"Don't worry about me first. How is Nichang?"
Xiao Huan sprang to her feet and angrily pointed at Zhao Yun. "Why? She treats you so well, yet you always break her heart. Mr. Zhou said the two of you share an understanding others can't comprehend. She sensed that you were risking your life, so she helped you without regard for herself. You're so clever—you should have realized it. Why did you treat her like this? Why? Say something!"
"Xiao Huan, don't talk nonsense..."
Sun Datou had barely opened his mouth when Xiao Huan cut him off. "Am I wrong? He may be Big Brother Yun, but she's my younger sister too!"
Zhao Yun stood silently in the courtyard. Just then, the door beside him creaked open, and Zhou Yunmiao slowly asked, "Have you found the Purple Youshi Orchid?"
Zhao Yun's eyes instantly lit up. "I found it. I found it!"
The fact that Zhou Yunmiao was still asking about the Purple Youshi Orchid meant that Ye Nishang was still alive. Hope reignited in Zhao Yun's heart.
Li Hongluan had experienced countless brushes with death alongside Zhao Yun, but this was the first time she had heard his voice tremble.
Zhao Yun took out the box containing the Purple Youshi Orchid and handed it to Zhou Yunmiao.
"How is Nichang now?"
"More than twenty days ago, she forced herself to play the qin with spiritual energy, then cast an extremely draining spell. She vomited blood and fell unconscious afterward, and she hasn't woken since. There's nothing I can do either. I can only barely preserve a thread of her life."
Li Hongluan hurriedly asked, "Now that we have the Purple Youshi Orchid, can Miss Ye recover?"
"Her heart was damaged too badly, and her body is far weaker than before. The