After midnight

Su Ziling subconsciously ran towards the door. This was his first reaction.

"Don't waste your energy." As soon as Wu Si finished speaking, a torrent of water poured down from the entrance and exit, and it was just a small branch of the water curtain that covered the sky and the sun.

"What exactly are you going to do?" Su Ziling yelled, he was anxious.

"The person you should worry about is not An Yan, but yourself." Wu Si said again, without directly answering Su Ziling's question.

"It seems that Mr. Wu just wants to trap us here." Yin carried Xue Di and walked in front of Su Ziling. "Okay, we've taken the bait, but whether you can be trapped or not is another matter."

Yin swung up the Xue Di, the tip of the knife cut across the grass and then pointed at Wu Si, and a crackling electric current suddenly sounded at this moment.

"It's half past one." As if not noticing Yin's hostility, Wu Si said, clasping his hands together.

Crash! The water suddenly rushed towards them. The water that was originally flowing out of the water maze now rushed towards them all at once. Without giving them time to react, the four of them were hit by the rushing water. Even Fang Hao was not spared and floated on the lawn on the third floor with the waves.

"Zi Ling! Su Zi Ling!" Amid the waves, Yin was frantically looking for Su Zi Ling.

"Brother, I'm here!" Su Ziling appeared out of nowhere and swam towards Yin with difficulty. "Don't worry, I've learned how to swim. Where's Wusi?"

“I can’t find anyone anymore.”

Wu Si ran away, and the water slowly flowed away from the entrance. At this time, they could already stand firmly in the water that was above their calves. Yin and Su Ziling were talking when a loud laugh suddenly came from not far away. Fang Hao wiped the dirt off his face and laughed heartily, "It seems that I will catch a cold this winter."

Yin and Su Ziling looked at each other. Were they all soaked?

"Uncle Fang, let me help you go back and change your clothes. Why are you meddling in this matter?" Song Xinjun felt a little depressed. He didn't expect that such a high-profile provocation would end in this way. It was simply a farce.

Speaking of going back, Su Ziling also became anxious. "Brother, let's go back soon too."

Seeing Su Ziling's worried face, Yin nodded. As soon as he and Su Ziling came out of the water maze, they were stopped by Jiu who had been waiting. "Brother Yin, Brother Ziling, are you okay? I saw that water just now..."

"Ajiu, why are you here? Go back to Xindu Building with your companions as soon as possible. Fang Hao and Song Xinjun will be down soon." Su Ziling said, looking at Wen Xiaolu who was standing next to him.

"Brother Ziling, are you really okay?" Ajiu still refused to give up and kept asking.

"It's really okay. Do you think we look like we're in trouble? If you keep trying to stop us, your brother Yin and I will catch a cold." Su Ziling said helplessly.

"Then you guys hurry back, I'll go right away." Ah Jiu was obedient this time, he pulled Wen Xiaolu and ran back quickly. If Grandpa Fang saw them, he might get a scolding.

Yin didn't say a word from beginning to end. He watched Su Ziling and Ajiu talk carefully. After Ajiu left, Su Ziling became anxious again. He didn't say anything, but watched everything silently. He knew that An Yan could always easily influence the people around him and make everything better.

Yin ran with Su Ziling. Behind a carefully planned trap, an inexplicable ending, and a harmless joke, Yin understood that all of this was pointing to An Yan.

At 12:05, An Yan received the first letter from Jiu, and then he received letters from Su Ziling and Yin. An Yan opened them, and all three letters told the same story, except that Jiu was the most anxious and Yin was the most straightforward.

In fact, from the fact that An Yan carefully pondered the contents of these three letters, it can be seen that An Yan was not panicked. Even if he received three letters with the same content in succession, he was not even in a hurry to go out. The reason was very simple. This person did not cause any substantial harm.

Therefore, the biggest possibility of this whole incident is a cover-up. But what the purpose is, An Yan will have to confirm it. He opened the door and planned to rush over as soon as possible, after all, Jiu, Su Ziling and Yin were all there.

As soon as he went out, he saw the fountain-like stream of water in the gap between the high-rise buildings in the distance.

"Am I beautiful?" Qiqi's dull voice carried a hint of her naturally sweet timbre.

An Yan looked over and saw that the woman who had just spoken had already walked through the small door and was standing in the small garden in his yard, even standing on the earthen ridge that he had not yet finished tending.

"I can help you with this later." Qiqi said again.

An Yan glanced at her, took a few quick steps, and planned to ignore her and walk out.

"If you go now, they will die." Qiqi said seriously, not joking.

"Yin told me that there is a woman among them, I guess it must be you. Song Yu hid you very well." An Yan finally confirmed what he was thinking. He put one hand in his pocket and turned around casually.

