The person on the bed obviously felt Xue Jinhua's presence. His face was as pale as paper, without a trace of blood. Beads of sweat were dripping down his forehead, as dense as rain.

"Second Master..."

He just wanted to get up, but seemed to have lost all his strength and fell heavily on the bed.

Xue Jinhua's heart tightened, and she hurried over, reaching out to support his shaky body.

But just when she was about to get close to him, Master Qian suddenly pushed her hard and said with the last bit of his strength: "Get out..."

Xue Jinhua was stunned, her lips trembling slightly, and an unknown emotion flashed in her eyes.

Master Qian's face was as pale as paper, full of pain. He stared at her and said slowly, "I am a dying man, why do you have to sacrifice yourself?"

Xue Jinhua bit her lip. She was not some chaste and heroic woman. Second Master had helped her before, so now it was her turn to repay him, and she was naturally willing to do so.

So, she resolutely began to unbutton her clothes, her movements slow and firm.

Although Master Qian's body was in great pain, the expression on his face became even more painful when he saw this scene, even more unbearable than the pain in his body.

He tried to stop Xue Jinhua, but at the moment he even had difficulty speaking, let alone taking action. He could only watch her continue to unbutton her clothes.

"come over."

Xue Jinhua was startled by the deep voice. Facing his burning and aggressive gaze, her face flushed unconsciously.

Her feet felt as if they were made of molten lead, so heavy that she couldn't move at all.

Master Qian couldn't wait and pulled her over.

That strange yet familiar breath, carrying a hint of aggression, surged towards Xue Jinhua like a tide. She instantly became extremely nervous, as if her heart was about to jump out of her throat.

"Second Master..." Her voice was shy and timid. It didn't sound like a rejection, but rather an alluring invitation.

Master Qian suddenly let out a violent cough, like a bolt from the blue, causing him to completely let go of Xue Jinhua.

"Are you alright? How about...?" Xue Jinhua hesitated for a moment, then said with a determination to face death, "How about... I serve you, Master?"

He remained silent, so Xue Jinhua mistakenly thought that he had acquiesced and loosened her belt again. However, Master Qian grabbed her hand as fast as the wind and said sternly, "Do you want... to make me die faster?"

Facing his ruddy face, Xue Jinhua was intoxicated, but Master Qian said seriously: "My body is weak as a candle in the wind now, and sex will only accelerate my death."

Xue Jinhua woke up as if from a dream, blushing and said: "Then... why did Master Tiandao mention sex?"

"He was just worried about my health and tried to save the situation."

"Ah?" Xue Jinhua suddenly realized, "You are not feeling well now, so I'd better go get a doctor for you."

"No need, you are my best medicine."

Xue Jinhua was still confused, and then Master Qian held her head down with his hand, followed by a violent kiss...

Compared to the first time when I had no control over myself and even had a vague memory, this time I felt it very clearly.

In addition to the electric-shock-like sensory impact... Xue Jinhua felt as if her brain had been sucked out, leaving everything blank.

After Xue Jinhua's touch receded like the tide, Master Qian coughed awkwardly like a child who had done something wrong, "Actually, compared to consummating the marriage, I think mutual affection is the most important thing."

Xue Jinhua's cheeks were still flushed, and Master Qian's voice came again, "I guess you also know that people with the Seven Evils and the lonely fate will not live past their twenties..."

"Then what Second Master meant... is it that you want to go back on your word?" Xue Jinhua raised her head and looked at him with a gaze that seemed to penetrate people's hearts. "Could it be that you asked me to meet you today just to let me see your miserable state so that I would retreat?"

Master Qian's expression became more and more embarrassed, as if his lie had been exposed in public, but Xue Jinhua completely understood what he meant.

Her heart was like a pot of mixed feelings. She was a little happy that he was so honest with her, but she was mostly angry.

Why does he think he can't share the good and the bad?

"No, you misunderstood..."

"I have always thought that after our time together, you have already had a certain understanding of me, but now it seems...it is not that you do not understand me, but that I do not understand you."

"Don't worry, if consummating my marriage with you can change my fate, I can do it even if I don't want this status..."

