Ye Chuqi raised an eyebrow. Whatever Jelous had told Lois, Lois clearly had not taken it seriously. She still loved him with the same innocent sincerity. Perhaps she knew deep down, but feelings like these were not so easy to let go of.
Jelous had told Lois to her face that Ye Chuqi was his fiancée, and that blow was simply too much for her. Before Ye Chuqi appeared, Jelous had only had an engagement in name, one that would be broken off sooner or later, so Lois had still had hope. Later, when Ye Chuqi returned, the engagement remained, but both parties had indicated that it would soon be dissolved. Even the rumors outside had said the same.
Now, so many years had passed, yet their engagement had not been broken off. Ye Chuqi was already an adult, and she and Jelous seemed close and perfectly in sync. They did not look remotely like they were about to end their engagement—Lois's heart was breaking.
Soon, the soldiers selected from the three locations assembled in the secondary tent beside the commander's tent. Three had been chosen from each location, making nine in total. Though they did not know why they had been sent here, obedience was the most basic principle they followed as soldiers. They had also apparently heard that new discoveries and treatments had been made concerning injuries inflicted by Fallen Demon Beasts, which was why they had been selected.
With Ambrose's treatment as a reference, and with these soldiers far weaker than Ambrose—and, of course, far weaker than Ye Chuqi—she could spot what was wrong with them at a glance without examining them up close.
This was Lois's first encounter with it. She did not even know what Ye Chuqi was talking about. She needed to carefully distinguish