Chapter 84

“So what?” Su Jingmo replied with a carefree smile.

Thousands of years had passed since his Dynasty fell apart, so what if there were still descendants from his Su family? After thousands of years, this so-called bloodline had long been impure. Besides, Su Jingmo didn’t have any attachments to the ‘Su’ surname.

“It’s true that there’s nothing great about it. But when I saw that this man looked very much like you, had the same surname as you and seemed to know a lot about your tomb, I became a little bit curious. Since I thought he must be connected to you somehow, I asked the ghosts in Xi’an City. One ghost told me that this man’s name used to be Su Jingyan in a previous life ….”

‘ Su Jingyan? ’

When Qu Zhiwen said this name, Su Jingmo wasn’t surprised. Instead, he laughed out loud. This reaction, on the other hand, stunned Qin Cheng.

“You said…. that man is Su Jingyan?” As he said this, Su Jingmo stood up, and in a blink of an eye, he appeared in front of Qu Zhiwen. This motion was bizarrely eerie….

Su Jingmo smiled as he looked Qu Zhiwen up and down. As if he was seeing something funny, he said with interest: “Are you sure? Are you really sure that man is Su Jingyan?”

It felt as if Su Jingmo knew something he wasn’t aware of, which made Qu Zhiwen frown: “You don’t think that’s possible?”

Without replying, Su Jingmo looked at Qu Zhiwen for a long time. With a big smile on his face, he said: “I thought you knew, but now I can see that’s not the case.”

“What are you trying to say?”

“Nothing much. If you don’t need anything else, please go back.”

“Heh, since you don’t care, then I won’t mention it anymore. I just came to tell you to pay close attention to the tomb from now on, I’m afraid someone will try to make a big move.”

Qu Zhiwen also didn’t want to dwell on Su Jingmo’s matters anymore. In his opinion, Su Jingmo’s mind was too unpredictable. Although Su Jingmo has been confined in this tomb for 1600 years, Qu Zhiwen felt like he shouldn’t provoke him.

‘ It’s like Su Jingmo can already sense that the formation inside this tomb will collapse sooner or later…. ’

When Qu Zhiwen thought of this possibility, he took a deep breath. Indeed, this tomb wasn’t suitable for people to stay in. Even though he had been inside for less than half an hour, Qu Zhiwen was already feeling a bit overwhelmed by the strong ghostly qi of the fierce ghosts inside the tomb.

Before he turned around to leave, Qu Zhiwen looked at Qin Cheng: “Before leaving, there’s something I still want to say to you. Qin Cheng, you’re a living being. Staying too long inside this tomb will only harm you. I told you before that I could see your lifespan was supposed to be long, but now it seems as if…. I don’t know what happened, perhaps an unforeseen event happened to you…. But, even if you’re deeply in love, it’s still better for you to restrain yourself. In this state, if you keep getting closer and closer to Su Jingmo, you will surely lose your life.”

There really was no need for Qu Zhiwen to remind him of this fact. After all, Qin Cheng understood his own body the best. Qin Cheng could more or less feel that he has been more tired than before, and he hadn’t been able to sleep well recently. Not to mention the injury he suffered not long ago in the Imperial Mausoleum of Pingyao, where he lost a lot of blood. After being treated, Qin Cheng was in a coma for an entire night, but the next day, he felt as if he was coming back to life from a gruesome death. He could feel how his consciousness gradually returned to his body, as if it was being pulled by something.

His sleep was less, he got tired more easily, and he would regain consciousness in the night more frequently. Just like an old man in his late 80s. For a young man in his 20s this wasn’t normal at all.

It’s just that he hadn’t said these things to anyone, not even to Su Jingmo.

When Qu Zhiwen finally left, Qin Cheng held up his glasses, walked to Su Jingmo, and grabbed his hand. As he gently squeezed Su Jingmo’s hand, Qin Cheng said: “He’s right….”

Su Jingmo shook his head and then slowly leaned against Qin Cheng’s arms.

Even though Qin Cheng didn’t say it, Su Jingmo wasn’t stupid. How could he not see the state Qin Cheng had been in recently? As for Qin Cheng’s condition, Su Jingmo originally thought it was caused by his own ghostly qi, but when he heard Qu Zhiwen’s words, it seems to be more than that.

‘ An unforeseen event…. What kind of unforeseen event….? ’

All of a sudden, Su Jingmo’s pupils shrunk significantly as the memory of Qin Cheng looking for the jade pendant in the tomb flashed in his mind.

