【Chen Zixi×you】The white moonlight is actually you?
Chen Zixi seems to have a white moonlight.
Ever since you were a little girl, Chen Zixi often came to Buxianxian to drink with Uncle Jiang. When he got drunk, he would sit under the pear tree in the yard and be lost in thought.
You asked Uncle Jiang curiously, and Uncle Jiang's expression was a little complicated: "He is looking for someone's shadow."
Whose shadow are you looking for? You really want to know, but Uncle Jiang won't tell you.
When you grew up a little, you learned to pour wine for Uncle Jiang and Uncle Chen. One night, while helping to clean up an overturned wine jar, you suddenly heard Chen Zixi's voice, softly saying, "A-Li..."
You turned your head and saw him staring blankly at the falling pear blossom petals.
You think it's very interesting. I didn't expect Uncle Chen would also name the pear tree like you.
When you grow up a little, you accidentally discover that Chen Zixi often stares into your eyes in a trance. When you ask him about it, he smiles and says, "I just think the teardrop mole under your right eye is very special."
...Is it unique? You nodded doubtfully. Perhaps it is indeed unique, after all, you haven't seen many people with teardrop moles.
When you saw Chen Zixi again, you were already fifteen years old. You learned in advance that Chen Zixi was coming to visit, and Uncle Jiang gave you a bag of money and asked you to go to Buxianxian to pack some wine and food.
As you walked to the entrance of the bamboo hut, carrying a wine jar and a food box, you happened to run into Chen Zixi. Attracted by the sound of your footsteps, he turned around, and the moment he saw you, his pupils dilated and he froze in place.
You don't understand why he looks like he's seen a ghost, so you call out to him, "Uncle Chen? Uncle Chen, stop staring and help me hold the wine!"
Chen Zixi woke up with a start, but his eyes stayed on you. After a moment, he walked over in a daze and took the wine jar from your arms, but his eyes were still fixed on you.
You felt like Chen Zixi was possessed. For the next few days, he kept observing you, his gaze constantly fixed on you with an eagerness you couldn't understand.
The atmosphere between him and Uncle Jiang also became subtle. You accidentally discovered him and Uncle Jiang talking by the stream late at night, with serious expressions on their faces - Chen Zixi rarely had such an expression, he always had a slight smile on his face.
Unable to control your curiosity, you hid behind a tree and eavesdropped. Their voices were not loud, and you didn't dare to get too close, so you could only vaguely hear a little bit.
Chen Zixi said: "...Remember...she won't die..."
Uncle Jiang said: "...It's impossible...to be exactly the same..."
...What are they talking about? Why don't you understand at all? You scratch your head, feeling that listening any further will lead to nothing, and leave, bewildered.
When you were sixteen, Buxianxian was struck by a sudden fire. Uncle Jiang and Aunt Han disappeared, and you were being hunted by an unknown force, accidentally falling off a cliff. After falling for an unknown amount of time, you landed in the water with a loud splash.
The water relentlessly overwhelms you. You try to open your eyes, but you sink deeper and deeper until you lose consciousness.
Suddenly, you are gently lifted from the cold water by a pair of warm arms.
You opened your eyes half asleep and saw Chen Zixi, soaking wet with water dripping from his bangs, holding you horizontally. Feeling your gaze, he lowered his head and smiled at you: "Girl, are you okay?"
…It turned out to be Uncle Chen. You thought, your heart relaxed, and subconsciously leaned against his chest and rubbed it.
The arms holding you seemed to stiffen slightly, and you didn't care about anything else. You tilted your head and passed out.
Your last thought is, why does Uncle Chen seem to look better?
When you open your eyes again, you find yourself lying on a soft bed, wearing a brand new light green dress. The clothes and quilt are filled with a light and pleasant incense scent, which smells a little familiar.
You slowly sit up and look around. The brocade quilt, the rosewood bed, the golden wood tea table, the white porcelain incense burner on the tabletop...it seems like this family is quite wealthy.
