The Spirit World

Chapter 988 Shadow Falling (Twenty-four)
What else can I say?

Now, she must face the despair of going to the Sky-High Viper Prison...

No one told her that this was a joke, and of course this fact was very real.

And most importantly, she would die in vain.

In a place where I don’t know anyone, in a place where I don’t know anyone…

It's unfair to die here without doing anything.

"I am very uneasy now... It is very likely that we will die here in vain, just as my mother said..."

Chang Yinglan was very anxious.

"Xiao Lan, don't you understand? We have offended someone like my father! Although I don't know how we offended him, I can see this from the guy named Ning Ji!"

Chang Yinglan's eyes were wide open, as they always were when she was scared.

She buried her head in her thighs, her voice trembled, and she closed her eyes.

"I can't die here in vain, Xiao Lan. I left without telling my father... My mother was also implicated by me... I still have to go find Brother Xiu Yuan... I..."

She grabbed her arm, which was thin and white and deeply sunken, and quite red.

"You are too nervous... How could anyone be so bad..."

Xiao Lan couldn't understand Chang Yinglan's worries. For a spirit beast that could live in the world without worries, Xiao Lan was now concerned about the food in the world.

She advised Chang Yinglan to be at ease, but she didn't really think that people could be kind, and she didn't understand the evil of human nature.

"You are now a great spiritual master of mankind, right? If you want to escape, escape now..."

Seeing that she was becoming more and more anxious, Xiao Lan became more radical in her persuasion.

Chang Yinglan glanced at her with tears in her eyes.

"Run away..."

She cried a little, and then buried her head in her work. Sometimes, Xiao Lan was not sure what her answer or reaction would be.

This girl from a remote area did not seem as strong as she appeared. She was at a loss in this situation and even looked like she was crying.

But she didn't really cry.

Because she was thinking of her mother. She escaped from the cage that her father built for her, and her mother would definitely be implicated by her. In her eyes, her mother was so unfortunate, but she had to suffer because of her unfilial daughter. So she felt wronged and uncomfortable, and choked up at the thought.

But she is not the kind of person who can tell all her worries to others.

Even with her elder brother who was kind to her, she only got along with him and never revealed her true feelings to him.

In the cage that held her mother, in the cage that held her own, she was not a free butterfly. Even if she flew, she would fly with her head down, and if she crashed into the wall, she would only end up with her head broken and bleeding.

"How can I escape... Without Brother Xiuyuan's help, I would never have been able to get here... Now... who can help me..."

She was totally thinking about the worse.

Being framed by others is too common.

As the saying goes, you should not have the intention to harm others, but you must be on guard against others.

Even if there is no need for others to interfere, wrongful deaths are not uncommon. What's more, in the current situation, it is obvious that someone is eager for her to go to jail. If it weren't for Ning Ji's cover-up, she would most likely be transferred directly to the imperial capital and thrown into the Tongtian Viper Prison during interrogation.

This is indeed the case. Li Lusheng and Tan Mingqiu came here for this matter, or to put it more bluntly, they came for her.

The reason why the imperial order was difficult to disobey was that Ning Ji had also received an urgent imperial letter, the content of which clearly stated that the two men would be taken to the imperial capital.

This is true regardless of whether one is guilty or not, not to mention that there are so many charges that can be leveled.

Chang Yinglan must go through this disaster.

"You don't want to rest now, and you don't want to escape... How can you just cry here..."

Xiao Lan spread her hands helplessly: "Why don't you go get some sleep first and get yourself in good spirits so that you can think about other things carefully... You should understand this..."

"but I……"

Chang Yinglan couldn't agree to go to bed now, because her premonition told her that if she went to bed now and didn't think about anything, it would be very bad. Her mental state was also very bad, so it was impossible for her to fall asleep.

"I still don't know what you're worried about... Although I'm very annoyed with Ning Ji, to be honest, you said he just left you here and didn't care... I don't really understand..."

Xiao Lan is not familiar with humans. She is used to living in the wild, so naturally she doesn't quite understand what the so-called "humans" are.

Everything under [desire] is a body that can be bound by [cause and effect].

Of course, comparing desire to something extremely bad is not an ordinary thing. If Chang Yinglan knew the emperor's ill will towards her, she would not only be trembling now, but might even fall into deeper despair.

Therefore, when Chang Yinglan, who had escaped from that sad city, was about to be imprisoned in a cage for no reason, she was unable to recover and became too negative.

She grabbed her own hands, which were red and white. Her claws left marks on her arms, like the high wall in her heart that she could not cross. If no one helped her, she would never be able to fly out.

Even if she is, she is a butterfly, still.

"My mother once told me... A woman like her has no way of controlling her own destiny... She was tortured by my father so pitifully, but she could only endure it silently... And I am just a bond between the two of them so that they can still call each other by their names, everything..."

That! The face called father! A face as sharp as a knife!
No, mother...

She even began to feel fear. She thought of her mother and what she might face. Would that be even more terrifying?

She didn't know...but it was conceivable that it would be even more tragic...

"Mother saved me once...Brother Xiuyuan...saved me once...This time...no one will save me again..."

She murmured to herself. To be honest, this made no sense at all. She was thinking that she was probably too resentful...

The anticipated end of the road is more grinding than the real end of the road.

She should have been miserable, but she was so lucky.

People who can predict the future, bound by the shackles of fate, try their best to break these shackles.

"Hey, Miss Chang Yinglan, please don't worry... I'm trying to find a way..."

Outside the high wall, there was a person who whispered and comforted her.

The man knocked on the door gently.

He seemed to hear crying, the sound was just the right amount.

Ning Ji stood outside the door, just like standing outside a high wall. The cold moon was like the scorching sun, illuminating the butterfly that had lost its luster.

"Miss Chang Yinglan..."

Ning Ji's figure stood outside the door, looking a little petite.

"Tomorrow, they will take you away, but I will go with them. I can guarantee your safety. On the way to the imperial capital, please trust me. I am the Lord of the White Spirit and I will never break my promise."

He still couldn't explain why he had to do everything to protect her.

Chang Yinglan was shocked and suspicious. She quickly wiped away the tears that had not yet flowed. She looked at the figure and wanted to shout, "Who? Why? What happened now?"
Or please come in...

But she didn't quite know what to say...

What should I say...

What can I say?

They have never met...

She didn't say anything until Ning Ji left, but she didn't want to cry anymore.

This feeling was very strange. She just simply felt that she didn't want to cry anymore, and that someone believed in her so much and could save her.

Her eyes were red from crying, and a feeling of fatigue came over her, but she could only hold on.

No more sighing.

Thinking about it this way, no one knows what she is thinking now. She herself doesn't understand either. Maybe her mind is blank, or maybe she can't remember it after waking up, or maybe it's too long ago. When she recalls it, she says she can't remember it in a disjointed way.

(End of this chapter)