Chapter 32: Beast Tooth Tang Suzi slowly opened his eyes. What he saw was...
Tang Suzi slowly opened his eyes.
What comes into view is a towering cliff and an orange-gold sky.
She stared at the sky for a long time.
It was not until waves of pain swept through her body, from the back of her head to her shoulders, spine, and calves, that she realized she was lying on a patch of messy, dry vines.
She fell off a cliff.
She is not dead.
But at this moment, she had no sense of relief at all for surviving the disaster. She felt as if her soul had been sucked out of her.
After a long time, she slowly moved her hands and sat up bit by bit.
There was a tingling sensation in her palms, and she looked down.
It turned out that his palm had just been resting on a vine-like plant full of gray-brown round oval fruits.
When she raised her palm, the small fruits fell down like seeds.
Gray-brown seeds...
Tang Suzi quietly looked at the patch of grass where he was, which was tightly entangled by countless dodders and looked like a net bed, and then turned to look at the cliff beside him.
A tear silently slid down her cheek and dripped onto the glass bracelet on her wrist.
The teardrop spread along the ring, and the glass bracelet slowly turned red until it became as red as a flame and then suddenly melted into a wisp of golden smoke.
The light smoke slowly gathered and finally condensed into a safety chain, hanging on Tang Suzi's wrist.
Tang Suzi slowly picked up the safety chain.
She remembered that when she fell off the cliff, her bracelet had been caught on a dead branch on the cliff ridge. She was hanging on the dead branch for a few seconds, and she fell down only after the dead branch broke.
If it weren't for this, she wouldn't have survived.
Cuscuta...
Safety lock...
Grandma protected Zhou Tiao in some mysterious way.
It turns out that she doesn't look like Zhou Tiao.
It turns out... Tang Suzi is Zhou Tiao.
But no matter whether it was Tang Suzi or Zhou Tiao, she would never be able to see her grandmother again.
The man who had spent his entire life loving her would never come back...
*
When Fang Buyu found Tang Suzi, she was curled up in a ball, her hands tightly wrapped around her knees, her eyes red and swollen, staring blankly at the ground.
His heart sank, and he vaguely thought that he saw Zhou Tiao again when he lost his grandmother ten years ago.
He slowly approached, took off his fur coat and gently put it on her, then walked up to her and squatted down.
Tang Suzi seemed unaware of his arrival. She was immersed in her own world, still staring blankly at the weeds on the ground.
"Tang Suzi, are you okay?"
Fang Buyu called out softly.
The familiar voice was like a ray of sunshine shining into Tang Suzi's gray world. She slowly raised her head and focused her gaze on the person in front of her.
He seemed to be the same as I remembered, except that his facial features were more angular than before, with thin white lips, a face that couldn't hide his fatigue but was still gentle, and... those eyes that clearly reflected my own...
Looking at Fang Buyu's worried eyes, Tang Suzi's inner wall suddenly collapsed. She leaned forward involuntarily and hugged him tightly.
She could feel the helplessness and stiffness of his body the moment she hugged him, but that didn't stop her from tightening her arms.
Ayu, Ayu, Ayu...
She repeated his name countless times in her heart.
Ayu, thank you.
Thank you for providing me with lights.
Thank you for coming to see me.
Thank you for remembering me.
*
"Knock knock knock"
"Sir, Shi Ying requests to see you."
"Come in."
Zhou Jin's voice came from the room, with a hint of imperceptible fatigue.
After getting permission, Shi Ying gently opened the door, stepped into the room steadily, walked to Zhou Jin's side, bowed respectfully, and then said,
"Sir, the city defense soldiers just reported back that Pavilion Master Fang has found the person. Do we need to lift the control of the city gate now?"
Although it was not yet time to go to the yamen, Zhou Jin had already given an order last night that if there was any news about Tang Suzi, he should be informed immediately.
Zhou Jin's brows relaxed slightly when he heard this.
"Did you find Miss Tang?"
"Yes, my lord."
Shi Ying's answer was concise and clear, but it was enough to put Zhou Jin at ease.
Zhou Jin has been uneasy since learning about Tang Suzi's disappearance last night.
He recalled that Fang Buyu sent someone to ask him to help check for suspicious people last night. At that time, he didn't know that the missing person was Tang Suzi, and simply thought it was an ordinary assistance investigation mission.