"It's me. But rather than saying that Song Yu loves me, it's better to say that I have the ability." Qiqi jumped over lightly and looked up at An Yan. An Yan was a whole head taller than her.

"An Yan, please leave me here. I won't let you regret it."

"Whether I regret it or not is up to me alone to decide."

Qiqi suddenly became happy, and she spoke directly again. "If you don't give me a direct answer, I will take it as your consent, and I will go in now."

Qiqi turned around and walked back along the bluestone road. An Yan stepped forward and grabbed her, "Your name..."

"Qiqi! How about it, do you want to keep me?"

An Yan shook his head decisively, "No one would let a strange and dangerous person into their home."

"Wrong! I'm not dangerous. I will never cause any harm to you and I will never betray you. As for strangeness, Anyan, you won't be a stranger to me." Qiqi said, looking into Anyan's eyes.

An Yan was stunned for a moment, and loosened his grip on Qiqi's right wrist. When Qiqi took the opportunity to pull back her hand, the scar on her right wrist that was exactly the same as Wu Si's flashed by. An Yan saw it, and asked quickly: "The person I caught at the doorstep that night was you, right? Then the person who is creating chaos in the water maze now is Wu Si?"

"Yes, it was Wu Si, not anyone else. So they will definitely be fine. Anyan, I don't want to negotiate, but you didn't recognize me." Qiqi said so many words, but only the last sentence made Anyan's cold eyes stir.

"you……"

Interrupting An Yan's confusion, Qi Qi said quickly: "If you promise me to stay, I will give you something. This is the thing you want most right now, but no one can help you get it except me. Don't worry, I won't stay for too long, one month or three months, definitely not more than three months."

"Okay." An Yan said, if that's all it takes.

Hearing An Yan's agreement, Qi Qi happily threw herself into An Yan's arms. Although it was only a simple word, Qi Qi looked as if she had accomplished some important mission, and smiled as she hugged An Yan's tight waist.

"I knew it, Anyan," she said.

An Yan pinched his hands helplessly. He had not expected Qiqi's action, so he had to open his arms. But this didn't seem right, so he pushed Qiqi away with red ears and went back to the house in silence. Of course, the door was not closed.

When Yin and Su Ziling hurried home in wet clothes, there was silence outside the house, as if nothing had happened. It was precisely because it looked like nothing had happened that Su Ziling became even more panicked. He tremblingly took out the key, opened the door and ran straight to the living room, then without even looking, he immediately shouted loudly: "An Yan!"

As soon as he called out, he was stunned. Who was this woman sitting upright in his living room?

Su Ziling looked at her. She was not as pretty as Lin Nuan, but she had her own unique temperament. If Lin Nuan's first impression on Su Ziling was that she was smart, then this one was lonely and cold. To be honest, she looked cute in Su Ziling's eyes, but she exuded an aura that kept strangers away, which made Su Ziling stay away. In particular, there was a thin layer of mist in her eyes.

"You..." Su Ziling was about to speak when An Yan's voice rang out.

"Zi Ling? Yin?" An Yan heard Su Zi Ling ask him to come out of the kitchen immediately. He was surprised to see that both of them were wet. He glanced at Qi Qi and said to them, "Go upstairs and take a shower and change clothes first. We can talk about the rest later."

"An Yan, are you okay?" Su Ziling asked stupidly.

"What could happen to An Yan? Hurry up and go upstairs to your room."

Yin ran up nimbly, and Su Ziling followed him.

As soon as he entered the room and closed the door, Su Ziling immediately said, "Brother, did you see that just now? A strange and mysterious woman."

"I see, she's not simple. Su Ziling, use your brain and think about it carefully." Unlike Su Ziling's simple surprise, Yin was very surprised. As he spoke, he found the clothes he wanted to change and rushed to the bathroom. "I'll wash first. If you want to wash, you can go to An Yan's room first."

"Of course I'm going to An Yan's room."

Su Ziling quickly finished washing and returned to his room carrying the wet clothes he had changed. At this time, Yin was sitting on his bed in deep thought. Seeing Su Ziling coming back, Yin glanced at him.

"I'm going to give you a heads-up first. No matter what An Yan says, you have to stay calm, okay?"

"I know." Su Ziling answered obediently.

"Let's go down then."

"I'm down. I made some ginger tea for you. It's in the kitchen. Come and drink it."

When they came out of the room, they heard An Yan calling them. Su Ziling nodded to An Yan who was standing at the kitchen door, and then saw that the woman was still sitting there, without even moving.

"You guys drink, I'm going to the bathroom."

After An Yan finished speaking, Yin walked down the last few steps and turned into the kitchen, followed closely behind him. He took a few sips of the hot bowl, and then he realized that the atmosphere was a bit strange. In the kitchen, except for the ginger tea that An Yan had just made, An Yan had not prepared anything else.

