Ye Zhiqiu opened his heavy eyelids, and what caught his eye was a white-painted ceiling, and a somewhat dazzling incandescent lamp hung in the center of the ceiling.

His head ached, but he sat up against the edge of the bed, and on the cabinet next to the bed he found his glasses, which he could finally see his surroundings through.

This is a ward with a beautiful environment, there is only one bed in the ward of more than ten square meters, there is a basket of fruits on the cabinet next to the bed, the room is very clean, there are two pots of flowers on the windowsill of the ward, you can see the garden below through the window, and there are some people wearing blue and white striped hospital gowns sitting between the pavilions in the garden.

Ye Zhiqiu looked down at his hospital gown, the chest of the hospital gown was tattooed with the words of the Capital Central Hospital, Ye Zhiqiu finally remembered what happened, he had a car accident.

He was called to Valhalla by Dan Merson early this morning, but he didn't see Twilight Rain, who was supposed to be there, instead, he was told of Twilight's death.

Ye Zhiqiu didn't remember what kind of mood he felt after hearing the news, he only remembered that he punched Dan Mosheng, and then he didn't call Gu Qiushi, who was still waiting in the rest area, and drove to the Ye family's mansion by himself, because Dan Mosheng told him that Jose had sent Dui Yu's body back to the Ye family's mansion first.

He drove his car fast enough to exceed the speed limit in the capital, and on a bridge he swept off a bridge and lost consciousness because he was avoiding two children playing on the bridge.

Ye Zhiqiu knew that he was in a bad state today, but in this matter, he couldn't keep himself calm, he had obviously promised Twilight that Xue would take good care of Twilight for her, but in the end he missed the appointment.

Ye Zhiqiu, who came to his senses, left his hospital bed without any hesitation, pushed open the door of his hospital room and walked out.

"Mr. Ye, please go back to bed quickly. The nurse standing in the hallway saw him and wanted to come over and help him back to the room.

But Ye Zhiqiu rudely pushed the nurse away, and at the same time said, "I'm fine!" He didn't want to stay in this hospital for a moment, he couldn't forget that eleven years ago, Twilight Xue died in the bed of this hospital.

Looking at the aisle of the hospital corridor, the past came to mind again, it should have been a happy day, that morning, Twilight Xue had a reaction, Ye Zhiqiu sent her to the hospital, and the moment before entering the delivery room, she had a happy smile on her face, they all hoped that this soon-to-be-born child could dilute the sadness caused by Ye Zhongxuan's death for this family, which was supposed to be a good day, but in the end it turned into a disaster.

Ye Duxue had a difficult birth, she had a heavy hemorrhage in the process of giving birth, the central hospital of the capital is one of the best hospitals in the capital, with their medical level to deal with this matter is a very simple matter, but that day they made a mistake, a mistake that should not have been made.

The blood transfused to Twilight was mixed with a packet of caveman blood, the cause of which was that when the blood bank was labeled, a negligent employee mistakenly labeled a packet of caveman blood as human blood, although he later found out that he had used the wrong label, but because it was not the blood for the demon spirits, he did not bother to find the mislabeled blood, and the bag of blood was transfused to Twilight.

For the other races of the empire, the cavemen are a very special race, including humans, demons, etc., other races are migrated to this land from the other side of the sea after the cataclysm, only the cavemen are the aborigines of this land, and the two sides have no intersection at all before that, if human beings input the blood of other races will bring adverse reactions, then the blood of the cavemen is completely ** for humans, and only a little injection into the human veins will bring a very violent reaction.

When the doctor found out that something was wrong, the bag of blood had already been injected into it, and they had no means to save Ye Duxue's life, or relying on life to maintain magic, Ye Zhiqiu saw her for the last time.

At that time, her whole body was covered with edema due to adverse reactions, and she was lying on the hospital bed dying, so weak that she could not even hold her newborn two daughters, he held her hand, put his ear to her mouth, and listened to her last request.

