frightfiction Chapter 273 Cinnabar Mole
Chapter 273 Cinnabar Mole
In Ru Yue's opinion, after the first head-on confrontation with the prestigious and awe-inspiring Wu'an Marquis Mansion, she failed to inflict any substantial blow or damage on the other side. This result made her feel depressed and unhappy, as if a heavy stone was pressing down on her chest, making it difficult for her to breathe.
After all, for so many years, Chu Ning'an has been trapped in that seemingly glamorous but actually cold and ruthless family, living a depressed and frustrated life.
However, Chu Ning'an had a completely different view on the matter.
He knew very well that facing a force as huge and deeply rooted as the Wu'an Marquis Mansion, it would be almost impossible to defeat it in one fell swoop. However, as the saying goes, a thousand-mile dike is destroyed by an ant hole. If he could weaken it bit by bit, gradually disintegrate its power like a silkworm eating mulberry leaves, perhaps it would be easier to achieve the final victory.
In the blink of an eye, it was Ru Yue's fifteenth birthday.
In this era, once a girl reaches the age of fifteen, she can hold the Jigui ceremony, which means that she has become an adult and can get married, start a family and have children.
Although Ru Yue still feels deep down that she is just a child, the undeniable fact is that according to local customs and traditional concepts, fifteen years old is already considered an adult.
Chu Ning'an happily planned to prepare a grand and solemn coming-of-age ceremony for Ru Yue to celebrate the important moment of her entering a new stage of life.
When he told Ru Yue about this idea, she firmly and decisively opposed it.
Ru Yue frowned slightly, looked at Chu Ning'an with a firm gaze and said, "Chu Ning'an, I really don't care whether there is such a so-called coming-of-age ceremony or not. If those who come to congratulate me on my birthday are not sincere and are just going through the motions, then what practical significance does this ceremony have?"
She gently took his hand, tilted her pretty face slightly, looked into Chu Ning'an's deep and bright eyes with a loving smile, and asked softly and gracefully: "Can we get some of the elders and the master in the family over? Let's get together and have a lively and happy meal. Actually, for me, as long as there are those who treat me sincerely and give me sincere blessings, that's enough!"
Chu Ning'an knew very well that she was always different and had her own unique ideas and style of doing things, so he did not argue or care too much about her request.
When I saw how serious and persistent she was, my heart softened and I obeyed her wishes.
After all, in his opinion, as long as he can make her happy, everything else is insignificant.
However, things can change unexpectedly. On Ruyue's birthday, the atmosphere that should have been filled with joy and happiness was shattered by an unexpected event. For unknown reasons, Ruyue suddenly developed a high fever. She felt as if she were engulfed in a raging fire, and she was in a daze and unconscious.
Doctor Du rushed over and carefully examined her pulse, but surprisingly, it was normal. However, when he touched her furnace-scalding body, he could clearly feel the frighteningly high temperature.
Faced with this strange situation, everyone was helpless.
In desperation, Chu Ning'an was extremely anxious and immediately rode on horseback to pick up Doctor Shen.
Because the situation was extremely critical, Doctor Shen did not dare to delay after receiving the news and rushed to the scene as quickly as possible.
Doctor Shen didn't even have time to rest for a moment and immediately began to re-diagnose Ru Yue.
But after a meticulous examination, the results were still puzzling - apart from the persistent high fever symptoms, Ru Yue appeared normal in all other aspects.
Such a rare and peculiar disease is difficult to give a reasonable explanation for at the moment, even for an experienced doctor like Dr. Shen who has been practicing medicine for decades.
In the end, there was no other way, so everyone could only ask Fengying to fetch a basin of warm water and carefully help Ru Yue wipe her body to lower her high body temperature.
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At this time, Ru Yue was alone, trapped in a chaotic and misty fog.
She was at a loss, completely unable to tell east from west, south from north, let alone find a way out of the fog.
She looked around anxiously, hoping to find even a clue or an exit, but she could see nothing but thick white fog.
In desperation, she even tried to use her spiritual consciousness to contact A Ling who had always been by her side. However, no matter how hard she called, she never received any response.
Feeling helpless, Ru Yue gritted her teeth, mustered up her courage and continued to move forward.
The fog was eerily quiet, without a sound at all. Even her own breathing and footsteps seemed silent at this moment.
This dead silence made Ru Yue shudder, and fear gradually took over her heart.
Finally, she could no longer bear the oppression and shouted loudly: "Is anyone there?"
However, as soon as her voice came out, it was as if swallowed by a mysterious force and instantly disappeared into the vast sea of fog, as if she would never be able to penetrate this confusing fog.
Despite this, Ru Yue did not give up. She continued to stumble and move forward in the fog.
Time passed by minute by minute, and I didn't know how much time had passed, but the surrounding environment seemed to have not changed at all. It was still white, as if time had frozen and stagnated here.
Ru Yue was so tired that she was out of breath and had to stop to rest.
At this moment, her heart was full of doubts and confusion. Although she didn't know what exactly caused such a bizarre situation, she was very clear that all this was obviously extremely abnormal.
What's going on? Is this all just a nightmare? Or is there some unknown force manipulating everything?