When you think of Chen Zixi whom you met before you fell into a coma, you can't help but feel awe - you had heard that Uncle Chen's family was rich, but you didn't expect them to be so rich.
At this moment, there were three even knocks on the door, and Chen Zixi's voice came in: "Miss, are you awake? Is it convenient for me to come in?"
...Why is Uncle Chen suddenly so polite and even calls you "girl"? You wondered and simply walked over to open the door.
Chen Zixi was standing at the door, his eyes curved with a smile. Meeting your gaze, he calmly scanned your body before saying with relief, "It seems you're fully recovered, young lady."
You looked at him and suddenly realized the problem—Uncle Chen looked a little too young, perhaps not even twenty! So, could it be...
You had a guess, and you tentatively asked him, "Did it happen that the young master saved me?"
"To be precise, the girl suddenly fell from the sky while I was boating." Chen Zixi seemed quite interested, even gesturing with his hand. "Unfortunately, she overturned my boat and fell into the water. All I did was carry her out of the water and bring her back to recuperate."
Falling from the sky and overturning the boat? You thought to yourself, it seems that you really have traveled back in time, otherwise why would you appear in such an outrageous way?
——So, isn't the person before you now the Uncle Chen from more than ten years ago? You realize this and actually get a little excited: In this way, will you know who Uncle Chen's true love is?
"I haven't asked for your name yet, sir?" You thought about it and decided that you still had to go through the process. Wouldn't it be strange to call him Uncle Chen right away?
"My name is Chen Zixi," he said politely. "May I know your name, young lady?"
Of course, you didn't want to tell me your real name. You thought of the dreamlike past and the fragrance of the tears of separation, and replied with a smile: "My name is Meng Liren."
Chen Zixi was undoubtedly a very good person. After hearing that you were a helpless and destitute girl, he took the initiative to invite you to stay at his house temporarily, and smiled and refused your offer to pay the rent (of course, you only had Zhou Yuan Tong Bao on you, which was not money at all).
Feeling a bit embarrassed, you said enthusiastically, "Then we're good friends! If you encounter any difficulties, Zixi, I will do my best to help you!"
"Not that he'd risk his life to help me..." Chen Zixi laughed. "But having a friend like Ali is definitely a good thing."
...The nickname "A-li" sounds familiar. Where have you heard it before? You think about it for a long time but can't remember it, so you give up.
Chen Zixi is a person who can't sit still.
He took you to the lake for a boat ride, picked some fresh lotus leaves and tricked you into tasting the water droplets on them; you reciprocated by maliciously trying to push him into the water, but he saw through your plan and the two of you fell into a ball on the boat.
He took you to pick flowers to make flower cakes. Seeing that you were afraid of bees, he deliberately lied to you and said that one fell on your head. He couldn't stop laughing when he saw you being so scared that you didn't dare to move and screaming for him to drive the bee away.
He invited you to accompany him to collect herbs, and drew a picture for you to find it. As a result, you searched the whole area but couldn't find it. Finally, he said he took the wrong picture.
You were so angry that you planned to take revenge on him, so you took the initiative to cook wild mushrooms for him. You planned to put chili peppers in the dish to make him, a southerner, die of spiciness. But before you could give it to him, you were poisoned by the poisonous mushrooms you picked by mistake when you wanted to test the cooking temperature. You looked like a villain and had to rely on Chen Zixi to treat you.
"I give up!" Chen Zixi was still feeling your pulse, and you looked up at the sky and sighed. "Zixi, you're too cunning, like a fox. I can't beat you! I give up!"
Chen Zixi chuckled and patted your shoulder. "We'll discuss winning and losing later. First, let me teach you how to identify poisonous fungi, so you don't end up poisoning yourself again and I'm not around to save you."
You lazily lay in the flowers and refused to get up, holding his hand and acting coquettishly towards him: "Good Zixi, please forgive me! Why are you not here? What should I learn when you are here? I just got poisoned and I am still weak all over..."
Chen Zixi smiled, watching the soft ripples in your eyes.
