Ji Yunshu’s face must be given by Wen Yu!

Having kept his life, Luo Yang breathed a sigh of relief.

He said with a grin: “Many thanks to Young Master Wen for sparing my life. If there’s a next time, I definitely won’t starve you—I guarantee I’ll fatten you up nice and plump.”

His glib tongue was acting up again!

Having just been spared, he was already acting up again.

Ji Yunshu couldn’t help but want to kick him a couple times!

Hearing his words, Wen Yu’s face darkened and grew gloomy. He glared fiercely at Luo Yang, his back molars grinding audibly as he said: “If there is a next time, I absolutely won’t kill you. Instead, I’ll sever your four limbs, then sprinkle salt on the wounds and let you live or die on your own.”

City people sure knew how to play!

Although Wen Yu came from a military household and hadn’t gone to battle himself, only serving as a civil official at court, through “constant exposure,” he could always hear some bloody battlefield matters from his father and elder brother. Over time, he had learned some methods of tormenting people. Severing limbs and sprinkling salt was just one of them—there were even more horrifying ones!

Luo Yang had satisfied his glib tongue, but in the end he was someone who feared death. Having gained an advantage, he had to quit while ahead.

He quickly tucked his teeth back into his mouth.

Shut up!

Seeing him behave, Wen Yu stopped fussing and instead said to Ji Yunshu: “Miss Ji, these two people are in your hands.”

She expressed her thanks!

Afterward, Wen Yu asked her: “By the way, weren’t you captured by someone? Where is the person who took you? Where is he now?”

These sword wounds on his body had nearly sent him to the grave—how could he swallow this grievance?

If he caught that masked man, he would definitely make him pay back a hundred, a thousand times over!

Although Ji Yunshu didn’t know why Lichuan wanted to kill Wen Yu, nor did she know Wen Yu’s identity, she was very clear that if she revealed the truth, they would surely do Lichuan harm. So she couldn’t reveal Lichuan’s whereabouts.

She still needed to find Lichuan and clarify what had happened back then.

So she lied: “To be honest, I don’t know where he is either. Not long after he took me away, he rode off alone on horseback. I came to Jiahezhen with a merchant caravan. However, I saw that person was seriously injured—he probably won’t survive. Perhaps… he’s already dead in the desert.”

“If he died just like that, it would be far too easy on him!”

If Lichuan hadn’t died in the desert, Wen Yu would definitely have people dig up his body and flog the corpse.

Ji Yunshu didn’t respond to his words, to avoid speaking carelessly and revealing Lichuan’s whereabouts!

It wasn’t that she feared Wen Yu would detect her lie, but rather that she worried the man called Wen Che would notice.

That person’s keen gaze had been fixed on her since she appeared here.

As if he could discern all her thoughts in an extremely short time.

Such a person was not only intelligent but somewhat frightening.

So Ji Yunshu was guarding against Wen Che!

Wen Che also saw that Ji Yunshu was guarding against him, so he looked away: “A’Yu, since you’ve already returned safely, other matters can wait. First come back to the inn with me and I’ll have a physician examine your injuries.”

Wen Yu nodded, cupped his fists in salute to Ji Yunshu, and said: “Miss, if you have the opportunity to come to Yanjing in the future, just look for me, Wen Yu.”

She nodded with a smile.

“Then I’ll take my leave.”

Wen Yu and his group then left Jiahe Dock.

Before leaving, Wen Che gave Ji Yunshu a meaningful glance.

That glance was impossible to read.

Yet Ji Yunshu’s heart inexplicably trembled under that gaze. She felt that person was unfathomably deep!

Only after they had gone far did Luo Yang and Xiao Ba both rise from the ground!

The two brushed the dust off their bodies, reverting to their usual roguish manner!

Luo Yang waved his hand: “Finally sent that plague god away.”

Just talking tough with his mouth.

When trouble came, he turned cowardly!

Ji Yunshu was too lazy to respond.

Xiao Ba twisted the shoulder that Wen Che had kicked, his brows deeply furrowed.

Luo Yang asked: “Does it still hurt?”

“A little, but not too bad anymore.” Xiao Ba grinned again. “At least we don’t have to die. That kick was worth it.”

Quite the optimist!

The onlookers around them also dispersed one by one.

Finding it rather boring!

After such a big commotion, it ended hastily with just a few words, like watching a shadow puppet show.

Ji Yunshu looked toward the boat to Liangzhou from before—it had already departed.

So she would have to continue staying here for another night.

She looked at Luo Yang and Xiao Ba and said: “Since you’re both fine, hurry and leave here.”

Saying this, she also prepared to leave!

But after just two steps, Luo Yang rushed forward to block her.

“Wait! You’re planning to just leave like this? Aren’t you forgetting something?”

Reminding her.

Forgetting something?

Forgetting what?

Ji Yunshu asked: “What exactly are you trying to say?”

She didn’t like beating around the bush.

Luo Yang raised his chin, his two brows crossing as he questioned her: “What do you think I want to say? Xiao Ba and I risked our lives chasing after you all this way—was it just for fun?”

Ji Yunshu suddenly realized and pulled out that dagger.

She handed it to him: “Returning it to you.”

Luo Yang wasn’t talking about the dagger, but he truly hadn’t expected Ji Yunshu to be kind enough to return the dagger to him, after all, he still hadn’t helped her find that person called Shatuo.

But when a good item was handed over, there was no reason not to accept it.

He grabbed the dagger in one hand, wiping it carefully, unable to hide his excitement. But worried that Ji Yunshu would snatch it back, he quickly tucked it into his waistband.

Having returned the dagger, Ji Yunshu walked around him to leave.

But Luo Yang blocked her again: “You can’t leave—the matter isn’t finished yet.”

Not finished?

“I’ve already returned the dagger to you. I don’t need you following me anymore either. What more do you want?” Ji Yunshu asked.

“Who’s talking to you about the dagger? I’m talking about the antidote, the antidote!” Luo Yang enunciated each word.

As if afraid Ji Yunshu wouldn’t understand.

The antidote!

She had almost forgotten about that.

To get Luo Yang to take her to find that person called Shatuo, she had forced a poison pill down Xiao Ba’s throat as a threat. Now with so many matters piling up, she had forgotten about this.

Hearing Luo Yang mention the two words “antidote,” Xiao Ba disregarded the pain in his shoulder and ran before Ji Yunshu. His eyes brightened as he stared at her, saying urgently: “That’s right, the antidote! You have to give me the antidote—I still have poison in my body! We came all this way, suffered plenty of hardship, and nearly got killed, all to find you and get the antidote. Miss Ji, you can’t leave again. If you leave, I’ll breathe my last!”

So pitiful.

Look how scared this child was!

Ji Yunshu told him seriously: “You came all this way for the antidote, but I don’t have any antidote on me at all.”

No antidote?

Xiao Ba felt as if he’d been struck by lightning.

His body stiffened, frozen for several seconds.

He opened his mouth and said: “No… no antidote? Then doesn’t that mean I’m… going to die? I…”