After midnight

When Shangguan Can received Zhao Yunqi, who was covered in blood, his face was filled with disbelief and his whole body was shaking uncontrollably.

"I'll go find someone to save you!"

"Shangguan Can... take me to see Yun Shuang."

"Okay, okay, I'll take you to see Zhao Yunshuang!"

An Yan knelt on one knee and handed Zhao Yunqi, who he had been carrying tightly on his back, to Shangguan Can. Only then did Shangguan Can see the fatal wound on Zhao Yunqi's chest. The wound had been bandaged, but he knew it was useless.

"An Yan."

"I'm here, teacher."

"You must live!"

"Okay, I won't die."

"An Yan, you can come to me if you have any problems in the future. Thank you this time!"

Shangguan Can finished his words quickly, carried Zhao Yunqi on his back and flew away quickly, leaving An Yan behind.

An Yan stood in the quiet light and opened the letter Zhao Yunqi had stuffed into his hand. The code on the letter was Yin's. So this letter was written by Zhao Yunqi to Yin, and Yin was indeed related to this matter. And the secret of his disappearance for ten years was written on the letter.

An Yan folded it carefully along the crease and put it back into his pocket.

Not long after, Shangguan Can brought Zhao Yunqi to Jiudu Xuanchuang Station.

"Get out of the way! Get out of the way! Let me borrow your money!"

Shangguan Can took Zhao Yunqi on the train to Xindu. Shangguan Can sat on the ground and held him in his arms. "Yun Shuang is on the way to Xindu right now."

"Really? That's great." Zhao Yunqi said with a smile. He could feel that his life was slipping away at an uncatchable speed.

"Yes, we can definitely catch up with her. You just have to hold on."

The car left the station and the world gradually fell into darkness. The night outside the window was extremely quiet, with the occasional buzzing of insects, but inside the window there was only the sound of the wind whirring back, the warm bodies of two people pressed against each other, and the smell of blood.

It was too choking, the smell of blood was too strong, so strong that Shangguan Can's nose was sore. He almost desperately wondered why Zhao Yunqi's breathing became heavier amid the whistling wind.

He didn't dare to act rashly, for fear of making Zhao Yunqi uncomfortable. But as time passed, Xindu seemed like a distant place that could never be reached.

Finally, Zhao Yunqi spoke again. This time, he spoke with great difficulty, "Shangguan Can, thank you."

"No thanks! We haven't even reached the new capital yet. The new capital will be here soon!"

Shangguan Can's hot tears dripped onto Zhao Yunqi's face, which made Zhao Yunqi feel a little pity that he couldn't see his face clearly at this moment. "A Can, Yun Shuang is in your hands."

Shangguan Can nodded vigorously, but held back his words. Zhao Yunqi smiled, "Acan, thank you for letting me die on the road to freedom."

"What nonsense are you talking about? You are not allowed to die. The freedom you want will come soon!"

"Yunqi, Zhao Yunqi!" Zhao Yunqi didn't answer him, Shangguan Can was anxious, he shook him and then shook him hard. But the person lying in his arms didn't move at all.

Shangguan Can was stunned for a few seconds, then leaned down to hug him. After a while, a low whimpering sound came from the narrow hanging window, and at this time, the light from the front shone in.

When they arrived at Xindu, Shangguan Can held Zhao Yunqi's body and walked towards Zhao Yunshuang step by step, his eyes were alarmingly red.

Zhao Yunshuang's trembling soft but warm hands touched Zhao Yunqi's cheek. Her tears fell one by one, as if she had gone through a century of long and painful moments, sliding down Zhao Yunqi's pale and upright face.

"Yun Shuang..."

Zhao Yunshuang suddenly burst into tears, and she hugged Zhao Yunqi and wanted to leave.

"Yun Shuang, what do you want to do? Let me help you." Shangguan Can said gently.

Zhao Yunshuang didn't answer him, and continued to try his best to pick up Zhao Yunqi. Shangguan Can wanted to reach out to touch him, but was slapped away by Zhao Yunshuang. "Why? Why? What on earth do we owe this guy named Song?"

Zhao Yun's bright and glittering eyes were not strong enough to bear the burning tears. Her eyes were filled with heavy hatred. Shangguan Can couldn't bear it and leaned over to hug her.

Zhao Yunshuang buried her head in his shoulder and cried wantonly. They hugged Zhao Yunqi together. After a long time, when she had cried enough, she let go of Shangguan Can and wiped away her tears. Her eyes were still painful, but very determined. "Brother Shangguan, I want to know why my brother died. I want to see with my own eyes the fate of the person who killed him!"

