The stars shone brightly over the desert at night, but the wind whipped up fierce clouds of sand, keeping Ning Que awake.
Just as he was about to gaze at the stars, he heard Yi Tao say those words.
Dragged back after being caught.
Kept trying to escape?
Her cries were heartrending.
Was it the wife he had yet to formally wed?
That poor woman forced into a marriage alliance?
Ning Que instinctively thought of her.
Unexpectedly, Yi Tao froze and couldn't help asking, "How did you know?"
"..."
Ning Que said nothing. Instead, he walked straight out of the sand cave.
The windblown sand was fierce. He walked into the wind for a long time before stopping.
By the cold moonlight, he could see the endless desert stretching ahead.
But he knew that farther beyond it lay another dynasty.
A dynasty more powerful than the Great Li Dynasty.
Mara!
He had never expected that, through a strange twist of fate, he would still find himself following the trail she had once traveled...
According to the original owner's memories, his wife was wonderful in every way, and the two loved each other deeply.
If he had to name a flaw, it was that she was too beautiful.
Beauty itself was certainly no flaw. On the contrary, it was an absolute advantage.
Paired with money, power, or a powerful background, it was an unbeatable hand.
But on its own, it was a dead card.
Especially in such troubled times, a beautiful woman without anyone backing her would meet a miserable end.
The original owner had clearly understood this as well, always making his wife, Su Yunjin, conceal her beauty, even deliberately making herself look ugly!
Yet the Holy Son of an enemy dynasty had still taken a fancy to