Chapter 906: Chapter 906: I want to go back, back home…

Elder Dong did not make things difficult for Liu Sisi and directly handed the person over to her.

Which greatly surprised Liu Sisi.

Even though she did not know the whole truth, from the bits and pieces she gathered from everyone, it was initially said that Zhao Heng’s military discipline was lax, and that General Gu took his family to the battlefield. But upon learning that the “family” was Ms. Xin, Liu Sisi felt a complex mixture of emotions.

Back at the hostel, it did not take long for Elder Dong to send a medical woman to treat Ms. Xin’s injuries.

Indeed, Ms. Xin had suffered a great deal, with her torn clothing fused to the gaping wounds on her body. The slightest touch resulted in fresh blood flowing out, a sight too horrific to behold.

Ms. Xin, however, was a tough woman, waking up from the pain and fainting again three times, yet she did not utter a sound. By the time the medical woman had wrapped her up like a sticky rice dumpling, her spirit was extremely depressed.

Liu Sisi’s eyebrows had been furrowed since entering the black prison and never relaxed.

Looking at Ms. Xin, who was drowsy, she realized that their conversation could not continue today. She sighed, “You should rest for now. I’ll come see you again tomorrow.”

Ms. Xin did not reply, nor could she, as she gently closed her eyes.

Watching Liu Sisi and the others disappear from the doorway, she actually breathed a sigh of relief.

In the past days when Liu Sisi and others broke out from the outskirts of the city, the raging fire forced her to run out of the tent where she was hiding, and she inadvertently witnessed the scene of Taoist Yuan Jue rescuing Liu Sisi.

Despite Liu Sisi wearing men’s clothing and armor at the time, Ms. Xin was far too familiar with her, recognizing her with just one glance at Liu Sisi’s large eyes, no matter the disguise.

Her heart, which had long been as still as an ancient well, suddenly came alive again, and Liu Sisi’s figure lingered incessantly in her mind in the following days.

With both armies clashing, General Gu’s repeated challenges ended in failure while Elder Dong grew stronger from adversity, even seizing her and bringing her into the city when she least expected it.

Saying she least expected it was perhaps less accurate than saying she had allowed it to happen.

Yet once she was brought into the city, she did not even know Liu Sisi’s current identity. It wasn’t until this morning that she overheard the prison guards mentioning Princess Ruyu, and a thought struck her, leading to the events of today…

At this thought, she could not help but smile before recalling the years she had felt more dead than alive, dimming the light in her eyes.

The very next day, as expected, Liu Sisi came by early.

Ms. Xin, having rested and recuperated overnight, was in much better spirits. Seeing Liu Sisi entering, she struggled to get up from the head of the bed, “Third Sister-in-law…”

Liu Sisi quickly pressed her back down, “Your wounds have just started to scab over, don’t move around too much, and rest well to heal.”

“Third Sister-in-law, it’s so good to be alive and see you again…”

Ms. Xin tried to smile at her while speaking, but tears began to fall. Her face, which had once been beautiful as flowers and moonlight, was now crisscrossed with numerous large and small wounds, making her appear even more pitiful.

Liu Sisi did not continue the conversation but instead silently sat down at the head of the bed. After waving away the others, she asked softly.

“Ms. Xin, what exactly happened back then?”

Back then, Elderly Mr. Di fell seriously ill, and Ms. Xin left to find Divine Doctor Elder He, never to return, without a trace or word. No wonder Liu Sisi asked this question.

“That year…”

When it came to this matter, Ms. Xin truly found it hard to begin.

In those days, she had met Elderly Gu, and since then, she had been held captive by him, unable to escape. At first, she would contemplate daily how to flee, but as time went by, her desire to escape gradually faded. It wasn’t until she met Liu Sisi that she revived her desire to run away.

Ms. Xin naturally couldn’t bring herself to say these words out loud. After a lot of humming and hawing, she finally said softly, “Back then, I, I… sob sob… Third Sister-in-law!”

Ms. Xin didn’t speak of the reasons but just cried, and when Liu Sisi heard it, the faint glimmer of hope in her eyes slowly dimmed.

She ridiculed herself silently!

After all, the woman was a prostitute. She really had been too naïve about human nature.

“Enough! If you don’t want to speak, I won’t ask anymore. Right now I just want to ask you one thing: Do you want to stay and return to General Gu’s side, or do you have other ideas? For the sake of our past as sister-in-laws, if I can help, I definitely will.”

Of course, she had no intention of agreeing to anything she couldn’t help with.

Liu Sisi didn’t finish her sentence, but Ms. Xin certainly caught the implication. She was well aware of the sins she had committed.

Her voice was low: “I want to go back, go home…”

Go home?

As soon as she spoke these words, Ms. Xin couldn’t help but be startled, a sour feeling welling up in her heart.

It turned out that deep down, she still remembered her original home, that silly and confused young man. After so many years of no contact, she had no idea how he was doing now.

She opened her mouth wanting to ask, but looking at Liu Sisi’s eyes that seemed to see through the ways of the world, she inexplicably couldn’t speak.

Liu Sisi also hadn’t expected Ms. Xin to make such a request, a flash of surprise crossing her eyes, which then quickly returned to calm.

“This matter is not something I can decide. However, I promise you, when I leave, I will take you with me. Of course, that’s only if we both are still alive by then.”

As for the matters between Ms. Xin and Di Ah-Bao, being the Third Sister-in-law, she naturally wouldn’t interfere in the affairs of her brother’s wife.

She could bring the woman back with her, but what happened between Di Ah-Bao and Ms. Xin afterwards, whether they reconciled or divorced, was none of her business.

“Thank you, Third Sister-in-law, sister-in-law, how is Ah-Bao…”

Ms. Xin felt her face burning with embarrassment, but at this moment, Liu Sisi was the only one she trusted.

“Not three days after you left, father passed away. We buried him and have been living by his tomb, mourning ever since. Not long afterward, the battle reached Macheng County… someone said they saw you in Gongzhou City, and then Ah-Bao went to Gongzhou to look for you. He has been staying there all these years and hasn’t come back…”

Liu Sisi spoke with exceptional calmness, but she said and did everything that needed to be said and done for Ah-Bao’s sake.

“Ah-Bao has been looking for me all this time?”

Ms. Xin’s words trembled continuously.

“Yes! When the war reached Macheng County, some said that you had died. He beat someone severely for that, leaving them with barely half a life left, while he himself broke two ribs. After less than a month of recovery, he heard news of you and rushed over without stopping.”

Liu Sisi rose from her chair, her gaze burning as she looked at her.

“These years, he has suffered much in his search for you. If you truly want to live with him, I will take you away from here. But if you have any other motives or want to cause any more trouble, once you recover, you should leave. I’ll just pretend I never saw you.”

“Third Sister-in-law, I know what I want the most, you can rest assured.”

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