He felt a little uneasy in his heart, as if something was being violently pulled out at that moment, slipping through his fingers, making it impossible for him to hold on to it no matter how hard he tried.
When he returned to the second floor, he saw the pried-open door at a glance. It was slightly ajar, probably because it was not closed tightly in a hurry.
Prying open the door doesn't seem like something Lin Qing can do.
He had a hint of doubt just now. If Lin Qingruo was alone, it was impossible for him to ignore his call. Thinking of what Liang Ruoyi said, he suddenly narrowed his eyes and his pupils contracted sharply.
"Commander!" The subordinate whispered and took a step forward, wanting to block Mu Li and go in to find out what was going on.
Mu Li waved his hand to stop her: "My woman, I will go by myself."
The subordinate was not in a position to speak any more and retreated back.
"Lin Qing?" Mu Li stepped into the door with his slender legs. Each unit in the old house was not large, and one could see every corner at a glance as soon as he walked in.
He could see clearly even in the dark. The door of each room was tightly closed. Since no one had lived there for a long time, it was easy to tell whether it had been opened just now.
Obviously, none.
Mu Li stood at the door and retracted his gaze to the side wall of the living room.
Only there is a blind spot.
Lin Qing was held to her neck by Zheng Yan with a knife. She dared not make a sound and even her breathing was trembling. Zheng Yan could no longer carry a gun, so he always carried three or five knives with him.
"Lin Qing, I heard your voice." Mu Li curled his thin lips slightly. It was impossible to tell whether he was happy or angry in his voice, but his black eyes were staring coldly at that blind spot.
Almost as soon as he stopped, he was sure that there were people there, and two people at that.
Zheng Yan knew that he couldn't take Lin Qing away this time, but he didn't want to miss such a good opportunity. He knew that with his strength, he couldn't confront Mu Li head-on.
Hearing Mu Li's footsteps getting closer, Zheng Yan looked back and saw a small balcony at the end of the living room with the window half open.
Lin Qing's neck was pressed against the cold tip of the knife, which seemed to be stabbing him from time to time.
Mu Li was so close, but she couldn't see him.
Lin Qing closed her eyes and felt the hand covering her mouth loosen. She suddenly opened her watery eyes and turned her face away: "Mu Li, I'm here!"
It was too late for Zheng Yan to hold her down, so he hit her neck hard with his palm. Lin Qing's body softened and she slowly fell down along the cold wall.
He put the knife back, rushed to the other side of the living room almost at the moment when Mu Li turned the corner, and jumped into the window sill. He bent his body and hid behind the half-closed curtains.
Hearing Lin Qing's voice, Mu Li strode forward. He had never felt his steps so heavy before, and he almost turned to the side wall while holding his breath.
"Lin Qing!" His breathing stagnated, and he saw Lin Qing falling softly to the ground, and the snow-white shawl on her shoulders was stained gray by the dust on the ground.
Lin Qing lost consciousness at this time and leaned against the wall.
Mu Li rushed to her side, and the hand holding her round shoulders was trembling. He checked her breath, and his tense nerves relaxed a little.
Fortunately, she is fine.
fine.
Mu Li held her tightly in his arms, one hand around her slender waist and the other hand tightening on her shoulder. This extremely domineering and possessive posture seemed as if he wanted to rub her into his body.
He was scared, really scared.
The moment he saw Lin Qing fall to the ground, that pale little face without any life, his heart was gripped tightly.
He didn't know how much he regretted, and he had never regretted it as much as he did now, leaving her trapped here and enduring pain that didn't belong to her.
He was unwilling to let go of his arms around her, but Lin Qing never opened his eyes.
She was tired. Although Zheng Yan's blow was not too heavy, it left her with no strength to wake up. Perhaps, it was good to sleep like this.
Perhaps, when she woke up again, she had escaped from the nightmare, Mu Li was still her Mu Li, nothing had changed.
Mu Li let her go and looked at her carefully in the dim night light. Her pretty face had become much thinner in the past few days. Her eyes were closed, but there were traces of tears in the corners of her eyes.
He couldn't imagine how scared she was, and even more so, how painful and cold her heart was when she heard what he said on the phone.
How she wished he could be by her side at that time, even if he just extended a hand, even if he didn't explain a word, even if he just looked at her.
But she waited for so long and still didn't get it.
At that moment, her heart really turned cold.
But even so, she is still waiting.
The wait for him seemed endless. She was always waiting for him, but what she waited for was one heart-wrenching result after another.
This time, it is still the same.
Lin Qing rested his head in Mu Li's arms. He seemed to feel a familiar breath and rubbed his chest twice.
Mu Li narrowed his eyes slightly, lowered his head and looked at her closely. He didn't expect that when they met again, things were no longer the same as before.
He thought three days was short, but unexpectedly it was so long.
Mu Li's slender fingers gently brushed her cold little face, and then he carefully picked her up. His hands, which had not trembled even when he raised the gun, couldn't help but tremble at this moment.
"Lin Qing, let's go home."
He was afraid that he would lose Lin Qing again in the next second, so he took every step very quickly.
Lin Qing seemed to groan in his arms, her eyebrows slightly wrinkled, but her eyes never opened.
