Wu family.
"How is Jiu Jiu?" Liu Jin looked at the young girl on the bed who had been unconscious for a day and a night, and frowned as she asked Dao Qing.
Dao Qing's complexion was also not good.
"Her internal organs suffered severe impact, and unlike you, she doesn't have internal energy to aid her recovery, so it's naturally slower."
"Then she's not in mortal danger, is she?"
"Not for now."
Hearing this, Liu Jin finally breathed a sigh of relief, but looking at Qin Jiu Jiu's pale face, she couldn't relax.
"Daoist, you should go rest. I'll take care of Jiu Jiu."
Dao Qing stood up and suddenly asked, "What about that boy?"
He was referring to Xie Jing.
Liu Jin remembered Xie Jing's frenzied appearance that day, and a hint of doubt flickered in her eyes.
"Jiu Jiu's injury, it wasn't because of Xie Jing, was it?"
Dao Qing remained noncommittal.
He knew it, this young man had a tough fate. How could Qin Jiu Jiu's fragile destiny be so close to that person?
What a shame, this girl just wouldn't listen to advice.
Dao Qing sighed, "Take good care of her."
Then he walked out of the room.
"Host, life value is recovering, currently at fifty percent!" kuAiδugg
The next second, Qin Jiu Jiu's eyes snapped open.
"Jiu Jiu!"
The first thing she saw was Liu Jin's surprised face.
"Water..." Her throat felt like it was on fire. Qin Jiu Jiu moved her vocal cords but found she couldn't speak at all.
Liu Jin leaned closer, "Jiu Jiu, what did you say? Say it again."
"Water..."
This time, she finally heard what she said.
Liu Jin quickly turned to pour Qin Jiu Jiu some water.
After drinking a large cup of water, Qin Jiu Jiu felt her throat finally ease.
"Sister A Jin, where is Xie Jing?"
Before she fainted, hadn't Xie Jing not recovered from his dark transformation yet?
"I fainted that day too. When I woke up, I was already in the Wu residence. I learned that you had been unconscious for a day and a night, so I rushed to see you. But Young Hero Xie Er, I haven't seen him since I arrived."
Then, fearing Qin Jiu Jiu would be sad, she added, "Perhaps Young Hero Xie Er had urgent matters to attend to, Jiu Jiu..."
She had been unconscious for a day and a night, which meant Xie Jing had been missing for a day and a night.
He was in that state at the time, if...
"System, what's Xie Jing's current dark value?"
"Host, you're finally awake. During your unconscious period, Xie Jing's dark value surged several times, but thankfully it was suppressed. It seems he forcefully suppressed the demonic energy within him."
Qin Jiu Jiu frowned upon hearing this, a dull ache in her heart.
She had to go find Xie Jing.
How much he must be suffering right now.
A long time ago, she had seen the process of Xie Jing's dark transformation in a dream.
In the original plot, he had placed a puppet technique on Bai Qianluo and forcibly married her. But during the wedding ceremony, he willingly died by the sword of the one he loved.
The demonic energy within him was so powerful. If he hadn't been willing, how could Bai Qianluo have killed him so easily?
At that time, she saw everything in her dream and was only moved.
After all, Xie Jing was the main villain in this book. He committed all sorts of evil deeds and was ruthless. Such an ending was inevitable.
But now, at least in the part of the plot after her transmigration, he hadn't committed any evil deeds.
He had even saved her from danger multiple times.
No matter how slow Qin Jiu Jiu was, she knew her feelings for him were far beyond ordinary gratitude for being saved.
The throbbing pain in her heart at this moment also proved everything.
"Jiu Jiu, what are you doing?"
Liu Jin looked at her struggling to get up with a worried expression.
"Sister A Jin, I need to go find Xie Jing. He's not doing well right now..."
Liu Jin understood everything at this moment. This young girl in front of her was clearly deeply in love with someone.
She couldn't stop her, so she said, "Where will you find him now? Calm down and think carefully. Is there anything that connects you two?"
She had indeed been too anxious just now and had forgotten about the bell on her wrist.
"Ding-a-ling~ Ding-a-ling~"
A crisp bell sound echoed continuously.
Suddenly, a gust of wind blew past.
A familiar scent wafted in the wind.
It was him!
The next second, Xie Jing appeared by the bedside.
Liu Jin looked at Xie Jing with a shocked expression, then consciously got up.
She walked towards the outside of the room.
"Creak!" She closed the door behind her.
The scarlet in the young man's eyes had not completely faded. There were dark circles under his eyes, and he looked very tired.
Qin Jiu Jiu felt a pang of heartache seeing him like this.
The young man, who always wore neat clothes, was now not only his clothes but also his hair were disheveled.
His bangs were soaked as if by cold sweat, and they hung down limply.
He looked exhausted.
Further down, his hands hung limply at his sides, and those well-defined fingers were still dripping blood.
"Drip. Drip."
Each drop entered Qin Jiu Jiu's ears and reached her heart.
"A Jing, could you come closer?"
He was standing quite far away, and his eyes didn't dare to fall on her face. His unfocused gaze seemed to be lost somewhere, and he looked like he had lost his soul.
Upon hearing her, he didn't move.
"Ding-a-ling~ Ding-a-ling~"
The bell chimed again.
Xie Jing suddenly raised his scarlet eyes and looked at Qin Jiu Jiu.
The young man's eyes were filled with bewilderment and even confusion, but the coldness was gone.
"A Jing, could you come closer?"
Qin Jiu Jiu seemed to have endless patience and repeated the sentence.
Her voice was more gentle than ever, with the unique tenderness of a young girl, coaxing the young man in front of her.
Thump! Thump! Thump!
The young man's heart, which had sunk into darkness, suddenly came alive.
It was as if it had been infused with spiritual spring water.
He heard his own heartbeat again.
Many images and sounds flashed in his mind, and his ears were filled with many voices.
Those images were of Qin Jiu Jiu.
Those voices were also Qin Jiu Jiu.
He didn't know when it started, but his entire being was filled with her.
And because of her, his once sealed memories seemed to be slowly unfurling, wanting to burst forth.
The young man, as if bewitched, moved towards the girl.
Little by little, until he was stopped by the bed.
He stood above, silently staring at the face he had longed for day and night.
This day and night, he had wandered and succumbed in the darkness.
If not for the sound of the bell, he might have drowned in the darkness.
Many times he had almost been pulled into hell, but it was her face, her emotional voice, that awakened him.
He suddenly realized that he didn't like her when she was like a pool of stagnant water.
He liked her soul.
If not for her soul, what use was this fleshly body?
The next second, Xie Jing's hand was quietly held by the girl.
The girl's almond-shaped eyes rolled around, looking at him.
"A Jing, does your hand hurt?"
Thump!
An even stronger heartbeat.
Bang!
Abruptly, the young man could no longer hold back and pulled the girl into his embrace.
Tightly, as if he wanted to merge her into his own body.