My enemies became my companions

Chapter 159 Don’t go!

Yin Tingxue fell ill.

She lay on the mat she brought from home, breathing tiredly, her pretty face pale.

The small white flowers were scattered everywhere, blowing past in a hurry, falling on the broken surface of the tree stump, and then disappeared.

Her forehead was burning hot; the cold she caught yesterday had turned into a bone-scorching chill.

The gray tiles of Yintai Temple once diffused the afternoon sunlight, in stark contrast to the gloom of today. At that time, servants and maids came and went in the Buddhist gate. My mother lit a stick of incense with her own hands, knelt on the cushion, and stroked her head while reciting Buddhist scriptures. She was like a little wooden fish, with her head drooped obediently, and then dozed off with a sniff.

In early winter, the women crossed the stone bridge. The river flowed in a deep ultramarine color, with a gentle and quiet curve. The ladies on the stone steps were chatting and laughing, and the maids were making faces. But when they arrived in front of the Yintai Temple, they all became quiet. The girl had heard her mother say that in distant India, there was a river that carried people's souls to the place of reincarnation, where people's filth was baptized and headed towards the afterlife. When the women crossed the stone bridge, she thought of that river.

The sky was dark and the snow was falling. Yin Tingxue sniffed and smelled the scent of boiled medicine. She raised her eyes and saw the man's figure.

She shuddered subconsciously. This was how he had come in before, and later forced her to become his concubine and took her body.

"feel better now?"

Chen Yi asked softly while holding the medicine soup.

The girl suddenly fell ill and almost fell to the ground. Chen Yi supported her and asked Zhou Yitang to take out the bed and bedding she had brought from the ground and let her lie down to have a good rest.

Chen Yi looked around the empty Yintai Temple. He had never imagined that Yintai Temple would become like this.

"Aren't you going to put your hair up?"

Yin Tingxue sat up slowly and was about to take the medicine.

He let his hair down, reminding her of her mother who also let her hair down in Yintai Temple.

"No, not yet."

Chen Yi did not give her the medicine soup, but raised the spoon and said:
"Keep yourself covered and don't catch a cold. I'll feed you."

Yin Tingxue hesitated. Instinctively, she didn't want Chen Yi to feed her, but she nodded anyway. Her head was terribly dizzy.

A silver porcelain spoon scooped up the bitter medicine and fed it into her mouth mouthful by mouthful. She was a little afraid of the heat, so she blew on it with a small sip. When Chen Yi saw this, he helped her blow it first.

Yin Tingxue was dazed for a moment.

After she finished drinking the medicinal soup, Chen Yi knew that she was afraid of bitterness, so he took out the candied fruit and handed it to her mouth. She ate the candied fruit, and the sweetness seeped into the tip of her tongue like a river.

"Chen Yi, you are so nice today."

she whispered.

“Was I not good before?”

Yin Tingxue's eyes widened a little, and she was in a dilemma. If she said something bad to him, that might make him angry. If she said something good to him, he would lie again. What if he turned against her after finding out? She hesitated for a long time and could only utter four words:
“It’s a bit bad…”

Chen Yi laughed, rubbed her head and kissed her forehead.

"I know you're good, relax."

He promised softly,
"I won't bully you here."

Yin Tingxue hummed and leaned gently into his arms. Chen Yi gently hugged the girl who had the misfortune of becoming a concubine.

She didn't know how long they held each other. The mountains in the distance became blurred in the snow, appearing and disappearing, like the souls of people gradually disappearing in the Indian River. How many people went into reincarnation there. His arms were inexplicably warm. Yin Tingxue was terrified in the past, and she was still terrified now, but she was reluctant to leave. She suddenly felt very panicked. If Chen Yi was gone, what would she have left?

After holding her, Chen Yi gently let her go, told her to lie down, and took the medicine away. She was the only one left in the empty temple. Yin Tingxue stared at the sky in a daze, it was dim and quiet.

She still remembered the appearance of Sister Bodhisattva, and also Aunt Feng. The former always had a smile on her face and her eyes were always downcast, while the latter became particularly proud in autumn, with maple leaves falling...

She remembered her mother more, sleeping in her mother's arms, listening to her mother humming nursery rhymes. The girl always wanted to go back to the past when she had everything. The more Yin Tingxue thought about it, the more groggy she became.

She had lost consciousness and could occasionally hear the sound of falling snow. She had no strength in her limbs.

Why, was mom like this back then?
Her throat tried to make a sound, but no sound came out. She just sobbed, as if she had fallen into a world of ignorance. Her mother was lying on the sickbed like this at that time. Her miserable and dry face at the end of her life seemed to tell her that she would never see her again, and that she had to be good and be a good person.

Yin Tingxue is afraid of being alone and has no sense of security.

"Why is this so?"

She murmured, and she suddenly felt so bitter. Ever since she met Chen Yi, it seemed as if everything was gone overnight.

She knew that it was not his fault, but it seemed as if it was all his fault.

He forced her to be his concubine and took away her body. Even though she was so obedient to him, he still treated her badly. When she finally returned to Yintai Temple, everything was gone again.

In the end, will he disappear too?
Is he going to disappear too?
In the dim light, she listened to the snow and the Zen her mother talked about, and recalled the ancient legend: The demon lord Mara told the Buddha that in the Dharma Ending Age, he would wear the Buddha's robes and destroy the Buddha's Dharma. In the Buddha's Brahma gate, he would push everything into the void, the void of voids, and everything would be empty. At that time, the Buddha cried silently.

The Buddha was just like his mother at that time, and finally remained silent.

Yin Tingxue rubbed her eyes with tears and curled up in her bedding, as if she had lost her soul. She didn't even notice the man walking in.

"Tingxue..."

He called out, and Yin Tingxue heard it dimly. She turned around and saw him with his hair loose...

Like my mother at that time.

He walked towards her slowly, and she shed a misty tear and hugged the man who forced her to be his concubine.

"mother!"

He was stunned for a moment, then hugged her with trembling hands.

"Mom, I'm so miserable."

“…Why is it bitter?”

"Someone treated me badly and kept bullying me..."

"That's a bad guy."

"He also forced me to become a concubine..."

"He... is very bad."

"I've given my body to you and I have nothing left, but he still keeps bullying me. Why does he do this? Is he going to disappear too?"

Tears kept falling as she murmured:
"...Mom, please don't leave. I feel so uncomfortable..."

A burning sensation of unconsciousness surged up in her, she had already lost consciousness, hugged him and shouted helplessly, over and over again.

"…I won't abandon you."

After a long moment, words came out of his throat.

After hearing this, Yin Tingxue smiled through her tears, closed her eyes, and slowly fell asleep peacefully.

This poor girl was in a trance.
It was as if her mother had reincarnated and lived in him.

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