Chapter 586 Your hobby is terrible, I can't afford it.
Xiao Shixun arrived the next day.
As soon as he arrived, he saw Su Fuliu lying on the bed, already awake. He was overjoyed and quickly walked over, sat down on the edge of the bed, and reached out to hold Su Fuliu's hand: "Jing'er, you're awake."
Su Fuliu frowned slightly, pulled her hand out of his, and said, "I'm sorry, I'm not dead. I'm sorry to disappoint you."
“Jing’er…” Xiao Shixun frowned slightly. “Is this how you speak to me?”
"Otherwise, how do you think I should talk to you?" Su Fuliu didn't even look at Xiao Shixun. Seeing him would remind him of those painful things, but he was now stuck by his side.
However, he must remain calm. As long as he finds a way to rescue Feng Muting and they can escape from here, without the Gu poison, he will no longer be afraid of being threatened by Xiao Shixun.
The most difficult thing now is how to rescue Feng Muting.
"Jing'er, I know you resent me. You can hit me, you can scold me, but don't ignore me. You, you look at me, okay?" Xiao Shixun's words were humble, not like an emperor at all. At this moment, he just wanted the person he cared about most to look at him.
Lu Chimo and the others, who had already been driven out, stood guard outside the hall. Wen Hongye glanced at the closed hall door with some worry and whispered, "Will Young Master Su be alright?"
"It'll be alright. Young Master Su has just recovered, and Xiao Shixun is still full of self-blame. As long as Young Master Su doesn't provoke him, he'll be begging for forgiveness right now. How could he dare to do anything to Young Master Su?" Lu Chimo comforted him.
"Then... can Young Master Su do what you asked him to do before?" Wen Hongye asked again.
“For his Tinglang, he can definitely do it.” Lu Chimo also looked at the tightly closed palace door and replied quietly.
Wen Hongye nodded, silently encouraging and praying for Su Fuliu.
Inside the palace, Xiao Shixun was still humbly pleading with Su Fuliu to look at him: "Jing'er, don't be like this. Look at me, hit me, scold me, but don't ignore me..."
Su Fuliu then slowly looked at Xiao Shixun, her eyes filled with indifference.
"Xiao Shixun, what exactly do you want me to do before you'll let me go?"
"Let go? No, impossible. Jing'er, you can never leave me in this lifetime. I can give up everything as long as you stay by my side. This was originally your position, but I can give it up. I only want you." Xiao Shixun held his hand again and said.
Su Fuliu sneered, her eyes growing increasingly desolate: "Xiao Shixun..."
Xiao Shixun stared at him blankly.
"Do you think it's possible?" Su Fuliu's eyes gradually reddened, blurring her vision. "I didn't want to in the first place, but you forced me and cut off all my happiness. Is this how you love someone? Your hobbies are terrible, I can't afford them. Don't you find it ridiculous to say these things to me now? My father, mother, elder sister, and Shijin, can you bring them back?"
"Jing'er..."
"Do you know how Tinglang loves me? He's like a ray of light, illuminating my dark world. At first, I didn't want it, but he slowly melted me with his love, making me feel that I could still be the happiest person in the world. Unlike you, you only think about dragging me down to hell to suffer with you. Ask yourself honestly, is what you feel for me really love? You just love yourself and want someone to be with you, right?"
Upon hearing Su Fuliu's words, Xiao Shixun's brows furrowed deeper. He silently watched Su Fuliu, whose eyes lit up with happiness whenever Feng Muting was mentioned.
Chapter 587 The Last Meeting
Jealousy, like a vine, madly entwined around Xiao Shixun's heart.
He only wanted to be with his Jing'er, undisturbed by anyone, so he cut off all thoughts of him and those around him.
But why won't his Jing'er stay by his side? Why does she still like someone else?
His Jing'er can only be his!
Hell was so cold; all he wanted was to hold his Jing'er to keep warm...
"Jing'er, you can't think about him, you mustn't think about him. After you recover from your illness, I'll take you away, take you to a place where no one knows us, just you and me, and we'll live a good life, okay?" Xiao Shixun gripped Su Fuliu's hand, increasing the pressure.
Su Fuliu frowned slightly, trying to pull her hand back: "It hurts."
Xiao Shixun seemed not to hear him, staring intently at him, and continued to ask, "Jing'er, after you recover, will you come with me? Don't want Feng Muting, just stay with me, okay?"
As he spoke, he unconsciously tightened his grip, causing Su Fuliu's brows to furrow even more in pain: "You, you let go, it hurts."
"Answer me, and I will let go."
“I…” Su Fuliu wanted to say directly that he didn’t want to go with him, but he swallowed the words back. He almost forgot Lu Chimo’s instructions, so he changed his words and said, “I want to see the prince.”
"Didn't I tell you not to think about him?!" Xiao Shixun said through gritted teeth.
"Hiss..." Su Fuliu felt as if his hand bones were about to be crushed by him. "Xiao Shixun, if you still want me to go with you, then let me see the prince one last time!"
Xiao Shixun's eyes brightened slightly, and he loosened his grip.
Su Fuliu quickly withdrew her hand and rubbed it with her other hand.
"Alright, I'll let you see him one last time. After you've seen him, you can come with me!" Xiao Shixun was already imagining his life after he and Su Fuliu eloped.
"I'll talk to the prince first." Su Fuliu didn't look at him, but at her own hand that had been pinched red. If he really followed Xiao Shixun, he probably wouldn't last more than a few days before he died.
“Alright, after you recover, I will take you to see him... one last time,” Xiao Shixun replied.
Su Fuliu didn't understand the meaning behind his words, and assumed that Xiao Shixun's "last meeting" meant the same thing as his earlier "see you again".
