After midnight

"Father." Early this morning, Song Yu came back from Jiudu Hospital and went into his father's office.

"How is your health?"

"Well."

Song Hongtian nodded and said, "Go and have a rest."

"Father, how are you going to deal with the Beiguan issue? Beiguan is not just a small town. It is bound to be related to Beizhong and Beicheng."

"You're very sharp to have thought of this step. But don't worry, my secret weapon will be born soon."

"Secret weapon? Are you referring to the assassin you trained before? Codename 03?"

"No, they are just dead soldiers, and their death is not a pity. Well, don't worry about it. I will send people to North Central and North City. Don't worry about it anymore, you will know it later."

"Okay, father. What is this?" Song Yu saw a box on his father's desk that he had never seen before.

"Would you like to try the tea leaves Xin'er just brought over?" When Song Hongtian said this, his expression changed immediately. He became much more friendly at this time.

"No, Xin'er is always thoughtful. I'll call dad for dinner later."

After Song Yu left, Song Hongtian opened the box, took out a few tea leaves and soaked them in hot water. The aroma of the tea leaves immediately spread.

Su Ziling was unaware of Song Hongtian's plan, Yin and Lin Nuan's actions, and the revolutionary army's secret moves. He now had to face the annoyance of being woken up from his nap.

The ringing sound of ding dong ding dong kept coming. Su Ziling went to open the door in his slippers. Who could it be at this time?

Outside the door, Lin Xuanfeng looked at Su Ziling with a resolute and serious face. Seeing that it was Lin Xuanfeng, Su Ziling was quite surprised. He made way for him and led him into the house.

"Ajiu just arrived, and An Yan took them out for a walk." Seeing Lin Xuanfeng looking around in the living room, Su Ziling followed behind and explained. He also wanted to go out together, but Yin and An Yan gave him a lot of homework.

Lin Xuanfeng nodded and sat down on the sofa. At this time, Su Ziling brought a glass of water from the kitchen and placed it on the coffee table in front of him.

"Thank you."

"No need. How about I write a letter and ask them to come back?" Su Ziling responded, standing there awkwardly, not knowing what to say.

Lin Xuanfeng raised his eyes and glanced at the bookshelf and said, "It's okay. I'll take a rest on the sofa. You can go and get busy."

After Lin Xuanfeng finished speaking, he adjusted a comfortable position on the sofa and closed his eyes. There were faint dark circles under his eyes. Could it be that he didn't sleep all night? Su Ziling frowned and wanted to ask him to go to the guest room to rest, but in the end he curled his lips and ignored him and returned to the study on the second floor.

Su Ziling was concentrating on studying fire abilities, so he quickly forgot about the fact that Lin Xuanfeng fell asleep in his living room.

Senior brother? When An Yan came back, Lin Xuanfeng was still asleep. He was stunned for a second, then made a hush gesture to the two little guys behind him. He carefully picked up the cold teacup and went to the kitchen.

When Lin Xuanfeng woke up, there was a bright incandescent light above his head. He shielded the light with his hands and sat up, then he remembered where he was. He heard the sound of a range hood in the kitchen.

"Are you awake? An Yan is cooking."

"Well, I got it." Being stared at by an adult and two children with six eyes, Lin Xuanfeng coughed lightly, and the temperature on his face quickly rose. He hummed vaguely, threw off the small blanket covering his body, stood up and walked towards the kitchen.

Su Ziling blinked and tried to suppress his smile.

"An Yan?"

"Hmm? Senior brother, you're awake. Stay for dinner." An Yan glanced at him and continued stir-frying.

"it is good."

"Is there something you want to talk to me about?" An Yan put down the shovel. On the other side, pork rib soup was bubbling on the stove.

"Nothing, I just came to see you since I'm not busy lately."

An Yan smiled when he heard this, and didn't expose his lie. Lin Xuanfeng stopped talking, he rolled up his sleeves and washed his hands to help. Lin Xuanfeng lived alone, so he knew a little bit about cooking.

"Senior brother, these are Ajiu and Xiao Su. Ajiu's ability is wind." Before the meal, An Yan specially introduced them to Lin Xuanfeng.

"Really?" Lin Xuanfeng looked at Ajiu who happened to be sitting next to him. It turned out that he was the Ajiu that Su Ziling was talking about.

"Ajiu, he is the one my brother told you about. He also has the ability of wind and is very powerful."

When Ah Jiu heard this, the look in his eyes suddenly became very bright when he looked at Lin Xuanfeng. Seeing the admiration and eagerness in Ah Jiu's eyes, Lin Xuanfeng said decisively, "Okay, let's find a chance to compete."

"it is good!"

After dinner, Lin Xuanfeng left. He didn't sleep all night yesterday, and came back today to hand over the task and then came to see An Yan. He didn't say much before, but An Yan is now in Xindu, so he must come to see him more often.

But now, it seems that he no longer needs to worry too much about his bravado-loving junior brother. Because, he is finally no longer alone. When Lin Xuanfeng woke up, he felt completely relaxed and happy. He merged into the night of Xindu, which was flashing with neon lights, alone.

