It was too dark, so dark that she felt like something was crushing her chest and she couldnât push it off or swallow it down.
Just like that, she was stifled to the point of fainting.
However, before fainting, she felt like she saw the dim light of a dawn spearing at her eyelids, making her mouth corners slowly curl into a smile.
Lou Qingwu watched the girl who suddenly fainted and raised a brow.
She rubbed her veiled face and turned to look at Tang Er, âAm I really that scary?â
Tang Er shook his head, not knowing how to answer: â....â
âLetâs take her back.â Lou Qingwu calmly watched in front of her as the last of the sunlight disappeared, replaced with a darkness.
She took step by step towards the underworld, a place with only darkness.
She was already beyond the point of return.
She turned around to look at the shopkeeper, looking past him to see the wedding gown hung in the middle.
It had a phoenix crown with red clouds, a dress that many girls dreamt about wearing, like moths flying towards a fire.
âTang Er, buy that wedding gown too.â
âYes, eldest miss.â
Lou Qingwu took the girl and Little Bell back to Leaning Wind Pavilionâs side wing.
She didnât have any other servants in the pavilion so it wasnât much of a ha.s.sle.
She was only curious about the relationship that this girl had with Mu Yunqing.
She didnât forget that the string of rosary beads was exactly the same as Mu Yunqingâs.
She wrote a temporary painkillerâs prescription out and told Tang Er to grab the ingredients and then finally, did she lie down on the bed.
She looked at the girlâs face, the knife wound that couldnât be covered even with a veil.
It was a vicious wound, one that went from her eyebrow to her face and it looked sinister and frightening.
But Lou Qingwu seemed to be emotionless as she only looked at it for a moment before turning away, looking at the extremely anxious Little Bell.
She didnât speak and Little Bell didnât dare to move.
Firstly, she didnât dare to bring her miss to follow this other miss but when she said that she could heal her missâ old injury, she followed her back.
âI can temporarily help her sickness but even if I can heal her bodyâs sickness, I canât heal the sickness in her heart.â
That would require therapy.
This girlâs body was nearly completely empty, her heart sickness was also heavy and many years of depression wore down her heart.
Her organs seemed to have been damaged to the point of no repair and even living up until now, wasnât an easy feat.
Little Bell heard âheart sicknessâ and her tears suddenly sprung out again as she fell to her knees in front of Lou Qingwu.
She cried and begged, âBegging this lady to please save my miss, Little Bell will do anything, even be your cow or your hose, to repay this favour!â
Lou Qingwu didnât answer but her eyes fell on it all, indifferent and distant, âIâll save her, but whether or not sheâll live will be up to her.â
âThank you, miss! Little Bell will never forget missâ huge favour even if Iâm so old that I donât have teeth!â
Lou Qingwu stood up, her fingers touching the girlâs rosary beads.
Her fingertips rubbed it and indeed, there were words carved on it.
She swiped and finally found a spot, suddenly stopping as her eyes darkened.
The side wingâs door suddenly knocked, and Tang Erâs voice sounded, âEldest miss.â
âWhat happened?â
âHeâs here.â
Lou Qingwu froze, light in her eyes seemed to sway as she sounded out an agreement.
Tang Er left.
Heâd left for too long which would draw suspicion so as that personâs already could come back, he wouldnât have to stay here.
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