Xiao Wu tidied herself up and then applied medicine to the young lady's wounds. Fortunately, these medical skills were essential for assassins, as they never knew who might deliver the fatal blow. Therefore, they had to learn how to treat their own wounds. After treating the wounds, Xiao Wu stood by the bed and saw the young lady leaning against the bedpost. She didn't know what to say. She wasn't a very talkative person, and despite her cold demeanor, she genuinely considered the young lady a friend. A friend? Yes, that's right, a friend. Seeing the young lady like this, Xiao Wu could do nothing but quietly stay by her side.
"Xiao Wu, what do you think happens after a person dies?" Xiao Wu was silent for a moment, not expecting her mistress to ask such a question.
"Miss, what are you saying?" Xiao Wu was a little dazed, thinking that she might have misheard, because the young lady's voice was so faint.
"Nothing," I said without opening my eyes. I don't know why I asked such a question. Lying here like Lin Daiyu, am I really me? Where did the person who used to disdain love go? Can I ever go back to how I was before?
Xiao Wu's voice, "Master," filled me with frustration, yes, frustration and sadness. Had he come? So, he still remembered that she was here.
"What's wrong?" Jue's voice was a little panicked. Seeing Xue'er leaning against the bedpost with her eyes closed and her hands and feet covered in wounds, his heart pounded with fear. He wasn't...
"Master, Miss..." I interrupted Xiao Wu before she could say anything.
"It's okay. Xiaowu, you can go out now, let me get some sleep." I don't have the strength to be angry, nor the strength to talk to him. It's not that I'm ignoring him, it's just that my heart was numb with pain at that moment. But that inexplicable and sudden resolute decision made her uneasy.
"Miss," Xiao Wu was about to speak, still uneasy, because the person before her was her master. She had an obligation and a duty to obey him, and she could not hide anything from him, for he was her master. He had saved her from the brink of death, and he had brought her to her. Therefore, she must not disobey his orders, even unto death. "Master, Miss slipped and fell just now, and Miss vomited."
Heh, I sneered. How could I forget? He's Xiao Wu's master, and Xiao Wu is his person. How could Xiao Wu possibly listen to me? I was too naive.
"Are you alright?" Jue asked me gently as he sat on the bed after hearing Xiao Wu's words, a hint of pain flashing in his eyes.
"It's nothing," I replied, not wanting to talk. I was so tired, but I still answered him, though even I could hear the distance in my own tone.
Xue'er's voice made my heart tighten, but then I started laughing at myself for being delusional again.
"Xue'er, I'm sorry," Jue sighed and pulled me into his arms.
I froze, opened my eyes, and looked back at Jue. Jue's eyes still held the same doting affection for me. I felt a wave of confusion, as if that heartless Jue had never existed. I began to doubt myself. My love shouldn't be so fragile, should it?
"It's nothing," I pursed my lips, unsure of what to say. Xiao Wu had already retreated outside, and the air grew heavy with silence.
"Xue'er" hugged me even tighter. "I shouldn't have said that, Xue'er, I was jealous."
I was stunned for a moment. What did I just hear? Jue said he was jealous. Did I hear wrong? Did I eat too much and my brain became dull?
Looking at the incredulous Xue'er in front of him, Jue felt a surge of joy. How could Xue'er be so cute? She just said I was jealous. But suddenly, he thought of something, lowered his head and glanced at Zi Xue with his deep eyes, and said nothing more.
What on earth happened to Jue?
Xue'er is so sorry to have kept you all waiting so long, but I'm really a senior in high school now, and I don't have much time. However, I still hope you can all support me and not give up on my writing. It hasn't been easy for me to get this far, and it's your support that inspired me to write this. Even while studying, I haven't been thinking about how to write. So, everyone, I want to say thank you. But I still hope you'll recommend it, recommend it...
Chapter 82
I forgot what I wanted to say, and just leaned weakly against his chest. Yes, I forgave him. What could I say? I didn't know. Having never experienced love before, I'd always lived in a daze. Now, I'd finally regained some clarity, but the other half, I didn't know.