"Zhiqiu, I'm sorry, I can't accompany you anymore, forgive me for leaving so willfully, the children and Twilight will please you, don't look at Twilight's personality is so stubborn, she is actually a very fragile child, she will be very sad if I leave, she will definitely hide alone and cry somewhere. Ahem...... "Twilight's forehead was covered with beads of sweat, Ye Zhiqiu could feel how much of a burden it was to say so many words to her already weak body, he held Twilight's hand, endured his grief, and let Twilight look at his smiling face, "Don't say it, take a good rest, I will definitely take good care of Twilight and the children." ”

However, Twilight Snow didn't mean to stop, "Let me finish talking now, I'm afraid that if I don't say it again, I won't have a chance, after I leave, the affairs of the Ye family and the academy will all overwhelm you, it will be very tiring, I'm sorry, I can't help you share it, if you feel tired, just let it go, that's not your responsibility, no one will blame you, if you feel lonely, find someone to accompany you, as long as she is good to you and good to the children." ”

"Don't worry, I won't look for anyone else, and I will take care of the Ye family and the school. Ye Zhiqiu held Twilight's hand, and finally couldn't hold back the tears.

"You!" Twilight looked at him helplessly, and finally couldn't hold back her sleep, she closed her eyes in his arms, and when she left, Ye Zhiqiu saw that she still had a smile on her face, lying quietly in his arms, as if she was just sleeping, but Ye Zhiqiu knew that she would never wake up again.

"Mr. Ye, please go back to the ward, it's very difficult for me to do this. Ye Zhiqiu was pulled back to reality by the nurse's voice, and returned to the corridor of the hospital, he impatiently ripped off the bandage on his head, "I said I'm fine." ”

"Mr. Ye!" the nurse exclaimed.

Ye Zhiqiu didn't look at her, although his head still hurt a little, but he was really fine, he wouldn't die, he was a natural spellcaster, his ability was to recover, no matter how many injuries he suffered, he could recover, the first time he found out about this was in the dungeon of the Black Castle, he watched the Kraken stab the long knife into his chest and dug out his heart, but in the end he actually woke up and saw a blood-stained hole in the chest of his clothes, but there was no wound underneath.

He didn't remember anything before he arrived at Blackcastle, he only remembered some strange knowledge that he didn't know where he came from, he didn't know where he came from, and after studying the history of the empire, he had wondered if he came from the land that was said to have been destroyed at the end of the cataclysmic sea, but he couldn't verify it.

Ye Zhiqiu didn't think it was a good thing that he wouldn't die, it made him not like an ordinary human being, and he couldn't even commit suicide.

"Ye Zhiqiu!" someone called him from behind, and he turned around to see Gu Qiushi comforting the nurse, while his father, Gu Xihai, the head of the Gu family, was looking at him.

At his signal, Ye Zhiqiu left the hospital with him through the back door, Gu Qiushi was in charge of driving, and Gu Xihai sat in the back seat with him.

"There were no casualties in the accident, and Qiu Shi at the police station has already dealt with it for you. Gu Xihai paused for a moment, and then said, "I'm sorry about the matter of Twilight Rain, but after all, you are the principal of the academy, and I hope you can pay more attention to the impact you will bring." ”

At the same time, the vehicle drove through the main entrance of the hospital, Ye Zhiqiu saw a lot of reporters holding paper and pens around the entrance of the hospital through the car window, he was silent for a while, and suddenly asked Gu Xihai, "Is there any smoke?" But after seeing the expression on the other party's face, he had to give up, pushed the glasses on the bridge of his nose and leaned against the seat, finding a comfortable position for himself, "What else do you have to say." ”

Gu Xihai stared at him with a frown for a long time before he spoke, "I don't know why Mr. Zhong Xuan has to push you to the position of the head of the thirteen families of the secret party, but since it is Mr. Zhong Xuan's choice, it must have his meaning, I hope you don't live up to his expectations." ”

"And then?"