However, when he learned that the missing person was Tang Suzi, his mood became extremely complicated.
Perhaps it was because he returned to his hometown and was reminded of the past, that he often thought of his elder sister these days.
And Tang Suzi, the woman who looked very similar to his elder sister, often appeared in his mind.
Although he knew that Tang Suzi only looked like his elder sister and was not his real elder sister, he just couldn't control his concern and worry for her.
Therefore, he did not sleep last night.
Now, hearing the news that Tang Suzi was safe and sound, Zhou Jin's heart finally settled down a little.
But at the same time, he vaguely felt some other emotions.
He felt unfair for his sister.
Although he was young at that time, he could see the relationship between his sister and Fang Buyu.
Rationally speaking, my sister has been gone for ten years, so it seems understandable that Fang Buyu develops a new relationship.
But he just couldn't accept it emotionally. Fang Buyu found a woman who looked so much like his elder sister, and now he had lost his composure for her.
Zhou Jin stroked the safety lock hanging around his neck and remained silent for a long time.
Shi Ying was quite nervous when he saw this. He asked cautiously,
"Sir? Do we need to lift the control of the city gate now?"
Zhou Jin came back to his senses, glanced at Shi Ying, and nodded.
"Well, lift it. However, we still need to increase patrols and vigilance to ensure the safety of the people in the city.
*
Fang Mansion.
The curtains were hanging lightly, and Xiaoying was carefully assisting the doctor in checking Tang Suzi's injuries.
The atmosphere in the room was tense and solemn, and every tiny breath seemed to carry endless worries.
After a while, the doctor slowly opened the curtain and reported to Fang Buyu.
"Please be assured, sir. This young lady's injuries are not serious. She has only some serious scrapes on her shoulders, hands, and feet. Simply follow the medicine I prescribed and apply it three times a day. She will be healed within a week."
Hearing this, Fang Buyu's tense nerves finally relaxed.
"Thank you, doctor."
But due to running around all night and the recurrence of old injuries, his body was almost at its limit. Before he could finish his words, he staggered and almost lost his balance.
"No chance!"
Guo Yan was quick to act and supported him.
“Ah…”
When Tang Suzi was about to blurt out "Ayu", he stopped talking.
She quickly changed her words.
"Pavilion Master Fang, the wound on your shoulder has reopened because you saved me yesterday. Let's get a doctor to take a look."
Upon hearing this, Guo Yan noticed that there was indeed a bloodstain on Fang Buyu's clothes at the shoulder.
"No! Your injury..."
Only then did he understand that Fang Buyu's pale face was not only due to fatigue from running around, but also due to the recurrence of an old injury.
"Doctor, please help him."
Guo Yan urged anxiously.
Watching Fang Buyu leaving with the support of Guo Yanhe and the doctor, Tang Suzi's heart was filled with worry and apology.
Fang Buyu became like this in order to save her, or rather, he was so selfless for her because of Zhou Tiao.
But she couldn't recognize him as Zhou Tiao.
She has already passed away. If it weren't for finding Ling An, she would never have been able to return to the world.
And after completing the task, she still has to leave.
Whether he continued to guard the lamp in Tanshan Temple or entered the reincarnation, it was impossible for him to stay in the human world as Zhou Tiao.
She is now Tang Suzi.
Zhou Tiao...died ten years ago...
"Miss Tang, shall I apply medicine for you?"
Xiaoying's voice interrupted Tang Suzi's thoughts.
She came back to her senses and nodded slightly.
"Well, thank you, Xiaoying."
Xiaoying applied ointment gently on Tang Suzi. She noticed that Tang Suzi was in a low mood, so she didn't dare to talk to him rashly, but just completed her task silently.
However, when she applied the solution to the wound on her ankle, she unexpectedly discovered two old scars.
"Miss Tang, have you ever injured your ankle before?"
Xiaoying asked curiously.
She pointed to the scar and continued,
"This looks... like an animal tooth scar..."
Tang Suzi looked down at his ankle, thought for a moment, and shook his head.
She only had some scattered fragments of memory from her past life and was unable to piece together a complete picture.
Animal tooth scar?
She thought to herself that this shouldn't be important.
So, she replied casually,
"Probably."
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