Bab 254: I'll Protect You (1)

The cold breeze continued to brush past them, making the hem of their clothes flutter. She breathed in slightly and closed her eyes, then she opened them again. Gazing down calmly at the green fields, her clear eyes suddenly became a little dazed. A smile blossomed on her elegant face and she looked a little lonely.

"It's been more than 10 years. Every time I recall these things, I feel like I've been cursed. You don't know how inexperienced I was back then and had to face all of this, powerless. The kind of helplessness I felt almost made me fall apart. I even thought of jumping off the top of the military academy just to prove my innocence..."

When she said this, she suddenly looked at him, her eyes holding a gloomy and hopeless light. "But I told myself I couldn't die. If I died, wouldn't she get away with it then? What would my mother do? I even thought of all sorts of extreme ways back then...