Chapter 76 - I have to leave (1/2)

If she leaves this time, she won't appear again.

His intuition has never been wrong. Just like the time when he left with Wu Yixing to see Yu Chen, he found her in front of the inn. Then, he had a strange urge to visit Wu Yixing and he found her under the tree. On his 10th birthday, he had the similar urging to go to that area where she was already there.

Li Jun doesn't know about the timekeeper inside him or his tangled fate with Kyuri. In his every lifetime, he will have the same urge to see her. As long as the timekeeper is inside him, he will be driven to find her again and again.

The timekeeper didn't think the host would fall in love with the traveler and those same feelings will become the greatest obstacle in his mission in the original timeline. Both Kang Si An and Li Jun loved this traveler in the original timeline. This time, he will do anything to prevent the same outcome. Li Jun's heart is already affected by the traveler. If these two don't make more memories and the feelings don't become intense again, Kang Si An will not be affected by the traveler easily since the traveler has already changed the future.

He has no intention of being tortured by Li Jun's or Kang Si An's feelings again.

”I have to leave.” She whispers to him.

The pain in her eyes nearly moves the timekeeper's heart. He doesn't want to use his minutes to speak to her. He can only watch and hear using Li Jun's eyes and ears. He is even more determined to prevent Li Jun from meeting the traveler again in this lifetime. He has already made an arrangement.

Li Jun looks into her eyes. His heart feels heavy to see the tears forming in her eyes. He doesn't want to force her. But, something in his mind is whispering to him that he can't afford to let her go at any cost.

”I will give you everything. I won't touch Wu Qiuyue. I won't bring any woman. You will be the only one. I am not giving you a choice, woman.”

She blinks out her tears. She repeats the words. ”I have to leave.”

He grips her shoulders hard in anger. She doesn't wince in pain. His fingers instantly loosen. She won't be able to leave. If she leaves again, he will look for her everywhere.

”Master, Madame drank a poison.” A servant cries outside the door. Because Li Jun has warned people not to come inside, the servant didn't dare. ”She's in a critical state.”

Li Jun didn't expect that Wu Qiuyue would go to that extent.

”Go and see her,” The woman in his arms says to him softly. ”She's a woman who is raising your only son.”

He has to go for that promise that he made to his dead wife. To Li Hua, Wu Qiuyue is a mother. If something happens to her, his son will suffer.

”Mo Wei.” He tells her sternly, ”I will come back soon. Don't move from this spot. The conversation is not over.”

She smiles at him brightly and shows him her wrists. ”I will wait for you.”