No one dared object to Yun Ran’s words. Someone immediately stepped forward and roughly dragged over the person Yun Ran had just pointed out.

As for the process of dragging him over, naturally, no one cared about what a prisoner thought.

"Kneel!"

After dragging the man over, the subordinate kicked the back of his knees, clearly wanting to make him kneel.

After all, even they had to kneel respectfully; this prisoner, of course, should kneel as well.

Only, the subordinate clearly hadn’t expected that even as a prisoner, this guy’s spine would still be so stiff. His kick landed, yet the man was standing ramrod straight.

The subordinate immediately felt he’d lost face. Lord Divine Envoy had ordered him once, and he ended up getting slapped in the face by a mere prisoner.

"You’re courting death!"

He immediately raised the whip in his hand, wanting to lash this hard bone once. He refused to believe it—faced with a beating to death, this man still wouldn’t kneel!

Yun Ran’s brows twitched slightly. She clearly couldn’t figure it out—were her subordinates this full of malice before she lost her memory?

"Stand down~"

The subordinate’s face had been somewhat ferocious, but after hearing Yun Ran’s words, he instantly restrained himself and obediently backed away.

When the subordinates saw Yun Ran wanting to "interrogate" that prisoner, they all retreated far back.

Clearly, her subordinates had absolute faith in her abilities and weren’t worried in the least that the prisoner would suddenly act out and attack her, their Lord Divine Envoy.

The prisoner who’d been hauled over stood below Yun Ran, who was on the carriage. The difference in height and status was obvious at a glance.

Yun Ran looked down at this man who, at first glance, seemed just like the other prisoners, but in truth, there wasn’t a trace of fear in his eyes. He even had the leisure to size things up in all sorts of ways.

Her tone was indifferent as she spoke. "What are you doing hiding among these prisoners?"

The man tilted his head up slightly, not at all surprised that Yun Ran had seen through him at a glance among the captured crowd.

His face, smeared with blood and grime, was lifted, and his eyes were full of laughter. "We meet again~"

That single word "again" carried a lot of weight. Clearly, this man and the former her had been acquainted.

Faced with her current state of remembering nothing, Yun Ran suddenly felt that having someone smilingly say he knew her—even if the other party was an enemy—felt... pretty good.

Naturally, Yun Ran couldn’t expose the fact that she didn’t remember him at all, so she repeated her earlier question. "You hid among these people—what are you trying to do?"

Compared to the earlier cold, faintly scrutinizing tone, when she asked again now, Yun Ran’s voice carried a closeness she herself wasn’t aware of.

"Naturally, I came to find you."

As he spoke, the Iron Chain binding the man was effortlessly broken free by him.

The subordinates watching this scene from a distance from time to time immediately felt uneasy, torn over whether they should rush over and take down this damn prisoner.

But seeing that Lord Divine Envoy didn’t move at all, they didn’t dare act rashly.

After all, even for them, if they became an eyesore to Lord Divine Envoy, the outcome wouldn’t be pretty.

When Lord Divine Envoy got angry, she didn’t distinguish between her own and outsiders.

Besides, with Lord Divine Envoy’s methods, anyone who dared play tricks would have died hundreds of times over already.

Yun Ran could very clearly sense that the man standing beside her carriage truly didn’t harbor any malice toward her.

So she made no move either, and in others’ eyes, this only further proved that their Lord Divine Envoy feared nothing.

After breaking free of the Iron Chain, the man reached into himself and fumbled around, quickly producing something that looked like a scale.

The subordinates who had already searched these prisoners thoroughly once before: ...

Damn it, hadn’t they all checked them over already? The thing this man had just taken out was a solid, vicious slap to their faces!

If it weren’t for the fact that this damned prisoner was facing Lord Divine Envoy right now, they would have already rushed up and hacked him into eight pieces!

Literally hacked into eight pieces, in the physical sense, not just an expression!

The scale-like object in his hand was flashing with light.

Yun Ran stared at that scale without blinking, and for some reason felt a faint sense of closeness toward it, as if this thing had originally belonged to her.

Seeing Yun Ran’s gaze, the smile in the man’s eyes deepened. "You gave this to me before. You said that as long as you came back, this thing would light up.

I used to think you were just bragging, just trying to trick me. Didn’t expect it to be real. When I saw it light up, I came to find you!"

Yun Ran: ...

So it really was her thing. It was just that before she lost her memory, was her style really like this?

She’d actually been willing to give something this mysterious to someone else. Somehow, it really did sound a bit like the style of a con artist.

But now, seeing this scale actually flashing with light—

Yun Ran fell silent.

Clearly, no one could empathize with Yun Ran’s current awkwardness. The man went on, "I thought I’d never see you again."

This kind of conversation really sounded a bit bizarre, like some pure-hearted young man who’d run into a heartless female swindler.

But if you looked closely at the man’s eyes, there wasn’t the slightest resentment in them. More than anything, there was... longing.

Yes, that’s right—longing. The kind of longing one had for someone separated by life and death.

A chill ran over Yun Ran for no reason, and goosebumps broke out all over her.

She had no choice but to hurriedly change the subject. "You came to find me by mixing in with these people?"

The man nodded. "Otherwise what? I’m not on the same side as you. If others saw me coming to you, neither of us would end well!"

That familiar tone carried none of the hatred that should exist between people from opposing factions. There was only the satisfaction of his own sneaky operation.

Yet before he finished speaking, his eyes started roaming around. "Right, where’s that guard of yours who’s always glued to your side?"

As for Yun Ran, who’d been asked, she was still completely at a loss. When she woke up, she not only remembered nothing but also had no one with her.

If she knew everything, would she be tagging along with a group of strangers?

"Naturally, I sent him to take care of other matters. Why, are you trying to pry into my business?"

The man hurriedly shook his head. "No, no. I promised you back then I’d never pry into anything about you. I keep my word!"

As if afraid Yun Ran wouldn’t believe him, he quickly added, "This time, I was just passing through. I wasn’t tailing you.

Our Snow Mountain Lineage and your Dark Hall Lineage have always kept out of each other’s way. I won’t break the rules."