Xinglan instinctively played dumb.
Song Lili knitted her brows and stared at her, "Xinglan, don’t pretend in front of me. Who was the person who just walked away?"
Faced with Song Lili’s questioning, Xinglan unconsciously swallowed, thinking how easy Xiaonian made it sound, but facing Tang Xiaohua wasn’t her; those eyes, no longer confused as when her body was weak, were very clear now, staring straight at her...
No matter how confidently she had manipulated things to deceive her before, she now felt a bit panicked.
"Don’t be fierce, I don’t know who that was either. Dressed in a military uniform, wearing a black mask, didn’t utter a word from start to finish. How would I know who it was!"
Xinglan truly couldn’t invent an entirely fabricated story as Wen Nian had hoped, so she could only tell a mixture of truth and lies.
This way... it’s only concealment, it shouldn’t count as deception, right?
Song Lili muttered these three words, unconsciously pursing her lips. Was it... Commander Lu?
"Was it that person who saved us?"
"Oh, after that mysterious person saved Shen Lingxi, Shen Lingxi left first. Probably too disheveled, she didn’t say a word out of embarrassment."
Song Lili closed her eyes. Actually... she also understood that besides Lu Ziqing, there probably wouldn’t be anyone else who knew their situation so well and could appear at the most crucial moment.
The corners of her mouth lightly curled up, a hint of a smile appearing on her weary face.
That Lu Ziqing, always with sharp words but a soft heart.
Just didn’t know if anyone else was aware of his actions, nor did she know... if this counted as cheating.
Song Lili leaned against a tree,
"Xinglan, let’s rest until tomorrow morning before we set off."
"Will... there be enough time?"
Song Lili just wanted to rest properly now. She didn’t know how long it had been since she had last slept soundly. Since her rebirth, the nightmares of her past life had flashed by repeatedly..., striking her fragile soul whenever she wasn’t paying attention.
The faces of those criminals also kept emerging, intensifying her guilt.
Her hatred built up day by day, making it hard to ignore.
Seeing her exhaustion, Xinglan sat down beside her, letting Lili lean on her shoulder,
Lili leaned on Xinglan’s shoulder and actually fell asleep, truly soundly for the first time in a long time, their clothes half wet, yet the two girls nestled tightly together, generating warmth.
The next day, bright and sunny weather greeted them, sunlight streaming through the gaps in the leaves.
Xinglan’s head tipped over, and she instantly woke up, collapsing to the ground,
"I’m here, are you awake?"
"Awake, awake... When did you wake up?"
Song Lili said and threw something freshly cleaned to Xinglan.
"A potato? Where did you find this?"
"Just dug it up from the ground behind, eat it raw, better than being hungry. We still have a day’s journey ahead."
Xinglan stood up, Song Lili neatly dressed and shouldering her backpack, looking fully revived, energetic.
"It’s really great that you’ve recovered!"
Song Lili smiled and continued munching on the potato as she walked ahead.