Da Li Temple - Chapter 40.2

Chapter 40.2
Confused Heart

Su Moyi closed his eyes slightly, leaned against the table, and fell asleep.
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Seeing this, Official Zhang, using the excuse of sending a doctor to make him sober, ordered someone to take Su Moyi to another room. Lin Wanqing wanted to follow him in but got stopped outside the door.
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The night breeze was chilly, and the moon’s color was cold. The trees and flowers in the courtyard were projected onto the ground by the moonlight, leaving behind a black shadow with teeth and claws like a ghost. The surroundings were dark, and only a light came from the window behind her. She stood holding onto the wall for a while and finally heard the sound of someone opening the door behind her.
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“Young Madam,” Official Zhang’s henchman called her. When he sidestepped, Lin Wanqing saw Su Moyi held by two boys behind him.
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“Lord Zhou is drunk. The doctor has seen that there is no serious harm. Please bring the Lord back to the mansion and take good care of him.”
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Lin Wanqing helped Su Moyi onto the carriage. With a whip from the driver, the carriage reeled. Between the swaying of the carriage’s curtain, the man who was just sitting against the wall of the carriage, drunk and unconscious, came to his senses.
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“My lord,” Lin Wanqing came closer with anxiety in her eyes, “How is it? Is it alright?”
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Su Moyi looked at her in silence. His gaze was deep.
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Lin Wanqing was startled by his silent look and reached out her left hand to shake it before his eyes.

Snap!
A loud bang sounded in the dark and narrow space. Su Moyi held her wrist tightly. He looked at her silently, the tip of his high nose almost touching hers. The force on his wrist was great as if he wanted to break and knead her.
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“My — My Lord?” Lin Wanqing was stunned, choking on her voice.
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Su Moyi only looked at her. Under the moonlight, his brows looked cold and solemn, but his gaze was indescribably soft. After a long time, he speaks softly, “Next time, if you make such a fool of yourself again, I’ll send you back to Sheng City.”
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Lin Wanqing released a long breath of relief, “So, has Official Zhang dispelled his doubts?”

Su Moyi let go of her hand and sat farther away. His sword brows slightly knitted, and with a face of displeasure, he said, “Sort of.”
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Once Lin Wanqing’s taut nerves relaxed, she felt her eyes whitening and her mind dizzy. She mumbled unconsciously in her mouth, the strength in her body loosened, and the whole person was like a drained garment, leaning against Su Moyi with a bang.
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Su Moyi hurriedly reached out and wrapped his arms around her. However, his fingers touched a piece of wetness, and when he stroked it away with his fingertips, he could smell a faint smell of blood. After a few moments of being stunned, he could see clearly through the moonlight.
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Lin Wanqing’s right sleeve was already wet with blood. He took her hand. Lin Wanqing wanted to hide, but ultimately, she couldn’t beat his strength. There was a glittering earring shining under the moonlight. However, that light was like millions of cold thorns. One needle after another pierced his heart in pain. No wonder when he tried to hold her hand, she dodged it. Her way of dealing with ‘Confused Heart’ was actually like this. The ‘Confused Heart’ could only function in an unconscious state, and to keep herself awake, she had removed her earrings to stab the flesh under her fingernail cap. Judging from the severity of the wound, she should have stabbed it several times when she was almost unable to support herself. He connected their ten fingers.
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Su Moyi felt a throbbing pain in his heart just by looking at it, not to mention the fact that she had suffered so much pain for almost an hour.
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“Lin Wanqing ……” His eyes burned, and the hand circling her tightened again unconsciously.
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The carriage stopped at the entrance of the Zhang Mansion, but they were still some distance away from the two’s chamber. Fortunately, the night was deep, and the subordinates had already rested. Su Moyi did not call people to serve. He still stumbled along the way, pretending to be drunk. He looked like he was leaning against Lin Wanqing, but he held her in his arms instead.
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With a creak, the door closed lightly. Su Moyi placed the person on the couch, turned around, and lit the candle. Feared too much noise would attract the subordinates, he only lit a lamp.
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Lin Wanqing didn’t pass out. She leaned back on the couch’s soft cushions in a daze, her eyes slightly red. Unsure what came to her mind, when she looked at Su Moyi’s busy back from afar, she sighed softly and slumped against the table on the couch.
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Su Moyi, searching for medicine in the luggage, heard this sigh and was so frightened that he hurried back to look at her. The only candlestick was dimly lit and placed on the table, casting a wavering black shadow.
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The woman on the couch stretched her hand towards Su Moyi and grunted, “It hurts.” The crying voice was a Lin Wanqing he had never heard before.
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The beauty under the firelight had tears in her eyes, resting her head on her arm while raising her eyes to look at him scaredly.
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Su Moyi felt his heart melt. Then, he remembered that this was the outcome of the ‘Confused Heart.’ Those defenses, armor, and disguises will be gone. Therefore, it is not surprising that she would cry out in pain so aggressively. It was unthinkable that Lin Wanqing, who usually resented the heavens and the earth, would also have today.
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Su Moyi suddenly felt that her crying look was funny and couldn’t help but look at her a few more times.

“Hiss!” Lin Wanqing’s scream scared him, and Su Moyi almost knocked over the lamp on the desk. He forcefully clamped her wrist a little tighter and said with a stern look, “Don’t move if you don’t want this hand to be impaired.” The cold, threatening tone was like interrogating a prisoner.
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The slender wrist held in the hand shook and then stopped moving. Lin Wanqing didn’t resist but looked at him dissatisfiedly, “Then you have to be gentle.”
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“En,” Su Moyi responded to her, not raising his head. He wanted to threaten more, but when he opened his mouth, he heard the woman’s timid and aggrieved voice.

She complained, “You look gentle like jade, but privately, you don’t know how to be compassionate. Every time you make me hurt. When you tackled my hand earlier and also when you held my legs in the file room before.”
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Su Moyi: “……”

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Author Notes:

Lord Su: Wife, you are talking nonsense about the big truth —
Qingqing drank the ‘truth poison,’ do you think she will tease Lord Su or anger him to death?
Hahahahahahahahaha