“Why?” Yun Shunián looked at Mu Qi, her crescent eyes instantly filling with tears.
Mu Qi looked at Yun Shunián in silence, a hint of hurt in his phoenix eyes.
Aunt Ning, who had been waiting outside the door, saw that Yun Shunián was awake and immediately instructed the servants to bring up the prepared food.
Hearing the knock on the door, Mu Qi lowered his gaze and gestured for them to enter.
“Eat something first.” Mu Qi put his arms around Yun Shunián’s arms, helping her to sit up.
Yun Shunián didn’t move, still looking at Mu Qi and crying.
Aunt Ning didn’t know what was happening and didn’t dare to breathe loudly.
Mu Qi hugged Yun Shunián, holding her close against his chest.
Mu Qi held the porridge in his hand, tested its temperature with his lips, then scooped a spoonful and brought it to Yun Shunián’s mouth.
Yun Shunián continued to stare at Mu Qi, not paying the slightest attention to the porridge at her lips.
Mu Qi’s gaze shifted upwards, meeting Yun Shunián’s eyes before immediately lowering again.
After a while, Mu Qi seemed to compromise, taking the porridge from the spoon into his own mouth. Then, with one hand, he held Yun Shunián’s chin and leaned down.
During those days, he had never been so close to her.
Yun Shunián looked at Mu Qi, who was just inches away, and two large tears fell from her eyes again as she blinked.
Seeing this, Aunt Ning subconsciously wanted to clear her throat to mask the awkwardness, but as she raised her hand, she suppressed the cough that was about to escape.
Aunt Ning turned and left with the servants who had come to deliver the meal.
Soon, Yun Shunián ate the porridge that Mu Qi had fed her.
As Mu Qi helped Yun Shunián by her shoulders, intending to move her, he felt a force on the back of his neck pushing him towards Yun Shunián.
Mu Qi’s phoenix eyes widened slightly, then, as if realizing something, he forcefully pulled Yun Shunián’s hands from his neck.
Before Yun Shunián could start crying uncontrollably again, Mu Qi’s next question forcibly shifted her attention.
“Niànniàn, who am I?”
Yun Shunián paused, then hesitated slightly before saying, “Mu Qi.”
As soon as she finished speaking, Yun Shunián wrapped her arms around Mu Qi’s waist and squeezed herself tightly into his embrace.
Mu Qi lowered his gaze. He didn’t embrace Yun Shunián back, nor did he refuse. He was only thinking about Yun Shunián’s recent hesitation and wondering who Zhaoxue truly was.
Who did Niànniàn genuinely want to embrace right now?
“Eat some more.” Mu Qi was silent for a moment. Seeing that there was still plenty of millet porridge in the bowl, he lowered his head and said.
Yun Shunián naturally heard Mu Qi. Without hesitation, she released him and revealed her face again.
Mu Qi scooped another spoonful of porridge and brought it to Yun Shunián’s mouth. This time, Yun Shunián was no longer crying, but her crescent eyes were fixed on Mu Qi’s lips, implying something.
Mu Qi’s ear tips subtly burned under Yun Shunián’s gaze. Not wanting the porridge to cool, he once again indulged her.
After Yun Shunián finished eating the porridge, Aunt Ning instructed the servants to clear the dishes and also called Diao Guan.
Diao Guan examined Yun Shunián’s body again. After confirming there were no issues, he asked with confusion.
“Do you remember why you lost consciousness?”
As Diao Guan spoke, Yun Shunián seemed not to hear him, her gaze fixed on Mu Qi beside her.
Diao Guan frowned but couldn’t help but continue, “By the way, aren’t you also somewhat knowledgeable about medicine? Do you feel anything uncomfortable in your body?”
Yun Shunián remained as if she hadn’t heard him, her eyes locked on Mu Qi.
Diao Guan uncomfortably picked at his ear, utterly speechless. However, he saw the deep affection in Yun Shunián’s eyes as she looked at Mu Qi.
Oh well, wasn’t this what Old Mu wanted?
Diao Guan stopped seeking trouble, packed his things, and turned to leave.
Unexpectedly, Mu Qi followed behind Diao Guan as if to leave with him.
Diao Guan was stunned, his eyes widened slightly, and his tone was filled with disbelief: “Old Mu, you’re walking me out?”
Before Mu Qi could reply, he felt a small hand slip into his.
Mu Qi immediately turned around, leaving the surprised Diao Guan aside, “Your body is still very weak. Why did you come down?”
Recalling the days when Zhaoxue refused to let her follow when she went out, Yun Shunián pursed her lips, her grip on Mu Qi’s hand tightening.
Mu Qi sighed in helplessness and had to carry Yun Shunián to the bedside.
“Aren’t you leaving yet?” After carrying Yun Shunián to the bed, Mu Qi saw Diao Guan still standing at the door and frowned.
Diao Guan: …
Diao Guan was silent for a moment, then turned and stomped heavily on the floor, walking out step by step.
Mu Qi covered Yun Shunián’s ears and warned coldly, “Diao Guan, do you not want your legs anymore?”
As Mu Qi spoke, Diao Guan’s footsteps lightened.
Mu Qi never joked. He had no doubt that if he really walked like that, Mu Qi would saw off his legs.
He even involuntarily thought about what kind of prosthetic legs he would wear.
When he came back to his senses, a sense of dread washed over him.
Yun Shunián had just woken up, and her body was indeed a bit weak. However, even so, her gaze remained fixed on Mu Qi.
That night, at Yun Shunián’s request, Mu Qi showered and lay down beside her.
Yun Shunián unhesitatingly moved closer, resting her arms and legs on Mu Qi, in a thoroughly possessive manner.
Mu Qi’s body stiffened, and then he reached out and turned off the light.
The moonlight was exceptionally bright that night, and the scorching gaze on Mu Qi’s chest was hard to ignore.
After an unknown amount of time, Mu Qi lowered his gaze. “Niànniàn, why have you been watching me?”
Was she looking at him, or thinking of someone else through him?
As Mu Qi spoke, Yun Shunián’s crescent eyes darkened. She took Mu Qi’s hand and placed it over her heart. “It hurts here.”
The pain when that dagger had stabbed her then, Yun Shunián felt she should have hated Zhaoxue, who had plunged the dagger into her heart.
But it wasn’t like that at all. Her heart was only filled with sadness, sadness that Zhaoxue did not love her.
Yun Shunián thought that if Zhaoxue had given her a reason, no matter how absurd, she would have been willing to believe it.
Yun Shunián truly, truly wished that the person before her loved her as deeply as she loved them.
Even if it wasn’t that much, it would be enough for her to willingly offer her all to the other person.