Chapter 3678: Sword Fighting Across the Realm (17)
Chapter 3678: Sword Fighting Across the Realm (17)
The injured Qin Nianzhi had no energy to cause a ruckus, and Father Qin's health also seemed poor. He remained in seclusion and didn't appear, leaving the old physician to take good care of his daughter. Meanwhile, Ning Shu cultivated diligently and occasionally went to see the injured Qin Nianzhi.
Ning Shu withdrew her stance and inspected her internal core. There was some spiritual energy in it, but not much. The suppression was immense. Even the power of fiery yang energy was suppressed here.
This was a pure martial arts plane, so one could only brandish knives and play with cudgels, or cultivate internal energy diligently to eventually become a grandmaster of a generation.
Ning Shu got off her bed and prepared to go see Qin Nianzhi. Since her injury, Qin Nianzhi had been very quiet. This was somewhat abnormal. Even if Qin Nianzhi was injured and had no mood to cause a ruckus, the fact that Situ Xun surprisingly made no moves was a bit unnatural.
Ning Shu arrived outside Qin Nianzhi's room. A maid came out of the room holding a piece of paper. Upon seeing Ning Shu, she immediately stuffed the paper into her sleeve.
It seemed she intentionally allowed her to see it.
"How is the young miss?" Ning Shu asked this maid. The maid immediately curtsied and said, "The young miss is doing alright, it is just that she complains about the bitterness every day when taking her medicine."
"You may retreat," Ning Shu said indifferently. The little maid breathed an almost imperceptible sigh of relief and walked away.
Ning Shu watched the little maid's retreating back. No wonder neither of them was causing a ruckus. It turned out they had a messenger.
Ning Shu pretended not to know any of this.
Do whatever you want, even if you want to ascend to heaven.
Ning Shu knocked on the door. "Junior Sister, it is me."
"Eldest Senior Brother, come in." Qin Nianzhi's weak voice rang out. Ning Shu pushed the door open and entered, seeing Qin Nianzhi leaning against the bed, propped up by pillows.
Ning Shu's sword strike had injured Qin Nianzhi. After all, she was a girl who had lost so much blood, which was detrimental to her body. Currently, Qin Nianzhi's face was completely pale, lacking even the slightest hint of color.
Ning Shu walked over and asked, "Is your body feeling any better?"
Qin Nianzhi forced a smile. "Eldest Senior Brother, I am in a lot of pain."
"It is my fault. It is all because my hand slipped that you were injured. However, it was originally a battle between Situ Xun and me. With you rushing over so suddenly, I simply couldn't pull back my momentum, which is why I stabbed you."
After all is said and done, this matter was entirely your fault.
Did you really think being injured made you right, blurring the essence of the matter just because others' hearts would ache for you?
"Uh…" Hearing Ning Shu say this, Qin Nianzhi instantly felt unwell all over. Her eldest senior brother was blaming her.
"Eldest Senior Brother, I have let you down," Qin Nianzhi bit her lip and said. "I truly had no way to watch Situ Xun die in front of me. I know I am a bad person, and I have failed you, Senior Brother."
"I will give you an opportunity. If you truly love Situ Xun, I can let you go to be with Situ Xun, and you will not have to be so conflicted anymore," Ning Shu looked at Qin Nianzhi and said. "What I am saying is true. If you say you want to be with Situ Xun, I can find a way to let you be together."
Ning Shu wore the green hat with an air of awe-inspiring righteousness, like a textbook hero.
Qin Nianzhi stared blankly at Ning Shu. Her tears fell instantly as she said bitterly, "Senior Brother, you are truly suffering so much. It is I who have let you down."
"If you truly feel you have let me down, then give me a straightforward answer."
How you choose to love each other in the future is your own business, just stop dragging me into it.
The most annoying thing was that Qin Nianzhi always claimed her heart ached for him and that she couldn't bear to hurt him, yet she tormented people using the method of cutting flesh with a dull knife.
