northernbook Chapter 179 Change
Chapter 179 Change
The panicked Gu Yuer ran over hurriedly, her steps quick, and suddenly entered their sight.
When she saw Shen Peiqing, she was obviously stunned, and her eyes, which flashed with eagerness, showed a hint of surprise and confusion.
But soon, the sudden daze disappeared in an instant and was replaced by urgent matters. He no longer cared about Shen Peiqing and looked at Rong Su anxiously.
"Sister Rong, I received a letter from my brother! Come and take a look!"
Hearing this, Rong Su was stunned. It was Gu Yun's letter.
Shen Peiqing was also stunned for a moment, and his eyes involuntarily moved to Rong Su's gentle and beautiful face. Seeing her staring at the letter in a daze, he felt an indescribable sourness flowing and fermenting in his heart.
His eyes dimmed and the corners of his mouth trembled slightly, but he tried hard to maintain a calm appearance.
"It seems that Gu Yun is fine. Look at what he said."
Rong Su glanced at the letter, reached out to take it, and opened it to read it carefully.
Slowly unfolding the letter, line after line of text came into view. When she read the sentence "Don't look for me again", her eyes were first filled with disbelief, and then became relieved.
"It seems that I was the one who hurt him. I am the one who let him down..." Rong Su looked at the letter in her hand and murmured, feeling guilty.
At this time, Shen Peiqing walked over silently, took a look at the contents of the letter, and felt mixed emotions. He wanted to comfort her, but didn't know how to start.
Gu Yuer looked at Rong Su's expression, then saw Shen Peiqing's look, and had a bad feeling. She immediately walked over and took a closer look. After seeing it, her eyes widened.
"How is it possible? Brother likes Sister Rong so much, how could he suddenly change his mind? When did he and Sister Yulan meet?"
After saying that, she looked at Rong Su again. She felt sorry for Rong Su and tried to explain for Gu Yun.
"Sister Rong, there is no way that brother will change his mind. You have to believe in brother, Sister Rong. How could Sister Yulan change his mind?" It was obvious that Gu Yuer became less and less confident as she spoke, and even fell into confusion. She looked at Rong Su with some guilt.
Facing Gu Yuer's excitement, Rong Su seemed calm instead. She did not feel sad because of Gu Yun's change of heart. Perhaps at this moment she saw her own feelings clearly.
She had no feelings for Gu Yun between a man and a woman, only friendship between friends.
"Yu'er, let's end this matter here. Gu Yun has done nothing wrong to me, and you don't have to apologize or feel guilty on his behalf. I've done things that I've wronged him too. In the beginning, I agreed to be with him, and I had selfish motives. I just wanted to understand my feelings through him."
Rong Su didn't want to hide it anymore, nor did she want Gu Yuer to blame herself for this matter, or have any misunderstandings or complaints about Gu Yun.
Gu Yuer looked at her in disbelief, as if everything she had believed in had suddenly collapsed before her eyes, revealing an expression of difficulty in accepting it.
"Sister Rong. What did you say? You, you mean that you don't like your brother?"
"I'm sorry, Yu'er. I've let you down for your kindness in bringing me and Gu Yun together." Rong Su could see Gu Yu'er's inner expectations, but matters of the heart could not be forced no matter what.
Gu Yu'er fell silent, lowered her head, and then a deep depression covered her face. "So that's how it is. Sister Rong, you have nothing to do with me. It was my own self-righteousness that made me think you had feelings for me as well. It seems I was the one who messed up the matchmaking."
Seeing her deep remorse and regret, Rong Suqian sighed: "Yu'er."
Gu Yuer pretended to be strong, pretending nothing had happened, and said with a forced smile, "Okay. You have to quickly forget about this ugly incident of mine. It was so ugly that such a big scandal actually happened. Haha."
"Well, I will forget it. By the way, Yu'er, you can contact Gu Yun, right? I think if I contact him now, he may not want to contact me. I have asked Aku to find a way to heal his leg. There should be news soon." Rong Su remembered that Gu Yun's leg had not been healed yet.
Speaking of this, Gu Yuer understood that Rong Su was caring about her friend, and she would no longer think about self-indulgent things out of her own selfishness.
"That should be possible. Then I would like to thank Sister Rong on behalf of my brother."
Rong Su smiled helplessly: "Why are you being so polite, girl? Besides, Gu Yun's leg was injured because of me. It is my duty to heal him."
Gu Yuer looked at Rong Su quietly, only to see that Rong Su's attitude towards her remained the same as before, without any change.