"Ali, it's getting late, it's time to go back." Chen Zixi looked at the setting sun and called you with a smile.
"Lie down for a while. It's so nice and soft here. It's so comfortable." You stretched.
"But," Chen Zixi pretended to be thoughtful. "I remember the kitchen prepared the wine-braised pears you specifically requested before you left."
You immediately stood up and patted your clothes: "Yeah, it's getting dark, if this goes on the mosquitoes will come out...By the way, Zixi, are you tired?"
Chen Zixi shook his head without any suspicion, and you quickly threw yourself behind him: "Then carry me! Ouch, my legs are really sore. Am I going to see the villain again? Is it possible that the poison is still there?..."
Chen Zixi was amused by you. He reluctantly carried you on his back and threatened you seriously, "Is the poison really still there? Then I'll give you acupuncture when we get back."
You panicked and said hurriedly, "No, I'm fine! I'm just tired. What can a little fungus do to me?"
Chen Zixi shook his head helplessly.
As Chen Zixi carried you on his back, you were suddenly reminded of his beloved Bai Yueguang. You wondered what kind of girl could make such a good Chen Zixi keep thinking about her. You asked hesitantly, "Zixi, do you have someone you like?"
Chen Zixi paused, then smiled and said, "I've never liked anyone. What about Ah Li, do you have someone you like?"
You felt relieved for some reason, thinking that you'd been here for almost a month and hadn't seen any other girls around Chen Zixi. Could it be that the guy hadn't appeared yet? With that thought, you grinned and said, "I've never liked anyone before."
...Wait, why does that sound weird? You were still trying to figure it out when Chen Zixi laughed out loud: "Okay, I get it."
...No, what did he understand?
Near the end of the month, Chen Zixi, always harping on "performance," drags you along as he goes out to see patients. Because he's young and good-looking, the elderly often doubt his experience and hesitate to diagnose him, but the pretty young ladies are incredibly enthusiastic, lining up one after another, shouting, "Doctor Chen, I'm panicking!"
You sit aside, sulking as you watch the line grow longer and longer. Unable to contain yourself any longer, you complain, "He's clearly full of life, he doesn't seem to have any symptoms at all..."
"What do you know?" The girl at the front of the line glared at you unkindly. "You're not a doctor! Whether there are symptoms or not is up to Doctor Chen to decide!"
You were so angry that you stood up, took Chen Zixi's arm, and showed off to the girl: "Really? But Doctor Chen is already married, he has someone, and he doesn't take concubines!"
The girl looked as if she had been struck by lightning: "Impossible! Doctor Chen is not even twenty!"
"Early marriage is not allowed?!" You gritted your teeth and pulled Chen Zixi. "Zixi, husband, please speak!"
Chen Zixi couldn't help laughing a long time ago. He used his folding fan to barely cover the corners of his mouth that were curling up wildly. He nodded politely to the girl and said, "My wife is right. I won't take concubines."
The girl covered her face and walked away. Not only that, most of the girls behind her walked away in a state of collapse after whispering to each other.
Chen Zixi watched the patients leave one by one without any anxiety. He smiled and waved his fan, looking at you leisurely: "Qingqing, you are so anxious today. Did you drive away my sales?"
You were about to argue with him, "How can feigning illness be considered a performance achievement?", but then you realized how he addressed you, and your face suddenly flushed: "Who are you calling 'Qingqing'?"
"Of course I call you my wife." Chen Zixi gave you a suggestive wink. "My wife doesn't want me to have contact with other girls. Just say so directly. How can a husband disobey? There's no need to be angry with them."
You realize you can't win a verbal duel with him. After much deliberation, you decide to give up the pretense and come clean: "Yes, I just like you. I can't stand them pretending to be sick to get close to you. I'm just that jealous. If you're not happy, just bite me!"
Chen Zixi couldn't help but smile as he leaned closer and kissed you on the cheek. "I can't bear to bite you. Besides, I'd love for you to be jealous of me. How could I not be satisfied? I'm absolutely delighted."
