Chapter 1.2 (2/2)

The woman was startled, but she did not refuse his kind intentions. She opened her mouth and ate everything. One person silently fed the other, while the other silently ate everything. The scene displayed harmony that stemmed from a mutual lack of human interaction  until this moment. After she finished her food, the woman did not say any words of thanks. But, Tian Xiao was looking at the empty bowl absent-mindedly. Then, he suddenly began to laugh. It seemed like he had not laughed for a long time, as his smile was somewhat stiff and shaky. Still, the expression in his eyes made the woman gape.

“What’re you laughing at?”

Tian Xiao didn’t reply to her words. Instead, he used his fingers and gently wiped the corner of her mouth, almost as though he was taking advantage of the opportunity to caress the edges of her lip. The woman’s brows creased as if she extremely disliked  other people touching her. With a wave of her hand, she shook off the man’s hand. This single motion made the blood and vital energy in her mind bubble forth. After gasping for a long time, she managed to say, “Don’t touch me.”

The back of his hand had become swollen from the woman’s strike. Yet, almost as if Tian Xiao couldn’t feel the pain, he remarked, “Can move.” The woman frowned, and then she heard more, “You can move.”

Throughout the innumerable days and nights, everything in this place had been deathly still. In the beginning, he had felt anxious, but after he became numb to everything, the deathly stillness of this place made him feel like his body had been stripped of its roots, rendering him silent as well: he never moved, he never talked, and he was alive, but he had forgotten what he lived for. But now, seeing her had made him feel that G.o.d was proving to him that he had to live on, so that he could leave an imprint in other people’s lives. Even if it was a tiny imprint, it was enough.

“What is your name?” Tian Xiao gently inquired, not caring that this person had just hit him.

The girl closed her eyes, and coldly ignored his question.

Tian Xiao did not fume. The female beside him hugged her legs, keeping a close eye on him. As her chest heaved incessantly, his hands itched to touch her, but the pain from the back of his hand made him afraid to rashly take action. Thus, he asked again, “How did you get injured?”

Unable to get a response made Tian Xiao feel like his chattiness had been switched on. Every few moments, he would ask a question, “Where are you from?”, “Why did you get imprisoned here?”, “Isn’t your injury serious?” They came one after another, until the woman opened her eyes and fiercely glared at him.

Tian Xiao looked at her fearlessly, his eyes full of brilliant rays of light. A feeling of powerlessness indescribably leapt up in the woman’s heart. “Shut up.”

Upon realizing that the woman didn’t like to hear him speak, the bright light in his eyes  turned slightly gloomy. But when he saw that she had started to bleed again, when she had waved her hand a moment ago, his fingers moved subconsciously as he stealthily s.h.i.+fted over. Carefully, he grasped the corner of her robe and said, “Your wound is bleeding.”

His pale fingers on her pitch-black clothing formed a stark contrast. The woman was at the end of her patience, as she sat up. She moved too quickly, startling Tian Xiao into letting go immediately. He hugged his hand, as if he was afraid that the woman would hit him again.

The woman gazed at him for a long time, and then she stood up with difficulty and walked over to the wall before sitting down and leaning back on it. She seemed to have erected a cold and detached wall through her actions, refusing the approach of everyone. The abandoned Tian Xiao stayed where he was, muddleheaded. He then slowly s.h.i.+fted over by the woman again who was hugging her legs and staring at him.

Their breaths intertwined in the dark cell. Tian Xiao’s lips curved yet again, and after a moment, he actually began to laugh quite foolishly.

“What do you really want to do?” Extremely irritated, the woman spoke.

“What is your name?”

“Yu Yao.”

“Yu Yao, you’re bleeding.”

Veins protruded from Yu Yao’s forehead. “I know.”

Tian Xiao’s fingers unconsciously fidgeted. “I can help you stop the bleeding. I know how to help people heal their wounds.”

The former crown prince had been imprisoned in this type of a place, and he knew the art of healing? Yu Yao was a bit flabbergasted when she considered his cognitive abilities. However, she did not ask anymore. The experiences of this crown prince had nothing to do with her. As long as she survived, she could do what she wanted to do, and that was enough.

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