A burst of self-deprecation flashed in Mu Shihuan's heart.

Look, now, I know this man better and better.

But in fact, she didn't seem to know him.

If she really understood, how could she have been deceived so badly by him that she almost lost her life?

How strange.

Scold.

Retracted his thoughts, not wanting to waste time, and not wanting to say more to him to give him a reason to continue pestering, Mu Shihuan retracted his gaze and lay down indifferently.

"Whatever you want."

With that, she closed her eyes.

She stopped talking, and silence quickly spread through the bedroom.

Li Jingyan sat on the sofa, his eyes still fell on her, and the dullness in his chest did not decrease but increased.

He didn't speak.

The atmosphere became more and more eerie and quiet.

……

After waking up from the catastrophe, Mu Shihuan's sleep quality became very poor, and the man made it clear that he would not leave until he saw her asleep, so she thought it was a big deal to pretend to be asleep.

Just pretending, she would have known it a long time ago, and even if she didn't, she had learned something from being around him for so long.

Fool him, she could.

Closing her eyes, she deliberately slowed down her breathing, letting it gradually grow steadily.

Unexpectedly, she gradually became sleepy, and even the original state of being unable to sleep was quietly changing.

And this, she didn't realize.

She only felt more and more sleepy.

There was a voice in her heart reminding her not to be careless to fall asleep and to be on guard, but at the same time, it seemed that another voice was hypnotizing, using a low and gentle voice to trick her into sleeping, sleep, sleep peacefully, it's okay.

The two voices seemed to be fighting, and at first Mu Shihuan could still stand firmly on the former's side, but slowly for some reason, her eyelids became more and more heavy, and she seemed to be convinced.

Mu Shihuan fell asleep.

Li Jingyan was keenly aware of it for the first time, and he knew that she was not pretending to be asleep, but really asleep.

The promise was to wait for her to fall asleep and leave.

But......

He was reluctant.

It's rare to be no longer-for-tat with her, it's rare that she no longer plays with herself on the spot, it's rare to be so quiet, and the feeling of peace of mind fills his whole body makes him relax and feel relieved.

He didn't want to go.

I want to watch her all the time, I want to keep watching her.

It's just that Li Jingyan knows her temper better than anyone else, no matter how reluctant she is, she will eventually leave, so why bother to make her unhappy.

After a long time, he stood up.

took a deep look at her, and couldn't help it, Li Jingyan approached.

Her sleeping face was quiet, but her brow furrowed slightly.

Li Jingyan leaned over, stretched out his hand to gently smooth her, and the moment he touched her skin, that reluctance gushed out again, became intense, and became uncontrollable.

She always had this ability to make him lose control for her.

Over and over.

The corners of his mouth overflowed with undetectable bitterness, and his fingertips quietly and gently descended, and finally landed on her lips, wanting to rub, but in the end he didn't do it, for fear of waking her.

He bowed his head.

Gently, extraordinarily gently, he dropped a kiss on her lips.

Affectionate and reverent.

After getting up, he didn't leave immediately, but stared deeply at her for a long time, making sure that she was really asleep before turning away with his surging emotions.

He walked very slowly.

However, when his hand was on the doorknob......

"Don't ...... Don't ......"

A low, faintly frightened murmur sounded behind itself.

Li Jingyan paused.

"...... No! ”

The voice suddenly rang out, wrapped in resentment.

Turning sharply, Li Jingyan strode back to the bed.

As far as the eye could see, I saw her head shaking unconsciously, and the brows that had been smoothed and stretched for her were wrinkled together again, and even a little cold sweat broke out on her forehead.

Her breathing was noticeably heavier.

She was scared.

"Mu Shihuan!" Realizing something, he called out to her in a deep voice.

However, she was unconscious.

……

Mu Shihuan had a nightmare.

She knew it well, but even so, she still couldn't get rid of it, even if she desperately ran away, trying to get away from the dream so that it couldn't catch up with her.

However, she couldn't move her feet, as if they were glued.

Motionless.

Her heart was beating faster and her heart was about to rush out, she was covered in a cold sweat and tense, and she could only watch as the dream got closer and closer to her, and after a while, it completely surrounded her.

The river water was cold and biting, but she couldn't move her hands and feet tied, and then a hand that was obviously a man pressed her head and made her stay in the water.

The feeling of suffocation is so obvious.

After a while, another strong smell of blood invaded, making her nauseous and making her want to vomit.

But how could she vomit?

She's dying.

"Ahh......hh

A loud cry vaguely crept into her ears.

It seems like...... It's like a baby.

Who is it?

Mu Shihuan's face turned pale, and the only remaining bit of clarity disappeared cleanly.

She thought, she was really going to die.

Who will come to her rescue?

Save......

"Mu Shihuan! Mu Shihuan ......"

In a trance, there was a familiar and unfamiliar voice coming from a distance, with a reassuring force, and at the same time vaguely entangled in heartache and panic.

