Chapter 671: 673, You were the one who pursued me first (second update)

"Holy shit!" Bai Ruyu suddenly realized, lifting his eyes to look at Xiao Jinnian with a cold sneer, "Xiao Jinnian, oh Xiao Jinnian, I didn’t expect you to be this kind of Xiao Jinnian. Now I know who you like! Your taste is seriously messed up! You... actually..."

"You..." Xiao Jinnian looked at him, his eyes a pitch-black ocean behind his glasses, "Guessed it?"

"Of course, I’ve guessed it! ’If you don’t want anyone to know, don’t do it!’" Bai Ruyu continued, "No wonder you always sneak out in the middle of the night!"

"Let me explain..." Xiao Jinnian sighed.

"You don’t need to explain," Bai Ruyu waved his hand and continued, "Don’t worry, I will keep this a secret for you, I definitely won’t tell Old Jiang. I was wondering why you had such heavy taste, to actually like her!"

Old Jiang was their driver, a woman with a masculine appearance but a voice sweet and endearing, a staunch single person who loved life, yearned for freedom, and was hostile to all the men who hit on her.

Xiao Jinnian: "..."

Xiao Jinnian had successfully soothed Bai Ruyu, and now, he was leading him towards the car.

It seemed that Bai Ruyu’s infatuation was just a momentary curiosity. He couldn’t have liked Chu Jin that much, otherwise, he would not have been consoled so quickly.

At this moment, Xiao Jinnian really didn’t regret the decision he had made.

On the contrary, he felt somewhat relieved.

That way, he not only helped Mo Zhixuan and Chu Jin get together but also saved Bai Ruyu from the cage of marriage.

Very good.

"Do you remember me now?" After a long while, Mo Zhixuan finally let go of Chu Jin.

At this moment, Mo Zhixuan’s heart, his eyes, could only accommodate her.

He missed her so very much.

In the past year, there wasn’t a minute or a second that he wasn’t thinking of her.

Looking back now, he didn’t even know how he had managed to get through those tough times.

But fortunately, he made it.

Thankfully, he didn’t give up.

Chu Jin shook her head, "No, after waking up on Poland Mountain, other than my own name, I can’t remember anyone else." Although her mind was a mess and she couldn’t remember anything, Chu Jin was certain that the man in front of her was the most important person in her life, someone she could trust.

The moment she hugged him, Chu Jin felt a sense of security she had known before.

It was as if, deep in her memory, she had hugged him like this before.

"It doesn’t matter." Mo Zhixuan bent down and kissed her eyes, "I can help you remember."

"Okay." Chu Jin wrapped her arms around his waist and slowly closed her eyes, feeling his heartbeat; she liked this feeling very much.

It was satisfying.

As long as she was holding him, it was as if she had the whole world.

"I am Mo Zhixuan, Mo from ’none to rival under the heavens’, and Zhixuan from ’mystery upon mystery’." Mo Zhixuan lowered his gaze and whispered in her ear, his warm breath spreading across her neck.

As he spoke, he added, "Your husband."

Husband?

Chu Jin of course knew what that word meant.

So she was already married? Chu Jin looked at him incredulously.

Seeing her disbelief, Mo Zhixuan took out a black cellphone from his pocket, flipped through the album, and showed her a photo.

The bright red marriage certificate shone with three words.

Marriage Certificate.

One of them was open, displaying a couple’s photo of Chu Jin and Mo Zhixuan.

Both were wearing white shirts and beaming with faint smiles.

Certificate holder: Chu Jin.

Chu Jin took the cellphone, her fair fingertips lightly scrolling, flipping to the first page of the album.

The phone contained a total of 108 pictures.

Almost every one of them was related to her.

There were also their couple photos.

Some were taken by him surreptitiously.

Chu Jin put down the phone and gently lifted her eyes, looking at him, she softly said, "Mo Zhixuan."

They were the simplest three words, but Mo Zhixuan felt as if he was hearing the most wonderful sound in the world.

An entire year.

He had finally waited for these three words.

"Mm, I’m here," Mo Zhixuan stretched out his arms to embrace her, "I’m so glad, so glad I waited for you."

He was glad that he hadn’t done anything foolish.

He couldn’t imagine, if he had chosen to end his life back then, how desperate Chu Jin would be waking up to find him gone.

"Mo Zhixuan," Chu Jin called out softly again, as if only by doing so would she feel more at ease.

"Hmm, I’m here," Mo Zhixuan’s lips curved into a satisfied arc as he leaned in to pick her up horizontally, "Come on, I’m taking you home."

