Chapter 96 Brother Xuan, you've changed your mind.
Chapter 96 Brother Xuan, you've changed your mind.
After Qiu Ziyue left silently, Qi Yuxuan pushed Qi Yushuang away.
Qi Yuxuan said, "Yushuang, there is something I must tell you. In the sword and zither competition, I drew with Qiu Ziyue. According to the agreement, I am to marry her, so I have to separate from you."
"What? What did you say, Brother Xuan?" Qi Yushuang's face turned ashen, as if struck by lightning, and her body began to tremble.
Qi Yuxuan said, "Yushuang, whether you hate me or blame me, I don't want to deceive you. No matter what, I will face it bravely."
Qi Yushuang cried, tears streaming down her face like a broken string of pearls.
Her voice choked with emotion as she said, "Brother Xuan, I actually knew about it after your swordsmanship competition. Why did you have to bring it up? It would have been so much better if you had just pretended nothing had happened."
Qi Yuxuan said, "Yushuang, I've wronged you. You can stab me a few times if you want, just stop crying, okay? Yushuang, a girl as good as you will definitely find a better husband than me."
"What are you saying, Brother Xuan? You have been my dream since I was a child. It was for this dream that I begged my father to let me stay in the Qi family. Marrying you is my lifelong wish."
Qi Yuxuan was taken aback and bowed to Yu Shuang to apologize.
Qi Yushuang ran away crying.
In the courtyard, the servants all quietly ran away. They didn't know what had happened and thought to themselves, "How come the two of them, who were perfectly fine just a moment ago, are now crying and running away? Young people really know how to play games."
Qi Yushuang ran back into the house, her expression suddenly changing drastically.
She closed the door, leaned against it, and felt a turmoil in her heart.
Her heart was filled with pain and unease, a feeling like a sharp knife stabbing at her, making it hard for her to breathe.
Qi Yushuang wiped away her tears, took a deep breath, and tried to calm herself down.
She knew she couldn't go on like this; she had to win Qi Yuxuan back.
"Xiao Cui!"
Qi Yushuang called out, her voice trembling slightly.
Hearing the call, the maid outside the door quickly pushed the door open and came in: "Miss, what can I do for you?"
A resolute glint flashed in Qi Yushuang's eyes: "Go and find our secret agents to investigate whether Young Master Qi had a neighbor girl named Ling'er when he was a child. Also, find out if Qiu Ziyue was named Ling'er when she was a child."
Xiao Cui paused for a moment, then nodded: "Okay, Miss, I'll go check right away."
Qi Yushuang nodded, signaling Xiao Cui to hurry up and do it.
Xiao Cui left, and Qi Yushuang sat alone on the edge of the bed, unable to calm down for a long time.
She recalled the scene in the dining hall, Qi Yuxuan's complicated look when he mentioned Ling'er, the name he called in her dream, and his words about breaking up. All of this made her feel extremely painful and confused.
"Does he even have me in his heart?" Qi Yushuang asked herself softly, tears welling up again.
She knew that her feelings for Qi Yuxuan had penetrated to the bone and could not be severed.
But she couldn't bear the thought of another woman in his heart.
Qi Yushuang's eyes were filled with tears, and her mood plummeted to rock bottom.
She kept recalling every moment she spent with Qi Yuxuan, those beautiful times seemed distant and blurry.
Finally, Xiao Cui returned. She walked into the room with a hint of surprise on her face: "Miss, I have already checked. The servants of the Qi family mansion all said they had never heard of her. There is a neighbor named Ling'er, and Qiu Ziyue from the Valley of Passion seems to have been called Ling'er when she was a child."
Upon hearing this, Qi Yushuang's doubts deepened, but at the same time, she felt even more pain.
She gritted her teeth, trying hard not to let the tears fall again.
Qi Yushuang forced back her emotions and said, "You can go out first. I want to be alone for a while."
