"No! I don't feel comfortable letting you go alone! ――”

Ye Xiaoyu blurted out.

“？”

The person on the other side was surprised.

"You...... You'll get to know other women then......"

Ye Xiaoyu said weakly.

That's it, no matter where she is, Qinglang is smart and doesn't change, and she doesn't plan to hide it anymore.

The night was like ink, and the surroundings seemed to be completely still.

"I'm done."

Qinglang said, and stood up from the chair with the dishes and chopsticks.

"Where are you going?!"

Ye Xiaoyu screamed in fright.

She was afraid that once Sunny walked through the door, the illusion would disappear and she would lose him again.

"Wash the dishes."

Sunny walked out without looking back.

"You wait—"

Ye Xiaoyu said, quickly stood up, took two steps, and reached out to grab the hem of his clothes.

“？”

Qing Lang turned his head, still expressionless.

"You...... Can you please not go? ”

The light around him kept dimming, as if the whole sky was about to fall. It was dark, except that the oil lamp on the table was still shining pitifully.

"I'm not leaving."

Sunny replied.

He just went out to the yard to wash the dishes.

"No, it's not like that, you just sit here and don't go anywhere-"

Seeing that the persuasion could not be convinced, Ye Xiaoyu began to get anxious.

"I'm dead, am I?"

Sunny turned around and stood still in the doorway. Then he asked lightly.

His face suddenly turned horribly pale.

"No-no, you're fine, it's--I'm a little scared right now-"

Ye Xiaoyu began to speak incoherently.

A flash of lightning streaked across the sky, followed by rolling thunder in the distance.

It seems like it's about to rain heavily.

"You hurry in, it's going to rain heavily......"

Ye Xiaoyu tugged at the hem of her sunny clothes.

But before she could finish her sentence, a bolt of lightning struck in front of her, and then thunder exploded in her ears, and the eaves were split in two. The falling tiles and beams hit Qinglang's body right on.

"Sunny-!!"

Ye Xiaoyu shouted hoarsely.

But the shouts were of no use at all, and Sunny was buried in the collapsed house. And she herself was already standing outside the courtyard at some point.

The surroundings began to shake violently. The sky was spinning, the place where Ye Xiaoyu was standing kept sinking, and the flying sand kept falling into her eyes, and she couldn't help but block it with her hands. When she opens her eyes again. I found myself sitting in an office.

*

"You. How did it come? ”

In the Juyi Hall. Looking at the people standing in Manmu, Goatee asked.

Although this person only appeared with him once, it left an impression. But it's enough for him to remember for a lifetime.

"Bring someone."

The person at the door said lightly, against the light, so that people couldn't see his facial expression.

All you can see is his full beard and curly hair.

"You? You're the one—"

Zou Youheng pointed at him with his finger, speechless in surprise.

He recognized this person, the last time Ye Xiaoyu was seriously injured and could not be saved, it was he who suddenly appeared and revived her.

But how did he end up here today?

Ignoring Zou Youheng's surprise, the bearded man walked into the lobby.

"You didn't come today to take this person away, did you?"

Goatee turned back to his seat, a smile on his lips.

"If that's the case, then you'd better leave early. This man's bounty is so high, I won't give it to you for nothing. ”

"Make an offer."

The man stood beside Zou Youheng and said lightly.

"Oh? I haven't seen you for a few years, and the shot has become so generous? ”

The goatee is full of playfulness.

"The price offered to this person on the rivers and lakes is very expensive, we have dealt with each other before, so I will give a friendship price, this number, how about it?"

As he spoke, the goatee held out five fingers.

"Five hundred taels?"

Zou Youheng asked.

"Hahaha...... Young Master Zou, you are underestimating your own life, is your life only worth this number? ”

Goatee laughed.

"Give."

The beard didn't say much, but untied the bulging backpack on his body and put it on the ground in front of him.

Zou Youheng poked his head and looked, only to see that the bags were full of silver tickets, if there was no adulteration, he didn't dare to imagine the face value of the inside with this thickness and quantity.

"How much?"

Goatee asked.

"Five million taels."

The beard and beard spoke calmly, as if frozen.

But Zou Youheng beside him was so frightened that the three souls lost their seven spirits. Five million taels? This person looks like a homeless man walking the rivers and lakes, where did he get so much money?

"Five million taels ??!!"

Goatee was also a little shocked by the amount.

What he had just planned was to get 50,000 taels, which was a hundred times more than he expected.

"I'll take the people away."

The beard said, pulled up Zou Youheng's sleeve and was about to go out.

"Wait—"

The goatee walked briskly down the steps.

The authenticity of the silver ticket has not yet been verified, how can he let him go like this, in case the money is fake, then he will lose a lot.