"The clan has heard about your deal with Sora El, and the other clan heads have a lot of opinions about you making such a decision without permission. ”

"It's my own business, I promised Twilight to take care of Twilight for her, but forget it, Twilight is dead, isn't that what they want?"

"Ye Zhiqiu!" Gu Xihai was already a short-tempered person, and he couldn't help but explode when he was provoked by Ye Zhiqiu's attitude. It took a long time for the violently undulating chest to calm down, "No one wants Twilight to die, but you must know that you are the head of the secret party, and you are also the principal of the academy on the surface, many people are watching you, you can't be rash, the family wants you to keep a low profile, what you have done over the years is too conspicuous." ”

"Then I'm afraid you're going to be disappointed, I'm going to be more high-profile, and I'm going to keep it that way. Ye Zhiqiu sat up and looked directly into Gu Xihai's eyes.

"The family needs to be forbearing, it is precisely because of the low-key behavior that the secret party has been able to survive unharmed under the nose of the demon spirit for so many years, we have the academy, we just need time to accumulate strength. ”

Ye Zhiqiu sneered, "Do you call it survival? You haven't thought about why the incident happened in the first place, if you don't stand up and fight, then the demon spirit will never look at us squarely, and then tragedy will happen again and again." ”

"The secret party has never said that it doesn't want to fight, but have you ever thought about what will happen if we fail, the secret party is the last hope of mankind, we can't take risks, we need to wait for the time. ”

"Timing? Ye Zhiqiu had a sarcastic expression on his face.

Gu Xihai snorted coldly, "You are a prophet, you know this kind of thing better than me." ”

Ye Zhiqiu looked out the window, the car had stopped in front of the Ye family's mansion, he turned back to Gu Xihai and said: "I told you four years ago that the times are going to change, but those old men are used to being turtles with shrunken heads, they have to wait, now I don't want to wait any longer, the opportunity is for you to catch it yourself, if you don't take the initiative to catch it, it will fly away, you go and tell those old men, I am the patriarch, I am the principal of the college, I have the final say." ”

Gu Xihai looked at him with a complicated expression and sighed, "The family is going to hold a school board meeting in the past few days, and when that incident happened, everyone was very nervous about the seal of Huxin Pavilion. ”

Ye Zhiqiu's hand on the car door paused, he remembered what Dan Merson told him before, when he was immersed in the death of Twilight Rain and didn't pay attention, the demon spirit named Rheinstein Pavic transplanted the eyes of the King of Crime and Punishment, and the King of Crime and Punishment wanted to be resurrected through his body, he didn't personally experience that incident twenty years ago, but from the description, the black egg that hatched the King of Crime and Punishment was finally missing, and now it seems that someone got the remains of the black egg and transplanted it, Reinstein Pavic is the best proof。

If there are other transplanted people who exist and are controlled by the remnant consciousness of the Lord of Crime and Punishment, then it is true that the seal of the Lake Pavilion will become very dangerous, after all, it is the place where the King of Sword and Blood has sealed part of the body of the King of Crime and Punishment, this is the secret that the Secret Party has kept for hundreds of years, and the remnant body has provided the Secret Party with almost endless magical power for hundreds of years, and the secret Party has been able to secretly conduct many high-cost magical research without attracting the attention of the demon spirit for so many years is entirely thanks to that remnant body.

However, this incident did not interfere with Ye Zhiqiu's decision to get out of the car and issue an eviction order, he stood in front of the Ye family's mansion and said to Gu Xihai, "I won't leave you for tea, see you at the school board meeting." ”

The latter didn't mean to stop much, but before the car left, he lowered the window and said to Ye Zhiqiu: "The Ren family and the Pompeii family seem to have plans to impeach you at the school board meeting, you should be careful." After saying that, he asked Gu Qiushi to drive away and disappeared into the night.