His lips were soft and warm, and the kiss made your heart beat wildly. You inhaled the faint scent of incense on him, and finally couldn't help but throw yourself into his arms, hugging him and acting coquettishly: "But what if you can't complete your performance?"
"Don't worry, it's done," Chen Zixi said, hugging you with a smile. "There are too many Roll Kings in the sect. I just treated a few more to avoid being left behind."
So from that day on, Chen Zixi arranged for everyone in the mansion to call you "Young Madam." Although it was embarrassing to hear it the first time, you got used to it after hearing it many times.
Some time passed like this, and one day Chen Zixi suddenly told you in a serious tone: "I'm leaving home for a trip to Qinghe to rescue someone."
Who can we save by going to Qinghe? You know the answer to this question without even asking. You immediately hugged his waist: "I'm going too!"
"No," Chen Zixi refused you with such determination, almost never before. He looked you in the eye and shook his head. "This is very dangerous. I'm not lying. He's my best friend, and he's wanted by the entire underworld. I'm afraid I can't protect you."
You also looked at him and shook your head: "I know it's dangerous, so I can never agree to let you go alone. I also know martial arts, and you know that more people can also look after you!"
"That won't work either," Chen Zixi said firmly. "Do you know what 'wanted by the entire world' means? That would literally make you an enemy of the entire world. I can't take you there."
"Isn't it just a wanted list for the entire martial arts world?" You sneered, a word you were all too familiar with. "I was also wanted by the entire martial arts world, by Xiujinlou."
Chen Zixi looked at you in shock. "...Xiujinlou? You...no," he quickly realized, frowning. "If you were wanted, there's no way I wouldn't have heard about it."
"Because my current name isn't my real name." You retorted with a smile, and saw his pupils shrink as you wished. "Zi Xi, take me with you. If you don't take me with you, I'll follow you secretly."
Chen Zixi was about to refuse again, but you quickly covered his mouth. "Don't say anything! Listen to me, if you really see me as your future wife, don't reject me. I know you care about me and don't want me to get hurt, but I'm also worried about you leaving me, not to mention traveling thousands of miles. The mountains are high and the roads are long, I'm afraid what if something happens and I never see you again?"
Actually, you have another worry. You are afraid that your arrival will change history. What if Chen Zixi encounters an accident while helping Uncle Jiang?
Thinking of this, you let go of his hand, kissed him, and said seriously: "If I die, I want to die with you. I don't want to be separated from you."
Chen Zixi looked at you for a while before sighing, "I can never do anything with you."
You knew that this meant he agreed, so you quickly packed your bags and left with him.
Along the way, you all hid your identities and used a tone of shared hatred to ask the people in the underworld about Uncle Jiang's whereabouts. After traveling day and night, you finally found him in a bamboo forest in Qinghe.
Uncle Jiang didn't recognize Chen Zixi at first, and the tip of his sword was pointed at his chest. You almost went over to stop him, but Chen Zixi blocked you behind him.
After recognizing Chen Zixi, Uncle Jiang looked at you, who was covered with a veil, behind him and was obviously confused.
Chen Zixi introduced: "Ali, my future wife."
Uncle Jiang just nodded to you politely without asking any further questions.
There was no time to reminisce about the past, as Xiujinlou soon caught up.
The three of you rode your horses, charging left and right, killing some pursuers along the way, but were finally stopped by Wuxiang Emperor. Chen Zixi whispered in your ear, "Don't get too close, let us handle this."
You obediently agreed to hide in the corner, but in fact you were keeping an eye on the battle situation over there.
Uncle Jiang's swordsmanship is far more terrifying than you remember. Wuxiang Huang was practically powerless against him. He even defeated him single-handedly, while holding a baby.
You thought to yourself, "I wish I could be as powerful as Uncle Jiang someday!" as you ran over to talk to them. At this moment, the fallen Wuxiang Emperor stood up again, and his aura was even more terrifying.
