Gu Youyou heard it clearly, it was the voice of a middle-aged man, calm and powerful, yet with a hint of imperceptible vicissitudes.
The scene before her eyes changed, and she saw a familiar track, the kind found at Xunchang School.
And she herself was running desperately on that track because at the other end of the track was the finish line, and the place where the beam of light was.
"Youyou, hurry up, do you see it? The blue sky, the sunshine, don’t let yourself be trapped in darkness forever."
"Grandfather!" Gu Youyou recognized the voice, it was her grandfather’s voice from when he was younger.
"Grandfather, where are you?" she asked while she ran.
"Hurry, Youyou, run out!"
The voice, sometimes distant and sometimes close, seemed to change again, becoming much younger and equally familiar.
Suddenly, a great suction force appeared within the light, and it sucked her in entirely.
She had not had time to find her grandfather or Jin Zijin before she was pulled back to that familiar place and abruptly opened her eyes.
Gu Youyou felt a buzzing headache as two men, silhouetted against the light, seemed to be arguing in the room, not noticing that she had opened her eyes.
"How could you let her lose so much blood? An ordinary person couldn’t tolerate it, let alone her being so frail!"
Through the curtain, against the light, Gu Youyou couldn’t see their faces clearly, but from the voice, she knew that Jin Zijin was furious as he spoke.
He was blaming Yue Rujing for letting her bleed too much, and her cold heart unnoticeably warmed a little.
It was not in vain that I risked my life to save you, Jin Zijin, at least you have a conscience.
"But if I hadn’t done that, I wouldn’t have been able to save you!" Yue Rujing, who usually seemed carefree and unconcerned about anything, was also speaking in an irritated tone.
Jin Zijin clenched his fists, suppressing the anger in his heart, and almost roared at him loudly, "Did you ever consider that she could die?"
Jin Zijin was always composed and unruffled, and Gu Youyou had never seen him so angry, especially with Yue Rujing, whom he trusted considerably.
She still remembered Yue Rujing mentioning that only two people knew about the incident of him being poisoned by the secret flames, not even their master knew.
One was Jin Zijin himself, and the other was Yue Rujing, which showed his trust in Yue Rujing.
Yue Rujing looked at Jin Zijin incredulously, "Senior brother, are you blaming me?"
There was no response from Jin Zijin, his stance had always been very clear.
Moments later, Yue Rujing burst into loud laughter and said, "So what if I am? All I know is that you cannot die! Besides, she’s just a woman with an unknown background. Now that she knows about your secret flame poisoning, it could be dangerous if she has any ulterior motives for you..."
Jin Zijin took a deep breath, closed his eyes as if deflating, and seemed to press down the anger deep into his heart as he said in a low voice, "Enough, I’ve said that no matter whom she belongs to, she cannot die."
"You... you’ve changed!" Yue Rujing said suddenly, sounding somewhat disappointed, "This is dangerous for you, she will become your vulnerability."
Jin Zijin ignored him, saying to himself, "I’ve survived all these years, why should I fear a bit of poison! Sooner or later, I’ll be able to purge it completely."
"Ha, what kind of joke is that!" Yue Rujing said, as if hearing a huge joke, "You clearly know that the flame poison in you... is different from that of an ordinary person..."