At this moment, the wind became cold.

I just felt that I had to hold on for a whole day and could not hold on at this moment. When I raised my feet and took that step, something was defeated.

Every step I take is like losing some.

He stood in the middle of thousands of people, and the pale and familiar face in the fire was still calm, as if there was no slight tide, but I clearly saw his hands hanging on both sides of his body, slowly clenched into fists after a spasm.

Then, he walked towards me.

This journey was not long, and I even felt that he was right in front of me, close to me, but after walking this journey, the two of them seemed to have gone through too long, even when I was a little too long to hold on, he finally walked in front of me, with the two fists tightly clenched and the finger bones were clattering.

He said: "Qingying."

"..." I looked at him with a pale face.

"Qingying." He said again, his face calm, but his eyes slowly became hot. When he looked at me, he seemed to ignite something, which made me shivered slightly.

"Qingying."

His third call was getting deeper and deeper.

The people around seemed to be able to feel the almost tense breathing and emotions between me and him at this moment. Almost no one spoke on the dock, and they couldn't even hear a cough. Only Han Zitong's heavy breathing was heard in the wind, and her gaze like a needle behind Pei Yuanxiu.

And I looked up at him, and trembled under everyone's gaze: "I'm back."

“…”

"I'm back."

After saying this, I felt a pair of hot arms that were stretched out like charcoal and hugged me hard.

Before I could even feel the temperature in his palm and the scalp of his chest, the wound on his shoulder had already had a biting pain. I couldn't help but let out a shrill cry: "Ah—!"

He was shocked and hurriedly opened his eyes wide and looked at me.

And I couldn't even stand steadily, and staggered into his arms, and suddenly I felt a strange thing on my body, and subconsciously reached out to my shoulder: "You - injured?"

"..." I gritted my teeth and used all my strength to survive the severe pain just now, but after storming through the way, the biting pain on my ankles had already made me lose all my strength, and fell into his arms with all my strength and kept trembling.

He could see at a glance that my weak shoulders and ankles were already soaked in the corners of my skirt, and my eyes suddenly turned red: "Qingying!"

I shivered and slowly raised my head to look at him. He also looked at my red eyes. He was about to say something, but I saw me biting my lower lip, almost biting my lower lip.

Then, he watched me slowly and lifted the unharmed but still weak hand.

Put it on his shoulders.

I trembled, hugged his neck, buried my face on his shoulders, and at such a close distance, I could clearly hear his breathing suffocating in an instant, my heartbeats like thunder, with a slight tremor of disbelief, and he said softly: "Qingying..."

"I'm back."

I wrapped my neck around him and repeated in a slightly trembling voice: "Yuan Xiu, I'm back."

At this moment, his body stiffened.

I've come back, I'm still by your side, everything, hasn't changed.

Please don't change, too.

He stood there motionlessly, allowing my arms to slowly tighten and hug him hard.

I don’t know how long it took, the hand around my shoulders, wrapped around my waist, then closed it hard, pressing me tightly to his body, feeling his hot body temperature more clearly, and the fluctuations from the distance from his chest, a hoarse voice sounded in my ears: “I understand.”

"I'm back."

"I see."

After saying this, he picked me up with force.

This time, although I was under the attention of everyone, I did not dodge anymore. I knew I had not said a word. I just used the hand that had a little strength to wrap around his neck, buried my face on his shoulders, and felt him take a deep breath, lowered his head and said, "I'll take you back."

"..." I nodded silently.

As soon as he held me, he turned around, he heard Han Zitong's voice with a hint of anger coming from beside him: "Yuan Xiu!"

...

At this moment, the world seemed to be quiet.

After hearing her call, everyone became quieter and could not even breathe. Only the bitter wind was left with the mist blowing through everyone's clothes. Pei Yuanxiu's steps stopped slightly, and he seemed to look at her.

I thought he would say something, and I thought Han Zitong would find a way to convince him, but the two of them looked at each other for a long time but never said a word.

And I buried my face on his shoulders, and never looked up. I saw clearly what was in their eyes at this moment. But after a long silence, I heard a very light footstep walking across from Pei Yuanxiu, and then heard Miaoyan shouting softly: "Aunt Zitong."

