Shen Xu sat on the bed, his mind full of the scene before Pei Zhiyuan jumped off the cliff.

He was covered in blood, and the faint light of morning light brushed across his hazy face. He seemed to smile at her, but jumped off the cliff without hesitation.

"Don't forget our agreement."

Those weak yet firm words were still ringing in my ears. My fingers passed through his sleeves, and the smooth touch of the silk lingered on my fingertips.

Since she regained her memory, Pei Zhiyuan was the first man who treated her so well. He almost obeyed her every word, and his gentle tone was always filled with respect and admiration.

He is the regent of Haoyue Kingdom, above everyone else, but he doesn't care about the position of their families and country, and resolutely goes into danger to help her.

He was willing to listen to her talk about her past and believed in her words and decisions. He was willing to respect her ideas and was even cautious when asking for a kiss.

But he died...

It was her biological brother in this body who killed him, it was the man in front of her who killed him, it was Guangcheng Hou and Murong Yao, they were all murderers!

She did not struggle anymore, but silently looked at the man who rushed over to hug her, her eyes extremely cold.

Song Lin, however, was still holding her in his arms, comforting her gently in a voice not to worry, completely unaware of her extremely cold eyes.

He had thought that after three years of near-death experiences, the reunion would be filled with hugs, passionate kisses, conversations, and tears of joy...

But now it has become like this.

No matter what kind of existence Pei Zhiyuan meant to her, jumping down in front of them like this would be very dangerous.

The two of them hugged each other silently for a long time. Shen Xu broke free from his embrace and lay down without a word, like a cold puppet, with her back to him. She knew that she had no strength to resist now. She had to stay alive to seek revenge and could not die in this place.

She clutched the quilt in panic, gritted her teeth and closed her eyes.

To Shen Xu's surprise, the man behind her did not rush over to force a kiss and claim her, but instead covered her with the quilt, lay down beside her, and hugged her from behind.

The warm chest pressed against her back, and the long-lost peace of mind stirred her collapsing emotions. The feeling of being held by him made her struggle inside.

She wanted to push him away, but she didn't dare to move, didn't dare to anger him, and didn't dare to reveal her panic and cowardice.

Listening to the man's slightly heavy breathing, the warm breath fanned her head, his strong arms tightly wrapped around her body, his broad palms covered the back of her hands and rested on her abdomen.

"Xiu Xiu..." The man tightened his arms around her, murmuring unconsciously, "You're finally back by my side."

The high wall seemed to reappear before Shen Xu's eyes. Behind the wall was the answer, but as he approached the wall, a burning pain stirred in his brain.

Accompanied by a severe headache, Pei Zhiyuan's every word and action replayed in her mind over and over again. At this moment, Shen Xu had completely believed that Pei Zhiyuan was her lover. She had lost the most precious four years of memories with him. The answer was on the other side of the wall.

However, the raging flames and strong winds stopped her, and the flames burned her to ashes.

She didn't have the courage to go forward and find the answer. Pei Zhiyuan said that he was an acquaintance of theirs, and they had some friendship but not much. He forced Pei Zhiyuan to jump off the cliff, but he hugged her very naturally and held her to sleep with peace of mind.

His hands were stained with the blood of the people of the Southern Territory, and his family had occupied the mansion that her mother had spent a huge amount of money to build. He killed Pei Zhiyuan and wanted to take her away.

Tears flowed uncontrollably from my eyes, wetting the pillow. My stuffy nose kept irritating my dizzy head, and the murderous intent that was about to burst out ravaged my nerves.

Shen Xu opened his mouth and breathed softly, pinching the flesh of his palm hard, constantly persuading himself to calm down.

There's nothing I can do right now except be patient.

Song Lin was also not asleep. He felt her trembling and her body stiffening. He knew she was crying, but if Pei Zhiyuan jumped down in that condition, it would be very dangerous.

He couldn't stop her tears. He knew that when a person was truly sad, cheap words couldn't heal the wound. He didn't say anything more, just stayed with her in silence, hugged her, and accompanied her through this painful and long dawn.

At the banquet last night, Jiang Yulou sent him away halfway through the banquet on the pretext of hunting down spies from the southern border. When he saw the signal from the Mirror Envoy, he immediately dropped his mission and rushed to the scene of the incident.

But when he arrived at the scene, there was no trace of Shen Xu and Pei Zhiyuan. Ye Fan had injured Princess Lin and was fighting fiercely with the princess's guards. There were many corpses lying on the ground, two of which were guards from Haoyue Kingdom.

Song Lin hurriedly ordered the patrol to stop the fighting. After inquiring about the reason, he learned that Jiang Yulou had ordered the assassination of Pei Zhiyuan. Since he and Pei Zhiyuan were old acquaintances, Jiang Yulou was afraid that Song Lin would intentionally let them go, so Ye Fan took on the task of stopping the assassination of Pei Zhiyuan without telling him.

Pei Zhiyuan was no match for Ye Fan and was seriously injured. He and Shen Xu fled to the Beicheng Street Pier. Hearing that Shen Xu was also injured, Song Lin immediately became anxious and followed the blood trail all the way up the mountain. He soon found the horses the two men were riding and went up the mountain to search.

At the same time, the killers also began to search the mountain. Most of them were warriors raised by the Guangcheng Marquis Mansion. They knew that he was Young Master Jiang and were very respectful to him, but they did not accept his orders.

Seeing Pei Zhiyuan kissing his wife in front of him, Song Lin couldn't hold back the anger in his heart, and stepped forward and rudely separated the two.

He never thought of killing Pei Zhiyuan. He knew his beloved wife's character and had guessed why they were together.

Either they were just trying to get together because they had been out of touch for so long and felt their chances of survival were slim, and since they had both lost their loved ones, they were just acting, coming to Yong'an City to achieve some purpose or plan.

Song Lin knew very well that even if there were emotional entanglements or misunderstandings between the three of them, it was not an excuse to draw a knife against his former friends.

So he tried his best to go up the mountain to search for them, wanting to find out what had happened. He had too many questions to ask and too many words to tell them.

Even if his father wanted to assassinate Pei Zhiyuan and the emperor wanted the regent dead, he would definitely find a way to protect them.

But Pei Zhiyuan had completely lost his trust in him and seemed to have given up all hope of survival. Without allowing him to ask questions or give any explanation, he jumped off the cliff without saying a word.

This made everything complicated, and the reunion went from being joyful to being heavy and unbearable.

Song Lin hugged Shen Xu tightly in his arms, feeling extremely depressed and uncomfortable.

If Pei Zhiyuan really died, it would become an unforgettable scar and an unhealable rift between him and Shen Xu.