After Lin Xuanfeng's back disappeared, An Yan's thin and tall figure still stood there. He stared deeply into the night for a while before turning around and returning home.

"Brother, have you been sleeping on the sofa until I got home?"

"I think so. What's wrong?" Su Ziling was confused.

"The second floor of this building, the second room, leads directly to Yin's place. You haven't forgotten it, have you?"

Su Ziling panicked for a moment. "I'm not sure. He said that after resting on the sofa, I went back to the study, and then I didn't go out until you came back."

"Don't worry, he's my brother. If he finds out anything, he'll tell me. I'm not worried about him, but my brother and Yin have special identities after all, so we'd better be careful in the future."

Su Ziling nodded in agreement, "Why don't I go talk to my brother and ask him to avoid walking this way in the future."

"No, I'll go. I just happen to have something to talk to him about."

"it is good."

After An Yan left, Su Ziling lost his patience to read anymore. He flipped through a few pages and simply left the study. As soon as he walked down the stairs and turned into the living room, he found that Ajiu and Xiao Su were sitting far away and turned their heads away. The puzzle pieces on the table were in a mess.

"What happened? Did you have a fight?"

Both of them remained stubborn and silent.

"Ajiu, you speak first. Tell me, how did you offend Xiao Su when you were having fun with the puzzle?" Su Ziling sat on a short sofa at one side and patted Ajiu's arm.

"When Xiao Su plays a jigsaw puzzle, he only likes to find the missing piece. But shouldn't a jigsaw puzzle be about putting together many small pieces and then combining them into a large piece? That's too inefficient."

"I like to play like that, it's fun that way!" Seeing that Ajiu seemed a little aggrieved, Xiao Su couldn't help but retort.

"Why are you so stubborn at such a young age? No one will want you when you grow up!"

"Humph! Dad said he would never abandon me again!" Xiao Su still didn't understand the meaning of "want".

"Wait wait, Xiao Su, when did An Yan tell you?" Everyone has their own way of playing the puzzle. Before Su Ziling could figure out how to persuade them, the two started arguing. Once they started arguing, Xiao Su diverted Su Ziling's attention.

"That night, the night I stayed at my dad's apartment."

Oh, that night was the first time I saw An Yan after coming here, and the night Xiao Su separated from him.

"Did An Yan have anything else to say?"

"What?" Xiao Su didn't understand what Su Ziling wanted to ask.

"Forget it, it's nothing."

"By the way, where is Brother An Yan?" After being disturbed by this, Jiu completely lost the motivation to continue arguing.

"He went back to his room and will be out soon."

Jiu had not been here for long, and An Yan seemed to have other plans, so they had already decided to hide from Jiu the fact that there was a room on the second floor that could lead to Yin's place. After all, he was still a child, and An Yan didn't want him to know too much.

When An Yan arrived at Yin's place, Yin was playing chess with Ye in the living room. When he saw An Yan coming in, he went upstairs and went straight to the study. An Yan nodded to Ye and followed behind Yin.

"Ajiu... I want to hand him over to my senior brother after a while."

"You really don't want to consider giving it to me?"

"They both have the same abilities, and Senior Brother will be a good master in every way."

Yin raised his eyebrows indifferently, "I originally did this because Wu was more interested in him. If that's the case, then forget it. This matter depends on fate."

An Yan nodded and said, "Before Jiu leaves, you'd better not come in and out of there casually."

"Row."

"Your casual coming and going before was intentional, right?"

"My relationship with Zi Ling will be made public one day, so there's nothing wrong with me doing this."

There is nothing wrong with the brotherly relationship, but the complexity lies in the identities of the three, no, four people. An Yan was silent for a moment and changed the subject, "Where is Lin Nuan?"

"Strange, Lin Nuan's whereabouts have indeed been a topic of discussion recently, but shouldn't you ask Lu Li?"

"I know her very well. She will never let go of the murder of Uncle Lin and Aunt Lin, and neither will you. Song Hongtian is a common enemy, and it is hard for me not to believe that you two will unite."

"An Yan, do you know? You are the first person to ask me. Why did you think of me?" Yin asked with a smile.

No one would associate Yin from Dark Night and Lin Nuan from the three major families together. In fact, before they worked together, the two had only met twice. Once was at Jiudong Bridge when Lin Nuan saw An Yan off, and once was at the Lin family's ancestral home when Lin Yaoyue passed away.

"Because of Uncle Lin." An Yan said.

"...Lin Nuan is in Jiudu, and something big will happen soon."

"Song Hongtian can't die yet, things will get out of control!"

"Things got out of control more than a decade ago!"

An Yan was stunned and sighed, "I understand. I'll go back first."

"Wait, how do you know things will get out of control, Anyan, what do you know?"

An Yan didn't answer. He left quickly without saying anything. Yin couldn't stop him from leaving, just like he never knew what An Yan was thinking. No one knew what An Yan was thinking.

After An Yan left, Yin slumped in his chair. How could he not know that he would lose control? Perhaps this was fate.

The next morning after taking Song Xin to the tea shop, Zhao Yunshuang was asked out by Lin Nuan. She saw Lin Nuan's serious face at the corner of the street near her home, and she couldn't help but be cautious.