Mo Zhixuan held her like that, walking slowly.

Strolling under the night sky, a gentle breeze blowing.

Little did they know, all of this was witnessed by Luo Yu hiding in the corner.

Her eyes were filled with intense resentment.

Mo Zhixuan was actually doting on another woman behind her back!

How could he do this!

She was carrying his child, and yet he was fooling around with another woman!

Did Mo Zhixuan still have her in his heart?

Did he know that she was already pregnant with his child?

How could Mo Zhixuan do something to betray his own!

Luo Yu clenched her lips tightly, her teeth turning them white from the pressure, her whole body trembling with rage.

Luo Yu wished she could rush out and kill that cheap woman right now!

How could she be so shameless as to seduce her man!

What made Luo Yu even more infuriated was that Chu Jin was the person who had fought with her over a dress.

It was actually Chu Jin!

Now Luo Yu was extremely glad she had drugged Zhao Yan.

Otherwise, at the dress shop that day, Zhao Yan would have recognized the real Chu Jin.

Then she wouldn’t have been able to successfully conceive Mo Zhixuan’s child.

Chu Jin really was shameless, fighting over a dress with her was one thing, but now she even dared to snatch her man!

How could she be such a whore!

No, Mo Zhixuan was hers, hers alone, no one could take him away.

Mo Zhixuan belonged to only her.

No, she must take some action.

She couldn’t just let Chu Jin steal Mo Zhixuan from her.

Seeing Mo Zhixuan like this, she guessed he wouldn’t be able to get up for a while!

She wondered what unspeakable methods Chu Jin used to bewitch Mo Zhixuan to such extent that he even carried her personally!

Besides that night, Mo Zhixuan never initiated physical contact with her own self, he hadn’t even touched her, how could he touch another woman, what’s so good about that woman?

She should have died! Why couldn’t she die completely! Why did she have to come back!

The more Luo Yu thought, the less reconciled she felt, her features twisting into a scowl.

However, luckily her belly was worthy of pride!

Hidden behind the stone lion, Luo Yu touched her stomach with a smug look and whispered, "My child, oh my child, you must make me proud, grow up safe and sound."

Luo Yu watched the two figures gradually moving farther away, her mouth curling into a vicious smile.

Just wait.

Once she secures the position of the Mo family’s main wife, she’ll make sure Chu Jin pays.

By then, she’ll have a hundred ways to kill Chu Jin.

Luo Yu had absolute confidence in seizing the position of the Mo family’s main wife.

After all.

She held an ace in hand.

Luo Yu gently stroked her stomach.

Mo Zhixuan continued to carry Chu Jin towards the Chu Family’s direction.

Zhao Yan would certainly be very happy to see Chu Jin.

To surprise everyone with Chu Xiu, Mo Zhixuan had deliberately not informed them.

"Put me down," Chu Jin hooked his neck, moving slightly.

His chin kept rubbing against the top of her head, causing a tickling sensation.

"No," Mo Zhixuan didn’t let her go, instead tightening his arms.

Chu Jin looked up at him, and from her angle, she could perfectly see his fine jawline and the slightly protruding Adam’s apple, which had a somewhat sexy appeal.

Chu Jin couldn’t help but be spellbound for a moment, then she softly spoke up, "I can walk by myself, aren’t you tired?"

"Carrying the whole world, do you think that’s tiring?" Mo Zhixuan gently lowered his gaze, the depths of his profound eyes seemingly bottomless, his voice also very deep.

Chu Jin laughed softly, "Were you always this slick with words?"

"Am I really slick with words?" Mo Zhixuan retorted.

"Of course," Chu Jin nodded, "Did you deceive a lot of young girls before?"

With such flirting skills, he must be a pro in matters of the heart, right? Otherwise, how could her past self have been fooled by him?

"Have you ever heard a saying?" Mo Zhixuan raised an eyebrow, revealing a thought-provoking smile.

To maintain balance, Chu Jin wrapped her arms around his neck, her eyes gazing up at him, "What saying?"

"A man is known by the company he keeps," Mo Zhixuan said solemnly, "If I have slick words, then I learned them from you. When you were pursuing me before, you had even slicker tongues than I do now. The things you said were so sappy they could make someone squirm; I only agreed to be with you because I couldn’t take your cheesiness. Otherwise, do you think I would hang myself on this crooked tree?"

"I was chasing you?" Chu Jin slightly raised an eyebrow, "Are you sure?"

A youthful beauty like her chasing after a grown man?

Chu Jin was skeptical of Mo Zhixuan’s words.

