"Mom, everyone's here!" Jin Qiao'er shouted outside, and Lan Yan hurried in, immediately spotting that familiar face.
Twenty years had passed since she last saw her—her own mother, Lan Gu.
"Qiao'er, quickly call grandma!" Lan Yan urged Qiao'er.
"Grandma!"
Jin Qiao'er was very obedient, her words sweet.
Lan Gu smiled with relief; now she could die without regrets, having seen her family.
"What's wrong with them?" Lan Yan looked at the three of them huddled together, speaking weakly with pallid faces, clearly indicating something was wrong with their health.
"They've been poisoned..." Liu Chen whispered.
"Poisoned? Then hurry and find a doctor; are we just waiting here to die?" Lan Yan said anxiously.
"..."
It's not that Liu Chen didn't want to save them, but he had no way to do so. Upon arrival, he saw it was a peculiar poison without an antidote; when designed, no antidote was left behind to ensure all tomb robbers inside would die.