"Tomorrow, I'll take you out to participate in the martial arts tournament," a magnetic voice came to my ears.
I jolted awake, staring at him in disbelief.
"What did you just say?" she said, grabbing his shirt and saying, "You said you wanted me to participate in the martial arts tournament, didn't you?"
Perhaps my exaggerated expression had amused him too much, for he smiled faintly, lightly flicked my nose, and said, "Yes."
"Really?" I asked, my eyes gleaming. I hadn't misheard. He really was going to take me to the martial arts tournament. I'd been so bored in this building these past few days, I was practically growing mushrooms. Now that I could go out, I was overjoyed.
I stood up laughing, jumped up and down, shouting, "That's awesome! That's awesome!"
Even after vomiting, I was still very weak. I lost myself in the moment and collapsed into Liao Jue's arms.
She gently pinched my cheek and said, "You've been cooped up these past few days."
"Jue, I love you the most, you're so good to me." I leaned into his arms and hugged his waist.
Jue looked down at the little one in his arms, a complex emotion flashing across his dark eyes.
And just like that, the so-called conflict between us was resolved, which even we ourselves found incredible.
The next day, looking at the surging crowd in front of me, the childlike heart that had been hidden inside me for so long finally burst forth.
"Wow, I'm finally out!" I exclaimed, and then ran around the street, looking at this and that, unable to see everything, until Jue grabbed me and said, "Xue'er, don't run so fast, be careful not to fall."
"It's okay, it's okay," she said, her hand being held, but her eyes kept wandering.
"Xue'er, let's go back to the inn first," Jue said in a slightly gloomy tone, yet with a hint of doting affection.
"No, no," I shook my head more and more frequently.
"Hehe, your head is about to fall off." Gui Yao pressed her hand on my head, her bewitching smile causing passersby to stop and stare at this devilish man. The woman in the photo blushed, occasionally looking up and covering her face with her handkerchief, looking like a little woman.
Without making a sound, she pulled me away from Gui Yao's side, held me tightly in her arms, and gently asked, "Xue'er, don't you want to participate in the martial arts tournament?"
"Martial Arts Tournament" stopped shaking its head, tilted its head and thought for a moment. "Oh yeah, how could I forget? Jue and I are supposed to participate in the Martial Arts Tournament!" it thought, slapping its hand together. "I knew I'd forgotten something! It's the Martial Arts Tournament!"
Standing behind, Xiao Wu sighed helplessly and rubbed her forehead. Never try to understand your mistress with normal human standards, or you'll be driven mad.
"Let's go, let's go," I pushed Jue away, grabbed his hand and walked forward. After a while, we suddenly stopped and stood there, stunned.
When Leng Tian and Gui Yao saw me standing there without moving, they wondered what was wrong with me and walked over to look at me.
I bit my lip, rubbed the back of my head, and said apologetically, "Haha, um, where's the inn?"
Xiao Wu stumbled, and Leng Tian and the others' lips twitched. Only Gui Yao looked at me calmly. If you ignored his smile that was about to split open, he was indeed calm.
"Let's go." This time, Jue really smiled. That dazzling smile stunned me, and my mind was filled with only the smile of the handsome man in front of me. It wasn't until I came to my senses that I realized I was already in the inn.
After I caused such a ruckus all day, everyone went back to the inn to rest in preparation for tomorrow's martial arts tournament.
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"Why did you bring her here?"
You don't need to know.
"She is innocent."
"..."
I will not allow you to hurt her.
"..."
The loud banging on the door did not break the silence.
The room was pitch black; no one could tell the expressions on the faces of the people inside.
All I know is that something has changed, but I can't quite put my finger on it.
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After getting up and washing up, I rubbed my eyes and went downstairs. There were many people talking noisily downstairs.
The noise completely dispelled my drowsiness. I looked around and saw that the people below were all martial arts practitioners, including burly old men, veiled women, and men dressed in very righteous manners.
I sidled up to Jue and whispered in his ear, "What happened?"
They didn't reply to me at all, but gave them a meaningful look, and I still saw the mockery in their cold eyes.
