Wait for the car to leave the suburbs of Beijing.
Ye Wangchuan felt the depressing atmosphere in the car and opened the window to let the wind in.
He rested one elbow on the car window, tilted his head, with his high nose bridge and eyelashes covering his ink-like pupils as he looked at the girl sitting in the passenger seat.
“There’s no need to investigate.”
"… "
Qiao Nian turned his head to look at him.
Ye Wangchuan's voice was low and hoarse with a hint of inexplicable clarity: "The Sixth Continent did it. From using Starlink to strangle the Sky Eye satellite signal to what happened to Li Zhou and Zhou Xuxing, it was all done by them. In addition to what the old man said about us touching their cake, there is another important reason - he is forcing me to go back."
Qiao Nian had wrapped her clothes around herself, slumped in her chair, half-closed her eyes, looking tired and world-weary. Hearing this, she sat up straighter and looked at him, her throat rolling. She wanted to say something comforting, but she was not good at comforting people.
"It's none of your business."
She said it with absolute certainty.
"Even if they want revenge, it's revenge on me. I bombed their Victoria Harbour, they won't let it go, so Li Zhou...died because of me."
This was why she felt suffocated and uncomfortable in the funeral home.
She couldn't imagine that a stranger had nothing to do with her and died because of her. The scenes of his parents and relatives crying replayed frame by frame, which made her lose her mind every time. She wished she could go to the Sixth Continent to find out the person who was behind all this and drag him to kneel in front of Li Zhou's family to apologize.
When Qiao Nian thought of this, a flickering light ignited in his eyes. He took off his cap and played with his little finger: "I'm going somewhere."
"I'll go with you." Ye Wangchuan said immediately.
Qiao Nian turned around and shook his head at him, saying very seriously: "Not this time, I want to go by myself. But... I promise to come back safely!"
I won't lie to you, but I'm going to go alone too.
Ye Wangchuan understood her character and knew the emotions contained in her brief words. After only a brief consideration, he agreed.
"Remember what you said."
"?" He drove with his eyes fixed on the road ahead, his tone heavy: "Make sure you come back safely."
Qiao Nian suddenly raised the corner of his mouth: "Okay."
*
She left as soon as she said she would.
We set out in the afternoon and found the guard tower.
At that time, Wei Lou was still sparring with others in the fighting arena. The man in the octagonal cage had a handsome buzz cut and smooth abdominal muscles. He faced the provocation of his opponent with ease and fought back.
There was a large group of people cheering outside.
In addition to a few friends who were familiar to Qiao Nian and who were good friends with Wei Lou, there were also some who were probably Wei Lou's new partners or new followers.
She appeared in the fighting arena quietly, and only Wen Ziyu noticed her.
"Depend on!"
The man in a suit left his friend and walked over quickly the moment he saw her.
"female…"
He almost blurted out "goddess".
The girl glanced at him with her bright eyes.
Wen Ziyu almost bit his tongue and reacted: "Qiao, Qiao Nian, why are you here?"
The girl looked very anxious and walked forward: "I'm here to find someone."
Wen Ziyu quickly followed him: "Who are you looking for? I'll help you find it."
"No need." Qiao Nian raised his chin slightly and looked forward: "I found it."
"?" Wen Ziyu looked forward along her line of sight and saw Wei Lou knocking out his opponent with one punch in the octagonal cage. Wei Lou took off his helmet and shook the sweat off his hair. Immediately, a staff member came forward to cool him down and stretch his muscles. (End of this chapter)