This villain has become a ghost

Nangong Mingzhu stared at her with burning eyes as she suddenly came closer. The sunlight was bright, making his handsome face look less sinister than usual and more heroic.

He chuckled, slowly moved closer to her ear, and whispered:

"Well, can you?"

Would she blame him for kissing her?

Yue Liuyun's ears were tinged with a light red by his breath. The corners of her lips were raised high, and her curved eyebrows were as clear and moving as autumn water. She smiled and said:

"Of course not. It's not like we haven't kissed before. I didn't say...I won't let you kiss me."

His eyes deepened as he stared at her lips for a long while, his breathing became heavier and his Adam's apple slid slightly.

...but he finally closed his eyes and sighed helplessly:

"Don't mess around if your injury hasn't healed yet."

Fine.

"The main thing," Yue Liuyun looked directly into his beautiful eyes and said seriously, "I felt that you were not in a good mood, so I wanted to cheer you up."

Nangong Mingzhu raised his eyebrows and asked, "How did you tell that?"

"I'm smart."

He looked at her steadily, his eyes deep. After a while, his eyes suddenly darkened and he said word by word, "...I am indeed in a bad mood."

To be precise, I have been in a very irritable mood these past few days.

Nangong Mingzhu's bony hand covered her fair hand, which was very cold, and she could clearly feel the thin calluses on his fingers.

He said in a deep voice: "...I never want to see you on the verge of death again."

At that moment, he felt as if a basin of cold water was poured over his head. The bone-chilling cold swept through his body, as if even his heart had stopped beating, and he didn't even know what life was like.

Yue Liuyunhui held his hand.

She raised her head slightly and whispered comfortingly: "Don't worry, I cherish my life too."

Of course he knew.

But things in this world are unpredictable, there are always unpredictable dangers and surging undercurrents. The most frightening thing is that things may not go as we wish.

Seeing that he still looked solemn, Yue Liuyun wanted to say something, but swallowed the words back, feeling disappointed.

...never mind, making promises is no different from empty promises.

Moreover, looking ahead, no one knew better than they did that they would eventually part ways. It was just that... they had a tacit understanding and kept silent about it.

I'm just...soberly enjoying the tranquility and excitement in front of me.

There was a long silence as the two sat facing each other quietly. Perhaps they each had their own thoughts, or perhaps they were thinking about the same thing.

After a moment, Yue Liuyun changed the subject and asked seriously:

"...Did you go to the dungeon because of Coach Han? Did you gain anything?"

Nangong Mingzhu tugged at the blood-stained corner of his clothes, his deep eyes narrowed slightly, and he recalled the scene in the dungeon, and said:

"I played a game with them, but the result... was not very pleasant."

"They?" Yue Liuyun caught the word sharply.

"I only had that vague thought before, thinking that Han Wei and Wei Yanzhi might be inextricably linked, so I let them meet to observe their reactions," Nangong Mingzhu said with a gloomy expression. "...Unexpectedly, these two are old acquaintances, and... they have a strong friendship."

Feng Ning once said that Han Wei's martial arts skills were not inferior to his, and even slightly better. Such a master was definitely not a simple character.

Wei Yanzhi is a person who is unyielding to any persuasion or advice. He is like a pool of stagnant water. No one can do anything to him, and no one can find any flaws in him.

Han Wei has a bad temper and a strange personality. Faced with thirty-six tortures, he gritted his teeth and refused to speak. He is a man of iron.

But it is surprising that even these two people would reveal flaws because of their past friendship.

"I wanted to get information from them, to get them to confess their true intentions, the mastermind behind the scenes, or anyone else who was in cahoots with them. I also wanted to test the depth of the friendship between these two people," Nangong Mingzhu said. "So I played a game with them."

He ordered them to be imprisoned in two separate cells. If one of them chose to confess and the other chose not to, he would kill that person and release the other.

If both confessed, they would be imprisoned in the dungeon forever and tortured every day. If neither confessed, they were useless and should be killed directly.

After hearing this, Yue Liuyun seemed to be thinking about something.

In terms of game theory, this is a bit like the "prisoner's dilemma", but to be more precise, it is the opposite of the "prisoner's dilemma".

The "prisoner's dilemma" reflects that human individual rationality can sometimes lead to collective irrationality, which actually takes advantage of the extreme selfishness of human nature.

But what Nangong Mingzhu did was to take advantage of the friendship between the two of them, wanting to see if they would sacrifice themselves for each other. What he took advantage of was not human nature, but human emotions.

"You said that the result was not very pleasant. Did it mean failure?" Yue Liuyun sighed, recalling what he had just said.

"Actually, it was a success, but... it was almost a failure." Nangong Mingzhu frowned.

Yue Liuyun was shocked: "Why?"

"Han Wei may seem like a tough guy, but he's actually much softer-hearted than Wei Yanzhi," Nangong Mingzhu said. "He chose to confess, but Wei Yanzhi didn't."

"Han Wei made a request. He wanted to see me release Wei Yanzhi with his own eyes before he would reveal the truth."

Yue Liuyun pondered, "Wei Yanzhi is smarter than Han Wei."

Exposing your weaknesses to the enemy so easily is not a good choice.

"Yes," Nangong Mingzhu said in a deep voice, "He is indeed smart, but not smart enough."

"He's the one who needs to be released. He can definitely escape from here. No matter what his purpose is, he's still young and can gather his strength and wait for the right opportunity to make a comeback..."

No matter how difficult the situation is, there is hope as long as you are alive. If you die, you will really have nothing, and it will make your loved ones sad and your enemies happy, which is not worth it.

At first, Nangong Mingzhu thought so, because from many perspectives such as courage, forbearance and dormancy, Wei Yanzhi was excellent.

"But he didn't. He chose to let Han Wei live."

Yue Liuyun's pupils shrank and he felt a chill in his heart.

...At this time, if you want Han Wei to survive, there is only one way.

"Wei Yanzhi drew his sword and committed suicide in front of Han Wei, taking advantage of Feng Ning and me being unprepared." Nangong Mingzhu frowned.

Originally in prison, even though Wei Yanzhi was tortured, he had no intention of committing suicide, and Nangong Mingzhu would not let him do so.

Nangong Mingzhu originally thought that with his skills and scheming, he would not commit suicide, so he did not take extra precautions. However, he did not expect that this person would take advantage of the opportunity of regaining his freedom and resolutely choose to end his own life.

"But I think he didn't just want Han Wei to survive," Yue Liuyun said, "but the secret he couldn't tell you is really important to him."

"Once he dies, Han Wei will never speak again."