After everyone's wounds were bandaged, Qi Nuan took the medicine box and went to Bai Jiao's room.
Seeing the medicine box in her hand, Bai Jiao naturally understood what she was going to do.
He took off his clothes, turned his back to Qi Nuan, and lay on the bed. Qi Nuan cut off his gauze, changed the dressing, and bandaged his wound.
He saw someone who had already bandaged his wound but hadn't left.
Bai Jiao finished dressing and asked, "Is there anything else?"
She then went to get paper and a pen and placed them on the table. Qi Nuan sat down at the table and wrote: "Have you received any letters from me recently?"
Upon seeing the contents of the paper, Bai Jiao's expression was neither good nor bad.
The letter is unlikely to arrive, but I cannot say that to her.
He shook his head and casually said, "Who did you send your letter to? I imagine you don't have a very good relationship with him. You've been missing for so long, and no one has come looking for you."
Qi Nuan shook her head and wrote on the paper, "A very important person, he must be looking for me."
Seeing how much the girl trusted that person, Bai Jiao said with some displeasure:
"Who is he to you? How do you know you might be a burden to him? It's possible that you disappear, which would be exactly what he wants. Otherwise, he wouldn't have gone so long without anyone coming to find you."
Qi Nuan pondered for a moment. She might be a burden to A Yu, but A Yu had no intention of abandoning her. If she did, she would have abandoned her long ago and wouldn't have waited until today.
As for her relationship with A-Yu... she didn't know. It was a bit complicated. It seemed like they had a deep relationship, but it also seemed like they had no relationship at all. However, she didn't need to tell Bai Jiao about it.
She simply shook her head at Bai Jiao, then wrote on the paper, "Could you help me send a letter?"
Bai Jiao shook his head. "The situation is very chaotic right now. If someone in the stronghold loses their life just for delivering a letter, it would be a huge loss. Of course, if you can show your sincerity, that's not impossible."
"What sincerity?"
Qi Nuan really didn't know what sincerity she could offer, or what sincerity Bai Jiao needed from her, but if it was something she could do, she was naturally willing to do it, after all, there's no such thing as a free lunch.
Moreover, Bai Jiao and the others helped her a lot. It's just that he was unwilling to help her deliver the message, but she was willing to do whatever she could.
Bai Jiao stroked his chin, pondered for a moment, and said, "I haven't thought of any sincerity yet, but you might as well write the letter first. If I feel good after reading it, I will naturally send it to you. But if I'm not in a good mood, then there's no need to say anything."
Qi Nuan looked up into his eyes, trying to discern the truth or falsehood in his words, but there was nothing in his eyes.
She spread out the paper, ground some ink, and began to write on it.
"Ayu, greetings! Seeing this letter is like seeing myself. I am well now, in Wutu County, Hedong Prefecture. My last letter was sent ten days ago, but I have not received a reply. I do not know why. Ah Hua is not white, it is because of 'mutton from beyond the pass.' There is something hidden in the mansion, please be very careful... Please return quickly."
Without thought, the writer stands amidst the mud under the moon.
Qi Nuan handed the letter to Bai Jiao. As for whether he would deliver it, she didn't know, but wasn't there a possibility that he would? Since there was a possibility, she naturally had to write it.
Bai Jiao carefully examined the letter written by Qi Nuan. He didn't know what the letter contained, but he knew that there was clearly a mole among the people around this person named A Yu, and perhaps Qi Nuan's injuries were inflicted by these people.
But what does this have to do with Bai Jiao?
He put the letter in his pocket. "Why don't we two guess how long it will take for the person who received the letter to reply? If he doesn't reply within a month, then you can stay in the village in peace. You can't leave until Ji Jin kicks you out."
"Otherwise, if I receive a reply within a month, I will send someone to take you back to Shangjun."
"how?"
Bai Jiao looked at Qi Nuan with some confidence and asked for her opinion.
Although Qi Nuan didn't know why Bai Jiao wanted to keep her here, she was certain that if A Yu received her letter, he would at least reply, if not send someone to find her.
But how could she be sure that Bai Jiao had delivered the letter?
She wrote down this sentence while she was wondering about it.
Oh wow, that's true. Seeing that people aren't easily fooled, Bai Jiao asked again, "Then how do you know the letter wasn't delivered?"
Qi Nuan shook her head, but she knew that A Yu and Qing Qing would definitely look for her.
"I want to go down the mountain tomorrow."
Qi Nuan wrote on the paper that perhaps she should have realized long ago that Bai Jiao would not be so honest. Logically speaking, if the letter had been delivered to A Yu and the others, she should have received the news by now.
But now she hasn't heard any news at all. Either something happened to Ayu and the others, or the letter wasn't delivered.
The latter outcome is clearly more likely.
But regardless of the possibility, she needs to go down the mountain tomorrow to personally deliver the letter.
"You don't believe we've already mailed your letter?"
Bai Jiao knew what she was planning to do the moment she wrote down that she wanted to go down the mountain. His voice was slightly cold, with a hint of questioning.
Qi Nuan shook her head; this had nothing to do with her trust in Bai Jiao and the others.
Regardless of whether they had already sent it or not, she still had to go down the mountain.
Seeing Qi Nuan shake her head but remain silent, Bai Jiao knew that she was determined to go down the mountain.
"If that person really cared about you, you probably wouldn't be here."
"I won't make it difficult for you to come down the mountain, but we'll have to see if you can make it down alive."
Bai Jiao's voice was slightly cold, and Qi Nuan detected a hint of mockery in it.
But Qi Nuan couldn't care less about all that. She knew her own body. Although she was still very weak, she was far from dying just by going down the mountain. At most, she would just be a little slower and take a little longer.
Anyway, she has plenty of time now.
She sensed Bai Jiao's dissatisfaction with Jiang Yu, but she didn't know why he held such a deep prejudice against them.
However, the matter is somewhat complicated and cannot be explained in just a few words.
Bai Jiao clearly saw what Qi Nuan was thinking and asked her, "Don't you want to know how I got injured last night?"
Qi Nuan looked at him, wondering why he had steered their conversation to this issue, but clearly Bai Jiao didn't need her answer.
He continued speaking to himself, "Last night I killed that corrupt official in Wutu County, and I imagine the county is in chaos right now."
He didn't look at Qi Nuan, but continued, "Everyone wants a piece of this juicy meat, but I wonder if it will end up like dogs fighting each other."
His tone carried a hint of schadenfreude, but Qi Nuan understood his unspoken meaning. She knew he was telling her that things were in chaos down the mountain, and that she, a weak woman, couldn't possibly go down alone.
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