An Yunzhong was in the army. Although he had reached the second-grade military position of General Wei, he always kept a large amount of medicine for internal and external injuries at home out of habit.

The servant who was ordered to get medicine for Nian Jiu didn't know what kind of medicine Nian Jiu needed, but the lady was a lady after all. He didn't dare to neglect at all, and quickly got all the medicines and put them in front of Nian Jiu.

"That's enough, no need to run anymore, thank you."

Nian Jiu was so polite, which actually made the servant feel scared. He lowered his head and replied to Nian Jiu: "Miss, if you have any other instructions, just tell me..."

"No more, you can go down." Nian Jiu smiled, and based on his experience, he found a few medicines he needed from the medicines piled on the table. Then he sat on the chair and raised his right foot with difficulty to take off his shoes and socks. He looked at

She couldn't help but smile bitterly at her already bruised and swollen ankles, and she secretly hated her body for being so unsatisfactory and holding herself back at such a time.

Medication can only relieve the urgent need. She knows very well that the injury is not a big deal in the first place. It just needs time to recover, but what she lacks most now is time.

After applying the ointment to the injured area, the cool and slightly spicy feeling on the skin covered up the pain. Nianjiu took a deep breath, gritted his teeth and wrapped the clean gauze around it.

She was about to put on her shoes and socks again, when suddenly out of the corner of her eye she caught a glimpse of a figure standing outside the open door.

This is a remote guest room. Normally, no one would come here for nothing and come to find her? She raised her head and looked out the door. She was about to ask the other person what happened, but her eyes froze the moment she looked at him...

It's mother.

"Jiu'er..." An Yunzhong's first wife, Mrs. Xin, also looked at Nian Jiu blankly, her voice sounding like crying.

"Mother." Nian Jiu came to his senses first and quickly put on socks on his feet.

Mrs. Xin walked up to her quickly, reached out to hold her cheek while she lowered her head to put on her boots, leaned over and pressed her forehead against her daughter's: "It's really you...it's really you...

…”

"Mom, it's me." Nian Jiu felt a little apologetic in her heart. She had never had contact with her family since the accident in Jiangzhou. Although she had already had differences and arguments with her parents when she left home to join Yunzhongjian, the real relationship between them

The breakup was still after that mission in Jiangzhou.

Although she was lucky enough to survive in Jiangzhou, it took her nearly a year to truly step out of the shadows. During this nearly year, she almost always had the feeling that "she has died and what is left behind is a lonely ghost."

world-weary thoughts.

Her mother's hands changed from caressing her cheek to hugging her, then moved down her shoulders and arms, and finally landed on her hands.

"Jiu'er, your hands..."

Through the gloves, Mrs. Xin still noticed the strange coldness and hardness of Nian Jiu's right hand. Her face was pale, and she slowly took off the gloves on her daughter's right hand with uneasiness. Nian Jiu sat there quietly, with the same look in his eyes.

On the windless lake surface, there was no answer or stop, and the mother was allowed to take off her gloves completely.

Although she was mentally prepared, when she actually saw the prosthetic hand, Mrs. Xin could not help but cover her mouth and cry.

"Mom, don't cry." Nian Jiu put on his gloves silently, put on his shoes, stood up and said, "It's all over, and my daughter has never regretted it."

"Jiu'er, are you leaving again? Where are you going?"

"There are still things to do." Nian Jiu said vaguely, "I will come back to see you when it is over."

"The injury on your face..."

"It's okay." She laughed self-deprecatingly, "It's just a little ugly. But it doesn't matter if it looks good or not, anyway..."

She paused, and at the last moment she spoke, she took into account Mrs. Xin's mood and swallowed the second half of the sentence, "I don't plan to get married anyway."

Mrs. Xin looked at her back worriedly, and asked in an almost pleading tone: "Can't you go if you don't want to go? They're all back. It's okay to stay at home for a few days..."

"No." Nian Jiu replied decisively, "My daughter can't waste a moment."

"Then can you tell mother...what exactly are you doing...and who are you doing it for? Is it that Jianghu sect you mentioned before?"

Nian Jiu hesitated for a moment. She didn't know who she was working for now. Yunzhongjian had listed her as a traitor who needed to be hunted down. However, Mr. Zhong on the other side of Wangchuan did not make any demands on her.

When Jiangzhou rescued her, he only said, "I don't want her to die like this."

No one in the Desolate Sect or Wangchuan has any demands on her anymore, it’s just that she still can’t let go.

"I'm doing what I think is right, a chivalrous thing." She replied, and after a brief pause she spoke again: "My companions are still waiting for me, mother, I really have to go."

Mrs. Xin followed Nian Jiu step by step with tears in her eyes, her heart pounding as she said: "Then you will come back... you will definitely come back."

"Yes." She lied against her will, not wanting her mother to know that she was determined to die.

Mrs. Xin sent Nian Jiu to the door. When she saw Yun Jingchen waiting outside, she thought that this was the companion Jiu'er mentioned. She was about to ask him to take good care of Jiu'er, but Nian Jiu said nothing.

Shang Yun Jingchen left quickly.

Yun Jingchen looked back from time to time and saw the woman with tears in her eyes standing outside the door of General An's Mansion watching them off. He couldn't help but ask Nian Jiu: "Is that your daughter's hall?"

"Yes."

"Then you won't say goodbye or anything else when you leave?"

"I don't want to make myself sad."

Yun Jingchen nodded as if he understood. After taking a few steps, he came back to his senses and asked strangely: "What do you mean by not wanting to make yourself sad?"

"Didn't I make it clear to you on the way here? Aren't you also aware of it?"

"But not being afraid of death and risking death are two different things," Yun Jingchen retorted.

Nian Jiu did not answer, because in her heart, not being afraid of death and going to die in this situation are actually the same thing.

Nowadays, the entire imperial capital can be said to be full of "enemies". The only people she can trust at the moment are Yun Jingchen beside her and Yu Yanzhi, who is acting alone on the other side.

At this time, she heard Yun Jingchen continue to say: "My consciousness is to stay and help you, even if it costs my life. But I don't want to die worthless... But I know that you all think I am a fool,

I am really not good at thinking and planning. When I acted in the past, Miss Yu and Senior Brother Lu basically did this. But now that they are not here, I can only listen to you. I put my life in my hands.

I give it to you with only one condition."

Nianjiu was stunned.

"Don't let me die worthless, like a fool." He pointed his left thumb at himself and said righteously.
Chapter completed!