Chapter 1274: Chapter 1275 I Will Only Marry Gu Yelin (5)
Just as An Yiqing had said, it wasn’t long before Eddie felt his legs growing increasingly painful. It was a piercing pain as if ants and rats were gnawing at his bones. At first, he could still endure it, but soon after, Eddie’s handsome face turned pale, as if he had been fished out of the water.
For a whole half hour, Eddie was in so much pain that he almost fainted, but he didn’t make a sound.
An Yiqing gave Eddie an approving look. Although she couldn’t see his expression, from that moment on, Eddie was truly accepted by her.
"It should be about time now. Once your legs stop hurting, try standing up and taking a few steps."
Eddie’s pale face froze as he looked incredulously at An Yiqing. Even Qiao Si looked at her with disbelief.
"This, this is it? Miss An, the master he..."
"He can stand up now. Eddie, are you waiting for me to help you up?"
An Yiqing’s chilly words sent a shiver down Eddie’s spine, snapping him back to reality. He rubbed his still somewhat painful legs with his hands, carefully tensed his muscles, and attempted to stand up from the wheelchair.
Qiao Si felt that today was bound to be the happiest day of his life, for he had personally witnessed his master standing up by himself for the first time after being in a wheelchair for over twenty years!
"M-Master! You can finally stand up!" Qiao Si cried tears of joy, overwhelmed with emotion.
Eddie glanced in shock at the tearfully joyful Qiao Si, then at the calm An Yiqing and the expressionless Gu Yelin.
He... he really could stand up!
With the first step accomplished, he wanted a second. Eddie cautiously lifted his right leg, wobbling forward one step.
One step! Two steps! Three steps!
Eddie’s steps went from shaky and awkward to slowly becoming stable. He laboriously walked two laps around the room, finally sitting back in the wheelchair with satisfaction.
"I really can walk! Qiao Si, did you see that? I really can walk!"
Qiao Si watched the red-eyed Eddie with excitement, nodding vigorously.
The two, master and servant, held each other’s hands tightly, talking incoherently for a long time until their emotions gradually calmed down.
Qiao Si turned his head, his gaze respectfully landing on An Yiqing. Suddenly, he placed his right arm across his chest, dropped to one knee, and knelt down swiftly.
"Miss An, please accept the highest gratitude of the Blood Clan! Thank you for saving the master’s legs. From now on, Qiao Si’s life is yours!"
"Qiao Si..." Eddie looked at Qiao Si, who was kneeling on one knee, with astonishment, his heart full of emotion.
An Yiqing gazed appreciatively at Qiao Si. This man, about the same age as Eddie, was of ordinary appearance, small build, with dark skin. He always followed Eddie like an invisible man, meticulously handling everything for him.
Because Qiao Si knew that his master, Eddie, did not see him as a slave. He knew who truly cared for him, who was his family.
"Stand up, I accept your thanks. But in Xuanjin, we don’t practice kneeling rituals now. Going down on one knee is used by a man to propose to a woman. Do you intend to propose to me in front of Ah Lin, Qiao Si?"
An Yiqing let out a low laugh, and Qiao Si paused, feeling like a cold flash had struck him like a sharp blade.
Sweating profusely, Qiao Si quickly stood up from the ground, no longer daring to perform such a grand gesture.
The scene, originally very sentimental and touching, became much lighter with An Yiqing’s joke. Although Eddie’s legs were already healed, due to years of poisoning, the muscles in his legs showed severe atrophy. Fortunately, over the years, Qiao Si did massages for him almost every day, and with An Yiqing’s assistance, Eddie would soon be able to fully recover.