The wood-colored carriage galloped along the smooth loess road in the woods, and the chestnut horses pulling the cart were strong and tall, their hooves kicking up dust and being slapped off by the gleaning tails of the horses. Sunlight peeks through thick cumulonimbus clouds and cuts through the mist, outlining the majestic silhouette of Fernand Manor. The black cast-iron gate creaked open, and the carriage made its way through the lawn garden, around the fountain, and steadied itself in front of the high porch. The well-trained male servants were already waiting on both sides of the stairs, and when the ladder was lowered, he climbed the stairs and looked up to see Lin Wanjing running towards him from the platform at the top of the stairs, her blue-gray skirt swaying with her figure, like the waves of the in Portsmouth Harbour. He stretched out his hand to greet her, and the luggage fell to the ground, and the sound of "poof" was clear as if it was in his ears.

But at the moment when she threw herself into his arms, the wind and sand suddenly rose, rolling up the yellow leaves to blind his eyes, and when he could see clearly, there was only a yellowed brown paper left in his hand, a red-bellied robin hovered above his head, and there was blood on its wings, so it was unable to circle, and he couldn't reach out to pick it up, but it had flapped its wings and flew away, a few meters away in front of him, I don't know when a man's figure appeared, and the robin was flying towards him, landing on his shoulder without hesitation, and put the hairy head against the man's cheek, Don't look at him anymore.

"Come back......" His call was clearly in his throat, but he heard it so clearly: "I ask you, come back!" ”

Perhaps hearing his shout, the robin opened his eyes, his clear eyes were filled with sadness, his short beak opened slightly, and he heard Lin Wanjing's voice:

"But you gave up on me first."

Awakened. Sweated.

The books at hand were scattered all over the place.

Probably too tired, obviously sorting out the cases, who knew that he would fall asleep on the coffee table in the ward like this. He raised his hand and moved his sore arm that was crushed, but he caught a glimpse of a weak figure kneeling on the stall, picking up the scattered pages one by one, he couldn't help but be startled, and couldn't care about the same numb legs, staggered to her side, and couldn't help but help her up:

"You should have a good rest, you don't have to do these things."

Li Lingrui's tone was stern because of his anxiety, but Lin Wanjing didn't care, and said with a smile: "Where is it as serious as you say, I can't always lie on the bed." ”

But she couldn't resist Li Lingrui's persistence, so she had to be obediently supported by him and sent back to the hospital bed, and then watched him hurriedly pile all kinds of books and cases back on the table, and then brought warm water back to her.

It turned out to be just a dream.

Thankfully, it's just a dream.

But when he took the empty water glass, sent her arm back to the quilt, and his eyes touched the gold-inlaid blood jade bracelet on her wrist, the sweat that had just wet her clothes was cold at the moment, with a faint chill - where was it just a dream? It was the freshness of the picture that he thought he could hide from the world and the sea, forcing her scarred and hasty escape. And this is not just forcing her to escape, it is simply an exile, he personally banished her out of his world, and never to return, leaving him with only infinite regret and sighs.

It's all his fault—

Otherwise, she wouldn't have left in a hurry, and wouldn't even give him a chance to keep it;

Otherwise, she would not have been sick and sick, and she would not have been tortured by inexplicable pain to become what she is now;

Of course, it is even more impossible for her to meet Liu Jin, and the moth to the fire sinks into the insignificant preference he gives!

Isn't that trivial? To him, she was nothing more than a strange import, a colonist with privileges, and when he got tired of it, and had used it enough, he would eventually abandon her like a worn-out doll.

He didn't dare to think about it anymore, and raised his hand to hammer his eyebrows, trying to dispel the chaos of emotions in his mind, but she was right in front of her, and every pinhole on her body seemed to torture his soul, and the more he struggled, the deeper he sank into self-blame.

Seeing that he was distracted, Lin Wanjing called him softly, he woke up and laughed far-fetched.

"What's wrong with you?" She asked, and without waiting for him to answer, she said to herself, "Yes, you must be too tired, so I said you should go back and rest......"

"No, I'm not tired." Li Lingrui clenched her almost bloodless hand in her palm, choked in her throat, and only opened her mouth for a long time before calling her name: "Wanjing, I want to say ......"

