The Divine Doctor And A Common Farmer-Chapter 1333 - 1413: That’s Not Selfishness, That’s Utter Selflessness

Her eyes suddenly turned red. She could hardly believe that this old nun was actually her Purple Chervil. After all, she had aged severely.

She had seen Purple Chervil old before, but the last time she looked around fifty. This time... she was even older. Her purple eyes were gone, and she had shaved her head. Her back hunched, her body unstraightened, gripping dentures. Once tall over one meter seventy, now stooped and shrunken due to her bent back.

However, no matter how much a person changes, those eyes are forever the most familiar to her.

"Grow up!"

She gave her a reproachful glare, and then Yun Ge climbed onto the bed.

Her hand trembled as she gently touched Dong Huiying’s face, feeling the deep wrinkles on it, like furrows.

Large teardrops fell, "So ugly!"

Dong Huiying: "..." She sighed silently, "Why seek me out? I’m most afraid of this from you guys,"

Helping Yun Ge wipe the tears from her face, she received a light slap. The slap landed on the back of her hand. 𝙧𝙚𝙚𝔀𝒆𝓫𝓷𝙤𝓿𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝙤𝓶

Yun Ge spoke irritably, "How hard must your heart be to prefer dying quietly alone outside over letting me stay by your side? Even if you don’t want to see me, what about those men in your family? If you die without us knowing, it would be a lifelong regret."

Dong Huiying lamented, "I know I’m selfish."

Yun Ge laughed angrily, "This isn’t selfish, this is clearly selfless of you."

"No wonder you’ve aged so quickly, losing all your teeth and hair. I think you worry too much, always troubled by endless thoughts. Regardless of how long you will live or how many days we accompany you, when you truly can’t bear it anymore, just close your eyes. Why worry about such matters after you’re gone?"

"The past is the past, if you die alone out there, will your heart be at peace?"

"I know you can’t bear it. You’re an old woman now, but we’re still young, with a lot of life left. If we really follow you into death, you’d feel it’s not worth it, that dragging so many with you is too willful, too inhumane. But why don’t you understand?"

Yun Ge got more and more upset, her eyes reddening further.

"Understand that as long as it’s your wish, when have I truly ever refused? I always strive to fulfill it, and respect you. Just like back then, you insisted on using yourself as a test for that crazy woman outside. Even though I tried to stop you, even though I disagreed, in the end, I couldn’t go against you. Also, like those men in your family."

"At first, I really didn’t see them as worthy. Do you know how much I opposed it? Were they deserving of you? We grew up in the capital, surrounded by nobles and gentry who were far superior in talent and looks. There were many better than them. But they owed it to you. Yet, because you were willing, because you insisted, didn’t I still respect you?"

Yun Ge sighed again.

"Some things, knowing they would hurt you and make you restless in death, no matter how much I want to do them, I can’t. Because if I did, when I meet you in the underworld, I’d have no face to see you."

That’s how she felt, and probably those men of the Liang family shared the same thoughts.

Through this, she finally and truly accepted those men as Purple Chervil’s husbands.