Peaceful Farm Life

Chapter 1069: Chapter 1070: She Knew It All Along...

”The door isn’t bolted.”

Those four chilly and haughty words rendered Meng Zhuqing instantly rigid.

She,

knew he had arrived.

She,

seemed as though she was waiting for him.

Meng Zhuqing struggled to steady her mind before she raised her hand and gently attempted to push the door before her; then he found, indeed, the door wasn’t bolted from the inside.

This...

Looking at the door he had already pushed open a crack, Meng Zhuqing hesitated and finally pushed it open a bit wider and slowly walked in.

Unconsciously, he closed the door behind him.

Though there was no oil lamp lit in the room, the bright moonlight filtering in meant the room wasn’t completely dark.

Meng Zhuqing hesitated again but still moved toward Tobanya.

Tobanya was lying on the bed, her beautiful eyes closed, her expression quite normal, as if she were already asleep. But Meng Zhuqing knew that she was actually awake. She had just spoken to him.

”You...” Standing by the bed, looking at the person lying there, Meng Zhuqing didn’t quite know what to say.

Should he ask how she knew he would come?

Tobanya still lay quietly, her eyes shut, motionless. The moonlight spilled onto her face and body, making her already cool and aloof aura even more pronounced.

Meng Zhuqing then chose to remain silent, just quietly standing by the bed, but after a while, he took a stool, sat down by the bed, and continued to gaze at the person on it.

To guard her this closely was a first for him.

After a long while, seeing that Tobanya still didn’t speak and remained in that quiet sleeping state, Meng Zhuqing really began to believe that in this silence, Tobanya had fallen asleep.

Even though his heart clearly knew this was a bit of self-deception.

Yet, he couldn’t help himself and mustered the courage to raise his hand to reach toward her face. He had never touched her face before, and now, he wanted to.

But just as his hand was about to make contact with her face, he faltered, wanting to pull back.

But the other person didn’t let him retract it, grabbing his hand firmly.

Meng Zhuqing’s breath hitched instantly, and his body stiffened again. He wanted to pull his hand from Tobanya’s grasp, but at the same time, he couldn’t bear to do so.

Tobanya still had her beautiful eyes closed, and apart from one hand clutching Meng Zhuqing’s, there was hardly any change in her expression or posture.

”Commandery Princess...” Although he didn’t withdraw his hand, Meng Zhuqing finally spoke, his emotions genuinely complex and uneasy.

Tobanya still didn’t speak, holding onto Meng Zhuqing’s hand tighter and tighter; even tears started slowly trailing down from her closed eyes, glistening crystal clear under the moonlight, appearing so coolly detached, so heartbreakingly sorrowful.

Meng Zhuqing’s heart clenched tightly, and almost instantly, his hand that was being held grasped hers in turn, asking with a trembling voice, ”When did you know?”

Finally, Tobanya spoke, her words coming slowly, ”In Nan Shen, when you were delirious, you were calling out my name.”

Back in Nan Shen, when he had lapsed into unconsciousness due to the plague, he had murmured her name incessantly. It was then she knew his heart favored her.

However, at that time, she thought she was tainted, unworthy, so she pretended to be unaware.

Meng Zhuqing looked at the person still with closed eyes and listened to her words, feeling as if his heart were being sliced open, his hold on her hand involuntarily tightening again and again.