Return of Jin Yi

Chapter 44

"From now on, can I call you Ah Yuan?" Chu Ci asked softly while helping the beggar girl change her clothes and put on a veil again, looking into her eyes.

The female beggar had dull eyes and no words.

Chu Ci sighed, lowered his head, gently stroked her hand full of small wounds, lowered his eyes and said in a low voice, "I don't know if you have any family members, I will help you pay attention, or wait for them to come to you ...Before that, you just stay by my side, okay?"

The female beggar still didn't speak, she looked like a monk in meditation.

Chu Ci didn't think too much of it, she thought about it again, and said, "I will try my best to cure your injuries, your dumb disease, and your dementia."

"..." The female beggar heard this, but remained silent.

Chu Ci helped her straighten the hair on her forehead again, and said softly, "You should rest first, there are still some patients downstairs, I have to go down."

With that said, she stood up and was about to leave.

Seeing that she was about to leave, A-Xian suddenly flashed a look of panic on her expressionless face, then reached out and grabbed the corner of her clothes tightly.

Chu Ci was suddenly grabbed by her, and when he turned around, he saw her eyes full of fright, like a child abandoned by an adult.

She just felt a soft heart.

The next moment, his expression softened suddenly, and he turned back to her, held her hand gently, and said in a low voice, "Don't be afraid, I'm not going to abandon you, but I have some things to deal with, you stand here and wait for me, I'll be right back when I'm done, okay?"

A-Xian blinked her eyes, but the hand that was holding the corner of her clothes still didn't let go, instead it became tighter and tighter.It's like a person who fell into the water clutching at the last straw, refusing to let go.

Zhexia who was standing by the side exploded in temper.

Frowning, he looked at Chu Ci's proposal, "Ma'am, why don't the servants knock her out directly?"

Chu Ci tilted his head, smiled wryly and shook his head, "Ah-Xian has suffered enough, how can we hurt her again."

Hearing this, Zhe Xia pursed her lips and said nothing.

Chu Ci turned back again, looked at Ah Xian's exposed eyes, hesitated for a while, and suggested, "Why don't you come with me?"

Ali didn't respond.

Chu Ci held her hand and led her out tentatively.

Ah Xian, who had always been sluggish, didn't refuse, she stood up obediently, and followed Chu Ci out of the room step by step.

The two went downstairs, and walked to the consultation cubicle on the first floor together.

After entering the cubicle, she tentatively placed A-Xian on the couch beside her, but A-Xian did not refuse, but just stared at her intently.Make sure she doesn't leave his sight.Only then was he relieved, and continued to look at her without blinking.

Chu Ci had no choice but to take her pulse and prescribe medicine for the patients who came to the cubicle under her watchful eyes.

Time flies so fast when I get busy.

……

At the right time, she had just sent away the last patient.

On the other side, Meng Jing walked in from the outside, approached her, and asked in a deep voice, "But are you done?"

Chu Ci nodded, and was about to speak, but Meng Jing's eyes turned and he couldn't look away at Ah Xian who was beside him.

"Why do you know Ah Xian?" Chu Ci casually asked Meng Jing while tidying up the things on the table.

Hearing her question, Meng Jing's expression suddenly stiffened, and her voice almost trembled, "You, what did you say her name was?"

"Ah Xian!" Chu Ci said casually, and then, as if he suddenly realized something, he raised his eyebrows and said, "You... don't tell me you know her?"

Meng Jing took a deep look at her with a bit of pain, then turned around suddenly without saying a word, and walked towards A-Xian.

Seeing Meng Jing approaching, A-Xian didn't go crazy, she let him take off the veil on her face, let him caress the wound on her face...

His eyes were dull, but revealed bits and pieces of sadness.

"A-Xian, is it really you?" He knelt in front of A-Xian and asked in a painful voice, "Really...is that you?"

A-Xian said nothing, just looked at Meng Jing expressionlessly.His eyes were dull and ignorant.

Seeing this, Meng Jing couldn't help but her eyes were red, she stretched out her hand to caress her face again, and said intermittently, "It's my fault, it was all my fault at the beginning... If it wasn't for me, you would never have become This is what it looks like today."

……

Chu Ci stood aside, silently listening to every word that came out of his mouth, and any guesses were faintly formed in her heart.

She slid her hand down and touched her belly.

For a long time, I didn't know what to say.

Afterwards, it was Meng Jing who came to his senses and spoke first, then turned to look at him, and said complicatedly, "She... is praying."

Chu Ci's guess came true.

She felt cold in her heart, and tried her best to smile at him, but she couldn't.

Every bit of her expression fell into Meng Jing's eyes.

Meng Jing was very distressed.

He held A-Xian's hand in one hand, but looked at her, and said word by word, "A-Ci, you don't have to force yourself, if you are unhappy, just say it... all this is the king's fault, you have to fight If you want to scold me, this king will never complain."

