Rebirth: My Healer Wife Owns Superpowers-Chapter 298 - : Self-Contradiction

Chapter 298: Chapter 298: Self-Contradiction

Qi Yue left the rest of her words unspoken, her gaze deep as she looked at Zhao Xiyan, staring into his seemingly bottomless eyes.

At this juncture, the paths the two of them could take were few.

One was to go all out, to walk to the end of the road, to step on the nagging and insisting people underneath their feet, to win this world.

The other was to maintain the status quo.

Originally, Zhao Xiyan had led troops to Donggao to bring her back.

But this act challenged the authority of the Beiyuan Court, tantamount to a direct confrontation.

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Had it been anyone else, their entire family would have been executed long ago.

However, his fame was too great, and the Beiyuan Court, out of fear of his prowess, had been hesitant to define this incident.

Just yesterday, envoys from Beiyuan had even sent a letter of commendation.

In the letter, the so-called Prime Minister Lin lavished praise on Zhao Xiyan, extolling his courage to fight Donggao single-handedly as both honorable and formidable, a redemption of Beiyuan’s disgrace.

The overt and covert implications of that letter seemed somewhat to be an attempt to court him.

It was believed that before long, Prime Minister Lin would offer even more favorable terms to secure Zhao Xiyan’s loyalty.

After all, securing Zhao Xiyan meant holding Yecheng of Donggao in their grasp as well.

But knowing Zhao Xiyan’s character, he would definitely not choose this path.

Moreover, the various forces eyeing the world wouldn’t allow them to stop here either.

Ultimately, from the moment Zhao Xiyan chose to lead troops to Donggao, things had become uncontrollable.

In plain terms, they were left with only one path.

That was to keep growing stronger and become the masters of this world.

Indeed, just a day later, Prime Minister Lin’s son-in-law, Hu Keqing, issued such a public notice!

The situation visibly became more complicated.

Although Qi Yue was not very versed in the checks and balances and struggles between the various forces within the court, she knew this was not a matter of black and white, nor black or white.

Inside the current Beiyuan Court, between Beiyuan and Donggao, and among the various regional powers, there must be secret exchanges going on that were unknown to the public.

And definitely, they all had something to do with Zhao Xiyan and Qi Yue.

This point did not require much thought for her to understand it clearly.

It could be said that every move they made was under the scrutiny of people from all sides.

Even this outing, it was likely that someone was already waiting for them halfway.

Although she believed in Zhao Xiyan, she also trusted that the people planted in various places would protect her safety.

But once they took any action, forces from all sides would follow suit.

The label of being rebels would probably be thoroughly cemented for them both.

At that time, it was highly likely that Donggao would also counterattack.

The result would be being attacked from both front and back, with honor and safety of life all being challenged.

Did Zhao Xiyan truly wish for this? Had he really thought it through?

“Are you lost in your wild thoughts again? Hmm,” Zhao Xiyan extended a hand, smoothed the hair by her temples, and finally cradled half her face.

“Yueyue need not doubt or worry. What of being rebels? It’s just an empty name. I just want you to live as you please, free and unburdened.”

Qi Yue opened her eyes wide in surprise.

Living as one pleases, free and unburdened—that was what she had said to Zhao Xiyan the day she told him her life story.

Back then, Zhao Xiyan suddenly asked her, “Yueyue, what kind of life do you desire the most? You must not be accustomed to living here, having grown up in that kind of world.”

She remembered her answer was, “As far as possible, within what can be achieved, to live as one pleases, free and unburdened.”

She never expected Zhao Xiyan to take note of it.

And even to help her achieve it?

“Yueyue, since the year you saved me, and escorted me safely all the way to Longnan Ridge, you have become the most important person in my life. From that moment, I had no wishes of my own. I only want to fulfill your wishes.”

“Actually, you don’t have to care so much,” said Qi Yue, feeling somewhat embarrassed.

