519 The Secret About the Past 137 (1/2)

”Go ahead and eat first. I'll eat later.”

”There's no need for that… I'm not that fragile. Hurry and eat up then get some sleep,” he said, noticing how tired she seemed.

Needless to say, Jin Qingyue refused. ”You're my man. Now that you're injured, who's going to take care of you if I don't? I'll eat and sleep after I've fed you. It's not too much trouble, it doesn't matter.”

She picked up the bowl and fed him a spoonful of porridge.

He opened his mouth abidingly to let her feed him.

Jin Qingyue had never cajoled anyone that way before, apart from her own daughter. Yet, she was willing to do so for him.

She fed him spoonful after spoonful of the porridge along with some pig's liver before finishing another bowl of porridge herself. She then brought the crockery and utensils to the kitchen to wash them.

”Let me see your wound.”

He lifted his shirt to let her take a look. The bandage wrapped around his abdomen was already drenched in bright red blood.

It was the same for the wound on his arm, which required a lot of effort for him to lift up.

Jin Qingyue did not probe about the firearms deal and helped undress him. She stifled a yawn and initially planned to tell him that she would be going to take a nap and to call her if he needed anything. However, she changed her mind the moment she saw the look in his eyes.

”You're injured, I think it'd be better for me to sleep next to you.”

As soon as she finished speaking, she lifted the duvet and climbed onto the bed to lie down beside him.

She then quickly closed her eyes.

At this moment, she could finally go to sleep in peace.

”Qingyue…” Ling Ciye called, staring at her.

She soon fell asleep and began snoring.

Gazing at her face, Ling Ciye lifted his left arm slightly and placed his palm onto the back of her right hand quietly while the sound-asleep Jin Qingyue was completely unaware.

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After sorting her feelings out for the entire day, Tuoba Danxue decided to go look for Tuoba Rui and Shi Xiaoyu again.

This time, Tuoba Danxue was much harsher with her tone when she spoke to her parents. ”I know Mother was the one behind Jiang Feng's murder. Father may be strict and austere but he's not one to abuse his authority and kill the innocent. I take your silence as consent. I don't know if my guess is right or not, but I don't wish to talk about that matter now. I just want to say, it's too torturous being born in a family like this, having no freedom to decide my own marriage at all. I can't even be with the person I adore. It's no different from feudalism…”

Her words had hit the nail on the head. Tuoba Rui remained silent.

A grave expression formed on Shi Xiaoyu's face and she interrupted her daughter, ”Danxue, I'm doing it for your own good. What's the good in fancying a bodyguard?”

”I fancy him, but he didn't reciprocate my feelings for him. He'd even tendered his resignation to Brother and got engaged with a girl his parents had set him up with. What rights have you got to take his life!?! He's only an innocent person, what has he done wrong!?!” Tuoba Danxue snapped angrily.

Shi Xiaoyu ignored her feelings and bellowed, ”He's innocent. But the only mistake he committed is to make you fall for him. Danxue, listen up, I didn't give birth to you to have you treat me this way. Since you want to start dating and get married, your father and I have already decided to find you an outstanding prospective marriage partner whose background and status matches yours. When you finally see a brilliant bachelor for yourself, you'll realize that Jiang Feng is only a small fry who doesn't deserve you!”

”You took away the life of an innocent and yet you don't show the slightest tinge of guilt or remorse at all. I can't believe I have such a cruel and relentless woman as my mother. Sure, hurry and find me an outstanding man as soon as possible. I want to leave this house as soon as I can!” she barked, after which she left with Zhi Yin and An Xiaoning.

Pointing at Tuoba Danxue, Shi Xiaoyu said to her husband, ”See, if I didn't kill him as a warning to others, who knows what she might do on impulse?”

”Set her up with a man whom you find outstanding, then. I'm staying out of this.”

”You're her father, of course you have to meddle with this. Which bachelor do you think is compatible with Danxue?” Shi Xiaoyu asked.