76 Breakup (Part 3)
◎Can you please not leave◎
His eyes...why are they becoming more and more strange?
Li Jintang followed his gaze and saw the fortune book trembling on his shoulder, and shuddered from the bottom of his heart.
Could it be that he could also see the Book of Fate? Then wouldn't everything he said just now have been heard?
She didn't dare to think any more, so she grabbed the fortune book and held it in her arms, looking up at him cautiously.
"I'm not going anywhere," Li Jintang calmed down and decided to take a gamble: he couldn't see the fortune book and hadn't heard their conversation. She tentatively asked, "Xie An, why are we here? Where are Brother Qu and the others?"
Xie Changyan's lips curled up into a faint smile, and he looked away from her. "They've already left."
"Gone?" Li Jintang was confused, but a sense of foreboding rose in his heart. "Gone...where did he go?"
The young man in front of her was still the same as usual, but she suddenly felt unfamiliar, as if the person who had been traveling with her had been taken away from her body, and now there was another soul living in this shell.
The door was not closed, and the untimely wind that blew in made her sweat profusely on her back, and the cold sweat spread along her spine and spread to her limbs like an electric shock.
"Of course I'm leaving here, going back to where I need to go." Xie Changyan looked at her again, the smile still on his lips. He raised his hand to gently push away the strands of hair that were blocking the girl's forehead, but suddenly stopped when he felt her body tremble.
"Atang, are you afraid of me?"
His smile froze, and the tenderness in his eyes was slowly fading away.
Do you want to look in the mirror? Who wouldn't be scared seeing you like this? Not to mention she's defenseless. I'm afraid he could easily send her to hell.
"I……"
She opened her mouth, trying to explain something, but his eyes never left her, staring at her until her mind went blank.
Fortunately, he didn't intend to dwell on the issue. While she was stunned, his face suddenly turned ugly, even as if he was about to vomit blood. A few seconds later, he turned his back and slowly walked away.
"Stay here and wait for me to come back, okay?"
How strange... That feeling of being restrained that she couldn't escape returned. Li Jintang felt that those eyes seemed to have a magical power. After a long while, she looked at him and nodded.
There was a faint sound of footsteps, and she didn't know if it was her illusion. There seemed to be a word "Thank you, Sect Master" mixed in, but the door closed quickly, isolating all the sounds outside.
That feeling vanished. Li Jintang scanned the room blankly, the more she looked, the more horrified she felt. Putting everything else aside, how could this house be exactly like her home?!
"Are you leaving? Are you leaving?" Mingshu poked half of his head out and saw that she was the only one left in the room. Then he jumped out of his arms and said, "Don't just stand there, kid. Think of a way to leave quickly, otherwise that guy will be back soon!"
Li Jintang held onto the wall and wanted to walk to the door to quietly see what was happening outside. Just as she took a step, she found that the conversation just now had frightened her so much that her legs went weak.
What are you afraid of? What the fortune book says is not entirely correct. Xie An...how could he possibly harm Brother Qu?
But what did he mean by "go back to where you should go"?
From the moment she opened her eyes to the moment she heard the fortune book and Xie An's inexplicable words, she didn't have any time to breathe or think, and her mind is still a mess.
After a moment, she tried to push the door in hopes of getting lucky, and was surprised to find that it was not locked.
The talisman paper was still in the purse. Li Jintang pinned it to his side and tiptoed out of the room.
"Keep your voice down," she warned, looking down, "I doubt he can see you."
Mingshu didn't dare to refute at all. He snuggled into her arms and didn't dare to make a sound.
Walking along the corridor, Li Jintang was faced with a scene he had never seen before, and his heart became more and more uneasy.
This place is very big, and she was afraid she wouldn't be able to get out without someone to lead the way.
"Baby..."
The fortune teller flipped open a page and whispered, "When I followed that kid in, I secretly wrote down the route."
Her eyes lit up when she heard that: "I'm glad I have you."
The praised fortune-teller groaned as he sat on her shoulder. "Hmph, you didn't believe me just now, but now you believe me, right?"
"These are two different things," she said without hesitation.
How could the protagonist who had been with her all this time suddenly turn evil? Moreover, if he wanted to kill her, he could have done it just now. How could he have given her a chance to escape?
No, why would she obey the order and leave? Even if this guy didn't mean to harm her, there was no guarantee he'd gotten some wrong information.
Thinking of this, Li Jintang stopped, turned around and walked back.
"Where are you going, kid?" Fate Book was startled and stepped in front of her to stop her. "You finally managed to avoid being discovered by him, and now you want to go back and die?"
"But if I leave now, where can I go?" Li Jintang asked, "Brother Qu and the others are missing. If what you said is true, then Xie An's claim that they have returned home must be false. I can't just watch them meet with an accident. I have to go find them."
"Why are you so stubborn? How can you save them when you can't even protect yourself? I saw with my own eyes that kid..." Mingshu paused and said angrily: "You still don't believe me? When you go back and get caught by him, you will regret it..."
"Shhh."
