In the darkness, she couldn't see his face, but his deep black eyes were exceptionally beautiful, though unfortunately veiled in mist, making them unfocused.
He really was blind.
He moved, trying to remember, only to find himself tied up.
Before Xia Yixin could even breathe a sigh of relief, she heard a sharp snap and the rope broke. Startled, she stumbled back several steps, and the stone fell to the ground with a thud.
Oh no, this is bad!
She tried to run, but the man opposite her uttered a chillingly cold sentence: "If you dare to escape, I, the Grand Eunuch, will kill you immediately."
She froze, watching him stand up. He first touched his face, then his bandaged abdominal wound, seemingly stunned for a moment.
"You did all of this."
It is not an interrogative sentence but an affirmative sentence.
Xia Yixin knew she couldn't beat him in a fight, so she decided to go all out: "It's me. I'm doing this to prove that I'm honest and upright. If I really had ulterior motives, I wouldn't need to save you, would I?"
She thought that he was blind, so he probably wouldn't have seen her lifting the stone earlier in that situation... right?
Unfortunately, she soon realized she had been too naive.
Instead of getting angry, the man laughed and asked, "What was Madam Li trying to do by lifting that stone just now?"
Would you believe me if I said it was an accident?
He sneered, "What do you think?"
Xia Yixin was deflated, knowing that this capricious guy was not easy to fool, so she simply confessed, "I swear to God, that knife was really an accident. I thought an assassin was chasing me, and in a moment of panic, I stabbed you. Now I'm afraid of you, cough, settling scores later, so I want you to lose your memory..."
His body grew colder and colder, and although his eyes were unfocused, the chill emanating from him was palpable.
Just when she thought he was about to make a move, his imposing aura dissipated.
"come over."
Seeing her hesitation, the man simply pulled her over. She thought he was going to do something, but she found that he was just protecting her behind him.
A dark shadow pounced.
He quickly and accurately grabbed the dark figure by the neck and slammed him to the ground.
In an instant, the black snake, as thick as a human arm, was turned into minced meat.
If it weren't for his intervention, Xia Yixin would probably be dead by now. She broke out in a cold sweat; this was the second time he had saved her.
She said dryly, "Um, thank you..."
Before she could finish speaking, the person in front of her had already disappeared. Cao Anmin didn't even look at her and walked straight in the direction the wind had come from.
So what exactly does it mean that he wants to kill her and save her at the same time?
Xia Yixin watched the man walk ten meters away, hesitated for a moment, and then chased after him.
It wasn't that she wanted to follow him, but that this was the only way out.
Neither of them spoke.
Cao Anmin's mind was actually a bit confused. Because the air in the cave was not well circulated, her fragrance was even clearer. Rationally, he knew he should kill this woman who was full of lies, but for some reason, her words and actions made him feel that she was becoming more and more similar to the woman in his memory.
Clearly, her body is still inside the ice coffin.
As he walked out, he heard the unsteady footsteps behind him and thought he was overthinking things. If a woman who only had some self-defense skills really came with a purpose, she was either crazy or stupid.
He could crush an ant with just one finger.
Aside from concealing her medical skills... However, what she said earlier did make some sense. She really didn't need to introduce herself, and they were the ones who approached her first three years ago. She did that simply to protect herself.
Just as Cao Anmin shivered and realized that he had unknowingly exonerated a strange woman, the footsteps behind him disappeared.
Although he was blind, his special internal strength and perception were extraordinary, allowing him to distinguish objects through the slightest sound. At this moment, through the wind, he could sense a woman lying on the ground five steps away from him. She was breathing rapidly and her whole body was hot, clearly suffering from a fever.
The export is just around the corner.
If we leave her here, this woman will probably die before the night is over.
He paused as he stepped toward the exit, sighed softly, turned back, and picked her up.
When he picked her up, he realized that she was smaller and lighter than he had imagined. And even though she had been soaked in the river for so long, what kind of sachet could last so long?
She felt around her waist but didn't find any sachet or anything like that. Instead, she felt that the fragrance didn't seem to be external, but rather emanated from her body.
He could only keep his mind calm by holding his breath.
It was already dark when he came out of the cave. His injuries had mostly healed, and even carrying someone in his arms, he was not affected by his light-footed skills. He hadn't walked far when he encountered the people from the Eastern Depot who had come looking for him.
"Master, are you alright?" Gui Ling was surprised to see the man who came out, and even more shocked when he saw the woman in his arms.
Their master had never hugged anyone like this before, and no living person had ever gotten this close to her.
The other members of the Eastern Depot were also shocked. They watched as their supervisor gently placed the person into the carriage before swallowing hard. They had thought the previous rumors were false, but could it be... true?
They only snapped out of their daze when they heard the man's deep, cold voice.
"Send men to search the area. I, the Grand Eunuch, need to know by tomorrow morning who dared to launch this sneak attack."
Gui Ling suddenly snapped back to reality. "Yes, sir!"
Gui Ling led his men to search for clues in the forest, while Cao Anmin sat cross-legged in the carriage, resting with his eyes closed.
The carriage tent was spacious, making the woman inside, who was huddled up due to fever, appear even smaller.
She was clearly delicate, but she was also stubborn, and her previous obedient behavior was easily exposed by him.
His gaze fell on her wrist.
It was still red and swollen, but much better than he had imagined. And the ropes that had bound him earlier suggested that the woman was hiding some secret.
His hand landed on her face, searching for clues, but he found nothing. It didn't look like a human skin mask; she was just an ordinary-looking woman. He then touched her bones, confirming that she only had rudimentary martial arts skills and wasn't hiding any inner strength.
The person who was in a deep sleep seemed to sense something and frowned uncomfortably.
Just as Cao Anmin withdrew his hand, the feverish, unconscious person sensed the coolness and automatically moved his face closer.
He froze, lowered his eyes slightly, and after a long while, when a bite mark on his shoulder started to hurt slightly, he woke up with a start and pushed her head to the side with disgust.
He's truly possessed.
She's just a sharp-tongued little woman.
Suddenly, he noticed something in his hidden pocket was getting hot. He frowned slightly and took out a black jade ring.
If Xia Yixin were here, she would be shocked. This ring is exactly the same as hers, and they look like a pair of matching rings.
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