Seven Unfortunate Lifetimes (Love You Seven Times)

Chapter 16

“Everything is alright.”

I forced myself up and wiped my face. Seeing the nosebleed on my hand was a little scary. I couldn’t keep myself upright. Zihui, who was holding me, fell on top of me. He used his sleeve to wipe my face, and not even carrying that it was dirty, he also wiped my nose.

“Where else does it still hurt?”

I looked up and said with a muffled voice: “Nowhere else, I’m thick-skinned.”

Zihui looked at me for a while. Suddenly he shook his head and laughed out loud.

“Really…really dumb.”

This sentence was truthful. I couldn’t deny it, so I looked up at the sky in silence.

Zihui helped me stand up, then his hand slightly loosened its grip on mine. He leaned in and carefully took a look at my face. “En, no more blood anymore.”

With his hand on my shoulder, he whispered: “Do you want to go inside?”

I glanced at that hand of his and felt a little uncomfortable, so I twisted away.

“Yes, but I need to go to Shifu first.”

While saying that, I ran two steps forward before turning back around. I thought for a moment, looked back at Zihui, and said: “Thank you, husband!”

Zihui was a little startled. He hadn’t yet returned to his senses before I turned and ran inside to go look for Shifu.

I looked everywhere in the manor and still didn’t see a hint of Shifu’s shadow. I scratched my head and said to myself: “Zihui lied to me. Shifu obviously hasn’t come back.”

Those words had just come out of my mouth when a jug fell from above and hit the ground with a “pa” sound. It broke upon impact. The smell coming from it was the smell of wine.

I sniffed. It was the same smell as the one at the front door.

I took a few steps back and lifted my head. Shifu was sitting on the roof tiles, carrying a jug as he stared at me blankly. I happily waved at him and looked around, then grabbed the ladder out of the corner and moved it to where Shifu was. With shaking legs, I climbed up.

“Shifu! Why are you here?”

Shifu answered me in a voice full of weird emotions: “Standing high, one can see far.”

I walked carefully to Shifu’s side and sat beside him. I looked at him for a while and saw that he wasn’t angry, so bolstered with that knowledge, I asked: “Why didn’t Shifu come back last night?”

He didn’t even look at me. While staring into the distance, he said: “Isn’t it good that I didn’t come back? How are you getting along with that husband of yours?”

Hearing him ask that, I nodded.

“Good, very good.”

I held out my hand and was prepared to tell him everything I did with Zihui. But I hadn’t even opened my mouth yet when Shifu suddenly tugged, shoving me down onto the roof. Shifu was lying on top of me, blocking my entire view.

A few roof tiles fell off and broke against the ground.

I blinked and looked at Shifu’s somewhat reddish eyes. He reeked of wine… I panicked a bit.

“Shifu, what’s the matter? Didn’t they say that only a girl would turn crazy if she drank it?”

“Cra…,” Shifu whispered with half closed eyes. “I’ve probably gone mad.”