Until the car stopped, Ye Rong retracted his gaze, and Shen Yanqing opened his eyes.

After getting off the car, the two walked inside in the afterglow of the setting sun.

Ye Rongqi fell behind a step because of distraction, and her eyes naturally looked at Shen Yanqing.

He was enveloped by a gloomy atmosphere and deep fatigue. He neither resisted nor struggled, allowing himself to sink into the swamp that exuded a smell of corruption, and rot along with the dead things around him.

She looked at the buildings ahead, where every inch of land was worth a lot of money.

In Ye Rong's eyes, Bai Zang Mansion has gone through the baptism of time. It is still luxurious and grand in this era, and there is also a simplicity that has been precipitated by the gate of time. But to the person in front of him, Bai Zang Mansion is more like an inescapable cage and an abyss that chooses its people to devour.

He kept walking forward.

At that moment, Ye Rong suddenly wanted to reach out and grab him.

However, before her reasoning came back, her hand had already grabbed his sleeve.

"Chen Yanqing... do you want to come with me?" Ye Rong was stunned by the words that came out of her mouth at that moment. Her eyelashes trembled slightly, and she looked at him nervously and cautiously.

An indistinguishable complex emotion flashed across Shen Yanqing's dark and lifeless eyes. He turned around and looked at the cautious little girl in front of him.

Although the little girl was nervous, she didn't avoid his gaze at all. She just looked into his eyes, her pupils clear, bright and soft.

Chen Yanqing's eyes paused for a moment, like the wings of a butterfly skimming across the water, the subtle movement was imperceptible if one was not careful... but at some point, a little light fell on the damp, dark, and lifeless swamp, and when it was noticed, it suddenly turned into a handful of fire that could not be ignored, burning with dazzling light and heat.

After all, Shen Yanqing was not a young man who had just started out. He had rarely had major emotional fluctuations. Even when he witnessed the dirtiest scenes, he remained calm. Even when he locked up those people from the Shen family in a mental hospital, his heart was still stagnant.

He was able to keenly perceive his own fluctuations at that moment, and who that fluctuation was for.

Catching his own emotions, Shen Yanqing was not surprised at all, but just a little emotional.

What is the difference between the little girl next to him and the person in front of him? Shen Yanqing couldn't tell. He had seen countless people and had seen all kinds of people, cunning, calculating, ruthless, sweet-mouthed... The little girl in front of him was really not good enough. Many times, some thoughts and emotions could be seen at a glance.

Although she has a secret, she doesn't seem to hide it deliberately. Instead, she is quite open about it.

Shen Yanqing was a little concerned at first, but he had no intention of investigating further.

After that, he thought that she would be exposed sooner or later, so he really didn't take it seriously.

He originally thought that he would soon get tired of this little girl just like before. A month would be enough time for him to see through this little girl, whether intentionally or not.

However, until now, Shen Yanqing still didn't understand why she could use her body to block the shrapnel from the explosion for him at the door of death, and why she could protect him at all costs under the gunpoint.

On Saint-Malo Island, she even managed to save a foreign boy whom she had never met before.

In the remote mountain village of Jingshan, the ugliness and filth did not make her afraid or retreat. She rescued the abducted woman who was tied with chains like an animal without hesitation.

However, all this ugliness could not cast a shadow in her eyes.

Shen Yanqing unconsciously thought of the first time he saw her.

Those eyes, because they are so clear and calm, always attract people's attention. Even under the dazzling lights and in the chaotic crowd around her, people will unconsciously notice her presence.

She is incompatible with the decadent atmosphere, yet blends in perfectly. She also has ambitions and goals, but she has a pair of clean and clear eyes.

Eyes that are not eroded by darkness and filth.

Facing those beautiful eyes, Shen Yanqing said lightly and casually: "Where are you?"

"Anywhere is fine. How about we not stay in Baizang Mansion?" Seeing that his expression was the same as usual, Ye Rong's tone also returned to the relaxed look of the past. Knowing that Chen Yanqing had a simple and unsexy nature, she spoke without any psychological burden: "I want to spend more time with you. We have known each other for a while, and after we part, we can still leave a good memory, right?"

The little girl looked at her with clear eyes and a gentle smile. The nervousness and cautiousness just now disappeared in an instant, and her pretty and bright little face showed ease and calmness.

There was no anxiety or shyness in falling in love, and the conversation was casual, with a subtle hint of concern.

Qi Wei was too smart and perceptive, and the little girl in front of him might have discovered something, although some of it was something that Shen Yanqing had exposed in front of her intentionally or unintentionally.

But the little girl didn't care, and there was no resistance or alienation in her eyes.

Bright and inclusive.

He looked at the girl in front of him calmly for a while, and then sighed, "If I had met you ten years ago, I think I would have fallen in love with you uncontrollably."

“………???” Ye Rong was stunned when she heard this, and she almost couldn’t hold back her expression: “But ten years ago… I was only nine years old.”

"I'm not interested in children." Not caring at all about her straying from the main point, Shen Yanqing spoke softly and slowly as always. He patiently explained to the little girl in front of him, "Ten years ago, I would have fallen in love with you now."

Shen Yanqing was also young once, his desires were strong and twisted, and he was also quite clear about his preferences.

If I were myself at that time, I might have done whatever it took to keep him by my side. After all, he had the blood of that man, and the ugliness and filth in his bones were exactly the same.

Thinking of this, Shen Yanqing raised his slightly drooping eyes, looked at her, and smiled.

What a lucky little girl.

“………”

It took Ye Rong a while to recover from the other person's smile. She only felt danger, but it was only for a moment, because the other person had regained his dying and tired look.

At that moment, the feeling that the door was being stared at by a predator seemed like an illusion.

...Is this an illusion?

Facing those deep and smiling eyes, Ye Rong blinked and forced the topic to change: "Then will you come with me?"