Ink Blade Chapter 8 (Part 2)
Translated by Sylver
Edited by kleio
Pear Blossom Snow (part 2)
Heh, pear fragrance melts into water, never to be separated? Chu Yan felt funny in his heart, and said lazily, "Okay, but I came here in a hurry today, and I didn't bring a tea set. What shall we do? Or should this Master ask Qiu Jin to go get it?"
Bai Hua turned to the maid at the side, with a cute and embarrassed expression, but his words were not polite, "Then I’ll be troubling Miss Qiu Jin.”
Unexpectedly, before Bai Hua finished speaking, a clear voice suddenly came.
"Don't bother Young Master Bai. This subordinate has already prepared the tea."
At the moment when the voice sounded, Chu Yan stood up in shock. This voice... Ah Ren!? How is this possible...
Chu Yan looked back suddenly. Just when the wind picked up suddenly, it swept across the pear forest in the distance, and the pear blossoms flowers swirled and flew up. The pale young man in black clothes walked silently through the flying white flowers like falling snowflakes, approaching from far to near, until his figure gradually became clear.
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Mo Ren held an exquisite sandalwood tea tray in his hand, wore a black bodyguard's tight robe, and had his black hair neatly tied behind his head, not at all different from usual.
But his face was frighteningly pale, and his steps appeared weak, as if he would fall over at any moment, only the tea tray in his hand and the tea set on it were stable without any shaking.
Chu Yan's brain buzzed, as if struck by lightning. For a moment, he only felt that this scene was like a dream, but the pain in his heart reminded him that everything was real.
Ah Ren...... How did he come, how did he get here, what did he come to do!?
He still has the wounds from the Punishment Hall…..that kind of injury!
Could it be that this person came here step by step from the Jiuzhong Palace!?
If something happened halfway, if the injury relapsed and he passed out, no one would notice, if... does he really not want his life!?
Chu Yan was stupefied. He saw Mo Ren walk in front of him, knelt down on one knee, and raised the tea tray in his hand above his head.
"Master Bai is just starting to make tea now, it'll be slightly a little late, it's not good to keep the Master waiting for a long time." Mo Ren's voice was very calm, "This subordinate heard that the Master is coming here, so he took the initiative to prepare tea, requesting the Master to please make do with this first.”
Mo Ren lowered his head, his bloodless lips were tightly drawn. His undershirt was soaked, but he didn't know whether it was because of sweat or blood. This road was actually not that difficult to walk, but he was worried in his heart, thus he forcibly used his lightness skill. It was inevitable that all the wounds would crack open, but……fortunately, he caught up.
Mo Ren thought, if Chu Yan could take the tea, he would take advantage of the opportunity to stay. Now that he had internal force in his body, he could stay awake for a few hours even if he forcibly suppressed his injuries. Now, he only asked the Master to take pity on him once and took over the tea tray…..
However, a voice broke all his thoughts.
"Guard Mo? Why are you here? Didn't Brother Chu clearly refuse to let you…” Bai Hua shouted out in surprise, then hurriedly shook his head as if he had said something wrong, "Ah, no, Brother Chu, Guard Mo is just...just….just worried about the safety of the Palace Master!"
He lowered his eyelids dejectedly, and whispered bitterly, "You also know that Guard Mo has always disliked Hua'er, but he just doesn't trust you to come out with Hua'er... Brother Chu please don't get angry."
After saying that, Bai Hua turned around again, with a face full of anxiety and bewilderment, he hurriedly shouted at Mo Ren, "Guard Mo, you should confess your mistake to Brother Chu, such a serious crime as disobedience….."
As early as when he heard Bai Hua speak before Chu Yan, Mo Ren's heart was already cold. At this moment, he actually felt cold all over his body, and the blood on his already pale face faded to the point of despair.
Disobedience...disobedience...
Mo Ren knew that since Bai Hua accused him of disobedience, with Chu Yan's temperament, he would definitely punish him severely for the sake of the Palace Master’s prestige. What's more, he had just been punished from the Punishment Hall, and if he made another mistake after only a few days, according to the rules, he would be punished more severely.
Sure enough, even if he was reborn once, he would still be that cold, dull, useless sword. In this kind of rhetoric and scheming, he still...couldn't beat Bai Hua.
As soon as he thought of this, Mo Ren felt as if all the tiredness came up together, and his eyes flickered brightly in the dark.
He opened his mouth and took a few breaths with difficulty. He wanted to grit his teeth slowly to hold on, but he didn't expect his chest to feel this suffocated, and his consciousness suddenly went into a trance. His whole body lost all strength, and the tea tray in his hand began to tilt...
A hand reached out and held the tea tray before it slipped off.
"Ah Ren......" Chu Yan's voice was very soft, a little hoarse, and a little trembling, but it made Mo Ren wake up immediately.
After breaking away from the momentary dizziness, he realized belatedly that the tea tray in his hand had been taken by his master.
Bai Hua on the side didn't expect that Chu Yan would actually take Mo Ren's tea, and at this moment, he felt like he had just lifted a rock only to drop it on his foot, and felt bitter and unspeakable. He could only call Brother Chu in a low voice.
But Chu Yan couldn't hear Bai Hua's voice at all. He looked carefully at the object held in his hand, and felt that this exquisite and elegant tea tray seemed to weigh a thousand catties, so heavy that he couldn't even lift it.
He could see Mo Ren nervousness under his composure. Even after Bai Hua said those words, Chu Yan felt that Mo Ren, who wouldn’t even flinch a bit in the face of swords, would be this tense.
For a moment, Chu Yan really wanted to forget about the big plan of forbearance, push Bai Hua away, hug this upright person who was suffering from pain but still knelt in front of him, and comfort him—tell him to not be afraid, tell him that he would be good to him, and that he would never repeat the same mistakes as in the previous life...
But in the end Chu Yan still clenched his fists under his sleeves, suppressing this impulse.
The scene of the destruction of the Jiuzhong Palace was still vivid in his mind, he had already vowed to avenge this. It was inevitable that he would have to bear patiently for a while.
As for him and Ah Ren, they still had a long way to go.
He would definitely…….make up for everything one by one.
He had been reborn, therefore, naturally, he would be able to make up for it.