"Someone, take these silver tickets to the money bank for inspection—"

Goatee reached out and rummaged through the silver tickets in his bag, and after making sure that there were no other things mixed with them, he casually drew a few and asked his men to take them to the money bank on the ground to inspect the goods.

Heroes don't ask where they come from, and money doesn't ask where they come from. When Juyitang opens its doors to do business, it does not ask the identity of the client, nor does it ask the source of the honorarium.

"Big brother, it's all been checked, and these silver tickets are real."

After a while, the men who had gone to the money bank returned, whispering in the ear of the goatee.

"Gone."

The beard saw this. grabbed Zou Youheng's collar and walked out.

*

"Who are you?"

Coming out of the gloomy shop above the Juyi Hall, Zou Youheng shouted to the bearded man walking in front.

This person appeared twice, once to save Ye Xiaoyu, who was seriously injured and unconscious, and once to save him, is there really such a compassionate and righteous person in this world? But no matter how righteous you are, you can't always show up when the situation is critical, right?

"Follow me."

The bearded man said lightly, speeding up his steps.

A carriage stopped on the side of the street, and the bearded man watched Zou Youheng get into the car. Then he sat down in front of him and drove the carriage in the direction of the North District.

"You saved Ye Xiaoyu before, and we didn't thank you properly......"

Sit in a carriage. Zou Youheng said forward.

After the beard was healed by Ye Xiaoyu. He did not ask for a gratuity, nor did he say much, and immediately disappeared, and now he came out again to save himself. I finally had this opportunity. Whatever the reason for the recurrence. Zou Youheng felt that he should thank him well.

The man in front was just driving the carriage and did not answer.

"Where are you taking me?"

Zou Youheng asked again.

It stands to reason that he was suddenly taken away by a stranger. He should have panicked, but this time, he was unexpectedly relieved. Inexplicably, I feel that the big man in front of me is not a bad person.

"Northside."

After asking a few words in a row, the person in front of him replied with these two words.

Zou Youheng pursed his lips, and simply leaned his head on the cushion in the carriage, since he didn't answer, he didn't bother to ask again.

The road was bumpy and swaying, and just when Zou Youheng was about to fall asleep, the carriage finally stopped in front of a courtyard in the North District.

"This is your home?"

Zou Youheng was knocked to the ground by inertia, rubbing his messy hair and walking out of the carriage.

The bearded man didn't answer, he stepped forward and opened the door, then pulled the carriage in, and then went into the east wing, groping for himself, and didn't pay much attention to Zou Youheng.

Standing idly in the small courtyard, because he didn't know what to do, and he didn't understand what this person had brought him for, Zou Youheng stared at a tall loquat tree in front of him in a daze.

"The kitchen is over there, and there's hot meals in it."

Suddenly, a person came out of the east wing, and Zou Youheng subconsciously raised his head - his whole person instantly froze in place.

This person...... He's not...... Didn't he die in the palace compound a few months ago?

"There are hot meals in the kitchen."

It is estimated that he saw the surprise on Zou Youheng's face, and Qinglang repeated it.

"You, you...... Aren't you already ...... I've heard people say you're ......? ”

Looking at the person in front of him, Zou Youheng was speechless with excitement.

Because of this incident, he was sad and blamed himself for a long time, but now this person actually stood in front of him again, and saved him again. This...... Unless it was a dream, he couldn't figure out what was going on.

"I'm not dead."

Qinglang said lightly.

"You...... I can't be in a dream, am I? ”

Although he received Qinglang's confirmation, Zou Youheng still couldn't believe it, he first pinched his arm, and then stepped forward again, patting Qinglang's shoulder with his hand, trying to confirm whether this qiē was real.

The touch is very real, and the qiē in front of him doesn't look like a fake, but Zou Youheng still can't believe it.

"It's not a dream, I'm not dead."

Sunny said briefly as she carried a large bag of grass to the stable in the backyard.

"You're really not dead?!!"

Zou Youheng shouted excitedly, and couldn't help but step forward and hug him tightly.

"You're not dead, you're really not dead, it's great-!!"

Sticking to Qinglang's body like a dog skin plaster, Zou Youheng was so happy that he began to speak incoherently.

The sudden hug made Qing Lang a little helpless, and he subconsciously took two steps back, trying to break free from Zou Youheng's arm.

The habits he developed since he was a child made him unable to adapt to any physical contact with others.

Feeling his discomfort, Zou Youheng silently let go of his hand.

He really didn't mean anything else, he was just too excited to see that the savior was still alive.

"You, you...... That beard, you've always pretended to be? ”

After letting go, Qinglang walked towards the stable, and Zou Youheng followed behind, like an ignorant child, asking all the way.

"Hmm."

Sunny replied. (To be continued......)