In the room, Lin Wu drank nearly two bottles of red wine and his head felt a little dizzy.

She ignored the stains on the ground and the pungent smell of alcohol, staggered to the bed, opened the drawer, and took out Ren Ke's dagger.

The blade was still sharp. Lin Wu calmed himself down and cut another wound on his abdomen.

This time she didn't wipe off the blood or care about the wound. She threw the knife to the ground and fell back on the bed.

Outside.

Ling Xiu was about to walk out of the castle gate, but when she looked ahead, she couldn't help but stop.

In an open space not far away, there was a person with his back to her, looking into the dark night, not knowing what he was thinking.

It is Brahman.

Ling Xiu pinched her palms to stay awake and walked over.

As soon as he got closer, the man noticed it and said calmly: "What did she talk to you about?"

Ling Xiu's expression was also indifferent: "What else could it be? She actually doesn't want to go to the Ice Prison, and she doesn't want to listen to you. Isn't this clear to you?"

The man turned around and looked at her dimly.

Ling Xiu said, "Yes, she did want to pry me over and try to persuade me to help her deal with you."

Fan then spoke: "You agreed?"

Ling Xiu stared at him and asked, "Ren Ke is dead. I know you killed her with your own hands. When she died, were you sad? Did you feel reluctant when you did it?"

The man didn't really care: "This has nothing to do with what happened tonight."

"No, it's related." Ling Xiu curled her lips sarcastically, "I think you must have promised Ren Ke that you would give her what she wants. Just like you promised me. But you ended up killing her after she had been with you for so long, so I'm not surprised that you actually wanted me to follow An Sheng to the Ice Prison to die."

Fan narrowed his eyes, "So you decided to cooperate with An Sheng? Since she wants to do it, she must be sure of it? So what did she do?"

"I didn't promise her." Ling Xiu said coldly, "She has already been locked up here by you, what else can she do?"

Fan snorted, obviously not believing it.

Ling Xiu said, "I'm telling you this because I want you to agree to a request of mine."

"What?"

"If I can make it out of the Ice Prison alive, I will no longer be a member of Killer City."

Fan frowned and said nothing.

Ling Xiu didn't even look at him again, she just walked around him and left.

Fan was still standing there. After a while, one of his trusted men hiding in the woods came out, walked quickly to his side, and whispered, "Master, do you want to send someone to monitor Master Lingxiu?"

Fan looked confused and said, "No need. You can't keep an eye on her, she will find out, and it's not impossible for her to get rid of you, so there's no need."

He murmured thoughtfully: "She wanted to leave Killer City with the secret of Killer City. It seems that she really didn't agree to An Sheng..."

Suddenly—! The lights in the castle came on brightly, and panicked voices were heard!

Fan noticed it and went in immediately.

Several servants on the first floor rushed upstairs in a hurry with medicine boxes.

Fan called out to one of them: "What happened?"

The man panicked when he saw it was him. He said in a trembling voice, "After Master Lingxiu left, someone on duty went to see Master Ansheng, but they smelled a mixture of alcohol and blood in Master Ansheng's room. When they entered, they found that Master Ansheng had a knife that he had gotten from nowhere and was trying to commit suicide. There was a scary wound on his abdomen..."

Before Fan finished listening, his expression changed, he turned around and yelled at his subordinates who followed in to bring a doctor, and then he strode upstairs.

He knew where Lin Wu lived, and when he entered he saw several servants gathered around the bed, busy dealing with things.

As I got closer, I saw that the person on the bed was extremely pale and there was a large pool of blood on the ground. Looking to the side, I saw several wine bottles, cups and other debris.

Fan quickly noticed the dagger on the bedside table.

He recognized it; it belonged to Ren Ke.

When Lin Wu stayed that day, he saw that she looked a little strange and didn't want to upset her too much, so he didn't say anything.

But she didn't expect that she would use it today?! The servants became even more panicked when they saw him coming, and their hands were shaking as they handled the bloodstains.

The man frowned subconsciously when he saw the person on the bed in pain, and said angrily: "Be careful, don't hurt her! The doctor will be here soon, you should prepare for the emergency first, if anything happens, you will die!"

When the servants heard this, they almost collapsed at the knees.

At this time, Lin Wu seemed to wake up and groaned.

Fan Li immediately stepped forward and saw that she had indeed opened her eyes.

