I think my luck is turning around.

Ji Xia kept a close eye on Ye Fenglai's emotions, afraid that he would ask more questions. But Ye Fenglai seemed very quiet, and she couldn't tell what his emotions were.

"What nonsense are you spouting! Hua Zhiluo is away on a business trip. She has something to attend to."

Although there were contradictions in what he said, it could still be explained! Shi San looked at Ji Xia, who was starting to get agitated, and fell silent. Ji Xia seemed to be trying her best to hide something, and Shi San could only play along.

"Hua Zhiluo didn't go to the wasteland. I was wrong."

Shi San spoke these words casually, but it depended on how much the people around him believed them. At this moment, Ji Xia really wanted to kill Shi San. Ye Fenglai was already depressed because of Hua Zhiluo's disappearance, but now that he knew about the desolation, he had the motivation to search.

Hua Zhiluo herself explained that she was just leaving for a while and would come back later; all that was needed was to wait.

After all, the Wasteland wasn't easy to find; Ji Xia had only ever heard of it. According to Huangfu Ying's explanation, this place was a separate world, unaffected by time, a world known as a prison. This was the description from Kui Shu, and it was a place everyone resisted going to; those who could go to the Wasteland were mostly abandoned.

Around evening, at Ye Fenglai's residence in Dongyang Residence, Song Tianqing naturally noticed his master's unusual behavior, and Lin Jingqing obediently stayed by his side. Ye Fenglai's reddened eyes were truly heartbreaking; he missed Hua Zhiluo, thinking of her constantly, but overnight, she had vanished without a trace.

What kind of place is "desolate"?

Song Tianqing roughly knew that the place was not a good place, but he couldn't say it, couldn't reveal his guess, and couldn't give his master too much hope. He just had to wait.

"Sister Zhiluo never mentioned this kind of place."

"Master, Sister Zhiluo told us to wait for her to come back. We'll just have to wait."

Although it was advice, Ye Fenglai was still heartbroken. If he had known that night was the last time, he would never have let go. He would never have said goodbye until tomorrow, but would have stayed by her side all night.

That night was like any other ordinary night. Ye Fenglai stayed with Hua Zhiluo until sunset, until the stars filled the sky. He was a man whose heart was completely devoted to Hua Zhiluo, a man who could never find Hua Zhiluo again.

Lin Jingqing, who was standing to the side, didn't understand what was going on inside, but he understood his master's emotions. Ji Xia walked in at this moment, naturally there to check on the situation. Ye Fenglai just sat there dejectedly. Ji Xia glanced around and said helplessly, "The three of you are all romantics. No wonder you are master and disciples of the same lineage."

"I'm not."

Song Tianqing quickly distanced herself from the situation; she was unwilling to accept such a label—"a heartbreaker," she thought, "that's impossible." Ji Xia looked at Song Tianqing knowingly; even if she was stubborn, she and Ren Pingsheng had been entangled for so long and still hadn't separated.

At this moment, Li Qianfan entered Dongyang Residence to report that the group was about to reach the mountain gate, and the woman being held captive inside should be An Ge. Upon receiving the notification, Lin Jingqing immediately ran out; he didn't deny that he wasn't a romantic at heart.

As soon as they arrived at the entrance, they saw a group of people outside, with An Ge being held in the middle.

"You'd better be careful, or you'll be facing a terrible death in a moment."

An Ge has already seen many possibilities; this is her own deduction, but she's being a bit too talkative now.

Lin Jingqing ran straight out of the mountain gate and stood in front of the group of people. An Ge had not seen this persistent man for a long time. She was not flustered at all. At most, she would die and then go to the desolate world.

How did she come into this world? It seems she's forgotten something; she seems to be starting to forget her past. What was her past? She can't remember.

"Lin Jingqing, I've been waiting for you for so long."