"I just woke up and immediately took a lot of pills. Now my strength and external injuries have mostly recovered. Don't worry, junior sister. If you meet a demon later, I will definitely protect you." Wei Yu said firmly.
Lan Shuang smiled weakly. It was hard to say who was protecting whom between the two of them, but as long as no one was hurt, that was all that mattered.
"Where are the others?"
She picked up the clothes and returned them to Wei Yu.
Wei Yu said disapprovingly: "Junior sister, you are seriously injured, so you'd better not move around anymore."
"It's okay." Lan Shuang said as she took out two pills and ate them. Her face instantly became much redder.
"Alright, everyone else is outside. I woke up and found this is a palace, so I moved you all in. This place is quite remote, and there is a formation to protect it, so the demons shouldn't be able to find this place for a while."
Lan Shuang nodded, "We——"
A muffled "bang" sounded like thunder in the ears of the two men.
Lan Shuang and Wei Yu looked at each other and became alert instantly.
Wei Yu picked up the sword and said, "Junior sister, hide behind me."
"Um."
Lan Shuang followed him, and the two of them walked out of the hall. They saw the hall door shaking violently, and then someone broke in.
Without a second thought, Wei Yu immediately raised his sword and stabbed forward, but he didn't expect the other party to suddenly ask, "Wei Yu?"
"Senior Brother?!" Wei Yu didn't have time to withdraw his hand, so he simply threw away the sword to avoid hurting the other party.
"Big Brother?"
Lan Shuang stared blankly at the person who suddenly appeared, and for a moment she suspected that she was dreaming. She thought it would take some time to find the other person, but she didn't expect to see him again so soon.
Jiang Lusheng turned around stiffly when he heard her voice, his eyes reddened, "Junior sister..."
"Big Brother!"
Lan Shuang stumbled forward, supporting her vulnerable body. Jiang Lusheng came to his senses and immediately ran up to her, hugging her carefully. "It's okay, it's okay."
He muttered to himself, his tone full of fear.
"I'm fine, don't worry. How did you find this place?"
Lan Shuang let go of Jiang Lusheng and looked him up and down.
He must have been through more than one fierce battle. His clothes were torn and his body was covered with new wounds and old ones. Some of them had scabbed over, while others were still bleeding.
"I left a mark of my own research upon you the day our minds met. Living or dead, I will find you."
Jiang Lusheng's eyes flickered, "I'm sorry."
"What are you apologizing for? You haven't done anything wrong to me." Lan Shuang held the man's face and wiped the blood off his face with her thumb.
"I shouldn't have left you alone to face danger, but I really had no other choice at the time."
On one side are dozens of innocent lives, and on the other side is his sweetheart. He can only choose one side.
He chose to save others first, and only went back to find Lan Shuang after settling them down.
If he was a step late, he didn't dare to think about what would happen next, but thinking that she still had the mark left by her master on her body, he still had a glimmer of hope. But after really seeing Lan Shuang's appearance, his heart was torn and he tasted the taste of regret for the first time.
Lan Shuang shook her head and became serious. "I don't blame you, and you shouldn't blame yourself either. Under the circumstances, you chose to save more people, which was understandable. I won't hate you for that. And I know that the pain in your heart is no less than mine."
No matter what, the person who makes the choice is always the most uncomfortable.
Because no matter which side he chooses, he will have to live his whole life with the guilt towards the other side.
"If possible..." Jiang Lusheng held Lan Shuang's hand, his voice choking with sobs, "If possible, I would rather be the one left behind."
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