Chapter 76 - I have to leave (2/2)

He furrows his brows. He doesn't want to leave. He has little choice. He walks away from her with an uneasy feeling. He halts at the door and turns around. She's sitting quietly on the floor. He hears her sigh sadly once. A complicated feeling rise in his heart.

Reluctantly, Li Jun walks out of the room. He closes the door behind him. He tells the soldiers to keep watch. The woman can't leave the vicinity. After giving some other commands, he takes long strides toward Wu Qiuyue's courtyard.

5 minutes later, a soldier comes inside.

”Miss Kwon.” The soldier glances at the girl dressed in male clothes.

Stunned, Kwon Kyuri looks at the soldier. ”How do you know my name?”

”Master Li made arrangement for your escape,” The soldier tells her with a poker face. ”Please come with me. We will help you leave the country.”

She smiles brilliantly with a tinge of sadness in her eyes. ”Ah! I should have expected. After Li Jun tried to find me, he must have contacted the timekeepers.”

”We don't have time.” The timekeeper soldier has never helped a traveler escape before. He looks at the door uneasily. ”If General Li comes back, it will be difficult.”

”Sure. Sure.” She stands up on her feet. ”Can you untie my hands first?”

***

”How is she?” Li Jun asks the physician. Wu Qiuyue's figure is lying on the bed, unconscious.

”If I was a little late, she would have died,” The physician answers him with a grave tone. ”She took a strong poison. Where did she get hold of it?”

He sighs. He would also like to know the answer. He turns to her maid. ”Where is Hua'er?”

”He's asleep.” The maid answers nervously.

Li Jun doesn't miss it. ”Do you know how she got the poison?”

The maid's lips quiver. Under his deathly glare, her knees become weak. She drops on her knees and shudders. ”Master, please forgive me. It was Madam who sent me to buy poison. I didn't know that she will do this.”

He takes a long glance at Wu Qiuyue. This woman would rather kill herself than let him bring in Mo Wei.