Chapter 644: Choice
The little bit of light left in Qingqing's eyes gradually dimmed.
"However, this may not be certain. How about this? This city lord will give you a way to survive."
Su Yu took out a black porcelain bottle from his body.
"There is a pill in here that can bring the dead back to life, but it can only save one person. If you take the pill to save Zhou Xing, you will have to stay here. If you don't want the pill, this city lord will send someone to escort you out of the city right now."
On one side is Zhou Xing's way out, on the other side is his own way out.
Qingqing stared at the medicine bottle on the ground in a daze.
"Before I choose, can I go see Brother Zhou?"
Su Yu agreed in a friendly manner.
Qingqing was taken to the side hall next door by the man in green.
Chu Yun was a little puzzled, "The city lord thinks the temptation of torture is not enough?"
"I'm just curious, when her life is in front of her, what choice will she make?"
People may be able to resist temptation once or twice, but what about the third and fourth times?
Chu Yun said: "The city lord is worried that she is acting, so just kill her directly."
Su Yu frowned and looked at him disapprovingly, "Am I such a cruel person?"
Chu Yun was speechless, "You, are not."
"This city lord appreciates your honesty."
Chu Yun: “…”
Qingqing looked at the man lying on the bed with a pale face without a trace of blood. She wanted to touch his face with trembling hands, but when she saw her hands were covered in blood, she withdrew her hands stiffly.
"Brother Zhou, you are good, very good. How can I be worthy of you? I have no regrets in my life as long as I can let you live."
She had just been tortured and was holding on to her last bit of strength.
She looked at the man in green, "I choose to save people. I want to save people. Give me to you."
The man in green handed the medicine to her expressionlessly, "Think it over carefully. If you give the medicine to him, you will have no room for regret."
Qingqing opened the medicine bottle without hesitation, poured out the medicine inside and fed it into Zhou Xing's mouth.
She watched Zhou Xing swallow the pill instinctively with a relieved smile on his face.
The next moment, her eyes went dark and she lost consciousness.
Zhou Xing didn’t know how long he had slept. After he tried hard to open his heavy eyelids, he felt the pain as if he was being crushed by a huge rock.
"Okay, okay, you're finally awake."
"mother……"
Zhou moved his cracked lips and his voice became hoarse.
"It's mother, it's mother..."
Aunt Zhou cried with joy. After enduring all these days, her son finally woke up.
"I'm fine, mom, don't cry..." Although he still felt very uncomfortable, Zhou Xing felt that nothing serious would happen to him.
Aunt Zhou poured him a bowl of hot water and fed it to him.
After drinking the water, Zhou Xing felt his throat felt much better.
Only then did he realize that he was not lying in his own home at all.
"Mom, what is this place? Who saved me?"
His memory still remained in the fight with those people. He was in a weak position and he was prepared for his fate at that time. He was not that afraid of death, but he just felt sorry for his mother.
Aunt Zhou sighed deeply, "This is our home from now on. This is Tiger Camp."
Zhou Xing didn’t understand. He had lived in Tiankui City for so long, why did he move back to Tiger Camp?
"Are Uncle Meng and the others back as well? Do they want us to come back and guard Tiger Camp?"
As soon as Zhou Xing asked the question, he noticed that his mother's eyes were red.
He was suddenly panicked, afraid that things were not that simple.
"Girl, let me tell him."
Mengzi had arrived outside the house at some point. He looked at Aunt Zhou who was choking with sobs and spoke in a deep voice.
Aunt Zhou nodded gratefully. It was not that she couldn't speak, but she felt so sad when she thought about what had happened that she couldn't speak. She also didn't want her emotions to affect Zhou Xing too much.
Mengzi sat down in front of Zhou Xing's bed and signaled him not to worry.
"Do you know how the city lord discovered that Qingqing might be a spy?"
Zhou Xing was shocked, but he was shocked by the fact that Su Yu knew that Qing Qing was a spy, not the fact that Qing Qing was a spy.
"How did the city lord know about this?"
After hearing what he said, Mengzi reached out and tapped him on the forehead, but not too hard.
"You are asking for death by not reporting the truth."
Zhou Xing showed embarrassment and guilt on his face when he heard this.
"I, I originally wanted to find out what they were trying to do, but I didn't expect..." He still overestimated himself.
That night he saw a dark shadow enter Qingqing's room, and he became alert and eavesdropped outside the door. However, the noise in the room was too quiet, so he didn't hear anything. However, he became suspicious of Qingqing, and usually asked her mother to secretly observe Qingqing's every move.
It can be said that Aunt Zhou is a capable person and she didn't arouse Qingqing's suspicion at all.
But after that night, the dark shadow never came to see her again. He wanted to continue observing, but he didn't expect to encounter such a thing.
"Uncle, it's my fault. I overestimated my own abilities." But at that time he had no evidence that Qingqing was a spy, and he did not dare to act rashly for fear that something bad might happen.
"Do you know who told the city lord that there was something wrong with Qingqing?"
Zhou Xing's eyes were full of confusion. Could it be that the city lord had known about this for a long time?
Mengzi exhaled a breath of foul air, "It was Meng Jiang, he went to tell the city lord."
That day, Meng Jiang arrived at Zhou's house and felt that something was wrong with Qingqing. He seemed to be certain of this from his conversation with Zhou Xing, but Zhou Xing said to hold off for the time being.
Zhou Xing was a relatively steady person, but this matter was of great importance. He didn't want his brother, who had been wearing the same pants as him since childhood, to be as stupid as him, so he secretly ran to Su Yu and told her about it.
Originally he thought that Su Yu would not believe such words without any evidence, but she sent people to secretly lurk around Qingqing that day.
It was for this reason that Su Yu knew Qingqing's contact, figured out their plan, and decided to take advantage of it.
The fact that Longba's rebellion was wiped out was a bonus.
"Fortunately, the kid told the city lord, otherwise things would be bad." Mengzi was also very pleased because he saw his son's growth.
"Uncle Meng, your family are all my benefactors."
"Not only that, you were seriously injured. If the city lord hadn't intervened, you would have been stinking by now."
Mengzi added: "But you have committed a big crime. The city lord will not allow you to enter the city again. From now on, you should stay in the Tiger Camp. I will send you anything you need. There are still many fields here, just like in the past. You won't starve to death if you work hard."
Zhou Xing also understood why he appeared in the Tiger Camp.
"I know Uncle Meng, I, I understand."
Mengzi patted his shoulder and stood up. "Oh, right, it was Qingqing who brought you to the city lord and begged him to save you. I heard that the city lord used severe torture on her and asked her whether she would live or save you. She chose to save you, but she was also responsible for your becoming like this."
He walked out the door, thought for a moment, and then said, "The city lord didn't kill her, but threw her into the Tiger Camp. You can decide what to do."
(End of this chapter)
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