Chapter 15: Listening
You fall in love with someone, not because of the way he looks, the clothes he wears, or his location. You fall in love with someone because in a moment of vulnerability, he listens to the song that sings from the bottom of your heart.
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Janeway sat on the railing for half the night and became ill the next day. At first, it was not serious, like a symptom of a cold, she ate some things indiscriminately and fell asleep, just thinking about sweating profusely.
Lying groggy until the night, I only felt that my throat was dry and seemed to be burning, and I called up twice, no one answered, she wanted to get up, but the whole body was hot and hot, and it was soft and had no strength. The maids didn't know where to run, and they couldn't see any of them.
I don't know how long it took, I started to get chills again, the quilt on my body was as thin as if there was no cotton, the room without lights was dark, Jane Wei was dumbfounded, she didn't have the strength to scold, she just barely held on, and told herself over and over again that it would be good if it was dawn, and it would be good if it was dawn.
In her sleep, she vaguely felt that someone was touching her forehead, she opened her eyes and saw that it was Wan Yanyong, and her heart seemed to have an instant reliance. I don't know what the hypocrisy is, tears flow, and the sick person seems to be particularly vulnerable.
Wan Yanyong helped her up and fed her some hot water to drink, she drank it in a big gulp, tears slowly flowed down her cheeks into the bowl, only to feel that the water was also astringent, like the taste of orange peel.
After listening to Yan Yong, he said, "I see that you didn't come to dinner." Fang just called outside the door for a long time and no one answered, so I came over to take a look. Your forehead is a little hot, like a fever. There are still two hours to go, and when the time comes, I'll call someone to find a doctor to show you. ”
She felt better, and had the strength to return the favor: "It's not like, it's just a fever, those girls are dead, and none of them are gone." ”
Wan Yanyong hesitated, but still told her the truth: "Everyone in the Wu Mansion has been imprisoned.
"Huh? Why! “
"Wu De's third wife, Meng Huiqing, who doted on him, communicated with the Song people and delivered the news, and has been executed on the spot."
She shuddered and couldn't help but clutch onto the quilt.
Wan Yanyong took the empty cup in her hand, and under the tentacles, she found that her hands were so cold, and couldn't help asking, "Why is it so cold?" Like a cat without claws, Janeway whispered, "I'm a little scared." ”
Yesterday, I was still smiling and smiling, courteous to each other, and today I made a ghost under the knife. Here, the waves are treacherous, changes occur overnight, and human life is cheap.
She was terrified, death reminding her that she couldn't control everything here. Just like Wan Yan Yong, he has always been gentle, distant, and impenetrable, like a piece of ground glass. It seems that his kindness can be felt. But every time she came closer, he hurried back.
He never said much, he seemed to be smiling all the time, and behind his smile was a careless rejection.
Until the afternoon of Suge's day, he looked so far away that he couldn't see his expression clearly, but at that moment, she felt that he was so close to her. Let her think that her performance was a complete success, and turn all beings upside down. But when he came out of the backyard, she was standing by the railing, and he didn't even look at it.
Wanyanyong's breath is like the sunshine of early summer, warm, not dazzling, but it cannot be mastered.
In silence, he spoke: "That day, you made that gesture in front of the fourth uncle Wang, although it was not your intention, but Uncle Wang was interested in you. Wan Yanliang has always been domineering, even though he brought you to the Five Kingdoms City, he didn't think that your situation would be even more difficult in the future. ”
Janeway said, "I just wanted a chance to escape. ”
Wan Yanyong said: "You are a weak woman, where can you escape? The territory of Dajin is thousands of miles, even if you go out of Beijing, thousands of mountains and rivers, can you return to the Southern Song Dynasty? Even if you go back to the Southern Song Dynasty, what will they think of you to a woman who fled back from the Jin Kingdom, your countrymen? ”
Janeway's heart gradually cooled, and she said, "You're here to be a lobbyist?" Did Wan Yanliang ask you to come? ”
Wan Yanyong did not speak.
He was silent.
It was as if there were countless falling geese fluttering by, and the silence was a strange affirmation.
