Rebirth of the Three Kingdoms: Da Qiao doesn't want to be a widow anymore

Chapter 348 I Will Definitely Come (Late Night Revised Edition)

Outside the tent, the soldiers patrolled in neat and orderly steps, maintaining a high level of vigilance, not letting their guard down for a moment even in the dead of night.

Inside the tent, Sun Quan half-squatted in front of the bed, silently holding a pair of white jade feet, looking at the scars and bruises covering them, and carefully applying medicine.

She had seen it while she was washing up in the bathtub. Her shoulders and back were covered in bruises, and her wrists and ankles were also covered in wounds from being chafed by ropes. Her slender hands were covered with all kinds of wounds, as if there wasn't a single piece of good flesh.

Youxuan said she made a deal with Liu Bei and spent her days hiding in the armory with the craftsmen assembling crossbows.

The ordnance department didn't have suitable protective gear for her, so she had to work barehanded, and her hands were always covered in wounds.

His eyes were deep and unfathomable, a mix of emotions swirling within them, his gaze lowered, making it impossible to discern whether he was happy or angry.

Qiao Wei awkwardly covered her feet with the blanket. "What are you doing here?"

Sun Quan paused in his movements. "If I'm not here, where should I be?"

“You shouldn’t have come. Cai Mao has already led his troops to Changsha to provide support. They kidnapped me to force you to withdraw your troops.”

Now that you've withdrawn from the front lines in Changsha and revealed your whereabouts to Guan Yu, isn't this exactly what they want?

Qiao Wei sighed, "I didn't mean to write that letter; I thought you would understand it."

You finally captured Changsha, and now you're giving it up like this? Soldiers…

Sun Quan suddenly looked up and stared straight at Qiao Wei. "Have I disappointed you?"

Qiao Wei gripped the blankets tightly. "What did you say?"

"I said, are you disappointed in me? So you think that even though I knew you were in danger in Xinye, I would still abandon you?"
"So you just let someone hold a knife to your throat and watch as Cai Mao captures you and uses you as a sacrifice to the flag on the battlefield?"

The candlelight was dim, illuminating his dark eyes, and he could hear the faint sound of sparks exploding in his ears.

She instinctively refuted the answer, "I didn't..."

But the words that came out were all hollow, so he simply shut his mouth.

After a long while, she lowered her head, avoiding the topic of Sun Quan, and began to explain her reasons, "We have been preparing for war for two years and finally captured Changsha. If you retreat in front of the enemy, wouldn't all our efforts be in vain?"

Moreover, Changsha is a vital location for grain and tax revenue in Jingzhou. Taking Changsha would mean gaining another granary…

"So what?" Sun Quan retorted. "So, for this piece of land, I, Sun Zhongmou, am going to kill my own wife with my own hands?"

After a long pause, Qiao Wei said softly, "If you absolutely have to choose, you can do it this way."

Even though the answer caused her heartache, she still spoke it aloud.

Sun Quan's eyes were slightly red, and his voice was hoarse, "Everyone can say that, but you can't."

Regardless of your status as my lord and his wife, I only acknowledge you as my wife.

No husband could remain indifferent to the danger his wife is in.

His tone carried a hint of seriousness and lingering fear.

When he saw her slender figure appear at the front of the battle, like a flower withering in the wind, he felt as if his heart had been stabbed.

"When I received the letter, I was almost going crazy. I rushed back to Wancheng day and night. Listening to the news that Youxuan brought back from the pharmacy every day, I wished I could chop that old scoundrel Liu Bei to pieces."

Sun Quan's tone was calm, but his choked voice betrayed his true emotions, especially when he mentioned Liu Bei's name, which he said almost through gritted teeth.

Qiao Wei reached out and cupped his face, trying to smooth his furrowed brows, pretending to be relaxed, "You have a great reputation. Every time I bring it up, they get furious, but they don't dare to do anything to me."

Besides, your wife is so intelligent and has gone to great lengths to manage things; even if you hadn't come, she should have been able to save her life.

If you had actually agreed to Liu Bei's request to withdraw your troops, I probably wouldn't be alive today.

Sun Quan knew she was lying; he wasn't blind to her battered and bruised appearance. But as she stared at him with wet, piercing eyes, he couldn't vent his anger.

In the end, he could only sigh and say, "I know that the Lady of the Marquis is exceptionally intelligent and will surely have a way to protect her safety."

But Weiwei, even if there's only a one in ten thousand chance that you're in danger, I'll come, and I should come.

Sun Quan's eyes were deep and unfathomable, like the night sky dotted with cold stars.

Qiao Wei bit her lower lip, trying to laugh but finding that she couldn't.

She wanted to close her eyes and let those bitter emotions escape from her chest, but Sun Quan grabbed her hand and forced her to face herself.

“I wasn’t by your side when you gave birth to Deng’er. When I came back and saw you lying on the bed, almost lifeless, I felt very regretful.”

I regret leaving you alone when you needed my protection the most.

At that time, I told myself that this would only happen once, and there would never be a next time.

Therefore, I have come, and I will come. Not as a lord, but as Qiao Wei's husband, to rescue my wife.

Qiao Wei froze, as if she heard something shatter.

When she was captured in Deng County, she was thrown out of the carriage and woke up in a cold sweat, her whole body aching. She did not cry.

In the military camp in Xinye, when Xu Shu tried to kill her several times, she did not cry.

Every night, when she counted the days and copied the Book of Songs, missing Sun Deng, she didn't cry.

When she learned that Jiangdong had not withdrawn its troops and Liu Biao demanded that Liu Bei hand over Qiao Wei to sacrifice to the flag, she did not cry.

She didn't cry when her hands were covered in blisters from the ordnance parts in the ordnance department every day, and the slightest touch caused excruciating pain.

But when she heard Sun Quan say that he knew he was in danger and promised to come to her rescue, she couldn't help but tremble and her eyes reddened as she wanted to cry.

When they were in Xinye, she thought Sun Quan would not retreat, and she knew that it was the most reasonable choice for him not to retreat.

But when she heard from Liu Bei that Sun Quan had not withdrawn his troops, feelings of grievance and despair still welled up in her heart.

One by one, the flames of hope were extinguished.

That night, when she looked up at the moon, her heart and eyes were filled with her resentment.

She was unwilling to be abandoned like this, and she was also unwilling to have not been there to watch Sun Deng grow up.

They were unwilling to become silent victims in this era.

Blood trickled down her lip. Sun Quan, his eyes red, pried her mouth open. "Weiwei, stop biting, you're bleeding."

She knew it hurt, but if it didn't hurt, she wouldn't be able to stop the tears welling up in her eyes.

She thought she still couldn't help but feel a little resentful towards him.

Those nights when death and humiliation could come at any moment.

Nights when I was so scared that I dared not sleep too soundly.

And there were nights when I would hold the wooden hairpin in my hand, ready to defend myself at any moment.

She still couldn't help but feel a little resentful towards him.

She turned her head away from Sun Quan, intending to feign magnanimity and offer him a few words of comfort.

Before any words of comfort came, it was "I'm sorry."