Chapter 194: "I can't break my promise."
The room was extremely quiet, with only the teapot in front of the window bubbling. Occasionally, a gust of wind would blow into the hall, stirring the shadows of the bamboo clumps.
Zhou Lehui's voice fell into everyone's ears, without any sarcasm, but it was unsettlingly calm.
Wen Yu's hesitant eyes quickly swept across Zhou Lehui's face, and her heart was complicated for a moment.
Mr. Zhou has a broad mind, as if he could swallow up mountains and seas, but... after all, he is a mortal, and if he is suppressed like this, he might become ill...
Wen Yu sighed inwardly and looked helplessly at Wen Yanli on the other side.
I just hope they can truly untie their knot...
Wen Yanli looked dazed and very sad, as if he had not expected Zhou Lehui to ask this question.
After a moment, he closed his eyes and replied in a pained voice, "Le Hui, it's not that I don't dare to answer."
"It's just something that hasn't happened yet. You and I don't have to speculate and imagine the worst, okay?"
As he spoke, Wen Yanli couldn't help but lean forward and get closer to Zhou Lehui.
"This illness has made me understand a lot and see things more clearly. So I might as well consider it a turning point in my cognition. Why assume it never happened?"
"If you don't want to say it, I'll say it."
Zhou Lehui didn't get angry but smiled instead, looking directly at Wen Yanli without any hesitation.
"If you hadn't had this illness, you wouldn't have lost your mind, let alone become nearly insane."
"Then you can continue to stay in Shangdu City, continue to be the proud third place winner, and realize your ambitions and achieve your wishes."
"Naturally, I won't think of Jiangyang Mansion anymore."
Not to mention returning to Jiangyang Prefecture?
"Le Hui, but the facts are not like that now." Wen Yanli frowned and his eyes were anxious. After Zhou Le Hui finished speaking, he hurriedly explained.
"The fact is that a turning point has occurred, and I am here before you now."
"Facts? Turning point?" Zhou Lehui closed his eyes, as if he heard something unbelievable, and immediately retorted.
"Let me tell you the truth behind the facts and twists you mentioned."
Wen Yanli was stunned when he heard this, and seemed to not know how to react.
Zhou Le turned and looked towards Yingying, and Wen Yu also followed her gaze towards Yingying.
As early as Mr. Zhou opened his mouth, she knew that he would tell Master Yu Wen everything truthfully.
But at this moment, Wen Yu still couldn't help but worry -
It is like scorching sunlight, which cannot be looked at directly.
If Master Wen knew the truth about his sudden insanity and inability to function normally, would he still think the same way as he does now?
Will he stay in Jiangyang?
"Actually..." Zhou Le looked back at the girl Yingying in front of him. The things that happened on the banks of Yuanshui River seemed to be still in front of him, and became clearer and clearer.
"No need to say more!" Wen Yanli suddenly interrupted, stopping Zhou Lehui from speaking.
He never interrupts others when they are talking, let alone this person is Le Hui.
However, he inexplicably had an uneasy premonition in his heart, as if what Le Hui was going to say next would completely push the two of them to two distant ends, and they would never be able to come together again.
Wen Yanli's eyelashes trembled and his eyes flickered, and in a hurry he grabbed Zhou Lehui's sleeve.
"Le Hui, stop talking. I don't want to know."
By the end, it was almost a plea.
"I don't want the truth, I want the future."
"Le Hui, I want the future."
The narrow and long phoenix eyes were stained with tears, hanging at the corners of the eyes like beads. Wen Yanli's charming and affectionate face now only had a sad look.
Zhou Lehui lowered her eyes and looked at Wen Yanli's knuckles covering her sleeves. Through the not-so-thick material, she could clearly feel Wen Yanli trembling.
Perhaps she should fulfill his wish, fulfill him and fulfill herself.
After all, life is lived whether it is clear or muddled, so why not just sink into despair...
——Just treat it as an indulgence.