But as soon as the words came out, he hesitated again, and suddenly remembered the scene he saw at the staircase when he went to lunch-probably because Liu Jin came back, the stairwell leading to Lin Wanjing's ward was three steps and one post, five steps and one sentry, like an idler not approaching, so at the staircase, he saw a scene of Lu Canghan arguing with a woman, the woman was wearing a fancy cheongsam, behaved perversely, and her words were vulgar, and the slim-cut cheongsam highlighted her slightly bulging lower abdomen to the fullest. But even though she was saying all kinds of unpleasant words with her teeth and claws, Lu Canghan was still obedient to him and persuaded him with good words.

"You said the young marshal didn't come back? So where did these soldiers come from? It wasn't like this yesterday! Does that little slut live up here?! ”

"Grandma, don't make trouble, okay?"

"Am I making trouble? Where am I making trouble! I am pregnant with the flesh and blood of the young marshal in my belly, but I can't even hang a number here! That little slut lives alone on a whole floor! Why! ”

"She's sick and ...... sick"

"What about being sick?! If you want me to say, you deserve it! It's good to die like that! It's better to be a dead disease that no one buries it, let her seduce and seduce other people's men! ”

She didn't mention Lin Wanjing a word, but every word was cursing the people living in the upstairs ward, Li Lingrui couldn't listen to it anymore, and stopped her: "Enough, this is the hospital!" Go wild and go somewhere else! ”

This silence finally stopped this chaotic scene, and probably finally helped Lu Canghan vent the emotions he had endured for a long time, so Li Lingrui received a heartfelt grateful look from him.

"Yes, this is a hospital, it's really not suitable for such a fuss. Besides, it's not good for you or your children to make a fuss like this. Obedient, let's find a place to rest and wait for the young marshal to come back, okay? ”

To put it mildly, the woman who scolded the street finally followed Lu Canghan with half a push and half a half, and before leaving, Lu Canghan also looked at him deeply while apologizing and thanking him - Lu Canghan guessed that he was about just one, that's all. But he didn't dare to guess Lu Canghan's identity, there were three young masters in the Liu Mansion, and he silently prayed that the young marshal in Lu Canghan's mouth would not be Liu Jin.

The knock on the door sounded, ending Li Lingrui's memories of that scene, and when he woke up, he met Lin Wanjing's concerned eyes:

"What do you want to tell me?"

Li Lingrui choked in his throat, and when the words came to his mouth, he heard the knock on the door again, so he was replaced with "I'll open the door first, and wait." ”

Standing outside the door was the man he "saved" at noon.

What should come will come after all, especially the last thing you want to happen.

"Hello, I'm Lu Canghan, Admiral of Luzhou Coastal Defense." Lu Canghan said this, lifted the food box in his hand and shook it.

Li Lingrui realized that he was out of consciousness, but he was really not in the mood to exchange gifts with Lu Canghan, so he sighed and said, "Come in." Without waiting for him to enter, he returned to the bedside.

Lu Canghan didn't pay attention to it, followed him into the door, and opened the food box on the small table next to the bed, all of which were the most common styles of Lin Wanjing on the menu of Yunlu Hotel, and also thoughtfully avoided the dishes with heavy tastes, and only chose light ones.

"It's hard work, Admiral Land." Lin Wanjing smiled, "I feel much better today, and I have an appetite for these dishes." ”

"These are all specially ordered for you by the young marshal, if you have an appetite, eat more."

"Wan Jing has just recovered from a serious illness, how did she eat these dishes?" Li Lingrui snorted coldly, Lu Canghan's words sounded so harsh to him, especially after a scene like noon, his young marshal sounded like a trap dug by an old hunter.

Until this moment, Lu Canghan still thought that Li Lingrui was just a doctor, and when he heard him say this, he was stunned and said apologetically: "yes...... So, if you have anything you want to eat and can eat, I'll buy it for you. ”

"Don't bother......"

"Yes, there is no need to trouble you......" Li Lingrui paused deliberately, "There is no need to trouble you to saddle the front and back of the horse so much, if Liu Jin really has the heart, let him come by himself." ”

"Ling Rui, Yun Rou is on a shift in the open sea, and she hasn't come back yet, don't embarrass the land general......"

