The Divine Doctor And A Common Farmer-Chapter 1699 - 1786: The Inner Demon Runs Deep

She couldn’t help but clutch her chest, letting out a soft gasp that seemed to take an immense amount of effort before she finally managed to breathe properly.

"I, I’m just..."

"You don’t need to explain anymore. Before, I always thought, all my pursuits for you, everything, was like punching the air. You often give me this feeling, leaving me no way to approach, no place to exert my strength. If I had understood the root of the problem earlier, it wouldn’t have taken until now to resolve it."

Fengsu sighed softly, "Yun Ge, you’ve been possessed by a demon, a demon of the heart, your inner demons run too deep, too seriously! But, see, there’s already a living example right in front of you, so why do you still refuse to forgive yourself?"

Fengsu walked around the stone table and approached Yun Ge. He slowly lifted his two hands and placed them on Yun Ge’s shoulders. He made her look at him, staring at her with his eyes full of emotion.

"Yun Ge, you are not a harbinger of disaster, you are not a calamity, you won’t bring any misfortune to anyone. All those things in the past were just coincidences, mere happenstance, see? Look at Dong Baowei! What do you think? How was the Marshal before? How was her life back then? Was she happy?"

"And now, compare her present self, is she not very happy? Not to mention anything else, just Ah Wu, just these brothers in the Liang family, they treat her well."

"You told the Marshal that your feelings for me are too shallow, just liking, not love, not enough to hold hands and grow old together, but the Marshal has already worn herself out explaining to you, like the example she gave before, if you don’t muster the courage to try, how would you know we’re not suitable? How would you know we can’t grow old together?"

"All of this is just your guesswork and conjecture. You’ve completely frightened yourself with your own imagination."

"Yun Ge, if you don’t try to step out of your enclosed little world, in the end, you’ll get nothing. Whether it’s me, or the Marshal... do you understand? First, you need to open your heart, you need to set yourself free."

"You are not a prisoner, you don’t need to serve a sentence! But if you remain trapped in your own world, you..." Fengsu almost couldn’t continue. Growing up, he’s been through much, encountered much.

He’s not the type of man to wallow in melancholy or be overly sensitive, but all his feelings, he has given to Yun Ge.

Does she know how much pain he feels inside?

He smiled bitterly, "Do you know, after learning the truth about your rejection, I would rather you had fallen in love with someone else, or that it was because you genuinely don’t like me, abhor me, despise me... At least, any reason would be better than this."

"Because, my heart aches."

"Yun Ge, my heart aches for you."

All along, this man who prided himself on being strong and self-reliant, unable to be defeated by any hardship or setback, now found his voice incredibly hoarse.

Yun Ge, overwhelmed by his words, found her eyes brimming with tears.

What is going on?

Today, what is happening to her?

Why has she become so sensitive, so inclined to tears?

Her heart tugs painfully, despite being literate, having read so many years of the Sage Book, yet now she can’t even find a single accurate word to describe her current mood...