Chapter 700: Chapter 698: The Grand Finale (4,000 Words) (Part 3)

He reached out and grabbed the soul of Pei Shu’er, who had her eyes closed, and then together entered Pei Shu’er’s space.

He took Pei Shu’er with him and plunged into the jade within the Spiritual Spring, where the distortion of space and time continued to torment him.

He felt like he was undergoing a death by a thousand cuts, even a hundred times more painful than that.

But he endured it.

In front of him was only the weakening soul of Pei Shu’er; when Pei Shu’er was about to disappear, he tightly embraced her and forcibly split half of his own soul to give to her.

Pei Shu’er’s soul gradually solidified, and the sensation of time-space distortion returned.

The souls of both felt as if they were being torn apart with pain.

And the jade stone in the eye of the Spiritual Spring was completely absorbed by them, causing their souls to solidify once the jade vanished.

The pain passed, and when he opened his eyes again, what Tang Zan saw was the unparalleled face of Pei Shu’er.

So many years had passed, yet she not only hadn’t aged but looked even more beautiful.

Her hands moved skillfully, trying new medicine on him with gentle motions.

When she came to see if Tang Zan showed signs of waking, she found that he was already awake.

At that moment, Pei Shu’er was stunned, tears welling up in her eyes and falling in big drops.

She opened her mouth, her throat feeling as if something was stuck, and after a long while, she choked out a sentence.

"You... you woke up?"

Her question was so light, as if afraid this was all just a dream, fearing speaking too loudly might wake her up.

Tang Zan smiled, grasping Pei Shu’er’s hand, very lightly at first, until he felt he could truly touch her, and his eyes turned red.

No one knew how much bitterness he went through during this coma.

From initially being unable to touch Pei Shu’er, to later trying desperately.

When Pei Shu’er was tired, when she was troubled, when she was breaking down...

He always wanted to embrace her.

But, time and again, his arms passed through, leaving only a cold chest cavity, and in those moments, he was so full of despair.

Fortunately, he lived again.

His Pei Shu’er would no longer be so lonely from now on.

Otherwise, he had been thinking, with Pei Shu’er’s seemingly gentle but actually stubborn nature, would she spend her whole life just treating him?

His eyes were filled with tears of relief, and his face bore an overwhelming tenderness. 𝕗𝐫𝚎𝗲𝘄𝐞𝕓𝐧𝕠𝘃𝕖𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝚖

"Yes, I’m awake."

Pei Shu’er’s lips trembled, and pouted her lips, crying like a child.

She threw herself around Tang Zan’s neck and began to cry freely.

At first, it was just quiet sobbing, but it grew louder and louder until it became a wailing cry.

Tang Zan had never seen Pei Shu’er like this, and tenderly kissed her on the lips.

"You were in a coma for nine whole years. One more year and I wouldn’t have been able to save you. Do you know how sad and scared I was?"

Her words were incoherent, but Tang Zan could sense the intense affection from it.

Tang Zan cradled Pei Shu’er’s cheeks, lovingly kissing her.

"I’m sorry, from now on, I won’t let you be sad or scared again. I won’t go to war anymore, either."

Pei Shu’er pouted: "You’re not the Emperor now anyway, even if you wanted to lead troops into battle, you wouldn’t have the chance."

Tang Zan chuckled: "No worries, this Supreme Emperor will just take the Empress Dowager to travel the mountains and rivers, right?"

Pei Shu’er laughed through her tears.

Embracing Pei Shu’er again, Tang Zan felt as if he were dreaming.

He had thought that this life had no fate to reunite with Pei Shu’er again.

But now, feeling Pei Shu’er’s warm body once more, Tang Zan almost felt an urge to weep.

It seems there is destiny guiding everything.

If he hadn’t gone through this coma, he wouldn’t have been able to bring Pei Shu’er into this world.

He had also thought before, why Pei Shu’er, in a world of countless souls, why was it Pei Shu’er who was brought into this world?

Why did they have to meet?

Now, everything had an answer.

Everything is predestined.

....

On the other side, when Pei Shu’er, who had just crossed over, opened her eyes, a flood of memories that did not belong to her rushed into her mind.

These memories were of a side character from a book she had read, a person also named Pei Shu’er.

This Pei Shu’er was the cannon fodder in "Great Yan Medical Concubine," a notorious Heir’s wife who was about to die upon reaching exile.

And at this moment, she was with her villainous Princely Heir husband, Tang Zan, on the road to exile.

The government officers holding whips were nervously eyeing the hundreds of wolves nearby with green glowing eyes, cold sweat on their foreheads.

"Throw those who can’t move out to feed the wolves, so we can rush past while they’re eating."

When Tang Zan was thrown out, Pei Shu’er’s pupils shrank.

Anyone else could be discarded, but not Tang Zan!

He was her talisman for survival on this journey of exile!

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