No kidding.

Zhiyun knew that the proprietress was not joking with her.

If she doesn't leave and stop Han Qingrang's ice coffin from sinking into the sea of ​​Vienna, the proprietress will hypnotize her according to Han Qingrang's wishes, making her forget all her memories of Han Qingrang and leave forever.

Han Qingrang, you are really cruel...

Why did you leave my world after I fell in love with you? How could you be so cruel...

She looked at the white ice coffin from a distance without saying a word, and finally let Louis take her away.

As she walked away, Zhiyun stared at the white ice coffin, which became farther and farther away until it was out of sight.

She was reluctant, but she was afraid that her extreme behavior would make the boss lady determined to hypnotize her, so she didn't dare to be so reckless and extreme.

*

Zhiyun didn't sleep that night. She sat quietly on the bed all night.

Louis brought her food in.

The food was brought in and taken out the same way, and it was already cold.

Zhiyun didn't look that sad.

At least she didn't look that sad now. She seemed to be very strong. She had only cried twice in the past few days. Once when she saw the stone statue in the sea from the high tower, and once when she was in front of the ice coffin. In those only two times, she cried like a child.

But when she doesn't speak, when she shows no sadness or joy, it makes people feel particularly distressed.

She couldn't accept such a powerful man because she was dead...

She couldn't accept it, no matter what...

"Ali, this is freshly cooked noodles." Louis cleared the food away and brought her a bowl of noodles.

Zhiyun looked at the bowl of noodles that Lewis held in front of her, “You know I have no appetite and can’t eat it.”

"If you can't eat it, it will only harm your body." Louis' expression was so gentle.

Zhiyun saw Han Qingrang's shadow through his face again.

He also brought the food to her gently, and sometimes fed it to her mouth, "Zhizhi, eat some, I made it myself."

Even if she had no appetite, she would still eat some.

Because he made it for her with his own hands.

But in front of her, Louis brought the noodles he cooked himself, and Zhiyun just looked at her quietly without even raising her arms.

"Ali," Louis pushed the bowl of noodles towards her, "If you don't eat, you'll be hungry, thin, and sad."

"Don't be so gentle," Zhiyun tried to be more friendly to Louis, "because seeing you so gentle always reminds me of him. When can you take off the mask on your face?"

She had said this to her more than once.

I hope he takes off the mask on his face.

But every time he pretended not to hear and was unwilling to take it off, "Ali doesn't like it, so just don't look at it."

"Then don't appear in front of me." Zhiyun said with a forced smile.

He was silent for a while, finally put it down, stood up, turned and left.

After he went out and closed the door, Zhiyun looked at the bowl of noodles.

It’s very fragrant, but different from the noodles Han Qingrang made.

The noodles made by Louis are spicy, while the noodles made by Han Qingrang are clear soup noodles. They look unappetizing but taste delicious.

She took the bowl of noodles, picked up a few noodles with chopsticks and put them into her mouth. It was a little spicy, which she should like, but she couldn't eat it. She swallowed the noodles in her mouth with difficulty and put them back.

Looking out the window at night, the words of the proprietress still rang in my ears:

[I am the proprietress of the Soul Pawnshop. This is a pawnshop, and I only conduct transactions of equal value.]

[An equivalent transaction is when you exchange your most precious thing for your most precious thing, that's all.]

Lu Zheng came to my pawnshop and exchanged his own life for the life of his beloved woman.

[In order to revive you, he used his own life in exchange for giving you the chance to be reborn.]

[If it weren't for the fact that you could be reborn, he would have killed himself long ago. He didn't die because he was afraid he wouldn't be able to find you in his next life, so he endured hundreds of years of loneliness, just to wait for you...]

Every word the proprietress said replayed in her ears so clearly over and over again.

Soul Pawn Shop...

The most precious thing for the most precious thing...

One life for another...

When it was dawn, she went out early and went to the hotel where the proprietress lived to find her.

Louis wanted to go out with her, but was rejected by Zhiyun. She said: "Give me some independent space, don't worry, I won't sneak into Teng Mansion, I cherish my life, I will still live well."

Lewis was worried about her: “You know the ending is already determined, I hope you won’t be stupid as you said.”

"I know, I understand," Zhiyun turned and left.

Lewis looked at her leaving back, his eyes becoming deeper.

*

Hotel.

On the way to the hotel, Zhiyun was praying that everything would go smoothly, hoping that the hotel had not been moved away and that it was still there.

After arriving and seeing the hotel sign, Zhiyun breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, she didn't leave.

She walked in, but the boss lady was not at the front desk and no one knew where she had gone. Zhiyun waited patiently.

She had lived here for a while and was familiar with the place. She went to the kitchen, but there was no one there.

Zhiyun was a little hungry, so she got herself something to eat.

Due to her mood over the past two days, Zhiyun was not able to do anything well, so she just made something casually to fill her stomach.

After finishing her meal, Zhiyun continued to wait patiently.

She found that not a single guest had checked into the hotel the entire day.

She didn't know when the boss lady would come back, so she sat on the sofa and waited. She fell asleep while waiting. It was late at night when the boss lady came back, and she was still awakened by the sound.

"Boss lady!"

Zhiyun walked over and blocked the proprietress's way, "I've been waiting for you at the hotel all day."

"You know I'm very busy. There's no point in waiting for me here." The proprietress's expression and tone became a little cold, no longer as approachable as before.

"When will his ice coffin sink into the sea?" Zhiyun asked.

"You waited for me for so long just to ask this?" The proprietress laughed.

"I want to know why his ice coffin sank into the sea. Can you tell me?" She wanted to know urgently.

The proprietress stared at Zhiyun: "You should understand that I won't let you know because you will stop all this. If you stop me, I will..."

"Boss lady, I want to see him one last time, one last time, is that okay?" Zhiyun pleaded.

The proprietress fanned herself with a charming smile, and squinted her narrow eyes at Zhiyun: "You know I can't answer..."

Before she could finish her words, Zhiyun interrupted her: "I know you won't help me again, but I still want to beg you one last time. After seeing him again, I will obediently leave Teng Mansion and leave this water city."