The Ye family's mansion was built on the fifth ring area of the capital, and there was a hundred-year-old plane tree in the house, which was planted when the house was built, and it could be seen from the scale of the house that it was once a grand occasion here, but at this time it seemed a little lonely in the night, and after tonight, the entire Ye family counted him, and there were only three people left.

The old housekeeper Ah Fu stood straight and waited in front of the door of the mansion, there was no one in the house, and naturally there were fewer servants, only three maids and one housekeeper, Ah Fu was still the old housekeeper who served Ye Zhongxuan back then, and he had been in the Ye family until now.

He looked at Ye Zhiqiu in a blue and white striped hospital gown, obviously a little angry, "Master, if you come back next time you dress like this, I don't guarantee that you will be recognized." After Ye Zhiqiu came in, he immediately closed the door of the house.

But Ye Zhiqiu looked indifferent, "I'll bring my own key next time." ”

"Master, you are ...... after all"

"How are Xiaoxin and Xiaorou?" Ye Zhiqiu interrupted Ah Fu.

"Both young ladies are already resting. ”

"You didn't tell them about the car accident, did you?"

"No, sir, please pay some attention in the future, at least don't let the two young ladies worry about their father. Ah Fu frowned and followed behind Ye Zhiqiu.

"Ah Fu, help me get something to eat, I'm dying of hunger. ”

"Dinner has already been prepared, the two young ladies have personally made dinner for you today, but you have not come back, it is already cold, I will let the kitchen help you warm it up." ”

"No need, just cold. Ye Zhiqiu suddenly stopped, looked back at Ah Fu, and paused for a while, "Where is the twilight rain?"

At the mention of Twilight's name, Ah Fu's attitude softened significantly, "Miss Twilight is in her room." ”

"How's the funeral going?"

"It's been arranged, and several other heads of the family have also been notified. Ah Fu's face was full of sadness, after all, he also watched Twilight grow up.

Ye Zhiqiu was silent for a while, "Give me a little time to be alone with Twilight for a while." ”

"Yes, sir. ”

......

Ye Duyu's room is on the second floor, the room is facing the plane tree in the yard, Twilight Yu used to like to sit by the window and look out in a daze, in the days when she was away, Ye Zhiqiu asked the maid to clean this room every day, but the furnishings in the room were kept the same as when she ran away from home, unchanged.

Ye Duyu lay quietly on the bed, and the maid helped her take care of it and put on white pajamas, which made Ye Zhiqiu have an illusion, she just fell asleep quietly, but he knew that she, like Duxue, would never wake up again.

The recording crystal on the bedside table is still circulating the image of Twilight Rain and Twilight Snow hugging each other in a circle, Ye Zhiqiu still remembers that when he first married Twilight Snow, this little girl stuck behind Twilight Snow all day long, going up the tree and down the river, and getting rid of a tomboy.

It's just a blink of an eye......

He still hasn't been able to fulfill his promise to Twilight. Ye Zhiqiu knelt in front of Twilight Rain's bed, looking at her face that was somewhat similar to Twilight Snow, Twilight Rain's body was obviously a little thin, Ye Zhiqiu knew that this was because she used the forbidden technique, and the blood was all drawn out of her body, he sighed and stroked Twilight Rain's hair.

Suddenly, images popped up in his mind without warning, he saw a pendant, the one Twilight had left for her, and several children, a girl who looked a little like Twilight, with the pendant hanging around her neck, a boy with a somewhat fat body, and a boy with a resolute face, and the three of them sitting together under a big tree, talking and laughing......

Ye Zhiqiu withdrew from the illusion, lying on the bed and panting heavily, the clothes on his body were wet with sweat, but his eyes became brighter and brighter, he didn't see the pendant on Duyu's neck!

Ye Zhiqiu suddenly laughed, just laughing and laughing, but the laughter changed a little, "Is this your wish, really, occasionally rely on my brother-in-law!" Ye Zhiqiu suddenly stood up and strode out of the room, leaving only a few tears falling on the floor of the room, which immediately volatilized in the air.