Rebirth: My Healer Wife Owns Superpowers

Chapter 307: Chapter 307 She Can Bear the Pain of Love
 

Qi Yue felt entirely distressed.

With her exceptional memory, the hairpin in front of her was unmistakably the one she had seen, the same one that Liao Ruyan had once worn in her hair.

But how did it end up in Zhao Xiyan’s hands again?

“Yueyue, you’re back? What did mother say?”

Lost in her daze, Qi Yue saw Zhao Xiyan already sitting up, smiling broadly at her.

Qi Yue furrowed her brows and lifted the bundle in her hand.

“Mother made some clothes for me.”

Zhao Xiyan smiled too and beckoned her over.

“Yueyue, it just so happens that I have something for you as well.”

A bad premonition washed over Qi Yue, and the words slipped from her mouth.

“You’re not thinking of giving me a hairpin, are you?”

“Did Yueyue see it?” Zhao Xiyan asked in surprise, presenting the hairpin in hand, “I carved this earlier to give to you, but I never had the chance. Today is perfect.”

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A strong refusal surged from within, and Qi Yue waved her hands repeatedly.

“No, I don’t like white Bai Shao hairpins.”

“Oh,” Zhao Xiyan looked apologetic, but soon smiled again, “That’s true, I thought you’d like it. I will carve another one for you.”

After a pause, he took the White Jade Hairpin back into his hold, cherishing it visibly.

Qi Yue felt a prick in her heart and suddenly wanted to get angry, but she held it back.

“It seems you quite like it, carrying it with you often?”

“Yes, after all, it was the first one I carved.”

The first one he carved?

It seems it was for the first person he liked!

Qi Yue was getting irritable.

She could see clearly, the hairpin Liao Ruyan had worn, and the one Zhao Xiyan held were exactly the same.

But what was going on?

It couldn’t be that there were two identical hairpins!

The hairpin was special because of its upturned head, a very rare design, with two connected orbs hanging beneath the white Bai Shao flower, making it difficult to imitate.

Besides, even if it were to be copied, one would need to have seen the original first.

Zhao Xiyan treasured that hairpin so much, always keeping it with him, so how could someone have imitated it?

Could it be that he made two identical hairpins and gave one to Liao Ruyan?

But that didn’t seem right either; who would be so idle as to carve two identical hairpins to give to women?

Could it be that he had given this hairpin to Liao Ruyan previously but retrieved it due to Shen Yu’s vehement objection?

Thinking of this possibility, Qi Yue felt as if she had swallowed a fly.

Looking at the radiant face in front of her, the charming smile, Qi Yue still couldn’t believe that Zhao Xiyan was the kind of person to take back a token of affection only to re-gift it to someone else.

That’s too shameless!

But reality didn’t grant her these wishes.

In Beiyuan, if an engagement fell through, it was customary for the couple to take back their tokens of affection and give them to someone else.

It was tradition, and it happened all the time.

Even though she couldn’t accept it, that was the reality.

“Yueyue, what’s wrong? You look a bit pale, are you tired?”

Zhao Xiyan’s concerned voice rang in her ears.

Even though it was the same person, the same voice and the same words, Qi Yue felt that something was different.

All this time, she had given Zhao Xiyan her wholehearted love.

Always thinking about doing something for him, no matter how many times she saw him, the first glimpse always filled her with joy, and her heart would beat irregularly for a while before returning to normal.

But just thinking that he re-gifted something originally intended for someone else, and already given to that someone else, to her made her uncontrollably furious.

Although she had tried her best to let go of the matter with his former beloved, it still felt suffocating.

The man Qi Yue had set her heart on had once treasured another—the very thought was a slap in her face.

Nevertheless, she strove to control her expression.

She suddenly remembered that in her previous life, she was often called “stubborn ox, contrary person,” and now that she thought about it, it was indeed true.

It’s just a man, isn’t it? Just someone who had a beloved, right?

Do you not allow others to have one simply because you don’t?

“Yueyue, what’s wrong?”

Zhao Xiyan reached out to feel her forehead.