"Eldest Senior Brother…" Qin Nianzhi's expression was conflicted. "Eldest Senior Brother, I cannot disregard everything and leave with Situ Xun. I cannot abandon you, I cannot abandon Father, and I especially cannot abandon Wanjian Manor."
She was simply greedy. She wanted everything and refused to make a choice
Ning Shu looked at Qin Nianzhi expressionlessly. "Then can you break things off with Situ Xun?"
Qin Nianzhi bit her lip.
Ning Shu sneered. She couldn't bear to part with him. She couldn't bear to part with either of them. With a girl like this, Chong Xuefeng should have removed himself early on from the equation.
However, they had over ten years of affection and a betrothal, but then a Cheng Yaojin showed up suddenly along the way as they were about to get married.1Cheng Yaojin is often depicted in Chinese folklore and popular culture as a somewhat inept and bumbling warrior who sometimes shows up at the right place and right time to save the day. The phrase ‘Cheng Yaojin shows up suddenly along the way’ is used to describe a situation where someone shows up unexpectedly and disrupts a plan. Who could tolerate this kind of thing? Just ask, which man could tolerate it?
Over ten years of guardianship couldn't compare to a man she had only recently met.
Love was simply that domineering. It didn't distinguish between first and last, it had no reason, and it had no right or wrong. Love was love, and not loving wasn't loving.
However, Qin Nianzhi's attitude made this entanglement protracted and drawn out. Only when one of them finally died would it be put to rest, and only then could the three-person romance end.
"Then what do you want to do?" Ning Shu raised an eyebrow and asked.
"I do not know. I do not know what I should do. Eldest Senior Brother, tell me, what on earth should I do?"
Qin Nianzhi asked Ning Shu in return.
Ning Shu: →_→
Heaven knew what to do.
No, not even Heaven knew what to do here.
"Eldest Senior Brother, you are incredibly important in my heart. I do not want to hurt you, but my heart is no longer mine," Qin Nianzhi said while crying.
"Are you thinking that even if you fall in love with someone else, I should still silently guard you?" Ning Shu said directly.
This was truly too domineering. She was depriving another person of the right to obtain happiness. Enjoying blessings herself was one thing, but she still wanted that other person to guard her?
Could you be slightly more decent as a person? You cannot bully people like this.
"Eldest Senior Brother, I… I have never thought that way." Qin Nianzhi looked at Ning Shu dumbfounded, feeling exceptionally angry and exceptionally furious. A layer of crimson rushed onto her face. "In Eldest Senior Brother's heart, am I this kind of person? Am I such a vicious person? If Eldest Senior Brother had someone he liked, I would definitely bless Eldest Senior Brother."
"Oh, do you mean that I should bless you now?" Ning Shu asked. "You are unwilling to marry me, yet unwilling to dissolve the betrothal, but you also associate with Situ Xun. I cannot figure out your attitude. The things you do truly leave me baffled."
"Eldest Senior Brother, I… I will definitely marry you. Situ Xun and I have no future, I know that. You will definitely become my husband." The sorrow between Qin Nianzhi's brows deepened. "I am just lost. I just cannot control my own heart. Eldest Senior Brother, I am in so much agony."
Ning Shu: …
She truly must have been sick in the head to run over and say these things to Qin Nianzhi. Qin Nianzhi was currently a young girl awakening to love, ‘grieving over passing springs and mourning autumns,’ leaving people utterly speechless.
She was the one in agony? She was merely suffering from choice phobia. She couldn't bear to give up anyone.
Ning Shu didn't want to discuss this topic anymore, but Qin Nianzhi pleaded with Ning Shu, "Eldest Senior Brother, can you give me a little time? I will definitely handle this properly. I will marry you."
Eww, she made getting married sound like such a massive act of grace, as if everyone absolutely had to have her.
Ning Shu curled the corners of her mouth and said, "So you are saying you still want to marry me?"
"Eldest Senior Brother, I will definitely marry you, but my heart has been given to Situ Xun."
Ning Shu: …