Time Travel and Love

Chu Qingmeng stood up and bowed to the woman. "Madam, what happened that day was truly a helpless act. If I hadn't taken action, then the food would have been stolen. How many more days could you have lived? I wanted to save the people of the entire city, not just one family. Madam, please forgive me."

After saying that, he turned around and walked towards the city without paying any attention to the woman's stunned look. Mo Liujin supported her and saw that she had no expression on her face. He was about to speak, but Chu Qingmeng suddenly stopped, his eyes dull and he said blankly, "Ajin, you see, he wanted to kill me, but he was not wrong, because I killed his father, so he was not wrong to want to avenge his father. His father wanted to live and wanted his whole family to live, so he was not wrong to steal food. But I was not wrong to kill his father either. I had to consider the overall situation and save the people of the whole city. For those who wanted to steal food, I had to kill one to warn the hundred in order to calm down those victims. I also wanted to have the best of both worlds, but... you see, this is probably the retribution for me killing his father."

Chu Qingmeng put one hand on her lower abdomen but felt a chill on her face. She raised her hand to touch her face and realized that she had been crying. Crying? It turned out that she still had tears. She laughed bitterly and fell forward.

"Qing Meng!!" Mo Liujin caught her and carried her horizontally back to the county government office.

It was five days later that Chu Qingmeng regained consciousness. The imperial physician had included tranquilizers in the medicines she'd been prescribed. After checking her pulse, the physician discovered that she'd been bottled up in her emotions, causing her blood circulation to become blocked and her heart to become overwhelmed with anger. The combination of fatigue and the miscarriage meant her body would soon collapse if she didn't rest properly. Therefore, tranquilizers were added to her daily medications. The first thing Chu Qingmeng saw upon waking was Mo Liujin, who was standing by her bed, handling official business. She stared at him blankly, then suddenly blurted out, "Mo Liujin, let's separate."

Mo Liujin, who had been enjoying her staring at him, felt his hand tremble when he heard her words, and the entire document was ruined. He said coldly, "Don't even think about it!"

"Mo Liujin~" Chu Qingmeng said jokingly with a hint of laughter in his voice, "Don't you think you're unlucky for me? From the time I met you until now, first I fell off a cliff, then you two brothers accidentally injured me, I fainted so many times I can't even remember, and now I'm lost again... Don't you think this isn't unlucky for me?"

"Qingmeng." Mo Liujin threw down the pen in his hand, walked over a few steps and sat next to Chu Qingmeng. He grabbed her hand and said, "Even if I am unlucky for you, I will never let you leave me again, Qingmeng. I really can't stand the days without you. Will you marry me, please? Please..."

Chu Qingmeng felt the coldness of his hand gripping hers, and she could hear the pleading in his words. But she was afraid. From childhood, men in this feudal dynasty had heard that having three wives and four concubines was commonplace. He was deeply in love with her today, but what about the future? Chu Qingmeng felt that being with him now was enough. If he found someone he liked, she could just walk away at any time, and the world would be her home. But if she married him, she would be bound to the harem for life, no longer free to explore the vast world.

"Ajin," Chu Qingmeng said calmly, "Isn't it good for us to be like this now? How is it any different from being married? It's just that if someone finds out, I'll have to bear some bad reputation."

Mo Liujin's eyes were filled with grief, and he stared into Chu Qingmeng's eyes with a trembling voice, "Qingmeng, what's wrong with me? Why have you been resisting marrying me? My mother won't say such harsh words to you again. Ever since she saw how I look without you, she won't stand in our way again. Father and mother also told her that when I returned to Zhu County, she had already built a Buddhist temple in her yard and vowed never to leave the temple again."

Chu Qingmeng couldn't bear to look at Mo Liujin's eyes anymore, so she turned around and closed her eyes. She didn't want to answer this question anymore. She had an ostrich mentality, hiding when she could and escaping when she could, just like she buried the pain of losing her son deep in her heart. She had buried too much pain in her heart, and she didn't want to have any more.

Seeing her avoid his gaze, Mo Liujin felt even more heartbroken. He took off his shoes and got on the bed. He lay down behind Chu Qingmeng and hugged her tightly. He took a deep breath and coaxed her softly, "Qingmeng, I will wait for you until the day you are willing to marry me."

Chu Qingmeng's eyes fell tightly shut, and a tear fell on Mo Liujin's arm. Mo Liujin's heart tightened and he was about to ask her what was wrong, but the sound of cold wind came from outside the house. Chu Qingmeng closed her eyes and said, "Go ahead. Business is more important."

Mo Liujin stood up and said, "I'll be back soon. Don't wander around. The imperial physician has told you to rest well, otherwise you'll hurt yourself."

"Yeah." Chu Qingmeng answered with her eyes closed, but her voice was nasal. When she heard Mo Liujin go out and close the door, Chu Qingmeng finally couldn't help it and tears kept flowing down her face. She cried for herself, for the child who was never born, and for Mo Liujin's promise. She didn't know how long she cried before she fell asleep again in a daze.