"Dark voice..."

Lin Wu seemed to be sober now. With a cold face, he threw whatever he could get at the man and the person beside the bed. He said reluctantly, "Get lost! None of you need to care about me. It's just right for me to die..."

Anger welled up in Fan's eyes. He pushed the servant away, walked to the bed, and grabbed the moving Lin Wu.

After saying that, he went out.

But he did not leave the castle.

The confidant quickly brought five or six doctors into the room.

After a while, someone came out and told Fan that the wound was too deep and too big, and needed to be sutured. It was also best not to move for a short time and to rest in bed.

Fan's face was gloomy, and he sneered: "It turns out that you are not tired of living, but you want to use this opportunity to avoid going to the Ice Prison..."

The people around wanted to lower their heads into the cracks.

Fan looked at the doctor and said, "Give her the best medicine. Prescribe more painkillers, enough that it won't interfere with her movements."

The doctor was stunned and didn't dare to say anything, so he nodded.

…

Lin Wu was really unconscious.

When I finally woke up, it was already dawn outside the window and I had no idea what time it was.

She had a splitting headache and the pungent smell of disinfectant in the room also made her uncomfortable. She caught a glimpse of a horizontal bar next to the bed. Medicine was hanging down from a thin tube, and the needle was inserted into the back of her hand.

Lin Wu was not surprised. He glanced around casually and his eyes suddenly stopped.

Not far away by the window, a man was leaning with his arms folded, staring at her expressionlessly. His eyes were so cold that even the air around them was stagnant, like the silence before a storm.

Lin Wu met his gaze.

Neither of them spoke.

Finally, the atmosphere was dispelled by Lin Wu's initiative to speak. She said, "Looking at you, you didn't sleep all night, did you? If I didn't know that you wanted me to die, I would have misunderstood that you cared about me and didn't want to let me go."

Fan was actually angered by this.

He suddenly stood up and took a few steps forward, grabbing Lin Wu's neck. With a little force, he saw Lin Wu's pale cheeks turn red due to suffocation.

But Lin Wu's eyes did not change, still calm and sarcastic.

At the last moment when she was about to faint, the man finally let go of her hand.

Lin Wu started coughing violently.

Fan closed his eyes tightly, "However much you want to die, you are disappointed to see that I saved you after you woke up, and you still want to die, without even struggling?! You," he forced out a voice, "would you rather die than go to the Ice Prison to help me?! What kind of magic potion did the City Lord give you to make you side with him like this?!"

Lin Wu finally recovered, but the wound was still painful. She said coldly, "What do you think?"

The man stared at her intently. After a moment, he asked word by word, "I'll ask you this one last time. Are you doing this because you wanted to kill me but found that you had no other choice... or because you are on the side of the city lord?"

Lin Wu frowned: "What's the difference."

The man sat down beside the bed. Having not slept all night, his eyes were bloodshot, which made him look even more terrifying.

"In the latter case, I will really kill you, just as you thought, and I won't be reluctant at all."

Lin Wu was speechless. "You said it as if you didn't mean to let me die."

"...I didn't." Fan's voice was a little hoarse. "I have known the city lord for so long, I already know him very well. I don't know what happened, but I am sure that he values ​​you and he will not touch you. You go to the Ice Prison, it is much safer than you think."

Lin Wu was slightly startled.

Fan asked, "Is it because of the city lord?"

Lin Wu didn't say anything.

Fan took a deep breath, suddenly smiled, took out two photos from his coat pocket and showed them to Lin Wu.

Lin Wu's expression changed slightly.

The people in the photo are Bai Jing, Gu Siyin, and Xun Lao, who lived together in Lingnan.

"I think they are just a few of the people you care about." Fan put the photo on the bedside table and said casually, "There is enough painkillers in the drawer for you to take action. Tonight, I want to see you outside the Ice Prison."

He said and stood up.

Lin Wu suddenly said: "In the evening, accompany me and have dinner together."

Fan paused.

Lin Wu said coldly: "You have to see me use painkillers to rest assured that I am really obedient, right? And the doctor, ask them to change my medicine in the evening, and don't hinder my movements."

She looked up at the man and said, "After this meal, our past friendship is over."

The man clenched his hands at his sides.

After a long time, he said "OK".

(End of this chapter)