70.2

Changyi held out the bowl of medicine and stared at Ji Yunhe until she could not stand it anymore. She sighed.

"Big-tailed fish, you're really stubborn." She grabbed the bowl and drank it. But instead of handing it back to him, she turned it around in her hand and looked at the residue at the bottom.

"Say, if these drugs kill me one day, won't that be like you granting me my wish?"

Ji Yunhe was joking, but then she saw the look on his face -- confounded and lost in thought. As if she just gave him a good beating. She never expected to see that on the current Changyi.

"I… am just joking. Making me stay alive is the most painful suffering, you would never let me die so easily."

Changyi took the bowl from Ji Yunhe's hands. He stood up quietly and turned his back on her, his long silver hair brushing against her fingers. Ji Yunhe lowered her head and changed the subject.

"Jinsang said the court has summoned Lin Haoqing into the capital. The war's been going on for so many years, and although the court's been working with the other three demon master quarters, this is the first time they've summoned Lin Haoqing. Are they planning something?"

Usually Changyi would just answer her with a "none of your business." But today, he seemed to want to change the subject as well. He said while walking toward the screen,

"It does not matter what they are planning. The court and the Grand Master's house have lost the hearts of their people. Lin Haoqing can't help them." When Changyi reached the screen, he turned around and looked at her. Ji Yunhe smiled.

"You go ahead and work, I'll get some more sleep." Then she crawled under her blanket and blocked his gaze.

She closed her eyes and felt fortunate that she and Changyi had not yet confessed their feelings for each other. God knows how much she wanted to grow old with him, but she simply did not have the time to be his companion. Ji Yunhe fell asleep in no time, and started to dream.

The window was slightly open, allowing some wind to blow in. The bed curtains swayed to the airflow and the chill was felt even inside her dream, but it did not wake her. The woman dressed in white floated to her side with the wind.

The woman reached out her hand. Ji Yunhe was not sure what it meant, but she also reached out her hand the same way. She watched as the woman held on to her palm.

"You don't have much time left, I'll lend you my eyes."

Her voice was clear this time, unlike before. The woman turned her hand and her fingers intertwined with Ji Yunhe's.

Boom! Ji Yunhe felt a tremor and her eyes opened abruptly. The woman in front of her disappeared and was replaced by a ball of light as bright as the sun. It blinded her for a while.

When the light faded a bit and was about to recede, Ji Yunhe saw a young couple from afar. The young man was only a silhouette and she could not recognize him, but the girl was the woman in her dreams.

They were standing face to face.

This scene was very brief. It flashed by then and quickly disappeared.

"What is this?"

"It's the past that I remember." The woman's voice appeared inside Ji Yunhe's ears. "What you see now is what I once saw, after this, my eyes will be your eyes."

"You gave me your eyes? Why? Who are you..."

"Tell Qing Ji," the woman ignored her questions, "it was the Grand Master who killed Ning Ruochu."