Chapter 79

There seemed to be many more stones on the flat road, and her feet would feel a stinging pain from time to time, causing her to almost fall several times. After stepping on the last stone, Lin Xing finally couldn't hold on and knelt down beside the black cloth bag.

Lin Xing specially wore a light pink dress for today's banquet. Unexpectedly, the hem of her skirt was stained with glaring bloodstains. The red color was hidden in the chaos and no one noticed.

The carriage that dropped the bloody cloth bag had already fled, taking away the last sound from Lin Xing's ears. In the silent world, she controlled her trembling hands to lift the cloth bag, her movements slow and firm.

"Lord Lin, get up from the ground quickly!" What followed was tinnitus and mixed footsteps, making it impossible for her to tell whose voice it was.

The next moment, someone grabbed her arm, and then she was lifted up from the ground. After leaving a gap between her and the cloth bag, a guard immediately carried the bag into the house.

The crowd scattered like birds and beasts, and Lin Xing stood there like a puppet, staring at the hand that had just touched the cloth bag - it was all blood, and there were also some white debris.

Yu Hang had been secretly observing her situation. He took over the position of the maid beside Lin Xing and waved his hand for her to go into the house to help. For a moment, there were only bloodstains on the ground and the two people still there.

"Don't worry too much. There are doctors in the Yu Mansion. Yun Duo will be fine."

"I saw it." Both the content and the tone shocked Yu Hang. He was a little at a loss and had to loosen his hand on Lin Xing.

There was no further news, but both of them knew what Lin Xing had seen clearly, which was a bloody, dying cloud.

The lights in the Yu Mansion were on tonight. Doctors came and went one after another. Without exception, everyone shook their heads at Lin Xing who was standing beside the bed and left. At the beginning, she could still spare some energy to deal with those doctors, but later, Lin Xing's eyes became blurred and she could only look at Yun Duo lying on the bed with an out-of-focus vision.

All the lanterns in the mansion were lit, and only the last doctor was left in the room.

"Lord Lin, I'm sorry, Miss Yun is seriously injured and I'm afraid there's no way she can be saved." Perhaps feeling that he was the last straw, the white-haired old man almost knelt on the ground.

"Really?" Lin Xing murmured to herself amid the suppressed crying in the house.

"Sister Xiao Xing, Sister Xiao Xing..." The very slight tremor revealed this person's weakness, and was ignored by everyone.

Feeling something in her heart, Lin Xing quickly walked to the front of the bed and held Yun Duo's hand that was hanging weakly outside the bed. She lowered her head, prayed for a miracle in her heart, and kept comforting herself, but tears still fell uncontrollably.

One drop after another fell on the place where the two people were holding hands, and was broken by the blood, but then gathered together, and finally turned red and fell to the ground. Some of the younger maids had already hugged each other, unable to bear to look at this side.

"Sister Xiao Xing, Sister Xiao Xing~" The same voice as before sounded again. This time Lin Xing did not miss it. Yun Duo was really calling her.

Lin Xing quickly leaned close to her ear and whispered softly, "I'm here, I'm here, Yun Duo."

I was afraid of scaring her, so I kept my voice soft, but it unconsciously became louder. I didn't want to make her worry, so I pretended to be strong, but my voice started to become tearful.

Perhaps it was God's mercy that Yun Duo actually opened her eyes. The movements that were usually easy to do now were very strenuous. She rested for a long time and forced a smile, saying weakly: "Xiao Xing, you did nothing wrong. Don't give up."

Lin Xing moved closer to her, but she didn't hear anything else. She only saw her closed eyes. She cried and shouted, "Yun Duo, Yun Duo, aren't you going to Jiujiang Prefecture with us? We're leaving tomorrow. How can you go now if you're asleep?"

The only people left in the room understood what was happening here, and none of them stopped sobbing with their heads down. They had lived here their entire lives, and no matter whether Yun Duo had ever spoken to them or not, they were all family.

The cloud's life, as light as its name, has ended.

No one stepped forward to stop Lin Xing until Yun Zhi appeared beside the bed, "Girl, don't cry anymore."

Lin Xing looked at her with tearful eyes and found that she could not see Yun Zhi's face clearly. She blinked desperately, hoping to make her vision clearer. Miraculously, she could really see it.

Yunzhi squatted next to her and no longer looked down at them.

The distance between the two of them suddenly shortened, so close that they could see each other's red eyes. Yun Zhi did not say much. He just handed the handkerchief wetted by hot water to Lin Xing and then stood up and left.

Lin Xing's gaze moved stiffly in order to find the use of the handkerchief, and finally stopped on Yun Duo's face. Holding the handkerchief tightly, she raised her body slightly and wiped the bloodstains bit by bit, from forehead to chin, until no dirt could be seen anymore.

If you only look at Yun Duo's peaceful face, you would think she was just asleep; but if you see her body, most people would be frightened and scream.

She stared at Yun Duo's cheek quietly, maintaining this posture for half a night, without feeling numb at all.

"Miss Lin, Master Yu wants to see you."

"Me? Did he say what it was?" The voice from behind did not scare Lin Xing. She didn't even turn her head, but just replied mechanically.

"carriage."

Lin Xing stood up suddenly, and then she felt numbness in her arms and legs. Her body was shaking, and she was lucky to have Yun Zhi support her from behind, so she avoided falling.

"But, here in the clouds..."

"Leave it to me."

"Thank you for your hard work." Lin Xing patted Yun Zhi's arm twice to comfort him. "Where is he waiting for me?"

"Outside the girl's house."

After making sure that she was fine, Lin Xing wanted Yun Zhi to let go, but the other party was determined to send her to the corridor outside the house. Lin Xing had no choice but to compromise.

Yu Hang said that she was waiting outside Lin Xing's house, but the two rooms were next to each other, and Yun Zhi sent her out of the door, which really took good care of her.

Without time to think too much, Lin Xing trotted to Yu Hang and asked anxiously, "Did anyone catch the person in the carriage?"

"Yes." He hesitated and said with difficulty, "but he is a dead man."

Lin Xing was shocked, "What does this mean?"

"When the guards caught up with the carriage, the coachman was already dead, with a sword stuck in his chest. The carriage had also been searched, but no clues were left." Yu Hang embellished the facts. The carriage was full of blood, with no place to step.

Lin Xing was concentrating on the case. She was brought into the house by Yu Hang unknowingly while talking outside the house. The sound of Yu Hang accidentally bumping into a stool brought her back to her senses.

"We can guess who did it even without any clues. How could he let us catch him?" Lin Xing said as she turned around, "I'll go and accompany Yun Duo."

She was pulled by Yu Hang and looked at him puzzledly, "You need to rest. You have to travel a lot tomorrow. If you continue to endure, I'm afraid your body won't be able to bear it."

"How could that be?" Lin Xing wanted to struggle, but she coughed instead. She raised her head, met someone's staring eyes, and dodged away out of guilt.

She refused to give up and tried to argue, "I'm just too thirsty, just drink some water."

Lin Xing gave Yu Hang a flattering smile, but as he was holding her arm, she couldn't just turn around to get the teacup. She had to perform the monkey catching the moon with one hand, but she touched a long object instead.

She moved the object between the two of them so that she could see clearly what it was—a candied haws.