Chapter 63: Separation, Revenge or Death

  "Wait... wait, you've been talking for half a day, your brother is dead, right? Then he won't..." Wang Yi stared with wide eyes, looking around suspiciously, his mouth agape, unable to continue.

  I looked at them, except for Xianxian, everyone else's expression showed varying degrees of tension and terror. I nodded slightly and pointed my index finger at Dabao, who was crouching on the ground, saying in a low voice: "He's just squatting there..."

  As soon as the voice fell, there were gasps all around, and indeed, this matter couldn't be hidden for long. I had thought of solving it secretly before, but didn't expect it to be exposed so quickly. With a sigh of helplessness, the surroundings had already presented an eerie silence. I think that now even if a needle fell, you could hear it, but whether speaking out is good or bad?

  Although many people have great power, sometimes it's just a waste of more casualties! Now, Xianxian is already my brother, and he has been pulled in. Now even his brothers are being implicated, I suddenly feel a sense of guilt, suddenly from the previous calm university life turned into this moment facing life and death choices, I really haven't fully adapted yet.

  "So... where is he taking us?" asked the nearsighted one after a long while.

  "This is also what I want to know, but...” Looking at the uneasy and suspicious expressions of everyone, I couldn't help but frown and continue: “I think there are other people here or... Dabao said that person has been talking to him all along.” Although I didn't explicitly say that the person might be a ghost, I think everyone can hear it.

  "How do you know he's not lying!?" Wang Yi suddenly became agitated, glaring at me and scolding: "He's also someone you indirectly killed, how do you know he doesn't hate you, isn't thinking of ways to make you die?! What other ghosts, it's all just him speaking, you know if he's deceiving you wanting us to be buried together for him!"

  "Wang Yi!" Xian Xian suddenly rebuked, without waiting for him to continue speaking. I calmly said: "I trust Da Bao! This matter has nothing to do with you guys anyway, and you have your own freedom too. So I've decided that we should part ways here. It's been pleasant spending these days with you all. Let's just leave it at that. Maybe we'll meet again if fate allows it."

  “Crazy……” Da Bao had already lifted his head, his face covered in tears, with a deep sense of regret and guilt in his dark eyes. Seeing such a pure yet sorrowful gaze, my heart was struck again, and I unconsciously took two steps forward, stretching out my hand which was grasped by Da Bao. I pulled him up, saying lightly: “Let’s go.” After that, facing Xian Xian's complex gaze, I only responded with an apologetic smile, then turned around and walked away with Da Bao without looking back, until the light behind us completely disappeared, and I finally let out a deep breath.

  "Feng Zi, I..."

  The hand holding mine was very cold, extremely cold, a chill ran through my body from his palm, but I didn't let go. Although it was freezing, it made my mind clearer. Seeing Da Bao standing still, I turned around and met his face filled with knots and pain, and couldn't help but smile: "It's okay, you said that person is in a lot of pain, can you find him? Maybe we can lend a hand."

  Da Bao's hand trembled slightly as he looked at me in disbelief, muttering: "Do you really believe me?"

  "What kind of brothers are we, growing up together since childhood! If even you don't believe me, am I still human? Even if it's not because of me that he died, can I just stand by and watch my brother get into trouble?! I couldn't do such a thing!"

  Dabao bit his lip tightly, and tears welled up in his eyes once again. He nodded, and said seriously: "Right, we are good brothers!"

  I don't know if there are any traps inside the passage, anyway, Da Bao and I have been walking for so long without anything happening. The flashlight is flashing on and off, it looks like it's running out of battery soon. The food was finished a while ago when we were trapped, and the food that Pei Zi and others gave us was all left with Xian Xian and others. I didn't bring anything away, so now there's no food or water in my bag, only a few low-grade matches and cold cigarettes, which I don't want to waste unless it's absolutely necessary.

  All the way, my stomach was growling from time to time, and my mouth was dry and uncomfortable. The flashlight had been turned off long ago, but fortunately, Da Bao's "body" was different from mine, and in the complete darkness, it emitted a faint glow. I followed him step by step, at first still able to say a few words to him from time to time, but now simply following him in a daze, relying on my instincts.

  "Fengfeng, do you really believe him?" That person had asked more than once in her mind.

  "I've already made it clear, I believe him, how many more times do you want to ask!" Feeling the blood in my body turn icy cold, I could only tightly wrap my clothes around me and retort with discontent in my heart.

  "You're not bad at all, you'd better know that I'm another you. If you didn't have this idea, I wouldn't ask..."

  "Shut up! I don't want to hear it!" How could Da Bao possibly harm me? We've been friends from elementary school to university, for over a decade. How can our friendship change just like that? To say something unpleasant, even raising a dog has feelings, let alone a living person, and we're brothers who have been together for over a decade!

  Although I didn't want to listen to that madman's words, I was powerless to stop him. He sneered and laughed coldly, saying: "He died because of you, you'd better make it clear for me. You want to die, but I don't want to die in such a unclear and stupid way!"

  "Or are you not looking for your dad anymore? Don't you want to know who ruined your family, who killed your uncles and aunts, and that kind and gentle grandmother of yours? Alas, it's really pitiful. They had escaped once, how could they suddenly die of illness?! Do you really believe your grandmother died from excessive grief?! Haha, it seems like your life is truly a tragedy! This family has been unfortunate to have you, in the end dying without clarity, and no one even avenged their death!"

  Sentence after sentence of heartless words made my heart filled with sorrow and indignation, the wound was reopened again, and salt was ruthlessly poured on it. I only felt an intense pain in my chest.

  "Fengdie, what's wrong? Are you uncomfortable somewhere?" Da Bao suddenly put his hand on my shoulder, and the chill that pierced to the bone came instantly. I shook off the dizziness in my mind, forced a smile and said: "Nothing, just a bit hungry."

  "It's all my fault." Da Bao showed a hint of apology, then suddenly grinned and said: "Feng Zhi, hold on for a bit, we'll be there soon. When the time comes, I'll go find some food for you, okay?"

  "En." I nodded weakly, my legs feeling as if they had been loaded with a thousand catty of sandbags. I was both hungry and thirsty, and my body was exhausted to the point of collapse, but I still continued to follow him.

  "I knew all that you said." After walking for a while, I let out a sigh and said faintly in my heart: "I won't give up on life so easily. Before finding my dad and fully understanding the truth, I absolutely will not die!"

  "If Da Bao truly resents me, once everything is over, I will unhesitatingly sacrifice my life to make amends with him. But the current him, this version of him, no matter what, I will not abandon him. I believe that there is a solution to every problem..."

  After finishing speaking, it was quiet for a long time, and then a faint sigh could be heard...