Seeing Qi Yue’s willow-leaf eyes flickering uncertainly, as if she was burdened with many worries, Zhao Xiyan also began to panic a little.

“Yueyue, you must tell me if something’s bothering you, don’t make me guess.”

“I’m fine. I’m just worried about the affairs in Longnan and want to leave as soon as possible. I don’t know if you plan to go or stay?”

Qi Yue blurted out a string of lies.

Of course, they weren’t entirely lies; she did indeed feel fed up and wanted to leave quickly to find something to do.

What could she do?

She couldn’t publicly state that she detested Liao Ruyan and wouldn’t allow Zhao Xiyan to see her again, and tell her to get lost, could she?

She suddenly acutely realized that she had an almost pathological possessiveness towards the man Zhao Xiyan.

Even if he simply spoke a word to another woman, she felt uncomfortable.

While her mind was in a mess, her eyes were fixed on Zhao Xiyan.

“Silly girl, of course I’ll go with you. Don’t worry, I’ve already arranged for the escort of Mum and Dad. Cousin and little cousin will also come along. Once we’re there, they’ll figure out a way to go to Yecheng,” he said, reaching out to play with her hair, a childlike innocence on his face.

“It’s fine to mess it up now since we’re going to sleep soon anyway.”

With that bit of teasing, Qi Yue’s heart immediately softened again.

This man was like that, always effortlessly touching her heart.

“Alright, you should go back and rest now. We’re leaving tomorrow.”

“Okay.”

Seizing the moment Zhao Xiyan left, she hurried to follow and asked him.

“When you were coming over just now, I saw Liao Ruyan looking for you. You didn’t call her over, did you?”

“Why would I call her?” Zhao Xiyan frowned deeply, “Yueyue, I don’t like it when you link me with other women. Let’s not talk about this kind of thing in the future, okay?”

As he said this, the expression on his face was a mix of feeling wronged and sad, clearly not wanting to revisit the past.

Qi Yue pulled at the corner of her lips.

Forget it, if he could already ignore his past ‘moonlight,’ what more could she do?

She certainly couldn’t slice open his chest to see if there were still any shadows of Liao Ruyan left in his heart!

The next morning everyone was preparing their luggage for departure.

Upon learning that Zhao Xiyan wouldn’t escort to Youyun Mountain, Shen Zhen Niang pouted again.

“Brother Yan, aren’t you sending Auntie Jade? If you don’t, how can we be assured?”

“This is not your concern.” Zhao Xiyan didn’t even look at her, dropping the comment and moving over to Shen Yu.

Shen Zhen Niang, snubbed, suddenly cast a provocative glance at Qi Yue and crowded in as well.

“Brother Yan, will you come to visit us? I’ll look after Auntie Jade with Sister Ruyan, don’t worry. No matter what, it’s always good to have someone by Auntie’s side, right?”

Zhao Xiyan looked puzzled as he listened, then suddenly turned to Shen Yu and asked, “Mother, do you need the two of them to take care of you?”

Shen Yu gave Liao Ruyan a cold glance and said with a smile, “Aren’t Lanlan and Shuangyue here, as well as Yueyue…”

With that, she beckoned to Qi Yue.

“Yueyue, come here and talk to mum. You promised mum to visit whenever you’re free. Don’t forget.”

Although there was no need to flex her power against someone like Liao Ruyan, Qi Yue obediently walked over.

“Mother, don’t worry. I’ll come whenever I have time.”

The faces of Shen Zhen Niang and Liao Ruyan suddenly looked unpleasant as they pulled each other aside, whispering incomprehensibly.

Qi Yue faintly heard them talking about how to ingratiate themselves with Shen Yu after settling down, but she was too lazy to care.

No matter what Liao Ruyan intended to do or what she did, whether Shen Yu would change her mind and let her become something to Zhao Xiyan, it didn’t matter.

She, Qi Yue, might be a love-struck fool, hoping for Zhao Xiyan’s undivided love and to grow old together, but she was not a mindless one.

She could bear the pain of love, but would never bear the pain caused by a man.