Still reeling from the first iron grinding

  "What a heartless woman, I really don't understand how that Brother Ming Yan could be so blind to like you?" Chu Qi curled her lip and clicked her tongue, with a face full of regret.

  Twitching at the corner of his mouth, his fists clenched again and again. He kept warning himself in his heart that this guy was just like this, and he couldn't get angry. Moreover, he was his lifesaver, and he couldn't repay kindness with resentment.

  Take a deep breath, calm down as much as possible, and stare at him with a fake smile, "Even if I'm heartless, I'm better than this cold-blooded animal, humph!"

  No longer paying attention to him, she took out her pajamas from the closet, glanced at her uncle outside and said, "Whether you stay or not is up to you. Uncle will be asleep soon, and the living room will be yours then. If you think this place is too small, I'll prepare a coffin for you tomorrow, and I'd be happy to foot the bill!"

  I walked out, and he actually followed me out. He looked up at the clock and slightly curled his mouth. "It's better to sleep a little later tonight, in case we're late for our guest, that would be very rude!"

  His feet stopped in place, his hands clenched tightly on his clothes, and he swallowed hard. He steeled himself to walk into the bathroom, this bath was the most uncomfortable one I've ever taken in my life, and tonight was destined to be the most uncomfortable night of my life.

  After coming out of the bathroom, I entered Uncle's room on the pretext of finding something and knocked on the ranking of Ba Jia Xian, "Come see me after turning off the lights, it's extremely urgent!"

  Chu Qi sat lazily on the bed, puzzled and asked: "Are you calling for help? Can that Ba Jia Xian's tablet save you and your whole family?"

  I'm no longer in the mood to deal with him, I didn't even look at him and went straight back to my room to wait for Chang Yu's arrival.

  I anxiously waited for the sound of my uncle turning off the lights, glanced at my phone to check the time, and slowly closed my eyes. Just then, I heard the door being pushed open from outside, and Chang Yu said in a nasal tone, "What's going on now? There's such a strong smell of blood, what happened? Who got hurt?"

  Hearing the commotion, my tightly-strung heart finally calmed down a bit. I turned around to look at Chang Yu, who was pinching his nose in distaste, and pointed at Chu Qi, who was sitting on my bed, saying: "It's not me, it's him."

  Chu Qi's eyes widened in shock, staring at the man who had suddenly appeared out of nowhere. Her face, normally calm and collected, was now filled with alarm. She stood up involuntarily, frozen in place.

  "What happened to Killer Chu Qi, how did he become a living soul? Where's Flame?" Chang Yu didn't see Ming Yan, and indifferently glanced at Chu Qi, raising an eyebrow. Without paying attention to his expression, she just smiled politely.

  Noticing my trembling fear, he put his hand on my head again, "Haven't I come out? I said as long as I'm here, everyone in this house will be safe and sound, okay?"

  Lying in the hospital, today... After calming down a bit, my voice was somewhat choked, and tears could no longer be held back, helplessly bursting into Changyu's arms and crying out.

  I'm really scared, the events of the day are still unsettling, and Ming Yan is not by my side, but at night I'm actually disturbed again. This dark life is really terrifying, I'm about to collapse.

  Honestly speaking, Chang Yu comforted me as I sat on the bed, saying that everything would be fine with him around and that all I needed to do was sleep peacefully, for tomorrow's sun would still rise in the same way and everything would start anew.

  Then took Chu Qi away from my room, leaving me alone in the darkness.

  I sat huddled on the bed, saying I wasn't afraid was a lie. Just like when people are facing real life and death, no matter how calm they appear on the surface, their hearts are still racing with anxiety. After all, we're just ordinary people, how many can face life and death with equanimity?

  It's better to die than to be left hanging in a state of limbo, that's the real torture.

  In the darkness, the spiritual key on my wrist was emitting a faint blue light. I took it off and grasped it tightly in my palm. Placing it on my chest, I calmed down and focused on sensing what it wanted to convey to me.

  I closed my eyes, and I clearly saw many black-clad men surrounding the bottom of my building. Each person had a gun in their hand, and some even had ropes on their bodies. Some people stayed downstairs to keep watch, while others rushed into the corridor, quietly making their way up to the rooftop. With nimble hands, they then climbed down from the rooftop.

  I clutched my chest tightly, unable to help but open my eyes to look at the dark shadow outside the window. Tears couldn't help but fall down. Closing my eyes again, I didn't dare to look anymore. Curling up into a ball and shivering with fear, there was only one person's shadow in my heart, calling out his name: "Ming Yan, save me..."

  Since when did I become so dependent on Ming Yan? Even I'm not clear about it. All I know is that without him, I've already lost my strength and courage.

  Whether it was due to jealousy, fear or simply being too tired, in any case when I opened my eyes again, it was already the next morning. The alarm clock rang on time and woke me up. My uncle came to call me for dinner as usual. Everything seemed just like what Chang Yu said, a new day had begun.

