Li Zhenzhen finally learned the young man's name years later. Tian Ying. Her fingers traced the invisible stro…
Li Zhenzhen finally learned the young man's name years later.
Tian Ying.
Her fingers traced the invisible strokes in the air, writing those two characters over and over, stroke by stroke.
Tian Ying, Tian Ying, Tian Ying...
A tinge of joy welled up.
The person she had searched for more than ten years had actually appeared before her on his own initiative.
Could this be fate?
All her life, she had hated fate, fought against it, refused to submit to it. This was the first time she wanted to thank fate.
Although he didn't recognize her, or perhaps he had never remembered her at all, it didn't matter. It was enough that she alone knew about this reunion.
As for the matter he had asked her to handle... she naturally agreed without hesitation.
Whether to be his sword, or his blood-stained hands, it didn't matter. As long as he needed her, she could become anything.
However, she wrapped her help in the shell of a deal, even though she was not interested in the thing related to eyes at all.
After all, if she agreed without reason, it would only arouse suspicion in a cautious person like him.
It never occurred to her that protecting the Khitan envoys was not the whole of his plan. He was going to Qingfeng Post to carry out another assassination.
Qingfeng Post, a territory of the Tang Dynasty, a place with heavy troops. How could he come and go freely?
Without caring about anything else, Li Zhenzhen insisted on adding another clause to the deal: letting her go with him.
Sure enough, there was hesitation in his voice.
What do you want to do in Qingfeng Post?
How do I know if you will come back after this trip? If you run away, where can a blind girl like me find you?
She made up a random lie. Fortunately, he seemed to believe it.
I said I would exchange eyes for you, and I will definitely bring the eyes. I, Tian, keep my word.
I don't believe you.
She put on a look of indifference without any trust. He let out a long sigh and said:
I will leave in three days. Don't wait if you are late.
Three days, that's enough.
Enough for her to pack her bags, get herself ready, and follow him to life and death without any worries, to protect him.
...If that accident hadn't happened.
When Li Zhenzhen died, why did she put on a wedding dress?
She couldn't explain it herself.
Perhaps it was because she knew that one day, someone would come to the bottom of the lake for a promise.
She had met him for the first time in a wedding dress, so she would also say goodbye in a wedding dress.
Maybe then he would remember, remember the day they met each other thousands of days and nights ago.
Finish your work.
Survive.
And... remember me.
Tian Ying.
It was the first and last time she called his name. The empty valley was quiet, and no one heard it.