At this ti, the sky was near dusk, and although there had been a bit of gloomy weather all day, there wasn’t much change. However, the howling cold wind obviously added a few more degrees of chill than before.
Yet, Shang Ruyi did not feel cold at all.
Yu Wenye held her tightly in his arms, even through the leather jacket, his body heat seed to sift through, layer by layer, into Shang Ruyi’s being. For a mont, she even felt disoriented, as if she were in the warmth of spring.
It was because of his presence and warmth that when she recalled that dreadful mory again, it didn’t hurt as much.
She spoke slowly, "Things happened when I was discussing marriage with my elder brother. Just after the matter was decided, my aunt took to Ban Yan Temple to pray for blessings. But while crossing the river on a boat—"
Recalling the circumstances of that ti, although it had been a long ti ago, Shang Ruyi couldn’t help but shudder.
Yu Wenye bowed his head, gently rubbing his chin against her forehead.
This almost flirtatious comfort, even with no one else seeing, made Shang Ruyi blush, and stirred her heart even more than the kiss before. She looked up at Yu Wenye, only to see him say softly, "It’s okay, it’s all over."
"Hmm."
"You just ntioned Ban Yan Temple, while crossing the river?"
"Hmm."
Yu Wenye’s brows furrowed, recalling when Madam Guan passed away, the family escorted the coffin to Ban Yan Temple, and during the boat crossing, Shang Ruyi’s lost and terrified appearance.
Now, he sowhat understood where Shang Ruyi’s fear stemd from.
He said, "So, it was when crossing the river, that you were possessed by a spirit?"
Yu Wenye initially wanted to use this sentence to cover the whole experience, so she wouldn’t have to recall those painful encounters, but at this mont Shang Ruyi instead steadied herself and took a deep breath. She spoke slowly, "I was quite tired at the ti, so I leaned on the boat cabin’s window and dozed off. While in a daze, I suddenly heard a splash, as if sothing fell into the water."
"..."
"Then, suddenly, there was...sothing inside my body."
"...!"
Yu Wenye involuntarily tightened his grip around her waist.
Shang Ruyi’s breathing also beca rapid, but she didn’t stop, continuing to say, "I can’t describe what kind of feeling that was, but soon, I felt intense pain, as if so force was going to tear apart, forcing out of my own body."
"..."
"I didn’t know anything, but I resisted."
"..."
"Just then, our boat happened to dock, and my aunt tried to wake to disembark, but found that no matter how much she called or pushed , I wouldn’t wake up. Instead, I was burning hot, like a red-hot coal."
Speaking up to here, she looked up at Yu Wenye with a paler face: "At that ti, I could hear everything, feel everything, but couldn’t speak or move; I could only watch my aunt’s anxious worry. She urged people to take ho, called for the doctor to treat . Those few days, both she and my uncle stayed by my side without sleep, she even wept through the nights, fearing sothing might happen to ."
"..."
Yu Wenye looked at her for a mont, and gently said, "I understand."
At this mont, hearing these words, he even let go of any unwillingness or unhappiness that he was used as a tool.
In matters of love, charity and filial piety are also nature.
Shang Ruyi’s willingness to sacrifice for her family was because she was once lovingly nurtured, and he always wanted to fight for the first place in her heart, but what’s the point in battling for it?
He could sacrifice his life for her, whether it was forcibly entering Jiangdu back then, or now marching into the Turkic Yatai alone, dying here would be no regret. But her relatives provided her with much warmth and protection over the years. The weight of each, who can speak clearly?
Or perhaps, kinship and romantic love should not compete?
Yu Wenye said, "During those days when you were ill, you were continuously—"
Shang Ruyi nodded, "I was constantly fighting with that unseen entity lodged inside my body."
"Then later—"
"Later, I suddenly felt that sothing, sothing resembling a human, approached ."
"Resembling a human?"
"Yes, let’s call it a human. In my daze, I felt it suddenly co over, but my uncle and aunt guarding couldn’t see it. It knelt repeatedly before , calling ’noble’, and said it had made a mistake, causing to suffer those days of hardship, beseeching to forgive it."
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