I promise you...

Even though she had long seen through his thoughts, Xie Wanqing was still stunned by these blunt and chaotic words.

Coming to her senses, she quickly said, "I don’t need it."

Ji Chengfeng softly replied, still smiling, "Alright, then I’ll wait for the time when you do need it."

......

The strange silence lasted only a moment, and Xie Wanqing couldn’t stay any longer.

With a ’thump’, she stood up, "I’ll go check on Ran’er."

Without waiting for him to say anything further, she walked briskly towards the courtyard.

Her manner was as if a monster were chasing her from behind.

Ji Chengfeng watched and laughed.

Such a bold young woman, who can travel alone from the Northern Land to the Southern, yet was scared off by a single sentence from him.

It seems that over two years of companionship, he was no longer insignificant to her?

After all, living alone in a mansion, meeting daily, and with a newly born child.

From the anxiety and worry when the child was sick to the trivial matters of teething and learning to speak, they resolved many issues together over the two years.

He must have left some mark with her, right?

Ji Chengfeng had great patience; he had waited for two years, and he wasn’t afraid to wait another two.

In this Southern small city, they had no relatives around.

As long as she didn’t return to the Capital City, and those two men didn’t appear again, he was confident that sooner or later she would agree.

She wanted a peaceful life, the freedom to make choices, so he wouldn’t force her.

He would pursue her gently, day after day, year after year, subtly influencing her, bit by bit, until he penetrated her heart.

Make her accustomed to, trust, and rely on him.

Eventually, he would get his wish and claim the beauty as his own.

Maybe in one or two years, maybe in three or five, there would be a day where he would embrace her.

In countless years to come, their hearts and eyes will only see each other.

He was so certain.

......

Time passed quickly.

Since that day, Ji Chengfeng indeed did not proactively inform her about affairs from the Capital City.

The news Xie Wanqing could hear had already spread throughout the Great Khan, known by all the common people.

For example, the Emperor personally led the expedition to the Northern Border, claiming several great victories, marching into Da Jin territory effortlessly, directly threatening its capital.

Along with this came the reputation for brutal killings.

Because their Majesty ordered the massacre of cities.

With each city conquered, the first command given was to massacre the city.

The relationship between the two countries changed.

The burning, slaughtering, and looting suffered by the Great Khan’s border in previous years was now being repaid fully, even with interest.

The Great Khan’s people hated Da Jin to the core, naturally celebrated these actions.

But with each massacre of a city, dissenting voices began to emerge.

Some felt this was too cruel.

They believed the Great Khan was a nation of propriety, not an uncivilized barbarian.

This indiscriminate slaughter was no different from the barbarians.

Yet more felt that this eye-for-an-eye approach was truly satisfying.

When Xie Wanqing heard this, she was slow to react.

She recalled that year when the Lu Family uncles and elders perished in the battlefields, and Jin Country’s iron cavalry ravaged the Northern Border, causing numerous atrocities.

Lu Ziyuan was only a boy of twelve or thirteen at the time. 𝘧𝘳𝘦ℯ𝓌𝘦𝒷𝘯𝑜𝑣𝘦𝓁.𝒸𝘰𝓂

He swore through gritted teeth and red eyes that he would make them pay the blood debt sooner or later.

She also recalled how he once told Jin Wuji he would slaughter every last person in Da Jin.

And now, he really did it.

Countless killings, mostly innocent civilians.

He’s really going to do this!