【Warm Red】Pearl

The years in the mountains pass leisurely and quickly.Akabane relaxes his mind, or sits in the courtyard, looking at the vast world, for several hours at a time; or talks with Shan Kua on a chessboard, for a whole night at once.

Before I knew it, another three months had passed.

Now Akabane is five months pregnant, and the belly bulge under the layers of robes is very obvious.Logically speaking, vomiting should have stopped this month, but Akabane's discomfort has continued unabated.From not long after he moved in until now, almost halfway through a meal, he has to put down the bowls and chopsticks in a hurry, and go out to spit out everything he ate.After vomiting, he wiped his mouth and sat back at the table as if nothing had happened.

Shan Kua also had no other reaction to this, but would just ask if he wanted to refill the bowl of soup for him.The relationship between the two of them was as natural as if this kind of situation had already become commonplace, and it was not surprising.

The only good thing is that although the poison on Akabane's body has not been cured, it has not aggravated.

Don't look at the two being so indifferent at the moment, but in fact, the first time I saw Chi Yu running out of the courtyard gate to vomit with her mouth covered, Shan Kua was not like this at all.

At that time, Shan Kua just wanted to take advantage of the retort, pretending to ask him how the morning sickness tasted, and if he wanted to prepare some sour or spicy ones for him.But when he heard Akabane's vomit that he was trying to suppress, and when he saw his bloodless and even gray face, Shan Kua finally softened his heart, poured a bowl of water and walked to him, letting him Rinse your mouth.

"Thank you."

Akabane took a sip from the water glass, and seemed to relieve some discomfort.

Shan boasted: "I thought it was enough to prevent the poison on your body from erupting, but who knew there would be other reactions? Your face is really...Mr. Akabane, why do you have to feel sorry for yourself?"

This is the second time Shan Kua persuaded him after the meeting.But Akabane knew that this time he was much more sincere than last time.

Akabane spit out the water slowly, wiped the water stains from the corners of his lips, and said with a smile: "It's not that I'm sorry, but... I just want to understand. I've been cautious and prudent in my life, and it's rare for me to be willful once. I really don't want to die without a problem."

Shan Kua sighed: "Hey, that's all, I will give up my life to accompany the gentleman. Tomorrow, I will go down and pick some plums and come back, it will always make my husband feel better."

Akabane didn't make any excuses, nodded and said, "I'm sorry."

In the early morning of the second day, Shan Kua really went to find a vat of fresh green plums and came back.A plate was reserved for Akabane as a snack, and the rest was marinated with rice vinegar, waiting for a while before opening the tank.

Counting the time, it has been more than 49 [-] days today, and it should be edible.Shan Kua patted open the mud seal on the mouth of the tank, and the aroma of rice vinegar accompanied by the smell of green plums wafted all over the room. The smell made his teeth sour, and he hooked Akabane who happened to pass by.

Akabane took a bite of the soaked plums, and said jokingly, "I didn't expect Mr. Shan to have such skills. What a surprise."

"Eat without words."

Shan Kua put a plate of plums into Akabane's hand with a blank face, pointed to the door, and signaled him to go out by himself and not to send it away.

Another five months to go.

Standing inside the kitchen door, Shan Kua watched Akabane eating plums and basking in the sun beside the stone mill, secretly going over the plans he had prepared one by one, in case Akabane suddenly got poisoned one day, and he had nothing to do .

Jingri Guming has no friends, but Shan Kua has.

——The two have been facing each other day and night for nearly three months, no matter how bad it is, they can be regarded as half of each other.

One dead body and two lives, it's better to avoid it if you can.

Shan Kua and Akabane hadn't seen him since the last time Qianxue stormed down the mountain.But both of them knew that Qianxue was Qianxue after all, and they kept their promises.Otherwise, based on Chi Yu's current appearance, being poisoned and pregnant, it would be strange that Emperor Wen could endure three months of indifference.

In the afternoon of this day, Akabane and Shan Kua made a bet on who would wash today's lunch bowls.Just when the two were about to place a bet, the door of Langyaju was kicked down from the door frame.

"Jingri Guming!"

Qianxue held on to the hilt of the knife, and stood at the door with a murderous look, her expression was gloomy, like a ghost who came to take her life, her eyes were fixed on Shan Kua's body.

Akabane said: "Your wolf cub is here, I won."

Shan Kua stared regretfully at the door panel under Qianxue's feet, and let out a long sigh.

"A good door, but another disaster."

"In that case," Akabane stood up, "today's bowl will be hard for Mr. Shan."

Both of them turned a blind eye to Qian Xue.Qianxue, who was planning to come to find fault, held all the momentum in her arms that had been brewing all the way, and vented [-]% to [-]% between going back and forth.

"You...you two..." Qianxue was very angry, "I'm here to kill people! It's not because you talk about Sanxiao!"

Akabane said: "Oh, Lord Qianxue, please go ahead."

After saying that, Akabane took a few steps back, intentionally giving way to Qian Renxue.But Shan Kua still stayed where he was, looking at Qian Xue without saying a word.

Qian Renxue gritted her teeth and said, "Nobunosuke Akabane, don't think I won't do it!"

Akabane waved his fan and said: "I won't stop you, just don't hurt me."

A whistle!

Laughing and hiding the knife out of its sheath.In the blink of an eye, Qianxue was in front of Shan Kua, the blade was inserted from his left front chest, and protruded from the left back shoulder.Thoroughly stabbed him in half, and nailed him into the wall behind him by more than an inch.

Shan Kua didn't dodge or evade, and was hit by Qianxue so that he staggered back two steps.He held the bare blade and let the blood gush out from the wound.

Raising his eyes, Shan Kua met Qianxue's eyes, and Qianxue was in a daze——

It seems that the person in front of me is still the person who forced himself to study because of his illness.

That helpless face was too familiar.

"... Qianxue."

Jingri Guming sighed softly and called out.

——No human being can escape the law of true fragrance—by Wang Jingze, the greatest philosopher and psychologist of the 21st century——