Ji Ran quickly drove the car into the old city, which was a place she was very familiar with, she was born here, grew up here until she was seven years old, and would come back from time to time to take a look in later days.

She looked at the car that was still following her unhurriedly in the rearview mirror, and watched herself drive into the familiar road, and the corners of her mouth hooked up with a smile.

The alley less than two meters wide in her memory soon appeared in front of her, Ji Ran drove unhurriedly, and when she approached the alley, she turned a corner, and just turned in, half of the body stuck in the alley, the body shook, and stopped at this position.

The person following behind suddenly saw her stopping, hurriedly stepped on the brakes, and under the violent movement, the body trembled, and it was able to stop behind Ji Ran's car.

"Damn, driving is really scary, and it will get stuck when you turn. ”

He slowed down, listened to nothing unusual over there, lit a cigarette, and waited for Ji Ran to start again.

One minute, three minutes, five minutes, the time passed minute by minute, and he suddenly felt that something was wrong, because Ji Ran's side was too quiet, so quiet that there was no sound at all.

He had a guess, sighed in his heart, quickly opened the door and got out of the car, crossed the back of the car that was half thrown out of the alley, and walked quickly towards the driver's seat.

However, it was already empty.

"Damn, I actually abandoned the car and ran away. He gritted his teeth and dropped such a sentence and walked down the alley, trying to find Ji Ran's traces.

"The alley is so long, it's only a minute, it's impossible to fly. ”

Of course, Ji Ran couldn't fly, but according to her understanding of this place, she had planned the route as early as she turned in, complained loudly when she stopped, and then quickly got off the car lightly, and ran all the way to the low wall in her memory.

Ji Ran turned around like a cat for a long time, and finally nested behind an earthen wall not far from where she parked, observing the movements of the people who followed him.

I don't know how long she squatted, but she finally saw the other party scolding and driving the car and leaving the place. Ji Ran waited patiently a little longer, and made sure that his car had gone far away and there was no sign of coming back, so he slowly stood up and patted the dirt on his trouser legs.

The legs were a little numb due to the long squatting, and when Ji Ran stood up, she almost fell down because of the feeling of electricity on her knees, so she hurriedly held on to the low wall to stabilize her figure. I couldn't care about so much at the moment, so I limped to the parking place.

When she was about to arrive, she heard the sound of a car coming.

Carelessly, Ji Ran is standing in a somewhat awkward position now, some distance from his car, and it is unrealistic to turn back to the hiding place just now. She gritted her teeth and simply ran towards the car door, and before she could open the door, she heard a violent brake sound, and with the sound of the car door opening, Ji Ran heard very fast footsteps, and then, a figure ran in front of her.

Ji Ran's heart tightened, and before he could see who the person was clearly, he was hugged into his arms by the other party.

Seeing that the arm was just resting near her shoulder, she was nervous, and she couldn't spare the energy to look at the other party's face, so she directly lowered her head, opened her mouth, and bit down on the other party's arm.

Then she heard a familiar muffled grunt, and she didn't let go of her hand.

"It's me, I'm late. ”

This was Bai Xingchen's voice, and when Ji Ran realized this, those tensions suddenly dropped all of a sudden, but at the same time, a wave of anger began to rise up.

So instead of relenting, she increased her anger and intensified her mouth.

Bai Xingchen didn't say anything, just wrapped his arms around her shoulders, silently endured, and gently stroked her hair with his other hand.

After biting like this for a while, Ji Ran also felt bored, and with a little force in his hand, he broke free from Bai Xingchen's embrace and took a step back.

"What are you doing here? Playing with the praying mantis to catch cicadas, with the yellow finch behind?"

She laughed angrily, and as soon as she opened her mouth, she was full of mockery. Bai Xingchen didn't care about the sarcasm in his words, took a step forward, narrowed the distance between them, and looked at Ji Ran firmly, his eyes full of pity and firmness.

After he waited for Ji Ran to finish, he opened his mouth and slowly explained:

"I know it's angry, and I know what you're angry about, but Ranran, I can swear to you that everything I've done has nothing to do with Gao Ye Chengdu. I took the things, but they didn't give them to him, everything I did was my own decision. ”

"Then what followed me today? I finally got rid of it, and then you suddenly appeared again and told me that everything you did before had nothing to do with Gao Yecheng, how do you think I should believe it?"

"The person who follows you today is from the Gaoye Cheng faction, but he knows about your existence, but it is not because of me. ”

"Really, can you please tell me why, will Gao Yecheng know about my existence?"

