“It’s over, it’s over, it’s over! Senior Sister Jiang is really going to make a move on Lin Lang now!”
Just reading the description in the text made alarm bells ring loudly in Qin Wanyuan’s mind. Even though she had already been mentally prepared, when the moment truly arrived, the uneasiness in her heart was impossible to conceal.
Closing her eyes, she took several deep breaths before finally gathering the courage to keep reading.
[The two sat in the private room. A faint fragrance lingered in the air, creating an ambiguous atmosphere. Lin Que still remained perfectly composed, because in his heart he was always thinking of the dao companion waiting for him at home…]
“Lin Lang…” Qin Wanyuan’s voice choked slightly. Of course she knew how wholeheartedly devoted Lin Que was to her, but she also knew very well what someone as devoted as him was about to face next.
[“Junior Brother, since the healing technique is a secret art of Heartless Valley, after adding those three new medicinal ingredients many of the steps must be carried out by me alone. Until everything is finished, could you please refrain from looking?” As Jiang Moqing spoke, she took out a strip of black silk from her sleeve, gesturing for Lin Que to cover his eyes.]
[Lin Que felt it was somewhat strange. After all, during the previous healing sessions this step had never existed. But seeing Jiang Moqing’s serious tone, and since she had never done anything inappropriate before, he ultimately chose to trust her.]
“You can’t trust her!” Qin Wanyuan shouted at the text on the screen. But it was useless. Lin Que was far away from her, and her voice simply could not reach him.
The text broadcast continued. Qin Wanyuan could only grit her teeth and keep reading.
[With his eyes covered, Lin Que could only hear the sounds of Jiang Moqing handling the medicinal ingredients.]
[“The blood, tendons, and marrow of a flood dragon, simmered into a paste with several medicinal herbs. The taste might be a bit strange, but it’s undoubtedly highly nourishing,” Jiang Moqing explained as she brought a spoonful of the paste to Lin Que’s lips. “After taking it, refine the medicinal power as quickly as possible. You must not hesitate for even a moment. You may experience some heat during the process, but that’s a normal reaction.”]
[Lin Que frowned slightly, but he did not resist. Instead, he followed Jiang Moqing’s instructions and swallowed the medicine, circulating his meridians to refine its medicinal power.]
[Then Jiang Moqing clasped the right hand that needed healing, their fingers interlocking. It was a movement they had already repeated countless times.]
“That last sentence didn’t need to be emphasized…” Just reading the description made Qin Wanyuan feel sour inside. When she thought about how the points she had earned so far all came from this, those points suddenly didn’t seem so appealing anymore.
[The specially prepared medicinal paste truly had a domineering potency. Even Lin Que found it somewhat difficult to refine. He focused entirely on refining the medicine’s power, unaware of the danger that was about to arrive.]
[The healing process required Lin Que to follow a strand of spiritual energy that Jiang Moqing sent into his body, guiding it to circulate so the medicinal power could be fully absorbed. As the saying goes, illness should not shy away from treatment. After repeating the same process many times, Lin Que had long since stopped resisting it and trusted Jiang Moqing completely.]
[Thus, the circulation of the technique deviated slightly. Waves of scorching heat began to spread from Lin Que’s right hand. The burning sensation quickly traveled up his arm, along his heart meridian, into his lower dantian, and finally reached the depths of his abdomen.]
[As the corrupt fire rose, Lin Que’s breathing grew slightly heavier. Naturally, he could sense the abnormal changes in his body, so he drew his waist back a little. Unfortunately, it did nothing to hide it. If anything, it only made it more obvious.]
[Where he could not see, Jiang Moqing’s eyes were so full of possessiveness that it was almost overflowing and they remained locked onto that spot the entire time. Even the corner of her cherry-red lips let out a faint thread of saliva.]
[“Senior Sister, this medicine seems a bit different this time…” Lin Que said.]
[“After all, it’s your first time taking a paste made from flood dragon ingredients. The medicinal power is very strong, so feeling something unusual is perfectly normal. Endure it. The healing effect this time will be unprecedented.” In contrast to the unhealthy obsession she revealed, Jiang Moqing’s tone remained as cold and calm as ever. She concealed it well….like a starving wolf patiently hunting a lamb. Even while ravenous, she could hide her presence and wait for the instant her prey revealed an opening.]
