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

Pushing the door open, Yi An's gaze instantly fixed on Tao Tao who was sitting sideways on the bed, and a smile appeared in his eyes.

"Atao, what are you doing?" he asked.

Tao Tao hid the things behind her, moved a few steps back, and said, "Nothing..."

Yi An noticed her movements, walked up to sit next to her, and said, "What's wrong? Can't you show it to me?"

Tao Tao lowered her head and said, "Don't look..."

Yi An ran his hand along her back and coaxed, "A Tao, is there anything I can't see?"

That's a lot. Tao Tao complained in her heart, but shook her head twice and said, "You can't watch it. If you watch it, there will be no surprise."

Yi An raised the corners of his lips, his brows relaxed, and he no longer had the feeling of keeping strangers away. He smiled and said, "No, whatever you do is a surprise to me."

Realizing that this was too absolute, he added: "Except leaving me."

Tao Tao whispered, "I won't leave."

Yi An was stunned, and the joy on his face became more obvious. He leaned closer and said, "A Tao, what did you say? Say it again for me, okay?"

Tao Tao turned around and didn't look at him, but let Yi An see what was behind her.

Yi An grabbed it, Tao Tao turned to grab it, but unexpectedly fell on him. She quickly stood up, her cheeks flushed like the clear plum wine in the glass.

Seeing that she was shy, Yi An held her in his arms, looked at the thing in his hand, and said with a smile: "A Tao, is this the handkerchief you embroidered?"

After hearing this, Tao Tao nodded in agreement.

Yi An's heart was filled with joy, as if the snow that had accumulated for a long time was finally melted by the sunlight.

"Okay, don't look at it anymore. I'm not good at embroidery." Tao Tao took it and stroked the pattern with her fingers. "Yinyin's embroidery is good. I should have learned from her before."

When talking about them, Tao Tao's eyes couldn't help but turn red, and there was no need for her to show off her acting skills to the extreme.

"But now... they mistake someone else for me and may have forgotten me." Tao Tao said sadly.

Yi An hugged her tightly, let her lean on his chest, and said: "A Tao, don't be sad for them, just stay by my side, I will never leave you."

Tao Tao shook her head, pushed him away, raised her watery eyes, and looked so pitiful.

"But they said that before, and I didn't expect they were lying to me." Tao Tao wiped her tears and tugged his clothes a little tighter, "Will you be like them? I can't believe it."

Seeing her shoulders shaking from crying, Yi An frowned and said softly, "No, I swear." He raised his finger, "If I leave Ah Tao in this life, I will never be reborn after death."

Great! Tao Tao cheered in her heart, but she was extremely moved by his words. She rushed forward and hugged his waist, and her eyes instantly changed from grievance to hatred.

"Thank you. I will try to believe you. After all, you are... the only one I have now."

Yi An hugged her tightly, resting his head on the top of her head, feeling a sense of satisfaction in his heart.

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After lunch, Tao Tao looked outside and lowered her head dejectedly.

Yi An saw it and asked, "Are you feeling uncomfortable, Tao?"

Tao Tao shook her head and said hesitantly, "I want to go outside for a walk. It's so boring staying in the house all the time."

Hearing this, Yi An lowered his eyes, as if thinking. Tao Tao tugged at his clothes and said softly, "I just want to take a walk outside, and it would be nice if you could accompany me. Don't you want to do that? I thought you would agree..."

As she spoke, she slowly withdrew her hand, but Yi An grabbed it and said, "I don't disagree, but I'm afraid you'll get lost if you wander around."

He smiled and said, "Then I'll accompany you, Tao."

Tao Tao smiled happily and said, "Okay!"

Yi'an took her to the yard. Seeing natural light for the first time in a long time, Tao Tao squinted her eyes somewhat unaccustomed.

This yard was beyond her expectations. She thought it would be a small farmyard, but it turned out to be a large yard similar to a siheyuan.

In the yard, Wenxin and another middle-aged woman were hanging clothes.

There were two men standing at the gate.

Tao Tao was not surprised to see them. It was impossible that Yi'an had no trustworthy people over the years. Not only here, but he must have people at the foot of the mountain.

Tao Tao memorized their faces. She had to figure out when they were there and when they were not.

She looked outside and saw sparse trees growing diagonally upwards. Tao Tao guessed that this should be around the mountainside and they were in the woods.

Tao Tao pulled Yi An and said, "Let's go for a walk outside the yard."

Yi An nodded obediently, and the two of them left the yard together.

What came into view were layers of mountains that intersected with golden and fiery red. She thought that there would be a large forest outside like last time, but it was not. Outside was a flat and open grassland with a few sparse trees.

Looking down, they could also take in the scenery below the mountain. Tao Tao saw only a small town building under the mountains, which might be Tongqiu County.

Tao Tao thought that by then, she would only have to follow the road down the mountain, and it would only be a matter of time before she reached Tongqiu County.

Tao Tao looked at the sloping road up the mountain and the woods beside it, praying in her heart that she might find what she wanted there.

Yi An saw that she was lost in thought and asked, "What's wrong? It's late autumn now, and it's a bit cold. Do you want to put on a cloak?"

Tao Tao shook her head, touched her face, and smiled: "It's okay, it's not cold, but I'm a little surprised that the scenery here is so beautiful."

Yi An smiled, held her hand and walked towards the grass, saying as he walked: "Of course, this yard is where I lived before I was adopted. My father died early, and my mother never took care of me after giving birth to me. She thought I was the one who killed my father, so she only beat and scolded me."

Tao Tao was startled and looked at him subconsciously. The autumn light shone through his hair hanging in front of him, and the warm yellow tone softened the edges and corners of his facial features.

"Later, my master, who is also my maternal grandfather, couldn't stand what my mother did, so he insisted on taking me with him. It was at that time that I hid behind the door and heard their conversation. Only then did I know that my father didn't die of illness, but was killed by my mother because she realized that my father was going to abandon her."

When he said this, there was even a smile on the corner of his mouth. I don't know if he was mocking himself or the people in his memories, or maybe he just didn't care at all.

Tao Tao turned her head and looked at the small wild flowers on the ground, and said, "It's all over."

"Well, it's all in the past. Now I just think of it as a joke." Yi An said, and he couldn't help but sigh: "I think it was my master who took me to see my adoptive father at that time."

Tao Tao said: "So that's how it is."

She couldn't feel sorry for him, but she also couldn't think that he deserved it, because she had also grown up in an inhuman environment when she was a child.

But she understood why Yi An was so extremely paranoid. He seemed to have never felt love.

His mother killed his father and abused him. He was taken away by his grandfather for only one or two years. Later, he went to the Yi family and was treated as an heir, or perhaps just a tool. Later, he was neglected and gradually became lonely and loveless.

It was precisely because of this that any kindness or concern she showed him would be firmly grasped by him, and he would never want to give it up, wanting to make this concern belong to him alone.

Although she had been in the wolf's den, fortunately she met A Zheng and the other two later, which made her realize the friendship that was stronger than family affection.

Speaking objectively, Yi'an's current situation is caused by multiple reasons.

But this is not a reason for him to do such a thing, Tao Tao thought, and her hands unconsciously clenched a little. There are so many people in the world who have unfortunate childhoods and lack love. Why should he use others to heal himself?

Yi An noticed the strength of her hand and asked with a smile: "A Tao, are you holding it so tightly?"

Tao Tao came back to her senses, lowered her eyebrows and pursed her lips. When she raised her eyes, there was some water in her eyes. She said softly: "I just want to tell you that I am by your side."