Li Yan recalled the scenes when he was a child. He rarely talked about his family. This was the first time in so many years that he revealed the memories that had been deliberately sealed in front of Mi Ruo...
Even he himself did not expect that he would be able to vent the sadness he had suppressed for many years in a painful way in Mi Ruo's embrace.
Perhaps remembering those sad past events, Li Yan hugged Mi Ruo back, hugging her tightly, as if he wanted to sink his whole body and heart into Mi Ruo's body. The choking sound was covered up, leaving silence.
of trembling.
After a while, Li Yan regained his calmness, and then he let go of Mi Ruo's arms and closed his eyes again. Mi Ruo stretched out her hands to wrap his hands, clenched them into fists, circled them in her arms, and then put her cheeks
She leaned closer, as if comforting him silently.
Mi Ruo knew that the real critical part had just begun.
"Li Zeliang has never been able to get Ye Zishan's love, and the family inheritance he has always coveted has been lost to his eldest son, so he has always held a grudge in his heart. He has been waiting for opportunities to retaliate, and finally has bad intentions against his own brother and his own
His own nephew. He secretly bribed the leader of the Demon-Conquering City and asked the other party to send someone to kill his own brother... Because the place where the incident happened was arranged to be no different from a kidnapping case, there was no doubt that the real murderer was him! Just
Even the old man of the Li family thought everything was just an accident..."
Mi Ruo's body froze slightly, and she covered her mouth with her hand in horror. She really didn't expect that the plot of the story would develop in this direction.
"After learning the bad news about her husband and son, Ye Yeshan vomited blood on the spot, fainted, and eventually died of depression. As for her son, Li Zeliang sent him to the Demon-Suppressing City."
Mi Ruo was speechless and couldn't help but cover her mouth again. She didn't expect that Li Yan's mother's life would be so sad.
She suddenly remembered something and murmured, "I remember, Rong Ye told me about the Demon-Suppressing City..."
Li Yan nodded slightly, "That is indeed not a place for ordinary people to stay, let alone a six-year-old boy who just lost his father!"
When Mi Ruo heard this, she couldn't restrain her sadness and her eyes became moist. She could vaguely understand Li Yan's inner feelings. She lost her parents at such a young age and stayed alone in a distant place.
That place is another hellish cave.
Xu had just vented his anger, but at this time Li Yan had become very calm, as if he was telling someone else's story instead of himself.
"At that time, the little boy didn't know that the culprit of all this was his uncle, nor did he know that his parents were both dead. He just wanted to escape from the Demon-Suppressing City and return to his home.
Go back to your parents. The instructors in Fumo City are very strict, no, it should be said to be cruel!"
Mi Ruo couldn't help but interjected curiously, "How... did they train those children?"
Li Yan blinked, his memory seemed to have returned to the past, and he said faintly, "There is only one system in Fumo City, and that is the elimination system. The so-called elimination system means that there are only strong ones, not the weak. The law of the jungle is the rule in Fumo City.
The most realistic manifestation. If you fail to complete the training task of the day, you will be thrown into the animal pen and fight with the beast naked and holding a knife. If you win, you will get the opportunity to return to the camp for training, which means you have escaped.
.”
"Then...what if we lose?"
"Lost?" Li Yan smiled coldly, "Then you can only die in the belly of the beast. Of course, most of them lose their share, and only one or two people can return to the camp alive."
"..." Mi Ruo's eyes widened in horror, and she could hardly speak. After a long time, she pursed her lips and said, "So, what about you? Have you ever fought hand-to-hand with a wild beast?"
In fact, what she said was completely unnecessary nonsense. Even if he had such an experience, when he lives in front of her now, he has defeated the beast.
But I saw Li Yan pause for a moment, his face changed slightly, and then he continued, "Yes, and... I'm not the only one who was punished."
Mi Ruo sensed the hidden meaning in his words and asked in a low voice, "...Who else?"
This is exactly what Li Yan wants to tell Mi Ruo, "That time I was injured and failed to complete the training tasks set by the instructor. I should have been punished alone, but Joanna suddenly jumped out to intercede for me.
.Actually, all of us know that there is no mercy at all in the Demon-Conquering City. Even if someone intercedes for you, it will not get you the instructor’s forgiveness. But Anna... she just did this."
Undoubtedly, the next story is the focus. The two of them must have encountered something together.
"According to the rules set by the old leader, I am the one who deserves the punishment. Because Anna came forward to plead for mercy, she was severely punished. Both she and I were sent to the animal pen, and the beast we are about to deal with is... a lion!
"
"Lion?!" Mi Ruo exclaimed in fright. Someone actually came up with such a way to punish two children who were only six or seven years old? How terrible!
Mi Ruo held her breath, unable to imagine the scene at that time.
"...Because I was injured, I couldn't use 100% of my usual strength to deal with the lioness. If it was a critical moment, and Joanna stepped forward to block the lioness' claw for me, it is very likely that I would have
Just one Wuhu."
Mi Ruo was stunned for a moment, then read the clues from Li Yan's story, "No wonder you once said that you owed Joanna a favor. No wonder you said that you and her are partners who live and die together.
So that’s what I was referring to…”
"Well," Li Yan nodded slightly, "I originally had the opportunity to repay her this favor, but I missed it."
"What chance?"
"The time I escaped from the Demon-Suppressing City, I actually knew for a long time that Joanna wanted to leave the Demon-Conquering City. Unlike her brother William, she didn't like it there. She once said that the Demon-Conquering City was like a
Everywhere in the tomb exudes the smell of decaying corpses. Like me, she dreams of leaving the Demon-Conquering City. I should take her away, but..."
Li Yan paused slightly, with a look of regret on his face, "The day my grandfather came to pick me up, I couldn't take her away."
"Why?" Mi Ruo asked anxiously.
"When my grandfather told me that my parents had died ten years ago, all I thought about was running out of the city to find the murderer and avenge him...I simply forgot about Joanna's existence. At that time, I just wanted to
Keeping myself."
Mi Ruo raised her eyes and looked at Li Yan's side face, and she saw a trace of regret on his face. She finally understood why Li Yan didn't throw away the golden-green (harmony) cat's eye stone ring.
Because deep down in his heart, he always felt that he was ashamed of Joanna, and he had been blaming himself for more than ten years after he escaped from the Demon City...
ps: Everyone should breathe a sigh of relief after seeing this. The misunderstanding between the male and female protagonists will soon be resolved.