Chapter 2 — Minh VI

2、 Tieu Triet lifted the brocade box and walked quickly into the room. A trace of fatigue appeared between his eyebrows that was hard to hide, mixed with a look of urgency.

“Minh Vi, the medicine is enough.”

His voice became a bit firmer, as if just holding this pill, he could hold my vitality tightly, and also compensate for the slight insecurity that had arisen from the previous scoldings. He carefully opened the delicately carved medicine box. Inside, there's nothing left. Only at the bottom of the box lay a thin, skillfully folded piece of paper, on which was the handwriting he was so familiar with - three parts sloppy, seven parts provocative. 「I stole this life-saving medicine! If you want to save your wife, come and arrest me yourself!」 Tieu Triet froze on the spot. Not angry, not panic. He paused sharply for a moment, then, an extremely complex look flashed across his eyes - there was surprise, but more of an emotion almost like joy and admiration; Even the corners of his lips couldn't control themselves and curled up a little.

“Ha…” he almost let out a soft sigh of laughter, his fingertips grasping the paper, as if holding an interesting envelope,

"Indeed... it is indeed you. I knew, you would absolutely not miss this opportunity."

He looked at that piece of paper over and over again, the light in his eyes becoming brighter and brighter - that was the excitement of meeting his enemy, completely dispelling the heaviness of asking for medicine.

"Good for Linh Lung! Highly skilled!" He praised, his voice filled with admiration, "And yet you were able to follow me from the palace to here, right under my eyelids, quietly swapping this medicinal pill! In the whole world, besides you, who else could do it?"

His attention was completely taken away by that piece of paper, by the pirate who had successfully provoked him once again. He even forgot to turn his head to look at me, forgetting that there was a wife on the bed waiting for the elixir to connect the network.

“This time we definitely won't let her escape anymore!” His speaking speed became faster, with the sharpness of a hunter, he suddenly turned around, clutched the empty box and paper, and rushed out, "She definitely hasn't gone far!"

The sound of footsteps gradually faded away, disappearing into the hallway. The room fell into dead silence again, only the sound of my increasingly weak breathing remained. It turns out that's it. It turns out that it was true that he went to seek medicine to save my life, but perhaps... he also hid another layer of thoughts. Linh Lung, from the day he stabbed and injured me and was scolded by him, immediately left in anger, without a word. He looked everywhere but couldn't find it, so his heart must have been burning like fire. And this Nine Turns Soul Return Pill that can save my life is without a doubt the best bait to lure her out. He had expected that with her temperament, he would absolutely not let him save me, and would definitely come and steal the medicine. So he goes. And he succeeded. He prayed for medicine, and at the same time wished... to take her out. I looked at the curtains that were still slightly shaking, the sword mark on my chest no longer seemed to hurt that much, because a deeper cold flow had spread from the bottom of my heart, freezing all perception.

"System," I called out softly in consciousness, exhausted to the limit, "I don't want to stay anymore, take me back."

The system was also shocked by this scene moved, then sighed after a long time:

"Host, if you think carefully, we can start an escape program for you. In just seven days, you can return to the real world."

Seven days. Also good. Enough for me to see clearly, enough for me to... completely lose my mind. 3、 The next day, Tieu Triet returned with another brocade box, the tired look between his eyebrows was replaced by an indescribable excitement and satisfaction. He sat down next to the bed, gently supporting me, but his voice could not hide the excitement:

"Minh Vi, look, the medicine has been taken back. Linh Lung, she... is still a sensible person after all."

He opened the lid of the box, inside quietly lay a large pill the size of a longan, dark red.

“Last night I chased her thirty miles out of the city and stopped her at an abandoned temple.” He told himself, his eyes shining, as if recalling an extremely interesting game of chess, "What do you think? She saw that I not only did not hide, but on the contrary she laughed, threw the pill back to me, saying that it was just a joke with you, who would really want to take the life of my precious precious lady?"

He smiled slightly and shook his head, his tone full of tolerance and appreciation:

"Such a mentality, such tricks... a bit naughty, but free-spirited! It really looks a bit like her when she was young, the look of ignoring everything, running around freely."

My eyes fell on that medicinal pill, my heart turned cold. When I was a child, I was raised in the Queen Mother's palace. By coincidence, I saw the real Nine Turns Soul Pill with my own eyes. The body is shiny and smooth, with a faint flow of light, a strange, sweet scent, absolutely not a dark color, without any spiritual luck like a dead thing in my eyes at this time. How could she really return the life-saving medicine? She just wishes she couldn't let me die right away.