Ink Blade Chapter 42 (Part 1)
Translated by Sylver
Chapter 42.1 Awakening from Past LIfe (part 1)
Mo Ren gently shook his head, tightened his arms, and held Chu Yan even tighter. He whispered, “The night is cold and the wind is strong. Can Ah Ren take Master first to the Shuijing Tower before talking?”
Chu Yan was very confused at this time, and he just followed what the guard said. Mo Ren helped him up, quietly rose into the air in the night, first landed on the eaves of the Shuijing Tower, and then jumped down and entered the room through the window.
Ying Dian was already waiting in the room. Seeing Chu Yan covered in blood being helped in by Mo Ren, she couldn’t help but exclaim, “Palace Master!”
By this time, no matter how confused she was, she should realize that something was not right. Chu Yan raised his hand to signal that he was okay, and asked, “…What’s going on?”
Mo Ren insisted on helping Chu Yan to sit down by the bed, then got up and brought a towel and a basin of water. He whispered, “Master has been poisoned.”
Then he turned to Ying Dian and said, “Fourth Guardian, let me explain it to the Master.”
Ying Dian understood, saluted, and left the room, leaving the master and the guard alone.
Mo Ren sat under the bedside lamp. He wet the towel and wrung it out, carefully wiping the blood from Chu Yan’s chin. He asked softly, “Does the Master's body still feel uncomfortable?”
Stimulated by the cool touch, Chu Yan finally reacted to the phrase “has been poisoned.”
“…This Master is fine, what did you say, poisoned? Bai Hua’s poison?”
He looked at Mo Ren, who was close at hand, and his first thought was not to worry about what kind of poison he had, but…
“Was this Master…like that to you just now…..because of this?”
Mo Ren nodded, washed the blood-stained towel in the basin again, and said, “Yes. That was not Master’s intention. Please don’t take it to heart.”
Chu Yan was shocked, and the next moment, he felt a strange sense of relief: Wait, if his emotional outburst just now was due to some kind of poison, and Mo Ren knew about it all along…..
Could it be that Mo Ren wasn’t broken-hearted, and didn’t blame him?
Yes, it must be so. And just now, Mo Ren was very concerned about him, even holding him, so close, almost close enough to kiss… This… isn’t this what they call a turn of events! A reversal of fortune! A resurrection from the dead—
Mo Ren tilted his head in confusion, “Master?”
…Was it his imagination, or did he feel that his master seemed… very happy for a moment after hearing that he was poisoned???
Chu Yan came back to his senses and coughed violently to cover up, “Cough, cough, cough…fine, this Master is fine, you go on.”
Mo Ren added, “Not just now, but…always.”
He glanced at the direction of the door and window, confirmed that there was no one around, and then took out a red-sealed envelope from his arms and handed it to Chu Yan.
“This is a secret letter from Qiu Jin from the palace. This subordinate realized the clues tonight, and in haste, opened it without permission. If the Master wants to punish this subordinate, so be it.”
A secret letter! Chu Yan was shocked again. He had completely forgotten about such an important matter, even though he had been thinking about it before dealing with Bai Hua…
“Please take a look at this, Master.” Mo Ren put the secret letter on the table by the bed, and also pushed the scroll that was originally on the table. “And this. This subordinate came to the Shuijing Tower tonight not to punish himself, but to ask the Fourth Guardian to check something… Fortunately, the Suijing Tower lives up to its name. Please take a look, Master.”
Under the dim light, the guard’s handsome eyebrows and eyes were illuminated, and his slightly pale face and deep black eyes were all exposed to Chu Yan’s eyes with a somewhat hazy halo.
Somehow, Chu Yan realized that Mo Ren’s gaze at him was different from before.
Since his return from rebirth, the Mo Ren he had seen was always very restrained, often silent and looking down. Except for a few times when his true feelings were revealed, he had never looked at him so… unrestrained and affectionate.
What did Mo Ren and Ying Dian find out tonight?
He shook the crumpled letter paper and squinted to read the words on the paper. However, as he read, the casual expression on his face gradually disappeared.
A few breaths later, Chu Yan unfolded the scroll from the Shuijing Tower with a serious face. After reading it once, he quickly flipped back to the beginning and read it again word by word.
The clouds on his face grew heavier, as if a storm was brewing. The characters on the paper flowed one by one in his phoenix eyes, stirring up a terrifying vortex.
Mo Ren sat by the bed with him, his eyes downcast, counting the sound of paper flipping in his heart.
He heard Chu Yan’s breathing become unstable, and the sound of turning the paper went from quickly and steady to trembling, causing his heart to ache.
“…Master,” Mo Ren closed his eyes, his knuckles turning blue as he clenched his hands. Finally, he spoke with a pained voice, “You’ve been poisoned for a long time, not just now, not just after the rebirth. It’s…”
“It’s always been, in your previous life…..for a whole ten years.”
“The source of the poison is the fragrance on Bai Hua’s body. This person has probably been plotting for years from the beginning, just to harm you.”