Xue Jinhua said this with a bit of anger, "I'll repay Second Master's kindness in this way, and we will have no more contact in the future, how about that?"

"Huahua, you really misunderstood me."

However, how could Xue Jinhua believe this at this moment?

Things have developed to this point, and she feels that he is still making excuses to shirk his responsibilities, which means that he does not really want to marry her.

"Whether I misunderstood or not, I think you know it better than me." Xue Jinhua stood up, "Second Master, if you really need to consummate your marriage with me, I will naturally not refuse. As for the matter of marriage... then please think carefully about it. If you are really so reluctant, don't force it."

After saying this, Xue Jinhua left angrily.

When the door opened, Master Tiandao was still at the door.

Seeing Xue Jin draw it, he couldn't help but be stunned, and even muttered in a low voice, "So fast?"

Xue Jin was embarrassed and coughed lightly, "Master Tiandao, I'm afraid I am unable to complete your plan. I'm afraid I can only ask you to find another way."

Watching Xue Jinhua walking further and further away, he finally realized that these two...hadn't they yet consummated their marriage?

He couldn't help but feel a little annoyed. When he stepped into the room, he saw that Master Qian was still wearing the silver mask... His face was so gloomy that it seemed as if water could drip out.

"Second Master, how could you miss such a good opportunity?" Master Tiandao kept chattering, "I don't think Miss Xue is unwilling..."

"How could I let her down like this?"

After a while, the silver mask on Master Qian's face slipped off quietly, revealing a handsome face, but the hidden pain in his expression made his face slightly distorted.

"Second Master, you have your own difficulties that you cannot express..."

"If we can't give her a legitimate status, what's the point of getting married?"

"But Madam..."

"Go tell her that if she is just trying to force me to surrender by this means, I advise her to give up this idea as soon as possible, right?"

Master Tiandao looked helpless, "Second Master, Madam did all this... all for you."

"If she cares about me, she should know what I want."

Master Tiandao was helpless seeing how stubborn he was and didn't know how to persuade him.

After a while, a servant came running over and said, "Master, the lady wants to see you."

After Xue Jinhua left, the noble ladies from Nanling had already entered the inner room. Seeing that it was getting late, she followed them in.

"Is this Miss Wen?"

Leading the group was a graceful and elegant woman. Xue Jinhua raised her head and smelled a faint fragrance.

Xue Jinhua's mind was in a trance, and she instantly recalled the scene at Huangshan Temple that day.

It was her? That beautiful woman.

Looking at her expression, she must have recognized him.

Just as Xue Jinhua was about to walk over, Madam Qian grabbed her hand and said, "What a blessed child you are. I like you just by looking at you. This is my gift to you."

After saying that, Madam Qian took off a bracelet from her hand and put it into her hand, just like a gift from a mother-in-law to her daughter-in-law.

Everyone around looked at her with envy, but only Xue Jinhua began to feel uneasy in her heart.

Madam Qian clearly knew her identity, yet she didn't reveal it. Did she know about her fate, or was there some other hidden secret?

"Thank you, ma'am." Regardless, Xue Jinhua lowered her head and took the bracelet shyly.

"I'm not feeling well. Please accompany me to the backyard for a walk." After saying that, Madam Qian asked her mother to greet the noble ladies, and she took Xue Jinhua to the backyard.

The courtyard of the Qian family was picturesque and beautiful, but Xue Jinhua was absent-minded and had no interest in looking at it. The further he walked, the more solemn his expression became.

"Miss Xue, have you seen him?"

Xue Jinhua's footsteps seemed to be nailed to the ground, and she suddenly paused, "Madam Qian, I don't know if you want to see me alone, but do you have anything to tell me?"

"You, kid, are much smarter than I thought." Madam Qian's face flashed with helplessness, "Never mind, there are some things you will know sooner or later. Do you know the true identity of the Second Master?"

Xue Jinhua remained silent, recalling the events of this period in her mind. Although some of them were vague, they suddenly became clear like the tide.

"Have you never doubted the true identity of the Second Master?"

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