But, can you be confused for a lifetime if you are confused for a moment?
Zhou Le looked back up, the confusion in his eyes was gone, they were clear, and his mind became more determined.
"Actually, your illness a year ago wasn't unprovoked, and it wasn't madness."
Feeling the knuckles on his sleeve curl up, Zhou Lehui paused inwardly, then continued speaking.
"You have been struck by a spell called the Mind Loss Curse, which has caused you to become restless and increasingly insane."
"And the one who cast the spell is this girl Yingying in front of us. She is my friend."
"Le Hui..." Wen Yanli called in a low voice, but only mentioned Zhou Le Hui's name.
It seemed that the Mind-Losing Curse and Miss Yingying had nothing to do with him.
He only cares about Zhou Lehui.
Zhou Lehui frowned when he heard this, as if he couldn't bear it, but he still persisted without any pause.
"So you should understand now that what you call facts, what you call turning points, and what you call symptoms are nothing but the result of my careful planning and strenuous planning."
Yu Chang's eyes darkened, but he didn't get angry.
Seeing Wen Yu's gaze on him, he just turned his face away and looked out the window.
Wen Yu sighed in her heart, she knew what Yu Chang was thinking.
Now, Mr. Zhou took all the responsibility on himself and left Yu Chang alone.
Even at this point, Mr. Zhou was willing to do his best to protect others.
What about Master Wen? Can he accept this "truth"?
The tear marks on Wen Yanli's face had not yet dried, mixed with a bit of shock, making him look a little dull.
Zhou Lehui turned sideways to face Wen Yanli and spoke word by word:
"At this point, can you still say you don't want the truth but the future?"
She knew that once she said this, there might be no turning back for her and Wen Yanli.
"However, Master Wen, there is no need to worry. I asked you to come here today so that Miss Yingying can remove the curse for you."
"From now on, you will no longer be troubled by magic, nor will you become foolish or insane. You can return to Shangdu and seek an official position again."
You do your job and I run my own primary school.
We went our separate ways and never met again.
Zhou Lehui looked at Wen Yanli steadily. It was clearly a decision he had made early in the morning, but when he said it in person, it turned out not to be as easy as he had imagined.
Wen Yanli's eyes were sad, and he seemed to smile at the corners of his lips, but the arc was extremely slight and fleeting, making it unpredictable.
For a moment, everyone held their breath and concentrated, and Wen Yu did not dare to miss even a single bit of Wen Yanli's expression. She could clearly stay out of it, but now she felt the same way and was extremely worried.
The water on the tea stove boiled more and more until it made a sharp roar, each one more rapid than the last, making the atmosphere in the room tense.
"Le Hui——"
Wen Yanli took a step forward, looked directly at Zhou Lehui and spoke calmly, but his words were so firm that they even easily drowned out the sound of boiling water.
"I don't want the truth, I want the future."
"I don't want the curse to be lifted. I want to be with you."
Before he finished speaking, not only Zhou Lehui, but also Wen Yu and Song Linsheng were shocked.
The determination and perseverance in Wen Yanli's words would make anyone feel sympathy.
But……
Wen Yu lowered his eyes and looked at the tea in front of him that had gone cold. After this delay, it had already lost its residual heat.
But can the cold tea be heated up again?
Zhou Lehui's eyelashes trembled and her eyes flashed. She never expected Wen Yanli to answer like this.
But... the mountains and seas remain, and vows can be changed. She no longer believes in these things.
"Stop talking too much." Yu Chang, who had been silent all this time, turned to look at Wen Yanli and sneered coldly.
Then, under the gazes of Wen Yu and Song Linsheng, Yu Chang flipped his palms and tapped the table twice with his knuckles. The cup of tea in front of him moved in response.
A thin drop of water rose from the cup, and its translucent color reflected colorful light under the sunlight.
Control water.
Wen Yu's gaze flickered between the water droplets and Yu Chang. Yu Chang said he wasn't a spring amaranth or a water chestnut, but he was accustomed to controlling water with magic...
