diskusbooks Chapter 215: Untying the Heart Knot (Part )
Chapter 215: Untying the Heart Knot (Part )
Tao Yao quickly interrupted Cheng Tianshui and said, "Doctor Cheng, stop. He and I are not husband and wife."
She paused, and all the words she had said to Chu Huanjun that night came back to her mind.
She might as well go all out. Things had already come to this - she had already hurt his heart with those words, so she might as well make them come true. This would prevent them from suffering further harm in the future.
"At most... at most, we are just a fleeting romance." Tao Yao smiled coldly, "He and I are destined to have no future."
After saying this, a layer of doubt appeared on Cheng Tianshui's face.
"There is no future...why do you say that?"
Tao Yao's heart was moved, and the scenes predicted about the future came to her mind one by one.
She has always had to bear all of this alone. If she were to ask others about it, they would definitely think she was crazy.
But the more this happened, the more she couldn't tell whether this was just a nightmare or a tragedy that would really happen in the future.
Sometimes, she doesn't want to worry about it anymore.
Cheng Tianshui always claimed he was skilled in divination and could predict destiny. He had even divined the fate between Chu Huanjun and her—Tao Yao couldn't help but stare at Cheng Tianshui intently, a questioning look in her eyes.
If Cheng Tianshui could really know destiny, he would have figured out that Chu Huanjun and she had a deep connection, but had he figured out the tragedy that would happen in the future?
Tao Yao had an idea and wanted to tell Cheng Tianshui about the prophecy about the future.
"Doctor Cheng, you said you can tell fortunes. I'd like to ask you to tell my fortune."
Tao Yao put down the teacup, and finally raised her head which had been lowered for a long time, looking at Cheng Tianshui with a firm gaze.
"Fortune-telling?" Cheng Tianshui raised his eyebrows. "I don't tell fortunes for everything. There are three things I don't tell fortunes for: people with good fortunes, people with miserable fortunes, and people who are about to die."
Tao Yao frowned and said, "Doctor Cheng, are you implying that you're no longer willing to help me with my fortune? So, am I a person with a good fortune, a person with a miserable fate, or... a person who is about to die?"
"Uh..." Cheng Tianshui didn't know how to answer for a moment, so he tried to just laugh it off. "My niece-in-law and my eldest nephew are destined to be together. You will be a phoenix in the future. Think about it, can you be a miserable person? Of course it's good..."
"Could it be that I am about to die?" Tao Yao interrupted him.
Cheng Tianshui was stunned, his expression darkening. He quickly shook his head, bringing a cup of tea to his lips and sipping it, his long sleeves hiding the lower half of his face.
"My niece-in-law is really worrying too much. You are still young and have a long way to go in life."
Cheng Tianshui swallowed a mouthful of tea and said this earnestly.
Tao Yao shook her head and whispered, "Doctor Cheng, I have been an orphan since childhood and am an abandoned girl. It was because the wife of General Zhenbei Hou lost her daughter that the general adopted me into his mansion in order to find a child of similar age to fill his position and make up for his wife's heartbreak. However, after I arrived at the Shi Mansion, I didn't have a good life for a few years. His wife passed away due to depression and grief over the loss of her beloved daughter... Later, the general found his biological daughter. His biological daughter regarded me as an enemy and bullied me, but the general doted on her and turned a blind eye. I lived in the Shi Mansion for more than ten years, living a life worse than a dog. If you say I have a good life, I don't want to admit it."
She paused, picked up the teacup and took another sip of tea, then continued, "I was living under someone else's roof in the Shi Mansion, and life was tough, so I took the opportunity to escape and came to Qingshui Town. Doctor Cheng, you know best how much I've been through in Qingshui Town these days. I've nearly lost my life several times... Sometimes, I really wonder, was my fate supposed to end the moment I was abandoned as a child? Why is every step of my life so difficult? I envy those who live ordinary lives. They don't have to worry about when they will be murdered. They just need to do their job well, eat every meal well, and live a stable life. The reason I want to stay in Qingshui Town and don't want to return to the capital is that I want to live like that."
Cheng Tianshui stroked his silver beard, sighed, and said, "It's been really hard for my niece-in-law along the way. However, if my eldest nephew is by your side in the future to accompany you and protect you, you don't have to worry about these things anymore."
Tao Yao's heart moved, and she blinked, saying, "Doctor Cheng, do you really think that Prince Yi and I can have a happy ending and stay together until old age?"
"Of course." Cheng Tianshui was very sure, "Your marriage is destined by heaven."
"What did Doctor Cheng predict?" Tao Yao pressed. "If he and I were to truly be together, would our future lives truly be as peaceful and tranquil as I hoped?"
Cheng Tianshui didn't answer her in a hurry. He took the teapot to make new tea and poured hot water over all the teacups on the table.
Steaming white mist rose from between them, like shifting clouds. Through this layer of mist, everything around them became illusory and real, making it difficult to tell whether they were in reality or in a dream.
Through the light white mist, Tao Yao could feel her face dampened by the heat. Water droplets condensed on her eyelashes, hanging between her eyelids, making Cheng Tianshui's face in front of her unclear.
She shook her head and waved her hands, trying to disperse the fog around her.
Cheng Tianshui's voice drifted past his ears: "Life is never so peaceful and smooth. In life, there are always setbacks and obstacles, big and small. It's not always smooth sailing, but the twists and turns along the way are also considered scenery."
Tao Yao's heart stirred, and she looked down to see another cup of tea beside her. The tea was freshly brewed, still steaming, and a faint layer of tiny white petals could be seen floating on the tea soup in the cup, swirling with the tea, creating a shimmering atmosphere.
It's Jade Liquid Flower.
Cheng Tianshui once said that the Jade Liquid Flower is colorless, tasteless, non-toxic, harmless, and has no medicinal value. It is tasteless to eat and a pity to throw away.
Tao Yao lifted the teacup, placed it to her lips, and took a sip. The tea was scalding hot. Apart from a burning sensation in her mouth, she couldn't taste anything else.
At that moment, the misty clouds before her eyes finally dissipated a little. Tao Yao suddenly met Cheng Tianshui's kind eyes, and her heart ached.
The hot tea soothed my heart, and I could say anything easily.
Tao Yao sighed softly and said, "Come to think of it, I'm not afraid of being laughed at by Doctor Cheng..."