When I came out of the inn, I found that the rain was falling again, but this time it was drizzling.

The cool rain caressed his cheeks and soothed the surging emotions in his chest.

Because of the rain, there were no pedestrians on the street, so I walked back alone.

As he walked, a figure vaguely appeared not far ahead.

The man approached with an umbrella. The hem of the robe, which should have been bright red, was wet with rain and turned a dark red.

I stopped and looked at him with a smile.

"It's all wet, why don't you come over quickly?" He snorted.

I lied: "I can't walk......"

Helplessly, he walked up to me and looked down at my expression.

I turned my face away.

He handed me the umbrella, and I took it in a daze, only to see him turn his back to me, half-crouching down.

I didn't understand what he meant, and stood stupidly.

"Didn't you say you couldn't walk? Come up. ”

Suddenly, I stepped forward and put my arms around his neck.

He picked me up and walked back.

I lay on his back, and my heart warmed. Thinking of what happened just now, it was sour and astringent, and it was very unpleasant.

I really don't want to see that person again, I really don't want to ......

"Ah Ran, are you done? When we're done, shall we get out of here? ”

As I spoke, my nose soured uncontrollably.

He was silent for a moment and asked in a low voice, "Crying?" ”

I sniffed, not wanting to lie to him. "Hmm."

He sighed softly. "I knew you were going to have a hard time in Night City. We'll leave here tomorrow. ”

It turned out that Ah Ran thought that I was sad because I remembered what happened in Night City before.

But that's fine, I don't want him to know about Fang Cai, I don't want him to worry about me anymore.

"Don't think about the past......"

Ah Ran comforted softly.

For some reason, he walked very slowly, as if on purpose.

I closed my eyes and replied, "Well, I don't want to." ”

He shrugged me up and continued to walk slowly.

The words that the man had just said rang in his ears again.

I never dreamed that a man like Ling Niankong would say, "You don't like me anymore, so what?" "In that case......

Maybe between me and him, it wasn't just him who hurt me, I hurt him too.

In the past five years, how tormented has he had to be in his heart to make a person like him so proud show such a humble appearance?

It seems that being with him is destined to hurt each other, and my decision was indeed the right one.

It turned out that giving up on him was the best choice I ever made.

Then give up! He's not the most important person in my life anymore.

No, he wasn't all the time. Except for the time when I was fourteen years old, he was always behind my brother in my heart......

"Ah Ran, as long as you accompany me in the future, it will be enough. I don't need anyone else......" I whispered.

Ah Ran listened, his back stiffened, but he didn't speak, and continued to walk.

Later, I seemed to fall asleep on his back.

His back is very generous, which makes me feel very relieved......

******

The next day we left Night City and headed for our destination, Beijinshui.

We arrived three days later.

This time, Ah Ran did not borrow the official's house again, but took us to the inn.

Ever since I met Ling Niankong in Night City, I have always been worried in my heart, and I always feel that he will not give up so easily.

I wanted to tell Ah Ran, but I swallowed it back after trying a few times.

Later, I heard Ah Ran say that Xiao Jifeng, who had been locked up in Nanli Heavenly Prison, escaped, and I was even more uneasy, always feeling that something bad would happen.

Xiao Jifeng was arrested five years ago, and Yue Xiongqi has not killed him all these years, firstly, because he has never asked about Wumeng's hidden list in Nanli, and secondly, because Wumeng learned that Xiao Jifeng was arrested to protect him.

Negotiations between the two countries have been fruitless for many years, so Xiao Jifeng has been living well in prison until he escaped from prison a few days ago.

Among Ling Niankong and Xiao Jifeng, I am more afraid of Xiao Jifeng.

Because just because he tricked me to the slope back then, deliberately let me hear the conversation between the two soldiers, and even ended up violently attacking me, this is not like an order from Kazekage, but his own initiative.

Why is he so directed at me? Will he find me again when he escapes this time? ……

The third watch has passed, I can't sleep in bed, my mind is full of these things, but Qiqi is asleep.

My mouth was a little dry, and I got up and felt to the table to pour my tea.

The moonlight of water shines through the window behind him and sprinkles on the ground.

Suddenly, the shadow cast by the window on the ground seemed to move slowly.

My heart jumped, and then I turned around, and I saw a man in black entering through the window, silently!

As soon as my lips moved, the cold blade of the sword crossed my neck.

"Don't move!" The man in black said in a suppressed voice.

At this moment, another man in black appeared by the window.

He jumped into the room and glanced at the man in black behind me, as if to make the next move.

However, the two of them coincidentally saw the sleeping perch on the couch, and they were both stunned.

My heart lifted all at once.

"Why is there a small one? What to do? ”

The man in black who came in later said to his accomplice.

"You can't leave him here, take him with you!"

Hearing him say that, I felt a little at ease. It seems that they are coming at me, and they are not going to hurt anyone.

