Transmigrated To Another World: General, I'm Not Your White Moonlight - Chapter 72

Chapter 72: A Promise
When two pairs of eyes met in the air, time seemed to stand still. The next second, a silver needle appeared between Duan Yixin’s index finger and middle finger.

Holding the bamboo plate in her left hand, Duan Yixin looked at Jian Liu and said calmly, “You finally appeared in front of me. Speak. What do you want to do by investigating and following me? Where are your other companions?”

Jian Liu glanced at the silver needle between her fingers, clasped his fists, and said, “I’m sorry for causing trouble to the Young Lady. We are only investigating you to ensure that you can help us.”

Of course, what Jian Liu said was not entirely true since he didn’t know why Jian Yi wanted to investigate Duan Yixin. As for Duan Yixin, she didn’t believe Jian Liu’s words at all.

Looking at the tall man wearing a black mask in front of her, Duan Yixin said, “If you need my help, you should come to me openly instead of investigating me secretly.”

Jian Liu nodded and said, “Young Lady is right. I’m sorry if we have offended you. Please accept my apology.”

Duan Yixin didn’t expect him to admit his mistake so readily. She opened her mouth to speak, but Jian Liu’s stomach made a sound before her words came out.

Gru~ Gru~

A grumbling sound came from his stomach, and the tips of Jian Liu’s ears turned red slightly. Two pairs of eyes fell into his flat belly, and the two of them fell into silence.

After a few seconds of silence, Duan Yixin sighed and asked, “Do you want to join me for lunch?”

When Duan Yixin invited him to lunch, Jian Liu raised his eyebrows slightly and asked, “Young Lady, you don’t know who I am or what my intention is. Why did you invite me to a meal?”

Duan Yixin put away the silver needle into her sleeve pocket, walked to the wooden table in the front yard, and said calmly, “I smelled the smell of blood in the air this morning, and I knew there was a group of people hiding nearby.”

“I know these people must have killed many people before because the smell of blood is so thick. But since you didn’t do anything to me and I didn’t feel any killing intent from you, I knew you wouldn’t kill me or do anything to me in the meantime.”

She put the dishes on the wooden table, turned to look at Jian Liu, and added, “In this case, I realize that you may need me to do something for you, or you may want to get something from me. If you need me, you won’t hurt me. Since you won’t hurt me, why should I be afraid of you?”

After hearing what she said, Jian Liu fell into silence and thought, ‘She is indeed the woman that Master has his eyes on. She could guess all this only based on the smell of blood on our bodies. It seems I still underestimated her.’

After a moment of silence, Jian Liu thought of his brothers, who were still starving and hiding in the forest. He struggled for a moment, walked up to Duan Yixin, and said, “Young Lady, I know this is too much to ask for. But… Can my brothers also have lunch with you?”

Duan Yixin thought for a moment and said, “I can give them food, but I have a condition.”

Jian Liu nodded and asked, “What is your condition?”

A slight smile appeared on Duan Yixin’s lips when she said, “You have to agree to help me with a task.”

“What task?” Jian Liu asked calmly.

Duan Yixin smiled slightly and said, “I will tell you when I need your help.”

Jian Liu stared at her for a few seconds, nodded, and said, “Fine. I promise you. As long as your wish doesn’t harm us, I will do it for you.”

After Jian Liu finished speaking, Duan Yixin said, “Verbal promises are not trustworthy. I need something that can be used as a token of your promise.”

Jian Liu thought for a moment and took off the tassel on his sword.

He handed the sword tassel to Duan Yixin and said, “When the Young Lady needs me to fulfill my promise, you can return this sword tassel to me. This is a relic given to me by my Shifu. In this world, there is only one. This sword tassel is very important to me, so the Young Lady doesn’t need to worry that I will lie to you.”

At first, Duan Yixin wanted the black token hung on his waist. However, judging from his clothes and black mask, she knew that it was impossible to get the black token from him. In this case, Duan Yixin can only accept the sword tassel.

She used her sleeve as a cover, put the sword tassel into the warehouse, and said, “You can call your brothers, and I will prepare more food for them.”

Leaving these words behind, Duan Yixin walked back to the kitchen. After exchanging a meal for one promise from a man who came and went without a trace, Duan Yixin felt that she had made a big profit this time. That promise might one day save her life.

While Duan Yixin was working in the kitchen, Jian Liu looked at the forest and made a gesture. Looking at the sign made by him, Shiwu took the others to Duan Yixin’s house.

Twenty minutes later, when Duan Yixin came out of the kitchen with a large plate of egg pancakes, she saw six men wearing the same black clothes and identical black masks sitting around the wooden table, staring in the direction of the kitchen.

As a doctor, Duan Yixin knew that these people were well-trained soldiers as soon as she saw their strong and straight bodies.

Not to mention the fact that their swords never left their bodies, Duan Yixin knew that these people were martial arts masters just by looking at their movements. She lowered her eyes, concealed her thoughts, and walked to the wooden table.