"Then let's hurry over!"
Jiang Yourning pulled Jiang Wanrong back into the room.
Seeing this, Jiang Wanrong waved a hand, signaling everyone in the room to leave.
After taking a sip of water, Jiang Wanrong looked intently at Jiang Yourning for a few seconds, then slowly spoke again.
"Ningning, would you like to hear about my past?"
"Do you want to tell me about it?"
Jiang Yourning's eyes instantly lit up.
My dear sister is actually willing to tell me about her past now!
Perfect. What I know isn't all that clear anyway. I can enjoy the gossip firsthand and hear how this world fills in the gaps.
"Then... I'll start from the beginning and tell you everything."
Sure enough, her little sister knew something about her past, too.
Jiang Wanrong pondered for a couple of seconds, then slowly began. "When I was still a swaddled baby, someone put me in a bamboo basket and sent me down the river. My master rescued me and raised me..."
As Jiang Wanrong recalled the past, her face initially shone with a brilliant smile, but little by little, the light in her eyes dimmed.
"Although the world fears our Poison Heart Valley for our expertise in poisons, many people even suspect that evil incense can only have been made by us. Furious about this, my master obtained some evil incense and tried to find a way to counter it.
But we never imagined... after repeatedly testing remedies on herself, she would fall into a sleep from which she never woke...
That evil incense has caused untold harm. A large part of why I originally came to the Capital was to uncover the truth and avenge my master. Besides... if evil incense spreads, Great Yu may face disaster."
"You'll definitely succeed! You don't just