Chapter 472 - I Will Try To Help You (1/2)

”Then, why didn't you go back to the second branch? Why did you choose to become a street performer?” Yao Ling asked out of curiosity. No matter how she looked at it, this was a bad choice.

At least, it would be better than her current situation... wandering all around the world with a performer trope while selling her body just like that. No matter what, she was still the daughter of an official and she had a choice to get herself out of the treason crime.

She could just start a new life and live a simple life as a commoner. Why was she so hard on herself?!

”I... I heard from my adopted father's personal servant that they could be saved if I could find the man in the painting...” She said softly while her gaze was wandering away, seemingly remembered something from the past. That servant's words...

She didn't doubt it because he was the one that her adopted father had really trusted.

Ying Ying continued, ”I want to repay their kindness and thus, find a way to go out of the kingdom by myself. The man had been missing in the border between Qin and Shu Kingdom, so I just tried my luck --- maybe that man is here... Who knows that my guess is actually true? However, I'm not sure whether I have found the right man or not... After all, I have never met the man before but I saw his painting once.”

She only had a glimpse of Yao Ying and their distance was quite far. If she concentrated enough, she might be able to see him clearly --- however, she was performing at that time and needed to keep her balance all the time. If she lost concentration, there was a chance that she would fall to her death.

Ying Ying started to open up bit by bit to Yao Ling... She felt that she had nothing to lose at the moment because she felt that the woman in front of her was her last hope. Besides, she felt comfortable around Yao Ling without even knowing why.

”Did you see the painting because of that servant once again?” Yao Ling asked.

Ying Ying nodded.

Yao Ling tilted her head to the side, ”Have you ever doubted that servant's words?”

Ying Ying's face started to change and asked, ”What do you mean, Young Miss?”

Yao Ling sneered inwardly because after listening to Ying Ying's story, she didn't think that her adopted father was that kind, to begin with. How could such a piece of news reach her ears if there was no conspiracy behind it? By accident or the servant's loyalty? She doubted it. Maybe this woman was their only hope so they set them free... so they used her. However, this was only one of the possibilities.

How could a woman know exactly where to find Yao Ying if no one had guided her? There was no such coincidence in this world. Yao Ying felt a headache when she thought this way, after all, she would certainly change her mind and pity this woman.

Yao Ling didn't answer Ying Ying's question, but her words made Ying Ying falter because she never doubted that man for once.

”Then, why do you think that this man can save your sister?” Yao Ling asked in confusion. ”I don't think it's easy to scratch off such a heavy crime, right? How much time left that you have?” A traitor's punishment could only be one --- death. The Emperor rarely gave a chance for them to live or maybe... exile them.

Such a short time... how could a little woman be able to find a man in such a big world?

True enough, Ying Ying answered, ”Less than one month... The investigation is still ongoing... However, there's a chance that it could be faster than that...”