However, as he was himself fleeing for his life at the time, he did not think too deeply on it.
Later on, not long after he had escaped, he realized that the jade pendant at his waist had suddenly vanished.
It was because he wanted to turn back to search for it that those people were able to capture him, leading to the subsequent tragedy.
But why did Ye Jiu say that she was born with this jade pendant on her?
Could it be that Ye Jiu was the child that the woman was holding in her arms back then?
And that his jade pendant hadn’t disappeared without cause, but had fallen onto Ye Jiu during their collision, and because she was too young to know the truth at the time, she believed it to be with her from birth?
With so many doubts, even Sikong Mo couldn’t figure it out.
He opened his mouth, wanting to say that the jade pendant was his family heirloom, but seeing the protective manner in which Ye Jiu held it, Sikong Mo knew that even if he did tell her, she might not believe him.
She might even suspect that he wanted to covet her possession.
All of a sudden, Sikong Mo seemed to see something flickering on Ye Jiu’s forehead.
This time, it seemed even clearer than before.
Taking advantage of the moment before the mark faded, Sikong Mo suddenly stepped forward, only to discover that the character on Ye Jiu’s forehead was a "battle" character!
In surprise, Sikong Mo reached out, and before Ye Jiu could dodge, his index finger had already touched the flickering mark on her forehead.
In her attempt to dodge, Ye Jiu’s hand subconsciously grabbed onto Sikong Mo’s large hand.
Suddenly, scenes from their long-lost memories flashed through their minds.
The female infant abandoned by her birth mother right after being born, handed over to a midwife with poison coursing through her veins, and the youth who had endured unspeakable torture after being pursued and imprisoned...
Both memories belonging and not belonging to themselves replayed in their minds, only this time, it didn’t feel like their own personal experiences, but more like watching someone else’s life from the sidelines.
Ye Jiu and Sikong Mo did not notice that as their minds were playing these memories like a movie, their bodies had vanished from that space...
Far away, whether it was enemy or ally, after searching through the Heavenly Prison strewn with corpses and the nearby streets and alleys filled with the bodies of soldiers and dark figures alike, there was still no news of Sikong Mo.
Whether he was dead or alive was completely unknown.
Si Nan, who had always had immense confidence in Sikong Mo, suddenly became afraid. In his heart, his Prince was like a god. The last time he was assassinated was also due to the onset of poison in his body.
Now, Divine Doctor Qing Li had already said that their Prince’s body could hold on for another year without the poison acting up. Yet now, everyone, even if only their bodies, had been accounted for, but their Prince alone was neither seen alive nor found dead.
Prince Jing, having seen neither Sikong Mo nor Ye Jiu, did not stay for long and left directly.
He clearly saw Ye Jiu riding a giant eagle in this direction, and now, given that Sikong Mo was not here and Ye Jiu was nowhere to be seen, this could only mean that Ye Jiu must have taken him away.
Thinking this, Prince Jing employed his qinggong and started to head back, wanting to confirm his guess.
Arriving near Ye Jiu’s courtyard, to save the time it would take to report in, Prince Jing didn’t go through the main entrance but rather jumped over the wall.
As he had never been to this place before and considering the courtyard was not small, finding Ye Jiu’s courtyard proved somewhat challenging.