Chapter 1109: Chapter 694: The Fall of the Jade_4
Xu Yuan quickly caught her frail figure, slowly descending to the ground as he said urgently:
“There must be a way…..”
With a casual motion, the Suru Ring that had been knocked away during the battle instantly flew into Xu Yuan’s palm.
Countless priceless healing pills materialized in midair. Xu Yuan crushed the jade bottles effortlessly and shattered them with power, intending to feed the pills to the woman in his arms.
But his hand was once again pushed aside by her. Her pale, delicate face smiled softly as she looked at him and said faintly:
“Grace under pressure—you taught that…. Have you forgotten so soon?”
His hand froze in midair.
A suffocating feeling enveloped him like a giant hand squeezing tightly, leaving him breathless and unable to speak. Yet the woman in his arms rely leaned her head lightly against his chest.
They landed on the ground amidst the ruins—a battlefield of quiet desolation after the chaos.
For a mont, the silence lingered. Xu Yuan half-knelt on the ground, his arms trembling as he held her close. A helpless smile tugged at the corners of his lips: “You promised , didn’t you, that you wouldn’t use a military formation?”
She coughed blood but responded with a smile, twisting his words against him: “Promises exist to achieve a goal; it doesn’t matter whether they’re fulfilled.”
“That’s not how you use this logic…”
“Well, it’s sothing you said, after all.”
Li Junwu rested her head against Xu Yuan’s chest, her half-lidded beautiful eyes gazing at the sky:
“Changtian, did you know? Actually, I wanted to leave earlier—just now.”
“I knew.”
“I was so afraid that eting you again would make scared… scared to die. But now… it seems it doesn’t frighten as much.” She burrowed her head further into his embrace, savoring a warmth she’d never felt before.
“If you’re afraid of dying, let heal you.”
“You’ve died before; you should understand my current state.”
“At least let try….”
“If you try, you’ll only feel guiltier.”
“But…”
“I don’t want to talk about this right now.”
“….Alright.”
“Hmph…..”
She huffed lightly, raising her hand to softly punch him before speaking dreamily:
“Changtian, when I heard the news of your death last year, I was sad for a very, very long ti. You didn’t even think to give a heads-up. But… it doesn’t seem to matter anymore, since you’ve always been a liar.”
“But… I don’t think I’ve ever lied to you, have I?”
“You’ve lied to plenty, haven’t you? You lied to to make fall in love with soone.”
“Maybe so. But speaking of lying, haven’t you lied to for over ten years?”
“That’s because… because…” She hesitated, then smiled faintly: “…because I was scared.”
“You? Scared?”
“Hmm… If you keep talking about this, I’ll just go to sleep now.”
“Alright…. I won’t say anything more.”
“Hmm…. What were we talking about earlier?” She tried to recall the thread of their conversation, but her mory began to fade rapidly.
“We were talking about my staged death last year….” He lowered his gaze to remind her.
“Oh… that. I wrote you letters back then—did you see them? But I suppose they must’ve been intercepted by the old man. He definitely wouldn’t want you to know the contents.”
“What did you write?”
He asked softly.
But the woman in his arms seed unable to hear his voice anymore. The light in her eyes dimd rapidly, leaving her staring blankly at the star-filled sky do as she murmured:
“Speaking of that old man, sotis I really hate him—my father. He gave the na Junwu, yet he never let touch anything related to military affairs….”
Her voice grew weaker:
“Changtian, tell , if… if he had let handle military affairs earlier, would I not have to die now….?”
“It’s all his fault…. But… But Changtian, I don’t know why—I suddenly… suddenly miss him and my mother so much….”
“I want to tell him that his daughter… protected Zhenxi Prefecture City. Right now, everyone in the city is calling out his daughter’s na….”
Her voice faded further. Li Junwu’s beautiful eyes gradually dulled, her pale lips trembling:
“But from Desert North to here is a full ten days’ journey…. He probably won’t hear ….”
No more words ca.
And amidst the final brilliance of life’s fading fla, her lifeless eyes suddenly glead for a brief mont.
Her vision cleared briefly. Li Junwu raised her finger to brush away a teardrop at the corner of Xu Yuan’s eye, smiling as she looked at her trembling beloved. Her smile blurred her vision, and her breathing quivered with faint sound:
“Changtian… From now on… From now on, this girl won’t ever show you her legs again….”
Her voice grew thinner,
Until it was silent,
Starlight cascaded like a waterfall.
The white hair grew brittle; her fingertips fell limp.
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