Ji Sky hung his head in thought for a long while before looking back up towards the closed gate.
âShe closed the door to the ruin...â
To stop us from dying? She closed the door, for our sake?
Canât be.... she already expects to encounter danger?
Thatâs why she said that stuff about looking after Miss Ling Yan until the father comes around? Is that why?
âElder Sky, you still havenât told me what happened between you and Mr. Di yet!â Fifth Elder was starting to get impatient and got all rowdy.
Making a bittersweet face: âBefore you came back to get us, I injured Mrs. Diâs mother...â
What?!
Fifth Elderâs face changed drastically, his voice racy and panting with anxiety: âYo-You hurt her mother?!â
âYes,â Ji Sky closed his old eyes, that eyelash fluttering due to the guilt he felt inside. âItâs because of Gu Ya, she came running over earlier tonight and claimed Mrs. Di wants to become the monarchâs wife. In order to achieve that, she was going to use me by gambling with Songâs health. You know me. If Song really did become healthy again then I wouldâve been so grateful that she couldâve asked me for anything. But...ân/o/vel/b//in dot c//om
Thinking of what had happened, Ji Sky sighed and appeared all the much older with that deflated shoulder: âGu Ya then told me Mrs. Di doesnât have that sort of skill, whatever she planned to do would end up killing my granddaughter.â
The mountains around the ruins were a tranquil calm with none willing to speak as they listened in to the whole story. As for the ending... They didnât need to guess because if Bai Yan were here then that meant the treatment was a success. Everyone knew how crazy Elder Sky could get if itâs related to Song. If that girl really did die, he wouldnât be standing here and instead murdered the perpetrator for killing his only family member left.
âAnd then what?â Fifth Elder got all edgy due to his peer for not continuing the story, âYou didnât ask for the details and injured the ladyâs mother, right?â
Ji Sky returned with a bitter smile and nodded: âYou know me, whenever I hear something bad about Song I would lose it. I had intended to go find Mrs. Di and get an explanation but was blocked by Miss Ling Yan part way there. Afterwards, thatâs when Mrs. Diâs mother showed up as well from out of the blue. I was in a panic and didnât think things through, so.... I ended up hurting the other lady you saw going inside the ancient ruins. I really didnât mean to cause such a huge mistake....â
When the last words came out, a brief moment of silence fell upon this mountain once again, their eyes all looking towards the direction of the closed gate. Thereâs worship in their eyes, and some were mixed with pure gratitude with shining light flickering from within.
In their view, such a fine character of a woman deserves much respect. Not only did Bai Yan save Song â which proves her medicinal skills are beyond even that of Elder Sky â she also shut the gate in order to keep them safe here on the outside. How could they not be grateful when sheâs doing so much?
However nice those opinions were, these idiots are in fact overthinking the matter. Truth was Bai Yan merely didnât want them to follow along and be deadweights. Thereâs also the fact that she wanted a proper guardian for Ling Yan in case anyone attacks. Gu Ya for one was a danger that she couldnât ignore. And then thereâs the other domains, who knows if they would send people over to assassinate her daughter while sheâs not looking?