"Really? Whether he came back or not, don't you know best? Did he not come back, or did he not dare to come back? ”

In the face of Li Lingrui's questioning, Lu Canghan was dumbfounded for a while, Li Lingrui watched the most "exciting" paragraph of the farce at noon, and the words hidden in his current words have a meaning, and every sentence is impossible to refute.

"Okay, Ling Rui, don't you say a few words, what if you don't come back? What about coming back? It was as if he had come, and I would be cured of my illness immediately. If you want me to say, it's better if he doesn't come, you, Canghan, you shouldn't come, you are all people who have something to do, in case my illness is really a 'dead and no one buried', even if it affects you, who can take care of your parents, wives and children, family and country for you? ”

Lin Wanjing just wanted to stop Li Lingrui's deliberate troubles, but she couldn't stop the words, Li Lingrui looked at her, and the grievances and fears of being sick for half a month seemed to be vented out, and she said it in her weak voice, which was even more heartbreaking, so he couldn't help but feel distressed, regretting the tricky words he had just tried to speak quickly. Thinking about her words again, she realized that she knew what was happening outside the ward, even if it wasn't clear, she must have guessed that she was struggling on the line of life and death and deliberately didn't face it, but he pushed her who had just picked up a life to the fire pit.

"I'm sorry, Wanjing, I didn't take your feelings into account, I shouldn't have upset you by saying this." He reached out to reassure her, but she dodged.

"Go back, go back, if the intention is here, then I won't eat anything, I won't eat anything!"

Li Lingrui is well versed in Lin Wanjing's personality - although she has a really good temperament, no one can do anything about her temper. So he was most afraid of her losing her temper, and every now and then, he was at a loss and had no choice but to wait silently for her to dissipate herself.

But this time, the wait was not too long:

"I'm just talking to Dr. Zhuang about the condition and asking you to bring food first, why did you get things done like this?"

Li Lingrui turned his head to look at the sound, but saw Liu Jin walking towards the hospital bed with a cloth bag, paused between him and Lu Canghan for a while, handed the cloth bag to Lu Canghan, and then went to the other side of the hospital bed, and reached out to bring the gambling Lin Wanjing to his side:

"I'm back. From now on, I'll be here with you, not going anywhere. Seeing that Lin Wanjing still lowered her head and didn't speak, he simply squatted down, the tingling pain from his chest was in her tearful eyes for a moment, clearly making him have a moment of stagnation of breathing, he raised his hand to cover her haggard cheeks, and comforted her softly: "Look at you, the fever hasn't gone away yet, let's eat something, rest well, and other things, wait until you are well and then think about it, huh?" ”

"What about you?" She asked in a low voice, trembling and uncertain with fear.

"Don't be afraid, I'm here, not going anywhere." He approached her, his forehead pressed against her still-faintly hot forehead, "Look, you're still feverish...... Hurry up and get better, it's April, our wedding is scheduled for May 17th, according to your wishes, there is a white wedding dress, a carriage, you have to be by my side, accept the blessings of the whole city, be the most beautiful bride. ”

On the side, Li Lingrui listened to Liu Jin's words, his heart was bitter, these promises that he had repeated countless times in his heart, and now when they came out of another person's mouth, they felt harsh no matter how they sounded, but he was helpless, he was just an outsider at the moment, so he got up to leave, stood up, and listened to Liu Jin again:

"I just confirmed the situation of this epidemic with Dr. Zhuang, and if I have time, I will ask Mr. Li and Canghan to go together to confirm the general situation of the medicines needed."

"Young marshal, what do you mean...... Pills? Lu Canghan couldn't help but be a little surprised, these medicines were just taken back in case they were needed.

"Hmm. Withstand this wind plague first, and the medicine can be collected again. Liu Jin just replied, but his eyes did not take his eyes off Lin Wanjing for a moment, he stroked her long hair with pity, "Since God didn't take you away, then he wants to give me another chance, how can I pretend to be deaf and dumb and turn a blind eye again?" ”

The second half of the sentence was obviously said to Lin Wanjing, so Li Lingrui and Lu Canghan didn't say anything more and left the ward side by side.