"elder brother……"

"Have you finished drinking?"

"No." Su Ziling shook his head and quickly drank two more sips.

"Drink it quickly, then we'll go out." After saying that, Yin put the bowl on the chopping board, leaving not a drop of ginger tea in the bowl.

"Let's go." Seeing this, Su Ziling blew two breaths at the ginger tea, tilted his neck back and drank it in one gulp.

When they left, An Yan also came back. He was sitting on the sofa and relaxing. The woman stared at An Yan unscrupulously. Noticing that they came out, An Yan stood up and introduced them.

"You're here. Let me introduce you. This is Qiqi."

"Hello Miss Qiqi, may I ask what your ability is?"

Qiqi didn't stand up. When Yin asked her a question, she just glanced at Anyan and didn't answer.

"Let me tell you, Yin, her abilities are the same as mine." An Yan sat down uncomfortably.

"Oh?" Yin uttered an ambiguous exclamation and walked around to sit opposite An Yan, leaving Su Ziling alone, neither sitting nor standing. He looked at Qiqi, crossed his arms and continued to listen to Yin's questions.

"Then may I ask, what is Miss Qiqi's intention of sitting here?"

"Yin, Qiqi wants to live here for a while, and I agreed." An Yan cleared his throat and answered for Qiqi.

"No, I want to stay with you." This time, Qiqi immediately retorted.

Yin and Su Ziling looked at each other quickly. This time Su Ziling learned it on his own. He turned around quickly and went back to the kitchen.

"An Yan, I still feel a little cold. I'll go drink some ginger tea."

"I'll go too." Yin quickened his pace and hurriedly followed.

An Yan didn't look at Qi Qi or explain anything, and he also got up and left. As soon as An Yan left Qi Qi's sight, Qi Qi returned to her indifferent look and sat quietly alone. Qi Qi didn't care at all what they were going to say to him, anyway, this matter would not change, right?

The kitchen was covered with white tiles, which made it look a bit cold. As soon as Su Ziling walked in, he leaned against a cabinet that was more than one meter high. Next to him, there was a half-pot of ginger soup that was still warm. Yin walked in and stood side by side with him, waiting for An Yan to come over.

"She proposed it herself. She said she wouldn't hurt us, and I believed her. Besides, I have a very important deal with her, so I have to keep her." Without waiting for Yin and Su Ziling to speak, An Yan spoke first.

"Does she really have to live and eat here with us and go in and out with us?" Su Ziling asked.

"This is the purpose of her designing all this today. This is the prerequisite for everything."

"Okay, I understand." Su Ziling nodded in agreement.

"Then An Yan, tell me what the deal is?"

"The map there, Yin, is where everything starts and ends. I know Qiqi's identity is special, and you are worried. I am not completely sure, but I can only do this. Moreover, it only takes three months, and she will leave when the time is up."

"Three months? Why would she give such a clear deadline? What does she want to do in these three months?"

"I don't know and I didn't ask. No one can predict what will happen in the future. Yin, if we are using each other, wouldn't it be better to keep the enemy by your side instead of keeping him in the dark? There is one more thing, Zi Ling, I have to ask you. Can you bring Xiao Su to live with Yin during this time?"

An Yan knew what everyone was really worried about. Leaving Qiqi behind meant handing over his heart and neck to her. But even so, for the sake of more lives, he had to take a gamble.

"What are you thinking about? How can we leave you alone? It's not like I don't have the ability to protect myself. As for what Xiao Su thinks, you can ask her yourself when she gets home from school." Su Ziling said dissatisfiedly.

An Yan couldn't even convince Su Ziling, let alone Xiao Su. He had no choice but to sigh.

"An Yan, I still don't understand why she would come after you, is it based on interests or emotions? She could make another companion make such a big fuss just to cover up seeing you. Such a person is too resourceful." Yin Ta still seemed very worried, but he immediately said, "But since you have made up your mind, I will go in and out through the main gate for the next three months, and you don't have to use that passage anymore."

"Of course, and I've talked to Qiqi about it. Her activities are limited to the first floor."

Sure enough, if you want to convince Su Ziling, you just need to tell him your determination. But if you want to convince Yin, you must analyze the pros and cons. It won't work if you don't tell him your purpose and ideas.

"Okay, then I'll leave first."

"Yin, haven't you eaten yet? We have noodles at home that will be ready soon."

"No, I'm going out to eat." Yin said as he opened the door and went out. Qiqi pretended not to see him, and he also pretended that there was no one on the sofa. Until he closed the door and walked along the path in front of Anyan's house to the fork, Yin looked back worriedly.

What can the appearance of this woman bring to everyone?

It must have been another level of chaos and disorder.