Blade and Swift

Rose reminded Yan Xichen, throwing this possibility in front of him, as if she finally didn't have to keep this secret guess in her heart, and went to sleep contentedly.Leaving Yan Xichen restless alone, unable to sleep after dawn.He could fully understand why Rose chose to tell him at this juncture that she cared about him and reminded him who was about to go to the watchman's side.At the same time, Yan Xichen could also understand why Rosen told him this behind Rosen's back.

Rosen is similar to Du Yachen, with the same proud blood flowing from his body.If Rosen directly revealed this conjecture to Rosen, she was 100% sure that Rosen would hide it from the watchman and her, and even hide it from Yan Xichen, and go to the watch world to find Du Yachen by herself.

Rose once blamed herself very much for this, because she thought that if she hadn't been cursed by Cain, maybe Du Yachen would take them to do things together instead of taking risks alone.She also felt that Du Yachen didn't even bring Rosen with her because she needed to be taken care of.

When Yan Xichen talked about Du Yachen's injuries, Rose felt very distressed.

"He has never been injured so badly before." Rose said sadly, "I have seen him fight against people in a district, covered in blood, and did not lose consciousness."

Yan Xichen pinched the bridge of his nose wearily: "He probably has his own reasons for going by himself. These are not important now, if that's the case, I will go to him."

Another visit to the Watchers was after ten o'clock.

This time Rosen did not accompany Yan Xichen, and not all the watchmen were dispatched.Lao Jiang, Mr. Yu, and several other Yan Xichen had met, and Duan Mingyi was also there.His gaze stayed on Duan Mingyi for a short while, and Yan Xichen did not hide his surprise at all.

"We want you to go to Du Yachen." After the previous silent wait and see, Lao Jiang regained control this time.

The communication style of Lao Jiang and Yan Xichen was very direct, straight to the point, without a word of nonsense.

Yan Xichen pretended to glance at him casually: "You guys do know where he is, but you have left him alone for so long?"

The tone sounds flat, but the content is slightly harsh.

"First of all, we are not sure, and secondly, anyone who rushes to look for him will be at risk and danger. Even so, do you want to go?" He seemed calm and not angry at all because of the offense of the younger generation.

Yan Xichen's heart skipped a beat, he knew that Rose's guess last night was pretty close.The hints in Lao Jiang's words happened to confirm what Rose said.He tried his best to look calm and puzzled, not guessing the possibility that Du Yachen was in the watch world.

"Don't play tricks with me, and you don't have to be so nervous." Yan Xichen was not sure, but he could try, "If I'm not wrong, Du Yachen is probably in the watch world—his own Watch the world."

The living room was quiet for a moment. Some people were surprised, while others were calm and colorless. Lao Jiang belonged to the latter.

Yan Xichen observed everyone's expressions, even Duan Mingyi stared at him.There was an uncontrollable expression on his face, but he was not shocked.Looks like the bet was right.

"It seems that this conversation will not take longer than expected. You are right, let's relax." Lao Jiang undid two buttons, pushed the teacup, and took out two goblets from the drawer.

He gestured to the assistant behind him, who brought sparkling wine.

Yan Xichen saw that Lao Jiang had changed from a serious veteran cadre to an old fritters, and the expression on his face became lively, and he felt a little uncomfortable.

Immediately he thought again, this kind of Lao Jiang was probably his true face when he was with Du Yachen on weekdays.

Thinking of this, Yan Xichen lost his mind again.

He knew what Rose said was true, and telling him was actually tantamount to telling Rosen.But first tell Yan Xichen that Yan Xichen will come to verify with the watchmen, it is much safer than entering the watch world alone.

Lao Jiang's words verified Rose's conjecture. He rubbed the rim of the wine glass inscrutablely, observing the changes on Yan Xichen's face.He didn't directly say where Du Yachen was, but gave a warning.

"The inner world is a gentle town and a utopia. Not only is it difficult for people who indulge in it at the beginning to wake up, but if they go back later, they will gradually forget the outside things after staying for a long time, and just indulge in their own appearance. In the illusion of the world."

Yan Xichen frowned, and he thought of the way Du Yachen pushed the door and fell in bloody that day.

"If this is really the case in the watch world, how could he be injured so badly in his own watch world, Utopia?"

"It is very likely that his injury was received outside the watch world."

Yan Xichen leaned forward: "How do you say?"

"Have you ever thought that he might be hiding from someone?"

Yan Xichen's eyes were burning: "Cain."

Lao Jiang slapped him. He was really not used to this behavior: "Cain is invincible. If the whole external and internal world could hurt him to that extent, I would not think of him except Cain. Maybe, only The world below is the only safe place for him."