"Yeah, it was you who pursued me first," Mo Zhixuan nodded slightly, "It’s you who lost your memory, not me. So don’t question my words. It was definitely you who pursued me fiercely, with crying, making scene, and even threatening self-harm. I was so harassed by you that I had no choice left."

Mo Zhixuan spoke earnestly, his serious face showing no sign of deceit.

Chu Jin even started questioning herself.

"Really?" Chu Jin stretched out her hand and rubbed his face.

"Of course, it’s true. I remember it very clearly," Mo Zhixuan captured her fingers with his mouth and gently bit down before continuing, "Moreover, I never lie to people."

Chu Jin sighed softly, somewhat gloomily commenting, "If that’s really the case, then how blind was I before."

"How could you be blind?" Mo Zhixuan looked down at her, "It’s precisely because you have a discerning eye that you were able to recognize someone as outstanding as me. You have no idea, ever since I married you, all the young girls outside have been crying their hearts out, one batch after another, ..."

"Have some shame, will you?" Chu Jin reached out and tapped his face.

Mo Zhixuan’s lips curled into a shallow smile, "What’s the use of having shame? Can it be used as a wife?"

Chu Jin: "..."

The two walked and talked along the way, with Mo Zhixuan mostly teasing Chu Jin.

Chu Jin’s laughter could be heard from time to time in the air.

It was pleasing to the ear.

Just as they were about to reach the Chu Family’s gate, a luminous glow suddenly illuminated the eastern sky.

The dark green glow was not very noticeable in the night.

But Chu Jin’s pupils contracted because the light was coming from the direction of Poland Mountain, and that glow was familiar to Chu Jin; it was an emergency flare sent by Uncle Wu and Aunt Lin.

Something must have happened to Uncle Wu and Aunt Lin!

Based on the color of the flare, it had to be an extremely urgent situation.

Otherwise, they wouldn’t have launched it at such a late hour.

Chu Jin hastily jumped off Mo Zhixuan, looking pale as she turned to gaze eastward.

Little Grey also ran over from a distance, standing by Chu Jin’s feet, emitting an anxious whining sound.

"What’s wrong?" Mo Zhixuan came up behind her, looking eastward as well.

"You go back first. The situation is urgent right now, and I won’t elaborate further. I’ll come back to you after a while." With that, Chu Jin ran towards Poland Mountain.

"I’ll accompany you." Mo Zhixuan caught up with her. He’d already lost her once; he wasn’t going to make the same mistake again. No matter where she went, he would accompany her.

"Alright, let’s go together." Chu Jin reached out to take his hand, and they both ran towards the mountainside.

The journey up the mountain was not easy; it required traversing a stretch of a mountain path and then taking a bamboo raft. Last time they descended the mountain, Jian Yi had blindfolded Chu Jin, so she was not familiar with the way up the mountain. Fortunately, Little Grey was there.

Little Grey led the two of them through the mountain forest.

While they walked, Chu Jin told Mo Zhixuan about everything she encountered over the past year.

She also spoke to Mo Zhixuan about Uncle Wu and Aunt Lin.

After all, without them, there would be no Chu Jin today.

After listening, Mo Zhixuan understood why Chu Jin was in such a hurry to climb the mountain and also felt great respect for the two old people whom he had never met.

To him, Chu Jin’s benefactors were also his benefactors.

Chu Jin’s godparents were his godparents too.

He was determined to take this opportunity to properly thank the elderly couple.

Thank him for giving Jin back to himself.

"Don’t worry, good people will receive good karma. The two old folks will surely be fine," they stood on the bamboo raft, and Mo Zhixuan squeezed her hand, comforting her.

"Mm." Chu Jin nodded anxiously, her mind clearly elsewhere.

Mo Zhixuan pulled her into his embrace, sitting at the bow, and resting his chin on top of her head. He spoke gently, "Let me tell you about the past; how does that sound?"

"Okay," Chu Jin answered softly.

Mo Zhixuan’s voice was deep and magnetic, his pace unhurried, and it sounded very pleasant. Before long, Chu Jin fell asleep in his arms.

Clouds drifted by, obscuring the stars above, and soon, a light rain started to fall from the sky.

Mo Zhixuan cradled her with one arm while he took out a black umbrella from his space, propping it open above their heads. The rain grew heavier, pattering steadily. Little Grey, too, ran to their side, curling up at Chu Jin’s feet.

Curiously, Mo Zhixuan didn’t chase it away either.

The rain continued all night, and Mo Zhixuan held the umbrella with one hand the entire time, preserving the same position so as not to wake her. He did so the whole night, without moving an inch, even as mosquitoes bit him.