"Okay, I promise to let you see it. Yun Shuang, from today on, I will be your closest person."

Shangguan Can and Zhao Yunshuang supported Zhao Yunqi, and they left the Xuanchuang Station together. It was late at night, and this place was about to return to countless days and nights.

After An Yan took the dying Zhao Yunqi away, Song Xin knelt dejectedly in the mess. Song Yu walked back to Song Xin's side without knowing when, looked at her for a while, and then bent down to support him.

Unexpectedly, Song Xin broke free from him without even looking at him. She stood up and walked to the injured Zhang Dong not far away.

"Are you okay?" she asked.

Zhang Dong nodded, and walked back to Song Yu and said, "Please punish me."

"Why don't you tell me what the punishment is?"

"There are three penalties. First, disobeying orders and leaving North Central without permission; second, failing to report the rebels immediately; and third, failing to perform one's duty to protect the master."

"First, it was me who asked him to come back. Second, it was me who asked him to keep it secret. Third, it was me who let Zhao Yunqi enter the secret room." Song Xin and Zhang Dong said quickly while standing together.

"Oh? Really? What's your relationship with him?" Song Yu laughed in anger.

"I like him, so we are naturally in a relationship."

"Oh, I am ignorant." Song Yu looked at Song Xin angrily, but Song Xin stiffened his neck and remained unmoved.

"Song Nan!" Song Nan immediately understood Song Yu's idea and came forward to take Zhang Dong away.

"Brother!" Seeing this, Song Xin suddenly knelt down, "Please let us go."

As soon as Song Xin knelt down, Zhang Dong also knelt down immediately.

"Let you go? I never asked you to do anything." Song Yu squatted down and softened his tone to Song Xin. His sister had never kneeled to anyone since she was a child.

"Brother, I mean." Song Xin looked directly into Song Yu's eyes, "Let us go and let us leave Jiudu."

Zhang Dong looked at Song Xin in great surprise, then lowered his head and knocked to the ground.

Song Yu pinched Song Xin's left shoulder hard, "Are you saying you want to elope with him and never come back?"

"Yes!" Song Xin's face was distorted by the pain, but she would never cry out in pain. Because she had had enough! She was tired of staying in this empty home. She was tired of the hypocrisy, deception and evil that filled this place every day!

"Have you really decided this?" Song Yu said gritting his teeth.

"Yes!"

"Okay, half an hour. As long as Zhang Dong can withstand any of my attacks within half an hour, I will allow him to take you away! I will not pursue any punishment!"

"No, half an hour is too..."

"Okay!" Zhang Dong stood up and agreed immediately.

"Zhang Dong, no!" Song Xin also stood up in panic.

"Don't worry, wait for me!" After Zhang Dong gave her instructions, he followed Song Yu to the tragic battlefield again.

"Ms. Song Xin, you'd better give up this idea. Brother Song Yu will never let you leave his side. What you are doing is tantamount to letting Zhang Dong die now." Song Nan said calmly.

"Shut up, it won't happen. I believe Zhang Dong can do it."

Song Nan raised his eyebrows and watched the show, thinking that women are indeed the most fickle and unpredictable creatures.

Song Yu stared at the man opposite him fiercely. Before he was ready to fight, he gently wiped the blood off his arm. This action made Song Xin vaguely remember that Song Yu wanted to bend down to support her. Thinking of this, a complex emotion rose from her heart, but she quickly wiped it out cruelly.

A new round of battle began. The remaining rubble on the ground was driven by Song Yu, and large and small pieces densely occupied the entire space.

Zhang Dong's eyes turned cold. He rarely had such eyes, as if he was betting his entire life. It is terrifying when a person recognizes the present and then uses it to win the future! When countless clods of earth and debris attacked him, he quickly inserted himself into them, being both agile and flexible, and easily dissolving the iron wall-like attack.

Song Xin saw this and was overjoyed.

But Zhang Dong did not take the initiative to attack, because he believed that his ultimate goal was to use any means to survive this half hour. So, he chose to delay and hide!

This was not so wise. He gave Song Yu a big chance, especially when the strength of the two was not at the same level. The clods of earth that he had dodged turned around and quickly attacked back. And at this time, Song Yu gave them special abilities.

The weight changed the speed, and Zhang Dong was not able to distinguish and defend himself well, so he was quickly hit. The dirt clods continuously hit his abdomen and internal organs, which was exactly the same as the injuries Zhao Yunqi had suffered before.

"Zhang Dong?"

"I'm fine." Zhang Dong responded to Song Xin immediately, and then he challenged Song Yu. "If you don't do it now, five minutes will pass."