Yan Xichen's heart trembled when he heard this, his eyes were lowered, his eyelashes fluttered: "Tell me, what should I do?"

Lao Jiang appreciated: "You are a born warrior, just like him. In the watch world, which is ruled by personal will, channels can be opened besides the owner, but the one who opens the channel must be someone he trusts."

Two days later, in the early morning.

Yan Xichen packed his things under the dim light.He suddenly discovered that in the other world for so long, the things that belonged to him have not increased due to the increase of time.After tidying up and tidying up, there are only a few things in total.

On the day Yan Xichen reached an agreement with Lao Jiang, Yan Xichen asked him for two people, one was Luo Sen and the other was Duan Mingyi.If the watchmen must arrange for someone to enter Du Yachen's watch world with him, Yan Xichen is only willing to trust these two people.

Yan Xichen packed his bags and looked up to see Rosen leaning against the wall at some point, smoking a cigarette.

"Is it okay? With that kid."

"I believe him." Yan Xichen didn't even raise his head, "It's you, is it okay to leave Meigui here alone?"

"Of course." Luo Sen pinched his cigarette, took two steps and squatted down in front of him, "I'll leave this matter to Lao Jiang. Whatever she was when I left, she must be like that when I come back."

Yan Xichen and Luo Sen looked at each other for two seconds, and Luo Sen had heavy emotions in his eyes.

He and Rosen stood up at the same time: "Hey, you actually like her, right?"

Rosen looked at him with a funny look, as if saying that he was asking too much: "It's all obvious, it's not easy."

Yan Xichen was not angry when he was teased, he followed Luo Sen downstairs, and saw Duan Mingyi waiting for them downstairs from a distance.

Before walking out of the building, Yan Xichen called Luo Sen again: "Have you mentioned it to her?"

"I won't tell." Rosen shook his head frankly, "She also knows it in her heart."

"It's one thing whether you know it or not, and it's another thing whether you say it or not. It's a good thing to say something early, don't drag it until the end, because there is no time." Yan Xichen lowered his head and smiled, not sure if it was for Luo Sen , or give yourself a smile.

Luo Sen glanced at him, then suddenly threw the cigarette butt on the ground, raised his arm and hung it on Yan Xichen's shoulder: "You and the boss?"

Yan Xichen didn't turn his head away: "I used to be too dawdly. Now that I think about it, he and I both have the same problem. Why are you telling me this? Let's go and find him!"

It was still the same jeep, Rosen was still driving, and they were still familiar with the streets and scenes. They quickly left the boundary of Area A and drove towards Area E.

Yesterday, Lao Jiang told him how to return to the watch world.

If Yan Xichen wants to return to Du Yachen's external world, he needs to find the exact "entrance" when Du Yachen fell into the inner world.For example, the entrance of Yan Xichen was the second-hand bookstore in District C.

Not only that, but the passage would only open at the specific time when he first came to the inner world.

And it is only open to those who Du Yachen truly trusts in his heart.

It is said that it was a very long time ago that Du Yachen fell into the other world.Rose and Rosen have been here for five years, and Du Yachen is still ahead of them.

He can be regarded as the first group of people to enter the inner world, so few people know the entrance of him to the inner world.

Rosen is one of them.

Yan Xichen thought that it might be a bustling place like District A, but he didn't think that it was that District E that seemed to be forgotten by everyone.

No wonder, Du Yachen has inexplicable feelings not only for that apartment, but for the entire E district.

Yan Xichen could feel it.

Area A is some distance away from Area E. It took about five hours to drive, and the three of them drove in turns.

The departure time was set by Duan Mingyi, who said that there would be less gossip at night, although there will always be a lot of gossip in the other world, but Yan Xichen agreed with his words.

When the sky turned gray, the three of them just arrived at Area E. This place that looked like ruins had nowhere to live. Let alone a hotel, it was hard to find even a clean or complete room.Du Yachen's apartment was an exception, but Xichen Yan didn't want to bring other people into that space.

In his subconscious, that space belongs to his Du Yachen.

Rosen made second-hand preparations, and came to the lake where Du Yachen entered Area E, and set up a big tent next to it, which was big enough for the three of them.

Trying to enter another person's watch world was an unprecedented experience for all three of them.Now they only found the place, but they don't know when the channel will open, so they can only wait.

Tired all the way, Luo Sen and Duan Mingyi took the lead in the tent to catch up on sleep, so that they can use their best state to meet various emergencies later.

But Yan Xichen couldn't sleep, he sat outside the tent with his knees hugged.