There was a comforting scent from his embrace, securing Chu Jin into a deep slumber with a slight smile gracing her lips.

She dreamt again.

It was that silver-haired man.

This time, however, she finally saw the silver-haired man’s true face.

It was Mo Zhixuan.

The vision in her dream was the scene from last night when the two kissed at the Flower Festival.

After this fragment, she dreamt of nothing else.

A night of good sleep.

When Chu Jin awoke again, it was already the next morning.

Mo Zhixuan was still holding her in the same posture from last night; when she opened her eyes, their gazes met.

"Good morning," Chu Jin said with a soft smile.

Mo Zhixuan lowered his gaze slightly and asked, "Morning, want to sleep a bit more?"

"I guess not," Chu Jin blinked at him, "You didn’t stay up all night, did you?"

He couldn’t have been holding her the entire time, could he? His eyes were clear and spirited, not resembling someone who had gone without sleep, but could he really sleep while holding her?

"Of course not," Mo Zhixuan responded in a gentle voice, "I am not so foolish as to watch you have sweet dreams all night."

In fact.

Mo Zhixuan had been that foolish, staying awake all night without even closing his eyes.

"I think you look like a fool," Chu Jin said as she stood up, looping her arms around his neck and stretching languidly.

Still sitting on the bamboo raft, Mo Zhixuan looked up at her, his eyes brimming with warmth. Watching the person he loved, he felt that even her stretch was a shape of love for him.

She stood at the forefront of the bamboo raft, looking up at the slowly rising sun in the east. The golden morning light poured onto her, making her seem ethereal and serene.

The sunlight was just right, and the years were stable. It couldn’t get much better than this.

The bamboo raft floated steadily towards the east.

All around, crisp birdsong filled the air. The air in the mountains was good, and because it had rained the night before, a mist rose from the mountaintops, curling like veils that lent the mountains an air of mystery as if she were in a fairyland on earth.

Mo Zhixuan stood up and brought out a small table from his space to place in the middle of the bamboo raft. The table was laid with toiletries and steaming hot buns. Little Grey watched Mo Zhixuan with curious, round eyes.

"Go." Mo Zhixuan picked up a bun and threw it across to the other end of the raft. Little Grey leaped nimbly, catching the bun in midair.

However, it didn’t eat the bun right away but carried it back to Mo Zhixuan, wagging its tail.

Mo Zhixuan patted its head and said, "Good boy."

Only then did Little Grey confidently scamper off with the bun towards the front of the raft.

After doing all this, Mo Zhixuan took out ointment and a toothbrush from his space.

Chu Jin walked over, expressing surprise, "Wow, are you like Doraemon with a magical pocket that holds so much stuff?"

"There’s even better stuff in my pocket, want to see?" Mo Zhixuan lifted an eyebrow.

Chu Jin raised a finger and shook it lightly, "Not really."

"You don’t have a choice," Mo Zhixuan stood and caught her hand, guiding it into his pocket and towards the inner side of his thigh, where her fingers encountered something hard. Chu Jin squeezed it and asked, "What’s this? Can it be taken out?"

Mo Zhixuan couldn’t suppress a muffled groan, gripping her hand firmly as he looked into her eyes, his voice husky, "Behave, that’s not something you can pull out, but I’ll let you have a good look when there’s time."

"As if," Chu Jin gave him a sidelong glance and withdrew her hand. That object was somewhat scorching, as if she had held it before.

Mo Zhixuan didn’t continue to tease her but walked over to the table, skillfully prepared a toothbrush with toothpaste, and handed it to her, "Brush your teeth first."

"Okay." Chu Jin took it, quickly brushing her teeth before casually scooping up river water to wash her face.

It was fortunate it was summer; such actions were harmless.

The river was long, and after drifting all night, they had yet to reach the other shore.

Little Grey lay at the other end of the raft, contentedly nibbling on the bun.

After freshening up, Chu Jin and Mo Zhixuan sat at the table to eat, simple porridge and vegetables accompanied by buns and pastries. Although the meal was modest, Chu Jin found each bite surprisingly suited to her taste.

After breakfast, the bamboo raft gradually approached the shore.

Little Grey called out excitedly with "ow, ow" howls.

Once ashore, they weren’t far from Uncle Wu and Aunt Lin’s home, and Chu Jin led Mo Zhixuan hurriedly into the depths of the forest.

The undeveloped forest was challenging to navigate, with thorns and wild grass everywhere, but their pace was brisk.

Sporadically, they could still see small animals darting through the woods.

Before long, they could spot the three-story wooden house hidden among the trees.

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