Lin Qianqian coughed, supported her upper body with both hands, and sat up with great effort, "Can you please give me the noodles first? I'm so hungry, I want to eat some noodles."

Shen Jian immediately raised his head, and his dark eyes seemed to flash with the light of fireflies and brighten for a moment.

"Be careful, it's hot." The man brought the noodles over and handed them to Lin Qianqian.

Lin Qianqian went to catch the bowl, but her hands were so weak that the bowl was about to tip over. Shen Jian quickly reached out and caught it steadily, so that the noodles did not fall onto the bed.

"Thank you."

Lin Qianqian first stretched out her hands and pushed the messy and dirty hair behind her neck back with her hands.

She lowered her head meekly and tied a ponytail with a piece of cloth, revealing her slender white neck. Then she lay on the edge of the bed, put her head in front of the bowl, picked up the long noodles with chopsticks, blew on them, put them into her mouth, and ate them bite by bite.

The hot air rose, steaming the woman's beautiful face, as if it was covered by a layer of smoke.

The lips that opened and closed, soaked in the soup, looked as delicate and beautiful as if they had been licked with red paper.

Shen Jian looked away somewhat unnaturally.

After finishing the noodles, she took the medicine and drank it in one gulp. The bitterness of the Chinese medicine made her face wrinkled. Lin Qianqian asked casually, "Is there any sugar? Is there any candied fruit or something? It's so bitter."

"I'll go and buy."

"Nevermind."

Shen Jian said nothing and turned and walked out.

After a while, he came back with a big paper bag in his hand.

He sat on the edge of the bed and unfolded the wrapped papers one by one.

"Why did you buy so many?" Lin Qianqian counted with her eyes and found that there were seven or eight kinds of preserved fruits.

"These candied fruits are very expensive, right? How much did you spend on them?" she asked, staring at him.

Shen Jian reached out and scratched the back of his head, then looked down at the ground. "I don't know which one you like. The boss said we should have a little bit of everything."

Lin Qianqian picked up a candied fruit and put it into her mouth. The sweetness instantly spread to the tip of her tongue, offsetting the bitterness of the Chinese medicine bit by bit.

Suddenly, she said, "Just escort me here, you don't have to follow me."

"I'll walk the rest of the way by myself. Thank you for your care."

After she finished speaking, she gave Shen Jian a reassuring smile, "Don't worry, I have ways to protect myself."

"I can disguise myself as a man. Anyway, there are many ways. I don't want to trouble you any more, nor do I want to owe you a favor. With my ability, I can't repay you."

Shen Jian stared at her face and said angrily, "You are seeking death."

"What if you encounter the same situation as last time? Will you still want to die?"

Lin Qianqian hugged her legs and rested her face on her knees, "I won't die."

"I've died once, I won't die again."

"If I die, it would be too easy for those who bullied me. I haven't taken revenge yet."

Shen Jian felt an inexplicable irritation in his heart, "You are so stupid."

"Other women depend on men and crave their protection, but you don't want that!"

Lin Qianqian said firmly, "I am myself, not another woman."

In October, Lin Qianqian took a dip in the cold river water. After waking up from drowning, she inevitably caught a cold.

Her cough was so severe that she stayed in the inn for three days to recuperate.

Lin Qianqian had the same nightmare for two consecutive nights.

The first dream was the night she heard a murder at the inn. The person who was killed turned into a terrifying ghost and asked her why she didn't save him. The second dream was that the female corpse by the river stood up and came over to ask her why she walked away indifferently and did nothing. Then, without saying a word, it showed its ferocious fangs and came over to bite her neck...

Every night, Lin Qianqian wakes up from nightmares.

She sat up weakly in bed, the hair around her face soaked.

Lin Qianqian sat on the bed, clasped her hands together, closed her eyes and prayed, "It's not that I don't want to help, but I'm powerless."

"I sincerely pray for you, and hope you will be reborn into a good family in the next life."

After saying these words, Lin Qianqian realized how brave and precious people who stand up for justice are.

Being afraid of trouble seems to be a form of cowardice.

An escape.

This behavior inadvertently encourages bad people to commit crimes.

In the old stories, the protagonists who like to do what is right are like heroes and angels descending from the sky.

Lin Qianqian felt the suffering she had seen in the past two days. It was like she was experiencing a horror movie, a crime scene, or accidentally entering a battle royale game. If she wasn't careful, she would become a corpse like them.

How she wished she could wake up and return to the civilized and safe modern world.

Is there any way to prevent the tragedy of female corpses from happening again?

For other women, and to prevent herself from becoming the next victim?

……

The next morning, Lin Qianqian asked the waiter to bring up hot water.

When she woke up on the first day, she felt greasy and wanted to take a shower. Her clothes and hair smelled damp from the river, and there was a smell of mud mixed with sweat. Because she was very weak from the cold, she didn't dare to take a shower, but now she is finally feeling better.

The bathtub was filled with hot water.

Lin Qianqian reached in, rolled up her sleeves, and moved the water twice with her slender arms. Ripples immediately appeared on the clear and transparent water surface.

She reached out and took off her simple clothes, lowered her waist, squatted in the bathtub, picked up the bath towel and wiped every part of her body clean.

She scrubbed her back and arms, and the shock she had witnessed two days ago reappeared in her eyes.

The world of the Marquis' Mansion was too small. Only when she walked outside did she see everything she had never seen before.

God would not let her travel through the book for no reason. Perhaps, God asked her to travel through the book in order to fulfill a certain mission, such as changing the situation of women in this world.

When this thought came to her mind, Lin Qianqian felt a little funny.

In the 5,000 years of Chinese history, there was only one Wu Zetian. How could her power alone change the fate of women in this era?

The struggle history of Wu Zetian emerged in her mind. There were so many beautiful concubines in the emperor's harem. How did Wu Zetian rise to the throne? She relied on her excellent political mind. When other concubines were still competing for favor with their beauty, her political talent had become unique. She was an ambitious and powerful official, but she was born a woman.

Only when she came to the emperor's side did she rewrite the history of the Li Tang Dynasty.

At this moment, an idea emerged in Lin Qianqian's mind. She tried desperately to catch it, but was interrupted before she could catch it.

With a creaky sound, the door suddenly opened from the outside.

Lin Qianqian turned around and saw the person coming. She hugged her chest in fear and shrank into the corner of the bathtub.

"why you?"

"How did you come?"

"How did you know I was here?"

"get out!"

Zhang Qi faced Lin Qianqian with an ambiguous smile on his lips.

He leaned back, letting the two doors close automatically, and quietly fastened the bolts with his hands.

He walked over, put his arms around Lin Qianqian's neck, leaned his face closer, and kissed her forehead lovingly and tenderly like a close lover.

He confided softly, "I missed you."

"Also, I want to tell you that your prince has mobilized the queen mother's people to come find you. This time, I'm afraid you can't escape. Sooner or later, you will be caught by them."

"How about it? Do you want me to protect you and let you go? Or do you want me to catch you back by that prince?"

"He's very angry. I think you'll be in trouble if you go back. You'll be abused by him and have to go back to the original prison to fight with those women."

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