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Published at 6th of April 2022 06:03:16 PM


Chapter 407: I Don’t Want to Die

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Mo Junyang leaned over and slowly raised his other hand, rubbing Shi Qingxue’s cheek. He stated in a gentler voice, “Don’t worry. I won’t die. I…don’t want to die.”

Shi Qingxue suddenly raised her face full of tears and met Mo Junyang’s eyes with a warm smile.

Then she felt that he slowly caressed her head with his warm hand again and rubbed it gently as usual. “Don’t be afraid. I am fine…”

However, the words “I am fine” were not persuasive.

After saying that, Mo Junyang seemed to have consumed all his energy. He closed his eyes gently and his arm hung on the quilt.

At the moment, Shi Qingxue felt heartbroken. Her heart almost jumped out of her throat and stopped her uncontrollable voice.

She opened her mouth wide yet didn’t forget her manners to shout.

She looked at Mo Junyang in a daze for quite a while and seemed to react at last. She instantly reached out her index finger to Mo Junyang’s nose.

Fortunately, he was still breathing.

Shi Qingxue suddenly heaved a sigh of relief and relaxed. She stared at Mo Junyang’s sleeping face blankly, with mixed feelings.

She sat for nearly one morning. At noon, seeing that Mo Junyang woke up from the coma once more, she asked nervously, “How are you feeling?”

Mo Junyang smiled amiably and replied, “I feel much better.”

Shi Qingxue didn’t believe it.

Perhaps Shi Qingxue’s thoughts were too obvious, so Mo Junyang smiled again and looked relieved.

He blinked his smiling eyes and said to Shi Qingxue, “I really feel much better, but I haven’t been out for many days, so I feel suffocated. It will be nice if I can go out and enjoy the sunshine.”

The question was, could a person infected with the epidemic go out and be exposed to the sun and wind?

Shi Qingxue was not sure, yet only after a moment, she nodded and answered, “Okay. I will help…sit in the courtyard with you for a while.”

Mo Junyang had been tough for two lives and never been so fragile and powerless, so she spoke cautiously as she was afraid of hurting his pride.

However, she didn’t dare to show it too evidently, so when she supported Mo Junyang, she became cowardly.

Mo Junyang could certainly see her hesitation. In fact, he didn’t care when he showed his weakness to Shi Qingxue. Especially when she could take care of him wholeheartedly, he wished that he could show that he was weaker.

Right. King Rui’s heir ignored his high principles in front of Lady Qingxue.

Then Mo Junyang intentionally coughed twice and reached out his hand to Shi Qingxue slowly, saying “feebly”, “I am powerless. I think that I need you to support me.”

Shi Qingxue looked joyful. She was afraid that Mo Junyang would be unhappy. How would she refuse?

She hurriedly held Mo Junyang’s arm and helped him walk out, as if she feared that he would change his mind.

In the pavilion outside, Dong Shuang had the foresight and put the soft couch and snacks there.

Shi Qingxue helped Mo Junyang sit on the couch and wanted to pour tea for him, but he grabbed her hand.

He grabbed it gently without putting forth strength.

Shi Qingxue stopped moving at once and conveniently sat on the pedal. She looked up at Mo Junyang and asked nervously in a hurry, “What’s wrong?”

“Nothing. Don’t do anything. Sit with me for a while.”

“Okay!” Shi Qingxue answered obediently and didn’t move. She leaned against the edge of the couch and raised her head to talk with Mo Junyang.

As before, Mo Junyang didn’t talk much. Compared with speaking, he preferred to hear Shi Qingxue’s clear and pleasant voice.

Nobody knew if Shi Qingxue realized this, yet she didn’t stop talking. Till she got tired, she talked slowly gradually.

She looked up, to see that Mo Junyang reclined on the couch and had closed his eyes.

Shi Qingxue found a blanket and covered Mo Junyang. She had nothing to do, or rather, she couldn’t keep calm no matter what she did, so she continued to sit on the pedal and still raised her head, looking at Mo Junyang.

She rarely calmed down, as if she could look at Mo Junyang in this way till death.

The man was so handsome, and she could eat anything while staring at him. It would be fine even if she didn’t eat.

Shi Qingxue thought and gazed at her fiance, like an anthomaniac till she felt sleepy. She couldn’t resist the temptation but leaned against Mo Junyang’s thigh, falling asleep.

She didn’t know that after she fell asleep, Mo Junyang who was supposed to be sleeping soundly opened his eyes slowly.

The man’s eyes were clear, and he didn’t seem to wake up from a dream.

Mo Junyang didn’t move but looked down at Shi Qingxue’s tranquil sleeping face.

His weak face with an illness didn’t look weak at all but was cold and indifferent. If his cheeks were not pale, nobody could see that he was sick.

Mo Junyang gazed at Shi Qingxue for quite a while and his black eyes were bottomless, seeming able to swallow everything, with complexity that nobody could understand in them.