He was tens of meters away from the tent, sitting by the lake.Suddenly, a familiar coldness and chill came from behind, Yan Xichen didn't touch the gun, he turned his head stiffly.

Fang Shuo stood behind him like a teenager, tilting his head to see him smiling.

That wasn't Fang Shuo in the mercenary period, it was Fang Shuo who hadn't left the country and was still a teenager.The freckles on his face couldn't be seen clearly in the dark, but that familiar smile made Yan Xichen dazed.

Once upon a time, they liked to sit side by side on the green grass by the lake as they do now.

"Do you remember that you chose me?" Fang Shuo stepped forward and sat down beside Yan Xichen.

It was too confusing, and Yan Xichen's throat felt dry.With the heavy memories of those years, facing the young Fang Shuo, he couldn't say "Brother".

"If you choose me, don't go to him. Don't be too greedy, little swallow." Fang Shuo stretched out his hand, cold as a snake, and pinched Yan Xichen's neck, creepy, "Don't you remember? You just gave up on me for him, but how did he treat you? Did he ask your wishes?"

"You know... I came back to you at the last moment." Yan Xichen didn't remove the hand that gently pinched the back of his neck, he stared at Fang Shuo, his chest was turbulent, but he didn't dare Yelling, he can only suppress.

Fang Shuo sneered, let go of the hand on his body, narrowed his eyes, and no longer covered up the cold gaze: "What's the use? You know I can't know, you say it, just to bring some insignificance to your heart." Self-consolation, you are so selfish."

"No! I'm not!" Yan Xichen became excited, "You know it's different! If I didn't go in the end..."

Yan Xichen showed signs of collapse again, and Fang Shuo seemed happy to see it: "If you hadn't gone, you wouldn't have seen that me, and you wouldn't be the same as you are now. You would have been liberated a long time ago! Isn't it?"

Yan Xichen stood up and looked at Fang Shuo in disbelief.He didn't want to admit that Fang Shuo was right.

In the darkness, Fang Shuo followed him and stood up, approaching him step by step, as if he wanted to kill him with his own hands: "Is it? Is it? I'm asking if you are!"

"Brother! Don't be like this, brother..." Yan Xichen panicked rarely, backed up repeatedly under Fang Shuo's approach, lost his footing, stepped on the wrong foot, and rolled off the grass slope.

Seeing that he was about to roll into the lake, Fang Shuo appeared at the edge of the lake, stretched out his foot to step on Yan Xichen's shoulder, bent down like a devil and asked, "I made him like that, do you feel bad? You feel sorry for me, Do you feel guilty about him now?"

Yan Xichen opened his eyes wide.This was Fang Shuo's voluntary acknowledgment of the origin of the wound on Du Yachen's body that day.

"You guessed it right. Do you know why I'm here?" Fang Shuo pointed to the lake behind him expressionlessly, "This is the door to his inner world. I'll guard him here. When he comes out, I will kill him."

"The person you should hate is me, not him." Yan Xichen lay on the grass mud, feeling that all his strength had been drained.

"You can't give me anything, Yan Xichen. It's useless to hate you. Even hating you will cost me nothing." Fang Shuo looked at him pityingly, the devil's eyes still shining, "And you I can't give him anything."

Seeing that Yan Xichen stopped talking, Fang Shuo withdrew his foot in satisfaction: "Now you are going to find him, which is good. But remember, once you open the door to his world, his last line of defense will be gone. Lose this sanctuary, and I will enter his surface world and tear him to pieces—in front of you."

The sky turned white until it was bright.The morning light shone warmly on Yan Xichen.He woke up from the lawn in a daze, and found that he had fallen asleep by the lake.

When Fang Shuo left, he didn't realize it, as if it was dawn all of a sudden.

Someone shoved him behind him.

Yan Xichen was shocked, rubbed his eyes and turned around, Duan Mingyi stared at the lake in front of him.

Yan Xichen didn't see anything wrong with the lake, so he raised his head to ask in doubt, and found that Luo Sen was also coming from behind, looking at Hu Po in front of him.

"Stand up." Duan Mingyi reminded in a low voice.

Yan Xichen stood up in sleepiness.The light refraction of the lake in front of him changed with the angle of his getting up, the infinitely smooth water surface was completely still, and the degree of refraction on the surface completely exceeded normal understanding.It was still the surface of the water, but it looked more like a mirror, a huge mirror that reflected everything on the lake.The wind blew, and the surface of the lake did not have any ripples.

Why did Du Yachen come back drenched the day he was injured? Now I have the answer.

The huge lake in front of them, which has turned into a mirror, is the "gate" to the world of Du Aachen watches.