But he didn't want the other man in black to hear the words and go straight to Qiqi on the couch, he stretched out his hand to cover Qiqi's mouth and nose.

I was shocked, and just wanted to speak up, but I heard the black-clothed man next to me: "Don't make a sound, otherwise none of you will survive!" ”

I gritted my teeth.

Who are these men in black?

The man in black handed him over to me, and I took him into my arms and hurriedly looked at his condition:

Breathing normally, I should have been stunned, so I breathed a sigh of relief.

"Who are you? Who sent you? I asked in a low voice.

The two men did not answer. One of them went to the door of the house, removed the water bladder from his waist, spilled some of the liquid on the wooden frame and the floor at the door of the house, took out a fire breaker and lit it, and then handed the water bladder to the man in black who held me hostage, and took us from his hand.

The arsonist grabbed me by the back collar and lifted me up to the windowsill.

I guessed his intentions, and hurriedly hugged the perch in my arms, and in an instant I was carried and jumped off the window.

When he landed and turned around, another man in black also flew down.

Looking at the room on the second floor, it was already full of fire.

The man in black who came down from behind had apparently set another fire!

I was held to the neck with a knife, and I couldn't resist it, so I had to follow them into an alley.

At the end of the alley was a carriage, and I was forced to get into it with my arms, and before I could sit down, I felt a pain in the back of my neck, and then I didn't know anything.

******

When I woke up again, it was still night.

Qiqi and I were locked up in what appeared to be a bedroom, and a candle was lit in the room.

Qiqi is still asleep, but there is a big bag on his forehead, I don't know where it was knocked, and I feel distressed for a while.

I checked the doors and windows, and found that they couldn't be opened, so I had to go back to Qiqi.

Who is it that holds us hostage?

Ah Ran lives next door to us, and should have noticed that we were gone.

Before leaving, the two men in black set fires, presumably to delay time.

When Ah Ran saw that the room where I and Qiqi were living was on fire, his first reaction should be to put out the fire.

Will he get hurt?

Thinking of this, I panicked in my heart, and hurriedly comforted myself:

He should be fine, after all, there are so many secret guards around......

Dark Guard! I was thrilled.

If the Dark Guard is still there, how can Qiqi and I be taken away so easily?

Could it be that something happened to the Dark Guards?

Isn't that also dangerous?!

Just then, the door suddenly opened, and a man walked in from outside.

When I saw him, my heart first mentioned, and then sank: it turned out to be Ling Niankong.

He walked towards me, his eyes were full of frost, but he inadvertently glanced at the perch on the couch, and he was stunned.

Qiqi seemed to feel his cold gaze, and his little body trembled and woke up.

Qiqi got up from the couch and when he saw me, he cried out and threw himself into my arms.

"Mother, it hurts! It hurts! ”

My heart ached, and I felt bad, I just wanted to protect Qiqi, but I saw Ling Niankong step forward, grabbed my collar with one hand and lifted me up, and grabbed Qiqi's belt with the other hand and carried him into the air.

"What did he call you?"

Ling Niankong gritted his teeth, these words were squeezed out from between his teeth.

"What did he call you!?"

Ling Niankong lifted Qiqi above his head with one hand.

Seeing the killing intent in his eyes, I felt a pang of fear in my heart.

"It's not! He's not! …… Ling Niankong, you calm down first and give me the child! ”

He smiled grimly.

"Not? You mean he's lying? ”

As he spoke, he shook Qiqi with him, and Qiqi's body trembled.

"Ling Niankong, he's just a child, please let him go!"

I was so frightened that I didn't dare to deny it anymore, fearing that it would anger him even more, so I could only soften my voice and beg.

"Put?"

It was as if he had heard some kind of joke, and his tone was full of sarcasm.

He turned his face sideways to look at Qiqi, and then his eyes were even more bloody.

"He looks like you."

With that, he threw Qiqi onto the couch, and I only heard a muffled sound.

Qi Qi was already crying, but when he threw him so away, his crying was suddenly so terrible that it was not like a human voice.

"Perch!"

I felt a cramp in my heart, and I wanted to see if he was okay, but Ling Niankong grabbed his neck and pushed him aside.

Ling Niankong was like an angry beast, brushing off the pen, ink, paper and inkstone on the table next to him, and pressed me on it.

"Yan Linxuan, is that what you do to me? Well? ”

As he spoke, he came to silk my clothes.

"Kid? How dare you give birth to another man!? ”

"Mother! …… Mother! ”

Qiqi cried and called me, obviously frightened by the situation.

However, Ling Niankong's movements intensified by Qiqi's call, and he pulled off my underwear and touched his hand downward, completely ignoring Qiqi on the side.

I grabbed the front of his clothes, gritted my teeth and said:

"Ling Niankong, the child is still here! The kids are still here!! ”

He sneered, and suddenly raised his voice and said to the door: "Someone! Take the kids out! ”