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

Xiao Ran smiled and nodded slightly.

"Master Qi, they should release you later. At that time, I will definitely hold a welcome dinner for you. But right now, I still need to meet with Zeng Jitian."

Master Qi's gaze fell on Zeng Jitian's cell not far away, where he saw two people leaving in a hurry.

Knowing that this must have been Ran's arrangement, he let Xiao Ran leave.

After saying goodbye to Master Qi, Xiao Ran arrived at Zeng Jitian's prison cell.

The iron railings were tightly wrapped with heavy iron chains, layer upon layer, like venomous snakes coiled around the neck, giving people a strong sense of oppression and making it almost impossible to breathe.

Zeng Jitian, his back hunched, leaned against the wall. His body was covered in scabbed wounds, his eyes were dull and lifeless, and he stared blankly at the rats gnawing on his "food".

It was more like pig swill than food.

The brownish-yellow fluid looked nauseating.

Suddenly, a sound rang out, startling the mice that were happily feasting on their "food." Like frightened deer, they scattered and fled in all directions.

“Zeng Jitian.” Xiao Ran frowned.

In her past life, she had met Zeng Jitian.

Because this case involves a wide range of people, many people love to gossip about it.

So when people heard that Zeng Jitian had been acquitted, many people gathered at the entrance of Dali Temple to watch the drama unfold.

Xiao Ran assumed that Master Qi had also been released that day, so she disguised herself and waited at the door.

Many people were released, but Master Qi has yet to emerge.

Just as Xiao Ran was wondering what was going on, she suddenly heard a large group of people exclaim in surprise.

She looked over curiously as well.

Several jailers surrounded Zeng Jitian. He was wearing the academy uniform, though he looked somewhat haggard. She could sense that he still possessed energy and spirit, unlike his current state—

His eyes were empty, devoid of any...life.

Upon hearing Xiao Ran's call, Zeng Jitian merely glanced up before lowering his head again.

He didn't say a word.

Xiao Ran called out again, "Zeng Jitian!"

no response.

"You're not going to care about your mother, Zhang Shi, either?" Xiao Ran shouted, slamming her hand on the iron bars of the prison door.

Zeng Jitian's chapped lips moved slowly.

"People are dead."

Xiao Ran could sense the endless sorrow in his words.

"Don't you want to avenge your mother?" Her eyes were slightly red.

Beneath the cover of her long hair, the corner of her mouth twitched slightly.

"Revenge?" he said in a low, mocking voice.

The two words, squeezed out from between his teeth, seemed to create ripples like pebbles thrown into water.

“Your mother remembered you until her last moment…” Xiao Ran seemed to choke up as she said this.

"It's the injustice of Heaven, the cruelty of the emperor! Even if your mother was wrong, she shouldn't have died knowing nothing."

"She did it all to see her son, but the guards at the city gate became the biggest shackle on her heart. She went mad, she mistook someone else for someone else, but her heart was always with you..."

As Xiao Ran finished speaking, the echoes of her words lingered in the cell, but soon returned to calm.

Zeng Jitian sat in the corner, his body hunched over, his hair disheveled and obscuring his eyes and brows, making it impossible to discern any emotion from him.

But the little one began to tremble, and gradually, tears slid down his cheeks.

One drop, two drops, three drops...

Yes, that's his mother.

It was the last straw in his remaining will to live.

"what should I do?"