"It's okay, I can bear it."

"You're not trying to lie to me, are you?"

How did you know?

"Just a guess!!"

Su Ziyao rolled her eyes. "I'm not that stupid. If I lied to you, I'd be in trouble!!"

"That's good. Sit down and rest for a while!"

"Um."

Su Ziyao sat down, but she showed no intention of sleeping.

Because she couldn't appear too tired in front of Li Yuanba.

If Li Yuanba doesn't believe her, wouldn't she be kept under house arrest by him here?

"Li Yuanba, I'm actually very grateful to you for saving me, but why did you do this?" Su Ziyao asked.

Li Yuanba looked at Su Ziyao, "Because I like you!!"

"I'm an enemy of your mercenaries, how could you like me?" Su Ziyao asked in confusion.

"I'm telling the truth!!"

"But why would you do this? Aren't we enemies?"

"Of course not!!"

"Why?"

"Because I like you!!"

"Hahaha..." Su Ziyao laughed three times, "You like me? What makes you think you should like me?"

"I can't really explain it, but I just like you, I like you a lot!!" Li Yuanba said with a smile, his eyes shining with a burning light.

"That's not right!!" Su Ziyao shook her head. "We're not familiar with each other at all, you could even say we're strangers. What makes you think you like me?"

I just love you!!

"But I don't like you."

"I know, I know you dislike me, you dislike that I'm an assassin," Li Yuanba said. "It's okay, one day you'll discover my good points, and you'll definitely fall in love with me."

"I will never fall in love with you!!" Su Ziyao said resolutely.

How did you know?

"Because I would never fall in love with a killer!!"

"What's wrong with not falling in love with an assassin? I can promise you, I will make you happy."

"How can you give me happiness?" Su Ziyao sneered. "You've killed so many innocent people. Does this bloodthirsty, violent person deserve happiness?"

"I'm an assassin, I'm just carrying out a mission," Li Yuanba explained.

"Task?"

Su Ziyao frowned. "I've never considered myself a qualified police officer."

Li Yuanba fell silent.

"Do you know how many lives we lost trying to find the source of that batch of drugs?"

"Of course I know."

"You know that?"

"Of course I know," Li Yuanba said, picking up a cigarette from the table and lighting it.

Su Ziyao neither stopped Li Yuanba from smoking nor spoke to him to stop him.

"How much effort did the entire organization put in to find out the source of this batch of drugs?" Li Yuanba asked.

"I have no idea."

"I don't know either."

"But I know that everyone in our organization is an elite among elites."

Li Yuanba took a drag of his cigarette, exhaled a puff of smoke, and a look of pain flashed in his eyes.

"Their bodies filled the entire factory, and blood stained everything."

"Our brothers, every single one of them sacrificed themselves for the country. After they died, they didn't even leave behind a tombstone. I know they sacrificed themselves for the country, but..." Li Yuanba paused for a moment, then continued, "they have left us forever, and all of their deaths were because of me."

"If I hadn't had my brothers investigate those people, how could we have suffered at the hands of those beasts?!"

In the end, Li Yuanba clenched his fist so tightly that his nails dug into the flesh of his palm, and blood flowed out.

Upon hearing this, Su Ziyao's heart suddenly trembled.

"Why did those people arrest me?" Su Ziyao asked.

"Because we have evidence of their crimes, and that evidence is you. You're the only survivor we caught, so..."

Li Yuanba sighed and continued, "If we capture you, you'll become our trump card, something we can use to threaten those bastards. If I hadn't had my brothers release you, you'd probably be dead already, and tortured to death by them."

After hearing Li Yuanba's words, Su Ziyao's heart became complicated, and she felt a little guilty.

After all, Li Yuanba was right; those people would definitely not let him go in order to force him to confess.

You can be killed, but you cannot take the lives of others.

"Thank you, Li Yuanba, you saved my life, I will remember it forever," Su Ziyao said, her head bowed and her voice choked with emotion.

"Ziyao, please don't misunderstand. I saved you because of your beauty and intelligence," Li Yuanba hurriedly explained.

"I don't care if you saved me because of your beauty, you saved me, and I will always remember that. Thank you!!" Su Ziyao raised her head and looked at Li Yuanba.

Looking into Su Ziyao's bright eyes, Li Yuanba felt a flutter in his heart. He reached out and stroked Su Ziyao's hair, "Ziyao, do you know? Your beauty and temperament make you the most beautiful girl I've ever seen in my life."

"Are you... are you praising me?" Su Ziyao smiled shyly and asked in a low voice.