You can see so personalities clearly.
The person standing in front of Sui Yi glanced faintly at the tear in Sui Yi’s clothing... Not only had it been ripped by a beast, but there was also plant sap staining it. Even in a panic, it wouldn’t be so disheveled.
Unless...
Her gaze fell on Sui Yi’s beautiful, serene eyes.
After a while, she reached out her hand, just about to grab Sui Yi...
Hmm?
Sui Yi remained motionless.
She quietly placed the hand that was about to grab the other person’s shoulder under Sui Yi’s nose.
No... breath.
Dead?
At this mont.
Sui Yi couldn’t help but purse her lips slightly.
This woman... truly is different.
"Seems like you’re still alive," the other person said.
"..." Sui Yi didn’t know what to say.
The other person didn’t care for her and just walked ahead.
No holding hands, no pretending to be invincible and flying together, just soone walking ahead, and Sui Yi let out a sigh of relief, following behind...
After an indeterminate period, Sui Yi heard the crisp, gentle sound of a little stream flowing and caught a delicate fragrance that hit the nostrils perfectly.
"We’ll be there after crossing the bridge," the person ahead said softly.
"Mm," Sui Yi heard the footsteps of the other person becoming pronounced and clearer, leading her to follow...
After crossing the bridge, Sui Yi felt the flower fragrance deepen... the path underfoot was paved with pebbles.
With a thud, a wooden chair toppled over,
Sui Yi’s steps halted there.
"Sorry."
"No problem."
With a gust of wind, the chair rose from the ground and moved in front of Sui Yi, but it wasn’t moved by soone since the other person had already entered the house.
Sui Yi paused for a mont, feeling her way to the chair and sitting down, exhaling deeply.
She... felt sowhat tired.
So tiredness stems from distant mories.
It was from when she road the streets as a child... After being abandoned by that family, she walked out the door with nothing and never stepped back inside.
Being an ordinary person, she would get hungry, as hunger is the basic instinct of any living creature and a fundantal human instinct too.
She was starving, staring blankly at the bread in soone’s hand on the street.
In those days, perhaps a big loaf of bread only cost a dollar; she stared... the man saw her, giving her a smile...
He chased after her with the bread, while she ran ahead...
It was an exceedingly long alleyway, dark and damp, as if it had rained last night. Splashing water as she ran, it fell upon musty-slling moss...
She ran and ran, feeling fatigued, but sohow saw the orphanage’s vast blue sky, deep cellar, and fiery sea...
She ran, gasping for air, not knowing when she could stop...
What was on her mind then?
She... was human.
The most vulnerable kind.
Unable to protect others, powerless to guard herself.
Such weariness is from failing, hence tired.
It’s a kind of obsession.
But back then she was human.
Now... maybe she’s not.
Thus, she’s not breathing, not because she’s dead, but because she’s no longer human.
Because she’s not human.
So she lost her sight.
Sui Yi sat on the chair, knowing that there must be a creek in front of her, surrounded by many flowers and plants...
Maybe this place is beautiful.
After a while, the person inside the house walked out: "If you wish to heal, afraid you must co in."
Sui Yi got up, recalling the other’s footsteps from before...
Heading toward the gate, she lifted her foot at the steps...
A blind person doesn’t necessarily need help from others; even if she has just lost her sight, she remains better than ordinary people.
This is perhaps Sui Yi’s ability and also her persistence.
Honor can be lost, but dignity cannot.
"Hot water is prepared. On your left is a bucket of hot water, face cloth is inside, clothes are at the right side by the bed... Hemostatic dicine and other things are on the table,"
With these words, the door creaked shut gently.
Not waiting for Sui Yi to say thank you.
Sui Yi was silent for a while, then thodically undressed to wash herself...
The person outside was sitting in the courtyard, reading a book...
She was reading a collection of leisurely records.
She had read it many tis, so even though the book’s pages were handled carefully, they were still sowhat worn.
As her slender, smooth fingers touched the yellowed pages, an ancient aura intertwined...
It was like a sigh of age.
As she continued reading, she heard a bang inside the house.
In an instant, the book was placed on the small table beside the chair, and she was already inside the house.
Observing the scene before her.
This strange visitor, a peculiar young woman, was leaning against the table, facing sideways to her, the robe half-lifted, revealing most of the upper body. Whether it was the slender narrow back, the smooth shoulder, or the side of the chest, all bore various wounds... though not many, enough to be startling.
Her head was bowed, long hair scattered ssily, gasping hard, the fingers grasping the table turned white at the knuckles, yet she maintained silence.
On the ground, the washbasin rounded with a clatter, water splashed everywhere.
The water flowed....
Just like the flesh on her body that had been cut, seeping thin lines of crimson blood... But actually not much, just a thin streak running along the skin...
The room was dead silent.
For a mont.
The washbasin on the ground was splashed, the water from the wooden bucket flooded into the basin, the face cloth in Sui Yi’s hand was drawn out, placed into the basin, hot water steaming, seeping bloodstains, taken out and wrung dry... The steam reached Sui Yi.
Not waiting for Sui Yi to refuse nor consent, the towel already fell into Sui Yi’s hands.
"If I were you, I wouldn’t let others help either. Perhaps it’s pride, hence I won’t force you..."
"Anyway, sooner or later, you’ll make yourself faint"
"By then, if I help you wash and apply dicine, you can’t bla ."
This person could be considered peculiar, gentle, and considerate, mindful of Sui Yi’s blindness and fragility, respecting her dignity, hence not being forceful...
Yet at tis, she’s sowhat self-centered, as now, deciding not to leave once she said so.
Sui Yi held the towel but didn’t know whether to continue or let the other person assist her further. (To be continued. If you like this work, feel free to vote for recomndations, monthly passes at Qidian (qidian). Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please visit m.qidian to read.)
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