They had managed to escape a disaster. Li Jiuge and Ji Yunyi were locked up together.
Leaning against the corner of the wall, they didn't care about the taboo of physical contact between men and women. Ji Yunyi half - hugged Li Jiuge, trying to warm each other.
His breathing was uneven, which made Li Jiuge extremely worried. She forced herself to stay awake and talk to him.
"Ji Yunyi, have you noticed that we haven't heard Feng Xingzhi mentioned among the guards recently?" Li Jiuge had been paying close attention to the guards who came in. The occasional conversations among them were the only way for her to learn about the outside world.
Ji Yunyi gave a soft grunt in response.
Li Jiuge continued, "Look at how furious Jiang Yaoji was today. Maybe Feng Xingzhi has been rescued by Ji Yunxi. Yunxi must have a way to wake him up. They definitely won't leave us alone. You must hold on..."
As she spoke, she suddenly began to choke and could hardly continue.
After living in the darkness for so long, she was almost forgetting what the outside world was like.
She always believed that Ji Yunxi would come to rescue her, but she had no idea when or how.
The daily cycle of hope and disappointment was real, and she was on the verge of giving up.
Feeling her tears, the exhausted Ji Yunyi tried hard to lift his hand to touch her face, but was afraid that the blood on his hand would dirty her face.
Li Jiuge wavered a little and softly asked, "No one has come to rescue us for so many days. Have they abandoned us?"
At this moment, she must not have such thoughts. If so, it would be difficult for them to hold on.
"Jiuge, you mustn't think like this. Even if others abandon us, Yunxi will never leave us behind." Ji Yunyi knew his sister very well. Even if she now had the memories of many people, her essence would not change.
Ji Yunyi sat up straight and let Li Jiuge lean on him. "Jiuge, you must trust Yunxi. You grew up together. Even if Feng Xingzhi doesn't care about us, Yunxi will. "
Li Jiuge looked into his determined eyes in the darkness. "Yes, I was wrong. Yunxi will never leave us alone. She is all alone now. We should be more determined. Only by staying alive can we wait for her."
She held back her tears and secretly let out a laugh. "Guess what I have?"
Ji Yunyi looked at her curiously. Then he saw her take out several paper packages from her bosom. "I always carry these with me. This is the best golden sore medicine from Southern Yan."
Ji Yunyi was amused by her resourcefulness and praised her repeatedly. "Sure enough, as a princess, you are far - sighted!"
Now that Jiang Yaoji wouldn't send anyone, as long as it wasn't mealtime, they could apply the medicine without being discovered.
When they saw the deep and bone - visible wounds on each other, they pretended not to notice.
"Hold on for a while longer. We will definitely get out alive."
Li Jiuge nodded. "Right. Once we're out, we must give cousin a good beating."
"Will one beating be enough?"
"Not enough..."
On the Ice Plain in the North.
Ji Yunxi and a group of people had discussed for a whole day but couldn't come up with a good plan. Then she thought of Jiang Yin and ordered him to be brought up.
Jiang Yin looked dejected and kept his head down. He only spat fiercely when he saw Feng Xingzhi.
"Pah! You heartless thing!"
Yun Luotian widened her eyes. Where did this Jiang Yin get the nerve to be so arrogant?
She stepped forward and patted his face, looking puzzled. "Jiang Yin, you're really something. You're still so temperamental even after being captured?"
Jiang Yin ignored her and just stared at Feng Xingzhi. "Have you remembered everything?!"
Feng Xingzhi nodded. "Yes, I remember who I am, who my wife is, and how you drugged me and sealed my powers."
"You're really not a good person! If it weren't for you bewitching the family head, with the family head's ability, what couldn't she get?!"
Ji Yunxi was extremely helpless. She never expected that a person who had been so hurt by Jiang Yaoji's words could still think that Feng Xingzhi was the culprit.
He still thought that Jiang Yaoji had done nothing wrong.
She felt that Jiang Yin's feelings for Jiang Yaoji were not that simple. If it was just love, he probably wouldn't be so infatuated.
Yun Luotian took a deep breath and let it out with a sigh. "Jiang Yin, I really don't know what to say. Are you crazy? Which eye of yours saw Feng Xingzhi bewitch your family head?"
Qing Xuan also chimed in. "Right. My master and Feng Xingzhi have been in love for many years. Why don't you say that your family head is the one who's pestering him?"
"Jiang Yin, you've only known Jiang Yaoji for a few years, but Feng Xingzhi and Ji Yunxi have been a couple for a hundred years. Do you still think it's his fault?"
Ji Yunxi listened to their words one by one, and the anger in her heart couldn't help but rise. "Jiang Yin, Feng Xingzhi and I have been together for many years. If you think he did something improper and made your family head misunderstand, that's absolutely impossible."
Seeing that he was so stubborn, Yun Luotian got angry. "Senior sister, don't talk to him anymore. He's been treated like a dog but is still infatuated with Jiang Yaoji. No matter what we say, he won't listen. I used to think he was a sensible person. Humph!"
Jiang Yin was hit on his sore spot. The words Jiang Yaoji had said to him had haunted him for days, making him suffer. Now that it was pointed out by others, he retorted angrily. "Shut up! What do you know!"
His eyes were red. "I grew up with the family head. She wasn't like this before. She just..."
Ji Yunxi raised her hand to stop him from continuing.
She didn't want to discuss this with him. Just mentioning Jiang Yaoji made her annoyed. "Jiang Yin, stop talking. I don't care who your master is. I'm not interested. But I'll put it bluntly today. She and I are sworn enemies. I will definitely kill her."
"You!"
Ji Yunxi had a plan in mind. Now that Jiang Yaoji had lost Feng Xingzhi's help and Jiang Yin, if she used Jiang Yin to exchange for people, maybe she would consider it.
She had someone bring paper and a pen, and then she wrote a letter to Jiang Yaoji. Compared with her previous cautious words, Ji Yunxi was more forceful this time.
She wanted Jiang Yaoji to think clearly. If she didn't exchange Ji Yunyi, Li Jiuge, and Lushu for Jiang Yin's life, she would make Jiang Yin disappear from the world and never enter reincarnation again.
Jiang Yin watched her write the letter. There was a faint glimmer of hope in his heart. Maybe Jiang Yaoji had said those words before out of necessity, to make Ji Yunxi relax her guard against him.
Maybe she would really come to rescue him this time.
Yun Luotian sneered when she saw his expression. "In my opinion, Jiang Yaoji probably won't agree."
Hearing this, Jiang Yin immediately glared at her fiercely.