Han Zitong's breathing became heavier, as if there were still many words, but at this moment, he couldn't say anything.

After a while, she said, "Li'er..."

"Aunt Zitong, my name is Miaoyan."

“…”

"I finally have my own name."

I seemed to hear Han Zitong gasp, and even the man holding me was breathing for a moment, but it seemed that he immediately understood, slowly lowered his head, and pressed his lips against my already red auricle.

Then, I heard Miaoyan's gentle but calm voice saying, "Aunt Zitong, please let my father take my mother back."

“…”

"My mother was injured. She was in pain, very painful."

“…”

"Can you let my father go back with my mother, okay?"

Han Zitong's entangled breathing had already reached her ears. I could feel the anxiety and hotness in her breath, but in the end, the man holding me said nothing, but after looking at her, he hugged me a little tighter, lowered his head and said in my ear: "I'll take you back."

I nodded silently.

I knew how long it was from the dock to the mansion, but I never knew it. It turned out to be so long.

Every time he breathed, he wanted to get a red-hot knife. When he blew through his ears, he felt like he had cut a knife in the tenderest part of my body, but he couldn't see the blood, and I didn't know how to cry out for pain.

I could only wrap my hands around his neck.

Finally, when he hugged me into the gate, I heard the messy footsteps of many servants and maids in the mansion running over, but all the footsteps stopped a distance from us.

No one spoke, and no one took a step forward.

Even Pei Yuanxiu himself was fixed there.

I subconsciously felt something strange. I was about to raise my head, but I heard a soft and weak sound coming from the front, as if the breeze was blowing through my ears, with a hint of breath: "Sister Qingying is finally back, it's great."

“…”

Yes, Han Ruoshi.

My heart sank suddenly.

However, when she heard her speak, she grabbed Pei Yuanxiu's neck tighter and did not look up again.

For a moment, the atmosphere was a little stiff.

After a while, Pei Yuanxiu said, "Qingying is injured, I want to take her back to the inner courtyard."

"Okay... OK."

I don’t know if it was because of my mood or if the disease had not recovered, when Han Ruoshi said this short sentence, she seemed to be almost unable to say anything. I even heard the footsteps of several people coming forward, as if supporting her. Two maids were shouting anxiously: “Miss, is it okay?”

"I'm fine... it's fine."

As she said that, she took a deep breath: "Sister Qingying's injury is important. Please hurry up and ask the doctor to come..."

I was in Pei Yuanxiu's arms and heard her anxious commands, I felt a little trembling.

Pei Yuanxiu seemed to feel something, took a deep breath, and said, "No need."

"ah?"

"You, your health is not good, go back and rest soon."

"But--"

"Just just stay with Qingying."

After saying that, he glanced at her again before turning around and heading towards another road.

I heard the people behind him shouting "Miss" anxiously, and then hurried to invite the doctor to come for her. The one that was close to my chest was undulating violently. Every breath seemed so heavy, as if the one holding me in his arms was the biggest burden of his life.

But this time, he hugged me and did not let go.

I was carried by him all the way to the depths of the mansion, and I heard the sound of running water. I also knew that we had arrived at the inner courtyard and crossed the small bridge. When he reached the door, he walked in without hesitation.

The familiar fragrance of the bamboo forest and the fine rain and dew falling from the sky brushed across my cheeks and fell into my neck.

He walked to the door and kicked open it. There seemed to be two maids cleaning the room. When he saw him coming in, he jumped up in fear and said stammeringly: "Mr.——Master, Madam?"

“Everything out.”

“Yes, yes!”

The two of them answered in a hurry, running out of us in a panic. He didn't even care about the door, and just carried me in, until he stopped to a place, and then bent down gently.

I immediately felt a softness touching my back.

It's a bed.

It was not until this time that his hands were a little looser, and I finally raised my pale face from between his neck.

My cheeks were slightly cool, just like my breath.

But his breathing was hot.

After putting me on the bed, he also sat on the edge of the bed and reached out to gently stroke my cheek.
Chapter completed!