The man in the water acted as if he hadnât heard her, completely ignoring her.
The bodyguards behind him rushed over in a hurry, and when they saw the always proud and noble Master Jue personally stepping into the stream to retrieve something, despite the rain pouring down, they froze in shock!
Then, when they took a closer look at what he was retrieving, their already stunned brains momentarily shut downâ
What is going on now?
Master Jue braved the storm just to retrieve⦠thousand paper cranes?
When did Master Jue have such⦠a girlâs heart?
This⦠is just unbelievable!
Chi Enen watched as his shirt turned transparent in the blink of an eye, soaked by the rain, revealing the bandages wrapped around his body underneath.
She couldnât care less anymore and urgently shouted, âLi Beijue, come out! Arenât they just thousand paper cranes? If you want them, I can make them for you every day. Just come out and stop picking them up!â
The bodyguards, after a long moment of shock, finally remembered that Li Beijue was still injured and quickly said, âQuick, quick, grab an umbrella!â
One of them dashed off at lightning speed.
The others quickly surrounded him and tried to persuade him anxiously, âMaster Jue, youâre still injured. Please come out first.â
Li Beijue had already retrieved a dozen thousand paper cranes. Watching the gradually soaked thousand paper cranes in the stream, his thin lips pressed into a hard line as he commanded in a low voice, âYou all, get down here and start picking them up with me!â
He paused for a moment, âAnd leave two people here to escort Miss Chi to a sheltered spot. Call for more peopleâdo it fast!â
Domineering, forceful!
No room for rejection!
The bodyguards dared not defy his orders and promptly followed his commands, stepping into the water. The remaining two didnât care about Chi Enenâs resistance and forcibly dragged her to a spot sheltered from the rain.
Soon, the person sent to summon help returned, bringing along dozens of servants in a bustling rush.
The Li familyâs strict etiquette really showed its colors; even during such an urgent situation, they followed through with such⦠childish and absurd orders.
Dozens of people didnât ask a single question. Almost instantly, they stepped into the stream to carry out the task.
Blocked from getting closer, Chi Enen watched the bustling scene at the stream, utterly speechless with disbelief.
Who could have imagined such an intense atmosphere, so many people, late at night when everyone should be asleep, scrambling nonstop in the streamâall just to retrieve some ordinary thousand paper cranes?
Anyone witnessing this would think something major might have happened.
Or perhaps gold had been discovered in the water.
But in reality, there was nothing. Everyone was just retrieving something utterly worthlessâthousand paper cranes!
Chi Enen had no words to describe what she was feeling at the moment. She deeply regretted the idea sheâd come up with.
No, if she had known, she wouldnât have written those memories on the thousand paper cranes.
Originally, she simply thought making the thousand paper cranes represented good luck and blessings, and she wanted to write wishes for his health on them.
But as she wrote, they turned into memories.
How they met, what he had her do, the scenery they had seen, the words he had saidâshe couldnât help but write it all out.
Actually, writing them out wasnât a big deal.
She just hadnât expected that making the cake would take so long, and Li Beijue discovered them so quickly. She hadnât even finished the âStar Riverâ before he noticed them.
Not only did he notice, but he came over, found the little âsecretsâ inside the thousand paper cranes, and now the situation had escalated to a point beyond salvationâ¦