A wary glint flashed in the man's eyes. He tried to quietly prop himself up, but every movement aggravated the pain in all his wounds.
During her southward migration, she slept very restlessly, waking up at the slightest noise.
"You're finally awake."
Nanqianyue placed her hand on the man's forehead and said, "Luckily you don't have a fever, otherwise you would be finished."
The man stared at Nan Qianyue, his eyes full of inquiry. "Who are you?" His hoarse voice was devoid of any warmth.
Nanqianyue lowered her eyes and said, "I am your savior."
"Do you know how heavy you are? My hands are all blistered from dragging you over. To start a fire for you, I had to rub that stick hard with my blistered hands. You've done me such a great favor. You must repay me properly when you get better."
The man frowned slightly. He had no doubt about her words; she smelled strongly of herbs on him, and she was the one who had saved him.
"Thank you. May I ask your name, young lady? I will certainly repay you with a generous gift in the future."
Nan Qianyue thought for a moment, then raised an eyebrow. "Tell me your identity first, what you do, and where this place is?"
The man's brow furrowed slightly, and his voice was weak. "I am just a wandering swordsman who unintentionally offended some powerful figures and was chased here by them. Does the young lady not know where this place is?"
A chivalrous knight-errant?
Could she have really time-traveled? After all, the injuries on the man's body were all real.
Nanqianyue frowned, "I know why I'm asking you."
The man composed himself. "Miss, could you help me up?"
"all right."
Nanqianyue, with her good temper and patience, helped him up. "Speak."
The man's lips were deathly pale. He coughed a few times and said, "This is a cliff near the Cangshan Sect. Are you perhaps from the Cangshan Sect, young lady?"
Cangshan Sect? Sounds like a martial arts sect.
Nan Qianyue had made up her mind. "I am the seventh personal disciple of the Snow Mountain Sect Leader, and my name is He Qianqian."
"The Snow Mountain Sect?" The man looked doubtful. "I have been traveling the martial world for many years and have never heard of the Snow Mountain Sect."
Nan Qianyue blinked and explained without batting an eye, "The Snow Mountain Sect is just an insignificant little sect. I don't know what power my master offended. A few days ago, the entire sect was burned down in a fire. Even though I escaped, I was still being hunted down. This time, I was lucky to escape unharmed. I didn't die even after falling off a cliff."
She said sadly, "It must be my master watching over me from heaven, protecting me from this calamity..."
"What's your name?" Nan Qianyue slowly put away her sadness and changed the subject.
The man coughed a few more times, "Zhang Zhouzhou, the 'zhou' in 'a small boat'."
“Oh, Zhang Zhouzhou, I am the ‘Qian’ of ‘time has changed’.”
...
Qin Yi looked at Nan Qianyue on the bed, her lips curving into a smile one moment and her brows furrowing the next. His expression gradually darkened, and his gaze, filled with boundless rage, seemed to want to devour her.
It was simply because the voice she was murmuring was Zhang Zhouzhou!
Zhang Zhouzhou, Zhouzhou...
Xie Yanzhou!
At Chen Shi (7-9 AM), the person on the bed became increasingly agitated. She frowned tightly, clutched the bedding in her hands, and spoke incoherently.
"Zhang Zhouzhou!"
Nanqianyue cried out in surprise, suddenly opening her eyes. Her forehead was covered in fine sweat, and the fear in her eyes had not completely faded.
She remembered that she had time-traveled once ten months ago and met Zhang Zhouzhou, who was Xie Yanzhou. They traveled the martial arts world together for two months before being forced to jump off a cliff by a group of assassins.
She and Zhang Zhouzhou both fell off a cliff, but when she woke up, she was back in the film crew of the future, as if she had just had a dream.
Didn't Zhang Zhouzhou also jump off the cliff? How did he manage to escape death?
No, I have to ask him, and who exactly sent those assassins.
Nanqianyue suddenly jumped up, threw off the covers and was about to get out of bed when she met Qin Yi's murderous gaze.
"You... how come you are here?"
Nanqianyue blinked a few times, and only then did she belatedly remember that she had been kidnapped by Qin Yi, and that he had used the Jiesi Pill and Youxian Pillow to help her regain her memories.
But she couldn't remember what happened two years ago, only her experience with Xie Yanzhou.
What should we do?
"Are you in such a hurry to find him?" Qin Yi's voice sank to the bottom of the valley, cold as an ice pick.
Nanqianyue avoided eye contact and stammered, "Who...who am I looking for?"
"Zhang Zhouzhou, or rather, Xie Yanzhou." Qin Yi emphasized each word heavily, his dark expression and icy voice sending shivers down one's spine.
Nan Qianyue pursed her lips tightly, her breathing becoming lighter in the tense atmosphere. "Yes, I remember him, but I still don't remember what happened two years ago."
Another silence fell, and the atmosphere grew increasingly tense.
"When, where, and what?" Qin Yi coldly uttered six words.
Nan Qianyue looked up at him and answered very concisely, "Ten months ago, I saved him at the bottom of a cliff near the Cangshan Sect, and we traveled the world together for two months."
"And then," Qin Yi's voice grew even colder.
Nan Qianyue frowned slightly. Why should she tell him every detail of her past? Who was he anyway?
"Then we were chased and fell off a cliff together." She temporarily backed down; when you're under someone's roof, you have no choice but to bow your head.
Qin Yi lowered his eyes; it was another cliff...
"That's all?" His eyes were full of doubt.
Nanqianyue shrugged. "That's it. I don't know where I was or what happened during the eight months in between. Anyway, the last time I opened my eyes, I was in Fengdu City. They treated me like a spy. You know the rest."
"Your Highness, there's some commotion at the Prime Minister's residence. Miss Nan should return." A slightly anxious voice came from outside.
Qin Yi stared intently at Nan Qianyue, as if trying to bore a hole through her.
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