[Just as Jiang Moqing said, the healing effect this time was indeed unprecedented. Lin Que could clearly feel his meridians being repaired. Although it could not completely heal them, with the addition of (data deleted) it would be enough to reconnect the meridians.]
“Data deleted? What kind of thing is that?” Qin Wanyuan felt uncomfortable as she read. Seeing this strange phrase suddenly appear made her even more dissatisfied.
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The system’s voice remained completely emotionless.
Qin Wanyuan frowned. She wanted to ask something, but a new development appeared in the text broadcast.
[Time passed little by little, and so did the healing process. Everything was going quite smoothly. Just as joy began to rise in Lin Que’s heart, a sudden change occurred. He was abruptly pushed down onto the bed.]
[The one who made the move was Jiang Moqing, who had been sitting across from him.]
[“Senior Sister?!” Lin Que was startled. No longer caring about what Jiang Moqing had said earlier, he immediately tore off the silk covering his eyes. The moment his vision returned, what entered his sight was Jiang Moqing straddling his thighs.]
[At this moment, there was no trace of the cold, aloof fairy. The only thing left was someone who had torn off all disguises. A yandere with a lovestruck, obsessive expression.]
[“Junior Brother, how could you remove the silk? Senior Sister clearly told you that it must not be taken off before the healing is finished. You’re really not obedient, you know~” Jiang Moqing tilted her head, smiling foolishly.]
[“Jiang Moqing, what are you trying to do?!” Lin Que began to panic. At this moment, Jiang Moqing’s appearance overlapped with the memory of the woman who had imprisoned him several years ago.]
[He started to resist but discovered that his hands and feet had gone weak. His entire body felt powerless…except for one place that stood rigidly upright, as if all the strength in his body had gathered there.]
[“What am I trying to do? It should be you asking what you’re trying to do!” Anger appeared on Jiang Moqing’s face as she pressed forward, pinning down Lin Que’s arms.]
[“I was the one who came first! It’s only been a few years since we separated. How could you move on so quickly and find another woman?! If that were all, I could accept it… but why did you…” As Jiang Moqing said this, tears welled up in her eyes.]
[“During the days you were gone, I thought about you every single day. So in order to stop disturbing your life, I chose to go to the Heartless Valley and forget you… But you kept appearing in front of me again and again. Don’t you think that’s cruel?”]
[Jiang Moqing’s furious shout was almost hoarse, every word coming straight from the depths of her heart. Because before this, she truly had done exactly that. It was someone who broke that balance that led to the situation now.]
[“I…” Lin Que turned his face away. Back then, he really had said it would be best if they never met again. But because of his Dao companion’s request, he still ended up meeting Jiang Moqing once more.]
[But… could this really be blamed on her? Wan Yuan knew nothing. Because he had never told her in detail about his past, she had felt at ease letting him come into contact with Jiang Moqing, and that was how… today’s situation came to be.]
Paragraph after paragraph of these words being transmitted felt like dagger after dagger stabbing deeply into Qin Wanyuan’s heart. She bit her lip, and after a long while, she finally murmured to herself:
“Lin Lang… even when things have come to this, you’re still blaming yourself… I’m sorry. Actually, I knew…”
Through the Shared Dream Talisman, Qin Wanyuan had already learned about the past between Jiang Moqing and Lin Que. Yet she still had no choice but to push Lin Que back toward the abyss that had once swallowed him whole.
Because if she did not do this, Lin Que would die. The system had once said that without its help, even if Lin Que could luckily survive the calamity two years later, he would still die in some other disaster.
This was the measure of fate itself. Unless one possessed the power to break destiny.
And the system was the only choice available to her, weak as she was.
But who could truly be blamed for such a result? Qin Wanyuan knew clearly that neither Lin Que nor Jiang Moqing was the mastermind…
The one pushing all of this forward was the system, and also herself, unwilling to accept Lin Que’s death and determined to break fate.
“So this is fine… Let all the blame fall on me. As long as… as long as Lin Lang can live, that’s enough.”
Qin Wanyuan bit through her lip, thin threads of blood flowing out, yet she did not notice at all. She simply kept her eyes open, staring at the system’s text broadcast, and continued watching.
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