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After throwing the person down the mountain, Li Xuan turned around and took Ji Chen, who was lying on the ground, into his arms.

The person in his arms still had a faint breath, and her chest rose and fell slightly, yet there was no sign of her waking up.

Seeing that she seemed to be on the verge of death, tears welled up in Li Xuan's eyes. This silly girl actually sneaked into the drug den alone. Did she know how cruel those people were? Did she know what this adventure meant?

If all of this was just because this girl wanted to avoid him... Li Xuan didn't dare to think further. He looked up and held back the tears in his eyes, trying hard to keep them from falling.

Li Xuan closed his eyes. The wind on the mountaintop at night was brutal. The tear that he couldn't hold back dried up in such a wind before it even had a chance to fall.

"Forget it!" He lowered his head, channeled his inner strength, and forced out the wolf demon inner core from his body from bottom to top. After the inner core was forced out, it hung in mid-air, surrounded by a purple-black light, which blended perfectly with the night. The inner core stayed in the air for a while, and then Li Xuan used it to heal Ji Chen's injuries.

The light around the inner core spread onto Ji Chen's body bit by bit... The injury on the top of Ji Chen's head gradually shrank, and the rise and fall of her chest became more rapid from being faint.

However, looking at the purple-black inner core again, it became increasingly dim.

In fact, the injuries inflicted by Li Mo last time hadn't fully healed. This time, by forcefully infusing inner strength into another person, his cultivation had been damaged significantly.

Ji Chen had returned to normal, but Li Xuan, who had swallowed the inner core back, had a pale face without a trace of blood. He reached out and brushed away the remaining mark at the corner of Ji Chen's mouth, the last evidence that she had been injured.

He knew that this girl must have been hesitant and surely wanted to avoid him. Well, then... he wouldn't disturb her!

Li Xuan was a bit tired and still gasping for breath. Since Ji Chen had fully recovered, it was time for him to leave!

He gently put Ji Chen down from his arms and staggered aside, looking rather disheveled.

He couldn't help but look back at Ji Chen, shaking his head with a bitter smile. When he turned back again, he leaned against a small tree and spat out a large mouthful of blood. Using his last bit of strength, he pressed his chest and walked away, step by step...

Finally, he collapsed in a relatively secluded place.

The wind on the mountaintop occasionally blew up some leaves, which landed on Li Xuan. He lay there peacefully, without any sign of pain. The few scattered trees also rustled and swayed at this moment...

"Look! There's someone there!"

The police finally arrived. Seeing that Ji Chen on the mountaintop was safe and sound, they all let out a sigh of relief.

Ji Chen lay on the hospital bed, her eyes moving slightly, and then she slowly opened them.

"You're awake! You're awake! You finally woke up! You scared me to death!"

Ji Chen slowly turned to the left. Tian Yimeng was so excited that tears almost came out. Although the doctor kept saying that she was fine, Tian Yimeng just wouldn't believe it. A drug lord's stronghold! How could someone go there and come back safe and sound? That's absurd!

But all these incredible thoughts were thrown out of Tian Yimeng's mind the moment Ji Chen woke up. She picked up Ji Chen, who was still lying on the hospital bed, and kept asking if she felt uncomfortable anywhere, while also constantly checking if there was any damage to the skin exposed outside. Of course, to her surprise, there was none!

"I, how did I get back yesterday?" Ji Chen's mind was in a daze. The scenes from last night kept replaying in her head. It was so dangerous, she had clearly been beaten until she vomited blood, and there had been no chance of her survival...

Ji Chen touched her chest and then her forehead. Something was wrong! It was very wrong! The pain in her memory was still there, so why couldn't she feel anything?

"You still have the nerve to talk! Do you know how dangerous it was yesterday? You were lying so close to the edge of the cliff! Are you crazy? You're perfectly fine. Did you lie there on purpose?"

"Me? Perfectly fine?" Ji Chen's hand was still on her forehead.

"Yeah! The doctor gave you a full-body examination and said that you're even healthier than a normal person, healthier than someone in good physical condition!"

"No, that's not right! This, this can't be possible!" The more Ji Chen listened, the more confused she became. If last night was just a dream, why was she lying by the cliff? But she had clearly been beaten, so how could she be okay?

She was about to ask something else when the ringtone of the mobile phone beside her rang.

It was a police officer on the phone: "Hello? Is this Miss Ji Chen?"

"Yes, this is me!"

"Okay, here's the thing. Could you please come to the city police station now to make a statement..."

"Okay!"

Ji Chen didn't ask any more questions. Seeing that she was okay and after asking the doctor, who also said that she was fine and could be discharged from the hospital, she pulled Tian Yimeng and went directly to the police station.

At the police station, Ji Chen was asking a female police officer at the platform for directions.

"Oh, okay, it's on the left. Just keep walking straight ahead and you'll get there!"

