"It's not that I don't care, it's just that similar scenes have happened too many times."

Being pressed down, trampled on, humiliated... those dark memories still made her body tighten subconsciously when she thought about it now, but her soul could no longer feel a trace of fear.

It's like there is a barrier that cannot be broken.

It's not that she's not afraid, but that she has learned to accept herself during this long journey.

Accept the weak and cowardly self you once were.

"Brother Zheng, haven't you been asking me about the past?" She naturally buttoned up her soaked clothes again, and the rainwater fell along her white porcelain cheeks. There was a fragility and elegance that was different from the past.

state.

She was obviously smiling, but the heavy rain seemed to be crying for her.

"If you don't want to say it, don't force it." There was still more than half a year before his one-year appointment with her.

"Actually, it's nothing. When I was bound to the system for the first time, I became a singer who made a living by singing in Jinling City. The lucky person in that world was a prince of the enemy country——"

"No need to say it!" He interrupted her in a deep voice, "It was a political mistake. I offended the lord with my words."

He doesn't have the habit of self-abuse in the rain. He deliberately broke into the rain before just to suppress his passion.

She was angry because of him, and there was no need to suffer this crime.

Ji Ranyue was pulled up from the mud by him. Both of them were in a state of embarrassment. When they looked at each other again, there was a smile in their eyes that looked like they were suffering from the same problem.

It dissipates some ambiguity that shouldn't exist.

But when the man's eyes inadvertently glanced at the messy traces on her neck, his heart moved slightly.

For a moment, he really made a mistake when he wanted to. No matter how innocent his words were, he knew exactly what despicable thoughts he had in his heart.

The rain was chilling, so he no longer hesitated and took the lead to pass her and walk into the courtyard.

It's just that there is a sense of hasty stagnation in the back.

"Brother Zheng..." She wiped the rain off her face in confusion, then stepped up to follow him, "Wait for me."

The soft tone, combined with her soft voice, sounded like a whisper between lovers.

Ying Zheng's steps did not stop, but even accelerated slightly.

But what he didn't expect was that as soon as he entered the courtyard, at the corner, a curved dagger looked like a hooked moon, breaking through the curtain of rain and hitting directly behind him——

"Ji Ranyue, stay away!"

Her reaction was a little slow, because the figure coming through the sky in the night was so familiar.

The moment the dagger pierced her flesh and blood, she fell into a cold but reassuring embrace.

It hurts so much...

Hadn't all the emotions been washed away? Why did her heart still feel like it was constricting and suffocating?

How long has it been since she felt like she was truly on the verge of death?

No matter how fast Ying Zheng reacted, he couldn't match the speed of the shadow. Seeing that the dagger had pierced her chest, he protected her with one hand and hit the shadow's life gate with the other palm.

After the two fought for several rounds, he discovered that this person... was a woman.

"Lord, do you know who she is?"

"Pretend to be invincible...let her go." She grabbed his wrist, her thin fingertips turned blue and white from the excessive force.

She wanted all the shadows hidden in Yandu to have no escape.

Ying Zheng vaguely understood something. He struck the man's shoulder with a palm, and then took a few steps back, holding the pale and bloodless girl in his arms as she gradually lost her breath.

"Lord, hold on... don't scare me!" He actually couldn't cry, but luckily it was raining tonight, and the rain made his red eyes look really despairing and sad.

Anyway, just believe the shadow.

The man paused, suppressed the blood surging in his mouth, and made another killing move, striking directly at the back of Ying Zheng's heart.

The blade of the sword clashed with the curved dagger, and the sound of fighting was particularly harsh in the pouring rain. Bai Qi ducked and pounced on the shadow like a tiger emerging from the mountain.

The momentum was quite strong, but in fact he only used three points of strength.

Shadow was forced back to the wall.

At this moment, countless armors poured out and surrounded the entire courtyard. Zhang Liang, dressed in a green shirt and a plain umbrella, stood in front of the three armies, with a cold and bone-chilling desire to kill in his brows.

He originally disagreed with this play.

But Ji Ranyue insists on taking this gamble just for a mere woman who betrayed her. How stupid!

"Kill -" Zhang Liang ordered, but was interrupted because of the man's extremely mournful cry.

"My lord... my lord!" Ying Zheng buried his head into the heart of the girl in his arms. His whole body was trembling, and it was obvious that he was in grief.

"Do you really want to let her go?" There were no tears in the man's lowered eyes.

"I must force Ji Ciyue out." Taking advantage of Ying Zheng's wide sleeves, she moved her lips and teeth slightly.

"No...impossible, you won't die, no way!"

"Lord!" Bai Qi paused in his sword-striking posture and turned back in disbelief.

It was precisely because of his trance that the shadow leaned back and climbed out of the city lord's palace from the base of the wall. In an instant, the sky was full of crows fluttering their wings, cutting off the rain curtain and blocking the possibility of everyone pursuing forward.

"Why are there so many crows!"

"Be careful that their wing feathers are stained with poison."

"Quick, this rainwater won't touch you. Go inside and take shelter."

Ying Zheng picked him up and rushed into the room first.

"Zheng...Brother Zheng, slow down."

There was nothing serious about her originally, but after being shaken and weighed by him like this, she would not be really cool later.

Ying Zheng paused slightly, and now he could finally carefully observe the wound on the girl's chest.

The blood was oozing out uncontrollably, and the knife edge also damaged the heart. It stands to reason...

"The heart of my body is a little to the right, and she stabbed it wrong."

Of course, it definitely hurts.

The system is not online yet, and it cannot help her block part of the pain.

"Obviously there is no need to do this." Zhang Liang closed his umbrella and came in. Although his tone was calm, it gave people a feeling of heart-shrinking oppression. He turned his head and did not look at her injuries.

He turned sideways, and Warren, dressed as a soldier, stood beside him, "Please ask Divine Doctor Hua to quickly treat my lord's wound."

Outside the house, the three armies were crying without stopping.

Inside the house, Zhang Liang arranged the funeral specially prepared for Ji Ranyue in an orderly manner.

"Zifang, when did you plan this?" Ying Zheng stayed up all night, thinking about what happened last night.

Except that Daji's drugging was an accident, everything else was a script that had already been set.

However, Ji Ranyue almost faked it.

If that dagger was even slightly biased, or if it was quenched with poison, wouldn't it be...

"Yesterday, when we saw Miss Yan at the city gate, she had this plan."

"My lord, it's okay if you want to act recklessly. Don't you know the right thing to do?" Ying Zheng rubbed his swollen brows.

"I tried to persuade her, but it was useless. She is such a stubborn person." Zhang Liang laughed at himself.

"The only thing I can do now is to help her catch Ji Ciyue."

"Will he believe it?"

"If you act so hard that you believe it, others will naturally believe it too."

Lies, first deceive yourself, then deceive others.

－－－－－－Digression－－－－－

I promise, I really won’t abuse you. My daughter is a drama queen. Even if she is sad, she can give you a very good performance. All subsequent plots are about doting on girls. If you want to abuse them, you will also abuse men. I am my daughter’s mother.
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