Chapter 592: Running Each Other's Way_1

Wei Jinyi’s situation today was unusual, a state he had never been in before.

So Xiaobei asked Wei Ruo: “Miss, there’s nothing seriously wrong with our master, right? His leg can recover, can’t it?”

“Yes, it can recover.”Wei Ruo gave a certain response.

Although full recovery would require a bit more time, the answer to whether he could recover was unquestionably affirmative.

“Really?” Xiaobei asked expectantly.

“When have I ever lied about these things?” asked Wei Ruo.

Xiaobei shook her head: “Miss, your medical skills are excellent, and you never lie.”

“So you can put your mind at ease.”

“But why does our master…” Xiaobei was more worried.

Wei Ruo said: “No need to worry, I know what’s going on with him, you go about your business, and I will go find him.”

“Okay, Miss, you should also take care of yourself. These days you’ve been so busy with the master’s issues and the spring planting, don’t wear yourself out.”

After talking to Xiaobei, Wei Ruo went to Wei Jinyi’s study.

After knocking on the door, Wei Ruo entered.

Wei Jinyi sat in his wheelchair by the window, with the morning sun falling on his knees and the floor in front of him through the window.

He was dressed in a pale moon-white outfit. The weather was not so cold in May, but an extra layer was still needed in the morning, so he wore a pig-blood-red blanket over his body.

His profile was striking, lines cutting exquisitely through softened features. Even now, sitting in his wheelchair, his demeanor remained unabated.

Wei Jinyi’s gaze had been locked onto the outdoors, until Wei Ruo entered, then he shifted his attention to her.

Wei Ruo walked up to him: “I didn’t massage you last night, today I’ll make up for it. You can’t skip the massage a single day, or it may affect your recovery later on.”

Yesterday, she had left knowing that Wei Jinyi would be in confusion after hearing her confession, so she had given him a night to digest everything.

Now that he had probably processed it all, it was time to resume business as usual.

Just as Wei Ruo reached out to him, her hand was abruptly caught by Wei Jinyi.

Vast palm, clear slender fingers, firmly grasping her hand.

“After what you said to me last night, can you still continue to massage my leg as if nothing happened?”

Wei Jinyi gazed at Wei Ruo, his eyes harboring a trace of puzzlement and worry but still gentle.

“Yes.” Wei Ruo admitted frankly. “My illicit desire for you is one thing, and my commitment to heal you is another. These two matters don’t interfere with each other. They may have some impact on our feelings, but they don’t affect our relationship, right? Even though I have illicit thoughts about you, I would never neglect your illness. And brother, you would not fail to see me for this, would you?”

Wei Ruo was confident about this. She knew her brother and she knew herself.

So, having said that, there would be no impact on her subsequent interaction with her brother. She would continue to do what she needed to do for him.

“Ruo, even if I can no longer stand and walk in the future, I will not blame anyone for it. No one needs to feel guilty towards me. These are all my choices — whether it’s coming to Jiliao or rescuing Xu Zhengyong — they were all my decisions. It’s not anyone’s fault and no one needs to be responsible for it.” Wei Jinyi said seriously.

Wei Ruo was stunned, then turned to look at Wei Jinyi again. Seeing the pain and blame in his eyes, she finally figured out what he was saying.

“You think the words I said to you yesterday were because you’re injured and can’t walk, and I feel indebted to you, so I want to compensate you in other ways?”

Wei Jinyi frowned but didn’t deny it.

It seemed like he agreed with her interpretation!

Wei Ruo took a deep breath and said, “First, both the wounds on your body and your leg, I can fully heal. If I had started treating you from the beginning, in the end, not even a scar would have been left. Your leg, as long as you strictly follow my treatment plan, in the end, it will certainly be fully restored. So there is no problem with feeling indebted.”

“Second, I wouldn’t force myself to love someone just because I feel guilty. These are two separate issues; I can distinguish between them. Moreover, if I’m not truly in love with you, but am obligated to become your legitimate wife simply out of guilt, I can’t even tell if this is compensation for you or revenge against you. I wouldn’t be happy if I forced myself, and you wouldn’t be happy being forced either. Why would I do something so foolish that doesn’t make anyone happy?”

After finishing her words, Wei Ruo looked at Wei Jinyi and said, “Brother, you sat by the window for such a long time. Did you only think about whether my words were because of guilt?”

Wei Jinyi turned his head away.

“It seems I was right.”

With that, Wei Ruo sighed.

Then she continued, “You’re usually so smart; how could you be so foolish on this matter?”

“Because it’s you.”

After a long silence, Wei Jinyi replied.

Wei Jinyi didn’t turn his head back; his gaze stayed outside the window, at a very distant place.

“Huh? Because it’s me?” Wei Ruo looked puzzled.

“Because it’s you. You’re special.” Wei Jinyi said.

“Yes, when I was contemplating whether to speak or not, I also pondered for a long time. Because it’s you, because I don’t want to disrupt the harmonious interaction between us after such a long time. There were always more concerns and considerations.”

Wei Jinyi kept looking out of the window, his deep voice continued to say: “The more you anticipate an answer, the less likely you are to easily believe that this answer is true.”

“Right.”

Wei Ruo nodded in agreement, about to squat down to resume the massage. Suddenly, she paused and abruptly looked up at Wei Jinyi again.

It seemed like his words just then meant…

Was he expecting her to say those words to him?

Was that what it meant? Or had she misunderstood?

Weir Ruo was in a daze.

While she was pondering, Wei Jinyi turned his head toward her.

His eyes seriously stared at Wei Ruo, casting a deep, dark gaze like the night sky, as if attempting to pull Wei Ruo into its depth.

“I knew about my adopted status from the beginning.” Wei Jinyi said.

“So?” Wei Ruo hadn’t understood what Wei Jinyi was trying to express.

“From the beginning, I knew that you were not my biological sister.” Wei Jinyi further clarified.

“Right.”

Wei Ruo still couldn’t grasp Wei Jinyi’s implication.

Or accurately speaking, it wasn’t that she completely couldn’t understand — a part of her did understand it. It’s just that she was instinctively evading the answer.

It seemed that just as Wei Jinyi had said, the more you anticipate an answer, the less likely you are to easily believe that this answer is true.