A pure heart in a jade pot

Chapter 199

Thinking back to the little girl with big eyes in the palace when they first met, Su Zui couldn't help but smile.

"Eleven or twelve years old?" Mo Yan frowned at him in disbelief. "You liked her back then?"

"How could that be?"

"That's true, otherwise it would be too..."

After being given a timely glare by Su Zui, Mo Yan wisely stopped talking and said with a grin, "The princess is so beautiful, it's only natural that you would like her. However, it's just a pity..." She wanted to say that it was a pity that the princess was destined to marry Yelü Hongji, but then she felt sorry for Zhao Yu and didn't say anything more.

Su Zui misunderstood her meaning and sneered, "You mean to say that it's a pity I'm a cripple and not worthy at all?"

Mo Yan glanced at him, puzzled: "That's not what I meant. What does it matter if he has a limp? My second brother is blind, and he's the most powerful person in our family. Not only us, but even my master has to listen to him."

Su Zui smiled slightly and remained silent.

Seeing that he didn't answer, Mo Yan changed the subject and asked, "When did you break your leg?"

Su Zui remained silent and continued drinking.

Mo Yan felt bored and could only keep quiet, eating half-heartedly, her mind filled with the image of Zhao Yu's pale face from before.

--"There is ample time……"

"...so that he will always remember my kindness."

—Her expression was indifferent, her smile strange. "Ah!" Mo Yan suddenly exclaimed, startling Su Zui.

"What's wrong?"

Ignoring him, Mo Yan's face darkened as she nervously pondered something, muttering to herself, "I understand, it must be like this, no wonder she..."

After a long while, she suddenly looked up at Su Zui, her expression anxious, and said, "What should we do? What should we do?"

It was rare to see her like this, and Su Zui became a little nervous: "What happened?"

"I think she must... she must not want to live anymore."

"who?"

"Who else could it be but her?"

Su Zui finally understood, but still asked, puzzled, "Why did you say she didn't want to live for no reason?"

“You don’t understand,” Mo Yan thought for a moment, then glared at him angrily, “It’s all your fault!”

Su Zui remained silent.

Mo Yan gritted her teeth: "You shouldn't have told her that person was dead. Ever since that day, I've felt that she's been acting strangely. Now that I think about it, she must have made up her mind to go with him."

Su Zui was speechless. After a long while, she gave a bitter smile and said with difficulty, "You... how did you know she was going to follow him?"

"I don't know," Mo Yan shook her head.

Su Zui stared at her.

"All I know is that she definitely doesn't want to live anymore. I've been through what she's going through, so I understand it all too well," Mo Yan continued softly.

“But you didn’t try to kill yourself,” Su Zui said.

"Because I promised my elder brother that I would live well, remember him, and cherish his memory. But she is different from me. She is all alone here, without any relatives or friends, and has no thoughts of him at all."

Upon hearing this, Su Zui stood up abruptly, but Mo Yan quickly grabbed him: "Where are you going?"

"Go stop her!"

"What's the rush? She'll be fine in three to five days." Mo Yan pulled him back forcefully. "You're usually pretty sharp-witted, but you've suddenly become stupid."

She used too much force this time, and Su Zui lost his balance and fell heavily to the ground on his back. The excruciating pain from his broken leg shot through his entire body like lightning, but he gritted his teeth and didn't utter a sound.

"Ah... are you alright?"

Mo Yan hurriedly tried to help him up, but he forcefully pushed her away, so she could only sit back down awkwardly.

His legs hurt so much he couldn't stand up, but he didn't want to. He just lay there on the cold, icy snow, looking at the dark clouds pressing down overhead, his mind a mess, almost completely unable to think.

He thought he should tell her to give up on the idea, because there was absolutely no possibility between them.

He thought that letting her know the truth would only add more pain to their relationship.

Did he actually do something wrong?

"Did you hit your head?" Mo Yan asked, looking at him lying motionless with concern.

Su Zui could no longer laugh. He said coldly and impatiently, "Go away, don't bother me!"

Mo Yan froze, not intimidated by his attitude, but because his voice sounded incredibly familiar, almost as if it were right on the tip of her tongue. To help herself remember the voice, she waved her hand in front of his eyes again…

Having no suspicion of Mo Yan, Su Zui, already annoyed, shoved her hand away and said, "Get away!"

These two simple words finally awakened Mo Yan's memory. Instead of being annoyed, she smiled smugly and said, "So it was you!"

Su Zui didn't understand what she was saying, so she didn't reply. But then she heard Mo Yan sigh: "Since you're still alive, why lie to her?"

Upon hearing this, Su Zui suddenly sat up and met Mo Yan's gaze.

“You shouldn’t have lied to her,” Mo Yan repeated slowly.

How did you recognize me?