At that time, Su Jingmo had regarded Qin Cheng as someone who was trespassing on the tomb’s curse, so he wanted to take Qin Cheng’s life. But at that moment, when Qin Cheng’s soul was seriously injured by his sword, Su Jingmo gave him a miraculous medicine that saved his life. Because Su Jingmo had a momentary interest in him….

Su Jingmo remembered with extra clarity that the medicine had worked perfectly fine. However, even though that medicine could save someone’s life, it could also cause a serious disability…. At the time, Su Jingmo thought that Qin Cheng was lucky enough to be saved, but he never thought that the medicine would….

When he thought about it now, Su Jingmo felt a sudden pain surging inside his heart. He never thought that he would regret something he’d done….

“In the end… It was me who caused this…”

Even though Su Jingmo whispered close to Qin Cheng’s ears, Qin Cheng couldn’t hear him clearly. As he hugged Su Jingmo, Qin Cheng picked up Su Jingmo’s long hair, and stroked it gently.

“What’s wrong?”

Su Jingmo leaned even more into Qin Cheng’s shoulder and said: “Do you still remember that time you came here?”

“Of course I remember.” Qin Cheng replied with a smile: “I couldn’t forget it for the rest of my life. That time, I came here to explore. As soon as I stepped through the Underground Palace, I walked straight to the coffin. I don’t know why, but it was as if something was calling me. I didn’t even think about the danger ahead and directly pushed open the sarcophagus….”

Qin Cheng remembered what happened that time, as if he was in a trance: “When the sarcophagus finally opened, I saw you lying inside…. Your eyes were closed, as if you were sleeping peacefully…. And yet, I stupidly stood there, frozen….”

Qin Cheng’s reply stunned Su Jingmo. He didn’t expect Qin Cheng would mention this meeting. Su Jingmo laughed and simply replied to Qin Cheng’s words: “Then, do you know how I felt when I opened my eyes and saw you?”

“What did you feel?” Qin Cheng was enjoying this, and when he heard Su Jingmo ask this, Qin Cheng felt even more excited: “What did you feel?”

“Like facing a complete pervert.” After all, if you open your eyes only to see a person staring straight at you, it wouldn’t feel good at all. If it was a beauty, Su Jingmo would have accepted it, but he had no idea who Qin Cheng was at the time. When he remembered the way Qin Cheng looked at him at the time, Su Jingmo felt some kind of familiarity from him, but he couldn’t remember who had looked at him like this in the past….

Although he knew that his first impression wouldn’t be good, Qin Cheng didn’t expect to be viewed as a pervert. As his face blushed bright red out of embarrassment, he said: “I couldn’t help it….”

Understanding what Qin Cheng was trying to say, Su Jingmo happily leaned against Qin Cheng and laughed for a while. After finally calming down, he returned to the original subject, and said: “I wasn’t asking about that time, I mean, do you remember the time I took the jade pendant away from you, and you came to this chamber to find it but you almost died?”

“Oh, oh…. you wanted to talk about that, ah….” Qin Cheng felt somewhat embarrassed, and as he touched his nose, he said: “I remember…. um…. the one who almost killed me, it was you, right?”

“You knew?”

“Well…. I guessed….” Even though there are many ghosts in this tomb, Qin Cheng had always had the feeling Su Jingmo was the one who wanted to kill him at that time.

“Not a bad guess….” When saying this, Su Jingmo straightened up, looked at Qin Cheng’s face, and said: “At that time, I was indeed thinking of taking your life, but for some reason, I decided not to kill you in the end. However, you were a breath away from death, and in order to get you back to life, I gave you two pills. I think….the medicine I gave you caused your health to deteriorate like this.”

“Because…even though it can save people’s lives, it can also harm them…. I can’t go back in time and change what I’ve done, and it’s no use regretting it now.”

Originally, Qin Cheng also wondered why he was still alive, but it turns out it was because of this?

“If you hadn’t given me that medicine, I would have been a corpse long ago, and I wouldn’t have been able to experience this. In fact, I don’t care how long I have to live…. I’m more curious to know why you decided to let me go halfway?”

What Qin Cheng asked was in fact something Su Jingmo himself had some doubts about. After all, he had never been soft-hearted to anyone before, let alone a person who broke into his tomb and took his precious jade pendant….

Perhaps, Su Jingmo simply felt a bit curious about Qin Cheng, curious about this man, who called for his name, as he was dying….

Maybe there was another reason. Maybe he felt that Qin Cheng looked like someone Su Jingmo had seen before his death….

“It might be that I simply thought you were a little peculiar. As you were dying, you didn’t ask for help, instead, you called out my name.”

“….I, I don’t remember….”

“Of course you wouldn’t remember, who would remember anything they said while in a delirious state….?”

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