Chapter 3.4 (2/2)

Meanwhile, over this period of time, Tian Xiao thought that he completely understood her now. Every night, he would fall asleep next to her, as they mutually warmed each other wonderfully. Everyday, he would ask her incessant questions and speak so many words to the point that he  never stopped speaking. And then one day, Yu Yao was so bored that she began to reply to him in one or two sentences, but most of the time, Tian Xiao was the only one talking. After a despondent last few days, Yu Yao slowly began to absorb the words that Tian Xiao spoke to her, unlike in the past. She also finally answered the questions that he asked her.

In this place, they tried to pa.s.s the time together.

“Why would you be thrown in here?” One night Tian Xiao curiously asked Yu Yao.

“Because of a mission.”

“What mission?”

“Killing people.” Her tone was cold, making Tian Xiao so afraid that he began to tremble. After a while, he asked hesitantly, “Did you fail and get caught?”

“No.” Tian Xiao wasn’t some kind of enemy, so she didn’t keep him in the dark, “I have come here as bait. This means that after my partner finishes his mission, he will definitely come and save me.” But after she finished, Tian Xiao immediately threw himself at her from where he sat and grabbed her wrist. “You’re leaving?”

His desolate tone made it seem as if he was about to start crying.

Yu Yao was thrown off immediately. She didn’t get the chance to start speaking again, when the steel fence above them suddenly produced a soft banging sound. The two of them looked up, and they saw that the prison had actually been opened from the outside. “Yu Yao, it’s time to leave.” The man outside was indifferent.

She didn’t think that they would come so quickly or so coincidentally. Her eyes flickered from place to place, and then she looked at Tian Xiao who had already gone dumb from everything going on. A sudden shred of indecision flashed through her heart. She… was leaving, but then what would happen to him? Perhaps she had held up too much of their time, as another girl outside called her, “Yu Yao, what are you doing? Let’s go!” As she said this, she stuck her head into the hole. “Whoa, in such a short period of time, when did you have time to pick up a little lover?”

Tian Xiao became more panicky, as he grasped her arm tightly. His already wan knuckles became whiter.

Yu Yao didn’t move. Her wounds had yet to heal, but she could easily throw Tian Xiao up. But now she could not move… she didn’t have the heart to move.

Tian Xiao said that he had already spent ten years here. He wanted to hear the stories of her life outside, but she had never told him before. Yu Yao’s heart suddenly burst with rashness. “Do you want to go out?” She asked, calmly. “I can bring you away.”

The girl looking in was shocked. “Are you crazy? Will you take responsibility for all the things that will happen if we bring a man that we don’t know with us?”

Yu Yao unhurriedly nodded. “I’ll take responsibility.” She looked at Tian Xiao fixedly. “Will you go?”

I can go out… Tian Xiao looked up at the round hole, which was being blocked by a girl’s face. But the outside moonlight still penetrated the hole and came in. He could leave? He turned around and looked at Yu Yao, “I want to get out.”

“Good.” Yu Yao held Tian Xiao’s hand and walked under the round hole. To the girl she said, “Su Wen, pull him up first.”

Su Wen was shocked. “You weren’t kidding?” She looked back out, “Qing Jue, what do you think we should do?”

The person from outside was silent for a moment, but the man named Qing Jue still crisply said, “Listen to her.”

He was pulled out of the hole, into the outside world. As he stood on the earth, Tian Xiao looked up at the moon, his expression a little dazed. Yu Yao and the three other people organized their belongings and prepared to leave, but she turned around and saw Tian Xiao staring at the full moon. His pale white face was now a bit flushed. Yu Yao frowned. “What is it?”

Tian Xiao turned around and his pitch black eyes revealed a brilliant light that Yu Yao had never seen before. He foolishly smiled, as if he was a child who had received the sweetest candy. “Yu Yao, the moon is so close.”

Yu Yao was startled, and her heart randomly clenched, as she murmured, “Yes.”

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