"In a couple of days, I want to go out for a walk and breathe some fresh air." If it weren't for the pain in her foot, Su Fuliu would have gone out for a stroll right now.
This was what Lu Chimo told him, telling him to go outside for a walk and exercise after his foot injury had healed in a couple of days, not for any other reason than to let more people see him and know that he, the Crown Prince, was still alive.
"Alright, once your injuries have healed a bit in a couple of days, wherever you want to go, I'll go with you." Seeing Su Fuliu rubbing his hands, Xiao Shixun reached out and started rubbing them for him.
Su Fuliu tried to pull her hand back, but Xiao Shixun wouldn't let her: "Don't move, let me rub it for you."
Su Fuliu couldn't understand why Xiao Shixun was so contradictory. He was the one who hurt him, and now he was the one trying to comfort him.
When he hurts someone, he won't listen to being told to stop, but afterwards he feels guilty, blames himself, and tries to make amends in various ways.
It's always like this. Doesn't he realize what the problem is?
Ah, that's true. If he had realized it, such a tragedy wouldn't have happened.
Xiao Shixun looked at the silent Su Fuliu and asked, "Is Jing'er thinking about him again?"
Chapter 588 Family
Upon hearing Xiao Shixun's words, Su Fuliu closed her eyes and said, "I'm tired, I want to sleep."
"Alright, then I won't disturb your rest any longer." With that, Xiao Shixun tucked Su Fuliu in, then got up and left.
After Xiao Shixun left, Lu Chimo and the others came in.
Su Fuliu slowly opened her eyes, but still did not speak.
Lu Chimo said, "Young Master Su performed very well."
Su Fuliu gave a wry smile: "Dr. Lu is praising a child like that."
“You and Yulang are both as well-behaved as children,” Lu Chimo replied.
Upon hearing this, Physician Xing frowned and stepped forward to confront Lu Chimo: "Dr. Lu just said he would treat the Third Prince well, so why are you mentioning someone else? And who is Yulang?"
“Yu Lang is Shi Lang. After Shi Lang lost his memory, he was taken in by Doctor Yuan. Because Shi Lang lost his memory, Doctor Yuan gave him a new name, Bai Yu Lang,” Su Fuliu quickly explained to Lu Chi Mo.
"Oh, I see. I thought Doctor Lu was two-timing me. Thank goodness, you really scared me." Doctor Xing patted his chest and breathed a sigh of relief.
"..." Lu Chimo twitched the corner of his mouth, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.
Upon hearing Physician Xing's words, Su Fuliu couldn't help but chuckle.
This reminded him of his Tinglang. He remembered that back then, when he didn't know that Qin Shi was Tinglang, he thought that Qin Shi wanted to have his cake and eat it too, liking him on one hand and the prince on the other.
At that time, he didn't know that Tinglang only liked him, and only him.
Now, Lu Chimo is believed by Physician Xing to be two-timing, but little does he know that both "boats" belong to the same person, and the one Lu Chimo has always loved is him.
But as he smiled, Su Fuliu's smile froze. He missed his Tinglang so much... so much.
Two days passed in a flash, and Su Fuliu didn't know how he got through it. Without Tinglang around, every day felt like an eternity.
But he knew that the days he was living through were for his and Tinglang's future.
"Xiao Shixun, give me my shoes and socks, I want to go for a walk," Su Fuliu said to Xiao Shixun, who was guarding the bedside.
Xiao Shixun replied, "Wherever you want to go, I will carry you there."
"It's so cold outside, do you want me to catch a cold?" Without the threat of the Gu poison, Su Fuliu spoke a little more firmly.
Xiao Shixun was slightly taken aback, and then had someone prepare shoes and socks.
He lifted the blanket, intending to help Su Fuliu get dressed, but Su Fuliu immediately pulled her foot back: "I can do it myself."
Xiao Shixun felt sad looking at Su Fuliu, who was still distant from him. However, he thought that after they left, when it was just the two of them spending time together day and night, they would eventually develop feelings for each other.
He then handed the shoes and socks to Su Fuliu.
After putting on his shoes and socks, Su Fuliu got out of bed. Xiao Shixun quickly came over to help him, but Su Fuliu avoided him, saying, "I can walk by myself."
Xiao Shixun's outstretched hand remained suspended in mid-air until he saw Su Fuliu leave, at which point he awkwardly withdrew it.
He followed her and walked beside Su Fuliu.
The two left the bedchamber together and began to wander around the palace.
"Where does Jing'er want to go?" Xiao Shixun asked, seeing that Su Fuliu was wandering around the palace without any intention of stopping to rest.
“Wander around, take a look at my…” Su Fuliu paused for a moment, then slowly uttered the word, “home…”
Chapter 589 I truly wish we had never met
It's getting colder and colder.
Even though the emaciated Su Fuliu had changed into cotton clothes and put on a fox fur coat, she still looked like she could be blown away by the wind.
It was so ironic that he was walking with the person he hated most in what was once a warm and cozy home.
"Xiao Shixun." Su Fuliu reached out and touched the cold palace wall, calling out softly.
Xiao Shixun's eyes lit up. His Jing'er was calling him, and he immediately replied, "I am here."
"Back then, you stood at the foot of this palace wall, hidden in the shadows, looking so lonely and helpless. I came and pulled you into the sunlight, so you could play with us..."
Xiao Shixun was very excited: "So you've been keeping all this in mind all this time!"
Su Fuliu turned to look at him; his eyes shone with a brilliance, while her own eyes were dull and lifeless.
“I thought that if I brought you into the sunlight, you would be like us, but instead you are desperately trying to take me back into the darkness in your heart.”
Xiao Shixun was taken aback: "Jing'er..."