love on the turquoise land

Chapter 71

Jiang Baichuan's original words were: "Next, they'll try every means to get Mazha back. My feeling is, whether we exchange or not, we can't escape, so we might as well not exchange."

Yan Tuo could understand this, but he didn't quite grasp why Jiang Baichuan felt that "whether we exchange or not, we can't escape."

Nie Jiuluo, however, immediately understood the key point.

She said, "You mentioned that Lin Xirou is looking for her son, and Jiang Shu and the others only brought Mazha out of Qingrang. From the timeline, they caught Mazha around the end of 1991 to the beginning of 1992, and Lin Xirou first appeared in September 1992, which is indeed quite close. If we set aside the huge difference in appearance, there's a strong possibility that Mazha is Lin Xirou's son. If he's her son, he must be very important to her, but Mazha has been exposed for almost thirty years and is nearing his end. Put yourself in Lin Xirou's shoes; would she be happy to see Mazha?"

Yan Tuo sighed inwardly.

Is there even a need to ask? To use a somewhat inappropriate analogy, it's like a mother desperately searching for her son who was kidnapped by traffickers, only to find him at death's door. How could she not be filled with rage and sorrow?

Initially, when he heard this, he thought Jiang Baichuan was being reckless, unafraid of death. Now it seemed that he wasn't unafraid of death, but rather he had thought things through.

He checked the time: "It's very late. I'll wash up and rest first."

The past few hours had been heavy with conversation, but for him, it was not without excitement, like a blind person suddenly gaining sight and hearing after years of confusion.

As he got up, he took the empty water cups out with him.

Nie Jiuluo hadn't noticed at first, but then she glimpsed her nearly empty cup, with only some red dates and goji berries at the bottom, and suddenly felt pressure in her lower abdomen.

Everyone knows that this kind of pressure can't be relieved and only gets worse with time.

***

Accompanied by the sound of running water from the bathroom, Nie Jiuluo bit her lip and clenched the blanket, struggling intensely with her thoughts.

Should she hold it in? Wait until the maid comes tomorrow? It's only ten hours or so?

No, no, that would be unbearable. Everyone is human, right? Besides, in Yan Tuo's eyes, she's not some kind of fairy...

She really didn't understand. Why does a man need to take such a long shower? Just a quick rinse would do...

***

The previous night, Yan Tuo had soaked in a filthy mud pit. Even though he had bathed afterward and changed his clothes when he returned to the villa with Chen Fu, he still felt uneasy, so he was thorough in his shower, shampooing twice.

When he came back to the room in his pajamas, Nie Jiuluo was already curled up from holding it in.

Of course, she spoke nonchalantly, "Yan Tuo, I need to go to the bathroom."

Yan Tuo thought for a moment. "I just finished showering and opened the window for ventilation. Can you wait a bit?"

Nie Jiuluo blurted out, "No need."

She immediately regretted it, realizing she had spoken too quickly and revealed her situation.

Yan Tuo understood instantly, wanting to laugh but holding it back. He came over and asked her, "Now that you need to go to the bathroom, what's the process? How should I... assist?"