Da Li Temple - Chapter 51
Chapter 51
Hot Springs (2)
She didn’t take a change of breath the whole way and dived silently into the water. When she got close, she secretly buried her nose in the water, found a tree shade to hide in, and began to look at the man on the other side quietly.
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If it is about the skin, Lin Wanqing has not seen who can compare to Su Moyi in her life. At this time, he leans back lazily. His white robe is stained with water, clinging tightly, revealing a bit of flesh color, lining the chest and arm lines, hiding the power that belongs to men alone.
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Under the white jade crown, the knife-carved face added a few more points of rarely seen love and affection because of the mist. Half of his long hair slipped over the side of his neck, spreading out like drops of ink in the water.
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Lin Wanqing felt her heart stop momentarily and quickly forgot that she was only coming to see if Official Zhang had a heart of evil, not simply to appreciate the ‘beauty.’ Therefore, she was distracted for a moment and looked twice more.
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Su Moyi was still so relaxed. He glanced behind himself as if nothing had happened like he was about to get a towel. Only then did Lin Wanqing turn around in fright. But unexpectedly, there was no sound of draping water from behind her. She was stunned, feeling strange, and when she looked back again, she realized that he had disappeared within her field of vision at some point. She had to emerge from the water more and remove the rags stuffed in her ears.
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A ‘clattering’ sound shocked the sky. Before Lin Wanqing could react to what happened, she felt a tightness under her waist, and then her entire body was pulled under the water by a solid and brutal force. She was unprepared, so she didn’t have time to take a breath, and after entering the water, she instinctively panicked, and her mind went blank. She only felt that she was being led to swim for a while; the next moment was a shocking pain in her back, and when she opened her eyes again, her neck was in someone else’s hand.
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The moment she was out of the water, the hand stuck on her neck trembled.
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“Qing …… Qingqing?” A barely audible mumble came to her ears, and the voice of the person who called her name was trembling.
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“Cough …… cough …… cough ……” A certain Qing who had almost died in Lord Su’s hands stroked her chest and coughed until she couldn’t catch her breath.
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Su Moyi was also at a loss for words. When he realized someone was peering through the screen, he subconsciously felt that this was again Official Zhang’s arrangement. Zhou Yipu knew martial arts, so sending this group of mute people to the Yellow River was also okay. However, he did not expect that the person who spied on him was Lin Wanqing.
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Su Moyi’s heart immediately felt a trace of strangeness, and at the same time, there was a little bit of delight.
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“You ……” He followed with two coughs and went up to help her pat her back, “Why are you …… looking at there?”
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The coughing stopped abruptly, and Lin Wanqing was speechless at this question. She pondered momentarily and slowed down before saying, “I, my hairpin, accidentally fell into the water; I was just squatting in the water looking for the hairpin.”
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“Oh,” Su Moyi responded, a smile in his tone.
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Lin Wanqing’s heart skipped a beat before she tremblingly reached to the back of her head to touch it – the hairpin hadn’t fallen —
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She instantly wanted to die. It’s not enough to peep; she even got caught in the act. From now on, she feared that Lord Su would label her as a ‘lecher.’ Thus, her remaining pride drove her into a mode of self-deception. Without changing expression, she looked at Su Moyi and said, “Eh! Look at me, isn’t the hairpin on my head? I’m consistently forgetful, huh ……”
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Lin Wanqing spoke awkwardly, but her legs were like oil underneath; she turned around and was about to return the same way she came.
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“Qingqing.” With a heat on her back, she fell into a gentle embrace.
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Su Moyi moved quickly to fish her and wrapped a hand into her arms with strength so great that it almost suffocated her.
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“What exactly are you angry about?” His voice was right by her ear, dense enough to tickle her ears.
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Her heartbeat missed a beat, and Lin Wanqing didn’t move again.
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‘Why are you angry?’ not ‘Are you still angry?’
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Su Moyi’s question hit the nail. In the past few days, she had also thought about the words he said more than once. Lin Wanqing had even thought that if Liang Weiping or Official Li said those words, she might not have been cold-hearted. The reason why she was aggrieved was because the person who said it was Su Moyi.
People are greedy. They want to hold hands when they get a smile and hug when they receive a handshake.
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Regarding Su Moyi, she is even more greedy, hoping that he can understand all of her ‘unspeakable.’
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The water is gurgling, and the waves are sparkling.
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Two people quietly stood in the water, and Lin Wanqing overlapped his hands in front of her chest before speaking: “What the Lord said that day is right, but ……” She paused, her body shivering slightly, but not because of the cold.
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Su Moyi waited patiently, holding her a little tighter again.
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“It’s just that I want to know, one day, if the Lord realizes that the one falsely accused and wronged is me, then what would you do?” The pair of arms that were still holding her paused and let go.
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Lin Wanqing’s breath stuttered, feeling that the heart in her throat had crashed to the bottom in an instant. He really would still choose the big picture.
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With no blame, she smiled in relief. Half relief, half self-deprecation.
However, her nose was sour; she remembered she was not a crier.
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The next moment, however, she was spun around by the person behind her. Su Moyi looked down at her, his eyes full of seriousness.
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“I will catch the real culprit and find out the truth.”
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“Then what if we never find it?” She asked, like a stubborn child.
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“But anything that has been done will always leave a trace.” He looked at her and said, “If I can’t find it, I’ll keep looking.”
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He grasped her hands and pressed them to his chest. The skin was hot, and underneath was his thumping heart.
Lin Wanqing was stunned, but she heard him say in a warm voice: “Trust me.” Two powerful words, like gold and stone, were thrown to the ground. The sourness from earlier returned, and she thought she could swallow it.
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That road she had traveled alone for twelve years had been foggy. But at this moment, it was as if she could see a cowering peach blossom plant not far down that road. It was as if, by walking down the road, she would be able to know how many branches it had bloomed.
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Lin Wanqing nodded and didn’t say anything. The sparkling water reflected her eyes, turning into a pool of broken gold.
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Su Moyi smiled, lifted her chin, gently caressed it, and asked with starry eyes, “We’ve finished this matter, so are we talking about something else?”