After traveling through time, the four best friends were all targeted by the boss

Yi An stood face to face with her and said, "Yes."

Instantly, Tao Tao rushed forward, the chains were ripped and rattled. She grabbed Yi An's clothes and angrily said, "Why! Why did you kill her? You said last night that you wouldn't kill her!"

Yi An lowered his eyes to look at her, stretched out his hand to support her face, and said: "A Tao, other people are not your concern."

Tao Tao slapped him hard and said sternly: "I asked you why you killed her!"

Yi An turned his head and suddenly sneered, then slowly turned around and said, "A Tao, do you think I brought her to my side because she looks like you, to replace you?"

Tao Tao glared at him, her chest heaving up and down.

Yi An grabbed her shoulders, shook her gently, and said, "How is it possible? I told you, no one can replace you. I brought her with me just for tonight, so that she can die with me on the edge of the cliff instead of you, so that Yi Qing and the others can see it. In this way, they will think you are dead and give up looking for you!"

"What?" Tao Tao muttered with red eyes, "Xun Yan... died in my place?"

Yi An nodded and said with a smile: "A Tao, it's okay to tell you. I sent a message to Yi Qing and asked him to go to the cliff. Unexpectedly, not only him, but the other three also came, and brought a lot of people with them. Oh, yes, Miss Meng and the other two are here too."

When he said this, Tao Tao was already in tears.

"It was raining and dark at the time. They thought Xunyan was you and were extremely anxious. Unfortunately, they watched me and her fall off the cliff in the end."

Tao Tao already understood why Yi An came back covered in blood and said such inexplicable words to her that no one would disturb them. It turned out that he used this method to make several people give up hope and give up the search.

"A Tao, I finally understand why you like that guy. In order to save you, he almost cut off his own arm, which caused me to be stabbed in the hand by Pei Xuanxi's silver needle."

Tao Tao's heart had just been tightened, and now it was thrown down heavily again. She could hardly breathe, and could only stare blankly at the bastard in front of her.

Yian raised his arm and looked back and forth.

Tao Tao glanced at the gauze on his hand and thought about how when he came back, many parts of his body were covered in blood. How could this small wound bleed so much?

Her body was getting colder and colder, and she spoke weakly: "Whose blood is that in your body?"

Yi An came closer to her and asked with a smile, "Whose do you hope it is?"

Tao Tao took a deep breath, grabbed his clothes, pulled him hard, and shouted, "Whose is it? Tell me!"

Yi An said calmly: "It's not Yi Qing's, and it's not mine either."

The corners of his mouth curled up, "It's Xun Tao."

Tao Tao fell to the ground.

"I... I hurt Xunyan, I hurt her." Tao Tao looked at the floor and said woodenly.

Yi An squatted down and frowned, "A Tao, how did you harm her? If it wasn't because she looked like you, I wouldn't have saved her, and she would have died in the brothel that day. It was because of you that she had such a good life for so many days."

Tao Tao covered her ears with her hands, lowered her head, and tears fell to the floor.

She couldn't hear clearly what Yi An said, nor did she want to listen. She suddenly remembered her dream. The girl who fell off the cliff was not her, but Xun Yan!

Self-blame was about to consume her. Even if it wasn't because of what happened last night, she couldn't escape responsibility for Xun Yan's death. If she hadn't offended Yi An, Xun Yan wouldn't have...

"She won't die..." Tao Tao suddenly murmured. Yi An heard it and was about to speak, but she said, "Xun Yan won't die... It was me who killed her..."

Yi An frowned, but before he could say anything to comfort her, Tao Tao raised her head, staring at him without any light in her eyes, her voice trembling: "If I hadn't met you...Xun Yan wouldn't have been dragged into this..."

Yi An said, "Do you regret meeting me, Tao?"

Tao Tao could not hear the anger in his words, and was not afraid even if she heard it, and said: "If I can go back, I would rather die than meet you."

"What a pity." Yi An said, "I will do everything I can to make you know me."

He held Tao Tao's shoulders and said with a smile: "I tied our red string myself."

Tao Tao pushed him away and cried bitterly, covering her face.

Yi An was not angry, but carried her to the bed and did not let go no matter how Tao Tao struggled.

Tao Tao cried, "Don't touch me! Don't touch me! You lunatic!"

Yi An patiently coaxed her: "A Tao, don't think about running away. They are probably looking for the body now, but -" He looked out the window leisurely. It was still raining heavily. "If you fall from a thousand feet, there will probably be no body left."

