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That night, Su Peijiu indeed waited for Qi Mo.
"Were you waiting for me?" The man walked in under the moonlight, his voice as melodious as a jade pearl falling onto a plate. Dressed in dark clothing, he exuded the demeanor of a noble young master. Su Peijiu bit on her bamboo candy and hummed, "Didn’t you ask me to wait for you?"
Seeing this, Qi Mo chuckled lightly and reached out to pat her head but was dodged. He looked puzzled. "What’s wrong?"
Su Peijiu turned around in front of the house, popped all the bamboo candy into her mouth, licked her lips, and rolled her dark eyes a few times, staring at Qi Mo intently.
"Why were you at the back mountain that day?" She had specifically asked Master Duannian about it; aside from the blood pool having some value, there was nothing there that someone like him would be interested in. So why would someone like him appear at the back mountain for no reason?
Qi Mo withdrew his hand and casually leaned against the edge of the table. Since it was a nunnery, the guest room was quite simple; there was only a couch and a table with chairs inside.
"What do you think the reason is?"
Su Peijiu frowned. "Isn't that question for me to ask you?"
"Want to know?"
Su Peijiu remained silent, just looking at him, so Qi Mo shrugged. "I appeared at the back mountain because a master told me that if I went there at that time, I would meet the girl destined for me. I didn’t believe it at first, but my family pressured me so much that I came to take a look... Luckily I did." His gaze softened as he looked over at her. "The moment I met you, I felt grateful to have listened to the master; otherwise... how regretful it would have been to miss you."
Su Peijiu cleared her throat and looked away. "You’re really strange."
Qi Mo smiled and leaned forward, narrowing his peach blossom eyes as he carefully examined her face. "You should be."
"What are you doing?" She took a step back, her hands awkwardly intertwined.
Qi Mo pressed both hands on her shoulders, his eyes intensely focused on hers, his tone serious: "Should it be or should it not?"
All she could see were those Water Eyes darting around, avoiding his gaze, her red lips slightly pouting: "What if it should? What if it shouldn't?"
"A man and a woman alone in a room, what do you think?" As soon as he finished speaking, he saw her suddenly push him away, covering her chest with both hands, her Water Eyes wide open, clearly indicating that she wanted to escape.
"Look at you getting all nervous." Qi Mo smiled like a spring breeze, standing up straight and returning to a lazy demeanor. "You clearly still have feelings for me; you're just not being honest."
"How could I have feelings for you?" Su Peijiu hurriedly retorted.
Qi Mo glanced at her lightly: "If you didn't have feelings for me, then why are you here right now?"
Su Peijiu was instantly rendered speechless.
"As for your feelings for me, I have tacitly accepted them." With that, he gracefully disappeared from the spot. Su Peijiu covered her forehead, slightly opening her mouth, her Water Eyes filled with shock.
Just now... did that person seem to kiss her?
What Qi Mo didn't know was that on the night he left, Matang Mountain was hit by a torrential rainstorm, trapping everyone at the Nunnery on the mountain. Moreover, with the soil eroding, there was a constant danger of being crushed by large rocks from above.
"Master, what should we do? If the rocks on the mountain are washed down by the water, we might be in danger."
Master clasped his hands together: "Amitabha, we can only leave it to fate."
The crowd stood pale-faced under the corridor, watching the heavy rain outside with fear in their eyes. After all, they were just young children; when faced with threats to their lives, they were torn between trusting Buddha and feeling afraid.
The Nun was already crying while holding her senior brother, and Su Peijiu, along with Hua Qian, stood in the corridor with complex expressions, watching the rocks on the mountain that seemed about to fall, feeling a sense of panic in their hearts.
"What should we do now, Master?" Hua Qian tugged at Su Peijiu's sleeve.
Su Peijiu grasped her hand and sighed slightly, "We can only follow what Master said and leave it to fate." At that moment, a figure flashed through her mind.
At this time, Master Duannian stepped out from the crowd and said to Master, "Master, there is a secret passage at the back mountain that leads directly down. Instead of being trapped here, we should take the initiative to survive."
Master glanced at Master Duannian, then recited a prayer before looking at everyone: "Let's follow Duannian to the back mountain."
Master Duannian calmly opened an umbrella for Master and walked toward the back mountain, with people behind them helping each other as they went.
Hua Qian held Su Peijiu's hand tightly as they walked at the back of the crowd under the umbrella. Once everyone had left the temple and had just climbed halfway up the back mountain, they heard a loud rumble. The stones from the top of the mountain crashed down toward the temple, and in an instant, everything turned to ruins in this storm.
Everyone was terrified by what they saw, drenched in cold sweat. If they had hesitated for just one more second, they might have lost their lives. Thus, the Nuns began to chant prayers, thanking Buddha for their protection.
Hua Qian tightly held Su Peijiu's hand, preventing her from looking back. With a pale face, she climbed upward, using branches on the ground to steady herself and prevent slipping. "Master, we can only climb up now. Once we reach a safe place, we will signal for someone from Nan Xie Tower to come and rescue us."
