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She was exhausted; the person on her back felt as heavy as a mountain, bending her body over. Even so, she still held onto Lu Chang's hand and carried him step by step forward.
Jingwan knew she couldn't go far, but the place where Lu Chang had fainted was a low-lying area, which was most likely to attract wild beasts. So she carried him up to higher ground, and didn't forget to mark the spot along the way.
Lord Yuan will surely come to the forest to find her; these marks will make it easier for him to find her.
Jingwan put Lu Chang down and let him lean against the boulder before she had a chance to observe his injuries.
The branch was stuck deep, but there wasn't much blood, so it's unclear whether it hit any vital areas.
Lu Chang's lips were so dry they were peeling, so Jingwan found a large leaf, collected the rainwater, and fed it to him.
He was really thirsty and hadn't had any water since he fell unconscious. Now, Jingwan was feeding him, and he drank the water that had accumulated from two leaves.
While he was drinking water, Jingwan quickly put a pill in the water, and the pill fell into his mouth with the water.
Lu Chang gradually regained his senses, and even his energy and spirit improved.
Jingwan didn't bring many things, but they were all essential. Before leaving, she even grabbed all the pastries displayed in the hall. Fortunately, they came in handy. She crushed the pastries, mixed them with water, and made the rice paste-like stuff much easier to eat.
After not eating for several days, even the most unpalatable food tastes better than the finest delicacies, as long as it fills the stomach.
After Lu Chang ate some food, he shook his head and said, "You eat!"
Jingwan couldn't eat, but she knew her cousin would be more worried if she didn't, so she ate a piece of pastry in front of him anyway.
She could no longer carry Lu Chang back to the ancient road. She had already aggravated his wound by carrying him to this high ground, and if it became infected later, it would surely kill him.
She dared to stay here because she believed that Lord Yuan from the foot of the mountain would definitely send someone to find her.
There was the hooting of an owl in the woods. Jingwan was familiar with the sound of the night owl and was not afraid. She felt a weight on her shoulder and looked up to see Lu Chang leaning on her shoulder.
He closed his eyes and didn't speak. Jingwan listened to his steady breathing and finally felt relieved. This time, her cousin was really asleep.
Lu Chang slept for an hour, but that was enough. His years of martial arts training had given him a strong foundation, which made him feel much better. He touched Jing Wan's face, his voice still a little weak: "I thought it was a dream."
Jingwan placed one hand on her head and gently shook her head, her eyes filled with worry.
Lu Chang smiled and said, "If I dream of you and then slowly leave this world, I won't be too sad."
But I couldn't bear to part with it.
I can't bear to part with her beautiful smile, I can't bear to leave her alone in this world, I can't bear to see her wandering aimlessly again.
Just thinking about it gives me the motivation to keep living.
To avoid the mud and rocks on the ancient road, he ran towards the side of the woods, but lost his way.
Jingwan once said that if you can't find the original path, you should stop. Blindly continuing will only take you further and further away from the right path.
He listened to her and didn't leave, but the high fever caused by his wound made him faint.
Heaven took pity on him in the end, and when he woke up again, he saw his lover.
Aside from some pain in his wound, Lu Chang regained his spirits. Ignoring the slight pain, he picked up Jingwan and placed her on his lap.
"Cousin, you're still injured..." She was afraid of touching Lu Chang's wound, so she didn't dare to sit down or struggle. Lu Chang held her waist tightly, not allowing her to move.
Jingwan leaned against him, struggling internally. Lu Chang noticed her distraction and asked what was wrong.
She looked at Lu Chang with a serious expression, without answering.
She once thought the face looked familiar and assumed it was Lu Chang resembling his mother, but the little bracelet reminded her that she had known him for a long time, even longer than she had thought.
When she was born, her mother had a pair of plain bracelets made. As she grew older, she always wore those bracelets and never took them off, which made them shine brightly.
Later, when she returned from Fengyin Mountain, she lost one of the bracelets. Since it was no longer a pair, she kept the other bracelet at home and never wore it again. When she left the Northwest, she always carried it with her. She thought it had fallen into the deep mountains, but she never imagined that more than ten years later, she would see it again in Lingnan, thousands of miles away.
Lu Chang desperately wanted to know what Jing Wan was thinking. He knew he was obsessively obsessed with Jing Wan, to the point of being morbid. He wanted to control everything about her, and even though he felt it was wrong, he couldn't control himself.
But he was better at persuading people. With a look, Jingwan took out the silver bracelet from his pocket.
Lu Chang was taken aback, somewhat surprised. He slowly took the bracelet and finally smiled with relief. Before losing consciousness, he sat alone under a tree, unaware of what lay ahead.
When people are isolated and helpless, they always want to find something to comfort themselves. Just like soldiers fighting on the battlefield, when they fall in the trench, they will take out some small items they have with them, either to remember old friends or to miss their homeland.
That little silver bracelet was his constant companion for many years.
If a silver bracelet is not worn for a long time, it will develop black marks. However, because he would take it out and rub it whenever he had something on his mind, the little thing became brighter and brighter.