Tao Tao pointed outside and said, "Get lost."

Yian said nothing.

She raised her head, her eyes red, "Get out! I told you to get out!"

Yi An patted her back and said, "Okay, I'll go out. You should have a good rest. We will leave here in two days."

After saying that, he stood up and left, not forgetting to blow out the candle.

The room suddenly fell into darkness, and the only sounds were the patter of rain hitting the roof and Tao Tao's sobbing.

Her tears soaked her skirt at her knees, but no amount of tears could bring back Xun Yan.

What she had experienced in just a few days was completely beyond her psychological endurance.

Her friends were kidnapped, she was imprisoned, she escaped but was caught, she was threatened, and forced to get close to people she hated. She tried her best to swallow all of this, but she could never accept that others died because of her.

This incident was like a sharp sword, stabbing her heart back and forth. Her heart would heal and then stab again, and then heal again, over and over again, torturing her body and mind endlessly.

"Did I harm Xun Yan?" Tao Tao asked herself in a muffled voice. She opened her eyes and saw darkness in front of her. She seemed to be sitting on the water because she saw her own reflection twisted beneath her.

"What do you mean you harmed her? Did you kill her? No, it was obviously Yi An who killed him!"

The voice came from the right, and it was actually her own. Tao Tao looked over suddenly and saw a black silhouette of a figure. Even with only the outline, she could tell it was her.

Tao Tao held her head in her hands and said, "But...if it weren't for me, Xun Yan wouldn't have been targeted by Yi An."

Silhouette said: "Why do you have to blame it all on yourself? It was obviously him who lied to you."

Tao Tao said: "I was too naive to trust someone like him."

Silhouette said: "He is too good at pretending. How do you know who he is? You are also a victim."

She stretched out her dark hands, climbed onto Tao Tao's neck, hugged her tightly, and leaned close to her ear.

"What's the point of being sad now? What's the point! Are you going to cry here forever and shed tears forever? It's not too late to do something now."

Tao Tao said: "But Xun Yan...she is dead, and nothing I do can save her."

Silhouette said quietly, "You didn't see it with your own eyes, how can you be sure that she is really dead?"

"I..." Tao Tao was silent. She really didn't see it. It was all based on Yi An's one-sided statement. But Xun Yan must be in danger.

"Why do you think so much?" Yingzi hugged her tighter. Tao Tao was forced to straighten her waist and stick close to Yingzi. "Is it wrong to be kind to others? There are so many people in the world who don't love what they want. Why is he so extreme? So selfish!"

Tao Tao looked at the chaotic darkness in the distance and murmured, "Yeah, why? Is it because I'm unlucky?"

The silhouette raised his head and laughed a few times, his laughter was shrill and sharp, "It's bad luck for you, but it has already happened, what's the point of being sad?"

"It's pointless to take everything on yourself. Let's find the root of the problem, okay?"

Tao Tao lowered her head, looked at her palm, and said, "I, I am too cowardly, but I didn't do any of this. Am I the only one to blame?"

Hei Taotao said immediately: "Yes, it was Yi An who hurt her! Why do you have to find fault with yourself? From beginning to end, what did you do wrong? Is it your fault that you were deceived?"

She continued, "If it was someone else who couldn't get the love he wanted, would he do this? It was obviously Yi An, and he killed Xun Yan, are you going to keep blaming yourself like this?"

"Can you go back to the past by blaming yourself? Can you escape now?"

Tao Tao's eyes were blank, and she said blankly: "Yes, it wasn't me who killed Xunyan, it was Yi'an, it was him. He lied to me and locked me up, I want to escape."

The silhouette flew in front of her, lowered his head and touched his forehead with hers.

"You're right to think so."

Tao Tao looked at her and asked, "Who are you? Are you me?"

There was clearly no face in the silhouette, but Tao Tao felt that she smiled.

The silhouette held her face in his hands and said, "I am you, and you are me."

After saying this, her body gradually became transparent.

Tao Tao asked: "Where are you going?"

The silhouette waved at her: "Don't worry, I'll come to you again next time I need you."

The water surface also disappeared, and the sound of raindrops outside the window called back Tao Tao's will. She thought of Yiqing and the others, who thought she was dead and must be desperately looking for her body.

She had to escape in order to avenge Xun Yan and let everyone feel at ease.

She lay down on the bed, curled up, and said, "It's useless to blame yourself. Only by staying alive can I avenge Xun Yan."