The most important thing is that he is so ill now, still burning with a high fever. Forget the ability to fend for himself; it’s already good enough if he doesn’t lose consciousness. Without anyone to take care of him, all he can do is wait for death. 𝐟𝕣𝕖𝐞𝐰𝕖𝚋𝐧𝗼𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝗰𝐨𝐦

If he doesn’t lapse into a coma and slowly succumb to death, he could still be bitten by passing venomous snakes, insects, or meet his end devoured by a wolf. Everyone knows this is not a plain but a forest fraught with dangers.

Knowing that he will die here, how can she leave him behind to save herself?

"I won’t die. Once you get out safely, find someone to rescue me." ThirdYoung Master Jun said with an indifferent expression.

Ye Lu’s tears rolled down as she felt an overwhelming urge to strangle him. At a time like this, how could he still lie to her?

Does he really think she’s a fool?

"Even if I get out safely and then find people, it would take at least three to four days for them to come in and find you. Tell me, can you last alone for three to four days? Stop lying to me. With your illness like this, you know your own condition better than I do. If you weren’t convinced that you wouldn’t survive, you wouldn’t have asked me to leave on my own, right?"

She choked back sobs, hands covering her face as tears streamed through her fingers.

Her shoulders shook violently, unable to hold back the grief in her heart, because she knew all too well how hopeless it was, which only added to her pain and despair.

This hopeless situation had befallen her, leaving her no chance to escape.

Third Young Master Jun couldn’t bear to see her so desolate, and turned his head away, speaking coldly with resolve, "Since you understand, then do you plan to wait for death here with me, a useless man?"

Ye Lu tensed up, suddenly lifting her head with tears streaming down her face, and shouted defiantly.

"Yes, I’ll stay right here with you. Jun Huang, have you forgotten? We came in here together, and we must also leave together. Have you forgotten what you promised me? How can you break your promise? How can you expect me to leave you behind and save myself?"

"So, we should die together?"

"What’s wrong with dying together? If you really die, I will stay with you." She stubbornly grabbed his hand, attempting to lean on him, but he angrily pushed her away.

ThirdYoung Master Jun looked at her tearful face, at the resolve to give up everything and die with him, his heart pounding with both urgency and anger, unable to suppress his rage:

"Have you gone mad? Isn’t it enough for one person to die? Do you really want us to embrace death together? Then what was the point of me going to all lengths to keep you alive? Ye Lu, come to your senses. Do you want to waste all my efforts? Is this how you repay me? Do you want me to resent you, to hate you until the moment of death?"

Ye Lu’s heart ached, and she shook her head with tears streaming down: "I can’t do it, I cannot and should not abandon the person I love the most."

She understood all the reasons, but she just couldn’t do it. He was the man she loved the most, her husband.

To leave him in critical condition, to flee for her own life, even if she were insane, she couldn’t do it.

Don’t push her, please don’t force her.

"Ye Lu, you really are stubborn."

ThirdYoung Master Jun reprimanded her with frustration, his voice growing increasingly stern.

"Fine, even if you won’t think of yourself, nor care about my resentment. Don’t you think about our baby? Our two children in your womb, they are our bloodline, our legacy. They haven’t been born yet, haven’t had the chance to properly see this world, do you really want to deprive them of their lives? Can you bear to do this to your own children?"

Ye Lu trembled all over, her heart constricting tightly as she sat down on the ground in a daze, completely stunned.