Jiang Xiao made up his mind, walked to the door of the guest room, knocked on the door twice, but before he could respond, he simply pushed the door and walked in.

He just carried Zhao Tianyu into the room, put it on the bed, covered her with a quilt, Jiang Xiao went out to deal with Li Qin's body, and called Zhe Yu again. Although Zhao Tianyu was still on the bed, he no longer lay down, but sat half-sitting against the back of the bed, wrapping himself in the quilt.

Her face was as pale as paper. Although she had stopped crying, she had no expression. When Jiang Xiao entered the door, she just glanced at her and lowered her head again, her eyes were blank and without focal length.

"It's raining, you have to leave here. Let's go, I'll take you home."

Jiang Xiao sighed, sat beside the bed and looked at Zhao Tianyu and said.

The woman in front of me was so energetic and energetic.

However, now she can no longer see the light of the past.

"Sorry, Tianyu... I really didn't expect to bring you in... This was just my own business, and you shouldn't have been..." Jiang Xiao sighed: "But I promise that I will not involve you again in the future. Listen to me, let me take you home and have a good sleep. When you wake up, you will forget all this and will never appear on you again."

Zhao Tianyu was silent for a long time before looking up and looking at Jiang Xiao: "What about you?"

"I..." Jiang Xiao thought for a while and smiled bitterly: "I don't know either."

"..." Zhao Tianyu lowered his head again, and after a while, he said lightly: "You... may die, right? This matter is not over yet, right?"

"Maybe...." Jiang Xiao was stunned, shook his head, with a helpless expression.

Zhao Tianyu suddenly raised her head and looked straight at Jiang Xiao: "So, tell me, what happened. If you still treat me as a friend."

Jiang Xiao was about to refuse, but before he could say anything, he was interrupted by Zhao Tianyu: "Don't say anything that has nothing to do with me, and don't say that I can't help me. Since the man just now... almost... I almost treated me... At that time, I was already involved. Jiang Xiao, maybe I can't help you, but at least you are my friend, the best friend. I want to know what happened to you."

"...Okay, but not now." After hearing this, Jiang Xiao took a deep breath, nodded and said seriously: "I promise, I will tell you, but not now. First, you are in a bad state of mind, and secondly, there are still many things that I have not figured out yet."

"When was that?" Zhao Tianyu refused to give in.

Jiang Xiao thought for a while: "Let's wait for tonight. Tonight, I'm going to meet someone. Maybe I can get answers from him for many things."

"Okay. I believe you won't be perfunctory." Zhao Tianyu nodded simply and neatly: "Then, we have made an appointment. After you finish what you are doing and meet the person you are going to meet, you must tell me what happened to you these days."

Although her face was still pale, her expression finally became a little more agile, no longer as if she had died just now.

"Agree. OK, get up, I'll take you home." Jiang Xiao stretched out his hand, patted Zhao Tianyu's shoulder lightly, and stood up.

Zhao Tianyu did not move, but instead raised her head and looked at Jiang Xiao.

"Let's go." Jiang Xiao looked at Zhao Tianyu motionless in confusion: "Why don't you move?"

Until now, Zhao Tianyu finally smiled again, stretched out a finger, pointed to his body: "Jiang Xiao, are you planning to let me go home in your nightgown, or are you planning to... watch me change clothes in the room?"

"...I'm sorry..." Jiang Xiao woke up and sighed with a smile, hurriedly exited the room, and closed the door for Zhao Tianyu.

Not long after, the door opened again, and the person standing behind the door finally became the Zhao Tianyu of yesterday. Although he was still a little haggard, at least he had a relaxed smile on his face again.

"You... are getting better?" Jiang Xiao asked with concern.

Zhao Tianyu patted Jiang Xiao on the shoulder and smiled: "It's almost done. I just lost control of my emotions just now. Now it's okay. Let's go, drive your car or mine?"

Jiang Xiao thought for a while: "Your."

Along the way, Jiang Xiao carefully stopped mentioning what he had just happened. Zhao Tianyu was also very aware of it and did not ask any more questions.

Until Zhao Tianyu was sent home, when the two parted at the door, Zhao Tianyu opened the door, but turned around, hooked his fingers at Jiang Xiao, and looked at him with his eyes flashing.

"What are you doing?" Jiang Xiao looked at Zhao Tianyu for no reason. When he was wondering, Zhao Tianyu grabbed his tie and pulled him over heavily, and hugged him hard in his arms.

"Thank you... for protecting me just now." Zhao Tianyu whispered in Jiang Xiao's ear.

"Okay, goodbye. Take care of yourself and wait for your call." After a brief hug, Zhao Tianyu immediately let go of Jiang Xiao, smiled at him, and closed the door.

