Chapter 824: Grand Finale (Part 1)
On this day, Jiang Li didn’t know how she managed to return to the Jiang Residence. It seed like everyone was trying to reassure her, saying that Jih Heng would definitely co back. For now, he was rely unaccounted for, but for so reason, Jiang Li’s heart couldn’t settle down at all. Those consoling words just skimd past her ears, failing to comfort her even in the slightest.
The people of the Jiang Family were still unaware of any news about Jih Heng, and they didn’t know what had actually happened to Jiang Li either. They thought everything was as usual. Tonger and Bai Xue, however, were privy to the inside story. When they escorted Jiang Li ho, Wen Renyao had specifically entrusted them to take good care of her, to talk with her, and above all, never to let her brood alone.
Tonger and Bai Xue attended to Jiang Li with utmost care, thinking that she would cry, that she would be sad alone, perhaps even fall ill because of this. But since returning to the Jiang Residence, Jiang Li had beco strong. She went about her days doing things she would normally do, and at least on the surface, she seed no different from before.
But the anxiety and worry in her heart grew more intense with each passing day.
A day went by, two days went by, ten days went by… a month passed, and the wait beca increasingly hopeless, with still no ssage from Jih Heng. At first, Kong Liu tried all kinds of ways to comfort Jiang Li, but later on, whenever Jiang Li went to the Duke Residence to inquire about news, Kong Liu hardly dared to et her gaze. Jiang Li could see helplessness and sighs in his eyes.
Situ Jiuyue and the others initially firmly believed that Jih Heng would return, but as ti drew on, longer and longer, and snow started to fall in the winter of Yanjing City, covering the ground with thick layers of white snow, and deep winter arrived with still no news, even Situ Jiuyue began to fall silent.
Jiang Li once overheard a conversation between Situ Jiuyue and Kong Liu.
Situ Jiuyue said, “There’s still no word from Jih Heng; what’s going on? Is Lu Jiu really searching earnestly for him?”
“Truly. Qimin has also reached winter, the snow has sealed the mountains, wild beasts roam, and Lu Jiu hasn’t stopped searching the mountains…,” his voice grew low, “Before, when Miss Jiang the Second was here, I really couldn’t say it. The captives from the Yin Family Troops said that the master was seriously injured when he fled. Even if he could escape, his chances of survival were slim. It’s already very difficult to find soone in those huge mountains. But if the master is still alive, he would certainly try to rendezvous with Lu Jiu’s n. There’s no place for him to hide in the deserted mountains of Qimin.”
Situ Jiuyue said coldly, “What are you implying? Are you suggesting that Jih Heng’s chances are slim?”
“I don’t wish for the master to co to harm,” Kong Liu sounded almost angry, “If I had been there in the mountain, I would have risked my life to ensure the master’s safety! But now, faced with reality, I’m just telling you the most likely situation.”
There was silence for a very long ti until Situ Jiuyue’s voice ca through, “Life and death are fated, and we, people like us, are already accustod to life and death; Jih Heng, no matter how strong, is after all just an ordinary person. But… if he truly doesn’t return, what about Jiang Li?”
“Miss Jiang the Second?”
“Yes, she’s devoted herself to following Jih Heng. I fear that if Jih Heng truly doesn’t return, she’ll just keep waiting like this. We can’t do anything about her. For her, and for Jih Heng, this is perhaps the most tragic aspect.”
Standing behind a clump of trees, Jiang Li listened to Situ Jiuyue’s brutal words, and a sense of desolation involuntarily welled up inside her heart. Even Situ Jiuyue believed this to be a tragedy? Were her and Jih Heng’s eting destined never to reach a happy ending?
Was Jih Heng truly not coming back? She stood stunned, thinking that this news seed too distant, too unreal. She rembered various images of Jih Heng: him listening to opera in the restaurant with a smile, him matching wits with her, him revealing helplessness to her, the gentle Jih Heng, and from that night of the spring breeze, over the wall, the Jih Heng she first t.
Their lives, entangled in the past and present, were deeply interconnected. Yet now, at this juncture, they were to separate? To sever their past bond? Jiang Li’s gaze beca resolute. She would not consent. Even if she were the only one left, she would maintain the relationship between them. In Jiang Li’s life, there would not be a second Jih Heng; no one could take his place, even if he was gone forever.
Jiang Li didn’t listen any further and turned away.
…
The winter in Yanjing City this year was especially cold. The wind blowing in from the outside seed as if it could pierce one’s bones. After lingering on the brink of collapse, the Yin Family Troops finally could not hold out any longer and surrendered completely. With Yin Zhili dead, the remnants were unable to make any difference. The Jinwu Army achieved a resounding victory, and its na, silent for many years, rang out once again.
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