In the years of famine, I led a comfortable life with my husband

Upon hearing that Xie Chengjin fell ill, Su Zhizhi became extremely anxious. Without caring about anything else, she hurriedly followed the prince's men to Xie Chengjin's residence.

As soon as she entered the room, Su Zhizhi smelled a strong smell of medicine. Her heart suddenly ached. Thinking back, she seemed to have rarely seen Xie Chengjin like this.

Feeling her eyes were sore, Su Zhizhi closed her eyes tightly. After the tears disappeared, Su Zhizhi calmed herself down and walked step by step to Xie Chengjin's side. She lowered her head and looked at the pale-faced Xie Chengjin lying on the bed. The tears that she had finally held back suddenly burst out.

Su Zhizhi covered her mouth tightly, trying hard to suppress her tears, but her tears still fell on Xie Chengjin's face.

Xie Chengjin's eyelashes couldn't help but tremble, and then slowly opened.

The moment he saw Su Zhizhi, Xie Chengjin's numb pupils lit up for a moment. Then, as if he had thought of something, he smiled bitterly and said, "I've been sick for so long that I'm even hallucinating. Zhizhi... where are you?"

Although Xie Chengjin murmured "This is an illusion", his eyes remained on Su Zhizhi and could not move away at all.

Xie Chengjin even subconsciously stretched out his hand to touch Su Zhizhi, but when he was about to touch her, he suddenly came to his senses and his hand stayed where it was. Then, as if he thought of something, he smiled bitterly and tried to pull his hand back.

But at this moment, Su Zhizhi reacted and grabbed Xie Chengjin's hand and placed it on her cheek.

"...Xie Chengjin...I'm back..." Su Zhizhi looked at Xie Chengjin like this and burst into tears.

At this moment, all the grievances and heartaches in her heart turned into tears and burst out.

Su Zhizhi leaned on Xie Chengjin's body, crying helplessly until her voice became hoarse.

Xie Chengjin was surprised by the touch in his hand and was unable to come back to his senses for a long time. It was not until Su Zhizhi's sobbing became more and more frequent that Xie Chengjin came back to his senses and held Su Zhizhi in his arms with trembling hands.

"Zhizhi...is it really you?...Am I really not dreaming?" Although Xie Chengjin's voice sounded pale and weak, when it reached Su Zhizhi's ears, it made Su Zhizhi cry even harder. She nodded and sobbed constantly.

When he realized that the person in front of him was real, Xie Chengjin sat up abruptly, not caring about his current weak body, and hugged Su Zhizhi tightly, as if he wanted to integrate her into his bones and blood.

Su Zhizhi did not resist at all, and the two of them just looked at each other in silence for a long time.

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Su Zhizhi returned to Xie Chengjin's side, and his illness improved a lot. As the saying goes, heart disease needs to be treated with heart medicine. Now that Su Zhizhi is found again, Xie Chengjin no longer has any other worries.

Su Zhizhi also told Xie Chengjin why she was not in Dayong Imperial City. Although she chose a less dangerous thing to talk about, Xie Chengjin couldn't help but frown tightly, and he felt more and more guilty.

Anyway, the matter of Dayong was over. Seeing that Xie Chengjin was almost recovered, the group discussed and prepared to return to Daliang.

And at this time, Sigoya found Xie Chengjin.

Originally, Sigoya was sent by Emperor Dayong to investigate things outside the imperial city, but when he came back, he found that the situation in the Dayong imperial city had changed, and Xie Chengjin, who had begged for his help some time ago, was one of the culprits.

Sigoya did not react much to the change of ownership of Dayong. After all, the former Emperor of Dayong did not give Sigoya any preferential treatment or benefits, so Sigoya naturally had no loyalty to him. For Sigoya, money was more worthy of his loyalty than the emperor.

But now that Dayong Kingdom was destroyed, Sigoya knew very well that as a court official of Dayong, he would naturally be affected. If he wanted to survive this turmoil, he would need another shelter for himself. As for who this shelter would be, Sigoya set his sights on Xie Chengjin.

Xie Chengjin was not surprised when he knew that Sigoya wanted to see him. On the contrary, if Sigoya did not make any move, Xie Chengjin would have to be on guard.

"Master Xie, how are you? I was extremely worried when I heard that you were seriously ill." Sigoya looked at Xie Chengjin with a forced smile.

Xie Chengjin only said with a forced smile, "Thank you for your concern, Lord Si. I'm almost recovered now. But I don't know why Lord Si came here."

When Sigoya saw that his true purpose was exposed, the smile on his face became a little stiff and he fell into silence for a moment. An awkward atmosphere lingered around Sigoya.

After a long moment, Si Geya smiled and said, "Master Xie is indeed smart. Now that Dayong is doomed, Master Si knows me well. I don't want to perish with Dayong, so I hope Master Xie can lend me a helping hand."

Xie Chengjin frowned, "Do you want to ascend the throne and become emperor?"

Sigoya shook his head repeatedly, "No, no, no, I don't have such plans. I just want to thank you for helping me leave Dayong and go to Daliang."

Xie Chengjin understood Si Geya's idea and said with a half-smile, "Sir Si, if you want me to help you, you have to pay a price. If you want me to help you, you have to pay something."

Sigoya felt that these words were particularly familiar. This was clearly what he had said to Xie Chengjin.

Now this sentence hit him like a boomerang, and Sigoya realized how infuriating it was.

But now Si Geya needed help. Although he was extremely angry, he could only suppress his anger and looked at Xie Chengjin, "Master Xie is absolutely right. I was not thoughtful enough before. I have not touched the more than half of the assets that Master Xie placed with me. I can return everything to you, Master Xie..."

Before Si Geya could finish, Xie Chengjin said: Lord Si, you are worrying too much. Those assets are still in my hands. If Lord Si only wants to pay these... I am sorry that I can't do anything to help you.

After saying that, Xie Chengjin and Su Zhizhi turned around and wanted to leave.

Seeing that Xie Chengjin wanted to refuse the deal, Si Geya didn't care about the trap Xie Chengjin had set for him in the first place, and hurriedly stopped him: "Master Xie, please stay... Master Xie, please just ask for what you want."

Xie Chengjin had been waiting for these words. He slowly turned around and looked at Si Geya. "Since Lord Si has said so, I will not be polite. After this incident, I feel that I lack a capable person by my side. I just don't know...whether Lord Si is willing to accept it."