The moment Ye Ziyun heard that something had happened to her father, she rushed to the entrance. There, she saw her normally broad-backed, powerfully built father leaning weakly against a cabinet.
She broke down on the spot, rushed to her father's side, and fell to her knees.
Nie Li arrived a little later, since he had been at the Alchemist Association.
He was startled by Ye Zong's terrible condition when he arrived, but once Ye Xiu explained that he had been poisoned with dragon tongue grass, Nie Li stopped worrying.
He also guessed that Ye Han was responsible. Now he finally understood why Ye Ziyun had never so much as mentioned Ye Han in his previous life.
Tears streaked Ye Ziyun's face. She truly could not believe it. She had lost her mother when she was little-was she going to lose her father now, too?!
Ye Zong also felt that his time was running out, so he said the things that needed saying.
He had failed to fulfill his responsibilities as a father, so he called Nie Li over. Never in his life had he begged anyone for his own sake, but this time, as a father, he asked Nie Li to take good care of Ye Ziyun from now on.
As he spoke, his voice grew weaker and weaker.
I really want to look at my daughter's face one more time, but I can't anymore.
His eyes closed. Seeing her father stop moving entirely, Ye Ziyun cried even harder.
Nie Li remembered going through the same thing in his previous life, holding his father's hand yet only being able to watch helplessly as he closed his eyes.
"You should take care of Zi Yun yourself."
Nie Li's words left everyone present stunned.
Ye Xiu caught on. Nie Li had