Ji Ran said mockingly, looking at Bai Xingchen coldly, waiting for his answer.

"Perhaps, he was betrayed. ”

For a long time, Bai Xingchen said this. Ji Ran sneered, didn't bother to talk anymore, and opened the car door.

But he didn't want to, Bai Xingchen's hand pressed on the car door.

"What does it take for you to believe me? ”

"Anyway, I don't want to trust you anymore, last time you managed to make me understand the fate of easily trusting others, and I won't let myself repeat the mistakes of the past. ”

"Burn. ”

"Can you stop calling me that. ”

Ji Ran couldn't tell whether it was real resentment or accumulated outburst of sadness, in short, she shook the half-opened car door hard, turned around, and yelled at Bai Xingchen.

It's just that she didn't pay attention, and when she said this, her tears flowed uncontrollably, her face was full of tears, and with the dirt that she had just rubbed when she was hidden by the low wall, it didn't look good at all, but it made Bai Xingchen's heart soften for a moment.

He closed his eyes and sighed softly, and in that moment, the decision was made.

"Do you know why I left from you and then took the information about Gao Yecheng with me?"

When Ji Ran heard his words, he raised his head and looked at him with red eyes.

"Do you know why I've always kept you away from Gao Yecheng, warning you that it's dangerous every time you do something?"

He leaned closer to Ji Ran, stared at her, and said the secret in as soft a voice as possible.

"That's because, in fact, I know your brother, Ji Kaiyu. ”

As soon as these words came out, Ji Ran's eyes widened instantly, she looked at Bai Xingchen in disbelief, and muttered in her mouth:

"How is it possible, when I asked you, you said... ”

"That's me lying to you. ”

Bai Xingchen interrupted her words, he looked directly at Ji Ran, met her eyes full of tears, reached out to help her brush the messy hair of Youxie in the action just now, and said slowly:

"I knew him a long time ago, and at that time, he came to work under Gao Yecheng a little later than me, so we had some contact and went through some things together. ”

"Actually, it's not just Ji Kaiyu, even you, I knew about it a long time ago. ”

"So, do you know where my brother is now?"

Ji Ran reached out and grabbed his collar, with some anxious tone. Bai Xingchen's eyes darkened, and there was no sound for a while, Ji Ran shook him anxiously: "You speak." ”

Bai Xingchen grabbed her hand and held it in his hand, the temperature from Ji Ran's hand gave him some strength, and finally had the courage to speak, he opened his mouth with difficulty, and said in a sour voice:

"Your brother ,,, no longer there. ”

"What do you mean by that?"

Ji Ran asked anxiously, as if he couldn't understand the meaning of this sentence, his eyes widened, and he shook Bai Xingchen like crazy.

Bai Xingchen knew that this fact was tantamount to a devastating blow to Ji Ran, but he had already opened his mouth, no matter how painful and sad the two of them would be, he could only continue:

"Five years ago, because someone betrayed him, Gao Yecheng found out your brother's identity and then ,,,"

He paused at this point, as if he had no way to face the image that had emerged from his mind again, and exhaled heavily through his nose, as if he had the strength to continue:

"Then, I watched him die in front of me. ”

"How can it be ,,,,," Ji Ran muttered, her arms hung down weakly, and her eyes drooped, she had been following Ji Kaiyu's clues for so long, although she had long been mentally prepared for the worst outcome, but now that she was suddenly told that Ji Kaiyu had left,,, no matter what it was, she felt that she had no way to accept it at all.

Bai Xingchen watched her collapse, took a step forward, stretched out his hand to wrap around her, and his eyes were full of pain:

"I'm sorry I couldn't stop this. For so many years, I have also felt guilty in my heart, and I continue to stay by Gao Yecheng's side only because I want to complete some of the things that your brother entrusted me at the beginning, including taking care of you, I'm sorry, I showed up late. ”

"I deceived you about the truth, I didn't want you to get close to Gao Yecheng, and I took away your information, in fact, it was just because, I hope you can live in peace, in this way, in fact, it would be better if you didn't know anything. It's just that I couldn't have imagined that my self-righteousness would cause you so much pain. ”

"I'm really sorry. ”

Bai Xingchen gently whispered his feelings in her ear word by word, he didn't know how much Ji Ran listened, but he said what was in his heart like this, telling the person he had always wanted to tell, so that his heart, which had been overwhelmed by secrets all these years, actually felt a little soothed.

He hugged Ji Ran, listened to her crying in his ear, and gently brushed her hair with his hand, hoping that he could give her some comfort.