Chu Ci felt that the hands held by the two of them were dazzling, so he couldn't help looking away and said, "What am I beating and scolding you for? You and her...we knew each other first."

"A Ci!" Meng Jing wanted to say something more.

But Chu Ci didn't want to listen to him anymore, she stood up abruptly, looked at him and said in a hoarse voice, "I...I still have some things to do in Huichun Pavilion, so I won't go back to Chu's house tonight, you...you can do whatever you want!"

After speaking, he turned and walked outside.

Meng Jing watched her turn and leave, and wanted to catch up, but when she saw A'Xian beside her, she couldn't move.

In the end, he could only watch Chu Ci's back disappear outside the cubicle.

He stared darkly for a long time, until A-Xian next to him became frantic, and his mind was pulled back.

A-Xian struggled vigorously in his arms, howling and whimpering in a low voice.

Meng Jing didn't want to let him go, and hugged her even tighter while comforting her softly.

A-Xian was so trapped that she suddenly turned her head and groaned on his wrist.

Meng Jing was in pain and had to let go of her restraint.

A-Xian was free, and immediately got up from the couch and ran outside...

When Meng Jing got up to catch up, A-Xian had already gone up to the second floor, pushed open the door of Chu Ci's room and walked in.

Watching this scene, Meng Jing stopped in her footsteps.

In the bedroom on the second floor, when Chu Ci heard the sound of the door opening, he subconsciously turned his head and looked outside.

She thought it would be Meng Jing who caught up, but unexpectedly, it was Ah Xian.

The veil on A-Xian's face was taken off, the scars on his face were hideous and ugly, his eyes were demented, but they were very moist and transparent, looking over, they looked like flawless beautiful jade.

Looking at such a pair of eyes, she couldn't help calming down no matter how much grievance and anger she felt in her heart.

Looking at her, he asked calmly, "Why did you come up?"

A'Xian didn't say a word, she walked towards her slowly with some caution, and after stopping, she stretched out her ugly hand towards her.

Chu Ci watched her move and sighed silently.After all, his heart softened, and he reached out to hold her hand.

Shaking his head, "I didn't mean to abandon you, it's just... just..."

She was a little helpless, and didn't know how to explain the relationship between the two of their rivals to an idiot.

Hearing what she said, A-Xian had no reaction on her face, but held her hand even tighter.

As if afraid of being left behind.

Chu Ci was so dependent on her.

Even though his mood was complicated and restless, he still settled her down and shared a bed with her.

Because of her company, A-Xian closed her eyes as soon as she got into bed after washing, and fell asleep peacefully.

Chu Ci looked at her peaceful sleepy eyes by the lamplight.

After a long time, he sighed long, then lay down and closed his eyes...

It's three quarters.

On the roof of the building opposite the Huichun Hall, Meng Jing stood there desolately in a black dress.

My heart is extremely complicated.

He thought that tonight would be a sleepless night for the three of them.

Unexpectedly, it was his sleepless night alone.

And his lover, his wife, shared the same couch, shared the same pillow, and slept better than anyone else.

……

After a few days.

A-Xian has been following Chu Ci's side, not leaving every step.

As for Meng Jing, although she didn't reject her, she didn't have much affection either.Even because of the first time, she didn't want to be alone with him anymore.

Chu Ci took A-Xian with him every day, and the longer he got along with her, the more he felt sorry for what happened to her. Later, he regarded her as the closest person and tried his best to heal all the wounds on her body.

This night, the two shared the same bed again.

After Chu Ci put A-Xian to sleep, she was about to get up and go to the cubicle to study her medical skills.At this moment, there was a light noise outside, and the next moment, Meng Jing walked in from outside.

After half a month, the two looked at each other, and both felt as if several years had passed.

"A Ci!" Meng Jing spoke out first, calling out in a low voice.

The deep-seated thoughts in it were immediately exposed.

Chu Ci's eyes turned red, and he hurriedly turned his head away, fearing that if he looked at him one more time, tears would well up.

"No matter what, this king will never let you down!" He stared at her profile sideways and almost exhausted all his strength to say this.

After Chuci heard it, he sneered with tears in his voice, "I won't let you down, does the prince want to have one wife and one concubine, and enjoy the blessings of everyone?"

"..." Meng Jing really thought so.

And at the next moment, he said solemnly, "You two can be big or small!"

Chuci finished listening.

Finally turning her head around, she trembled with anger, stared at him for a while, and then said, "My lord, what you think is so beautiful!"

Meng Jing closed her eyes, with a serious expression on her face, "Then tell me, what should I do? One is my princess who is still pregnant with my child, and the other is my beloved who I owed a lot... I also I want to choose one, but the other, how do you tell me to let go, Ah Ci, if it were you, tell me, how would you choose?"