She must have had a nightmare, and perhaps in the dream he had not yet come to rescue her.
Mu Li was holding her and was about to turn the corner, but he suddenly noticed something and stopped. He turned back quickly and saw a flying knife flying straight towards him. The sharp tip of the knife emitted a cold light in the night.
He could have dodged it, or even blocked it with his hands. But he was holding Lin Qing in his arms, and he lost the best opportunity to dodge it after just a moment's pause.
Mu Li half turned around, and a cold light flashed through the air filled with smoke and dust.
He didn't even frown as the knife stabbed into the back of his shoulder.
If he didn't block it, Lin Qing would be the one who got hurt.
"Commander Mu, have you forgotten something?" Zheng Yan was in the dark on the balcony. He used the curtains to cover his face, so Mu Li could not see his face.
"If you have something to say, just say it. I don't have time to waste here with you." There was a chill in Mu Li's brows. The back of his shoulder was bleeding. The knife had stabbed him very deeply, but fortunately the knife itself was not long.
"I helped you rescue Mrs. Mu from those people, so the knife attack just now is even." Zheng Yan still didn't show up. As he spoke, he turned around and looked downstairs.
There was indeed someone guarding downstairs.
"Since you saved her, why do you want to harm her again?" Mu Li was angry. Lin Qing was now unconscious, and he was too lazy to care about the person hiding on the balcony.
It was such an obvious place, he saw it just after turning the corner, he couldn't ignore it.
"Hurt her? I didn't." Zheng Yan's voice was a little more deliberate. He calculated the probability of escaping from here. Obviously, Mu Li would not let him leave easily. "Compared to what Commander Mu did, I was obviously helping her, okay?"
"What exactly do you want to say?" Mu Li turned around and looked towards the balcony, his eyes cold and ruthless.
Zheng Yan walked out of the darkness and stood on the balcony. His shadow was stretched out in the night, and his face was in shadow and could not be seen clearly.
"Three years ago, I swore to kill you, Mu Li." Zheng Yan bit his hatred in every word, and anger surged in his eyes, "I want to let you taste the pain of living a life worse than death."
"Life is worse than death?" Mu Li raised the corner of his lips, and looked at the person in his arms with a softened look in his eyes.
But what caught his attention was another sentence from Zheng Yan's mouth.
three years ago
Mu Li unexpectedly thought of the accident three years ago.
"Who are you?"
Zheng Yan's face, which had undergone plastic surgery, had no flaws, but was completely emotionless. "Aren't you very powerful? Aren't you able to cover the sky with one hand in City A? How come you can't even guess who I am?"
Zheng Yan sneered, and moved his hands behind his back in the night. A small knife emitted a cold light and gave off a heavy and cold metallic feel.
Mu Li's brows turned cold. He had already guessed something in his heart, but that person was still alive
The explosion happened suddenly, and all evidence pointed to an accident. The Liang family easily escaped from the incident. There were too many injured after the incident, and they went to find all the injured, but found that one person was missing on the way.
Mu Li immediately led people back to the scene, but unexpectedly a second explosion occurred. When they went to look for him again, they could not find any trace of Zheng Yuan.
Mu Li and his men worked non-stop for three days and three nights, and even searched the cliff not far from the explosion several times without leaving any traces, but they didn't even find Zheng Yuan's body.
He returned disappointed, and at that time they all thought that Zheng Yuan was dead.
Although he couldn't see the person in front of him clearly, Mu Li felt that the voice was more and more familiar. Could it really be him
Zheng Yan took advantage of the moment when he was distracted and threw the knife out. Mu Li was unable to dodge and his arm was unstable when he avoided it, and Lin Qing fell down.
Mu Li cursed under his breath, but saw a figure flashing on the balcony a few meters away. The next moment, Zheng Yan snatched Lin Qing from his hands and held the unconscious woman in his arms.
"Let her go." Mu Li's eyes turned cold. They were very close, and this time Mu Li could see Zheng Yan's face clearly.
This was not the face he knew.
"What? Commander Mu doesn't recognize you after you changed your face?" The movement of Zheng Yan's hands caught Mu Li's attention.
Mu Li's brows suddenly tightened, and his eyes fell on the knife in Zheng Yan's hand that was against Lin Qing.
"what on earth do you want?"
Zheng Yan could see that he was very nervous.
The usually calm and composed man was so nervous that his breathing became noticeably heavy.
Lin Qing was still unconscious, and the sharp tip of the knife was against her slender neck, scratching her soft skin lightly.
"I said, I just want to return all the pain I felt back then to you." Zheng Yan's eyes, devoured by hatred, were dark and gloomy. If Lin Qing died, Mu Li would definitely be living a life worse than death.
Mu Li's dark eyes became more sinister, and every word he said seemed to sink into an icy pond: "The explosion at that time was not an accident. It was someone from the Liang family who did something."
"I don't care whether it was an accident or not!" Zheng Yan suddenly raised his voice, staring at Mu Li fiercely, "What I hate is that I was about to die at that time, but my death was so worthless! Do you know how it feels to be abandoned? When I was covered in blood and watched your car getting farther and farther away, but couldn't even make a sound, where were you!"