Song Yingchen finally understood the meaning of the words He Chong whispered in his ear, and his tears couldn't stop pouring out.

If He Chong hadn't secretly dropped the bag with the pills he picked up in the clubhouse, he would probably have been unconscious at this moment and had forgotten all about what happened in the Taoist Temple. Holding back the various physiological reactions* elicited by him—his heart pounding, his blood pumping, his emotions soaring—he pretended to be unconscious and fell asleep.

The fact that a person resolutely chooses to sacrifice without preparation is enough to see how heroic and fearless he is. He Chong fulfilled the emotions of his lover and the friendship of his friends, and he was ashamed of himself. The true meaning of love turns out to be not to be together as much as possible, but to give up oneself in order to protect the other person.

On the other hand, it was the first time for He Yina to do such an unsightly thing, and it was inevitable that she was a little hasty. She didn't notice that Song Yingchen was short of breath and tears slipped from the corners of her eyes, so she just hurriedly threw him and Chiba into the room and fled. Along the way, she felt no sense of her own presence, only an irresistible force controlling her body, while her soul hid and trembled.

After making sure that she had left, Song Yingchen opened her eyes and ran to the bathroom to induce vomiting. What happened this night, it was too late to think about it, he just wanted to hurry back to that gloomy place and rescue He Chong.

"Chiba, Chiba, wake up!"

The sleeping Chiba couldn't wake up anyway, so he got a fruit knife from the kitchen and pinned it to his waist, and left the Sakura apartment alone. He first called a taxi and rushed back to Yuefu, and while Lu Meiqin was still asleep, he stole the key and drove her car out.

Before dawn, he did not feel sleepy at all, only hoping that the terrible things would end after the dawn broke.

He hadn't touched the car for a long time, but his unfamiliar driving skills did not make him slow down, but increased the throttle and drove towards Lushan. Although I don't remember the clear route, fortunately, there are signs to the Taoist temple in the mountains, so I didn't take too many detours and arrived at my destination.

Xin Mu's car and He Chong's car were gone, and there was no movement in the courtyard, only the hissing of bats.

He vigilantly touched the fruit knife on his waist, not daring to take it lightly.

There was the sound of a Taoist priest sweeping the fallen leaves at the other end of the Taoist temple, and then he found that the sky was numb. Then, the sound of birds sounded from afar, getting closer and closer, one after another, and the silence of the mountains was gradually broken by the noise.

He felt his body finally warm up.

He found a locust tree at the root of the wall, and the tall trunk stretched out into the courtyard, and he mustered up the courage to climb up. The head of the wall was really a little high, at least close to three meters, and if he jumped like this, he might break his bones, so he turned around on the wall, first put his legs down, and then used all his strength to condense his forearms, until his whole body fell to the extreme before letting go of his hand.

Landing smoothly and quickly drilling into the side of the house, a heart beating wildly.

After watching for about a minute, he tiptoed to the door and put his ear to it, but there was no sound. Back in the corner, he threw a pebble at the door, which bounced off the ground and rolled down the steps with a clatter.

There was still no response in the house.

He was not so afraid, but he was even more panicked than before, if Xin Mu and He Yina had already left, He Chong would probably be more than lucky.

Halfway through the thought, he didn't dare to think about it anymore, and when he returned to the door again, he found that there was an antique bronze lock hanging on it, and he suddenly broke out in a cold sweat - Xin Mu's mother and daughter had indeed left.

"It's broken!"

He looked around in the depths of the courtyard, but found nothing, so he picked up a brick from the flower platform and smashed the copper lock, and broke in decisively.

The house was empty, and there was no trace of it.

He ran to the Bogu shelf, turned the tray under the daffodils, and the secret room appeared.

It's just as empty.

He couldn't care so much, he quickly took out the phone and called He Chong, but all he heard was the shutdown prompt.

……

I don't know how long it took, but Chiba opened her eyes.

She had never slept so deeply, and the moment she woke up, she felt like she had unfolded her whole body, like a computer after emptying the garbage and updating the system.

After waking up, she used to push the window first to take deep breaths, stretch her waist, and let the blood flow freely. Then there is a distant view, looking out from the window, the beautiful Lujiang River is full of vitality, the sky is just dawning, and the morning glow reflects the sparkling water surface. It's a thriving city, from strange to familiar, from defensive to accepting, from deep to alienated.

She lowered her gaze again and swept towards the small house called the sentry box at the door of the apartment. There is Luo Damao, the first friend she made here, I don't know if he has been on the morning or evening shift today, whether he has returned to his hometown recently, and whether he has brought a bag full of sour horns......

No, Da Mao is dead! She suddenly realized this, and her heart was not very sad. Da Mao died a miserable death, his sturdy body turned into white bones, and only a head remained. It was she who pressed the button to end his life with her own hands, it was fulfillment, relief, and helplessness.

She hates the Elysium, hates the Queen of the Night, and hates Lu Meiqin.

Closing the curtains, her mood suddenly hit rock bottom, and she urgently needed a hot shower to calm her mind, so she walked out of the bedroom and towards the bathroom.

When she walked out of the bedroom, she glanced into the living room, 1101 was much smaller than the He family, but she still liked it more......

"Wait!" In an instant, she felt like she was being slapped on the head, and she felt like she was in a trance of forcibly switching from real and false time and space, "How can I be in the Sakura Apartment!" ”

The blank break in her head made her almost scream.

At the same time, Song Yingchen came back, and the two looked at each other.

"Awake?" He greeted with a pretended composure, turning his face away from her weeping red eyes.

