After deceiving the villain, I was forced to love him.

The strong smell of blood instantly filled her nasal cavity.

Before she could ask anything, Wang Qingyan leaped onto the wall and flew inside.

"You're not dead?!" Twelve Incompetent roared in fury.

Wang Qingyan instantly dodged and grabbed him by the neck. "Get out!"

The chilling and violent aura terrified Tongniang, who once again scrambled out of the room.

But before she could completely disappear from Wang Qingyan's sight, hot blood splattered all over her back.

Twelve's neck was brutally crushed.

......

This is a battle without gunfire.

This was also when Baili Ce truly "glimpsed" the real Wang Qingyan.

Although Twelve is a lecherous old man, he is not bad in terms of skills.

But just now, he didn't even have a chance to hold the knife.

The most terrifying thing is that from the moment Tongniang stumbled out until now, they haven't heard a single pleas for mercy.

But the smell of blood still quietly wafted over.

What kind of fear is this?

When Baili Ce was a child, he happened to see dogs being skinned.

They tied the dog's limbs and mouth, started from the back of its neck, first drained its blood, and then skinned it raw.

The dog was in so much pain that it lost control of its bladder and bowels, tears streaming down its face. It struggled so fiercely that the metal frame rumbled, and it whimpered in agony...

"Aunt, young lady," Tongniang raised her hand tremblingly in the pouring rain, pointing to the other side of the wall.

"..." Bai Li Ce quickly covered Tong Niang's mouth.

The red mist rising from inside the wall, carrying wisps of heat, dissipated into the rain.

A "thud..." sound came.

The two of them trembled as they hugged each other.

"Bang..." A person fell from inside the door onto the doorway.

To be precise, something that looked like a person fell down at the doorway.

“…” Wang Qingyan dragged himself out slowly from inside.

His expression, tone of voice, and actions were all very strange.

He was completely unlike his usual handsome and elegant self.

Yet he was trying his best to suppress something.

“…” Ahhhhh! Baili Ce seemed to hear Tong Niang’s inner scream.

She herself was ice-cold and dared not move...

Finally, Baili Ce, feeling a chill run down his spine and his legs go weak, collapsed in the rain, holding the unconscious Tong Niang.

On the verge of collapse, "A-Zhu" seemed to be able to be pushed into the abyss with just a single strand of hair.

Watching him walk towards me step by step through the mud.

Bai Li Ce's heart trembled.

But she clutched her soaking wet clothes tightly, too afraid to run away.

Don't run, don't run, whatever you do, don't run! If you run now, you're finished...

Wang Qingyan, nicknamed "Azhu," squatted down, his eyes bloodshot, his face even paler than hers.

"..." Bai Lize felt his brain tremble.

But she kept telling herself that she absolutely could not run away.

He even forced himself to stay awake and pretended not to be afraid.

But when he reached out his hand, she couldn't help but back away...

Wang Qingyan was stunned... Seeing the blood on his hands, he pulled back and wiped it on his clothes. "Sorry, I got blood on my hands."

"I...I...I didn't mean to, I'm sorry, I'm sorry...I...don't be afraid, I'll...I'll wipe it clean, I'll wipe it clean..."

He vigorously rubbed his right hand against the fabric at his waist...

Halfway through the process, he discovered that his clothes were covered in bloodstains soaked through by the rain.

"It's so dirty, I'm so dirty... I, I'll definitely clean it up, don't be afraid, don't be afraid..."

He stood up shakily, trying to maintain a smile, repeatedly muttering, "It'll be over soon, it'll be over soon..."

Reach your hand towards the exterior wall that has been washed clean by the rain.

"..." Bai Li Ce tried several times and finally grabbed his hem at the last moment.

My fingers were stiff, cold, and wouldn't obey my commands.

Her lower body was as soft as mud.

But she still clung to him and slowly stood up.

Thighs, waist, chest, neck—

Hold me tight!

A stiff and desperate attempt to reassure him: "I, I'm fine. He... didn't touch me, not even a little bit."

"Calm down, let's calm down together... You can do it, right?"

"I'll stay with you. I'll stay here with you and we won't go anywhere else."

"You can do it, you definitely can," he managed to say, albeit haltingly, even though his tongue was tied in knots.

After a long while, Wang Qingyan hugged her back.

In the suffocating confinement, he buried his head in the crook of her neck, his whole body trembling.

"How desperate you would be if... you didn't wait for me."

"I thought I'd be back soon, I didn't know it would take so long. I'm so sorry, so very sorry..."

"It's alright, everything's alright."

"You did very well."

"very good"

Warm liquid slid down his neck and into his clothes, mingling with the cold rain, leaving Baili Ce completely unable to discern who he was grieving for, overwhelmed by this inexplicable sorrow.

......

When Tongniang woke up, she was too frightened to come over.

He only dared to eat, sleep, and receive medical treatment in a very distant "next-door" room.

And here she is—

"let me see."

After taking a shower and changing into clean clothes, Baili Ce wrapped himself in a blanket, huddled helplessly in a corner, and shook his head.

Wang Qingyan sat down on the edge of the bed. "If you don't let me see it, I'll do it myself."

"..." Bai Li Ce helplessly opened the quilt and moved out a little.

A tingling, electric current surged through me.

Wang Qing placed her feet on his lap, glanced at them briefly, and began to work on them.

"Hahaha..." At first, it was itchy, the kind of itchy that spread from the soles of my feet to my heart.

Then came a cool, itchy sensation, making me desperately want to pull my foot back. "Hahaha, stop, stop tickling me, hahaha..."

Seeing her laughing so hard she was bent over, Wang Qingyan felt quite pleased. "Don't move around."

"Hahahaha... If you're going to treat me, then treat me properly, hahahaha... Stop scratching me..."

Bai Li Ce, laughing until tears streamed down his face, gave him a few light taps.

Wang Qingyan grabbed her ankle and, while she was laughing so hard she was pounding the bed, used tweezers to grab the nail in the sole of her foot and pulled it out!

"Haha, boohoo..." The tears of joy suddenly turned into sorrowful sobs.

Then came the second, the third, and the fourth.

Even though Wang Qingyan was very fast, she still retaliated by hitting him several times in pain. "Ouch... your fingers are connected to your heart, you're so cruel..."

"..." Wang Qingyan was suddenly lost in confusion.

"The ten fingers are connected to the heart, doesn't that refer to the fingers?"

Bai Li Ce slapped him in the chest again, wiping away his tears as he retorted.

"Even your toes are connected to your heart!"

"Do you know how hard it works to maintain its balance? What gives you the right to discriminate against it!"

"Yes, yes, yes, all twenty fingers are connected to the heart, right?"

She applied the medicine, bandaged her foot, and put it back.

"Left foot."

"..." As their eyes met, Baili Ce reluctantly but obediently stretched out his left foot and placed it on Wang Qingyan's leg.

It was the exact same process again, the same laugh-then-cry, leaving much to the imagination.

"Wow~" Passing guests outside were puzzled and exclaimed that the young couple was having a really exciting time.

"It's good to be young."

"Who says it's not~"

"envious."

"envious."

"I'm so envious."

Soon, the footsteps outside quickened considerably; they probably wanted to hurry back to their wives or husbands to play with.

"Cough..." Embarrassed, Baili Ce wiped away the tears on his face and covered himself with the quilt again.

Why did you take so long today?

After testing the chicken soup and finding the temperature just right, Wang Qingyan brought it to her, saying, "Lin Yuchuan and Li Tong have gone missing."

"what?!"

"Don't rush, drink the soup while it's hot first, then I'll explain it to you slowly..."

......