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Time passed quickly, and a week went by.
During this week, Zhu Zhuqing spent her days eating and sleeping, taking excellent care of her injuries. She just felt like she had gotten a little 'fatter.' Of course, this was Zhu Zhuqing's own feeling, not Yun Ming's, because she hadn't seen Yun Ming since she finished chatting with him on the first day.
During this week, Zhu Zhuqing spent most of her time in bed recuperating, and she didn't see Yun Ming even when she occasionally left the bedroom.
It wasn't that Yun Ming was deliberately avoiding Zhu Zhuqing, but rather that Zhu Zhuqing didn't come out much, and they both spent very little time in the common areas.
Yun Ming was either in the hotel backyard practicing his Atlas Spear and pondering cultivation matters, or he was in his own room cultivating or reading.
Zhu Zhuqing wouldn't look for Yun Ming, and Yun Ming wouldn't disturb Zhu Zhuqing, so of course they wouldn't see each other under these circumstances.
Zhu Zhuqing could only sense Yun Ming deliberately releasing some spirit power fluctuations to confirm that he was in the suite most of the time.
This week also made Zhu Zhuqing believe that Yun Ming was just being kind, otherwise, how could he be so indifferent to her!
And Zhu Zhuqing benefited from these days of peace and recuperation, and her injuries had also improved a lot. After all, she was a Beast Spirit Spirit Master.
Apart from the wound on her waist, the other wounds on her limbs had already healed.
Inside Zhu Zhuqing's bedroom
"Knock knock!"
Sensing the familiar spirit power fluctuations outside the door, Zhu Zhuqing calmly responded.
"Come in!"
The person outside the door walked into the room.
After a week, Zhu Zhuqing finally saw Yun Ming again. This time, a female Physician also came in with Yun Ming, specially brought to check Zhu Zhuqing's injuries.
Before, in the Star Dou Great Forest, it was because the conditions were limited, and the situation was indeed urgent at the time. Yun Ming had no choice but to knock Zhu Zhuqing unconscious to treat her.
Now that they had arrived at Soul Hunting Town, Yun Ming would of course find a female Physician to help Zhu Zhuqing with treatment when conditions permitted.
Yun Ming explained to Zhu Zhuqing, who was a little puzzled.
"So many days have passed, it's time for a careful examination."
Zhu Zhuqing nodded upon hearing this. Yun Ming walked out of the room, leaving the space to the two of them.
Half an hour later, Zhu Zhuqing's door opened, and the female Physician walked out of the room. Yun Ming stepped forward and asked.
"How are her injuries?"
The female Physician also replied with a slight smile.
"Young Master doesn't need to worry, the wound is healing almost completely. It should be completely healed in about two or three days."
This young man is handsome and considerate; he will definitely be a wife-pain person in the future!
Yun Ming nodded upon hearing the female Physician's words. After paying the consultation fee, he sent the Physician out of the suite.
"Creak~"
Not long after, Zhu Zhuqing's room door opened, and Zhu Zhuqing walked out.
Yun Ming sent the female Physician away, and when he turned around and saw Zhu Zhuqing, who had just finished her treatment and whose face was still a little red, he was also a little amazed for a moment; it was quite pleasing to the eye.
Then, he spoke in a gentle tone.
"The Physician said that you will be completely healed in two or three days."
"Congratulations! Your serious injury is about to heal!"
Zhu Zhuqing also responded.
"Thank you!"
However, this time it was obviously more sincere than the last time, probably because she saw Yun Ming's attitude towards her, a strange combination of indifference and attention.
He hadn't seen her for seven days, but he would help her find a female Physician to treat her injury, even though Yun Ming himself could have treated her.
Yun Ming just said 'You're welcome' again faintly and started to talk about serious matters.
"A week has passed, and there are two things I want to ask you about."
Zhu Zhuqing didn't speak and waited for the following text.
