Her tears fell on his severed limb, scorching his skin and burrowing into his heart even more.
Gently lifting her up, he wiped away the tears on her face, and looking into her red eyes, he too felt a tight pang of heartache.
"All the bad things have already passed. Back then, Brother Zhou was with me; I wasn't alone, nor was I afraid," Ah Gui said, hugging her and for the first time, talked to her about those things in the past.
His past had never been easy, and he had nearly lost his life countless times; perhaps it was a stroke of divine favor, or maybe because he had given so much to the country, that death had not claimed his life.
"Sometimes I think, maybe I'm alive just to meet you," Ah Gui's sweet words made Ye Xi's heart flutter.
Ye Xi held his waist tightly, despising her own past unreasonable and ignorant behavior even more.
She was full of regret, so much that it hurt her insides.
She swore, she would treat him well.
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