  I searched for Chui Qi and Chang Yu's figures in the room, but except for the window reflection of sunlight, they seemed to have never appeared. Only the T-shirt stained with blood on the floor by the bed reminded me that everything that happened yesterday was not a dream.

  My uncle said to me while we were having dinner, but I don't know what happened yesterday. The glass at the side entrance of the office building was smashed by someone, and there were bloodstains on the ground, but it's unknown who did such a despicable thing. Even the surveillance video from the security room didn't capture anyone. The only thing that appeared was me walking by, but nothing unusual happened at that time.

  Lowering my head to eat, I didn't dare respond directly, lowering my head to glance at my wrist, and somehow this thing had returned to my wrist without any unusual movement. Breaking off a piece of bread and stuffing it into my mouth, I stared at the spirit key, wondering if everything I saw last night was just an illusion? Or did I really have a terrible dream yesterday?

  As I walked downstairs, the neighbors and my uncle greeted me warmly. Everything seemed so calm and natural. I looked up at the rooftop, where wild grass grew stubbornly along the edges. It seemed like nothing had changed, but in places that no one noticed, there were still scars left behind.

  For example, rusty fences with things tied to them are slightly shiny from wear, and there are footprints of weeds being trampled...

  "What are you looking up at? You'll be late for work if you don't hurry." My uncle came over to me, patted me on the back, and didn't notice anything out of the ordinary.

  I shouted to the uncle who was about to get on the bus, "Can you help me tell them? I'm going to see a friend who had an accident, and I'll be late. I rushed back yesterday and didn't feel at ease."

  The uncle was somewhat worried, but ultimately agreed.

  Flagged a taxi and arrived at the hospital from yesterday, rushed to the ICU ward entrance, inquired about Chu Qi's condition. After all, as long as Chu Qi was fine, Ming Yan would naturally be fine too.

  The nurse gave me an unexpected answer, saying that the patient had called a friend after waking up and insisted on being discharged from the hospital to rest at home. Despite the doctor's advice to stay in the hospital for observation for two more days, he was eventually discharged.

  I slumped in the chair and dialed Qiu Qi's phone, but the other party's phone was actually turned off and couldn't be reached no matter what.

  He walked away with ease, but what about Ming Yan? Ming Yan didn't come home for a whole night, he's clearly free now, so why hasn't he gone back?

  I stared at my phone, sitting dazed on the long bench for a while. I looked blankly at the hurried passing figures and walked towards the stairs with heavy footsteps.

  Chang Yu has been out since yesterday and hasn't come back, Chu Qi is avoiding me, probably feeling annoyed. But where did Ming Yan go?

  He can sense me, but I can't sense him, where should I go to find him?

  I feel a bit wronged, after the shock and fear that followed yesterday, I thought everything would return to normal today, but unexpectedly, the person I wanted to see most has disappeared.

  I walked down the stairs step by step, tears streaming out of my eyes. I wiped them away one wave after another, but they still lingered. No matter how hard I tried to control myself, it just wouldn't listen to me, and I lost control.

  Deserted safe passage, echoing with my sobbing voice. Helplessly sitting on the stairs, finally cried out recklessly, wronged like a child, repeatedly saying: "Scoundrel, you also played lost, fooled me around!"

  "Who's the swindler? This guy was just dragged by me to save people, busy for half a night and rushing back, just afraid you'd worry!" The lazy voice of Chang Yu echoed behind me, along with Ming Yan who stood beside him, looking like he was in another world.

  I wiped away tears and rushed into Ming Yan's arms. "Where did you go? Why didn't you come home? Why weren't you waiting for me at the hospital?"

  Tears streaming down, in the moment I hugged Ming Yan, I felt his back stiffen and tremble slightly. It seemed like he had hesitated for a long time before hugging me, his voice was choked with emotion, and his gentle tone whispered in my ear, "You came all the way here just to pick me up?"

  Isn't this nonsense? Listening to it makes me angry, I pushed him away and took out a tissue, wiping away my snot and tears together, complaining: "I'm worried about you, the things you said yesterday sounded like last words, how can I be at ease? Where did that snake take you again, and you even abandoned me without coming home?"

  Ming Yan couldn't help but smile wryly, looking at Chang Yu's innocent face, and pulled my hand to explain: "He didn't blame me for bringing you here. It was Chu Qi who came to find me at dawn, saying that he told Chang Yu where Mrs. Yuan was, and asked me to come and meet him, as a favor to you."

  "Then, is Mrs. Yuan safe and sound now?" I was somewhat surprised that Chu Qi would be so generous as to reveal Mrs. Yuan's whereabouts, and even took the initiative to come find Ming Yan to switch back their bodies!

  Ming Yan's complexion was still okay, I didn't see any changes in him due to the consequences of this impulse. He smiled at me with a pleased expression, "En, she has already returned home safely. Most things are almost over, when you have a day off, we'll go see Yuan Lei together, those mysteries I've all solved, there are some words that should be laid out."

  "Ah." The day has finally come.