"Mu Qi, if you dare to shoot, believe it or not, I'll die with you right here?"
With a crash, Yun Shu Nian, dripping wet, appeared in the riverside villa, followed silently by Shan Gong.
Die with you…
How could that be?
Mu Qi's expression stiffened. The finger about to pull the trigger halted.
Yun Shu Nian watched Mu Qi still holding the gun. The image of him falling into her arms in her previous life resurfaced in her mind, her fear deepening.
"Mu Qi… Mu Qi, I'm scared. Can you come and hug me?"
Yun Shu Nian wrapped her arms around herself, her voice trembling with sobs.
Mu Qi looked at the fragile Yun Shu Nian before him and finally slowly lowered the gun, walking towards her.
When it came to Yun Shu Nian, Mu Qi was ultimately helpless.
Yun Shu Nian watched Mu Qi slowly approach her. As she breathed a sigh of relief, the scene before her began to spin wildly.
With a bang, Yun Shu Nian's vision went black, and she instantly plunged into darkness.
…
"How is she?" Mu Qi asked anxiously, looking at Yun Shu Nian, who was sweating profusely on the bed.
"No major issues. She's just been lacking sleep the past few days and got caught in the rain. She has a fever."
"You two really know how to cause trouble," Diao Guan said, forcefully flicking a used medical alcohol swab into the trash can.
After Diao Guan finished preparing a new swab, he looked at Yun Shu Nian again and suddenly hesitated.
Although doctors saw no gender in their patients, Mu Qi clearly didn't think that way.
With that thought, Diao Guan placed the tweezers and swab back onto the tray.
He removed his medical gloves and said to Mu Qi, "Yun Shu Nian needs physical cooling. You help her with it."
Without waiting for Mu Qi's reaction, Diao Guan left immediately.
Mu Qi walked to where Diao Guan had stood, his hands hovering over Yun Shu Nian's shirt buttons, his gaze deep and profound.
"Mu Qi, Mu Qi…" Yun Shu Nian was trapped in a nightmare.
A gunshot in her dream made Yun Shu Nian wake up in terror.
"Mu Qi!"
Yun Shu Nian's eyes snapped open. Mu Qi, who was wiping her body, entered her vision.
Yun Shu Nian immediately threw her arms around Mu Qi without hesitation.
"Mu Qi, don't leave me," Yun Shu Nian clung tightly to Mu Qi's neck, her head resting on his shoulder as she sobbed.
Feeling the dampness on his shoulder and the soft, trembling body in his arms, Mu Qi sighed gently. "Yun Shu Nian, do you know what it means if I agree to you?"
Yun Shu Nian's voice was unreasonable, yet undeniably fragile: "I don't care, you can't leave me."
"It means from this moment on, your life will be bound to mine. We will share the same bed in life and the same grave in death. Even then, you still don't want me to disappear?" Mu Qi's hand on Yun Shu Nian's back tightened involuntarily.
"Mmm, then you must keep your word." Yun Shu Nian's crying gradually stopped, but her arms still clung tightly to Mu Qi.
"Yun Shu Nian, this is your last chance. You'd better think carefully before you speak." Mu Qi loved Yun Shu Nian more than anyone, but he also worried more than anyone about her getting hurt.
This time, Yun Shu Nian directly kissed Mu Qi.
The kiss was passionate and wet.
As their passion deepened, Yun Shu Nian's small hands began to unbutton Mu Qi's clothes. Her red lips were by his ear, breathing heavily, "Mu Qi, let's share the same bed."
Her phoenix eyes were filled with mist due to Yun Shu Nian, making them hazy and alluring.
*Bang—*
Aunt Ning stared in stunned silence at the scantily clad young madam pinning their young master onto the bed.
It took her a few seconds to react.
"Sorry, Young Master, Young Madam. I'll leave now." Aunt Ning had intended to tell Mu Qi that dinner was ready and ask if they should try to wake Yun Shu Nian to eat something.
However, she hadn't expected that Yun Shu Nian was not only awake but also…
Aunt Ning's sudden entry startled Yun Shu Nian, and the ambiguous atmosphere vanished entirely.
Yun Shu Nian suddenly felt a coolness on her chest. Looking down, she realized she was completely uncovered.
Yun Shu Nian immediately pulled herself away from Mu Qi and scrambled into the covers.
"Heh." Mu Qi raised a hand to cover his eyes, a smile playing on his lips. His gloomy mood of the past few days vanished instantly.
Yun Shu Nian playfully chided him, "Mu Qi, no laughing."
"Mmm," Mu Qi responded, but the curve of his smile didn't diminish.
Yun Shu Nian was hiding well under the covers when a force suddenly lifted them. Yun Shu Nian exclaimed, "Mu Qi, what are you doing!"
Mu Qi held a medical cotton ball soaked in alcohol with tweezers. "You have a fever, you need physical cooling."
"You go out first, I can do it myself," Yun Shu Nian burrowed deeper into the covers, her voice muffled.
Mu Qi patted Yun Shu Nian's head through the blanket. Looking at the small lump under the covers, he felt his heart melt.
A little while later, Yun Shu Nian heard Mu Qi's footsteps and finally dared to breathe from under the covers and began to tidy herself.
…
At the dining table, Diao Guan looked at Mu Qi, who had gone from a gloomy sky to clear skies in an instant, and couldn't help but sigh at Yun Shu Nian's power.
Yun Shu Nian was truly a fatal weapon specifically designed to deal with Mu Qi.
*Tap, tap, tap…*
Diao Guan looked over at the sound. Yun Shu Nian, wearing a frilly dress and high heels, slowly descended the stairs.
Diao Guan couldn't help but stare for a moment before his gaze met Mu Qi's, which was as fierce as a demon king's.
"Diao Guan, you should leave," Mu Qi said indifferently while serving Yun Shu Nian food.
Diao Guan: "…"
He was the donkey being discarded after the mill was done grinding.
Mu Qi had kept Diao Guan busy for a long time, so he didn't have the energy to protest being a "donkey."
"Eat and then go," Diao Guan said, reaching out to serve food.
Mu Qi was about to say something, but Yun Shu Nian stopped him.
Yun Shu Nian knew that Diao Guan genuinely cared for Mu Qi. She didn't want Mu Qi to disregard the feelings of those around him for her sake, as he had in her past life.
After a long silence at the table, Diao Guan looked up at Mu Qi and Yun Shu Nian in surprise.
But as he looked, he felt that he didn't need Mu Qi to tell him to leave.
Mu Qi's eyes were soft, and he kept placing food into Yun Shu Nian's bowl. Yun Shu Nian accepted it with a demure air, occasionally looking at Mu Qi with adoring eyes.
The ambiguous atmosphere between the two made Diao Guan learn a new word: superfluous.
Diao Guan, like a mobile light bulb, turned and walked towards the door with resentment in his heart.
He thought someone would ask him to stay, but to his surprise, when he turned back, no one was paying attention to him.
Even Aunt Ning's gaze was affectionately fixed on Mu Qi and Yun Shu Nian.
Diao Guan: "Ahem."
No one paid him any mind.
"Ahem, ahem."
Still no attention.
"Ahem, ahem, ahem."
Mu Qi, Yun Shu Nian, and Aunt Ning all looked at Diao Guan in unison.