A Spoonful of Sugar: Don't Beg for Love

Hesper opened the door with one hand, and she was petrified when she saw the man in front of her.

It had been a long time since Julian saw Hesper. His gaze turned gentle, and he stepped forward to give her a hug. "It has been a long time, Hesper. It's me."

Hesper blinked her eyes several times, as she did not expect a hug from Julian. When she finally came around to her senses, she pushed him away and observed him from head to toe. "You've been released at last. Are you okay?"

"I'm fine." Julian's heart sank when Hesper pushed him away. However, when he saw her expression, he knew that she must've deciphered his previous message.

This was something nobody would be able to understand aside from the two of them.

Hesper frowned and looked outside for a moment, then closed the door and led Julian into the room.

"You don't have any monitoring device on you, right?"

Julian shook his head. "Don't worry. I've completely cut ties with them. Otherwise, I wouldn't have come to you."

"That's great." After the initial surprise of seeing Julian had ebbed away, Hesper had calmed down a little bit. She told Julian to take his seat and fetched him a cup of water. "I've been thinking about you this whole time. It's great to see you safe... By the way, how did you find me?" Hesper asked as she looked at her face through the mirror.

She genuinely did not know how Julian managed to find her. After all, she had a different face now.

"About that..." Julian froze for a moment. If he had not known that Hesper lived here beforehand, he might not have recognized her at first glance. He did not know what Hesper had done to her face, but it was vastly different from before.

"The people from Daybreak told me about it," Julian said.

"Daybreak?"

Julian was a little bit surprised. "You know Daybreak?"

"Yeah. We've crossed paths before," Hesper replied. "So the ones who took you away were Daybreak. No wonder I couldn't get any news from you. It seems like it's related to Myriade."

"You know Myriade too?" Julian frowned. "Then, do you know..."

"Know what?" Hesper looked at Julian with some confusion.

"Nothing..." Julian shook his head. "It doesn't really matter anyway. Do you still remember the things I told you before? My teacher can treat your leg injury. That's the reason why I came to you this time."

It was true that Julian had told her before. However, Hesper thought there was nothing they could do to her injury anymore since it had been so long.

She paused for a few moments before continuing, "Well, the condition of my leg is different now. A lot of things happened after you left, and there's a chance that my leg is incurable."

"How can we say it's untreatable without trying?" Julian said, clasping Hesper's hand. "My teacher will come tomorrow. Maybe your leg can still be saved. Trust me, okay?"

Hesper licked her slightly dry upper lips.

"lan, I also really want to heal my leg injury, but I'm afraid it'll be a fruitless effort." Hesper lowered her head and fell silent for a moment. "If even your teacher can't cure it, does that mean my leg will never be healed?"

The reason Hesper had been pretending not to care about her leg was that she did not want it to be a damp squib.

"Don't worry. My teacher is an expert in treating leg injuries. I'm sure he can cure you," Julian assured.

"Alright, then let's give it a try," Hesper replied.