It was not until the door was closed that Jiang Xiao smiled faintly and said in a lighter voice: "You're welcome."

...

When night fell, Jiang Xiao stood at the door of the drinker.

He could not fully trust Zheyu, and besides Zheyu, the only awakened person he knew was still alive.

More importantly, Lao Hua was not a member of the academy. And that night, it was his intentional or unintentional hint that Jiang Xiao was asked to go to Bitan Mountain and brought about the subsequent series of things.

Jiang Xiao wants to ask all this clearly.

After knocking on the door twice, the thick black painted wooden door slid open quietly. Lao Hua's face inside the door was still pale and expressionless.

He looked up and down at Jiang Xiao, without saying anything, but nodded silently, then turned around and walked backwards.

Jiang Xiao followed Lao Hua into the store. There were still no other customers tonight. Lao Hua ignored Jiang Xiao and walked straight towards the kitchen door just like last time.

"Wait, Lao Hua." Jiang Xiao shouted at Lao Hua's back.

Lao Hua slowly turned around and looked at Jiang Xiao: "The orders are not accepted here."

Jiang Xiao shook his head: "I'm not here to drink."

"If you are not here to drink, then go out." Lao Hua said lightly: "My shop is called Drinker. People who don't drink should not come in."

After saying that, he turned his head and continued to walk backwards, regardless of whether Jiang Xiao behind him would leave on his own.

"Zi Yan is dead! Lao Hua, you can't not know!" Jiang Xiao finally couldn't help but growled at Lao Hua.

Lao Hua stopped, nodded after a moment, but still did not turn around: "I know of course. But what does that have to do with you?"

"Does it have anything to do with me?" Jiang Xiao said in a deep voice: "Lao Hua, why did I go to Bitan Mountain that day? You know better than me. What I want is an explanation."

Lao Hua slowly turned around, looked at Jiang Xiao, and nodded slightly for a while and said, "Sit down."

Jiang Xiao was not polite at all and sat down at the table beside him, looking at Lao Hua without any relaxation for a moment.

"Wait." Lao Hua said lightly, walked into the kitchen, and took two pots of wine, two cups of wine came out, and sat down against Jiang Xiao, but this time there were no side dishes such as peanuts and edamames.

Jiang Xiao did not speak first, but waited for Lao Hua to speak.

Lao Hua arranged the wine utensils, poured himself a glass, took a sip, put down the wine cup, and then slowly said: "What explanation do you want?"

Jiang Xiao looked at Lao Hua tightly: "That night, why did you give me psychological hints to me and ask me to chase Ziyan to Bitan Mountain? Have you known this a long time ago that An Yan wants to kill him?"

Jiang Xiao did not ask if it was right, but asked why directly.

Since Lao Hua did not drive him away, he brought wine and sat down against him, it means that he did not intend to deny all this.

"No." Lao Hua shook his head calmly: "I don't know that An Yan wants to kill her, and I don't even know that Zi Yan's trip to Bitan Mountain is related to An Yan."

"Then why are you doing this?" Jiang Xiao frowned: "Do you know that the people in the academy have set their sights on me now, and I almost died at their hands! Twice!"

"Because I want to save Zi Yan's life, but I can't take action by myself." Lao Hua said lightly: "And you were the only candidate at that time."

"What is the only candidate? And... don't you know that An Yan wants to kill him? How can you talk about saving her life?" Jiang Xiao sneered.

Lao Hua raised his drooping eyelids and turned his eyes around Jiang Xiao’s face: “Because that day, Zi Yan’s face was dead, and your face…no.”

"Death aura..." Jiang Xiao was stunned.

"Death breath." Lao Hua nodded: "People who are covered with death on their faces may not die, but those who are not covered with death will definitely not die."

"Only you can see?"

"Only I can see it."

Jiang Xiao frowned and said, "So, you're sure I won't die that night? Is that your reason?"

"Yes." Lao Hua said: "But unfortunately, Zi Yan actually died that night."

Jiang Xiao took a deep breath, and his face gradually turned angry: "But why do you use my life to bet without my consent? Do you know that because of your thought, my original life has been completely destroyed!"

"I don't know, and I have no interest in knowing." Lao Hua said lightly, with no guilt on his face: "Zi Yan has some friendship with me, so I want to try to save her. It's not convenient for me to intervene, so I'll borrow you for the time being. It's very reasonable. And you... you don't even have any friendship with me, why should I consider whether your life will be destroyed?"

Jiang Xiao widened his eyes and looked at Lao Hua, but he couldn't think of how to refute his words for a moment.

Isn't it humane? It's really unkind.

But Lao Hua is right. He has no friendship with Jiang Xiao, so why should he tell Jiang Xiao about this favor?
Chapter completed!