Ahri moved her fingers, and a gate to reincarnation appeared. She said, "When you cross the Bridge of Helplessness, remember to drink two bowls of Meng Po soup."

The original owner whispered, "Thank you."

When Ah Li woke up, she heard someone say, "This person has injured his ankle and is very weak. He needs to rest."

Qin Hai sat to one side and noticed that Ah Li had woken up.

Ahri remained lying down, her hands gripping the blanket tightly. She weakly asked, "What do you want?"

Qin Hai walked over, carrying a bowl of medicine in his hand. He said, "I saved you, so I'm your savior."

Ahri remained silent because she smelled a very bitter medicinal odor.

The next second, Qin Hai had someone help Ah Li up, and he personally fed her medicine, saying, "After a while, I need you to repay the kindness of saving you. Will you agree or not?"

A spoon touched Ahri's lips, slightly hot. Ahri opened her mouth and drank it, without saying whether she agreed or not.

Qin Hai fed her two spoonfuls of medicine and then stopped. He handed the bowl to the maid beside him and said, "Once you are healed, I will make my own arrangements. Whether you like it or not, you will have to listen to me."

The maid took the medicine bowl and tried to feed Ah Li the medicine, but Ah Li raised her hand and said, "I can do it myself."

The medicine was very bitter, and feeding it to him spoonful by spoonful was torture.

The maid looked in Qin Hai's direction, and Qin Hai nodded in agreement.

Ah Li held a medicine bowl in her hand, and drank it down in one gulp.

Qin Hai also said, "By the way, I've taken care of those people who were disrespectful to you on the street."

The way those people were looking at her made him feel nauseous.

So he had someone clean it up.

Ahri, suppressing the bitter taste in her mouth, asked, "Did you kill all of them?"

Qin Hai smiled but remained silent.

Ahri didn't hear a reply for a long time, so she finally said, "Thank you."

"Take good care of your injury."

Qin Hai walked away, fanning himself with a folding fan; the bitterness was truly unbearable.

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During her recovery, she was constantly taking bitter medicine, and Ah Li could feel that even her breath smelled of bitter medicine.

Also, the man didn't come, but she had two more maids by her side.

One maid was named Yinling, and she wore a string of silver bells on her wrist. Another maid was named Lingdang, and she wore a string of small bells on her wrist.

Normally, if any of them has something to say, they will first shake their wrists, and only when Ahri hears and looks over will they speak.

Ahri couldn't understand why they did this, but she was certain that the man had made them do it.

After an unknown amount of time, Qin Hai returned.

He noticed that Silver Bell moved her wrist three times, and Ah Li went down three steps to the left. Bell moved twice on the right, and she took two more steps to the right. She had a smile on her face because she could walk to the blooming chrysanthemums by herself.

Ahri lowered her head slightly, sniffing the flower in front of her. Hmm, it smelled a bit bad.

At this moment, Yinling and Lingdang noticed Qin Hai's arrival and bowed, "Master."

Qin Hai opened his folding fan and fanned himself.

Ahri stopped smiling, looked towards where the folding fan had been opened, and performed a curtsy, saying, "May your master enjoy boundless blessings."

Qin Hai was very satisfied. Not bad, after raising her for more than half a year, she looked more and more like his sister.

"come over."

Qin Hai closed his folding fan, and the silver bell rang six times.

Ahri took six steps forward and then stopped.

The bell rang, and then two steps were taken.

The bell was on her left. Ahri took two more steps to the left, and her hand moved slightly forward. There was a table.

Ahri raised her hand and touched something: a teapot and a teacup.

Ahri poured a cup of water into the teacup. "Master, have some tea."

Ah Li took the tea, took two steps toward Qin Hai, and bowed her head respectfully.

Qin Hai accepted the tea. "Not bad."

You couldn't tell he was blind from his movements.

Ahri lowered her eyes, thanking Silver Bell and Bell for their training over the past few days.

Qin Hai took a sip of tea and said, "You're adapting well. You'll be able to put your skills to use next spring."

"What does Master want me to do?"

Qin Hai carefully observed Ah Li's expression and slowly said, "She will be sent to marry a foreign ruler in place of a righteous man, far away in the northern desert."

Ahri remained expressionless and said, "What about my former family?"

"If you do well, I will have them taken good care of; if you do not, I will send them down to join you first."

Ahri whispered, "Can I see my mother one more time?"

Qin Hai closed his folding fan and tapped it in his palm.

Ahri waited quietly, without urging him.

After a long pause, Qin Hai spoke up, "Why do you still need to see that kind of person?"

"After all, she is my mother."

Qin Hai stood up. "We'll see how you perform. We'll let you see me then."

Ah Li sensed that he had left, and the silver bell and the jingle rang out again from the left and right.

Ah Li followed and escorted the person out of the courtyard.

The footsteps of the people waiting disappeared, and the sounds of silver bells and jingles ceased.

Ahri stood still, tilting her head left and right. "Are you still there?"

The silver bell and the jingle didn't speak, but the person was still there.

Ah Li lowered her head and silently counted the steps she had taken as she walked back.

Qin Hai stood not far away watching and said, "It's time to apply the cinnabar to her."

His younger sister has a red mark between her eyebrows.

His pampered younger sister, whom he had raised with great care, absolutely could not be allowed to marry into that place.

When Ah Li walked back into the house, someone was already waiting there.

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