Chapter 828: 828 Third Brother’s Testament
He thought of entangling in a passionate kiss with her, but he was too weak, falling into unconsciousness. Before closing his eyes, he muttered three words from his lips.
He was in so much pain that he couldn’t make a sound.
Yet from the shape of his lips, she could tell that he said, “I love you.”
Tears began to well in her eyes.
A can of poison, knowing that drinking it would kill him, yet he drank it without any hesitation.
Having taken it, if she didn’t save him, he would have nothing but death awaiting him.
This showed that he was willing to place his life in her hands.
His profound affection for her, she couldn’t deny, was moving.
She stood up and walked over to the table, wanting to see what he had written just now.
On the white paper, two lines of clear black text were visible:
I have grown tired of living and have gone West on my own accord.
All the property that belongs to me after my death shall be left to my wife, Su Qingyue.
Su Qingyue’s eyes moistened.
A tear the size of a bean slid from her eye.
The third brother, this fool, really was meticulous with his thoughts. Apparently, when he said he had something important to do, he meant writing a testament. He was afraid his death would cause her trouble, as it would come after drinking her medicine. Thus, he prepared everything in advance, claiming it was a suicide and leaving all his money to her, ensuring she would be well off for the rest of her life.
With such profound love, how could she not be moved!
Looking at him lying calmly on the bed, his handsome brows peaceful and serene, his lips even curved in a smile.
He seemed to have died without any resentment and even seemed happy to ‘go West.’
Thinking back to her first day at the Xiao Family, the man who never fought with others fought twice for her. She remembered how he would infuriate her endlessly, only to be there for her when she needed him the most.
He feared she would be scared alone on Hanging Neck Mountain, braving the heavy rain and risking his life just to find her.
When Qian Zhang’s family came to blackmail, he trusted her unconditionally.
She pierced holes in his hands, and he knew it was for his own good…
When he thought she was bothered by the woman the second brother brought home, he would stand outside her door all night…
Everything, everything proved he loved her.
More than his own life.
It was only now that she understood that she had been moved by him long ago, during that desperate trip he made to find her on Hanging Neck Mountain.
Although he always frustrated her to no end, she still found him agreeable to the eye. Sometimes, just thinking of him would unconsciously bring a smile to her lips.
She… liked the third brother.
Since she was a wife jointly purchased by the Xiao Family’s three sons, and they all treated her kindly, and she had been so deeply hurt in love in her last life that she was detached from such feelings and didn’t want to be involved in love again.
She had been denying the tender feelings for the third brother that had already sprouted in her heart, thinking that choosing the fourth brother would allow the second brother and third brother to marry without any burdens.
She chose the fourth brother out of sympathy, because of his selfless kindness towards her.
She thought her choice was also good for the second brother and the third brother.
But now, it seemed the third brother would never allow her to be with the fourth brother. He had been enduring in silence because there was nothing between her and the fourth brother.
Many things only become clear after one has experienced them; neither the second brother nor the fourth brother were right for her.
As for the third brother…
This sharp-tongued man who once said he would sell her for one thousand six hundred taels, now that she had earned the Xiao Family more than two thousand taels, didn’t seem joyful at the increase in wealth.
Would a man willing to give up his life for her really be willing to sell her?
She couldn’t bear to let him die.
If she didn’t save him now, he would really die. She took out a small porcelain bottle from her sleeve pocket, removed the stopper, poured out a pill, opened his mouth, and stuffed the pill inside.