nycdaug Chapter 39 Guilt
Chapter 39 Guilt
Jiang Ming had no idea that his junior sister was feeling mixed emotions and had all sorts of wild thoughts at the moment.
If he knew, he might burst out laughing.
A sense of security and belonging is one of the essential spiritual needs of human beings.
But different people will pursue a sense of security in different ways due to their different environments, personalities, and habits.
For example, my senior sister, it’s obvious that the sense of security she pursues comes from her own strength.
People with weaker personalities like An Qin, no matter how much they pretend, will always subconsciously seek protection from others and gain a sense of security from others.
This is a very normal thing and nothing to be laughed at.
The key is An Qin... She regards her reliance on Jiang Ming and the sense of security she gets from her senior brother as a betrayal of Sister Ruoqi.
This is a bit hilarious.
However, people's thoughts change as they grow and experience, so there is no reason to blame them.
Fortunately, Jiang Ming didn’t know that he was almost turning into a minotaur in his junior sister’s heart.
For him, dealing with the mechanism in front of him is more important.
There are no less than a dozen traps buried in the long staircase leading to the basement.
But, it must be said that these traps and mechanisms were a bit old-fashioned for him.
Ground spikes, poison arrows, flying axes...that's all they are.
These traps would kill a martial arts master or even a novice in the Qi Refining Stage on the spot.
After all, we can't see here and the traps are hidden very well.
But it was not a big problem for Jiang Ming, even if he was wearing a fragrant and soft pendant.
However, this pendant is still a bit big, and sometimes it is not convenient to carry her to avoid these attacks.
But Jiang Ming said he would take An Qinfei with him, so he must take her with him and he will never go back on his word.
In order to ensure that his junior sister passed the level unscathed, he had to pay a small price, and occasionally had to take one or two blows with his body to protect his junior sister.
Ok?
Jiang Ming turned his head and dodged the incoming dagger.
Someone actually came to attack?
Good thing!
The meat shield is here.
Jiang Ming broke the attacker's throat at a speed that the attacker had almost no time to react, and used him as a meat shield.
……
An Qin always felt that time was passing by very slowly.
Why haven’t we passed this dangerous tunnel yet?
Although the feeling of being protected is good, An Qin also knows that this place is very dangerous.
Moreover, the longer she was protected by her senior brother, the more afraid and guilty she became.
I was afraid that I would completely accept the sense of security brought by my senior brother.
In that case, wouldn't I be completely betraying Sister Ruoqi?
That's not the case... I'm just helpless now, so I'm temporarily accepting my senior brother's protection...
It’s just temporary...Sister Ruoqi.
It passed very quickly...
Sorry... just for a moment...
Just as An Qin was comforting herself, she suddenly felt something sharp flying past her face.
It didn't hit her.
But, a slight sound was heard.
puff-
At the same time, a little hot and sticky liquid splashed onto An Qin's pretty face.
An Qin was not unfamiliar with this sound and feeling.
This was the same sound she made when she stabbed someone with a dagger.
The thing sliding down the cheek must be blood.
Senior brother is injured?
I don’t know if something is wrong...
But seeing how confident my senior brother was just now, this injury should have been just an accident, right?
An Qin didn't dare to speak, for fear of disrupting his senior brother's rhythm, so he could only comfort himself.
Just then, she felt an arm protectively wrap around her neck.
Puff--puff--puff--
A series of sounds came from her ears - from the arm that was protecting her.
An Qin's mind was confused, and after a trance, he suddenly woke up:
So, brother, you used your body to block the damage for me?
Right, right.
With my skills, it's easy for me to deal with the traps here.
He got hurt because of himself.
Just imagine how difficult it is to carry a person of your size through such a narrow trap passage.
It turned out that she was the one who caused the disaster...
An Qin felt very regretful.
She overestimated her own abilities.
She should have chosen to stay there and wait for her senior brother.
Unexpectedly, after following him, I was not only unable to help, but also became a burden.
It turns out that the sense of security I enjoyed was supported by my senior brother with his own body...
Thinking of this, my sense of security faded and guilt crept into my heart.
This made An Qin couldn't help but whisper:
"Brother, please put me down..."
"Stop making trouble, lie down, and I guarantee you'll win if you don't give me any."
The senior brother still replied with a bunch of words that she couldn't quite understand.
But this time An Qin had a different feeling.
Normally, An Qin would think that his senior brother was weird and didn't speak human language.
But now...
The senior brother encountered danger while carrying her as a burden, and was even injured for her.
However, she did not receive complaints or accusations from her senior brothers.
Some of them are still the familiar random replies of having read them.
He didn't seem to care about her burden at all and was always consistent with her.
Isn’t this a kind of optimism?
With this mentality, An Qin asked himself, a hundred of me are not as good as one senior brother...
But the more his senior brother acted like this, the more guilty An Qin felt.
Might as well scold her...
"Senior brother..."
"We're almost there, don't worry, we'll definitely get through without any injuries."
"Your injury..."
"It's just a minor injury."
Jiang Ming was telling the truth, it was indeed a minor injury.
But for someone as sensitive as Anqin, they can automatically understand it as:
Brother, you said this to prevent me from worrying, right?
For a moment, An Qin felt more and more guilty.
I couldn't help but apologize in a low voice:
"Brother, I'm sorry."
"It's okay, I'll lick the blood back later and pretend I'm not injured."
"..."
Although she had changed her attitude towards her senior brother's nonsense, she still felt choked and speechless.
Suddenly, Jiang Ming's voice came:
"We're here, cleared the level without taking any damage!"
An Qin only felt that a little light suddenly appeared in the dim vision in front of his eyes.
It is the light emitted by the torch.
This also means that the two have finally walked out of the long trap stairs.
But An Qin did not feel any surprise.
She felt anxious when she thought about her senior brother being injured in order to lead her out of this path.
After his vision finally returned, An Qin quickly turned around to check on his senior brother's injuries.
However, as soon as she turned around, she couldn't help but exclaimed with a hint of tears:
"Senior brother——"
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