Chapter 767 - 227: Silencing_4
She suddenly couldn’t bear to think about it any longer.
Situ Jiuyue, carrying a basket filled with flowers, entered the Alchemy Room. But instead of starting her alchemy, she set the basket down and walked to the edge of the courtyard, staring out at the snow-covered ground in a daze. She must have been thinking about General Jih’s incident again; no matter how cold her tone or how calm her expression, her heart was not without its fluctuations.
The two girls stood in the courtyard, a vast expanse of white around them, each lost in her own thoughts, feeling the fickle nature of life, the changes of the world, and an indescribable sense of helplessness and bitterness.
Time passed, so long that the snow had stopped, so long that Xiao Hong in the cage woke up, opened its little black bean-like eyes, and flew to the eaves, tilting its head as it looked down at Jiang Li and the other.
Jiang Li said, "Miss Jiuyue, I’d like to visit Uncle at the Ye Residence. Would you like to check on Ah Zhao’s wound? You promised last time to imbue Ah Zhao’s whip with poison. I wonder if it’s ready; if so, let’s deliver it to Ah Zhao today."
Her heart felt extraordinarily stifled, desperate to use something else to alleviate the suffocation within. Otherwise, she would be overwhelmed by these sorrowful emotions, unable to think of anything else for a while. She wanted to see Ah Zhao, her father, Ye Mingyu, Ye Shijie, hoping to give her own heart a momentary reprieve.
She thought Situ Jiuyue would feel the same; if Jiang Li were no longer there, Situ Jiuyue would certainly not visit the Ye Residence alone.
Situ Jiuyue paused for a moment, looking at Jiang Li with confusion. The last time she had seen Xue Zhao, she indeed mentioned that she could imbue Xue Zhao’s whip with poison. She hadn’t expected Jiang Li to remember.
"Miss Jiuyue, let’s go together," Jiang Li said.
Situ Jiuyue didn’t refuse. She said, "Alright."