My eyebrows frowned slightly: "What happened?"

"Um."

He nodded, and said with a pale face: "That year... is strange. The winter in Jiangnan came earlier than any other year before, and it was colder, and it started to snow. Li'er had never seen it snowing before. He was very excited and shouted that we would take her out for fun, so I took her out with Ruoshi. It was very late. The snow never stopped. But everyone was very excited and didn't want to go home, so they just went to the boat to the river."

When he said this, his face became more and more gloomy and said, "Actually, I should have thought that her body had just recovered. How could she not be tired after following us outside for a whole day? After getting on the boat, her face was always bad. I asked her if she was uncomfortable, but she said no, just said it was a little cold... I put my fox fur on her."

I asked, "What?"

"Then something happened on the river."

“…!”

Pei Yuanxiu said this and paused for a moment, then said, "Suddenly a group of people appeared to force the river to cross the river. Moreover, we found that they were from the court."

My heart suddenly jumped.

People from the court? That's-

He didn't look at me, but said with a pale face: "Fortunately, our people reacted quickly and fought with them. Those people didn't come many, and they were obviously not used to water wars, so they lost until midnight before retreating to the north shore."

I didn't say anything, just felt that my heart was beating too hard and my chest was bursting slightly.

Although he didn't say much about that night, I already understood that that night, Pei Yuanhao sent Du Yan and the others to cross the river to find Li'er. They fought with the people in Jinling on the river, but later they were forced to retreat.

Later, Du Yan returned to the capital and told Shui Xiu about this, and Shui Xiu also mentioned it to me unconsciously.

But at that time, I never thought that Li'er was also on the river at that time.

even--

I turned to look at Pei Yuanxiu, and my face turned a little pale. Then I saw him saying a little lost, "At that time, Ruoshi, she suddenly fell down."

“…”

"She still has consciousness, but she can't say anything or move. Her face is pale, as if it's snowing all over the ground."

“…”

"Li'er was still young at that time. When he saw Ruoshi like this, he was immediately scared to tears. I knew it must be her relapse of the disease, but Yao Lao was not by his side."

"What should you do?"

"I just hugged her, and carried her back to the mansion from the river."

“…”

"Along the way, she was bleeding and her clothes were all dyed red."

“…”

"I thought she would die, and she would always know it, but along the way, she kept bleeding and even breathing became very weak, but she kept looking at me and looking at me..."

Speaking of this, he glanced at me, his eyes flashing, as if it would be broken at any time.

I suddenly understood a little.

On such a cold night, in such snow, a sick woman wearing his fox fur, with a pale face lying in his arms, like a person made of snow. Maybe she was more forceful to hold her, and the breath she exhaled would be hotter, and would crush her and melt her.

But, she kept looking at him.

The weak light flashing in the bright pupils could be extinguished in the cold wind at any time, but they used all the last bit of strength in life, watching him keep watching him, and engraving his shadow into his life.

At this moment, I suddenly chuckled.

He seemed to be a little addicted to the past. He suddenly saw me laughing and looked at me in a daze: "..."

I looked at him and smiled, "I suddenly felt that Miss Zitong was confined to you at the beginning, and she was a little wronged."

“…”

"I hope now that I haven't shown up."

Looking at my slowly turning red eyes, his face suddenly sank: "Qingying..."

Although I was still smiling, when I spoke again, my voice was inevitably choked and hoarse, and even a hint of sadness: "I would have not appeared."

No wonder Han Zitong wanted to kill me as soon as she met. Over the years, she witnessed her sister and this man support each other with her own eyes, and also witnessed her sister's dedication and desire for this man, but suddenly, I appeared.

I showed up.

...

Pei Yuanxiu was like being possessed. Even the year when I left Jinling and went to Jixiang Village to avoid him, he did not give up at all. Finally, on that night, he almost used the price of his life to reverse everything between me and him.

Han Zitong, how can you not hate me? How can you not want to kill me?

As for what happened after that night - when I thought about it and smiled, the feeling of sorrow came to my heart, almost forcing my tears out.

Some people and some things are really not something you can understand by seeing with your own eyes.

They can not be summarized by the word "past".

The wrong person is me...

Looking at the thin and faint light in my eyes, and looking at the expression on my face that was about to cry but always smiling, Pei Yuanxiu's face suddenly darkened. He took a step forward, grabbed my arm suddenly, and grabbed it hard: "Qingying!"

