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The only sound that could be heard was the irregular sound of and his footsteps. Xuanyuan Mocheng had long escaped without a trace.
”Are we still going forward?” At this time, it was obvious that Lan Ruo'er was starting to run out of energy, but she still clenched her teeth and persevered.
Xuanyuan Zhiling let out a soft sigh. Looking at the pitch black tunnel that was as usual, he sighed helplessly and said, ”Let's rest first. We've already walked for almost an hour and still haven't found anything.”
With that, Xuanyuan Zhiling and Lan Ruo'er rested against the stone wall beside them. It turned out that when Lan Ruo'er was leaning on the wall, she had accidentally triggered a mechanism at the side, and opened another space in the tunnel.
”Look, what's that?” Xuanyuan Zhiling frowned and pointed at Lan Ruo'er's back. Lan Ruo'er turned her head in panic, there was a steel cage behind her, it looked like a simple and crude prison, but what was even more terrifying was that there was actually a corpse of a mouse crawling all over the inside!
Lan Ruo'er was immediately frightened to the point that her face lost color and she screamed before jumping into Xuanyuan Zhiling's embrace. Even though Xuanyuan Zhiling was startled, he still very elegantly patted Lan Ruo'er's back and said: ”It's okay, I'm here.”
These words were ordinary to Xuanyuan Zhiling, but Lan Ruo'er gave him a hint of a bashful and moving gaze.
When Xuanyuan Zhiling was walking in front of him, Lan Ruo'er followed closely behind with his head lowered, like a little girl afraid of getting lost.
”Looks like this is Xuanyuan Mocheng's dungeon, there's actually a corpse here.” Xuanyuan Zhiling walked up in astonishment, and shockingly discovered that the corpse was that of a sixteen or seventeen year old youth.
Xuanyuan Zhiling stood in place without saying a word, and a complicated look quickly flashed past his face.
”I know who he is.” Suddenly, a somewhat bashful and fearful voice sounded from behind Xuanyuan Zhiling. Xuanyuan Zhiling turned his head to look at the weak in disbelief.
”Do you know who he is?” Xuanyuan Zhiling looked at Lan Ruo'er with a little disbelief. Not knowing why, Lan Ruo'er was actually a little proud of herself when she saw Xuanyuan Zhiling's expression.
”This person is an orphan on the Donglin Town, he was raised by Qiu Shangjing from a young age, and Qiu Shangjing had beaten and scolded him ever since he was young. He was previously an assistant at the Returning Spring Medical Hospital, but then he mysteriously disappeared without a reason. He never expected that he would be here.” As Lan Ruo'er spoke, he could not help but let out a soft sigh, and in his heart, he felt regret and pity for this young life.
Xuanyuan Zhiling slightly raised his brows. He suddenly felt that the girl in front of him was really not a simple person, to actually know so much. As a result, he stared at Lan Ruo'er and asked in disbelief: ”How did you know about this?”
Lan Ruo'er chuckled and said: ”After Xuanyuan Mocheng brought me in, I once threatened him that if he treated me badly, my father would not help him at all. We discussed the conditions, since the terrain of the Donglin Town was complicated and I couldn't escape, he allowed me to move freely within the Donglin Town, but he didn't expect that I would escape, so he sent people to capture me.”
By the time Lan Ruo'er said till here, she had pretty much understood everything. During this period of time Lan Ruo'er was in the Donglin Town, he had already gathered most of the news here.
”But why did Xuanyuan Mocheng want to kill this child?” Xuanyuan Zhiling asked indifferently.
”Because of a woman, this child's name is Chong Shan, he escaped together with the woman who went back to the Spring Medical Center, but was caught and brought back. Xuanyuan Mocheng killed him in a fit of anger, I heard that this is the reason why that woman was so heartbroken, he almost died.” Lan Ruo'er said, her eyes looking at Xuanyuan Zhiling's expression from time to time.
Of course, Xuanyuan Zhiling knew that the woman Lan Ruo'er was talking about was Qin Feng.
”So she really did try to escape. She must have wanted to go back and find me.” As Xuanyuan Zhiling spoke, his eyes started to moisten, and he felt as if his heart was bleeding. So it turns out that for such a long time, he didn't even know how much suffering Qin Feng had to endure outside.
When Lan Ruo'er saw Xuanyuan Zhiling's depressed expression, she knew how important Qin Feng was in Xuanyuan Zhiling's heart. Thinking of this, Lan Ruo'er's heart also couldn't help but sink a little.
”Qin Feng has never looked down on life, but she actually almost committed suicide for this youth. It looks like she has a very good relationship with this youth.” As Xuanyuan Zhiling said this, his expression flashed with a hint of sadness. He gave a deep sigh as he stood up and said, ”When we return, I will personally bury him.”
Xuanyuan Zhiling and Lan Ruo'er searched the entire tunnel, but they could not find any trace of Xuanyuan Mocheng. Helplessly, he followed Lan Ruo'er and walked out of the tunnel and returned to the Spring Medical Hospital, where Xuanyuan Zhiling arranged for the people in the town to bury Chong Shan.
However, at this very moment, within the Black Butterfly Villa, Qin Feng had always thought that Xuanyuan Zhiling had already died. There were several times where she had wanted to give up her life, but on the few occasions when Qin Feng had already hung the white silk on the ceiling, Song Mingzhi would suddenly appear to save Qin Feng.
Qin Feng had thought of taking poison to commit suicide several times, but Song Mingzhi had long since cleaned up all the things in her room that he could swallow.
When Qin Feng found out that she could not die even if she wanted to, and although she wanted to live, she was in extreme pain. She decided that this time, she would choose to be like Xuanyuan Zhiling, hunger strike. It had already been three consecutive days, and Qin Feng had not improved at all. Song Mingzhi was extremely anxious, but he didn't know how to console him.