He stared at Huo Tianyan and said, "If anyone tries to touch him, I will fight to the death, no matter who it is."

Huo Tianyan looked at him solemnly, expressionless.

He suddenly said: "If I touch him, will you fight to the death?"

Gu Qichen said gloomily: "Well,"

Huo Tianyan smiled: "Even if I am your biological brother?"

Gu Qichen looked at him and nodded, "Yes,"

Huo Tianyan stood up slowly, his narrow eyes were deep and heavy, as if there was a vast world in them that was difficult to see through.

He walked to the door, holding the golden door handle with his fingers, and said faintly: "Little brat, since you have forgotten everything, you probably don't remember your sister either. I'll take you to see her."

Huo Tianyan opened the door and walked out first.

There was a hint of emotion in Gu Qichen's eyes. He stood up with his hands clasped together and followed him.

On the way, neither Huo Tianyan in front of him nor he spoke.

The two of them walked through the garden and along the narrow gravel path until they came to the entrance of a room surrounded by iron sheets. Huo Tianyan opened the lock on the door and walked in.

It was empty inside, with nothing but a few iron chains. He continued walking forward without stopping, walked to the innermost part, pushed open a small door, and turned on the light next to it.

A staircase leading down was revealed.

Standing at the door, the cold wind from inside blew in my face, like the entrance to hell.

Looking at this entrance, Huo Tianyan's eyes were like a bottomless pool, as if everything in the world was in his eyes.

He walked down, but for some reason, Gu Qichen behind him stopped walking. He didn't dare, nor did he want to go any further.

Huo Tianyan, who was halfway there, did not look back, but said calmly: "When you were a child, she loved you the most, so she should at least come and take a look at you."

Gu Qichen trembled all over, and the stagnant water in his eyes seemed to suddenly burst into huge waves, with struggle and pain surging wildly.

This place...

The iron sheets outside the room and the iron chains inside the room clearly show that this is a place to imprison people.

Why did he bring himself to this place?

Gu Qichen actually knew nothing. Song Ruyuan had never told him about Huo Tianyan's experience in the inland. After coming to Hong Kong City, his thoughts were too confused and he never thought of asking.

I don't know how long it took, but he moved...

Going down the stairs, you will come to a dark room.

As soon as I walked in, I saw Huo Tianyan standing there.

The back is lonely.

It was very quiet.

Therefore his footsteps were particularly clear.

Hearing the noise, he turned around.

Seeing him, he stood still and said lightly: "This is Huo Tianwen,"

As soon as these words were spoken, the room seemed to become even quieter, as quiet as death.

Seeing the black and white photo full of misery and despair, Gu Qichen took a step back in shock.

Huo Tianyan uncovered the black cloth next to Huo Tianwen's tablet, revealing two other tablets.

He walked to the tablets and looked up at them for a long time.

After a long time, his voice sounded again.

"After your accident, although I felt a lot of grief in my heart, life had to go on, so we came to the port city," Huo Tianyan's cold face showed no emotion, "I wanted to start over, but I met Zhuang Yunshu, the eldest daughter of the Zhuang family, at the port."

"Because of her love at first sight, we were taken to the banker's house," he raised his hand and pointed upwards, and continued, "We were locked up in the house upstairs. You see those chains, they are usually tied around my neck,"

Gu Qichen dug his nails into his palms and his face was tense.

"Huo Kunan was already feeling extremely guilty for what Huo Tianlin had done, and he lost two sons in a row. He died in the Zhuang family within two days. The woman always put her husband first, so she followed him."

When talking about these two people, Huo Tianyan's eyes revealed calmness and indifference.

He turned around, looked at Gu Qichen, and smiled faintly: "It doesn't matter, I don't have deep feelings for them anyway."

Huo Tianyan walked to Gu Qichen, raised his hand to hold his shoulder, pushed him forward, and the two of them stood in front of Huo Tianwen's portrait.

He leaned close to Gu Qichen's ear and whispered, "Remember her?"

"She is a very good sister. After you got into trouble, she kept blaming herself for not keeping an eye on you on the ship and for not saving you from Huo Tianlin."

Gu Qichen suddenly and unconsciously shed tears...

He tilted his head back, suppressed emotions building up, his lips trembling like a string about to break.

"Huo Tianwen deserves the responsibility of a sister. After Huo Kunan left, she kept holding my hand and comforting me, but she herself might not have noticed that her hands were shaking,"

Huo Tianyan chuckled in his ear: "Actually, I'm not sad, I'm just lamenting the unfairness of fate."

"You know, I'm good at making things. I've thought that after I finish studying the things I have and hand them in, I should be able to enter the Beijing Institute."

"But when I look at everything around me, how could it become like this..."

He tightened his grip on Gu Qichen's shoulders, and his voice became deeper: "For the future of you and Huo Tianwen, I agreed to come to Hong Kong City. At that time, I thought that if I changed to another field, I could also make a name for myself. It doesn't matter."

"But you are gone, even Huo Tianwen is gone..."

His voice paused, and then he spoke again: "Do you know what happened to her?"

Gu Qichen clenched his fists tightly, veins popping out on them, and lowered his head, his expression unrecognizable.

"She was so beautiful, how could she have a good ending in this Zhuang family? The eldest son of the Zhuang family, Zhuang Yunyu, dragged her from above and brought her here..."

Huo Tianyan's faint voice reached his ears.

He added: "I was on top, with an iron chain around my neck, listening to her crying, wailing, begging for mercy, and Zhuang Yun's wanton and arrogant laughter."

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