Initially, her only intention in saving him was to escort him to Longnan Ridge and finally obtain a divorce paper.

Zhao Xiyan’s reaction might have been a bit exaggerated.

To make her wishes his own was tantamount to saying he lived for her.

That promise was perhaps too grand.

She felt a bit unworthy of it.

“How Yueyue sees it is her business, but for me, that’s how it is,”

Zhao Xiyan seemed to read her mind and followed up with another sentence.

Qi Yue abruptly stopped her wild thoughts, but didn’t know what to say, so she just listened quietly.

His voice was captivating, like the singing of leaves under the moonlight, slowly seeping in.

“It’s just a pity that at that time I misunderstood and actually thought agreeing to the divorce paper was fulfilling your wishes… If it weren’t for the divorce back then, we…”

At this point, Qi Yue couldn’t hold back any longer.

“…we would’ve had our kids running around by now, right?”

For some reason, Zhao Xiyan had lately been brooding over the divorce, always bringing it up, intentionally or not.

He would often say that if he hadn’t wrongly accused Qi Yue of seeing him as a brother, they would’ve been together long ago, and none of what followed would have happened.

Zhao Xiyan picked up the conversation leisurely with a sentence of his own.

“I hadn’t thought about children, but I just feel like I wasted two years that could have been spent with you, which is regretful.”

Regret what?

What time spent together? He was clearly thinking about cohabiting before marriage. Wishful thinking!

Qi Yue smirked.

“Enough, stop thinking about all that nonsense. I think we need to set off immediately. The longer we delay, the more variables there are, and the more likely things will spiral out of control. The situation at the Longnan County Government poses the greatest challenge to us. If we don’t handle this well, the following steps won’t go smoothly either.”

As she spoke, she pushed the pieces of paper and notices back in front of Zhao Xiyan.

She had already told him about how Qing Nanzun had placed several poisoned men in the Longnan County Government.

Though no issues had arisen yet, the poisoned men were like lurking bombs.

It was unclear when they would explode.

Hearing this, Zhao Xiyan’s expression also turned serious.

How could he not be aware of the gravity of the situation? He had just tried to distract her with a few jokes to lighten her mood because he didn’t want Qi Yue to worry.

Unexpectedly, she was far from scared and was instead eager to bravely face the challenge, which earned his respect.

So, putting aside his playful mood, he pulled Qi Yue over to a map showing the four countries.

“Yueyue, how do you want to proceed?”

Though the border between Donggao and Beiyuan was long, most of it encompassed impassable terrain, with only two places accessible for normal transit—Longnan and Dengzhou.

Of these, the Longnan route was the most convenient for entering and exiting, but that was in the past.

In the past year or so, Chu Yuntian had recruited a large number of civilians to continuously build The Great Wall to resist the Donggao Army, erecting a solid defense line at the weakest point between Donggao and Beiyuan.

Hu Keqing, of course, was not foolish; even though he had captured Chu Yuntian, he hadn’t stopped the construction of The Great Wall. Instead, he extensively mobilized manpower to accelerate the building process.

In just one month, he had encircled the entire boundary with a Great Wall.

As a result, Qi Yue’s possibility of entering Beiyuan from the Longnan Region was completely cut off.

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Fortunately, Qi Yue’s original plan was to take the route through Dengzhou to the Capital City, so this did not fundamentally impact her plans.

However, it was Qi Yue who had initially suggested to Chu Yuntian the construction of The Great Wall, and she had even provided the design plans.

Now Hu Keqing’s actions were a blatant slap in her face.

Qi Yue was so angry that she gritted her teeth, but there was nothing she could do at the moment.

Of course, if she truly wanted to deal with Hu Keqing and his son, she had plenty of ways to do so.

The most satisfying method would be to drop a few hundred Small Fragrant Melons and blow up a section of The Great Wall.

But such an action, aside from being a waste, served no practical purpose.

Unless she could capture the Longnan County Government without bloodshed, any other move would just be self-defeating.