In the dark, Jian Wei asked, "The fourth prince, is he a good place to go?" ”
He replied, "I don't know." ”
She heard his faint sigh. I felt sad for a while, for Wan Yanliang, I used to naively think that he liked him and cared about himself. I thought I was charming, but I didn't know that in this troubled world, beauty was also cheap, and the Jin people exchanged horses with Xixia, and ten young women only got a horse.
The woman's vanity made her can't help but annoy Yan Liang, if he let go of himself so easily, why pretend to be a cow and take him away that day. What is it?
For Wan Yanyong, although there were those vague moments, she thought he liked herself, she thought she liked him. But he never gave her hope, and she was not disappointed in him.
He changed the cup and fed her some water, and said, "If you follow the prince, you will have the opportunity to join the army, so if you are closer to the Song Kingdom, there will be a chance." ”
Janeway's heart moved, and she asked, "What chance?" ”
Wan Yanyong has always been gentle: "Take a look at the opportunity of your homeland, look at the opportunity of your hometown and compatriots." ”
Janeway smiled wryly: "Aren't my compatriots right here?" ”
She felt so tired that she leaned on his shoulder. His shoulders are broad and warm.
She remembered that Sejong lost his father at a very young age and was raised by his mother, and the relationship between mother and child was very deep.
He was silent, like a statue in the darkness.
Her voice seemed to come from afar: "My father died when I was very young, and my mother was very strict. She had a deep affection for my father, so she put all the pressure on me. She always forced me to read from morning till night. At that time, I was young and playful, and I hated her very much, so I thought of ways to go against her. I had a very naughty boy in my neighborhood, and he liked me and used to call me by name under my window. My mother, angry, chased him and beat him, and went to their house to make a big noise. Although I was scared at that time, I was a little happy to see my mother so angry. One day, I deliberately went out to dinner with the boy and came back to see my mother standing at the door of the alley looking at us with red eyes. I don't know what was going on in my head, but suddenly I kissed the boy, and my mother was so mad that she was like an angry lion, and she pounced on me and slapped me and slapped me again. When the boy saw this, he pushed my mother. The mother was very thin, and when she was pushed by the boy, she fell to the ground. ”
Janeway said this, as if she had returned to that scene, and her body trembled slightly: "I stood there like a fool." The boy was going to push my mother, and all I felt was a slap in the face of the boy like crazy. They were all stunned. My mother sat on the floor for a long time, and then she got up and turned and went home. I will remember her back for the rest of my life. ”
She repeated: "I remember for the rest of my life, the way she shivered and turned around, the dust on her body, her messy sideburns, the way she looked at me, and at that time I knew in my heart that in this life, no one could replace her place in my heart." ”
"Later, she was going to get married, and she found someone who loved her very much, but I was not by her side at the most important wedding moment."
Janeway's tears flowed silently. She didn't lie, these were all stories that she Janeway had lived and suffered, and she only hoped to impress him.
In the darkness, the warm shoulders gave her a lot of strength, and the sickness and weakness seemed to drain her strength. She instinctively wanted to grab him, like grasping at a life-saving straw.
She said: "I'm not Zhao Yun. Zhao Ji is not my father. I'm just an ordinary woman, I was forced to marry instead of Zhao Yun back then, I'm not the emperor. She couldn't tell her identity in detail, and she didn't want to lie to him that she was Lin Yinshu, so she had to say so.
She asked him, almost pleadingly, "Can you help me?" I don't want to be given to the Golden Vulture. ”
Wan Yanyong was still silent. Janeway waited for a long time, and he didn't speak.
After talking so much, she finally felt exhausted, so she slowly propped herself up, slowly lay back, and said tiredly: "I want to sleep, general, please go back." ”
She said to herself in her heart that these words were a combination of the story of herself and Lin Yinshu, and generally speaking, it was not a lie. Subconsciously, she didn't want him to feel like she was using him and begging him, even though she was.
Wan Yanyong was still sitting there, and the warmth in his arms gradually dissipated, like a dream.