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Fengying always stayed quietly beside Ru Yue, carefully wetting a towel with clean water and gently wiping her body to help cool her down.
Time passed minute by minute, and before she knew it, it was already the hour of Xu, but Ru Yue still had her eyes closed, showing no signs of waking up.
Chu Ning'an had never been so anxious and uneasy as he was at this moment, and the anxiety in his heart kept surging into his heart like a tide.
He was restless and kept pacing around the room. From time to time, he returned to the bed and stared at Ru Yue's pale face, his eyes full of worry and concern.
He didn't know when it started, but a subtle fear crept into his heart. He was afraid that Ru Yue would fall into a long sleep and never wake up.
Chu Ning'an finally couldn't contain his inner anxiety and decided that he couldn't just wait like this any longer.
Since Ru Yue's body temperature is still high after such a long period of effort, it is obvious that the current cooling method is not effective.
So he gently told Fengying to go and rest first, while he would stay and take care of Ru Yue himself.
After everyone left, the whole room suddenly became quiet, leaving only Chu Ning'an and the unconscious Ru Yue.
Chu Ning'an slowly walked to the bedside and sat down, gently holding Ru Yue's slender, white, and soft hands as soft as mutton-fat jade, and gently placed them on his cheeks. Feeling the familiar touch, his eyes gradually became moist.
Chu Ning'an muttered to himself, recounting the wonderful times they had shared over the past two years. From the heart-pounding moment of their first encounter, to the countless moments of their subsequent interactions; the laughter, the hardships, the heartwarming moments, and the difficult times they had supported each other through... He seemed to be trying to awaken Ru Yue from her slumber by recalling these fragments of the past.
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Ru Yue was alone in the thick fog, surrounded by white, as if the whole world was swallowed by the thick fog.
She hugged her knees, curled up her body, her eyes confused and helpless, and she had no idea how to deal with the terrifying situation before her.
Just then, a faint sound reached her ears.
The voice appeared and disappeared, sometimes seeming to come from behind her, sometimes from the front; sometimes it sounded like it was coming from all directions, and sometimes it seemed to be very close.
Ru Yue stood up nervously, turning and looking around in the fog, trying to find the source of the sound.
However, no matter how hard she tried to find it, the sound remained vague and elusive.
After searching for a long time, Ru Yue suddenly had a strange feeling - the voice seemed to come from the depths of her heart.
After realizing this, she took a deep breath, calmed herself down, and stopped running around blindly like a headless fly.
She closed her eyes, concentrated her attention, and listened to the mysterious voice with her heart.
Gradually, gradually, the originally unclear sound became clearer.
That’s right, that was Chu Ning’an’s voice!
This discovery made Ru Yue ecstatic. She couldn't wait to open her throat and shout: "Chu Ning'an, is that you? Chu Ning'an, I'm here! Chu Ning'an~~"
However, what made her despair was that as she called out anxiously, the sound that she had finally captured receded quickly like the tide until it completely disappeared.
The surroundings returned to deathly silence again, leaving Ru Yue alone standing in the vast fog.
At this moment, fear and worry enveloped her like a shadow, and an unprecedented feeling of loneliness and helplessness surged in her heart, almost crushing her.
She slowly squatted down, as if all the strength in her body had been drained away.
She gently lowered her head onto her legs, and a low and suppressed sob came out of her throat. The cry was so sob-like and heartbreaking.
She sobbed and kept murmuring, "Chu Ning'an, where are you? I'm so scared... Chu Ning'an..." Every word was filled with helplessness and fear, as if the whole world only left her and the person named Chu Ning'an.
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At this moment, Chu Ning'an, who had been taking care of her, gently took off the wet cloth on her head, and was about to soak it in water again and put it on her forehead, but he found that her brows were tightly furrowed, and his heart couldn't help but tighten.
Her eyebrows seemed to be twisted into a ball by an invisible force, and she looked extremely uncomfortable. Her lips moved slightly, as if she was mumbling something.
Seeing this, Chu Ning'an quickly leaned over and put his ear close to her mouth, trying to hear what she was saying. However, the sound was like a candle in the wind, flickering, sometimes like a low sob, sometimes like a soft whisper. No matter how hard he listened, he could not make out the specific content.
Just when Chu Ning'an was full of doubts, he suddenly looked up and was surprised to find that her forehead was covered with a layer of fine beads of sweat. Those beads of sweat were like crystal clear pearls, rolling down one after another, wetting the strands of hair on her forehead.
He carefully picked up the cloth and gently covered Ru Yue's sweaty forehead.
Perhaps it was the cool towel that made her feel more comfortable due to her high fever, but Chu Ning'an felt that Ru Yue seemed to have calmed down. When he took off the towel to replace it with a new one, he suddenly found a cinnabar mark the size of a grain of rice between Ru Yue's eyebrows.
Chu Ning'an's heart tightened, and countless thoughts flashed through his mind. Could it be that he had wiped too hard and accidentally scratched Ru Yue's forehead? Thinking of this, he couldn't help but blame himself. So, he quickly stretched out his finger and gently touched the small scarlet dot.
However, the moment his fingertips touched it, Chu Ning'an was completely stunned. Because he clearly felt that it was not a mark, but a slightly raised cinnabar mole!