"If you can't find it, it means it doesn't exist. Not to mention that Song Ruoan was already on the verge of death, it was really not easy for her to escape from the Buddhist hall in the midst of a fire."

"Even if she escapes, how can she possibly escape our inescapable trap when she's all alone?"

Following his force, Song Xizhi slowly leaned against the man's hard chest, listening to his heartbeat. But upon hearing Pei Yunyi's words, she couldn't help but raise her head again.

"What if someone is deliberately protecting them?"

“My eyelids have been twitching lately. I feel like Song Ruoan couldn’t possibly have died like this. This fire was too sudden and too unexpected.”

"But if someone is deliberately covering for us, the forces we send out are just searching in the dark, which is like looking for a needle in a haystack."

Upon hearing this, the man chuckled softly, his voice hoarse, which made Song Xizhi's heart itch with desire.

"Wouldn't it be even better if someone deliberately covered for them?"

"Before Zhao Qingshu died, he was tortured but still refused to admit that he had any dealings with the Western Rong people. Now that the Marquis of Anding's mansion is in the middle of a vortex, if anyone wants to rescue Song Ruo'an, it must be to target us."

"And let alone that she can't make waves, even if she could, what's there to be afraid of? I'm more afraid they won't come."

Song Xizhi listened to the man's hoarse voice, which came from his chest and gave him a sense of complete peace of mind.

She felt as if she had truly calmed down, had found someone to lean on, and was no longer the tense, easily frightened bird she used to be.

Song Xizhi thought for a moment, then curled the corners of her lips and looked up at the man's chin: "You said you would give me a surprise before, how many days have you been preparing it?"

"What a surprise?"

Upon hearing this, the man's Adam's apple bobbed, and his gaze as he looked down at Song Xizhi instantly deepened.

His deep, mellow voice asked Song Xizhi, "This surprise... are you sure you want to receive it during the day?"

Song Xizhi sensed a dangerous aura from his words.