I looked at him helplessly.

Although he rushed up impulsively and his hands were so hot when he grabbed my arms, he froze after calling my name, and even looked at me more helplessly than me.

After being silent for a long time, he said softly: "Qingying, I'm telling you this, not to say that it's your fault..."

“…”

"You are not wrong, and I don't think I'm doing it wrong."

“…”

"Qingying, my heart has not changed - you are my favorite woman and still my bottom line. I will not let anyone hurt you, anyone!"

As he said this, his hand was slightly forceful, and I fell into his palm as if he was about to be crushed by him. He shuddered slightly, but he just looked at his firm eyes and couldn't say a word.

This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! After saying that, he was silent for another moment, and then slowly said: "I just want to tell you..."

“…”

"Ruoshi she—"

When he said this, he seemed to have no idea how to continue. He just looked at me hard. His gaze was as gentle as ever, as gentle as the soft gauze swaying in the water.

But at this moment, it strangled my throat and made me unable to suffocate.

I said, "Stop talking."

I struggled for a moment, and his hand still clutched me tightly. This time I gritted my teeth, almost exerting my last strength, broke free from his hand, and took a step back: "I, I don't want to listen."

His hand reached towards me as if he wanted to catch me, but I had staggered and took another step back, and was so embarrassed that I almost fell down, shaking my head at him: "No...No..."

His hands froze in the air.

I watched his familiar figure standing at the door, and the swaying candlelight was shaking behind him, as if the tide of my heart and I couldn't calm down at this moment was even more violent than any storm on the sea, and it even made me unable to tell what was right and what was wrong.

Perhaps, feelings cannot tell the difference between right and wrong.

But, I don’t know why, I feel so painful.

I glanced at him for the last time, then slowly retreated until I left the faint light from the room, fell into the deepest and heaviest darkness around me, and turned around and left.

...

This night has been a long time.

Perhaps it was because after leaving his room, I was so drowsy that I had walked in the dark night that I had been drowsy and for some time, from sight to breathing, all of them were stained with darkness. After returning to my room, I didn't even light the light and just lay down with my clothes in my clothes.

The darkness in my eyes slowly faded as time passed by, and a milky white morning light and a faint coolness penetrated out of the window.

I opened my empty eyes like this for the whole night.

The small body in my arms began to move. I heard Li'er's sticky murmur. I looked down at her and saw her messy forehead. The eyes slowly opened. First, it shone with the light outside the window, and then slowly raised my head and looked at me.

The moment she met my sight, she was shocked.

"mother?"

"Um."

"Didn't you sleep?"

"……No."

She looked at me blankly, not knowing what I said, "No", whether I didn't sleep or not, and I was hesitant to ask something. I had already sat up and said, "Aren't you going to Yangzhou today? Then get up quickly."

She was stunned again: "Mom, have you promised me to go to Yangzhou?"

I smiled and said, "When did mom lie to you?"

She laughed "wow" and threw herself into my arms. I was already feeling dizzy when I was sitting. At this moment, she rushed up. I could no longer hold on and fell down, and hit the head heavily on the head of the bed.

"Um!" I moaned in pain.

When Li'er saw me like this, she was frightened and hurriedly supported me and hugged me. She was both frightened and apologized: "Mom, are you okay? Is it painful?"

I reached out and rubbed it, and only smiled faintly: "It's okay."

She still looked at me with lingering fear. I slowly sat up on the mattress. Although it was just a pain when I hit it, but because I didn’t sleep all night, my drowsy mind was the most uncomfortable thing for me. In addition, the faint pain in the back of my head, I felt a little bit like vomiting.

In order not to make her feel guilty, I endured the discomfort, smiled quietly and got out of bed, then looked back at her: "Can't you pay it back? If you don't, their boat will not be waiting for you."

Li'er was still very worried about me, but seeing my smile and calm look, it seemed that nothing was wrong, so she got out of bed and put on her clothes. Hearing the movement in our room, the maid who served outside knocked in the door and came in a short while and brought green salt hot water and towels. After we washed up, I combed her hair again and then used breakfast.

It was almost time, so I took her out.

As soon as I left the gate of the inner courtyard, I saw Pei Yuanxiu standing on the small bridge.

It was still a white dress, and the morning mist that had not yet disappeared was filled with his familiar figure.
Chapter completed!