"What are we going to do? You'll find out soon enough!"
Kong looked at Mo Li's cruel smile and couldn't help but close his eyes. Then he heard the sound of punches and kicks.
Although Gu Wenshu looked weak and unassuming, he was used to such scenes of fighting and killing. He turned to Kong Liao and asked, "Master, do you know this friend?"
"I don't even know this freak!" Kong rolled her eyes, followed his gaze to Mo Li, and felt a wave of fear wash over her. Thank goodness she hadn't offended him, or she'd be in Jin'erjia's shoes!
After beating her for a while, Jin'erjia was barely breathing. Mo Li shook his hand and revealed a fake smile. "Phew, so beating you up makes me feel this good. For my physical and mental health, you should be happy to be beaten by me, right?"
Jin'erjia's face was swollen like a pig's head, and she lay paralyzed on the ground, not daring to say a word.
"Brother, it's getting late, why don't you eat something and get some rest?" Gu Wenshu said, handing Mo Li a lamb leg.
Mo Li stared blankly at Gu Wenshu. "You know me?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Gu Wenshu was taken aback and became curious. "Since we are complete strangers, why did you save me just now?"
"Do you need a reason to save someone? It's just a matter of chemistry." Mo Li smiled slightly.
Gu Wenshu chuckled and handed over the lamb leg he had just finished the exam. "You're right."
Li Heng, who was hiding in the corner, couldn't help but worry when he saw Gu Wenshu climbing up to Mo Li, and prepared to take the opportunity to escape.
But just as he turned around, Kong suddenly appeared behind him and asked, "Hey bro, where are you going?"
"I, I..." Li Heng immediately broke out in a cold sweat.
Seeing this, Mo Li narrowed his eyes and said, "You've got some nerve. I didn't expect you to dare collude with the barbarians?"
"Yes, I'm sorry! Please spare me. I've lost these barbarian subordinates and am no longer a threat to you. Please spare me!" Li Heng knelt down on the ground, pleading.
Mo Li looked coldly at Li Heng, "If you were to apologize sincerely, that would be fine, but I can't see any sincerity in your words!"
Seeing Mo Li's purple eyes, Li Heng felt a pang of fear, as if those eyes could truly read his mind.
"I... I said it all... it's all true!" Li Heng trembled with fear, then suddenly saw Gu Wenshu frowning behind Mo Li and hurriedly said, "Wenshu! Fifth Brother! Quick, quick, please beg him for me!"
Gu Wenshu frowned, looking at Li Heng's pleading eyes, and couldn't help but sigh, "Brother, can you let him go this time? After all, he used to take good care of me."
Mo Li glanced at Gu Wenshu, then looked at Li Heng and nodded. "Alright! For your sake, I'll spare his life! Now get lost!"
"Thank you, thank you!" Li Heng scrambled away in a disheveled state.
Kong Liao was somewhat surprised upon seeing this. "I say, are you serious? You were so brutal just now, and you just let him go like that? That guy has shifty eyes, he's definitely not a good person! You're letting a tiger return to the mountains!"
"How come a monk like you can tell fortunes?" Mo Li looked at Kong Liao with some amusement, and said confidently, "Of course I know who he is. But you're wrong. This isn't releasing a tiger back into the mountains, but rather casting a long line to catch a big fish!"
Since Li Heng has already surrendered to the barbarians, he should have a way to contact the barbarian leaders. If that's the case, then the whereabouts of Jin'erjia must be able to be communicated to the barbarian army!
At that time...
Mo Li clenched his fists subconsciously: No matter how many barbarian troops come, I, Mo Li, will make sure you stay in the Central Plains!
——
Hua Mulan looked at the jade hairpin Mo Li had given her, and a dull pain pierced her heart. "Mo Li, why were you so foolish..."
“It’s not that I don’t like you, it’s just… it’s just that what I want is not only peace in the Central Plains, but also…” Mulan’s eyes were filled with determination.
Just then, there was a knock on the door.
Mulan opened the door and saw Mo Chen. "Mulan, do you have time to chat?"
Hua Mulan opened her mouth, nodded, and invited Mo Chen in.
"I don't want to say much, I just want to ask one question: do you like Mo Li or not?" Mo Chen asked with a serious expression.
Hua Mulan was stunned for a moment, then blushed. Mo Chen knew her answer from this.
Mo Chen stood up, his expression softening slightly, and said to Hua Mulan, "In that case, come with us to find him! I think you probably want to see him one last time!"
Mulan suddenly stood up, asking anxiously, "He'll be in danger, won't he?"
Mo Chen took a deep breath. "Listen, Mulan. I'm not exaggerating, nor am I trying to make you worry about his safety. I'm just doing what a friend can to tell the woman he loves the truth: he's facing a very strong person, someone we all combined can't fight! Mo Li might die alone!"
Mulan slumped weakly in the chair. "It was me... He risked his life for me... It was all my fault..."
Mo Chen sighed, somewhat reluctantly speaking, "I can see you like Mo Li, but I don't understand why you still rejected him. However, since Mo Li hasn't forced you to accept him, we won't force you to make any choice. Actually, to be honest, he's living for you... You just need to take good care of yourself, and that way he'll still have the motivation to live..."
Is there any motivation to live?!
Mulan couldn't hold back her tears. She didn't know what else Mo Li had sacrificed for her, but she had a feeling that Mo Li had become unlike himself because of her. Even if he wasn't him, he still lived firmly with her, Mulan, as his belief...
How much pain, how much agony, how despair must he be experiencing when facing self-inflicted hurt, doubt, and rejection?
But he never complained to himself, and he didn't even confide in her when he left in silence. He should have known that it might be a one-way trip, but he still went for her sake!
Mulan gripped the jade hairpin tightly, tilting her head back with a familiar, stubborn look in her eyes as she looked at Mo Chen. "I'll go with you to find him! Even if I die, I want to see him one last time before I die!"
Mo Chen nodded, having already made up his mind: Mo Li, if you die, I will help you send your woman to you!
I cannot accompany you on your journey to the underworld, so let your beloved accompany you!
This should be a good choice, right?
Mo Chen had forgotten when it started, but he liked to follow in Mo Li's footsteps, subconsciously obeying his commands, relying on or expecting him to rely on him...
He had become increasingly obsessed with Mo Li's way of doing things. Although Mo Li's choices were not earth-shattering or meant to save the world, Mo Chen could see that Mo Li was sometimes indifferent to reality with a kind of disgust, sometimes disdainful and indifferent, and even had a kind of obsession and stubbornness when it came to many people and things.
What's even more infuriating is that he's willing to change the world, the land, the rivers and lakes, and even himself for a girl!
He always gives quietly, doing his best for himself and for others...
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