After a long time, he moved.

He raised his hand softly and slowly to cover Shi Qingxue’s fair-skinned and slender neck which was revealed as she tilted her head.

Shi Qingxue shrank restlessly yet relaxed soon because Mo Junyang caressed her gently. Her brows softened, and she smiled faintly even in the dream, as if she dreamed about something nice.

She didn’t know that she was given to philandering.

Mo Junyang stroke Shi Qingxue’s neck back and forth, but his eyes fell on the void. He seemed to focus on something or simply stare blankly. Nobody knew what he was thinking about.

“Junyang,” Shi Qingxue called in a gentle and unclear voice.

She called abruptly, and Mo Junyang seemed to be scared. He suddenly withdrew his hand and looked frightened seemingly.

However, soon he seemed to get remorseful. He clenched his fists unconsciously but didn’t want to see his hand which had touched Shi Qingxue just now. He withdrew it and put it under the blanket.

The man’s face became colder and more distant because of the incident and even showed anger which could be noticed easily.

Nobody knew whom he was angry with.

It happened that Wei Ziye had something and came to see them. Seeing the two masters being intimate, he avoided it on his own initiative but watched Mo Junyang’s abnormal actions unexpectedly, so he was open-mouthed.

What was wrong with his master?

However, before Wei Ziye figured out why Mo Junyang suddenly became afraid of touching Shi Qingxue, the master found him, and his distant eyes got colder.

Wei Ziye feared that he would be killed soon. He swallowed and then cautiously walked into the pavilion, whispering, “Master, I have checked what you told me to.”

“Say it.”

When he didn’t face Shi Qingxue, this master would never say anything useless.

Wei Ziye didn’t dare to have objections. He explained miserably, “As the surviving common people in Shang Village said, Supervisor Ye was a nice official. His parents died when he was young, and many people provided for him. Later, a teacher in a private school thought highly of him, and he studied for several years and then became a successful candidate in the imperial examination, so he was appointed as the supervisor in Jiangzhou.”

“So he worked hard with a poor background?” Mo Junyang impassively concluded Wei Ziye’s main point.

Wei Ziye nodded and continued, “It is hard to believe that such a person who knew the hardships of the common people would ignore their lives after studying hard and becoming an official. Moreover, when the people in Shang Village mentioned Supervisor Ye, all of them praised him, but they complained a lot about the magistrate in Jiangzhou.”

When Wei Ziye said that, he imagined a story. After Ye Zhirong became the supervisor in Jiangzhou, he worked conscientiously as an official in order to repay the common people who raised him. He contradicted his superior Yan Xu for the public interests, but a higher official would suppress him. Yan Xu took him down a peg in the officialdom and depressed him. When something bad happened, Yan Xu killed Ye Zhirong and said that he escaped as he was afraid of being punished. He put all the blame on Ye Zhirong and made him unpeaceful even after he died.

Ye Zhirong was so miserable.

While thinking, Wei Ziye was filled with righteous indignation and added the new hatred to the old. He wished that he could kill the evil official Yan Xu with his sword.

Mo Junyang sneered and asked casually, “Is there no other possibility?”

“What else? Yan Xu is not a good man at a glance. In fact, he is not good. If he didn’t cause trouble, how would you be infected with the epidemic? And the medicine is useless…”

In the beginning, Wei Ziye talked emotionally. When he said the words “the medicine is useless”, he suddenly remembered that Shi Qingxue repeatedly told them not to let Mo Junyang know that there was no medicine to cure the epidemic, as she was afraid that it would make him unhappy and worsen the patient’s condition…

However, he talked quickly and said everything…

Wei Ziye showed a sad face and begged Mo Junyang. “Master, can you pretend that you didn’t hear the last words?”

Mo Junyang showed a knowing expression and squinted at Wei Ziye with a faint smile. “What would happen if I heard it?”

Wei Ziye looked as if he had nothing to desire for. “Lady Qingxue will kill me.”

Although Wei Ziye was sure that his master wouldn’t be so vulnerable as to be frustrated because he knew that no medicine could cure him, since Mo Junyang got sick, Shi Qingxue became extremely nervous as she was afraid that there was something wrong with him.

Wei Ziye could understand Shi Qingxue, so he didn’t dare to disobey her.

After Mo Junyang heard that, his stiff expression finally softened.

He lowered his head and stared at Shi Qingxue’s eyes, brows and mouth.

After a long time, he waved his hand without raising his head. “Okay. Go out now.”

“Then…” Wei Ziye was hesitant and refused to go.

Mo Junyang expressed, “I will pretend that you didn’t come today. Don’t need to tell her.”

“I see.” Wei Ziye finally heaved a sigh of relief and cupped his hands in front of Mo Junyang before leaving.

Mo Junyang still lowered his head and sighed in a low voice after a long time. “Qingxue, do you know that just now I wanted to…”

The last words vanished in the wind, and perhaps even the wind didn’t hear it clearly.




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