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Su Li hadn't expected that.

Though she knew on an instinctive level that it was wrong of her to put Zhou Sheng in such a cruel position without caring about his inner turmoil when he had to choose between her and his family, she wanted to know what had happened after her death.

Some might say that she was still naive to simply trust Zhou Sheng's word for it after everything that had transpired and how could she believe that he wouldn't simply lie to placate her and calm her emotions.

But she knew that the other person would never lie to her.

It wasn't due to her instinctive feelings or some maudlin thoughts about friendship.

No, this confidence was borne from the fact that this person had gone back into the proverbial tiger's den along with her to save a person that didn't mean much to him in the grander scheme of things.

He could have left her to go back on her own that day and wouldn't have needed to put himself in a situation that was between a rock and a hard place for him.

Nonetheless, this person had stayed true to their friendship and gone back with her and hadn't simply left her to her ill fate.

More importantly, he hadn't reacted negatively when that person had shot his grandfather.

Even though she had been losing blood at a rapid pace and had been on her death bed, she had seen the concern for her in his eyes.

Zhou Sheng hadn't shied away or blinked his eyes when she had silently pleaded him to stand by that person's side after her death. He hadn't refused her and turned his back on her.

She nodded her head as she thought about the past and the present, gave him a sad smile, pulled away from him and turned to go back to her rooms.

These past few weeks had repeatedly made her think about things best left forgotten and she needed some peace and quiet to once again gather her equilibrium and try to live her life – even if she felt that she was simply surviving instead of living it.

Meanwhile, the Head Commander furrowed his brows at the words passed back and forth between the monarch and Zhou Sheng and his gratitude towards Zhou Sheng further increased when he realised that this person had taken revenge on the monarch and his beloved's behalf.