Then what is he?
Before Wen Yu could figure it out, Yu Chang snapped his knuckles again, and with just a click, the water droplets flew straight towards Wen Yanli's face as if receiving a command, and then sank into his brow very quickly and accurately.
It's strange to say, but just a drop of water seemed to be able to wash away all the tiredness and fatigue in Wen Yanli's body, making him radiant and rosy in an instant, without any trace of illness.
Compared with the acupuncture method used by Wen Yu before, it is even better.
Wen Yu couldn't help but be amazed. The person who tied the bell must be the one to untie it. Yu Chang's action was indeed twice as effective with half the effort.
"The curse must be broken." As he said this, Yu Chang glanced at Wen Yu and said, "I made a promise and I can't break it."
Wen Yu paused after hearing this, and couldn't help but look up at Yu Chang, muttering in his heart -
Some people didn't agree yesterday, which can only be regarded as not refusing.
But talking about whether to break a promise or not at this moment, isn't that just stabbing Mr. Wen in the heart?
Yu Chang... is an old monster whose age is hard to tell, yet he's trying to compete with a mere mortal like Master Wen...
Wen Yu took one last glance at Yu Chang and complained inwardly.
On the other hand, Wen Yanli looked puzzled. He held Zhou Lehui with one hand and covered his eyebrows with the other hand, but did not feel anything strange.
It was not until he heard Yu Chang's words that he finally understood.
"I don't want the curse lifted. I don't want it."
Wen Yanli was at a loss, unable to argue, and in panic he just kept repeating one sentence.
"Le Hui, Le Hui, I don't want the curse to be lifted!"
Zhou Lehui felt his sleeve tugged at—
This was caused by Wen Yanli holding her arm tightly and shaking it left and right in a hurry.
For some reason, Zhou Lehui felt empty inside.
The spell was broken... and the entanglement was also solved.
What are the things for people who have no entanglements to do together?
Zhou Lehui pulled his hand back abruptly and watched the corner of his clothes peel off from Wen Yanli's palm.
She crossed her arms in front of her and glanced away, refusing to meet Wen Yanli's gaze.
But even she herself couldn't tell whether she was unwilling or afraid.
In a hurry, Zhou Lehui only heard himself say one sentence.
"Let's go back to Shangdu."
"I'm not going! I'm not going to Shangdu. I want to stay in Jiangyang and stay with you." Wen Yanli retorted without hesitation and at an extremely fast speed.
It seemed as if he was afraid that if he delayed for a moment, Zhou Lehui would have more and more cruel words to say to him.
Wen Yanli crawled on his knees two steps and hurriedly approached Zhou Lehui, not caring about his appearance, posture and etiquette at all.
"Le Hui, don't chase me away." Wen Yanli's voice became increasingly low, almost like a whisper of pleading, "Don't chase me away."
Zhou Lehui gritted his teeth and asked in a deep voice, "You don't want to go back to Xanadu. Is it a decision from your heart, or is it... because you're afraid of losing your mind again?"
Wen Yu was stunned when she heard this. Mr. Zhou's words... were from an angle she had never thought of...
She was shocked by the young master's words just now, but now she had to hesitate.
Zhou Lehui calmed himself down and forced his tone to remain calm so as not to fluctuate too much.
"If it's the latter, Master Wen can rest assured."
"I, Zhou Lehui, guarantee with my own integrity that you will be safe and sound on this journey, and that you will not suffer a sudden bout of madness or any other mishaps."
In this way, Wen Yanli would not have to worry about anything. Not to mention returning to Shangdu, even finding another official position would not be a difficult task for him.
"Le Hui, listen to me, I..." Wen Yanli's eyes were broken and the corners of his eyes drooped. He opened his mouth to speak but couldn't utter a complete word.
"And if it's the former..." Zhou Lehui seemed to have thought of something and couldn't help but sneered, "Haha..."
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