"I set it up." Wen Jiubai said calmly, "In order to protect your safety, I set up a barrier around Yan Da a long time ago."
"What? When did you..." Before I was shocked by Wen Jiubai's attack, I realized other problems, "But, if you set up the barrier a long time ago, why do we still encounter all kinds of evil intentions?" The ghost? Even that haunting came to the school."
"Do you know how difficult it is to maintain an enchantment that is half the size of a city?" Wen Jiubai changed into a critical tone that I was familiar with, "It is impossible for me to guard against all the little monsters who want to make trouble. The bigger the net cast, the bigger the hole will be. Ordinary monsters can easily get in through the hole. I set up the barrier just in case, and it is against big monsters like Nian Beast."
"If even parasitic souls are considered 'little monsters looking for trouble', then I really don't know what big monsters will look like." I muttered.
"What did you say?"
"Nothing, nothing." I quickly clarified, "So what now? Has your barrier prevented Ling Xiao and his pet?"
"No." Wen Jiubai sighed, "The barrier is broken, which means that Ling Xiao broke in with his little pet. This is good news."
"What good news are they breaking into the barrier?" I said incredulously.
"Because it is impossible for them to break into the barrier without leaving traces. I can more or less judge the direction they are heading from the magic left over from the magic techniques they used. Most likely they are heading to your school. Gu Yu."
"Wh-why is it my school again?" I muttered angrily, "Why are they all here for the school? Could it be that that thing is really here?"
"What did you say?" Wen Jiubai sharply pointed out, "Why did you say 'again'?"
"Uh, it's nothing." I quickly perfunctory and changed the subject, "Then, if this is really the case, you and Bai should come back quickly! Come and see what's going on."
"And this, Gu Yu, is bad news." Wen Jiubai sighed on the other end, "I hate to admit this, but... Bai and I should have fallen into Ling Xiao's trap."
"What?" I was taken aback.
"Ling Xiao's trap. Bai and I... probably won't be able to rush back to help you in a short time." Wen Jiubai's voice could still be so calm at this time, "Because of Bai's impulsiveness, we were trapped in a barren hill in the outskirts up."
"Wait... what?"
"That's not my fault!" I heard Bai yelling in the background, "You said it was dangerous, so I jumped on it?"
"I said it's dangerous, and I want you to get out of here quickly!" I heard a headache from Wen Jiubai's voice, "At least Gu Yu is much better than you in this regard."
"Stinky fox, what are you talking about?"
"Okay, okay, can you two stop arguing at this time?" I interrupted them helplessly, "Can someone tell me the cause and effect of the matter?"
"It's nothing serious." Wen Jiubai said, "It's just a temporary sealing technique trap, which will prevent us from using demon power for a period of time. It's nothing at all—"
I heard what he meant, "Originally?"
"Unlucky weasel until Bai insisted on attacking the puppet scarecrow who released the spell, which caused a landslide. Now we are all trapped in a dark and cold cave, waiting for the sealing spell to expire." There was a sense of helplessness in Wen Jiubai's voice.
"How can you blame me!" Bai said angrily from behind, "I want to help too!"
"How did this happen?" My first reaction was to find them quickly, "Where are you? I'll go find you right away!"
"No, don't come." Wen Jiubai stopped me calmly, and said, "It will take at least half a day to get to the suburbs from where you are, and in case Ling Xiao just spotted this opportunity and wants to play tricks with us, It will totally catch you off guard."
"But... Actually, Zhuxuan is at school now." The matter has come to this point, and I don't need to hide it anymore, so I told them about Zhuxuan, "If I go to save you, he stays there—"
Before I finished speaking, Wen Jiubai interrupted me, "Bai Ze? I knew he would have to get involved in this matter. No, you can't leave him there alone. I don't trust him."
My first one has become two bigger, "Really? It's all at this point, why are you guys refusing to..."
"No, there is no room for negotiation." Wen Jiubai was very firm, "I heard that I was trapped by landslides for a day or two. There is no problem. Bai and I don't need food and water like humans. The biggest problem is probably that the phone is out of battery. and bored. And you must not leave the school now. If according to what you said, even Bai Ze ran to Yanda, then there is a good chance that Yu Ruyi is really there. If Ling Xiao takes advantage of the situation at this time If you enter, it will not only be you and me, but the whole world will be destroyed. In addition, I am not against you and Bai Ze acting together, I just can't trust him."
"Yeah, yeah, of course, neither of you can trust the other," I muttered.
Wen Jiubai didn't know if he heard my dissatisfied tone, his voice suddenly slowed down, "I promise, I will escape this predicament soon. Before that, you must be extremely careful and take care of yourself, okay?"
My mind was in a mess, and I nodded perfunctorily, "I know, I know. Anyway, you just follow your own plan, and you don't need to consider anyone's—"
"Gu Yu, I love you."
I was completely stunned when the other person said such a sentence suddenly and solemnly.
"I love you. I know that I have told too many lies in my life, but I am not lying at this moment." Wen Jiubai's deep voice rubbed my ear, "I will always put your life on the line." Witnessing your death is the scariest thing in my life before anything else. So please trust me, will you?"
Of course I know what kind of person Wen Jiubai is, as long as necessary, he can always open his eyes and tell nonsense without drafting. But this time, for some reason, what he said sounded so serious, even revealing a sense of sadness, even though it seemed like he had copied lines casually from a romance TV series.
It's like parting life and death.
"I got it, I got it!" I quickly interrupted him before he could say more heavy sentences, "I believe you will be fine! Don't talk about those messy flags, I don't care about anything. There won't be. If you insist, I won't go to you, but you'd better find a friend, or call the police or something—"
Before hearing Wen Jiubai's answer, the phone was suddenly disconnected with a "snap". I was taken aback, and tried to call back, but there was only a cold mechanical voice prompting "The phone you dialed has been turned off".
... It seems that there should be no electricity. I was a little annoyed and threw the phone back on the bed.
Wen Jiubai is such a person, he always seems to deliberately maintain a certain sense of mystery in himself, and never speaks out. Afterwards, I will find a lot of excuses for myself, either to protect me or to consider the overall situation.
He always felt that no one would understand the pain and loneliness of a thousand years on his shoulders. Therefore, he will never learn to share, and will always carry all the pressure and tears on his own body, and then cover all the darkness lightly with a light smile, as if this is such a normal thing.
Did he never think that the person he wanted to protect always wanted to protect him
Throwing the phone aside, thinking about messy things in my head. I don't know when, just put on my clothes and fell asleep.