This has become a habit.
Before he lost consciousness, he clutched it tightly, as if by doing so, Jingwan would be by his side, and then the memories of the past would reappear in front of him again and again.
I didn't expect her to find out.
Jingwan still finds it hard to believe. How...how could this be? But back then it really was...
She unconsciously gripped the clothes on her shoulder tightly, her voice a little anxious: "I couldn't find it after I came back from Fengyin Mountain. I thought I had lost it, but how did it end up in my cousin's hands?"
Lu Chang's face was somewhat pale. He smiled faintly and asked, "What did you do in the mountains?"
Jingwan pursed her lips tightly, not daring to say a word.
What impressed her more than what happened in the mountains was the beating her mother gave her after she returned. Her mother, who never dared to scold her, closed the door, picked up the rolling pin, and started hitting her on the bottom.
She tried to run away, but was pinned to the table and given several more blows to the buttocks. For the next month, she couldn't even bear to put on pants and could only lie on the bed, sobbing.
The mother applied medicine to her little red bottom and cried, "You are my lifeblood. If anything happens to you, how will I live?"
She cried and shouted, "Mother, I will never do it again."
At the time, Jingwan thought she had done something wrong. Later, after the war in the Northwest was quelled, her mother told her that Rong people had infiltrated the village, and anyone who had any connection with the Lu family army would be in big trouble.
At that time, the Rong people were engaged in fierce fighting with the Wei army. The Rong suffered several defeats, and in an attempt to demoralize their troops, many Rong people disguised themselves as Han Chinese and infiltrated villages large and small in the northwest. If any family had members serving in the army, the entire family was killed. The Rong people used their blood to write on the walls: "The Lu family deserves to die!"
Because these soldiers joined the Lu family army, the Rong people all regarded them as having the surname Lu.
Most of the men in Xiaoxing Village were serving in the Wei army. At that time, several families in the village were wiped out overnight. The villagers lived in constant fear, partly because they were afraid that their whole family would be killed, and partly because they did not know who the murderer was. In the end, everyone could only shut their mouths and dared not mention anything about the Wei army again.
Jingwan was young, and the adults dared not mention anything about silencing her in front of her. However, this made the little girl lower her guard, and she told outsiders about her experiences in the mountains.
She disappeared for several days, and Feng Susu was extremely worried. She even asked the village chief to lead the villagers to search for her in the mountains. When the villagers asked her where she had gone, she proudly told them about her experiences in the mountains, which frightened Feng Susu so much that she covered her mouth and ran home with her in her arms.
Because of this, they even went to hide in the mountains for a while.
Her mother beat her so badly that she didn't dare to think about what happened in the mountains afterward, and over time she gradually forgot about it.
When Lu Chang brought it up tonight, she finally remembered it again.
Lu Chang was also saddened; it seemed she had truly forgotten. The beautiful memories he cherished in his heart were completely forgotten by her.
Compared to the physical pain, Jingwan's amnesia was what drained his energy. He asked her, "You guided the Lu family army in the mountains, have you forgotten? You gave me this bracelet so I could fix the clasp for you, have you forgotten?"
She led the army out of the maze, and when they parted, no one thought of the silver bracelet, which was pressed tightly against Lu Chang's chest at the time.
Jingwan let out a long "Ah!" and her previously upright body suddenly slumped. She grabbed Lu Chang's clothes with both hands, looked up at him, and exclaimed, "Big brother!"
She stared wide-eyed at Lu Chang, searching for any familiar features on his face.
The lost memories resurfaced, like pieces of a jigsaw puzzle. She pieced them together one by one, only missing the last, most important, and crucial piece.
Jingwan slowly nestled against his shoulder, closed her eyes, and gently inhaled the pleasant cypress scent emanating from him. This was the first time she had taken the initiative to be close to Lu Chang since their reunion.
The exposed skin on his shoulder felt itchy from her breath spraying on it. Her nose drew closer and closer until her lips touched Lu Chang's skin.
She then realized that the last piece of the puzzle had always been in her hands, and it was this cypress scent that allowed her to find him.
She felt a sense of familiarity; many years ago, in the Fengyin Mountains, this scent had surrounded her and accompanied her through several dark nights. At that time, she was guiding an army in the mountains, and like all illiterate people in the Northwest, she recognized the character "Lu" on the commander's flag.
The army wandered through the misty forests of Fengyin Mountain for many days without finding an exit, but she was very familiar with the area, so she volunteered to lead the way for everyone.
Unexpectedly, there was a young man in the army who was a few years older than her. She couldn't remember his name, but she kept calling him "little brother".
Although he was young, he was very good at taking care of people. At that time, Jingwan liked to sit on the same horse with him. She could lean on his chest with peace of mind and lead the army forward.
If there was anything delicious, he would always give it to himself first, and he would give her the best part of any game he hunted.
As the temperature dropped in the woods at night, everyone huddled together for warmth. She nestled in the arms of that young man, falling asleep in his embrace. At that time, inhaling the pleasant scent of cypress, she had sweet dreams every night.
It was him! It was him!
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