Forced to marry, I picked up a young powerful official

The wound that Wu Shaogang had bandaged immediately began to bleed again, soaking the back of Gu Yichuan's hand with blood, but he did not let go.

Seeing that Wu Shao was about to suffocate, Captain Liu patted Gu Yichuan on the shoulder.

"Mr. Gu, don't dirty your hands. Leave this kind of person to us. We will make him wish he were dead, but he can't live."

Only then did Gu Yichuan let go.

Wu Shao was gasping for breath. He heard the threat in Captain Liu's words and knew that he could not hide it anymore. He pointed at the lotus pond with a trembling hand.

"She...she jumped in."

Captain Liu's eyes became serious, and he quickly ordered, "Go and save them!"

All the people in the yamen and the people brought by the village head to help, all took action, found boats and rafts and went into the water to search for the person.

Gu Yichuang was extremely anxious. He snatched a torch from the bailiff, jumped onto the front boat, and went to look for people alone.

He stuck the torch on the bow of the boat, rowed hard and prayed in his heart.

My lady, you must stay alive!

I still have a lot of things I haven't said to you, and a lot of things I haven't done with you, you must wait for me!

The lotus pond was large and dark, and Gu Yichuang's boat was in it like a firefly in the dark night.

"Nan Kui, Nan Kui!"

He called out his wife's name, praying to hear a response.

However, in the dark lotus pond, nothing could be heard except the chirping of insects.

He paddled forward tirelessly, feeling desperate and helpless.

He had just married her, hadn't had time to treat her well, hadn't had children with her, hadn't expressed his feelings to her yet...

He couldn't lose her, he couldn't!

After an unknown amount of time, the light of the torch gradually dimmed, and Gu Yichuan suddenly felt a huge fear in his heart.

He quickly took off his outer garment and tore it into strips to keep the torches lit.

"Nan Kui, where are you?"

He shouted until his voice became hoarse, but still did not dare to stop.

The night was silent and just when he was about to fall into despair once again, he suddenly heard a few faint knocking sounds not far away.

He held his breath and listened carefully.

It was indeed a knocking sound!

Gu Yichuan hurriedly paddled towards the direction of the sound. When he got closer, he vaguely saw a piece of driftwood floating on the lake, and the figure lying on the driftwood was his wife!

He almost cried with joy. He quickly jumped into the water and carefully carried Shen Nankui onto the boat.

She seemed extremely tired. After getting on the boat, she only opened her eyelids to take a look at Gu Yichuan, then closed her eyes tightly again.

She was cold all over, so Gu Yichuan held her tightly in his arms and warmed her with his body temperature.

"Nan Kui, it's okay, I'll take you home."

He no longer had the strength to paddle back, so he could only hold her and talk to her.

Shen Nankui leaned in his arms, listening to his rapid and powerful heartbeat, and her body gradually relaxed.

Looking at her like this, Gu Yichuan felt like his heart was about to break into pieces.

He felt pain and regret.

"Nan Kui, don't sleep, talk to me, someone will come to see us soon."

Shen Nankui did not respond.

Gu Yichuan touched her face. How come her cheeks, which were cold just now, became hot now?

"Nan Kui, you can't sleep. We will be able to go home soon."

Only when he pressed his face against hers and felt her faint breathing could he calm down a little.

Shen Nankui also wanted to respond to him.

But after floating in the water for two hours, she was completely out of strength.

Suddenly, hot water drops fell on her face, and she heard Gu Yichuan sobbing.

"It's all my fault. I shouldn't have been angry with you. If I had come to pick you up today, perhaps this wouldn't have happened, and you wouldn't have suffered so much..."

"If something happens to you, how can I live..."

Tears as big as beans fell on her forehead, cheeks and lips.

Shen Nankui licked it with his tongue. Hmm, it was salty.

She wanted to say that she didn't blame him. What happened today was an accident. No one expected such a thing to happen. If she was targeted by such a villain, even if it didn't happen today, there was no guarantee that something would not happen tomorrow or the day after tomorrow.

But she didn't have the strength to speak, so she could only listen to Gu Yichuan confessing in her ear.

I thought to myself, this man is actually really nice.

Even if the person he loves is not her, she can spend her life with him just for the sake of responsibility.

In the past, perhaps she was too picky.

Just as I was thinking this, I heard Gu Yichuan murmur, "I was wrong, Nankui, I should have told you directly that day that I liked you. Maybe I fell in love with you at the first sight of you. When I couldn't find you just now, I was really scared, afraid that I would never have the chance to say these words to you again..."

Shen Nankui's originally groggy mind suddenly became clear.

She tried to open her eyes and asked in a hoarse voice: "Gu Yichuan, what did you say?"

The torch had burned out completely, and under the bright moonlight, her eyes sparkled.

Gu Yichuan looked straight into her eyes and said slowly and firmly: "Nan Kui, I'm telling you, I love you, I want to grow old with you, and I will never change my mind."

"really?"

Gu Yichuan pointed his finger to the sky, "If you lie, God will strike you with lightning!"

Shen Nankui was stunned.

"The person in your heart is not Shen Pingwan?"

"of course not!"

"But you admitted what happened between you and her."

Gu Yichuan shook his head. "There is nothing wrong between her and me. Apart from the engagement, we have never done anything wrong. Don't you know all this?"

Shen Nankui asked: "If you don't like her, why do you have her portrait and write such a sentence on it, and even... carry it with you after you get married."

Gu Yichuan was stunned. When did he carry Shen Pingwan's portrait with him?

He smiled bitterly, "Nan Kui, is there some misunderstanding between you and me?"

Shen Nankui also felt very confused and nodded, "I think so."

Gu Yichuan said solemnly, "Then I will go through it all again from the beginning."

After what happened today, he was really scared. If he didn't make some things clear, he would never have the chance to say them again.

From his acquaintance with Shen Pingwan, to Shen Pingwan expressing her feelings, to their engagement and then their marriage, until he married Shen Nankui, he explained everything clearly, even the matter of the portrait, without hiding a single thing.

After listening to this, Shen Nankui finally understood.

"In other words, you asked Song Dong'er to burn the portrait, but she kept it secretly to sow discord between you and me."

"I guess that's it."

After sorting out all of this, Shen Nankui's mind gradually became clear, and a feeling of joy rose from the bottom of his heart, becoming stronger and stronger.

She covered her pounding heart and looked at Gu Yichuan.

"Can you say that again?"

Gu Yichuan understood and looked into her eyes with a smile, "Nan Kui, I love you. Are you willing to stay with me for the rest of my life?"

Shen Nankui looked up and smiled brightly.

"I do, Gu Yichuan, I like you too."

She suddenly stretched out her arms and hugged Gu Yichuan's neck, and Gu Yichuan also hugged her tightly.

The two have been married for so long, but it seems like they have never been so close.

Not the body, but their mind.