Chu Ci lowered his head and remained silent.

Meng Jing's words reminded him of a strange phenomenon in the Northeast in modern times.

The locals call it "pull gang set", which means that after the head of a family loses his labor force, the wife can find another man and remarry, and the three live together.

That's not what Meng Jingzhan proposed.

He and Ah Yuan are original partners.

And she was a helper who joined halfway, not only to help him take care of his original partner, but also to give birth to a child for them... and then the family of five will live together.

This thought made Chu Ci extremely disgusted.

She raised her head, looked at Meng Jing with a frosty face and said, "I don't agree, no matter what you say, I won't agree."

"You can only have one woman by your side. If it wasn't for me or A-Xian, it would be impossible for the two of us to get along peacefully."

"But Ah Xian, I can't leave you at all." Meng Jing looked at Chu Ci and said helplessly, "Now she only trusts you and only wants to follow you, and only when she is by your side will she not get sick!"

"So what am I in your heart!" Hearing what he said, Chu Ci suddenly became angry, looked at him angrily, and said sharply, "Is it your old lover's nanny? Or is it for your regent's son? Meng Jing, let me tell you, I am neither! If you force me again, I will take the child and flee far away. You and your old lover can do whatever you want! How many women do you want to marry in the future? Just marry a few!"

As she said that, tears burst out of her eyes, like a torrential rain, soaking her entire face in an instant.

Seeing her like this, Meng Jing panicked.

He raised his hand to wipe her tears, but how could Chu Ci let him touch her when he was furious.

She hit his hand with a slap.

After opening his hand, she ran out.

Before Meng Jing could stop her, she quickly ran down the stairs.

Meng Jing watched her stagger and run upstairs.He was about to shout "Danger, be careful", but at that moment, Chu Ci tripped and fell straight downstairs.

At that moment, Meng Jing's expression changed, he took a sharp breath, and was about to fly towards her.

But at the most critical moment, a person downstairs was desperate for his life, rushed forward to hold her in his arms, and spun to the ground.

"Si'er..." Chu Ci was still in shock, sweating profusely and looked at the person who saved him.

Si'er's face was pale, looking at her profusely with sweat, the body holding her was bent like a shrimp.

Obviously to catch her, he slammed into the handrail of the stairs.

"Are you okay?" She asked again, raising her hand to lift his clothes.

Si'er saw his movements, but suddenly backed away, he shook his head with difficulty at her, and said, "I'm fine, princess should be more careful next time, if there's nothing else, I'll leave first!" , then walked in the direction of the front hall.

Chu Ci wanted to hold him back and ask about his injuries.

But before he could blurt out his words, his arm was grasped by a familiar big palm.

She looked back and saw Meng Jing looking at her worriedly.

"Are you okay?" he asked, with the same shock on his face as hers.

Chu Ci nodded, "It's okay, Si'er saved me."

Meng Jing nodded.

After a pause, he said again, "You want to ask Si'er, why did he change suddenly?"

"How do you know?" Chu Ci raised an eyebrow.

Meng Jing asked again, "Do you still remember when did he start changing?"

"It seems to be...the time when Zhou Yi was injured~" Chu Ci thought for a while and said seriously.

Meng Jing nodded, "Yes, that was the time."

"Could it be...do you know the reason for his change?" Chu Ci asked tentatively.

Meng Jing looked into her eyes and nodded earnestly, "That's right, this king knows."

Chu Ci couldn't believe it, "You really know? If so, why didn't you tell me before?"

"It wasn't necessary before!"

"Is that necessary now?"

Meng Jing nodded, "Yes, it is necessary now!"

Because there was already a rift between them, if someone else took advantage of it, he couldn't guarantee what the consequences would be.

"Then why?" Chu Ci frowned and asked.

Meng Jing said, "He likes you!"

Chu Ci staggered.I almost couldn't stand still, looked into his eyes for a while, and asked word by word, "How is it possible, how is it possible that he likes me, are you kidding me?"

Meng Jing shook her head, and then told her carefully about the scene in the ward that day.

After listening to Chu Ci, she still couldn't believe it. She looked at Meng Jing with burning eyes, and asked over and over again, "How is it possible? Is it really possible? How is it possible?"

Meng Jing could see her surprise and horror, and a warm feeling surged in her heart. She raised her hand and gently smoothed the broken hair on her forehead, looked into her eyes, and said affectionately, "What is impossible, Ah Ci, you are so beautiful...he likes you, but it proves that his vision is normal."

"But me, how should I face him in the future?" Chu Ci was still distressed, feeling like his brother confessed to him for many years, and also feeling like his biological brother suddenly confessed to her.

All in all, very embarrassing.And not feeling well?

