After Being Kidnapped by the Crown Prince - Chapter 255
~End of chapter 254
“Cousin, forget about her.”
Zhao Zhi’s chest was in great mourning and he couldn’t breathe from the pain, the world became black in front of his eyes, and he supported himself with one hand on the stone lion next to the pillar, his face ghastly white as he gasped cold air.
Ming Zhu didn’t know what was wrong with him all of a sudden, he looked so weak it was as if he was going to collapse at any moment.
Zhao Zhi closed his eyes, the expression on his face looked a little ferocious, and the veins on his hand that was placed on the stone lion were swollen.
Ming Zhu asked, “What’s wrong with you?”
Chapter 255
(91.3)
Ming Zhu asked, “What’s wrong with you?”
Zhao Zhi’s breath gradually calmed down, and he said with a hoarse voice, “Nothing.”
In front of them, a carriage lost control and was dashing straight toward the main road. The horse’s voice was shrill, the coachman pulled the reins tightly, but he still was unable to control the horse, and he waved his hand with all his force, “Everyone, get out of the way! Lest you get run over!”
When Ming Zhu looked up at the sound, the out of control horse was already rushing towards them, extremely fast. Zhao Zhi quickly pulled her aside, but he himself was kicked by the horse’s hooves.
Ming Zhu was very shocked, and just after she recovered from the shock, she immediately ran towards Zhao Zhi’s side and helped him up from the ground.
Zhao Zhi’s chest was kicked twice by the horse’s hooves, and he felt blood going up to his throat, but he endured the pain and swallowed the blood back.
Zhao Zhi opened his mouth, which had a rusty smell, and asked, “You’re not hurt, are you?”
Ming Zhu shook her head, “No.”
Zhao Zhi relaxed and nodded his head, “That’s good.”
Ming Zhu’s heart wasn’t made of stone, she felt a bit sour, but very quickly, this little feeling of sourness dissipated like smoke in thin air, and she said, “Let’s go back.”
Zhao Zhi slowly got up from the ground with the support of her hand, “We have yet to watch the fireworks.”
Ming Zhu said, “I actually don’t really want to watch it.”
But Zhao Zhi insisted, he placed his fist against his lips to cough twice, suppressing back the blood in his mouth, before he clutched her cold hand into his fingers, leading her up to the city gate tower.
Ming Zhu was absentminded, and frequently looked at his face, but the night was deep, and she could not see any joy nor anger in his expression.
It was only when the fireworks started to erupt in the sky with a dull glow that she could get a glimpse of his expression.
Indifferent, distant, calm.
It was very windy on the city gate tower, Zhao Zhi took off his outer coat and tied it around her, “Do you still want to watch?”
Ming Zhu tilted her face to look up into his eyes, “I don’t want to watch anymore.”
Zhao Zhi once again took hold of her hand and said, “Then let’s go walk and shop on the street again.”
Ming Zhu didn’t say anything the whole way.
Zhao Zhi was more interested in the market than she was, he bought her flower hairpins, as well as some small objects made by craftsmen, which were pretty and rarely seen.
A vendor of candied fruits was walking along the streets.
Zhao Zhi stopped the vendor and was about to pay for the last two sticks of fruits, but he was interrupted by another young couple.
The farmer said, “I was here first.”
Zhao Zhi froze for a moment, smiled at him, and warmly said a few kind words to him.
The farmer then let him have the last two sticks of candied fruits.
Zhao Zhi paid for it, Ming Zhu held the two sticks of candied fruits in her hands, a little awkward.
She kept thinking of the way he smiled and spoke kindly to that person, he was gentle and soft, without any haughty manner.
Along the way, the layer of sugar coating somewhat melted.
As Ming Zhu was finishing eating the candied fruits, Zhao Zhi went to change his clothes, the candlelight was illuminating his slightly pale face, that looked completely bloodless under this angle.
During the night, Zhao Zhi had a long, long nightmare.
“Cousin, are you regretting it?” In the dimly lit study, the man in a white coat was standing by the window, with a spiritless and lifeless aura surrounding his whole body.
“Cousin, you still don’t think what you did was wrong.”
“She’s been dead for years now.”
“Do you really want me to pay with my life for hers?”
There were crying voices, screaming voices, and all sorts of people’s voices. Mixed together. Ear-piercing and unpleasant to hear.
Zhao Zhi saw the man slowly turn around. His face was pale and emaciated, indifferent and dull, he was silent for a long time, not saying anything.
Zhao Zhi saw those dark and heavy eyes, and in the next moment, it was as if he was dragged into the abyss. All the memories swarmed over him, not giving him the slightest chance to catch his breath, drawing him in like a tidal wave.
He was in extreme pain, his face was grimacing as he arched his back. Pain swept through his entire body, and even his bent fingertips hurt so much that he couldn’t straighten them.
White paper sprinkled all over the sky, along with a mournful and desolate funeral music, a wooden coffin, white lanterns and white offerings.
Each wave of pain in his heart was stronger than the previous. The man held a dagger in his hand, pointing the tip of the dagger at himself, he was sitting in front of the morning sun, right before the first rays of light, without any expression on his face as he stabbed the dagger into his own heart. His hands were accurate and fast, the tip of the dagger stabbed through his flesh, and pierced directly through his heart.
The fresh flowing blood stained his white clothes red.
He heard people shouting and calling out to him in panic. Those noisy voices gradually faded away along with him.
He was dead.
Finally, after decades of solitude.
After being slowly tormented for the rest of his life.
He was finally free.
If there was a next life ……
May the gods show him favor ……
If there really was……
Translator : Laura
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