Xiao Cui nodded and quietly left the room, leaving Qi Yushuang alone to face her inner struggle.
Qi Yushuang lay on the bed, her eyes closed, tears streaming silently down her face as she prayed for a happy ending.
And so, she pondered alone in her room for a long time, her heart filled with doubts and unease about the relationship between Qi Yuxuan and Qiu Ziyue.
"Damn Qiu Ziyue, it's all your fault! You she-devil, you vixen! You have so many handsome men around you and you still want to lay your hands on my Xuan-gege! I hate you, I hate you..." Qi Yushuang cursed.
After crying and feeling exhausted, Qi Yushuang decided to take a gamble: feigning illness.
As dusk fell and darkness descended, Qi Yushuang lay on the bed, deliberately frowning and pressing her hand to her forehead, feigning pain.
She knew that if she felt even slightly unwell, Qi Yuxuan would come to visit her immediately.
Sure enough, not long after, Xiao Cui rushed in: "Miss, what's wrong?"
"My head is throbbing..." Qi Yushuang said weakly, her voice tinged with pain.
Upon seeing this, Xiao Cui immediately panicked: "Then I'll go and ask Young Master Qi to come and take a look!"
"Okay, thank you for your help." Qi Yushuang nodded, but felt a little uneasy.
Xiao Cui hurriedly left the room, and soon after, Qi Yuxuan arrived.
He pushed open the door and entered, and saw Yu Shuang lying on the bed, her face pale and her forehead covered with fine beads of sweat. His heart tightened immediately.
"Yu Shuang, what's wrong?" Qi Yuxuan quickly walked to the bedside and asked with concern.
Qi Yushuang opened her eyes and saw Qi Yuxuan's anxious gaze, which secretly pleased her.
But she still tried to remain weak and said softly, "My head is throbbing so badly, it feels like my whole head is going to split open."
Qi Yuxuan reached out and gently touched her forehead, finding that she didn't have a fever, and then breathed a slight sigh of relief.
But he was still very worried and said softly, "Don't worry, I'll go and get a doctor to take a look at you."
“No need, Brother Xuan,” Qi Yushuang said softly, grasping his hand. “I just want you to keep me company.”
Looking at her pitiful appearance, Qi Yuxuan felt a pang of heartache and nodded, "Okay, I'll stay here with you."
He sat on the edge of the bed and gently comforted her, "Lie down for a while, I'll stay with you."
Qi Yushuang felt Qi Yuxuan's warmth and care, and her unease eased a little.
She closed her eyes and pretended to be asleep, but in reality, she was observing Qi Yuxuan's every move.
Qi Yuxuan quietly stood by the bedside, gazing tenderly at Qi Yushuang.
He gently tucked the blanket around her, afraid that she would catch a cold.
At this moment, Qi Yushuang felt an unprecedented sense of security, but she also understood that this security could not completely eliminate the doubts in her heart.
After a while, Qi Yushuang pretended to wake up, opened her eyes and said, "Brother Xuan, thank you for staying with me. Let's not be apart, okay?"
"Yu Shuang, you silly girl, there's no need to thank me. We can't be husband and wife, but it's fine to be siblings. In the future, I will still do my best to protect you, and I will treat you even better than I treat my wife. How about that?"
Qi Yuxuan smiled, his eyes full of doting affection.
"I don't care, Brother Xuan, I just want you to be my husband. Or, let's become husband and wife today, so that Qiu Ziyue will give up and we'll never be apart again."
Qi Yushuang straightened up and hugged Qi Yuxuan around the waist.
"No, Yu Shuang, let go of me! We can't do this now!" Qi Yuxuan tried to break free.
Qi Yushuang hugged her even tighter.
Qi Yuxuan pressed Qi Yushuang's pressure point to put her to sleep, gently moved Qi Yushuang's arm aside, placed her on the bed, covered her with the blanket, and left.
To be continued... Please read the next chapter to find out what happens next.
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