Just at this moment, Uncle Jiang stood there with his eyes wide open, as if he was possessed by something.
Chen Zixi shouted Jiang Yan and ran towards him.
Your heart begins to race. You know, Chen Zixi is primarily a doctor, his fighting prowess nowhere near that of Uncle Jiang. Without hesitation, you unleash your fastest Qinggong and your fastest sword strikes.
The sword pierced Wuxiang Huang's throat, stirring up a cloud of blood. You stood in front of Chen Zixi, your hand tightly gripping the hilt, only to feel a sharp pain in your left shoulder.
…It hurts so much, it feels like someone cut off my left arm.
The moment Wuxiang Emperor fell, you also lost all your strength and fell to the ground.
Chen Zixi panicked and called you "Ali" and carefully helped you up from the ground: "Don't be afraid, I am the best doctor, I can save you, I will definitely save you..."
"Zi Xi..." You subconsciously called his name, and saw a crystal tear dripping from his eyes, falling on your face with a "plop", warm.
"Zi Xi... I won't die," you tried to stand up and told him in his ear. "Wait for me..."
Before you could finish what you wanted to say, darkness fell before your eyes.
Only then do you belatedly realize, could it be that you are Chen Zixi's white moonlight? Was it you he was thinking of when he looked at the pear blossom tree? Was it not "A Li" that he kept saying, but "A Li"?
So, was everything destined? Did he recognize you because of that strange expression on his face?
When you open your eyes again, you find yourself lying on a hard bed, your hair still damp. A person lies beside the bed, seemingly asleep, with a black half-bun hairstyle and a splendid white dress... It's Chen Zixi.
It was actually Chen Zixi. It took a lot of effort for you to come back to your senses, and you tentatively touched his hair. It felt just like you remembered, smooth yet slightly hard.
Chen Zixi suddenly looked up. He looked at you, his dazed eyes suddenly filled with light. "Are you awake, little girl? How are you feeling? Are you feeling unwell?"
You looked at him. You weren't sure if this Chen Zixi was still your Chen Zixi, but you decided to take a gamble.
You leaned into his arms without hesitation, put your ear to his chest, listened to his accelerated heartbeat, and called him sweetly: "Zi Xi, I miss you so much..."
After a brief silence, he gently asked you, "Do you still remember me?"
"Now I finally remember you!" You raised your head and smiled at him.
He stared at you in amazement, then suddenly realized: "So... that's how it is."
He smiled bitterly and said, "I thought you were lying when you said 'I won't die'. You were afraid I would commit suicide with you, so you coaxed me like that."
He reminded you of the injury you suffered back then. You flipped open your left collar and found a long scar there. It was strange, as you had never had any scars in that spot before traveling back in time.
Chen Zixi raised his hand and gently touched the scar. His expression was filled with heartache: "This is... a wound left for me."
"That's not the case," you said, not wanting to see him sad, so you smiled and comforted him. "This isn't for you, this is to save me, the baby in Uncle Jiang's arms."
"You're the best at coaxing me." Chen Zixi smiled and tapped your nose. "You're the only one who can coax me around."
You laughed and joked with him for a while, then suddenly remembered Bu Xianxian and asked him tentatively.
He thought for a moment and explained to you, "When I arrived, Buxianxian had already burned down. I didn't see Jiang Yan and Han Xiangxun, but I found your trace, so I searched all the way there. Finally, I found you on a fisherman's boat. You had just been rescued. Fortunately, you weren't seriously injured, you just drowned."
He guessed your worry and comforted you with a smile: "Don't worry, with Jiang Yan and Han Xiangxun's martial arts, no one can do anything to them."
You nodded, still feeling uneasy: "...I need to go back once the storm has died down. Maybe they'll leave some clues for me."
Chen Zixi immediately said, "I'll go with you. I'll never let you leave my sight again."
——It seemed that falling down in front of him at that time still frightened him. You realized this and kissed him gently: "Okay, from now on, we will be together wherever we go and be inseparable."
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