Xiao Ran finally hugged He Yue'er desperately and said, "Yue'er, I knew you were still nearby, and I knew you were reluctant to leave. I will buy you a new house, and you can rest there. When everything is settled and everyone has forgotten about this matter, I will marry you, okay?"
Hearing this, He Yueer pushed Xiao Ran away, then her eyes were complicated, and the corners of her mouth raised a self-deprecating look: "Buy me a house outside, let me live there, and marry me in a few years. Xiao Ran, are you raising me as a concubine? Although the Dugu family and the He family don't like me now, I also have my own pride."
As she spoke, He Yue'er gradually moved away from Xiao Ran.
This place was quite close to the house that Madam Dugu had arranged for her. However, the moment He Yueer entered the house, she fell heavily to the ground and then coughed up a pool of blood.
Xiao Ran saw this shocking scene. In his memory, coughing up blood represented a rather difficult disease to treat.
Could it be that Yue'er... Xiao Ran didn't dare to think about it any further.
If that were really the case, how terrible it would be!
Xiao Ran wanted to take He Yue'er to see a doctor, but He Yue'er stopped him and said, "No need to see a doctor. I know my body well. Just help me to the bed. I'll rest for a while."
Then He Yue'er was helped to the bed by Xiao Ran.
Xiao Ran poured her a glass of water. He Yue'er looked at him, picked up the glass and drank it slowly, but then she vomited more blood. Xiao Ran was so scared that he quickly wiped the blood for her.
After a long while, Xiao Ran asked with difficulty: "Yue'er, what's wrong with you?"
He Yueer had no desire to live, and replied nonchalantly without any fighting intention: "It's tuberculosis. According to the doctor, I only have a few days to live..."
"Tuberculosis!" Xiao Ran was shocked and blurted out in disbelief.
"Yeah, I also find it a little unbelievable, but these things really happened to me..."
At this moment, He Yue'er was like a soulless puppet, a fragile porcelain doll.
Her eyes were empty and there was a hint of death about her, and her eyes no longer had the liveliness and agility they once had.
Seeing He Yue'er like this, Xiao Ran felt quite upset. Why would the beautiful and bright woman who treated him so well before experience such a setback
"Yue'er..." Xiao Ran pursed his lips.
Xiao Ran wanted to comfort He Yue'er and say that everything would be fine, but he couldn't lie to himself.
Tuberculosis is a terminal illness nowadays. Then he thought of An Xin, and quickly grabbed He Yue'er's hand and said, "Don't be afraid, Yue'er, I'll go find Sister Xin, and Sister Xin will definitely have a way to cure you."
He Yue'er pulled her hand out of Xiao Ran's. She said calmly, "Xiao Ran, haven't you realized it yet? Death is the best outcome for me now. Even if Queen An has the ability to cure me, so what?"
"The world is so big, but where can I find a place to stay? Is it the Dugu family? Or the He family? Or your side? Xiao Ran, I have no home now. Can't you let me die quietly with such pride?"
When Xiao Ran heard He Yue'er's words, he was stunned for a moment and felt very distressed for the woman in front of him.
Xiao Ran naturally knew that He Yue'er, who was once one of the three noble ladies of Chaoge, was as proud as anyone else. She had always held herself to extremely high standards since she was a child and did everything to the extreme.
Only by working so hard could He Yueer become the most outstanding woman in the Dugu family. However, no one expected that it would all be a joke in the end...
He Yueer looked back at her past ten years, and then said calmly: "In fact, the past ten years have been enough for me. I have experienced wealth, glory, beauty, fame and fortune..."
Afterwards, Dugu Yueer looked in the direction of the Dugu family and said slowly: "I used to wonder why Madam Dugu disliked me so much. It was not until a year ago that I realized that there was indeed a traceable reason for all this..."
"It turns out that blood ties are unbreakable. Madam Dugu must have noticed that something was wrong with me a long time ago. She treated me well, but only as well as a stranger. I did so much, and worked so hard for so many years, just to make her praise me and have me in her eyes, but I never thought that all this would be in vain..."
He Yueer frowned painfully and said in a rather fragile voice: "But I obviously didn't do anything wrong! I was not allowed to make a choice when I was born. I was inexplicably taken from the He family to the Dugu family. And my parents died because of this..."
Seeing He Yue'er in so much pain, Xiao Ran finally couldn't help but hug her.
"Support the descendants of the He family to become the master of Lancang. I was afraid that all this would be revealed, so I started to stay away from you... If I had chosen to tell the Dugu family directly at that time, with the Dugu family's indifferent attitude, I would not be any better than I am now..."
As she spoke, He Yue'er shrugged helplessly, as if she had let go of everything, but at the same time she hadn't.
"At that time, I was thinking, if I had enough power, I would replace the emperor with you. Would I be much happier? But who would have thought that after Queen An came to Lan Cang, the maidservant beside her was actually the legitimate daughter of the Dugu family."
He Yueer looked confused. She didn't understand why fate played such a trick on her...
"In fact, I always thought that I could live well without the protection of those noble families, because I still have you. But when I heard that day that Xiao Yu gave Dugu Ying to you as his principal wife, I knew it."
"This is all just a dream." He Yue'er said as she closed her eyes slightly.
He Yue'er knew that Xiao Yu and Xiao Ran had a deep relationship. As long as Xiao Ran didn't want to, Xiao Yu would definitely not let Xiao Ran suffer any grievances.
Hearing He Yue'er's statement, Xiao Ran felt a little uncomfortable.
Yes, he is too cowardly. He likes someone but cannot protect him.
He had previously mocked his third brother for being the emperor but not being able to do things as he pleased.
Things have changed, and now it's his turn. He feels that he is not even as good as his third brother.
Having said this, Xiao Ran had nothing to say. He just looked at He Yue'er quietly and replied with a guilty look: "Yue'er, I'm sorry..."
He Yue'er kept her eyes closed and didn't look at Xiao Ran.
But she raised a hint of tenderness and said: "Xiao Ran, if you were already an adult now, and I was still a young girl, then you would definitely not abandon me. You would hold my hand without hesitation and travel around the world with me. But it seems that I can't wait for this day..."