Shu Yang subconsciously took two steps back and refused through gritted teeth: "...I can't say."
"Then never let me see you again," Hei Ya snorted coldly, then slammed the door shut again. There was no more movement. Shu Yang stood outside the room in a daze, the cold wind blowing on his face, but he felt nothing.
Under the relentless pursuit of the Qingliang Valley, Su Zhirou, who had left with the mysterious man, eventually vanished from their sight. Initially, Su Zhirou hadn't imagined anyone would care about her life or death. So, filled with despair and the Su family's treasures, she played hide-and-seek with the mysterious man and a group of unknown individuals.
Su Zhirou was very dissatisfied with these days of hiding and covering up. "Where are we going?"
"An absolutely safe and hidden place," the mysterious man turned around and looked at her, then continued to pay close attention to every move outside the house.
Su Zhirou couldn't sit still any longer. She was completely carried away. Why would she want to be with someone of such unknown origin? If this person was a kind person, it wouldn't matter. But the problem was, his movements over the past few days were no different from those of a fugitive being hunted.
At this moment, Su Zhirou had nothing but the pendant hanging around her neck. She absolutely could not put her life and property on such a person. She had to find a way to leave. "What on earth do you want to do with this thing?"
The man in black robe walked over to Su Zhirou impatiently, poured her a glass of water, and warned her in a low voice, "You have too many questions."
Although Su Zhirou was afraid, she still had some confidence in her words because she thought she had something this person wanted. "This is something from my Su family. I have the right to decide whether to keep it or not, and I know what it is used for."
The black-robed man sneered, "Don't forget, I saved your life. Be obedient, or I'll show you my methods."
Frightened by the black-robed man, Su Zhirou was even more determined to find a way to escape. But it was obvious that she couldn't defeat him; even if she managed to escape, she would be caught in no time. She had to plan carefully.
Seeing Su Zhirou with her head down, clutching the pendant on her chest, and remaining silent, the black-robed figure assumed she had calmed down. He then grabbed her bag and instructed, "I have something else to attend to, so you'll need to stay here for a while. Don't try to run around, I'll find you wherever you go. Also, don't go out unless you have to. Lately, there have been a few more of these little stalkers, all experts."
Su Zhi replied softly, "I know, I know."
As the black-robed man was about to leave, he suddenly thought of something interesting. He decided to waste some time telling Su Zhirou so she wouldn't get lonely. "Oh, I forgot to tell you something. Zhao Wentao had his fingers chopped off and is crippled because he owed a huge debt to the gambling house. I'm afraid he won't live long enough to see the spring flowers bloom."
"He brought this upon himself, no one else is to blame." Su Zhirou's expression changed at the mention of Zhao Wentao. The man in black robes saw anger, resentment, despair, and a hint of nostalgia in her eyes.
This complex mix of emotions excited the black-robed man immensely. The more this happened, the easier it would be for Su Zhirou to be manipulated by him. "Haha, one more thing: that woman you saw making love with Zhao Wentao was also mine. And it was me who spurred his gambling addiction, leading to him losing everything and even his life. Hahahahaha!"
Upon hearing this, Su Zhirou froze in shock, her eyes wide open. Then, she suddenly jumped up, grabbed the black-robed man's arm, and howled like crazy, "...Who the hell are you? What the hell do you want to do, you lunatic!"
The black-robed man let her drag him, still smiling as he spoke, "As the saying goes, killing someone destroys their heart. I'm helping you escape. Tangtang, the eldest daughter of the Su family, a famous figure in Jiangdu; how could you be content to be just a concubine, looked down upon and ignored? I'm only helping you. Don't you dare say this isn't what you wanted? If this wasn't what you wanted, why would you have set that fire with your own hands, completely destroying the Zhao family?"
At this moment, Su Zhirou finally realized what was happening. If it weren't for this person, Zhao Wentao wouldn't have made such a big mistake in the business world; without that mistake, he wouldn't have married Xie Jue to save the Zhao family's business.
If all this had not happened, she and Zhao Wentao could still live their lives peacefully, no one would have to die, and no one would have made any mistakes!
Su Zhirou grabbed and hit the black-robed man like crazy, saying, "You, if it weren't for you, he wouldn't have married Xie Jue, and we wouldn't have reached this point today!"
Hearing this, the black-robed man grabbed Su Zhirou's hand and clapped it against his own. He asked with interest, "Oh, so you really love him?"
"I..." As expected by the man in black robe, she became obedient as soon as this question was asked.
However, seeing her plummet from the clouds to the ground, he suddenly remembered someone, someone Su Zhirou had initially despised. He didn't mind provoking her further: "Why, you don't dare admit it? Oh, pathetic person, look at yourself, and then look at your best friend. They went from having nothing to having everything, and you, tut, tut, tut, are truly pathetic."
"Shut up!"
Before Su Zhirou could raise her hand, the man in black robe slapped her in the face, sending her flying half a meter to the ground. "I'm not going to argue with you, but you're getting even more outrageous. You're being too loud. Be quiet."
Su Zhirou half-lay on the ground, her face covered. The bloodshot from her mouth gradually brought her back to her senses and allowed her to think again. At this moment, the tightly closed door was gently pushed open.
The black-robed man turned and looked at the black-robed man in front of him who was bowing and asked, "What's the matter?"
The man in black lowered his head tightly, his body trembling as he said, "Yao, Yao Niang is missing..."
"What!"
Seeing the black-robed man's anger, the man in black quickly knelt on the ground and explained, "Qi, your Excellency, as per custom, when we were delivering supplies, we discovered many corpses, and there are signs that the Myriad Poison Cave has been opened. Judging from the degree of decay of the corpses, the Medicine Girl is probably missing, and has been missing for half a year..."
The man in the black robe clenched his hands into fists within his wide robe. "Half a year—a living person—had been missing for half a year before they came and reported it. Very good." While the ancient tomb's greatest function was to imprison people, Yao Niang was someone he had gone through tremendous pains to find.
The man in black robes kicked the man in black clothes in the heart. "Waste, a bunch of waste! Did the man we captured earlier also run away?"
"yes……"
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