Rebirth: The Journey of an Heiress novel Chapter 84

Chapter 84: Chapter 83: Clear and Obvious_1

“Wu Zhe!

Her scalp tightened. She grabbed Chun Tao’s hand, looked up at the family members of the Marquis of Dingyong who were still saluting, and stood up on her numb legs, almost falling. _{freeweɓnovel.cѳm}

Bai Jintong quickly caught Bai Qingyan, not daring to exclaim, and asked in a low voice, “Eldest Young Lady?”

She tightly gripped Chun Tao’s hand, “Let’s go!”

Chun Tao lowered her head and supported Bai Qingyan forcefully, quietly retreating from the crowd.

Sensing something was wrong, Bai Jintong leaned close to Bai Jinxiu and whispered, “Second Sister! Please take care of our younger sisters! I’ll go check on Eldest Sister!”

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Bai Jinxiu, also worried about Bai Qingyan’s health, nodded repeatedly. Bai Jintong hurriedly stood up and discreetly followed Bai Qingyan.

Bai Qingyan, with her numb legs, staggered down the steps. As she saw Lu Ping’s serious face approaching, he was about to say something to Bai Qingyan but stopped upon seeing Bai Jintong following closely. He then respectfully cupped his fists in salute, “Eldest Young Lady, Third Young Lady!”

“Where is he?” Her heart churned, and her voice trembled uncontrollably. She feared that the news Ji Tingyu brought was of Shen Qingzhu’s mishap but hoped that Ji Tingyu would tell her that someone from the Bai family survived on the battlefield in South Xinjiang.

“In the back courtyard. It was Yingshuang who found him. Doctor Hong is stopping the bleeding,” Lu Ping said.

“Let’s go…” Bai Qingyan walked briskly, wishing to fly over.

Even though she mentally prepared herself, hearing Ji Tingyu’s muffled groans of pain while biting on a wooden board in the back courtyard frightened her deeply.

Pushing open the door, Doctor Hong pressed a fire-heated blade on Ji Tingyu’s severed limb to stop the bleeding. Ji Tingyu gripped the table edge tightly, biting the wooden board, his face flushed, veins bulging, and beads of sweat and blood continuously rolling down.

“It’s done! It’s done!” Doctor Hong moved the blade away and wiped his sweat with a blood-stained towel.

The smell of burnt flesh filled the air, making one’s heart shudder.

If not for battlefield experience, this sight would make even strong men weak in the knees, let alone sheltered young women.

Bai Jintong widened her eyes, not understanding, Ji Tingyu had gone where he had lost an arm!

“Eldest Young Lady!” Ji Tingyu’s eyes were bloodshot. His body soaked in blood. He knelt on one knee, unsteady due to the missing arm, choking with emotion, “Miss Shen took me and Wei Gao on fast horses to South Xinjiang. On the way, we met General Yue Zhizhou, who entrusted me with three military record bamboo slips from the Third Young Master. But I failed the mission, only bringing one back despite all the struggles! Please punish me, Eldest Young Lady!”

After speaking, Ji Tingyu quickly opened the blood-soaked bundle on his back, tightly wrapping one bamboo slip inside.