"Mumu, what's wrong so early?"

"Yesterday evening, Song Xin brought back some tea leaves, right?"

"Yes, what's wrong? Do you know Song Xin?"

"I know him, but I didn't expect it to happen so soon." Lin Nuan murmured, looking dazed.

"Mumu, tell me, what happened?"

"Come on, I'll take you somewhere." Lin Nuan grabbed Zhao Yunshuang's arm, her expression extremely serious. She had made up her mind to tell her the truth.

Lin Nuan took Zhao Yunshuang to no other place but the Lin Mansion, which was piled with debris after the family was destroyed.

Zhao Yunshuang felt a shudder as soon as she entered the room. She gritted her teeth and looked at the ashes in front of her. She had never been to such a place before. It was desolate.

She clenched her fists, unable to break free from Lin Nuan who was holding her hand tightly. Lin Nuan walked with big strides, and she could hardly hesitate. But suddenly, after walking to a dark red ground, Mu Mu let go of her hand. Zhao Yunshuang immediately stopped where she was, not daring to move forward.

She watched Lin Nuan slow down her pace and become sad. She watched her drag her feet, slowly squat down, and gently dance on the ground. Zhao Yunshuang didn't understand and didn't know what to do. This made her feel uneasy.

“It’s right here… where my parents died. They died in my arms.” She watched Lin Nuan utter these earth-shattering words.

“You…” Zhao Yunshuang hooked his finger and took a step back in surprise, “You, you are Lin Nuan?”

"Yes, I'm sorry for lying to you." Lin Nuan stood up and faced her with red eyes. This was the first time she dared to come back here in three weeks.

Zhao Yunshuang looked at Lin Nuan's pale face as she approached her little by little, and was so shocked that he could not speak. "So Song Hongtian is your enemy?"

Countless questions flashed through her mind in an instant. Zhao Yunshuang had countless questions to ask, such as why didn't you tell me you were Lin Nuan at the beginning, and why are you telling me all this now? For example, did you approach me with a premeditated plan? What exactly do you want to do? However, after thousands of twists and turns, this sentence was the first thing she blurted out. Compared to herself, she still cared more about Lin Nuan.

"Yes, a blood feud."

"Yun Shuang, listen to me. I didn't intend to tell you, but you have the right to know the truth. Even if it is cruel, you have to know what your brother has endured for you."

"My brother?"

"Yes, if I know correctly, the reason you are living like this is all because of your body, right? You failed to awaken your ability when you were a child, right?"

"Yes, what do you want to say?"

"What if it's not like this? What if you are a normal and extremely talented girl?"

Zhao Yunshuang shook her head. She didn’t understand what Lin Nuan was saying, but she instinctively felt fear.

"Your brother is so outstanding. He has terrifying abilities at such a young age, but he is also so proud that he won't give in easily. If someone covets your brother's abilities and wants to use Zhao Yunqi for his own benefit, then they will naturally look for a weakness that can be used to control him for a long time, right? That weakness is you, or your illness."

"I know! You don't have to tell me this!" Zhao Yunshuang couldn't bear it any longer. She knew all this. That's why she was so desperate. But how could she let Lin Nuan, an outsider, tell her this?

"You don't know! There's something wrong with your medicine! The reason your illness has been recurring for more than a decade is because there's something wrong with your medicine. Your illness is not difficult to treat at all!"

"What? No, it's impossible..." Zhao Yunshuang covered her mouth in horror. She suddenly remembered the day when her brother threw away her medicine for no reason. Her intuition told her that what the woman in front of her said was true.

"Do you know why your condition is not difficult to treat?"

Zhao Yunshuang covered her mouth tightly and dared not blink. She looked at the angry Lin Nuan. The anger in Lin Nuan's eyes seemed to ignite her.

"Because your illness is man-made! Man-made disorders cannot damage the root cause, otherwise why do you think you can live to this day?"

"It's Song Hongtian, it's Song Hongtian, right?" Bead-sized tears rolled down Zhao Yun's face. With tears in his eyes, he tried to pull Lin Nuan's clothes with trembling hands. Lin Nuan tightened her lips and didn't say anything.

Zhao Yunshuang simply couldn't stop her tears. Every time she blinked, the tears flowed down. Lin Nuan's solemn expression said it all. She looked at Zhao Yunshuang's red eyes and couldn't help but turn her head away.

"It's him, it's really him..." Zhao Yunshuang let go of her hand. She was not a fool, she understood everything after Lin Nuan said a few words. She could have resented God before, but what should she do now?

Reluctance, grievance, and anger all surged up at once, and Zhao Yunshuang cried miserably. She tried to wipe away her tears, but she couldn't stop. She cried, sniffed, and wiped away her tears, repeating this several times before she finally stopped.

"My brother knows... right?" Zhao Yunshuang asked. She was crying and could hardly say a complete sentence. Lin Nuan nodded.

"You did something to Song Hongtian, right?" she asked again.

Lin Nuan nodded again. "Yes, it's in the box of tea that Song Xin took away."