Chapter Nineteen: Heartbroken
Ji Qingnian remembered that Mingyin told him the last time that his house should be located nearby, but she didn't know which one it was, so she wandered on the street for a long time.
As soon as Qin Nanling left the house, he saw Ji Qingnian. Seeing that she seemed to be looking for something, he was hesitating whether to come forward to help, Ji Qingnian took the initiative to walk in front of Qin Nanling.
"Well, this handsome guy, do you know that there is a hunting man living nearby. He is very tall and named Mingyin."
Qin Nanling was a little nervous, cleared his throat and replied, "Mingyin went up the mountain to hunt early in the morning."
"Hunting? Isn't the injury on his hand healing yet?"
This man is really good. Before the injury on his arm has recovered, he went hunting again. If he gets infected with the wound, it will take a long time to recover.
Qin Nanling saw Ji Qingnian's concerns, so he explained the situation to her, "Ming Yin only went out to catch some smaller animals in the morning. He will not be catching tigers for the time being, so Miss Ji doesn't have to worry."
When Ji Qingnian heard her call herself Miss Ji knew that he knew him, "You know me."
Qin Nanling nodded.
When Qin Nanling said he knew him, Ji Qingnian was happy, "What's your name?"
Qin Nanling was a little flattered. He liked Ji Qingnian for a long time, but he had never spoken to her. Now Ji Qingnian took the initiative to ask about his name, which really made him feel a little overwhelmed.
"My name is Qin Nanling, and I am friends with Mingyin."
Ji Qingnian was relieved to know that they were friends, "Then I will call you Nanling. Do you know when Mingyin will come back?"
Qin Nanling replied: "Mingyin will come back before lunch every day. If Miss Ji doesn't dislike it, why not wait at my house for a while."
Ji Qingnian thought about it, "Yes, that's fine."
As soon as she entered the yard, Ji Qingnian saw a small piece of peony flowers, which reminded her of Li Bai's poem, "Explanation of the infinite hatred of the spring breeze, and the northern chair railing of the agarwood pavilion."
This made Qin Nanling even more admiring Ji Qingnian: Miss Ji couldn't help but be as beautiful as a flower and so talented, it really makes people like it.
Ji Qingnian was already beautiful and charming, but now she is even more dazzling and charming under these peonies. This kind of Ji Qingnian made Qin Nanling unable to see her eyes.
Seeing that the courtyard was so pure, Ji Qingnian asked Qin Nanling, "It's so quiet here. Are you the only one living?"
"Well, I'm the only one in the family, and my parents died when I was very young."
When Ji Qingnian heard Qin Nanling say this, he felt that he had asked something he shouldn't have asked, so he quickly explained, "I'm sorry, Nanling, I don't know."
Qin Nanling smiled indifferently, "Miss Ji is fine, it's been a long time ago, and I'm used to it. Besides, Mingyin and I have the same illness and have been relying on each other since I was a child, so I don't feel lonely."
Ji Qingnian never knew that Mingyin was like herself, and she had always been helpless and could understand the man's feelings of loneliness.
"Aling"
This is Mingyin's voice, it seems that he has returned from hunting.
Mingyin saw Ji Qingnian as soon as he entered the door. He was very happy, but also surprised why Ji Qingnian was here in Qinnanling.
"Miss Ji, why are you here?"
Qin Nanling may be afraid that Ming Yin would misunderstand, so he quickly explained, "Miss Ji is here to find you. You went to hunt and didn't come back. I'll ask Miss Ji to come to me and wait for you. That, I'll go to the pharmacy, so I'll leave first."
After Qin Nanling said that, he left hurriedly, as if he was escaping from something.
Ji Qingnian looked at Mingyin with joy, longing and some heartache mixed with it. She had nothing to say for a moment and just looked at this man in a steady state.
Mingyin didn't know what was wrong with Ji Qingnian and why he looked at him like this.
"Miss Ji, you."
Before Mingyin could finish his words, Ji Qingnian rushed over and beat Mingyin's chest while blaming him for asking him to go out to hunt. He went out to hunt before he recovered, did he think the injury was not serious enough, right?"
Mingyin grabbed Ji Qingnian's wrist and asked Ji Qingnian with some uncertainty, Miss Ji, are you worried about me?"
Ji Qingnian's face turned red when Ming Yin said, "Who is worried about you? I, I'm afraid you will be bitten to death by a tiger."
Mingyin knew that Ji Qingnian didn't want to admit it, nor did he say it out loud. He just pulled Ji Qingnian over and wrapped her in his arms.
"I know you are worried about me, I'm very happy. It turns out that someone cares about me, Nian'er."
Ji Qingnian was heard by Mingyin's Nian'er Su. His hand slowly wrapped around Mingyin's waist, buried his face in the man's arms, and said in a muffled voice: "Who is allowed to call me Nian'er, don't call me!"
Mingyin smiled docilely and slowly stroked Ji Qingnian's head with his warm big hand, "Nian'er, in fact, since I woke up that day, I fell in love with you. No matter what I do, you will appear in my mind. I think of you and I will almost go crazy, but I dare not see you. I am afraid that after I see you, I will not want to let you go."
Ji Qingnian was very surprised. She didn't know that this man liked her so much. Ji Qingnian didn't know whether she should believe what Mingyin said so easily. She was very scared. She was afraid that after she handed over her heart, she would be a deception.
She once had a relationship, and that person said so, saying that he loved Ji Qingnian very much, so much that he could do anything for her, or even die, but in the end, wasn't he still in love with other women?
So she doesn't want to love and dares not love anymore, she is afraid.
Ji Qingnian suddenly broke free from Mingyin's arms, and the shy expression just now disappeared on his face. His eyes were calm. He said to Mingyin lightly: "I'm sorry, I don't like it, I'll be afraid."
What she was afraid of was that she would give her sincerity to Mingyin easily.
Mingyin was at a loss, with indescribable panic in his eyes. It was the first time he saw Ji Qingnian like this. Mingyin was a little scared and begged in a trembling voice, "Nian'er, Nian'er, don't do this. If you don't like me like this, I can change it. Really, I can change it. I promise that I will never say such things again in the future, okay?"
Ji Qingnian saw the fear and sadness in Mingyin's eyes, but she chose to turn a blind eye. Ji Qingnian's voice remained cold, "No matter what you become, I won't like you. Mingyin, don't change anything for me."
After saying that, Ji Qingnian turned around and left. Therefore, she did not see the heartbrokenness in Ming Yin's eyes, nor did she feel that the tears in her eyes had already passed through her cheeks and dripped on the ground and disappeared.
Chapter completed!