Lu Xueqi and Bi Yao (5)

"I'm here." Su Han immediately bent down and took her hand. "How do you feel? Elder Mu came by earlier and said you're recovering well." He told her about the Hundred Herbs Marrow Nourishing Pill.

Bi Yao nodded lightly, then turned her gaze toward Lu Xueqi beside her and offered a faint, sincere smile. "Miss Lu, thank you."

Lu Xueqi still wore that cool, aloof expression. She merely nodded slightly. "It's time for your medicine," she reminded her. Her tone was calm, but it carried an understated concern.

Su Han hurriedly took out the pill, carefully dissolved half of it, helped Bi Yao sit up, and fed it to her bit by bit. His movements were gentle and cautious, as though afraid she might choke.

Bi Yao obediently finished the medicine, but her gaze drifted involuntarily toward Lu Xueqi. The woman in white stood quietly several paces away, watching Su Han's careful movements without any expression on her face. Only the fingers gripping the Tian Ya Sword seemed to tighten slightly for an instant before slowly relaxing.

After feeding her the medicine, Su Han helped Bi Yao lie back down. She seemed somewhat more alert. Looking at Su Han, then at Lu Xueqi, she suddenly asked softly, "Have I been asleep for a long time? Outside... what time is it?"

Su Han glanced at the hazy light beyond the hall and shook his head. "There's no day or night inside the tower, but judging by the time, it should be the afternoon of the second day. You were unconscious for nearly a full day and night."

"So long..." Bi Yao murmured. Then, as though recalling something, she looked at Lu Xueqi. "Miss Lu, weren't you going back to Qingyun Mountain to report?" She remembered Su Han saying that Lu Xueqi