Li Jintang grabbed it, dodged behind the wall, and covered it tightly to prevent it from making any sound.
There was a rustling sound coming from the half-open window beside her. Li Jintang squatted cautiously under the window, holding her breath and listening carefully.
She recognized the young man in white as Xie An from the first glance she saw when they passed by. As for the other one...
"Is your injury a problem?" the man sneered. "You're truly relentless. That Qu, you've been through life and death with me, yet you're still merciless."
Listening to the voice... she carefully identified that person and realized it should be Tian Heng.
But why was Xie An with him? What did he mean by "no mercy"?
"Do you think I have any other choice?" There was a hint of impatience in the boy's tone. He waved his white sleeves and threw a palm-sized bottle out casually.
Tian Heng took the bottle and shook it in his hand. "Antidote?"
"You took it and why don't you just get out of here?" Xie Changyan said sarcastically, "Why, are you afraid I'll give you a fake one?"
"Thank you, Sect Master. I still trust your unwavering commitment to your word," Tian Heng said slowly. "But I'm sure I, Tian, also contributed half to our seizure of this territory. I think you wouldn't mind having another loyal subordinate, right?"
“…”
Li Jintang didn't hear what they said next.
This was the first time she was unwilling to believe the words in the fortune book, and it was also the first time since she came to this world that she trusted someone so much.
But what was he saying just now?
Does this mean he admitted it himself?
What the destiny book said was true, what Tian Heng asked was also true, Qu Lingfei and the others were really...
Li Jintang didn't think any further. She covered her lips tightly, her sobs were cut off in her throat, but her shoulders couldn't stop twitching, and two lines of clear tears rolled down her cheeks like beads with broken strings.
Impossible, impossible... Even if he wasn't the protagonist, he couldn't possibly do such a thing...
But why did he admit it? Just a few words completely destroyed the last hope in her heart.
Brother Qu and Sister Qiuyan were both so kind, why did Xie An want to hurt them? She really wanted to ask him why he did this. Was there no one worth cherishing along the way?
Li Jintang lowered her head, her hands covering her face. On either side were people who had been through so much with her, people who had saved her life so many times. She could hardly accept it all. Tears quickly blurred her eyes, and the scene before her became hazy.
The young man wrapped the bandage around the wound. A piece of gauze soaked in blood lay quietly on the ground. He just looked at it coldly, as if the injured person was not himself.
"What about her? What are you going to do?" Tian Heng asked again, "You killed Qu Lingfei, aren't you afraid that she will resent you if she finds out?"
"Who said I killed him?" Xie Changyan paused for a second, then raised his eyes coldly, as if muttering to himself: "He's not that stupid. He drank that life-saving wine, so he won't die for a while. So..."
He didn't finish the rest of his words.
In this way, could she... feel less resentment towards him?
The wind blew across his head. Li Jintang raised his face and saw tear marks all over his arms.
That's right, why had she been crouching here crying for so long because of a momentary breakdown? Big Brother Qu and the others were in doubt whether they were alive or dead. She shouldn't waste any more time here. She was no match for both of them alone. She should leave first...
She leaned against the wall to support her weeping body, which was almost exhausted. The moment she was about to leave, she suddenly heard a vigilant voice from behind the wall, "Who's there?"
Li Jintang's heart suddenly tightened - they probably had discovered her. This place was too big, and she couldn't go far now. There might be guards at the door. It would be better to follow his words first and think of a solution later.
She reached into her purse and quickly walked back to the room she had just been in. There was only one voice in her mind - if they caught up with her, would she really attack them?
Whether they could win or not was another matter, but a few days ago, the five of them were still "friends" with a life-and-death relationship. Sister Qiuyan's words about taking them to the fairyland to play were still ringing in her ears, but how could it be like this now...
Fortunately, they did not chase after her. Li Jintang returned to her room and forgot to close the door. As soon as she sat on the couch, the warmth of the quilt covered her face and she couldn't help but cry again.
Why couldn't she be there at that time? Why wasn't she there? Brother Qu and Sister Qiuyan were so kind, yet she couldn't help them at all.
And Xie An...if she were here, would there be any chance of persuading him...
Her mind was in a mess, and she took all the blame on herself without knowing why.
There were footsteps outside the door. The other person paused noticeably when entering. Then she realized that someone was standing by the bed and looking at her.
Li Jintang sat up, raised his eyelids and looked at the person who came, with tears still on his face.
"Atang..." He skillfully half-knelt down to look her in the eye, raised his hand to wipe away her tears, then retracted it, "What's wrong?"
He asked knowingly, because he knew she heard everything.
Xie Changyan accepted her calm gaze as if he was accepting the torture of a kind person.
It's okay to hate him, but can you...
The boy's eyelashes trembled slightly, and he begged her a thousand times in his heart not to say anything about leaving.
He really...really didn't want to tie her down in cold iron chains.
【Author’s words】
I've been busy doing experiments and writing articles recently, so my mind is a bit confused. If there are typos, please feel free to correct them. [Red Heart]
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