Resisting the Wind and Splendor

After the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, they boarded the painted boat.

Chu Yueli pulled Yu Fei to enjoy the scenery on the deck, while Lu Yunfei was instructed to stay behind to take care of Qin Muxue.

In fact, Lu Yunfei was quite embarrassed, because he had never been alone with Qin Muxue before.

Men and women should not touch each other, but Qin Muxue was so weak that she could not even sit up steadily. In the end, she leaned on Lu Yunfei's arm.

"Actually... I know this bag of chestnuts... wasn't meant for me." Qin Muxue's smile was bleak, but not desolate.

She's just seriously ill, not mentally impaired.

She was so sick that she couldn't even swallow soup or water. The roasted chestnuts were so hard that she probably couldn't even bite them, let alone swallow them.

These roasted chestnuts weren't prepared for her, they were for my cousin's wife, weren't they?

Yunfei is so good to his cousin's wife; she's so envious.

But Qin Muxue was still in a very good mood.

At least, Brother Yunfei knows to make her happy, even if it's just a way to appease her, or because of his cousin's reminder, it doesn't matter.

She was already content as long as he had the heart to make her happy.

Lu Yunfei didn't know what to say. What she said was true, but the demoness had said that he had to make her happy today and absolutely not make her angry.

He said, "Originally, it was for the demoness... for the Fourth Princess Consort, but she said you would like it and asked me to save it for you."

Qin Muxue knew that it must have been her cousin-in-law's idea.

Although she admired her cousin-in-law, she wasn't jealous at all, because her cousin-in-law treated her very well, like a real older sister.

"Brother Yunfei, I may die soon."

"Don't talk nonsense!" Lu Yunfei felt a pang in his heart and squeezed her hand.

These hands have absolutely no warmth.

Qin Muxue is so fragile now, so fragile that she seems like she would break if you squeezed her.

All those notions about men and women not touching each other seemed to suddenly become unimportant after she said she was about to die.

She is their family; they grew up together.

It's my younger sister!

"Xue'er, you must be strong. The doctor will definitely make you better. Look at you, you seem to be in good spirits today."

Qin Muxue just smiled and didn't say anything.

He was learning to comfort her.

No matter what, she was happy as long as her brother Yunfei was willing to talk to her more.

Before Lu Yunfei could say anything more, Qin Muxue spoke up again in a hoarse voice: "Brother Yunfei, will you... remember me for the rest of your life? No... you don't need to remember me all the time, just... occasionally you'll think... that there was once such a... person as me."

My heart aches.

Brother Yunfei will forget her, won't he?

When he finds a girl he truly loves, has a real family, and has children, he will completely forget her.

Lu Yunfei seemed to suddenly understand the meaning of those four words: a final burst of energy before death.

It turns out that everything before my eyes was an illusion.

She's really not well.

The little hand in his palm grew colder and colder.

The spring sun shone brightly outside the painted boat, but the girl beside him was slowly losing the last bit of luster in her life.

"I will, I will remember you for the rest of my life!"

Outside, spring is in full bloom...

The sun felt warm on my skin.

The people inside the cabin were experiencing a rapid drop in body temperature.

At this moment, Qin Muxue's strength was completely exhausted.

"Brother Yunfei." Her voice trembled with coldness, very softly, "I'm so cold, can you... hug me?"