Su Peijiu also had a pale face; she responded with a soft "mm" and fell silent.
During this time, there were countless moments when Nuns nearly fell but were caught by others. Su Peijiu stood at the back and saw everything clearly, feeling deeply moved; in such a disaster, the beauty of humanity was truly precious.
After much effort, Master Duannian at the front announced that they had found a cave, and everyone burst into tears of joy.
Su Peijiu also breathed a sigh of relief; once they entered the cave, they wouldn't have to be so afraid anymore. However, they overlooked one problem: low-lying areas would accumulate water. The area outside the cave was still manageable, but it had already turned into a pool of water that was impossible to enter.
When everyone finally reached the mountaintop and stood in the hollow of the cliff, they discovered the despairing news. They were all young girls, around seventeen or eighteen years old, who had just narrowly escaped death. Now, faced with this situation, tears had long been welling in their eyes.
Duan Nian grasped the prayer beads and spoke, "We can't go back to the temple; we can only wait here for rescue from outside." Fortunately, there was a rock that could provide shelter from the rain, but the mountain wind was cold and the air damp. Without having eaten, they couldn't stay there for long in such hunger and cold.
However, there was no other choice now but to huddle together for warmth. At this moment, Hua Qian took out some pills from her bosom and distributed them one by one, saying, "These pills should help us hold on for a while." The group of Nuns expressed their gratitude.
Su Peijiu went outside with Fire Tongue to signal for help. As she pulled the string, she felt a familiar sensation, but it flickered away before she could grasp it.
Red Smoke shot up into the sky, catching the attention of Ji Yu below. He immediately tossed aside his umbrella and rushed up the mountain. The red signal was the highest Distress Signal from Nan Xie Tower, not easily released. Could something have happened to his junior sister?
Besides those from Nan Xie Tower, several others also saw the signal, including Qi Mo, who had just come down from the mountain a few hours earlier. He frowned as he looked towards Matang Mountain. Qi Che stood beside him and said, "That's the highest Distress Signal from Nan Xie Tower. Someone must be in trouble."
Qi Mo's expression changed as he prepared to run outside, but Qi Che grabbed him. "Are you trying to get yourself killed? You’re injured all over; you can't just rush out into the rain like this!"
"Something has happened to her; it must have!" Qi Mo murmured these two sentences and broke free from Qi Che's grip. Seeing him escape, Qi Che quickly stepped in front of him and said, "I'll go; you stay here. Your injuries will only hinder you."
"Your lightness skill is not as good as mine." There was no room for negotiation. "Besides, it's her we're talking about. If I don't go, how heartbroken will she be?"
"Fourth Brother!" Qi Che shouted desperately at him. Looking at him, Qi Mo merely pressed his lips together. "I have to go!"
"Qi Mo—! Do you even realize how badly you're hurt? You rushed over from there without stopping and now you're going back up in the rain! Do you know you already have a low fever? If your wounds get infected again and you develop a high fever, even if Hua Tuo were alive, he wouldn't be able to save you! If you want to die, I won't stop you, but what about your brothers behind you? What about those brothers from Crimson Gate who have followed you through blood and storm for over a decade? Are you willing to abandon them for a woman?! Are you sure you want to do this?!"
After shouting these words in desperation, with red-rimmed eyes, Qi Che looked at him. Qi Mo simply stared back at him for a moment before pushing him aside and uttering a sentence that made Qi Che feel utterly defeated.
"She is my life..."
It turned out that he had been living in his heart for so long, and it had already reached the level of coexisting with death. It turned out that all his previous indifference was actually concern...
Qi Che looked at the shadow rushing into the rain without hesitation, gritted his teeth and followed. After all, it was his Fourth Brother, and he couldn't just watch him go to his death.
If Su Peijiu ever wronged his Fourth Brother in the future, he would definitely not spare her! In this world, there are fools who can love someone with their life and lifespan, and besides Qi Mo and Qi Yuchen, there is no one else!
And in this world, the only woman who could be loved by someone with their life and lifespan, besides that crazy woman Qin Ge, is no one else!
How many men in this world love someone as crazily as Qi Yuchen does?
Some things are covered by the passage of time, but that doesn't mean they don't exist. He clearly remembers that during The Fall of the Great Yan, that man walked out of the secret room holding the blood-soaked body of a delicate woman. The heavy snow covered them in frost, but he didn't care at all, leaving a trail of blood flowers in the snow with each step...
There is a beautiful legend that if a pair of lovers embrace while walking through heavy snow, they will grow old together. But at that moment, their old age was merely one person's farewell to another.
Qin Ge's death was a huge blow to him. Have you ever seen what a person looks like at the very last moment when all their struggles have come to nothing? Have you seen that person realize in their final moments that everything they fought for has turned to dust?
I believe you wouldn't want to see it... It was devastating. For an entire year, he had been drifting outside. He knew that his foolish Fourth Brother was chasing after a shattered soul, thinking it would end without incident. But after a year, he unexpectedly returned!
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