C18 Chapter 18

Chu Jiuge didn’t continue CPR on Third Young Master Xie. Instead, she lowered her head, pressed her lips to his, and breathed air into him...

After seeing Chu Jiuge suck the pill from Third Young Master Xie’s mouth earlier, the Xie family servants were already fairly composed. Xiao Jing’an and Yuen Yunhua didn’t like it, but they had no say in the matter and could only accept it.

One breath...

Two breaths...

Three breaths...

Chu Jiuge gave Third Young Master Xie three breaths in total, and then he moved. A moment later, he opened his eyes...

“You...” The instant Xie Xuan opened his eyes, he saw a strikingly beautiful young woman with her lips on his, and the shock nearly made him shut his eyes again.

“You’re awake!” Compared to Third Young Master Xie’s astonishment, Chu Jiuge was calm to an almost unfeminine degree.

It couldn’t be helped. Chu Jiuge didn’t think anything of this brief contact at all. Though she had no experience kissing men, she’d seen enough to know that mouth-to-mouth resuscitation and an actual kiss were two completely different things.

“Young Master!”

“Third Young Master!”

“The young master is really awake!”

“He’s really not dead—he’s still breathing!”

...

Xie Xuan’s pageboy and the servants who had come with him were so overjoyed to see him move that they shouted and jumped, staring at him with wide eyes, hardly daring to blink for fear they were dreaming.

Heaven knew how happy they were at that moment. Even though they had followed Chu Jiuge’s instructions and let her try to save their young master, they...

They hadn’t truly believed in Chu Jiuge, nor had they expected anything from her. They had simply run out of hope and out of options, placing their last bit of faith in her and gambling on the smallest chance of a miracle.

Now that they saw their young master awake, they really... were so happy they wanted to cry.

“Young Master, it’s enough that you’re all right. It’s enough that you’re all right.” The Xie family servants knelt beside the carriage, their voices choked with emotion and their eyes red.

If Third Young Master had died, setting aside whatever punishment the head of the family might have dealt them, they themselves would never have been able to accept it.

“What happened?” Xie Xuan sat up, glanced at his collar, then at Chu Jiuge, his mind completely blank.

“Third Young Master, your condition flared up just now. The pill got stuck in your throat and wouldn’t go down. For a moment, you stopped breathing. It was this young lady...” Now that Xie Xuan was awake, his servant was undoubtedly the happiest one there. He had been the one to feed the pill to the Third Young Master. If the Third Young Master had died because of it, not even the harshest punishment would have been enough to atone for his guilt.

Now that the Third Young Master was no longer in danger, even if he had made a mistake, at least it would not cost him his life.

The servant did not dare hide anything. He told Xie Xuan everything, in full detail—how Chu Jiuge had pushed past everyone’s objections to save him, how she sucked the pill out of his throat, and how she breathed air into him.

After hearing it all, Xie Xuan’s ears turned slightly red, but he calmly stepped down from the carriage and solemnly thanked Chu Jiuge. “Thank you, Miss Chu, for saving me. I, Xie Xuan, will never forget that you saved my life. You are beautiful and kind, Miss Chu, and I’ve fallen for you. Tomorrow, my parents will come to your home and formally ask for your hand in marriage. What do you think?”

Chu Jiuge had kissed him in front of everyone. As a man, he had lost nothing, but things were different for her. She was a young woman, and in order to save him, she had done something far outside the bounds of propriety. It was only natural for him to propose marriage.

Of course, that reason could not be spoken aloud. He had to protect Chu Jiuge’s dignity.

“Young Master...” The moment the Xie family servants heard his words, all their faces changed.

None of them had expected the Third Young Master to propose to Chu Jiuge. This...

“There’s no need to say more. I’ve made up my mind.” Xie Xuan raised a hand, cutting off whatever his servants were about to say, and looked at Chu Jiuge with complete sincerity. “Miss Chu, I am asking in all earnestness.”

And he meant it.

Chu Jiuge had saved his life. He, Xie Xuan, could not ruin a young woman’s future because of it...