She turned to the white-clothed man behind them: “Miss, are you really going to bring him home? How will we explain this?”
I had no interest in him, but I was intrigued by one thing he said.
“I’ve never been your problem. Since you are my master, I won’t cause you any trouble.” His face bore a stunning smile, now with an added sense of seriousness.
“Fine, Wu’er, let’s go!” I no longer had the energy to care about this newly met man or why he was so determined to follow me. A strong feeling urged me to return home quickly.
When we returned home and changed clothes, our outing seemed to have gone unnoticed, but the suffocating feeling in my heart grew increasingly intense, and the unease became more severe.
Wu’er and I were both suppressed, not saying another word. The air today was exceptionally heavy. This was probably the most oppressive day since I crossed over from modern times.
We faced each other in silence, and that impossibly beautiful man seemed to have disappeared just as he said, like a non-existent segment in my dream.
“Miss, what shall we do today?” Wu’er said somewhat gloomily, looking at me with a serious expression, hesitant to speak.
“Second Miss, Second Miss, the Madam has passed away!” The suppressed voice finally erupted in the heavy air, and the suffocating feeling instantly spread throughout my body, cold—an icy coldness!
That woman who was nearly my age, the woman I had to call mother, that stubborn yet fragile woman who had looked at me firmly and promised to take me away from this place.
My entire body felt like it was doused in ice-cold water. No tears, no feelings, just a hollow numbness in my heart. The only woman who had truly cared about me.
The jade pendant hanging around my neck suddenly broke, falling to the ground, completely shattering. The crystal jade fragments flashed a dazzling white light in the air.
I staggered and held Wu’er’s hand, saying to the messenger: “Take me to see her! —Take me to see my mother!” I murmured, my face showing an indescribable expression, repeatedly saying the same words.