Who?

She subconsciously moved her lips to ask.

However, her heart spit out a name one step ahead of her-

Li Jingyan.

It's him.

Li Jingyan......

Subconsciously I want to refuse, and I instinctively want to dodge.

Can......

He grabbed her hand, warmth came from all directions to rescue her, and a force crept silently from somewhere to her limbs.

The feeling of suffocation gradually became less intense, and slowly, she was able to breathe.

She moved.

Feeling that the person in his arms gradually calmed down, Li Jingyan's tense heart still did not return to its original place.

He looked at her for a moment, his mood was extremely complicated, and his eyes became dark.

But in the end, he just hugged her tighter.

The night was long, and only by holding her could he redeem his suffering for more than a year.

……

Following.

Mu Shihuan woke up when she was the only one in the bedroom.

There was a faint heat on her body, she subconsciously touched her forehead, and she was a little feverish.

She couldn't help laughing at herself, her physique is really bad now.

With one hand propped up on the bed, she sat up slowly, and for a moment she was stunned, vaguely remembering that she seemed to have had a nightmare last night.

Nightmare......

Thinking of all this, she shook her head, shook off those emotions that she shouldn't have, and then got up and got out of bed to wash, changed her clothes and left the door, and the man's face appeared in sight for the first time.

She indifferently withdrew her gaze and ignored it.

"Eat something, I'm going out later." Li Jingyan didn't force it, and said lightly.

Mu Shihuan wouldn't get along with her body, so she sat down at the dining table to eat.

At a glance, it was all what she used to love to eat.

Mu Shihuan's face remained unchanged, and he ate a little casually to fill his stomach.

A glass of boiled water was pushed in front of her, along with a pill.

"Antipyretics." She heard a man's voice.

The words that wanted to taunt him were blocked in his throat, but Mu Shihuan took it indifferently, swallowed the medicine, and drank the water.

"Can I go?" Li Jingyan looked at her and asked.

Mu Shihuan didn't say a word, but just stood up.

Knowing that she didn't want to communicate with herself, Li Jingyan pursed her lips, and her voice was a little hoarse: "Let's go." ”

Mu Shihuan was still silent, unwilling to look at him, let alone talk to him.

An eerie atmosphere spread between the two, but neither of them paid any attention.

……

Mu Shihuan didn't care where Li Jingyan wanted to take her, but she didn't expect today's itinerary to be a one-day trip to the border.

Cloud City borders the border town of Country A, which is as beautiful and leisurely as Cloud City, but the difference is that there are many dark tides and dangers hidden under the quiet appearance of the small town.

One of them is...... Poison. Product.

These are still known by Mu Shihuan on the way to the small city and overheard other tourists talking about it.

She frowned.

Poison. Product......

I don't know why, when she heard this word, an indescribably strange feeling flashed in her heart, as if ...... It seems familiar, but there is something strange about that familiarity.

Familiar......

When the word popped into her mind, she came back to her senses, stunned.

It's a strange feeling.

But she couldn't describe it.

What's going on?

Suddenly, the hand was grasped.

From leaving the B&B to now, Li Jingyan finally held her hand.

Mu Shihuan looked up at him.

Li Jingyan's expression was still the same as usual.

"Follow me." He just said.

Mu Shihuan glanced at him, and then looked away.

Li Jingyan didn't care, there didn't seem to be any waves in his heart, he just took her hand and walked slowly in the small town.

The two of them looked no different from other tourist couples, if it weren't for the strange atmosphere that enveloped them.

……

At this point, the other side of the road.

Lao Xiao looked like a tourist at the end of the mission, this is his usual dress between the small city and the cloud city, although their identities have always been hidden and no one can find out, but in case of emergency, being careful is what they must do.

This time it went well.

He was about to leave, and his pupils shrank indiscriminately from the corner of his eye.

…… Old?!

He thought he had seen it wrong, so he swept it again as if he were admiring the view.

That's right.

What he sees is Lao Li!

The girl next to him......

It's his wife Mu Shihuan!

What is he doing here?

For a while, a lot of questions flashed in Lao Xiao's mind, but soon he sorted out another possibility-

Lao Li took his wife to a small town in country A, what about before?

Did he arrive in Cloud City?

But if they arrived in Cloud City, they didn't have any news at all.

Lao Xiao pursed his lips.

The impulse flashed in his heart and wanted to go up and ask clearly, but the impulse was only fleeting, not to mention that he came here to perform a mission, even if he came to travel normally, he couldn't come forward to talk to Lao Li.

Unless in a safe place.

Lao Xiao quickly calmed down, but the previous question still kept repeating.

What did Lao Li want to do here?

It's not always ......

Suddenly, thinking of the previous things, a somewhat unacceptable speculation popped up-

Could it be that he brought his wife here to test his wife?

Or...... Tell me everything?