novelraw Chapter 384 - 354: Always believe in you.
Chapter 384 - 354: Always believe in you.
Room.Qiao Yuxian had some scrapes on her hands and leg.
Her skin was too delicate, and a bit more force would cause a scrape.
After she finished bathing and Gu Yanjing applied medicine to her, she lay on the bed.
She lay on the bed with her eyes closed, yet she hadn’t slept at all.
After returning from Sed Manor, she deleted all the videos she could find.
Completely deleted.
But closing her eyes, all she saw was the content of the videos, making it impossible to sleep.
After lying down for a while, she simply sat up.
As soon as she sat up, Gu Yanjing came in, pushing the door open.
Seeing her sitting, Gu Yanjing said, "Can’t sleep?"
Qiao Yuxian lazily looked at him, nodded after a while.
Gu Yanjing sat on the bed and hugged her from behind: "I’ve already sent people to handle things at various places."
Qiao Yuxian touched his hand: "Do you need manpower?"
"Not for now," Gu Yanjing kissed her cheek, "I’ll let you know if there is."
"Mm."
Qiao Yuxian responded but remained silent, quietly watching Gu Yanjing’s hand placed on her abdomen.
His fingers were very beautiful, powerful, and warm.
Qiao Yuxian lowered her eyes, and after a while, she said, "Gu Yanjing."
"Mm?"
"Can I always trust you?" Qiao Yuxian suddenly asked softly.
Gu Yanjing’s eyelashes fluttered lightly, he paused and asked back, "What do you think?"
Qiao Yuxian leaned into his embrace, gazing up at him.
Gu Yanjing looked down at her, pinched her chin, and gently kissed her lips.
Qiao Yuxian pursed her lips after being kissed, with her eyelashes downcast: "My grandmother was an orphan, she had a brother with no blood relation who grew up with her."
Gu Yanjing looked at her long eyelashes.
Qiao Yuxian said, "That brother was three years younger than my grandmother, they relied on each other on M Continent from childhood. When there was no food, my grandmother fed him with her own blood. He even risked his life to protect my grandmother from wolves. Later, when they grew older and fought to survive, at the hardest times, he used his life to shield my grandmother from bullets."
"They had no blood relation yet were the closest people in the world to each other. They were also the most trusted people by each other." Qiao Yuxian said softly, "My grandmother said she felt everyone in the world would betray her but that person wouldn’t."
Gu Yanjing listened silently.
"Yet that person stabbed the deepest knife in my grandmother’s back." Qiao Yuxian lay in Gu Yanjing’s arms, looking up at him, "My grandmother said, in this world, the only person she could completely trust was herself."
Gu Yanjing looked into her eyes and asked, "Did Grandma trust Grandpa?"
"Which Grandpa?"
"Grandpa Qiao," Gu Yanjing said, "My family’s old man probably isn’t within the scope of trust."
Qiao Yuxian smiled slightly: "My grandparents have always had a very good relationship."
"So, some things vary depending on the person," Gu Yanjing said, "You can’t make generalizations."
"But how can you know if a person is trustworthy?" Qiao Yuxian asked.
Gu Yanjing thought and said, "Follow your heart."
Qiao Yuxian frowned slightly: "How to follow?"
"Trust whoever you want to trust, and don’t trust whoever you don’t want to. If you’re really conflicted, just ask yourself if you choose to believe him, and then he betrays you, can you handle that result? Is trusting him worth the experience? Is the process more beneficial or harmful? Or compare his probability of betrayal to the likelihood of him not betraying."
"None of us can predict the future or know what will happen," Gu Yanjing pinched her cheek, "Trusting or not trusting, how much impact will it have on the future outcome? Others have their experiences, and you have yours."
Qiao Yuxian looked at him.
Gu Yanjing added, "You’re very smart. You have your judgments. You need to trust your own judgment."
"Praise me," Qiao Yuxian said, "Confusing my judgment."
Gu Yanjing leaned down and kissed her again: "Truth."
"Do you want to know my judgment of you?" Qiao Yuxian asked.
"Mm."
Qiao Yuxian looked into his eyes and softly said eight words: "Too deep minded, not easy to trust."
Gu Yanjing narrowed his eyes slightly.
Qiao Yuxian smiled and said, "There are a few more words, want to hear them?"
Gu Yanjing signaled her to continue.
Qiao Yuxian stretched out a finger and poked his face: "Beloved person, loves me, willing to trust, never regret."
Gu Yanjing’s hand around her waist slightly tightened as he looked at her without speaking.
Qiao Yuxian said, "Gu Yanjing, last night was very dangerous, a slight mistake and we both could have died at Sed Manor."
"No," Gu Yanjing replied.
"But what if?" Qiao Yuxian said.
Last night she was too angry, losing all reason.
At Sed Manor, she didn’t think much.
Until she calmed down afterward did she realize how dangerous last night was.
"There won’t be an ’if,’" Gu Yanjing said.
Qiao Yuxian looked at him.
Gu Yanjing wouldn’t let anything happen to her or put her in danger; he had his own assurance.
"But I’ve always thought, the Gu Yanjing I know wouldn’t do that," Qiao Yuxian said, "During normal times, you’d advise me. Because we have other safer methods."
Gu Yanjing’s thumb caressed her face, his voice as cool and flat as icy water: "Because in a situation like yesterday, I couldn’t think of another way to make you feel better."
Qiao Yuxian pursed her lips and looked at him.
Gu Yanjing pinched her cheeks together, making her lips pout a little.
"You’ll spoil me," Qiao Yuxian said.
"How bad could it be?" Gu Yanjing asked.
Qiao Yuxian opened her mouth and bit his finger, leaving a row of small teeth marks: "This bad."
Gu Yanjing laughed: "So, because of last night, you plan to trust me a bit."
Qiao Yuxian nodded: "I trust my judgment, my instinct. And as you said, if I misjudge, if I’ve experienced such a journey, I won’t regret it, I believe the gains are greater than the losses."
Gu Yanjing looked at her, promising: "Qiao Yuxian, you can trust me forever."
Qiao Yuxian looked at his handsome brows and eyes, leaned in to kiss his lips: "I will trust you forever."
Gu Yanjing lifted her a bit higher, pinched her chin, and kissed her for a while.
After releasing her, he wiped the shimmer off her lips.
Qiao Yuxian said, "I plan to find a time to share my secrets with you."
Gu Yanjing slightly raised his eyebrows.
Qiao Yuxian said, "Today I’m a bit tired, I want to sleep a while. I plan to tell you when I feel like saying it."
"Mm," Gu Yanjing said.
"You should sleep a bit too," Qiao Yuxian said.
"Mm," Gu Yanjing said, "I’m going to change clothes."
"Alright."
Gu Yanjing went to change into pajamas.
Qiao Yuxian lay on the bed, watching him go into the walk-in closet. Shortly, she touched the Peace Pendant on her hand.
Then she got up, tidied the messy quilt, lay back in the middle of the bed, waiting for him...