"Xue'er, time to eat." Gui Yao appeared beside me without me noticing, placed the chopsticks in my hand, and looked at me with a gentle smile, saying, "Xue'er, don't mind her."
I puffed out my cheeks and glared at him with dissatisfaction, but I didn't say anything. I just picked up the chopsticks Gui Yao gave me and started eating, but my eyes kept glancing at those people.
"Let's go." I had just finished eating when Jue pulled me out of the inn. I didn't know where he was taking me; I just followed him.
A moment later, I looked up at the inn, which was even more magnificent than before. I couldn't understand Jue's actions. What was this called? How did I end up in an inn after leaving one?
"This is Guanxu Pavilion, where you can watch the martial arts tournament up close. Everyone can see the tournament taking place here," Xiao Wu explained dutifully to me.
We sat in a private box with a great view. We opened the window and could see the entire martial arts tournament in one glance.
"What's going on here?" After learning the Moonlight Mirror Manual, my hearing and eyesight are much better than before, so I can hear what an old man from the martial arts tournament is saying politely.
The moment Jue uttered the words "Choose the leader of the martial arts alliance," the air froze.
"What's the point of electing a martial arts alliance leader?" I asked, my eyes fixed on the crowd below, without turning around.
"Heh, Xue'er, don't you know? We're going to fight the Demonic Sect!" Gui Yao's seductive voice suddenly broke in.
"To punish the Demonic Cult? Is the Demonic Cult really that bad?" I tilted my head, my clear and bright eyes putting Xiao Wu and the others at ease. If it weren't for my gaze, they would have thought I was mocking the Demonic Cult.
"Ha, others only know that the Demonic Cult is evil, but they don't know how hypocritical those so-called righteous people are," Leng Qing said, his first words of the day, his contemptuous and mocking words so chilling.
"That's true. So what if it's the Demonic Sect? So what if it's the Alliance Leader? It's just a title. For example, if someone hates another person, then that person is bad in their eyes. If they like another person, then they will think that person is good. So what's good or bad? It's just a distinction between people. Now they're holding such a grand martial arts tournament just to get revenge on the people they hate. In fact, people are all very hypocritical." I rested my chin on my hand, looking at the crowd below shouting and fighting, and said these few words softly, but they had a great impact on them.
"Don't you think the Demonic Cult is evil?" Jue suddenly hugged me and pressed his head against mine.
“Oh no, I don’t know. I don’t understand the Demonic Cult, but I hate them. They shout so loudly, but they don’t dare to say it to the Demonic Cult members in person. They’re so hypocritical,” he said, pointing down.
He may have spoken a bit too loudly, because the people below, who were also somewhat shrewd, all looked up to see who was so arrogant.
Upon seeing that it was a little girl, he burst into laughter.
"Little girl, don't talk nonsense. How dare you talk to your grandfather like that?" His lewd eyes roamed over Zixue.
"This little girl has such delicate skin; if I get angry, I'll chop you up," another man said.
These people said all sorts of things, and those sitting in high positions didn't stop them.
They didn't see Jue or Gui Yao, because only my window was open, and I had blocked Jue's view.
"Ha, so this is what so-called martial arts practitioners are like? How laughable." I brushed a strand of hair from my chest and looked at those people with a cold smile. They were disgusting.
Chapter 83
"What did you say?" The people below began to get restless, each waving their weapons and glaring at me with menacing eyes, as if they would kill me if I stuck my head out again.
"Can't you hear what I'm saying? What are you yelling for? I'm not deaf." I glanced at them disdainfully and picked at my ear with my hand.
"You little brat, you really don't know what's good for you. Let grandpa teach you a lesson!" A burly man swung his thick arms, approaching the inn step by step. The people in the inn also ran out and looked up at me, this ungrateful woman.
"Ha," I exhaled, a charming smile playing on my lips. I tilted my head slightly and said, "Grandpa, look at your strange appearance. You still want to be my grandpa? But I know my little Da is very similar to you." After saying that, I gently placed my raised finger on my lips.