Her gaze froze. It was the statue she had carved for Yuwen Sheng on their wedding night. It depicted a fierce eight-headed serpent docilely coiling around a man. The man's eyes were covered by a long veil, blurring half of his originally somewhat ethereal features.
At that time, she had never seen his true face, so the person she sculpted was half-dreamy and half-real.
But now... she already knows.
She got up, took the sculpture, found a carving knife, first shaved off the veil covering the eyes, and then slowly reshaped his face to be complete.
Shards of wood fell one by one, each cut accompanied by a pulling pain, but this helped her stay conscious.
She was stunned for a long time when Yuwen Sheng's face was recreated on the wood carving.
She reached out and gently stroked the contours of his face, her vision blurring.
"If I had known it would turn out like this, I should have treated you better from the beginning..."
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Outside the room, Wei Yao, Wang Zebang, and Runtu all came over. They had been keeping watch outside during the days that Zheng Quchi had been unconscious.
Upon seeing Brother Sang come out, they quickly stepped forward and asked, "Um... Brother Sang, I wonder if Engineer Zheng has woken up?"
Because the lady had always asked them to keep the fact that she had married Yuwen Sheng a secret from Brother Sang, they dared not reveal anything rashly, and everything they said was vague. This led Brother Sang to often look at them with a strange and distrustful gaze.
"She's awake, but she's not feeling well. You... come back later," Brother Sang said sternly.
These people have become so familiar with their daughter, Chizi, that they do nothing but stay here all day waiting for her to wake up.
"Brother Sang, it's like this, we have some urgent matters to attend to here. May I go in and have a few words with Engineer Zheng?" Wei Yao pleaded with a fawning expression.
Brother Sang glanced at him and said bluntly, "Come back tomorrow."
They glanced at the quiet room and had no choice but to give up.
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The next day
They came to stake out Zheng Quchi again, but Brother Sang refused when he thought of Zheng Quchi lying on the bed looking listless.
"Brother Sang, there's an urgent matter in the camp. Please do me a favor."
"If something happened in your camp, the higher-ups will handle it. What does it have to do with my Chizi? I told you, she..."
"Brother, let them in."
At this moment, the person who had been silent in the room spoke up.
Brother Sang's eyebrows were furrowed so deeply they could trap a fly. He glared at the three of them and said, "Fine..."
The three stood side by side by the bed. Zheng Quchi had already sat up and asked, "What happened?"
"Madam, the general is now missing. The Prince of Ye has received the news and plans to start reorganizing our Changxunpo camp so that we can return to the capital immediately. Otherwise, he will refuse to distribute military rations. The army is currently short of food and I'm afraid we won't be able to hold out for much longer."
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