“I’ve told them to leave. Don’t cry.” Shen Nan showed a weak smile, and he still looked so elegant and gentle.

Su Zhiyou touched her face and was surprised to find that she was already tearful. Tears fell into her mouth, which had a bitter taste, and she couldn’t help but rush over to hold Shen Nan in her arms.

“My hands are full of blood. I can’t wipe tears for you now, for my hands will dirty your beautiful face.”

Shen Nan vomited a mouthful of blood. Even when he was speaking, he smelled of blood.

“Youyou, I haven’t finished telling you the story. Do you still want to hear it?”

Su Zhiyou cried so hard that her body trembled violently. “I do. There must be a way to stop the bleeding! Please don’t die, for I want to hear you tell me all your stories.”

She used to fear and even loathe the man in front of her, but when he spat blood in her arms and was dying, Su Zhiyou felt helpless.

“When I was studying in Country Y, I met an officer named Kato by chance. Maybe because we were the same kind of people, he saw through my ambition and promised that he would help me get a higher social status. But he had one condition, which was that I must take over the position of Commander, no matter what method I used.”

In terms of Shen Nan’s current physical condition, it was not suitable for him to say so much, but he kept telling his story to Su Zhiyou.

“Do you know what I did? I killed the Commander and managed to take over his position with my identity of his son-in-law. But my wife found out about all this. She couldn’t take this heavy blow and was driven crazy.”

Su Zhiyou listened to Shen Nan’s long and tumultuous life story. She shed more tears, which dripped onto Shen Nan’s wounds, making him more painful. But his consciousness was clearer because of the pain, and he held Su Zhiyou’s hand tremblingly.

“You know what? The first time I saw you, I recalled my childhood. At that time, I had to steal money for a living. Even if I was beaten and scolded, I never gave the money away.”

Hearing Shen Nan say about herself, Su Zhiyou wiped the tears from her eyes and wanted to listen carefully to what he was saying, but she forgot that her hands were covered with blood from the person in her arms. As a result, her fair cheeks were stained with scarlet stains.

Looking at Su Zhiyou’s appearance, Shen Nan smiled again, and he then vomited another large mouthful of blood.

“I still got your face dirty.”

Shen Nan’s wounds kept bleeding, and Su Zhiyou felt that his body was getting colder, and she became so panicked. “Don’t say it anymore. Please don’t.”

“Youyou, I’ve seen many women, but you are the most beautiful one. Maybe because you’re a bad girl, I think you were born to exist for me. However, I didn’t dare to show my feelings towards you, because for so many years, people around me always had miserable fate. I don’t want you to be like them.”

Feeling that he was dying, Shen Nan understood for the first time that when something was uncontrollable, it would make him panic.

He had no more strength to open his mouth and speak. Shen Nan looked at Su Zhiyou affectionately. No one could understand how much he liked this girl, but why was his love always a burden for others?

Finally, Shen Nan closed his eyes forever. His blood soaked Su Zhiyou’s blue dress, making its color turn into a strange dark red. Su Zhiyou hugged his cold body in her arms, only to feel that she had never been so painful.

She sat on the ground for a long time, and the sun was about to set. The blood on the ground had become thick after evaporation.

Su Zhiyou got up with great difficulty. He then found a wooden cart and put Shen Nan’s body on it. She wanted to drag this cart to the countryside and bury him in the dark, but she accidentally found a letter in his pocket.

“If you have the chance to see this letter, then I must be dead. I wonder if you will feel sad for me. If you won’t, that’s fine, because I like your beautiful smiling face.”

Seeing this, Su Zhiyou wiped away all the tears and stains on her face and continued reading. Shen Nan told her where her parents were placed by him. He told her to sell the jade ring on his hand, and the money she got was enough for her family to lead a good life. He also told her…

Taking off the jade ring on Shen Nan’s finger, Su Zhiyu didn’t plan to sell it. After she buried Shen Nan, she found her parents according to the address in the letter. They lived with some farmers, and Shen Nan had given them a lot of money to take care of Su Zhiyou’s parents.

“Youyou, why are you covered in blood? What happened? Don’t scare us…” Her parents were panicked when seeing Su Zhiyou.

Su Zhiyou only told them not to worry. “I have something to do, and I have to leave here for a long time. You can live well here. When I’m done, I’ll come back to pick you up.”

She handed all the money and valuable things over to the farmers, leaving only the jade ring with her. “This money will be regarded as a reward for you. I hope you can continue to take good care of the old couple.”

“Madam, don’t worry. We will definitely take good care of them.” Seeing such large amount of money, the farmers agreed with great joy.

Looking at her parents’ anxious and weathered faces, Su Zhiyou finally made up her mind and left. She was going to a place where she could avenge Shen Nan.

“Colonel, there’s a woman outside covered in blood, and her name is Su Zhiyou. She said she is Shen Nan’s wife and she wanted to see you.”

“Oh? That sounds interesting. Let her in.”

