Rebirth of the Great Favor - Chapter 71

Chapter 71
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How could Shen Qi not be afraid? She knew the root of his cruelty. She suffered from his coldness and his indifference personally.

Every injury on her body, whether it was voluntary or not, was all gift from him.

She was hurt because of him, she was afflicted because of him, and she was tortured because of him.

He was unwilling to take another look at the world because of the surging of red dust.

And bound by body and soul, it was hard to redeem in a thousand catastrophes.

How could she not be afraid?

Shen Qi took a deep breath. She thought about the flower her mother had clipped on the side of her temples this morning, thinking about the heroic and majestic man like her father calling her Little Seven very tenderly, and thought about the sixth older brother deliberately catching a caterpillar to scare her……

Her memory flashed. The previous life and present life were intertwined in her mind. Shen Qi shook her head and tried hard to think about some beautiful things. She told herself over and over again not to think about her exhausting previous life which was of no use to her except for the increasing suffering and pain in her heart.

She had slit her own throat in her previous life. It was already a sword brandish unruffled by sentiment.

That humble and desperate love, now thinking back even that pitiful woman of herself was already dead.

She loved once, sad once, hurt once, and also died once.

That was already enough.

After living again, she finally recognized her parents and older brothers. Having a home and having a family was the best conclusion, wasn’t it? Everything had developed in a good direction and it was far away from the course of the previous life. Why did one have to be caught in one’s own trap and self tormented?

In front of the steep cliff, the savage sun was the lining and the yellow sand was the evidence. Didn’t she say she would let go of him?

“Wangye……” Shen Qi’s head was still lowered and didn’t look at him: “For Shen Qi you…… You help Tanning meet her beloved ones. It’s a great grace and great favor. Tanning was unable to return the favor. It’s just…… just men and women should keep a distance. Now it’s already late in the night……”

Her voice was soft and slow, and every word sounded extremely calm. Only she knew her heart was very messy.

She claimed to be Tanning, Su Tanning, the young miss of the general. Not Shen Qi, not Shen Qi with his surname as her name nor Shen Qi who stayed with him day and night and died.

“Tanning……” Shen Zhonghua’s heart suddenly hurt. It was clear that these two beautiful words were extremely pleasant to the ears.

He once wrote the characters one stroke at a time under the cloth thousands of times. Once gentler than once and once branding deeper than once in his heart. He didn’t know when he was crazy about her just by thinking about her. Seeing the words as if seeing her face and whispering this beautiful name softly as if he could see her knowing smiling face.

In the previous life, he was blind with both eyes and heart, but in this life, he suddenly realized it after experiencing the pain penetrating the soul. It was exactly because of this that Shen Zhonghua knew his Qiqi was drawing a clear line with him.

His thin lips opened slightly as he approached her. The incense on his body also invaded over. Shen Qi, no, it wasn’t Shen Qi. She was no longer Shen Qi. She could be Su Tanning, could be Little Seven, and could be Qiqi, but she was no longer Shen Qi.

Qiqi stepped back. Even if there was a long table behind her and she couldn’t retreat, she retreated.

“Prince Xuan, please be respectful!” Her voice was a little anxious, a little flustered and scared. It was also a little angry.

“Unable to return the favor?” Shen Zhonghua approached her. Because of the difference in height, he was towering.

“It’s okay.” His voice was slow and low as he approached her. His warm breath sprayed on her delicate and sensitive neck: “Qiqi can…… can devote herself……”

Shen Zhonghua could swear to heaven that he wasn’t deliberately trying to scare Qiqi. He just wanted to take the initiative and proposed a logical way to determine the relationship between them.

Whether Qiqi was a person that died or the young miss of the general, she was his.

In the previous life, he thought it was Qiqi who gave him medicine. After the whole truth was revealed, he knew it wasn’t her.

The result of the previous life was cruel and tragic. In the previous life, he was heartbroken and was eager to dig his heart out, but he couldn’t bear the truth even if he blamed himself. However, Qiqi was innocent. She loved him the most from beginning to end, but she was also the one who was hurt the most by him and was the most in pain!

She was clearly the most innocent one and also…… the one he loved from the beginning to the end……

However, his Qiqi was clearly scared of him in the end. Her small, trembling, body was almost surrounded by him in his arms, but she suddenly pushed him away!

Apparently, neither of them anticipated that she would have such a move.

This was the first time she pushed Shen Zhonghua away. Qiqi’s heart missed a beat and throbbed fiercely in her chest. Her small face was deadly pale and her hands slightly trembling. She was unable to fight, leaning slightly against the long table behind her to support her figure.

“Why did he say that?” Qiqi’s thoughts were whirling and asked herself: “Why did he want her to devote herself?”

Was it a conspiracy? Was it exploited? Was it a gentle trap?

“No!” Qiqi still didn’t dare to look at Shen Zhonghua and didn’t dare to approach him, clinging tightly to the table. Her entire body seemed particularly stiff. She was flustered and could only repeat the sentence as the only excuse: “The night is deep. Men and women should keep a distance. Please ask Prince Xuan to have some respect.”

She called him Prince Xuan, bearing his granted title. Whether it was the address or the tone, it seemed particularly alienating.

Shen Zhonghua understood clearly. His expression was complex and bleak.

His cryptic eyesight drifted on Shen Qi’s pale facial features. Finally, she heard him sigh softly.

“I’m sorry. I scared you again……”