He Really Stopped
Shen Yue led her around the weeds and kept silent. The time she spent with him wasn’t short, either. Zhao Jianlong already knew his quiet personality, he was like a moving wood.
Originally, she was just cursing silently, but she laughed out loud, causing Shen Yue to stop. Zhao Jianlong almost bumped into his back and immediately waved away those inappropriate thoughts. She raised her head warily and asked,” What’s wrong?”
Shen Yue did not reply. He took about ten steps forward and bent down, turning the huge stone with difficulty. Seeing this, Zhao Jianlong didn’t ask why and hurriedly stepped forward to help. She figured there must be some sort of mechanism.
Sure enough, the trunk of the big tree behind him revealed a hole half a person high. Shen Yue pushed the huge rock down first and then grabbed the crutch on the ground. He used the support of the crutch and slid down. Zhao Jianlong looked at the narrow tree hole and hesitated, not daring to follow.
At the bottom, there was a long-prepared bundle. Shen Yue collapsed, used a flint and lit two candles. He stared at the candles and quietly said, “The people from the Blood Ethereal Sect are still nearby.”
There was nothing more terrifying than this. Zhao Jianlong quickly jumped down. Shen Yue handed a candle to her and passed by her. She pulled down the rope and closed the tree hole again.
The two of them were very close to each other, faces nearly touching. He inadvertently lowered his sight to look at her, but he could not move his eyes after. Their eyes were locked together, as if they were being held by an invisible red line.
Her pink lips were like a fresh peach blossom, attracting people to pick. Shen Yue’s eyes darkened and his Adam’s apple rolled. He strongly restrained himself from acting impulsively. If not for how inconvenient it was to move, he would have pounced on her long ago. The discomfort in his body kept his mind in check at all times. Every time he was in deep trouble, he would be able to withdraw at any time.
Shen Yue bent down and tied the rope to the stone before walking into the cave. Zhao Jianlong thought that he was using a stone to raise his foothold, but he didn’t expect it to be used to block the opening of the mechanism.
Underneath the tree hole was a tunnel dug into yellow mud and was only big enough for one person to pass through. The narrow environment could suppress one’s emotions. Zhao Jianlong saw that she wasn’t as calm as he was, so she had many questions in her heart. Finally, she could not help but ask, “You…” She knew his name was Shen Yue, but she did not know how to address him. “Why are you here?”
Because with Zhao Qinghuai and his subordinates, they still hadn’t reached the level where they could save people from Blood Ethereal Sect. Therefore, he could only use his body to take a risk and lure those who were chasing after him to this place, using the hands of his fellow disciples to remove the corrupt Sect. The only reason he so clearly knew their hidden location was because of the prophets from his previous life.
Because the Blood Ethereal Sect was dressed like Shen Yue, the assassins of the Red Fox Sect would rather kill them all rather than possibly miss killing him.
She knew that Shen Yue would not answer her. He had left without warning, and there were many things he did not respect. This caused Zhao Jianlong to accumulate resentment for many days. At this moment, there was no one around. She pulled away his crutch, causing him to fall to the ground in a sorry state, the candle in his hand rolling a few meters away.
When she heard the sound of his body hitting the ground, she felt a little regretful. After all, she did not have such a ruthless heart to torture people.
“Where exactly are you taking me? Tell me. Otherwise, we will not leave.” Zhao Jianlong put the walking stick behind her, crossed her arms, and calmly looked down at him.
She was actually willing to stay with him. He couldn’t wait for her not to leave. It would be great if they could always be alone together. However, reality did not allow her to be angry. As long as they walked out from here, everyone would be able to return to the past. This was even better.
He was becoming numb to the pain in his body, but his self-esteem made it so that he could not face her in this position. His fingers grabbed the protruding rock and stood up silently, limping forward without saying a word.
Zhao Jianlong didn’t expect that he wouldn’t be afraid of death. He wasn’t even afraid of pain. He was indeed a wooden person. If he didn’t say anything, then she really had no way to threaten him. “I’m really going to be angered to death by you.”
A sudden thought has her sitting down where she was, angrily saying, “Then you can leave yourself.”
Only after she finished speaking did she realize her own stupidity. If he really left, what would she do? She did not know the way, and what right did she have to think that she could threaten him. Not to mention a person who didn’t even care about her, and the fact that the two of them met on a strange road, why would she do such a stupid thing.
He didn’t fail to live up to Zhao Jianlong’s anxious gaze. He really stopped, and even she felt that it was unimaginable.