Although she still felt a little uncomfortable in her heart, she suddenly realized that there was not much point in persisting on this matter. She gently relaxed her frown, raised the corners of her mouth slightly, and gave Rong Su a faint smile. The matter then quietly dissipated in the warmth of spring.
Afterwards, Rong Su asked about Shitou's condition. Gu Yuer said that Shitou was recovering well and there was nothing serious.
After learning about this, Rong Su wrote another prescription and took out a bottle of healing ointment and gave it to Gu Yuer, asking her to give it to Shi Tou.
Gu Yuer was very grateful to her and said thank you several times before leaving.
Shen Peiqing stood quietly by. When he heard Rong Su say in person that she had no feelings for Gu Yun, his heart beat violently several times, as if it was about to jump out of his chest.
The originally dull eyes instantly brightened up a little, and the corners of his mouth unconsciously rose, revealing an imperceptible smile, which was filled with a hint of relief and joy.
His hands were trembling slightly, clenching and unclenching unconsciously. He took a deep breath, trying to calm his excitement. Various possibilities with Rong Su kept emerging in his mind.
He raised his eyes to look at Rong Su, and saw that she lowered her eyes as if thinking about something, and did not notice his expression at the moment. To be honest, he did not want her to see his current face, for fear that she would see him showing such an ugly appearance.
He quickly turned his face away, but he couldn't take his eyes off her, and his heart beat rapidly.
"Oh right. Have you tried the medicinal soup made with the Hundred Sophora Flavescentis?"
Rong Su saw that Shen Peiqing had been standing there without moving, not knowing what he was thinking and not saying anything, so she asked casually.
She suddenly spoke, and his body stiffened suddenly. His ears instantly turned red, and his heart was beating like a deer in panic.
He turned around quickly, his eyes dodging, not daring to look Rong Su in the eye, his cold voice stuttering a little: "Drink...drank."
He clenched his hands nervously, trying to calm his rapid breathing and appear calmer, but his pounding heart betrayed his current mood.
Rong Su looked at him doubtfully, and that inquiring look made Shen Peiqing even more at a loss. There were even some fine beads of sweat on his palms, and he secretly regretted his loss of composure.
"Then hold out your hand."
She stared at Shen Peiqing with some suspicion. Why did this man suddenly become evasive? Was there something wrong with the prescription she wrote?
Upon hearing this, Shen Peiqing subconsciously moved his hands back, but her eyes were so suspicious that he didn't know what to do with his hands.
Seeing that he hadn't extended his hand, Rong Su felt even more that he had something else in mind. Impatiently, she raised her hand and pulled his hand away, saying unhappily, "I'm just taking my pulse. Are you shy?"
She was just joking, but Shen Peiqing suddenly stared at her intently, and a faint blush gradually spread across his handsome face.
She pressed her fingers gently on his pulse and couldn't help but tremble slightly.
She frowned at this man.
Shen Peiqing looked at her with burning eyes, his heart beating faster and faster, and he almost felt his breathing surging out, thinking that she would see through his thoughts.
But the next moment, Rong Su frowned and asked him seriously, "What's wrong with you? Why is your face as red as a cherry?"
Shen Peiqing: ...
His face froze instantly, his excited heart sank, and he forced a smile with the corners of his mouth.
"It must be because the weather is too hot."
Then he cooled his tone and spoke seriously.
"Is it hot?" Rong Su glanced outside. It was obviously cool and comfortable outside, with a cool spring breeze blowing from time to time.
Shen Peiqing calmly withdrew his hand and said expressionlessly: "If everything is fine, I have to go back. I have something else to do."
Seeing him suddenly turn around, Rong Su was distracted for a moment, looking at his profile in confusion, and thought for a moment: "Okay then."
Anyway, there's nothing wrong with his pulse, but why does his attitude change from time to time?
[The side quest to save the villain is complete! ]
[The host's fate trajectory changes]
[Whether to continue with the reader, a mysterious gift will be distributed when the reader is upgraded to level 50]
Shen Peiqing's meridians are healed!
Rong Su's heart, which had been hanging on the edge of the cliff, could finally settle down. She no longer had to worry about her life being held at risk by the reader at any time.
Look at the two options of yes and no, as well as the so-called mystery gift.
Rong Su raised her finger and was about to click No. She didn't want the tasks that the reader gave her from time to time.
But before she could click no.
[Because the host took too long to think, the reader defaulted to the host's option to continue upgrading the reader]
【3...2...1】
【Continue Reading Device Upgrade Plot】
Her hand just stopped in mid-air and trembled slightly. She widened her eyes in surprise and disbelief, and suddenly her anger burst out.
