remained unchanged, but some secret thoughts had already flooded into a grand carnival in his heart.
Xiyan came closer with bowls of different sizes filled with medicine. The pungent smell of the medicine came faster than he did.
Wen Yu frowned, and couldn't help but cover her nose and shrink to the side, not bothering to talk to Xi Yan.
On the other hand, Song Linsheng was as calm as ever, not moving or hiding. Perhaps he had gotten used to the smell of the medicine.
"Sir, this is for dispelling cold, this for removing dampness, and this for reducing fever..." Xi Yan placed the medicine bowls on the tray one by one on the side table, muttering to himself, "You must drink them while they are hot!"
Song Linsheng was stunned for a moment, and when he came to his senses, he took the medicine bowl as Xiyan instructed.
While Xiyan was serving, he also had to keep his mouth shut.
"Sir, the key is to drink the medicine first and strengthen your body." Xiyan's hands kept picking up the empty medicine bowl.
"I think your swimming skills still need more practice. If it weren't for Madam Wen saving you this time, I'm afraid I would have already washed my inkstone and returned to Shangdu to report the news."
Xiyan was mumbling to himself, complaining and feeling distressed.
But when Song Linsheng heard it, it seemed as if everything else had drifted away from him, leaving only the words "It was Madam Wen who saved you." which kept echoing in his ears.
Song Linsheng raised his head from the bowls of medicine and turned his burning gaze to Wen Yu beside him.
Isn’t this a dream?
It was Xiaoyu who saved him. If it was Xiaoyu who saved him, then... wasn't everything a dream?
Wen Yu was startled by Song Linsheng's sudden gaze, and she silently shrank her neck back.
Song Linsheng was always reserved and polite, and rarely did he have such a determined look in his eyes, as if he was asking her for an explanation.
Wen Yu's hands seemed to be out of control as she picked up a plate of fruit from the side table, and for some reason her mouth was talking about something else.
"This medicine is very bitter, isn't it? Do you want to eat some fruit to relieve the pain?"
These were clearly words of concern, but when Wen Yu said them, she felt extremely guilty.
What does she have to feel guilty about?
Wen Yu swallowed nervously, her throat feeling dry and tight, as if the person drinking the medicine was her instead of Song Linsheng.
"Was it Xiaoyu who saved me?" Song Linsheng did not give up, but asked instead.
And it was obvious that he was not asking Xiyan, who was chattering non-stop beside him.
Perhaps it was because of the incense burning in the inner room, Wen Yu felt dizzy and her cheeks were inexplicably hot.
The situation in the Yuanshui River was still vivid in her mind, and it seemed that she could not deny it.
But truth be told... she seemed unable to speak...
"Xiaoyu, was it Xiaoyu who saved me?" Song Linsheng continued to ask with sincerity and expectation in his eyes.
He had never been willing to do anything that went against Xiaoyu's wishes, even if it made Xiaoyu unhappy in the slightest.
But now, he really couldn't wait for an answer.
A Xiaoyu answered him.
It is not just a question of truth or falsehood, but also a question of whether Xiaoyu is willing to accept it.
Meeting Song Linsheng's scorching gaze, Wen Yu felt her cheeks burning irritably, and she couldn't help but want to avoid him.
Wen Yu raised her hand and stuffed the whole plate of fruit into Song Linsheng's arms, then turned her face away, her eyes looking around in panic.
"I……"
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