"Face it how you want to face it." Seeing Chu Ci's distress, Meng Jing couldn't help sharing his worries, "Besides, he has already started to avoid suspicion, you just need to stop deliberately getting close to him."

"Things have come to this, it can only be like this." Chu Ci sighed, and for a moment, he forgot that he had quarreled with Meng Jing before.

The two coincidentally walked to the patio in the backyard together.

Bathed in the gentleness of the moonlight, Meng Jing's heart softened, and she couldn't help apologizing, "It was my fault that I was upstairs just now, this king shouldn't have forgotten the promise I made to you... and even threatened you..."

Chu Ci also calmed down, and looked at him indifferently, "You don't need to apologize. Before, I didn't consider your thoughts and your embarrassment."

"A Ci..." Meng Jing turned around, called her affectionately, and wanted to say something else, but Chu Ci suddenly raised his hand and covered his mouth, "Stop talking, blood is so beautiful , I don't want to spoil the atmosphere of this moment because of your words."

Meng Jing looked at her exquisite profile, hesitated for a long time, and then nodded to express her understanding.

Afterwards, the two snuggled together, quietly admiring the full moon in the sky.

It's five watch.

Meng Jing let go of Chu Ci, held her hand and said, "It's too late, it's time to go back, even if it's not for you, we have to think about our children."

Hearing what he said, Chu Ci was slightly taken aback, but did not directly agree to him.Instead, she raised her head, looked into his eyes and said, "I... have a proposal."

"What proposal?" Meng Jing asked suspiciously.

Chu Ci smiled, looked up at the direction upstairs, with a gentle expression, and after a while, he opened his mouth and said, "Until A-Xian's injury is cured, we will not talk about anything, just live in peace like this. "

"During this time, I will try my best to heal her. When she returns to normal, you can choose again, and she can choose too."

"At that time, no matter how it ends, let's not blame each other."

"Are you okay?"

Hearing what she said, Meng Jing's first reaction was surprise, "You have the ability to cure A-Xian?"

Chu Ci couldn't help sighing when he heard that he asked A-Xian immediately, stared into his eyes for a long time, then nodded and said, "I'm half sure."

After hearing this, Meng Jing became excited and held her hand tightly.After organizing the words for a long time, he opened his mouth and said, "Thank you very much, Ah Ci, this king really did not expect that Ah Xian would be cured one day in this situation. Really, thank you!"

Chu Ci was so solemnly thanked by him, but his heart became colder and colder.

But she didn't show it.

He just smiled faintly at Meng Jing, "You're welcome, doctors are parents."

Meng Jing nodded, looking upstairs involuntarily.

Chu Ci looked at him, and a decision suddenly appeared in his heart.

"Let's go, let's go up." After a long time, she glanced sideways at Meng Jing.said softly.

Meng Jing gave a "hmm" and helped her go upstairs.

The two returned to the house.

It was found that A-Xian was still asleep.

Although her face was ugly, there was a faint smile on her face, as if she had a sweet dream.

Meng Jing watched, her eyes turned red unconsciously.

He looked at her fixedly.She didn't realize that Chu Ci's expression turned cold again.

But she said nothing, just waited in silence.

Until Meng Jing realized it by herself, she smiled apologetically at her, "You and A-Xian should rest first, I will come to see you tomorrow."

"Yeah." Chu Ci nodded, and forced a smile at him, "I will take good care of her."

Meng Jing nodded when she heard that, then took another look at A-Xian, and then walked out slowly and softly.

Chu Ci watched him leave.

He stood at the door for a while, and then walked towards the bed.

sleepless nights.

The next day, when Chu Ci woke up, it was already daylight.

A-Xian put on her own clothes and sat obediently beside her.

Except for the scary scar on his face, everything else is fine.

"Are you awake?" Chu Ci sat up and smiled at her, "Did you have breakfast?"

Ah Yuan couldn't understand what she said, so she just blinked slightly.

Chu Ci couldn't help laughing, she got out of bed.Put on your clothes first, and then order Zhejin to prepare breakfast.

Zhejin Lingli's breakfast was quickly prepared and brought in.

Chu Ci helped A-Xian to finish the job, and handed her a pair of chopsticks.

When A-Xian is not hungry, she behaves very well.

Although she was delirious, her instincts were there. The first chopsticks, the steamed bun, were gracefully placed in Chu Ci's bowl.

Chu Ci smiled at her, and clipped one for her too.

It was a good breakfast.

After finishing the meal, Chu Ci took A-Xian downstairs and accompanied her to the consultation.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he went downstairs, he ran into Meng Jing.

Behind him, Han Zhe was holding a food box in his hand. The gold-painted flower pattern on the box was not like Yunchao's, but rather like Nanzhao's national flower, the Golden Spike.

(End of this chapter)