"Okay! Thank you!"

Ji Chen walked towards the left. As she walked, she suddenly slowed down. Then she simply stopped.

"What are you doing? Why did you stop?"

Ji Chen choked up and even took a few steps back, her hands still shaking continuously.

Tian Yimeng immediately sensed that something was wrong and grabbed Ji Chen's shoulder.

"What's wrong with you? Are you feeling unwell somewhere? I told you that hospital wasn't reliable! How could you be okay? Forget it, forget it! Come back to the hospital with me right now!"

Tian Yimeng pulled Ji Chen towards the outside of the police station, but she couldn't move her.

Instead, she felt that Ji Chen's whole body started to shake. She couldn't hold back anymore and was greatly alarmed, and was about to call for help.

But Ji Chen suddenly turned around, and there were tears in her eyes.

Tian Yimeng was really anxious, and she tightened her hand on Ji Chen's shoulder.

She didn't know if she had pinched Ji Chen too hard or something, but Ji Chen's tears just couldn't stop flowing, like a faucet that had been turned on, yet she didn't make a sound.

"Help me... help me take a look. Who... who is that!"

Ji Chen pointed in a direction. Her voice was trembling, and there was obvious excitement in her eyes.

Tian Yimeng looked in the direction that Ji Chen was pointing at, and then she was also greatly shocked.

"That person, that person looks so much like..."

Tian Yimeng also realized who it was, but she didn't dare to say any more.

Zhen Yu! He was Zhen Yu! The person who had disappeared without a trace for so many years! Why was he here? Why did he come back?

"Tell me, he... he is Zhen Yu, right? He is Zhen Yu!"

Ji Chen's lips kept trembling, and Tian Yimeng's face was filled with pity. This person had been gone for so long, and now he was here! After all these years, Ji Chen had finally shown signs of letting go, and now he had reappeared!

Ji Chen ignored Tian Yimeng beside her and walked towards the man who was facing away from her not far away. As she walked, she started to run.

She had really persuaded herself countless times that Zhen Yu had disappeared and she would never see him again! It was time to let go! But she could deceive others, not herself.

She had also thought about what she would be like if she saw this person again one day. Since he had abandoned her for so long, she must pretend to be aloof and ignore him. At the very least, she had to wait for this person to apologize first...

But the reality always backfired. She ran and kept running until she stopped in front of the man.

With a tentative voice, she asked softly, "Zhen Yu?"

The man seemed to be stunned for some reason, but after a moment, he stood up and turned towards Ji Chen...

When the man turned around, Ji Chen couldn't hold back any longer. Her body couldn't support her, and she collapsed to the ground, then burst into tears.

She no longer cared about the puzzled looks from the police officers who were handling the case beside her.

Tian Yimeng also ran over quickly. She walked up to Ji Chen, squatted down, and tried to help her up. But no matter what, Ji Chen just kept crying, uncontrollably, crying her heart out.

No matter how Tian Yimeng tried to persuade her, she didn't respond at all.

Zhen Yu stood there in a daze, then walked around the chair and squatted down in front of Ji Chen. He gently took away the hand that Ji Chen had used to cover her face. Ji Chen widened her eyes, looked at the person in front of her, and said, "I've missed you so much!" Then she hugged Zhen Yu tightly.

Zhen Yu's heart tightened, and a flood of overwhelming pity welled up in his heart. Over all these years, he had been trapped in the mountains without any news, and this girl must have been worried sick! He really wanted to slap himself hard for making such a girl worry!

Everyone thought that Zhen Yu was an irresponsible playboy and that his relationship with Ji Chen was just for fun, that he would abandon her once he got what he wanted.

But only heaven knew how much Zhen Yu loved this woman! To him, this woman could never be just an ordinary person!

Remember when he was seven years old, his mother took him away from his father, who often abused him, and they lived alone. But one night, a creature like a wolf suddenly broke into the house. Although it looked like a wolf, it was surrounded by an unusual black aura. It must have been a demon! In order to protect him, his mother locked him in the room while she stood in front of the door, firmly blocking the wolf demon and not allowing it to hurt him, even a little bit.

And he, being extremely scared, hid behind the door and kept crying out for his mother. But through the gap, he saw how the wolf demon bit his mother to death, bite by bite...

But his mother had held fast to the door until she died...

That night, he cried all night in the room. He didn't dare to run out until the wolf demon left the next day. But when he saw the bloodstains all over the ground and only a skeleton left in front of the door, he hugged the skeleton and cried until there were no more tears...

After he buried his mother, he walked alone on the street with nowhere to go. But when he was crossing the road, he almost got hit by a truck. At that time, he just stared blankly at the truck shining with dazzling light as it drove straight towards him...

He didn't want to dodge. Instead, he turned around and faced the truck directly, ready to welcome the death that could liberate him with a nearly desperate sneer...