"The first thing is what we agreed upon before, about your sister sending you away. Do you still need me to solve your doubts now?"
Hearing Yun Ming mention Zhu Zhuyun, a complex look appeared on Zhu Zhuqing's cold face, but this time there was no longer lifelessness in her eyes, but more gratitude and helplessness.
Grateful that her sister allowed her to live until now, and helpless that she was born into the high-ranking Zhu Family, but lived like a prisoner.
After Yun Ming's guidance, Zhu Zhuqing began to re-examine her love-hate relationship with Zhu Zhuyun over the years.
From a third-person perspective, she reinterpreted what she once thought of as a cold life.
She surprisingly discovered that beneath that coldness, there was also a hidden, imperceptible heat.
Since Zhu Zhuqing was named the so-called Crown Prince Consort, she didn't know how many times Zhu Zhuyun had assassinated her.
But no matter which time, even if Zhu Zhuqing herself was desperate at times, thinking that she would definitely die, even more dangerous than this time when she was shot by an arrow and bled heavily, she would always find the loopholes arranged by Zhu Zhuyun or get help from a 'benefactor' as if blessed by God, and escape.
The previous Zhu Zhuqing just thought that she was lucky. Zhu Zhuyun's assassinations were just to kill her own sister for the position of Crown Prince Consort and for her own life.
But looking back now, those assassinations seemed more like they were helping Zhu Zhuqing hone her mind, adapt to the cruelty of the Spirit Master's world, and let her see the darkness of the world clearly.
In the situation where their sisters had similar talents, her older sister Zhu Zhuyun was seven years older than her, and they received the same education, which meant that it was difficult for Zhu Zhuqing to defeat her older sister.
The subsequent outcome was basically predictable.
If the two sisters wanted to survive, one of them had to leave.
After Zhu Zhuqing figured out all of this, she looked at the direction of Star Luo City with a complex expression.
Then, she said to Yun Ming with emotion.
"No need! I already know what big sister means."
Yun Ming heard Zhu Zhuqing's address to Zhu Zhuyun, big sister? It seemed that she had figured it out. Seeing this situation, Yun Ming asked Zhu Zhuqing about the second serious matter.
"Is that so! Understood!"
"Since that's the case, what are your plans next? Feel free to speak up if you need my help."
Hearing this question, Zhu Zhuqing was also a little confused.
The reason why she initially escaped from Star Luo Empire was to find the fiancé who abandoned her and lived alone, to see if he had cultivated well over the years, and whether the two of them could fight for a way out together.
But now that she understood her big sister's intentions, did she still have to find that person?
Zhu Zhuqing didn't know. She answered Yun Ming's question, and also wanted to hear what Yun Ming, an outsider, thought about it.
"I originally wanted to go to Shrek Academy."
'Boom!'
Hearing the words 'Shrek Academy,' a thunderous sound exploded in Yun Ming's mind for no reason.
He seemed to see the doomsday scene when the Atlas Spear awakened again, and this time he also saw a little more of the detailed fragments that he didn't see at the time.
Yun Ming saw that in that scene back then, the golden armored, war god-like golden figure he possessed seemed to say something to someone, something like 'For Shrek Academy, live on.'
Moreover, Yun Ming could feel that that Shrek Academy and that person were very important to 'him' and him!
When Yun Ming thought of these things, he only felt that his entire emotional System was completely out of control.
Self-blame, nostalgia, sadness, deep love, and other emotions suddenly surged out, instantly breaking through Yun Ming's heart's defenses, causing Yun Ming to shed two clear tears from the corners of his eyes unconsciously.
Yun Ming felt very unfamiliar with these inexplicable emotions.
He had never even heard of this Shrek Academy before, but this academy tugged at his heartstrings.
He didn't know where these emotions came from, and he didn't know where they would take him!
And Zhu Zhuqing was also a little stunned when she saw Yun Ming suddenly shed tears, and she couldn't continue speaking for a while.