Xie Jinyan slowly let go of the woman in his arms and straightened out the somewhat messy clothes.
The snow-white underwear made his already white face even whiter. In addition, he had been seriously injured during these days, making his body look thin and frail, which suddenly added a little more to his handsome face.
Very pitiful.
Looking at each other, Yu Qingwu's chest couldn't help but tremble.
Looking at his red eyes and then at his thin body, I realized whether I had exerted too much force just now.
After a pause, her tone became softer, and she asked him with a look of shame, "Did I hurt you?"
"Yeah, it hurts."
"It hurts so much."
Xie Jinyan's face was bleak, and he gently poked his chest with his slender fingers. He looked at her with a smile and said in a hoarse voice, "Senior sister, I don't understand. In the past, you clearly disliked my kindness to Ah Yue, and you clearly disliked me and me the most.
What does Ah Yue have to do with it?"
"Even once, my eyes became red from crying because I hugged her and the smell was tainted with her."
"You are so intolerant of me defending her."
"But now, because I refused to let her live in my mansion in Qingzhou, she became estranged from me, and she has returned to her previous cold demeanor."
"You said that I am not alone. You said that you will always be with me. But now, why is this?"
"Is it because you think I value power more deeply?"
"But senior sister, I just don't want Ah Yue to live in Qingzhou Mansion, but I didn't say that I won't protect her life. Why do you look at me like this and treat me like this just because of a few words? Do you know that I really
...I really only have you..."
His eyes were red, and by the end of the sentence, he was silent.
After finishing speaking, he simply lay down and turned his back to Yu Qingwu.
Qing Wu sat cross-legged on the bed, silently looking at Xie Jinyan's thin and frail figure, feeling indescribably complicated.
Yes, he only has her now.
How could she become suspicious and treat him with cold words just because of one or two unintentional words?
But...sometimes, unintentional words are the truest reaction.
Although her master was vicious, although he used her as a tool, and although he used her everywhere, he was really good at reading people's hearts and could observe people's words.
She didn't learn 100%, but she also learned 70%.
It's hard to say whether others can see through it, but Xie Jinyan has always been the easiest to see through.
It was precisely because it was too easy to see through that she was afraid, and it was easy to see that he was using tricks to make her completely relent.
The funny thing is, seeing him looking so lonely and half-dead, she did soften her heart.
The most important thing is that his body really can't withstand stimulation now.
After closing his eyes, Yu Qingwu raised his hand, patted the man's back gently, and then moved closer.
"Jinyan..."
She leaned against his ear and called him softly.
Hearing this, Xie Jinyan did not answer, but instead pushed her hand away.
Under the dim light, his eyes were still open, no expression could be seen on his face, but the red eyes showed obvious loneliness and dullness.
It looked like he had received a huge blow.
It seemed that the night he returned to Qu County from Yunzhou City, Yu Qingwu suddenly felt a little frightened.
She was really afraid that Xie Jinyan's health would be affected, and she was also afraid that he would be really uncomfortable.
But she was just afraid. Even if she pretended not to care today, this problem would still exist between them in the future.
"Xie Jinyan, please turn around."
After sighing, Yu Qingwu's tone became more serious.
She pulled Xie Jinyan's arm hard and said word by word, "Yes, you are right, I'm just scared."
"But Xie Jinyan, am I wrong?"
"How protective were you of Gao Minyue in the past? Even if...
...She almost killed me, and you just scolded her. Even if she collaborated with the enemy, you just kicked her out of Shangjing. In the end, in your eyes, she is far more important than me.
"
"If it hadn't been because of what happened, you would still be doting on her now. Whether it was because of the brother-sister relationship you said, or some other relationship, or kindness, in short, she is very important in your heart."
"But even so, in order to protect your reputation, your first reaction was to give up on her."
"You treat her like this. I don't dare to think about what would happen if it happened to me."
It was probably because her emotions were rising. Originally, Qingwu wanted to explain to him calmly, but in the end, she herself became red-eyed.
But the man with his back to her still didn't move.
He closed his eyes tightly, his face still expressionless.
However, his fingers trembled.
After a long time, he slowly turned around, sat up again, and lowered his eyes to look at the red-eyed, tearful woman in front of him. The sadness and pity in his eyes had quietly dissipated at some point.
Only loneliness, helplessness, and tenderness remain.
"Awu, why do you have to think about things that never happened and can't happen?"
After looking at her silently for a moment, he slowly reached out his hand, wiped away the tears from the corner of her eyes, and sighed, "I wanted you to coax me, but I have to coax you every time."
"I'm still injured, and this is how you treat a patient?"
His voice was gentle, and there was a hint of coquettishness in his words.
Most men in the Wei Dynasty felt that men were so unmanly, but Xie Jinyan never thought so.
Especially in front of his senior sister, this trick has always been the most effective.
If it was hard, it would probably be the result when she first entered Kyoto.
Thinking of this, Xie Jinyan simply pulled her into his arms, called her again lowly and gently, and said, "Awu, don't think about things that will never happen, okay?"
"I know that your childhood experiences make it easy for you to overthink things, but don't you know how I treat you?"
"Whenever I encounter something life-threatening, when will I ignore you?"
"As for Ah Yue, yes, I am afraid that she will bring more trouble to me if she lives in our house. I am afraid that her staying in our house will ruin my reputation, but I didn't say I wouldn't save her, right?
I just need a surefire solution."
"But now that you have opened your mouth, I have nothing to say."
"Anyway, let's get over this matter. Don't think about it all day long."
Xie Jinyan sighed and naturally pulled Yu Qingwu to lie down as he spoke.
When he said this, Yu Qingwu couldn't help but think of the time when the two of them were in Yunzhou City.
Yes, as he said now, when the two of them were in danger, he did... protect her first.
Could it be that she was really too sensitive this time and was worrying too much?
