Ye Buyu and Lou Guanshan stuck their butts out, trying to pry open the eyes of the woman lying on the floor.
The woman finally could not take it anymore. She opened her eyes and retreated several meters.
"Wait, please don't pry my eyes open."
Ye Buyu straightened up, her lowered gaze fixed squarely on those slightly guilty eyes.
"I knew there couldn't be anything wrong with my healing. Tell me, what's your name, and why were you pretending to be unconscious?"
The guilty-looking woman opened her mouth. "My name is Ling Wei. The one beside me is my friend Qiu An. The one who died... was Du Rufe i."
At the mention of her dead friend, a trace of grief entered Ling Wei's voice.
"I thought none of the three of us would survive today. Thank you for your help."
She looked up at the six of them. When she had sought help in her panic, it had really been nothing more than instinct. Everyone living in this world knew one exceedingly cruel fact.
No one in this world would help you for no reason, much less choose to get caught up in a conflict just because you cried for help.
So the instant she woke up, she thought she had arrived in another world. Clear voices free of malice sounded beside her ears, and a hand brushed over her face from time to time, bringing gentle, soothing healing.
It was like a dream.
She had been too stunned to open her eyes right away.
She was afraid that opening her eyes would reveal cruel reality.
"I thought I was dreaming. Sorry."
Ye Buyu scratched her head and pointed at the man named Qiu An, who had lost too much blood.
"I healed your companion too, but he lost