Consecutive Falls!

["Senior Peerless."]

["How much longer can we hold?"]

[The Peerless War King fell silent for a moment.]

["One incense stick.]

[Perhaps less."]

[You nodded.]

[One incense stick.]

[Enough.]

[Enough for you to finish the last thing you had to do.]

[You turned and walked toward Situ Hao Yue.]

[He was bandaging the wound of a soldier with a broken leg. Seeing you come over, he lifted his head and smiled.]

[That smile was very bitter, like a cup of tea gone cold.]

["Su Ming." "Where's Xiao Yue?"]

["At the Alchemy Hall," you said.]

["Help me take care of her." His voice was very calm, so calm it was as if he were saying the weather was nice today.]

["I may not be able to go back."]

[You looked at him, at those eyes exactly like Situ Xiao Yue's.]

[You wanted to say something, but your lips moved, and nothing came out.]

[You only reached out and took his hand.]

[His hand was cold, but very steady.]

["I will," you said.]

[He smiled, nodded, then let go of your hand and walked toward the City Wall on his crutch.]

[You walked toward Su Qingyuan.]

[She was rummaging for medicinal ingredients in the ruins of the Alchemy Hall, her hands covered in dirt and blood scabs.]

[Her hair had come loose, and her face was covered in ash, but her eyes were very bright.]

[When she saw you come over, she put down the medicinal ingredients in her hands, stood up, and patted the ash from her skirt.]

["Su Ming," she said, "I don't have enough pills.]

[Only the last few bottles are left."]

["That's enough," you said.]

[She looked at you for a long, long time.]

[Then she reached out and picked a loose thread from your collar.]

[The movement was