"What's going on, why am I at your house?" Chiba asked, and then felt that Fang Fang's brain, which was still extremely relaxed, suddenly tensed, and his temples on both sides jumped violently, and he hurriedly held on to the wall.

"You're drunk, I carried you back, you're so heavy."

Song Yingchen deliberately made his tone sound a little joking, but his whole voice was hoarse.

Suspicious, she spread her palms and exhaled, sniffing again. A painful pain in the brain.

"Did I drink?" She seemed to be talking to herself.

"Take some vitamins, and drink plenty of water after a hangover." Song Yingchen took out two bottles of orange juice from the refrigerator, handed one to her, and unscrewed the other bottle herself.

The two sat down in the living room, Song Yingchen drank orange juice, and the cold liquid flowed down the esophagus into the newly warmed stomach, and there was a spasm in the stomach. He only frowned slightly, waited a few seconds, and drank the rest again. Vitamin C quickly had a wake-up effect, and he felt like he had regained his ability to think calmly.

And Chiba kept staring at him with strange eyes, his face full of doubts.

"Why are your eyes so red?"

"Oh, nothing, no rest...... Are you still drunk? ”

"Did I really drink? Why do I drink alcohol? ”

"What, don't you remember what happened yesterday?" Because he was too nervous, Song Yingchen touched his ears unnaturally.

"Yesterday, yesterday......" she muttered, slowly adjusting her breathing to close her eyes. After searching for a while, the memories were still in a state where they could not be retrieved, and I couldn't help but get impatient. "I don't remember why."

Song Yingchen continued to probe that he had to decide what to say next through the fragmentation of her memory.

"Think about it, where were you before you drank and what were you doing?"

"I, I'm ......" Chiba pondered for a long time, and finally remembered the "breakup" with He Chong a day ago.

Yes, she was impulsive with He, unwilling to continue that despicable plan, because all kinds of emotions were intertwined, and she was in a terrible mood. The only way to pour out her sorrows was to drink, so she drank the broken pieces, and fortunately Song Yingchen carried them back...... That makes sense.

"Remembered?"

She nodded and stood up, a little embarrassed.

"Thank you for taking me in, I'm leaving."

Song Yingchen grabbed her.

"Where to go, you have already moved out of the He family."

Yes, she has moved out of Hefu and has nowhere to go, but that doesn't make an excuse to stay.

"So I'm going to have to find a house." She replied.

"What kind of house are you looking for, why do you have to stay in Lucheng?"

Song Yingchen's reaction made her a little overwhelmed, and she obviously didn't understand what he wanted to express, showing a puzzled expression.

"I told you the purpose of my visit to Lucheng, have you forgotten?" She was a little aggrieved.

"Yes, revenge! Have you found the enemy, how are you going to deal with it, and are you sure you can fight? Song Yingchen became more and more excited, his face turned red, and he could even see green tendons on his neck, "Retribution is so important, so important that you dare to do anything for it, even ignoring yourself?" ”

Questioned like this, Chiba's eyes were wet.

"Then should my mother be killed in vain, lying in bed for seventeen years unconscious? She was gone, I wasn't there when I left, and by the time we said goodbye she was lying in the morgue, cold and hard...... At that time, I told myself that revenge must be avenged, otherwise, I would not be worthy of being her daughter! ”

She stubbornly wiped away her tears and turned her head to leave, and Song Yingchen hurriedly stopped in front.

"Even if you find out the murderer, you can't fight it, if something happens then, how can your mother feel at ease in the spirit of heaven?"

His round eyes were actually full of pleading.

"I know you're doing it for my good, but ......" Chiba suddenly sat down with weak legs, shame, self-blame, and unwillingness all over his body, "But I've done a lot of things that I can't help myself in order to take revenge, and I can't turn back." ”

"No, everything can be turned back, it's still too late to brake!"

"What's wrong with you today, why are you weird all of a sudden? Didn't you say you supported me and were willing to help me? ”

Song Yingchen sat down against her and held her cold hand tightly.

"Chiba, I beg you, don't take revenge, come with me."

"With you? Where to? ”

"You can go anywhere, by the sea, in the mountains, in a border town, on the other side of the ocean...... As long as I can be with you, I am willing to go anywhere. ”

His almost pleading look left Chiba at a loss. Once upon a time, she wanted to have the scene in front of her, but when this moment really came, she had no courage and no confidence.

"I'm sorry Yingchen, although I separated from He Chong, it wasn't because of you." In desperation, she forced herself to say such hurtful words, "I can't think about other things until my mother's revenge is avenged, please forgive me." Also, I'm not worthy of you, not worth it. She kept shaking her head, both to refuse Song Yingchen's request and to keep herself awake.

"Can't you think about yourself......"

"I don't have a choice, I can't let my mother die in vain."

Looking at her stubborn appearance, Song Yingchen almost blurted out, "Then can you let He Chong die in vain", but he held back.

"No, you can, and you should choose the future over the past! The past is gone, and it shouldn't be a shackle that binds you all your life. Look at my mother, what has become of revenge, do you want to go crazy like her? What if she paid so much, didn't she still find the enemy, but became suspicious. Chiba, hatred of this thing is like a plant, if you don't water and fertilize it, you will be grateful after a long time. Thank you, and the wounds in your heart will be healed. "He must do everything he can to get Chiba out of this hate-haunted city, this is his wish, and it is also He Chong's wish.

Chiba was stunned, briefly lost in thought, and his mind was disturbed.

At this moment, Song Yingchen's phone rang and he picked it up.

"Hey...... It's ......"

His face turned blue and white as he answered the phone, and finally the phone fell down his cheek to the ground.

"What's wrong?" Chiba asked, only to find that there was a panic in his eyes that he had never seen before.