After rebirth, I kidnapped the sickly Dugong

Si Jiu answered almost every question Wen Baizhi asked before.

But after asking this question, Si Jiu rarely answered immediately.

Wen Baizhi refused to give in. She looked straight into Si Jiu's eyes, not wanting to miss any emotion in his eyes.

"You were severely caned at that time. When you returned, I saw the wounds, but the scars disappeared afterwards. I was wondering about this before. The scar on your chest is also gone now. I was not back for three years, not three days, let alone three months. After such a long time, where did your scars go?"

Si Jiu looked around, trying to avoid her scrutinizing gaze.

"Bai Bai, I, I don't know how to tell you."

Wen Baizhi said directly: "You definitely can't handle it by yourself. Rong Heng will help you anyway. If you don't tell me, I will go to Rong Heng to ask him about it. I want to ask him what kind of magical method is there to make all the scars on a person's body disappear."

Seeing that she was really about to turn around and go out to find Rong Heng, Si Jiu hurriedly grabbed her wrist.

"Bai Bai, please don't leave," he asked, "I'll just tell you. I'll tell you everything you want to know."

The two left the secret room together, and Si Jiu took Wen Baizhi's hand and walked to the bed.

He sat on the bed while Wen Baizhi stood in front of the bed.

"I will tell you everything you want to know." He repeated this.

After saying that, he raised his hand and slowly took off his shirt, revealing his naked upper body.

Wen Baizhi knew that he was being honest with her.

She didn't say anything either, just waited for his explanation.

Si Jiu took off his shirt and piled it around his waist.

"Baibai, can you come a little closer to me? The closer you are, the clearer you can see."

This is one of the reasons.

But more importantly, it was because he couldn't stand Wen Baizhi being so far away from him.

He wanted to be closer to her.

Wen Baizhi did as she was told.

She put her hand on his shoulder: "Now can you tell me what the reason is?"

It’s not that Si Jiu didn’t want to tell her, but he didn’t know how to start.

Because that was almost the most painful torture he had ever suffered.

"You know, His Majesty has always been wary of me, but he is also afraid that others will criticize him, saying that he abuses his subordinates and criticizes officials harshly, so he requires that there should be no scars on my body after each punishment."

Wen Baizhi unconsciously increased the strength on his shoulders: "It is indeed related to Qi Yan'an. Then, how did you get rid of all the scars on your body?"

Si Jiu felt the warmth coming from her palm.

This warmth was enough to blow away all the pain I had endured in the previous three years.

"There is no good way. The only way is to use a knife to cut off the original scar and the rotten flesh under the scar. When the bleeding is the heaviest, use Rong Heng's special ointment to seal the wound. Finally, apply the ointment and there will be no scar."

Si Jiu said this very calmly.

But Wen Baizhi felt a chill on her back after hearing this.

She could imagine what it was like.

It must have taken a long time for Si Jiu to return to the Governor's Mansion after being tortured.

By that time, the wound may have stopped bleeding and may have even formed a scab.

It is easy to cause scarring due to untimely treatment.

But what if you create a new wound on that wound?

Wen Baizhi unconsciously covered her mouth with her hands.

Because she thought it was simply too unimaginable.

She looked at Si Jiu's gentle brows. There was no trace of emotion in his eyes, and his tone was also very normal when he spoke of these just now.

It was like he was talking about something that had nothing to do with him.

But he was obviously the one who suffered the most.

Wen Baizhi fell down and sat beside him, and asked with a trembling voice: "Did it hurt at that time?"

Si Jiu turned around and looked at her: "It hurts."

In fact, if it were the same as before, he would definitely say it doesn’t hurt.

But now he just wants to say it hurts.

"It hurt when Rong Heng was helping me to carve out my scar, it also hurt when he was sprinkling the powder, and it hurt the most when he was applying the ointment to promote the quick healing of the wound."

When it hurt, he bit the towel tightly in his mouth.

He was sweating from the pain, and after the fight, he had bitten the towel to pieces.

Wen Baizhi touched Si Jiu's chest with trembling hands: "So here, is the same method used to avoid scars?"

Si Jiu shook his head and held her hand: "No, it's different here."

Wen Baizhi asked: "What's the difference?"

Si Jiu thought about it and told her: "Because this place needs to be cut open and blood drawn every day, there is no scar, so there is no need to use that method."

"But the final steps to prevent scarring are the same as for other scars. When flesh and blood grow back in the end, you will still feel pain."

Si Jiu lowered his head and kissed her fingers: "I didn't feel that before, but now I feel that all the pain I suffered before is worth it. At least you are back to me now, you are really back."

Wen Baizhi looked at Si Jiu and saw that he always had such an indifferent expression. If it were her, after experiencing all these things, it would be impossible for her to be so calm.

It is even more impossible to be grateful for these sufferings.

She stood up suddenly.

Si Jiu looked at her with confusion and grievance.

Wen Baizhi shook her head in panic: "This is not right, Zijin, you are not doing this right."

Si Jiu still looked like he knew nothing.

"Zijin, first of all, you made a mistake. You shouldn't really believe what the master said. You shouldn't have placed so much hope on this lamp. You have paid so much and suffered so much for the vague hope created by this lamp. You can't really believe in its effect.

And now, you can't think that the pain and torture you are going through is worth it. No one's suffering is worth remembering. What you should remember are your happy and unforgettable things. If you keep remembering the pain, it will always be a torment in your heart and will accompany you for a long, long time, Zijin. "

Wen Baizhi finally said what she had wanted to say since a while ago, and she felt much better.

"What will you do if the light doesn't come on and I don't come back?" She finally asked Si Jiu.

Si Jiu sat there, his hand still holding her fingers.

"I don't know." He was telling the truth.

"I really don't know what to do, Baibai," Si Jiu looked at Wen Baizhi, "You said I shouldn't have placed so much hope in the Soul-Returning Lamp, but my life at that time was already filled with despair. Even though I knew that the Soul-Returning Lamp might not be able to bring you back for me in the end, I still wanted to believe in this hope, because without this hope, I really don't know how I would have lived at that time."

He can live because Qi Yan'an will not let him die.

But there is a difference between living with hope and living in despair like a zombie.