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Chapter 34: The Plan to Take Down the Commander (2)

Song Zhishu took the water she was offered and smiled helplessly: "I don't know how many more years I can live with this body. It's good to get some fresh air now and then." She didn't seem to care how long her broken body could support her.

Yu'er choked up a little, feeling a pang of sadness. Her young mistress was such a gentle person, yet she had developed a chronic illness due to an injury she sustained as a child, and the doctor's exact words were that she wouldn't live for more than a few years. However, she still tried to deceive herself by saying, "No, my young mistress will live a healthy life, definitely."

Song Zhishu had nothing to say, she could only smile and pat her head. Yes, if she could, she would give up everything, just to add a few more years to her life and see that man one more time.

"Yu'er, I want to go out for a walk." Yu'er wiped away her tears, nodded, and went to get her cloak.

Winter mornings are cold, and Song Zhishu unconsciously tightened her cloak, breathed on her hands, and the white mist from her breath disappeared into the air. Even though it was only six or seven o'clock, some people had already set up stalls.

She walked over, picked up a sachet from a stall, and asked the stunned child with a smile, "How much is this?"

“…This…this…I’ll give it to you.” The child looked no more than thirteen or fourteen years old, only five or six years younger than her.

"Ah?" Song Zhishu frowned. "How can this be?"

The boy's face turned bright red, and he said in a very low voice, "Because you are the most handsome person I have ever seen."

Song Zhishu was amused. She was about to say something when she was interrupted by a noisy scream. The annoying noise gave her a headache.

"Miss! It's Commander Ji!" Yu'er said excitedly. "We're so lucky, we just happened to catch Commander Ji's patrol time."

Commander Ji…

Song Zhishu paused for a moment, then immediately focused her gaze on the group of people in the distance. The aloof man in the middle, wearing a green military uniform, had icy eyes, and the group of infatuated girls only made him seem unapproachable.

It was him... it was him...

It was only their second meeting, but Song Zhishu felt as if a lifetime had passed.

Ji Rong vaguely sensed a different kind of gaze. That gaze was both intense and subtle, like a breeze that blew in unintentionally yet lingered on him alone, completely different from the gazes of the group that were simply infatuated with his appearance.

"Young Master, I'm hungry." His thoughts were interrupted, and his expression softened as he gently coaxed the pouting girl beside him, "Be good, we'll eat in a bit."

Seeing the pretty girl beside him, Song Zhishu's elation vanished almost instantly. She smiled bitterly; after all, how could he not have fallen for a girl in over a decade? Despite the bitterness in her mouth, she still said to Yu'er, "Let's go, let's go back."

Who is Song Zhishu? She has loved that man for more than ten years. How could she not know what Ji Rong's gaze towards that girl contained? It was a burning yet subtle love.

Ji Rong felt the gaze fade. For some reason, he suddenly looked around, trying to find the owner of the gaze. Finally, he fixed his uncertain gaze on the somewhat slender girl in front of him, his eyes darkening. He felt as if something was slipping out of his control.

When Song Zhishu returned to the Song family home, she vaguely sensed that something was amiss. She pursed her lips, not thinking much of it, and prepared to go back to her room.