C18 Chapter 18

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

The Xie family had already seen Chu Jiuge suck the pill out of Third Young Master Xie’s mouth, so they stayed relatively calm. 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 so calm it was almost unnerving.

She couldn’t help it. Chu Jiuge didn’t think this brief contact between their lips meant anything. Sure, she had no experience kissing men, but she knew perfectly well that this kind of lip-to-lip resuscitation was nothing like an actual kiss.

“Young Master!”

“Third Young Master!”

“Young Master is really awake!”

“Third Young Master isn’t dead—he’s still breathing!”

...

Xie Xuan’s page and the servants who had come with him were overjoyed when they saw him move. They shouted and jumped, staring at him with wide eyes, too afraid to blink in case this was all a dream.

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

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

And now, seeing their young master wake up, they really were... so happy they could cry.

“Young Master, as long as you’re all right, that’s all that matters. That’s all that matters.” The Xie family servants knelt beside the carriage, their voices choked with emotion, their eyes red.

If Third Young Master had died, setting aside whatever punishment the head of the family might have given them, they themselves would never have been able to live with 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...” Now that Xie Xuan was awake, his servant was naturally the most relieved. He had been the one to feed the Third Young Master the pill. If the Third Young Master had died because of it, even a brutal death wouldn’t have been enough to atone for his crime.

Now that the Third Young Master was no longer in danger, even if he was at fault, he wouldn’t have to die for it.

The servant didn’t dare hide anything. He told Xie Xuan everything, from how Chu Jiuge had pushed past everyone’s objections to save him, to how she sucked the pill out and breathed air into him.

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

Chu Jiuge had kissed him in front of everyone. As a man, his reputation would suffer little for it, but things were different for her. She was a young woman, and she had crossed a line to save his life. It was only natural for him to propose.

Of course, he couldn’t say that out loud. He had to protect Chu Jiuge’s dignity.

“Sir...” When the Xie family servants heard this, their expressions changed at once.

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

“No need to say more. I’ve made up my mind.” Xie Xuan raised a hand, stopping his servants before they could continue, and looked at Chu Jiuge with complete sincerity. “Miss Chu, I truly mean it.”

And he did.

Chu Jiuge had saved his life. Xie Xuan could not ruin a young woman’s future.