Chapter 414 - 393: First Update
Zheng Nianru glanced around slightly, the pervasive stench of blood in the air suppressing the suspicions brewing in her heart.
Before she had met Ju Nanyi in her previous life, she had never paid him any attention. Even their few encounters had not left much of an impression on her; it was not until Prince Duan seriously told her about Ju Nanyi and said that he was someone trustworthy.
At that time, Zheng Nianru was quite disdainful. How could a man with no background, a minor official, be considered a trustworthy person by Prince Duan? Despite his extraordinary talents, he was not the person she would confide in.
Moreover, there were her silent resentments, and the things she had but did not desire.
Therefore, at this moment of distraction, Zheng Nianru thought she might have been too suspicious about her few encounters with Ju Nanyi in this life.
"Lord Ju, your injury—" Fu Dong couldn’t help but speak out. The death of an imperial official from the court could complicate matters, naturally one could not involve the Commandery Princess.
"I, I’m fine. Just leave me at the street corner," Ju Nanyi seemed to muster all his strength; his blood-stained face showed a mix of embarrassment and stubbornness clearly visible to Zheng Nianru. The man’s desire not to be seen in such a disheveled state was evident in his excessively strained body.
Zheng Nianru understood this feeling well; to Ju Nanyi, she was still a stranger, a stranger who knew him, without her malevolent assumptions. No one in such a state would want outsiders to see them.
This, in turn, allowed Zheng Nianru to relax and withdraw her gaze.