Chapter 444 - 423: One More Update
"Commandery Princess—" The man felt his mouth dry and tongue parched, yet his back was drenched in cold sweat. Pain tugged at his reason, and the dim light crazily amplified his desire.
And the woman, seemingly unaware, was inherently capricious. She couldn’t bear suffering or grievance, feared death and reveled in luxury. Instinctively wanting to comfort herself, she nibbled and gnawed to ease the inner heat.
"Nian Ru—" Ju Nanyi winced in pain, trying to pull the woman in his arms to one side, but she grabbed his injured left arm. The intense pain nearly made Ju Nanyi faint, while the woman, unaware of her own strength, tried to pull him closer, but failed to hold on. Her hand slipped, and she tumbled down onto the rocks below.
In the torment of fire and ice, Ju Nanyi was unable to react in time. As the person fell, he cried out in pain and hurriedly went down to search for her.
"Nian Ru—" Ju Nanyi, looking at the tearful woman, instantly felt guilty. He cursed himself for letting her fall; the groove beneath the rock was filled with water, and now her skirt hem, shoes, and socks were wet.
Ju Nanyi hurriedly tried to remove her sodden shoes and socks. Exposed to the medicine and now the cold, her pampered body could not withstand it.
Ju Nanyi’s heart was in turmoil, compounded by his guilt, and he did not notice that the woman’s hazy eyes were beginning to cling to clear-sightedness. Most of the drug had been vomited out, and the fall, along with the pain, brought back her reason. She saw Ju Nanyi hurriedly untying her shoes and socks.
Zheng Nianru, in a daze, instinctively pushed him away.
In this lifetime, she had no desire to be entangled with Ju Nanyi ever again. And now, she had just found hope and motivation to live on, not bound by such matters to any great extent.