Just then, a pair of fair and delicate hands gently reached out in front of him.

He was slightly taken aback, then looked up in shock.

The girl in front of me was blinking her big, clear, dark eyes. Her skin was fair, and her soft face was like a peeled egg. Her clear eyes were full of doubt and curiosity.

In that instant, he felt as if he had seen an angel, the most sacred and flawless angel, untouched by any speck of dust.

His pupils dilated slightly, then, as if unable to bear being stared at, he gritted his teeth and roared, "Get out of my way!"

The girl's clear black and white eyes glistened with tears. Seeing him about to leave, she quickly grabbed his filthy hand with her fair fingers.

"Big brother, you're bleeding! I have some medicine here, can I bandage you up?"

Her soft, sweet voice, like a sticky rice candy, made him freeze in place.

Before he could move, he felt the girl carefully grab his hand: "Big brother, don't move. I'll clean your wound first, then disinfect it, and finally apply medicine. If it hurts, just tell me."

Her sweet, soft voice was as smooth and sweet as milk. For some reason, he looked at the girl in front of him strangely for a moment.

As if by some unseen force, he felt an inexplicable sense of closeness and dependence on this girl.

It felt as if the two of them had crossed the Bridge of Helplessness in their past lives, and now, as they looked at each other in this life, it was an indescribable cycle of reincarnation.

"I've bandaged you up already~" The girl looked up at him coquettishly, her big, dark grape-like eyes seeming to speak volumes:

"Big brother, I have lots of medicine here, I've left it all for you. Oh, and I also have a bank card, you can use it as you like. If they dare to bully you again, just mention my name!"

"Oh, right, big brother, my name is Shao Yue'er. What's your name?"

He was slightly taken aback, and then, as if possessed, nervously stammered, "Ye... Ye Rong."

Inside the Emperor-Slaying Alliance base, Ye Rong desperately pushed forward, grabbed someone, and roared with bloodshot eyes:

"Still haven't found Ye Meng? Where is Ye Meng?! Where is Ye Meng right now?!"

The subordinates of the Emperor-Slaying Alliance had already scattered in all directions. Seeing the madman in front of them, they were terrified and almost scrambled away, shouting, "What Ye Meng? I...I don't know! None of us in the Emperor-Slaying Alliance have ever seen Ye Meng. You've asked the wrong person!"

Ye Rong's piercing eyes blazed with fury as she grabbed one person after another: "Where's Ye Meng? Where is she?!"

"I've said it before, no one is allowed to touch Ye Meng! Anyone who dares to touch Ye Meng, I'll make them pay with their lives!"

His sinister eyes were filled with tears, and the glistening liquid kept sliding down his cheeks.

This panicked and distraught state seems to be reminiscent of that night more than twenty years ago.

On that night that should have been the most beautiful night for him and Shao Yue'er, his beloved Yue'er died right in his arms.

The Emperor Killing Alliance base quickly became empty. Ye Rong collapsed to the ground, hugging his arms, letting the bloody memories assault his brain. The scenes from the past cut into his fragile nerves like blades.

He remembered it was on the Lantern Festival when Shao Yue'er turned eight; the dazzling lights illuminated Shao Yue'er's clean and fair face.

"Ziyang, you know, my daddy and mommy have been married for so long and have so many older brothers, why don't they have a younger sister? A younger sister would be so nice. If I had a younger sister, I would love her dearly and treat her like a little princess."

By then, he had already become Shao Yue'er's so-called little bodyguard, and changed his name to Shao Ziyang.

But the Shao family could not tolerate an outsider staying by Shao Yue'er's side all day long, so the Shao family announced to the outside world that he was the Shao family's adopted son.

Back then, he had hated the Shao family countless times because of the family massacre, and he hated even more the old man Shao who greeted him with a smile every day but used sinister and cold words to provoke him behind his back.

To him, Old Master Shao was like a devil wearing an angel mask, becoming a psychological shadow in the Shao family.

Even so, as long as he could stay by Yue'er's side, he suppressed all of this in his heart and forcibly endured it.

Under the bright lights, he looked at Shao Yue'er with a mixture of doubt and caution in his eyes:

"Do you really... really want a little sister?"

“Of course.” Shao Yue’er smiled radiantly on her soft cheeks. “My father is the eldest son of the Shao family, and my mother is from L country. The family arranged for them to marry so that my mother could give birth to the perfect heir for the family.”

“But I’m different. I don’t want my mother to be constantly giving birth or on her way to giving birth, and I certainly don’t want her to become a breeding machine for the Shao family. So, as for this little sister, I can only imagine in my mind that perhaps it would be a good thing if she wasn’t born…”

He would always remember how gentle Shao Yue'er's eyes were back then.

The warm, reddish light spilled over her shoulders and cheeks, casting a gentle glow upon her.

At that time, he thought that Yue'er must really value this younger sister.

She was not even born yet, and it was unknown whether she would even come into this world, but she was the most important person in Yue'er's heart.

Just then, screams of agony rang out from outside the base: "They've surrounded us!"

"What? Even the Queen of Country Y and the people from the Criminal Investigation Department have come! We're doomed!"

"Oh no! What do we do?! We can't get out of here! Staying here is just waiting to die... Ah!"

Immediately, the ground shook violently, the entire base seemed to be on the verge of collapse, and there were even sounds of countless footsteps rushing in.

Ye Rong was like a startled beast, his scarlet eyes suddenly fixed on the entrance behind him.

He then strode forward and charged into the deepest part of the base!

"Yue'er...no one can touch my Yue'er!"

He pressed the button on the wall, and the previously closed stone door was suddenly opened.

It turned out that at the very bottom of the entire Emperor Killing Alliance base was a huge enclosed space, which was clearly visible through the torchlight.

Countless stone statues, carved exactly like Shao Yue'er, stand like a forest of stone figures, neatly arranged throughout the space. They are densely packed and stretch as far as the eye can see, yet one can almost see the vivid girl from those statues.

These stone statues are of varying heights, some resembling children, some girls, and even adults...

Every movement and expression was so lifelike, as if a gentle spell could bring her to life.

What remains here is not just a cold stone statue, but her entire life.