To be on the safe side, he added the drug to the food again before leaving the tribe, and even increased the dosage. Why...?

When did you solve it?

"What, are you disappointed?" Leng Qingning's eyes were like spitting ice as she looked at the three of them.

Leng Qingning heard everything they said. They wanted to gouge out her eyes? Ha!

So that was his real conspiracy!

Sang Ci suddenly looked at Xiao Yu, and at this moment he understood that Leng Qingning had not taken any medicine at all, and Xiao Yu must have given her the antidote.

For some reason, Sang Ci wasn't as disappointed as she had expected.

Xiaoyu lowered her head silently, lost in thought...

"Sang Ci, you deserve to die!" Leng Qingning's face was ugly, and she was furious.

She hadn't used her full strength, but even so, Sang Ci's meridians were now completely severed.

Despite the excruciating pain throughout her body, Sang Ci stared at Leng Qingning and said, "Don't... hurt Xiaoyu."

Leng Qingning's eyes narrowed. This damned man, even on the verge of death, still dared to try to negotiate with her.

Remembering what that damned man had done to her, Leng Qingning felt another surge of nameless anger. She grabbed Xiao Yu and choked him, but her grip was not strong.

Xiaoyu felt no pain, so she didn't struggle.

"I can tell you care a lot about your brother? Well then... I'll kill him first." He then pretended to strangle Xiaoyu.

"don't want!"

Grandpa Sang shouted and lunged at Leng Qingning, but Leng Qingning used her other hand to knock him away.

"Old man!" Grandma Sang shouted.

"Third Grandfather!" Sang Ci and Xiao Yu exclaimed at the same time.

Grandpa Sang collapsed to the ground, coughing incessantly. Grandma Sang limped over to see him.

Sang Ci lay on the ground with bloodshot eyes, pleading with Leng Qingning, "Please...don't hurt my...family. I'm the one who kidnapped you. Come at me."

"Ha!" Leng Qingning sneered, "If you had known this would happen, you wouldn't have done it in the first place."

"Please... kill me! Don't... hurt them anymore." Sang Ci spoke with difficulty, his face contorted in pain.

Xiao Yu sobbed in front of Leng Qingning. He looked at his injured brother and grandfather, knowing that his brother and grandfather had done wrong, but...

He couldn't bear to watch his family die.

"Sister, please let my family go. They arrested you because of me. I'm willing to die for them," Xiaoyu pleaded, crying.

That one word, "sister," almost softened Leng Qingning's heart.

But she didn't want to let them off so easily; there was one question she had to ask first.

"Sang Ci, why do you insist on exchanging my eyes for Xiao Yu's eyes?"

Why her of all people? Didn't Sang Ci consider switching with someone else before?

“The Holy Physician said that eye transplantation requires finding a suitable person, and since you are the young ruler of Dayue, I knew that you could do it.”

Sang Ci swallowed the metallic taste rising in his throat, held his breath, and slowly said, "Because... as everyone knows, you are the master of the Azure Phoenix Jade, and I think... only your eyes... can merge with Xiaoyu."

"So this was your plan from the very beginning," Leng Qingning said angrily.

She raised her hand, intending to finish off Sang Ci, when Xiao Yu suddenly grabbed her arm tightly and pleaded, "Sister, please, don't kill brother, kill me instead, please."

Xiaoyu pleaded tearfully, her beautiful eyes brimming with sorrowful tears; anyone who saw her would feel heartbroken.

Leng Qingning wavered. Sang Ci was already seriously injured and probably wouldn't live more than a month. As for the two elderly people, she had also injured them.

Xiaoyu had helped him... He was so innocent and kind.

Leng Qingning is finding it difficult to make a decision…

Just then, shouts came from behind.

"where are they!"

Leng Qingning looked back and saw the Sancho tribesmen.

Since that's the case...

Leng Qingning made up her mind, shoved Xiaoyu into the carriage, tightened the rope, and said, "Giddy up!"

Leng Qingning drove the carriage away with Xiaoyu...

Let the Sangci and the others be dealt with by the Sangqiu tribe! Whether they live or die is up to fate.

Xiao Yu looked out the rear window at his family and clansmen, weeping silently. He didn't know how his clansmen would treat his brothers if they were caught, nor did he know where Leng Qingning was taking him...

Leng Qingning drove quickly for a while to make sure there were no pursuers behind her before slowing down.

Out of the corner of her eye, Leng Qingning saw Xiaoyu leaning forlornly against the car window, tears streaming down her face. She felt a pang of guilt; she too had been forced into this situation…

I'm sorry, Xiaoyu...

Leng Qingning drove the carriage with Xiaoyu into the city and found an inn to stay at.

Xiaoyu was too sad, and Leng Qingning paid for three consecutive days' room fees; she needed to comfort the child first.

The waiter brought the food to the room as usual, saying, "Dear guest, please enjoy your meal."

Leng Qingning took out ten taels of silver and placed it on the table, then inquired about the situation from the waiter.

This is the Water City of the Jin Kingdom, and their location is a ten-day journey from the border of Dayue.

In other words, by the time Leng Qingning returned, General Xie and his men would have already started fighting.

After clarifying the land and water routes back, Leng Qingning finally decided to take a boat back and invited Xiaoyu to have dinner.

Xiaoyu's eyes were red and swollen, and she sat timidly to the side.

"Sister, are you going to take me to Yue Kingdom?"

"Yes, Xiaoyu, come back with me. I will protect you, and no one will dare to bully you again."

Although Leng Qingning's words were somewhat arbitrary, she had considered whether Xiaoyu was willing or not. However, Sang Ci and the others were probably not going to survive, so even if Xiaoyu was unwilling, she would still take him away.

We can't let him go back to the Sancho tribe, otherwise he won't be able to survive on his own.

"What about my brother and the others?" Xiaoyu asked with sadness in her eyes.

Leng Qingning didn't know whether she should tell him the truth. She was afraid that the child couldn't handle it. However, Xiaoyu was so smart that he could guess it even if she didn't tell him.

"Xiaoyu, how about you live with your sister from now on?"

Upon hearing this, Xiaoyu's deep blue pupils contracted, and tears immediately streamed down her face.

Leng Qingning comforted him with heartache, "Xiaoyu, if you don't want to, I'll arrange for you to stay in a beautiful place where no one will bother you, okay?"

"Sister, are Grandpa, Grandma, and Brother dead?" Xiaoyu seemed to understand something.

"I have no idea…"

"Perhaps your people didn't kill them, but Xiaoyu, you absolutely cannot go back. There is no place for you there."

“Your family certainly doesn’t want you to go back; they want you to live a good life.”

Leng Qingning didn't care whether Sang Ci lived or died, but she wanted to comfort Sang Yu and give him hope to live a good life. This kind child deserved to be cherished.

Xiaoyu turned her head away, no longer asking Leng Qingning, and silently shed tears.

He understood everything Leng Qingning said. At this moment, he thought of the past and what fate awaited those who had betrayed the tribe...

Perhaps, he will never see his family again in this lifetime...