After Recklessly Courting Death, I Caught the Attention of a Yandere - Chapter 49

Yan Ke suddenly coughed several times, instantly bringing Yun Dan back to her senses.

“Cough cough…”

She saw him take out a handkerchief and cover his mouth while coughing.

When he removed the handkerchief, there was already a large patch of blood on it.

This made Yun Dan instantly cover her mouth.

She thought to herself, could this person have tuberculosis?

That thing was an incurable disease in ancient times.

Most importantly, it was contagious!

But jumping up immediately would be quite rude, so Yun Dan still asked tentatively, “Young master, is this… lung disease?”

Seeing her nervous expression, Yan Ke seemed to guess what she was worried about.

He smiled and explained, “It’s not lung disease. I’ve just been weak and sickly since childhood. After all these years, I’m like a spent arrow. If I’ve frightened you, miss, please forgive me.”

Hearing that this person didn’t have tuberculosis, Yun Dan finally breathed a sigh of relief.

After all, if she accidentally caught this disease, she would most likely die here.

Ancient times really had no way to deal with consumption.

However, because of this incident, Yun Dan felt several points more sympathy for Yan Ke.

She no longer thought he was narcissistic or anything.

Looking like this, he was clearly half-dead, already half-buried.

She should be kinder to him.

What if she accidentally made him die of anger? What would she do if she had to pay with her life?

Seeing the handkerchief in his hand covered with coughed-up blood, Yun Dan still felt somewhat unable to bear it.

She felt around in her sleeve and pulled out a clean handkerchief, offering it to Yan Ke.

“I see your handkerchief is already dirty. This is my own handkerchief, it’s clean. Take it and use it.”

Yan Ke smiled as he took the handkerchief from her hand, saying, “Thank you, Yun Dan.”

At this moment, Yun Dan finally understood why this person’s complexion was so pale.

It wasn’t a normal kind of pale at all.

Now she understood – it was because of his poor health.

Speaking of this point, one really had to mention medieval Europe. Who knows which person had abnormal aesthetics and actually thought women with tuberculosis were particularly beautiful.

Because their faces were especially pale, inspiring pity.

This even set off a craze, with a group of people competing to catch this disease.

It was simply crazy.

Yun Dan originally wanted to pick up the teapot to pour him a cup of water, but suddenly remembered it contained tea, so she stood up and said, “You shouldn’t drink tea when coughing. Have some water instead. I’ll go get some for you.”

With that, she turned and left.

Watching Yun Dan’s retreating figure, Yan Ke’s expression was quite complex.

He looked down at the handkerchief in his hand, which had a crooked embroidered character “Yun” on it.

The embroidery work really wasn’t very good.

In the past, he would have definitely thrown it away immediately.

He really didn’t like women’s things.

But this time, he inexplicably hid the handkerchief away.

While muttering, “This is so ugly, using it to wipe my mouth would be a waste. Better put it away.”

He clutched his chest and took several deep breaths before calming himself down.

“Cough cough, the frequency of coughing up blood has indeed increased recently. I really didn’t expect to cough up blood in front of others.”

Thinking of that handkerchief, Yan Ke’s heart still felt a rare warmth.

[Ding—— Target character Xiao Yueqing’s favorability increased by 5%, current favorability is 15%]

Yun Dan, who was halfway back with hot water, heard this mechanical voice.

Her first reaction was: It’s over, Xiao Yueqing is here again.

She didn’t know what this person had been imagining at home, but his favorability suddenly increased by 5%.

“No good, if Xiao Yueqing is watching me from the shadows, I need to hurry back to my room, otherwise he won’t know where to find me.”

It seemed she couldn’t continue chatting with Yan Ke.

Yun Dan’s plan was to deliver some hot water to Yan Ke, then excuse herself saying she was too tired and leave.

However, when she returned to Yan Ke’s courtyard, Yan Ke was already nowhere to be seen.

She glanced at the house in the distance, which was now pitch black.

“It seems Young Master Luoyue has gone to sleep. This person is quite pitiful too. I won’t say he’s narcissistic anymore, since he does have the capital to be narcissistic.”

However, Yun Dan still left the pot of hot water outside, thinking that if Yan Ke got up during the night, he should see it.

Even if the water got cold by midnight, cold water would still be better than drinking tea.

When Yun Dan finally returned to her room and had just closed the door, a hand from behind covered her mouth.

“Who?”

“Adulterer.”

She could finally make out this voice – it was Xiao Yueqing’s voice.

Yun Dan quickly turned around and punched his shoulder lightly, saying, “Master, this joke isn’t funny at all, and it’s not even spring now. By the way Master, do you need me for something?”

She lit the candle, and the room instantly became bright.

Somehow, Xiao Yueqing had already made his way to her bed, propping his head up with one hand as he looked at her.

“Why must your master have business to come find you? Can’t I come see you when there’s nothing particular?”

Although today’s Xiao Yueqing seemed a bit strange, Yun Dan didn’t pay much attention.

After all, he wasn’t normal to begin with.

So whatever he said was understandable.

“By the way Master, the fragrance on you seems different today.”

“Oh, I didn’t notice. Probably accidentally picked it up from someone else. But you, how did you come back carrying someone else’s scent? Could it be that you went to have a secret meeting with some wild man this late at night? I heard that Young Master Luoyue is also at the manor.”

Yun Dan thought to herself, it seems he really did guess it.

She didn’t know how much he had actually seen.

But the strangest point for Yun Dan was: how did his favorability increase?

Could it be that because he saw her chatting and laughing with Yan Ke over there, his favorability suddenly exploded and directly increased by 5%?

But…

She seemed to think of a term.

Yun Dan subconsciously wanted to exclaim.

Damn, could he have some kind of NTR fetish?

NTR was the so-called cuckold complex, enjoying seeing others cuckold oneself.

So he wouldn’t really…

Yun Dan still couldn’t determine if this guess was correct.

But if he really did have NTR tendencies, then she should find opportunities to interact more with Yan Ke, and make sure Xiao Yueqing saw it.

Then wouldn’t the favorability just keep rising rapidly?

Because of this realization, Yun Dan’s mood improved considerably.

She quickly ran to the bedside, took off her shoes and socks, then explained, “Master, how can you misunderstand me like this? Although Young Master Luoyue is devastatingly beautiful, your disciple truly has no improper thoughts about him. After all, I still know my own limitations.”

A hand gently lifted her chin, forcing her to meet his gaze.

“You’re quite self-aware. I really underestimated you.”