Chapter 516: Chapter 518: Return to Central Province (2)
Ji Ru Ya subconsciously glanced at her slightly bulging belly, a flicker of tears in her beautiful eyes, “He will understand us, cousin. If you die, I will never live on alone.”
The man’s heart quivered violently, and he closed his eyes in despair.
This was the first time he had hated himself so intensely. He hated his uselessness, his inability to protect the woman he loved, just as it had been in the past, and just as it was now…
“Escape? Haha, do you think you can escape? Brothers, go, capture that woman and enjoy her to your heart’s content. As for the man, just kill him!”
The fat man laughed heartily twice, his sinister eyes sweeping over Ji Ru Ya’s exquisitely beautiful face, and he swallowed hard, “Heh, don’t worry, miss. I’ll make sure you’ll be begging for life and death, an experience you’ll never forget, infinitely better than this frail-looking man beside you.”
In fact, the man wasn’t skinny, but of an average build; however, compared to the fat man, he did indeed look much slimmer…
Ji Ru Ya’s face turned deathly pale with terror as she looked at the men approaching her.
“No!”
Just as one of them raised the Great Sword to strike the man, she screamed and threw herself forward, blocking the sword with her body…
“Yaya!”
The man’s face turned ghastly white, his eyes shifting from shock to despair.
Yaya, why are you so foolish… Even if I were to die, I wouldn’t want you to lose your life trying to save me…
As the sword was about to fall on Ji Ru Ya’s head, she slowly closed her eyes, a smile playing on her lips, “Cousin, meeting you, falling in love with you, marrying you, I have no regrets.”
The years after leaving the Imperial Palace had been the happiest time of her life, for she was cherished and loved by him, and that was more than enough…
Bang!
A muffled sound suddenly erupted.
The anticipated pain did not come, causing Ji Ru Ya’s body to shake, and she slowly opened her eyes…
In front of her, a figure in white was billowing in the wind, enveloping in a faint glow under the sunlight. The woman’s body was tall and perfect, with three thousand strands of black hair brushing past her face, and from the silhouette alone, one could guess that she must be stunningly beautiful.
Ji Ru Ya was not unafraid of death; on the contrary, she was terrified, so now feeling the elation of a narrow escape, she couldn’t help but gaze blankly at the person in front of her.
Who was she? And why did she help her?
“Yaya!” The man finally got up from the ground, lifted his arm, and pulled Ji Ru Ya into his arms. At that moment, lying in his embrace, Ji Ru Ya could still feel his rapid heartbeat.
“Yaya, do you know how frightened I was just now? You’re not allowed to do anything this dangerous again!”
The man held his beloved woman tightly, his voice trembling with the emotion of having regained something precious.
Heaven knows, if he had lost her, then what meaning would there be in his life…
“Who are you?” Ji Ru Ya stared at the figure in front of her, confusion flashing through her beautiful eyes. For some reason, she felt a sense of familiarity with the person before her…
Finally, the woman in white turned her head, and in that instant, a breathtakingly beautiful face suddenly appeared before her eyes.
Ji Ru Ya’s eyes widened in shock as she asked in astonishment, “Mu Ruyue, is it really you?”
After a few years of absence, the woman in white had changed a lot, especially her aura which could only be described as unfathomable…
“Consort Ya, long time no see. It seems you’ve been doing quite well.”
Ji Ru Ya gave a wry smile, “Miss Mu, don’t mock me. I am no longer any noble concubine; I’m just my cousin’s wife now. The events of the past are over, and all I want now is to live out my days in love with my cousin, who would have thought…”