"What do you mean? I clearly wanted to choose no! Reader, I don't want to complete the upgrade mission!"
The reader acted as if she couldn't do anything to it and started to act like a rogue.
[This is because the host did not make a choice in time. Once an option has been selected, it cannot be changed again. If the host wants to change the choice, he needs to exchange the villain's life for it.]
Rong Su looked at the reader in disbelief, wondering how shameless he was to threaten her with Shen Peiqing's life.
"I finally managed to save Shen Peiqing, and you want me to use his life in exchange?"
Her voice almost broke, but she gritted her teeth and managed to keep herself from losing composure.
Obviously, the reader didn't intend to argue with her anymore and started the task directly.
[Because the main quest is that the host needs to reach a happy ending with the male protagonist, the main quest is now changed to help the villain unify the world]
If I remember correctly, the male lead is Shen Fengyu.
When Rong Su thought about how Shen Fengyu had harmed Shen Peiqing many times, she had a very bad impression of him. She didn't want to have a happy ending with him.
He looked at the new main task again, which turned out to be to help Shen Peiqing unify the world.
Discovering a very strange question, she couldn't help but ask, "If this continues, have you messed up the plot of this world? How can there be an ending where the villain unifies the world?"
Rong Su has never read any storybook in her past life or this life, in which the ending is that the villain unifies the world. If that is not a random change, what is it?
[This is a task issued based on the development of the plot. Please do not question the reader's instructions.]
"Haha, how can I not question it? If this goes on, the villain will become the male protagonist." Rong Su was just speechless, so she just complained a little.
However, she didn't mind Shen Peiqing unifying this chaotic and crisis-ridden world, because she seemed to have no doubts about his ability.
【...】
[Host, please do not question the reader. Please complete the reader's upgrade story mission.]
The reader seemed to not know how to refute her question, so he simply gave up and just repeatedly emphasized that she should complete the task.
Rong Su's mouth dropped slightly. In fact, she didn't have to protect Shen Peiqing's life. She could use his life in exchange for her own freedom.
But when she thought about his death, Rong Su couldn't help feeling a little uncomfortable.
"Forget it. Then I'll wait for my mysterious gift. If I'm not satisfied, then I'll..." She stopped talking here, as if she could do nothing about this intangible and untouchable reader.
Suddenly she felt a little unwilling, narrowed her eyes, and thought to herself that now that she had avenged her great hatred, she had plenty of free time and could study whether there was anything that could threaten the reader a little.
[Host, please do not plot against the reader in your mind, as the reader can detect your emotions.]
Rong Su rolled her eyes, ignored the reader, left the room, and planned to go to the study to think carefully about how to help Shen Peiqing.
In fact, she felt that the reader should not be called a reader, it would be better to call it a crow's mouth.
Less than seven days had passed when two major events occurred simultaneously in three continents and one city.
The first thing was that His Royal Highness Crown Prince Xuanyuan Kong was suddenly attacked and died. The Emperor of Dongzhou became seriously ill after losing his son.
Because of the death of the crown prince in Dongzhou, taking advantage of the chaos, the second major event happened immediately. Beizhou joined forces with Zhongzhou to provoke a war against Dongzhou on the grounds that the fifth prince Shen Sulian had been poisoned in Dongzhou.
On the night when Emperor Dongzhou was critically ill, Shen Peiqing was secretly summoned to the Dongzhou Palace.
Dongzhou Palace——
His gray hair was scattered on the pillow, his face was pale and weak, and his half-closed eyes were cloudy, and he didn't know where he was looking.
The breathing sound seemed to be getting weaker and weaker, and each rise and fall was very difficult.
When Shen Peiqing came in, he saw Xuanyuan Yuance looking like he was about to die. When he walked over, the other party stretched out his trembling arms towards him.
He quickly grabbed the trembling, slightly cold and wrinkled hand. Xuanyuan Yuance stared at him, his lips twitching slightly, wanting to say something, but his voice was too shallow and too soft.
Seeing this, Shen Peiqing leaned in to listen, and heard him say, "I'm willing to appoint you as the Regent of Dongzhou. Will you help me assist Ayou?"
As he spoke, Xuanyuan Yuance looked at the eunuch beside him. Next to the eunuch stood a child who looked no more than six years old.
Afterwards, Xuanyuan Yuance whispered a few more words in his ear, and his old hands rested weakly on the edge of the bed, and finally slid down.
In an instant, the room was filled with a heavy smell of death.
Beside the bed, several servants knelt on the ground, sobbing softly, and then the little child began to cry loudly in panic and sadness.