Su Zhiyou entered the darkened room. She used to be afraid of such scenes, but now she was fearless.

“Colonel, I’ve brought her in.”

Looking at the man who was not tall in front of her, Su Zhiyou took out Shen Nan’s jade ring.

“Are you Kato? I’m Shen Nan’s wife. Shen Nan is dead. I need a chance to avenge him.”

The person in front of her suddenly turned around. He looked shrewd, and his small eyes were fixed on Su Zhiyou.

“How did you know this place and my identity?”

Kato was so suspicious that he would never trust anyone easily.

“Of course Shen Nan told me these things. This ring should be enough to prove my identity. What’s more, this place is so secluded. If I hadn’t had a close relationship with him, he wouldn’t have told me this.”

Su Zhiyou was confident, but she was really taking a risk in doing so.

Shen Nan didn’t tell this location to her. She overheard it herself.

In the past, she thought the reason why Shen Nan restricted her behavior was that  he guarded against her. But now she knew that Shen Nan had always been trying to protect her. Therefore, no matter what price she might pay, she would avenge Shen Nan by killing Leng Yuhe.

Kato rolled his eyes and his attitude softened. “But as far as I know, Shen Nan’s wife isn’t you.”

Su Zhiyou told Kato about Shen Nan’s experience with him in Country Y, and Kato gradually let go of his suspicions after hearing that.

“Now you can believe me. Even Shen Nan’s real wife didn’t know about his encounter with you in Country Y, but he told me about this. Can you believe my identity now?”

“Of course. I haven’t been suspicious of you all the time. It’s just that I’ve been a soldier for so long, and I have the habit of suspecting others. Miss Su, I hope you won’t blame me.” Kato smiled hypocritically. This woman was bent on revenge for Shen Nan. As long as he trained her well, she could become a useful tool for him. Therefore, he had no reason to refuse.

After arranging a room for Su Zhiyou, Kato continued to make plans in the dark room…

On the other side, Bai Chongxiu had already sent Su Ruoqing to General Leng’s mansion.

The housekeeper hurriedly greeted Bai Chongxiu and held Su Ruoqing’s arm to support her. “Why does she look so bad?”

“She got frightened on the battlefield, and her feet were seriously injured. She needs to have a good rest, or she will fall ill.”

Su Ruoqing just kept expressionless. Blood was seeping through the gauze under her feet, but she didn’t complain at all. Looking at her, the housekeeper was worried.

“I have completed my mission of sending her back. I’m leaving now.”

When Bai Chongxiu left, Su Ruoqing just turned her head and looked at his back.

The housekeeper called someone to help Su Ruoqing go into the bedroom, and then he called the doctor to examine her.

“Madam, why didn’t General Leng come back with you? How is he?”

Su Ruoqing finally changed her expression and said, “He’s fine.”

Seeing the cold expression of Su Ruoqing, the housekeeper knew that something must have happened, so he did not ask her more. After taking note of the doctor’s advice, he left.

After recovering her spirits from the long journey, Su Ruoqing lay on the familiar big bed, but she still felt very distressed, as if she could smell the minty smell on Leng Yuhe’s body. Everything made her irritable and sad.

If things went smoothly, Leng Yuhe would be back in a day. How would she face him then?

Within the President’s palace.

“President, both Mr. Bai and Miss Bai are back.”

“Let them go back to their rooms and rest.”

Before the servant could reply, the President suddenly changed his mind.

“Let my son come over to see me. There are some things I should let him know earlier.”

Before Bai Chongxiu could change his clothes, he was called to the President’s study. “Father, what’s up?”

President Bai patted him on the shoulder kindly and said, “I’m fine, but I think you want to ask me something. I’ll give you this opportunity.”

Bai Chongxiu was stunned for a moment and he decided not to conceal his true thoughts.

“Yes, father. I don’t understand why you hide the truth that the power behind Province S is Country Y from Leng Yuhe. He is the most capable young general now. I think he is qualified to know the truth.”

The President smiled with an unreadable look.

“You are right. Leng Yuhe indeed has outstanding abilities, but that’s why we can’t tell him.”

Bai Chongxiu was puzzled and the President handed him a file.

“Kato?”

“That’s right. The power behind Province S is Kato. He is a colonel and a powerful man in Country Y. I have also spent a lot of effort investigating him this time.”

“But since Kato dared to declare war on us under the pretence of Province S, it is inevitable that he will make more horrible moves in the future.”

President Bai took the file from his son and put it away carefully. “Truth be told, he will definitely make further moves.”

Seeing that Bai Chongxiu was still confused, the President continued to explain for him.

“You are still young and you have little experience in dealing with a scheming person like Kato. You must know the strength of people from Country Y. If Leng Yuhe knows about Kato’s existence, he will definitely take the initiative to attack him. If he doesn’t defeat Kato, we will be implicated in a bad situation…”

Although the President didn’t finish his words, Bai Chongxiu had caught his drift.