After her transformation and rebirth, she manipulates the innocent and ruthless to overthrow the wor

Yun Shao tied the rope and jumped down.

After a while, Yun Shao shouted from inside, "Miss Xiao, there's a cloth bag here, it looks like a sword?"

"sword?"

Yun Shao tied the cloth bag with a rope and hoisted it up. Xiao Ran took it and opened the bag.

Chun Tao gasped, "This...this isn't..."

Xiao Ran suddenly recalled the time when Duan Li said goodbye to her earlier that day; at that time, he wasn't carrying a sword.

Yes, how could she forget? He always carried two swords, one his master's sword and one his mother's sword.

Was it because she was used to the uniforms of the constables in the capital... or had she forgotten that the cold and ruthless young man in black carrying two swords belonged to the martial arts world?

She gripped the sword tightly, her heart suddenly clenching with anguish.

"Miss... what's wrong with you..."

Chun Tao watched as her young mistress's hands clenched until they were red... Looking further, she saw her lower her eyes, and a crystal tear fell, staining the sword hilt black and reddening Chun Tao's eyes.

In her memory, the girl was playful, strong, and optimistic; she had never seen her shed a tear. But today, she had. It seemed that everything had changed since the girl returned.

"Miss Xiao! There's another letter here!" Yun Shao shouted as he climbed up, but once he got up, he realized the atmosphere was a bit off, so he asked in a low voice.

"What, what's wrong?"

Xiao Ran wiped her eyes with her sleeve, and without caring about looking disheveled, she smiled and walked over.

"It's nothing, this is a letter that Young Master Duan left for me?"

In Yun Shao's eyes, Xiao Ran's hair was disheveled, her face was deathly pale, and her red-rimmed eyes clearly showed that she had just been crying. And yet she was smiling as she approached... In his view, that smile was even more unsightly than crying...

"Yes... it has Miss Xiao's name written on it."

After receiving the letter, Xiao Ran immediately opened it to read it.

"Miss Aran: "

I know you must be worried by my hasty departure. But circumstances force me to leave, and I fear it will burden you. The road ahead is long and arduous; I only wish you peace and safety year after year, and if spring comes, may we rekindle our past love.

——Severance

“When did my brother Duan learn to write so many words? And this handwriting…” Yun Shao picked up the letter that had been in the food box earlier and pondered it for a moment. “This shouldn’t have been written by my brother Duan, right?”

Chun Tao nodded, seemingly agreeing with Yun Shao's point.

Xiao Ran gently smoothed out the creases on the letter, carefully folded it, and placed it preciously in her bosom. At this moment, the bloodshot in her eyes gradually disappeared, no longer as red as before. Her clear eyes seemed to have been washed with water, revealing a sense of clarity and open-mindedness after experiencing vicissitudes of life.

She gently shook her head. "No, he wrote it."

Chun Tao was puzzled, but then she saw Xiao Ran suddenly turn her head to look at the mountains on the horizon, with a smile on her lips.

"He'll be back."

……

The caravan wound its way across towering mountains and valleys, finally finding a moment of peace behind a quiet, secluded forest, where everyone dismounted to rest.

Not far away, a tall, straight-looking young man dressed in black stood alone on the edge of the cliff. The mountain wind was fierce, making his clothes flutter loudly. His gaze pierced through the misty fog, looking towards the direction of the capital. His eyes seemed to hold a longing, or perhaps an endless secret, as he let his thoughts drift away with the mountain wind.

"What? Can't bear to part with your sweetheart?" A man in white walked over and tossed a wine jug over.

The young man in black took a sip and was immediately choked, coughing repeatedly. His originally cold and stern face turned bright red, but he managed to hold it in for a while.

"You can't drink it? Then give it back to me." The man in white reached out to snatch it, but the boy in black dodged it.

"Drink it."