Zhang Dong swallowed the blood in his mouth. He had already made up his mind that as long as he had a breath left, he could hold on. He wanted to take Song Xin away. This was the meaning of life that he had finally found.

The duel between Zhang Dong and Song Yu continued. Song Yu collected the fine sand scattered in the courtyard and grabbed Zhang Dong's limbs when he was not paying attention. The fine sand immediately entangled him as soon as it touched him, and suddenly tightened the moment he noticed it, strangling him and making him unable to move.

"How is it? Less than five minutes?" Song Yu shouted, "You and Shangguan Can often go on missions together, but you have never fought with him, right? What is the essential difference between fine soil and fine sand? Zhang Dong, to be honest, your aptitude and understanding are very poor, and you are good at being serious and obedient. But why do you want to join the Security Bureau and do this life-threatening job?"

"Oh, right." Song Yu pretended to suddenly remember and said, "Because your family is poor. Apart from you, there are only two elderly women in your family who need care. So, with someone like you, what qualifications do you have to have such wild ideas?"

"That's enough." Song Xin shouted at Song Yu. But Song Yu ignored her. He picked up a knife from the ground, turned it in his hand, and pointed at Zhang Dong playfully, as if he was considering where to start the operation.

Zhang Dong glared at him. He tried his best to break free, but it was in vain.

"You are so stupid. Since you are so ignorant and stupid, how about I take away your abilities and let you go home and live like an ant?"

Song Yu grabbed his hands and seemed to be ready to take real action.

"Enough, stop it!" Song Xin shouted.

Song Yu looked at her, hoping that Song Xin would beg him to let him go. He hoped that Song Xin would say that she would stay at home and never see him again in her life, so that he could keep Song Xin and expel Zhang Dong from Jiudu.

Song Xin looked at Song Yu with a determined look on her face. Women are easily moved. For her, Zhang Dong always thinks about her, which is enough. What's more, now Zhang Dong has given everything for her, so she must also bet everything.

"Brother, I know who killed my father."

"Who?" Song Yu blurted out in shock. The panic on his face was completely exposed in front of Song Xin. Song Xin saw it clearly. There was no curiosity or anxiety on his face, no urgent hatred or pain, only the fear of being discovered and the nervousness.

Song Xin was completely disappointed, and she swallowed hard. "Brother, do you still remember the night when you were keeping vigil for father? You fell asleep in the middle of it..."

Song Xin didn't finish her words. She was worried about the presence of outsiders, but Song Yu understood. That morning when he woke up and felt strange, he slept sideways on the bed with the quilt pressed under him, which was completely opposite to his usual sleeping position. There was even a basin of cold water under the bed.

Song Yu realized instantly that he had said something he shouldn't have said when he was not fully awake.

"Xin'er, Xin'er...listen to me..." Song Yu said as he was about to come over to explain.

"I don't want to listen!" Song Xin covered her ears and screamed, then knelt down weakly.

"Xin'er..."

"Don't touch me! Do you know how much pain I am in? Do you know that I have nightmares every night? Do you know that I am suffocating and almost dying? Please, brother! Please let me go, I don't want to stay here anymore, I don't want to." Song Xin begged him with tears in her eyes.

After a while, Song Yu, with a deathly pale face, untied Zhang Dong. After Zhang Dong regained his freedom, he immediately rushed to Song Xin.

"Let's go." Song Yu said.

Zhang Dong helped Song Xin stand up. Song Xin was already crying and gasping for breath, unable to utter a word. Zhang Dong was at a loss as he supported her, not understanding what was going on.

"Go now! I'm letting you go!" Song Yu suddenly shouted loudly.

Upon hearing this, Zhang Dong immediately helped Song Xin leave without stopping for a single step.

"Song Yu, this..."

"Shut up and leave too!"

After Song Nan confirmed Song Yu's unfriendly expression again and again, he also left. A minute later, there was only a stretched figure left in the huge courtyard of the Song family, forever alone and lonely.

After walking for an unknown distance, Song Xin gradually stopped crying, and Zhang Dong dared to ask her, "Xin'er, where do you want to go?"

"I don't know. I haven't been anywhere."

After a moment of silence, Song Xin said, "Anywhere is fine, as long as it's far away."

"Then you come home with me. Let's pick up grandma and mom and go to the North Sea, which is the farthest north. Grandma told me that the sea there is very beautiful, the people there are hardworking and simple, the houses there change color with the seasons, red and blue, and there are the most delicious fish and the strongest wine in the world..."

"Really? That's great..."

Song Xin thought, she never thought she would leave in this way. She didn't have time to take anything with her.

Perhaps this was the best way for her to leave.