Chapter 752: Is It Being Moved or Is It Love?

"Open the door."

The guard opened the iron door.

Nianyin went in, Lao Qi came up to greet her, and suddenly Nianyin flew into a kick, striking Lao Qi in the lower abdomen.

He was caught off guard and had not expected to be beaten at all.

He was knocked into the corner in one blow, nearly losing his breath!

"Lowly commoner, you still dare to find your way here?"

Nianyin rushed over, beating and scolding him: "Do you think the women of our Ji Family are easy to bully? An outsider daring to barge into the Ji Family so brazenly—I see you are just courting death."

"Courting death, are you? I'll grant your wish; no need to wait until tomorrow, I'll send you on your way today!"

"Slap!"

"Slap! Slap!"

"Slap! Slap! Slap!"

Lao Qi's face was hit by several slaps from Nianyin in succession, making his ears ring with a "buzzing" sound.

Actually, it wasn't just his ears that were ringing; his brain was "buzzing" too.

Lao Qi felt his brain wasn't working anymore; was the fierce, menacing woman in front of him really Nianyin?

This woman was high and mighty, just like all the overbearing women he had seen today!

But she was different from the Nianyin in his impression—very different, like a completely different person.

Nianyin kept beating and scolding him, showing him no mercy at all.

Lao Qi's handsome face soon swelled up like a pig's head, even more miserable than the time he beat Ji Yingjie at the hospital!

Ji Yingjie sat behind the screen.

She took in this entire scene, and she nodded with satisfaction.

She was very satisfied with Nianyin.

She was worthy of being a woman of the Ji Family; after all, she had watched her grow up since she was a child, so she was indeed different.

Nianyin's heart was still leaning toward the Ji Family, toward her.

Ji Yingjie was feeling smug when suddenly—the screen went dark.

"What is going on?"

Ji Yingjie shouted for people: "Someone come here, quickly check the lines; why is the Monitoring Room out of power?"

There was no one outside, as if everyone had fallen asleep.

……

The Dungeon.

Just when Lao Qi was in total despair, Nianyin suddenly stopped and quickly said in his ear: "Don't struggle, follow me, I'll explain to you once we're outside."

She grabbed Lao Qi by the collar and ordered the guard: "Open the door."

The guard hesitated slightly: "Elder, the Clan Leader ordered that this prisoner cannot be taken out."

"I will take responsibility for any issues, what are you afraid of? Open the door."

A higher rank crushes those below.

The hierarchy in this place, the Ji Family, was very strict; those without sufficient rank didn't even have the qualification to ask an extra question.

The guard dared not say more and opened the door, and Nianyin successfully brought the person out.

Along the way, she deliberately avoided people.

Whenever she saw someone coming, she would hide with Lao Qi, and while hiding and moving, they finally reached the edge of the Forest; only then did she tear the tape off Lao Qi's mouth and untie his ropes.

Then Nianyin climbed up a tree in a few quick movements, took down a bulging backpack from above, and shoved it into Lao Qi's arms: "Go quickly, run far away, once you leave here, never come back... mmph!"

Nianyin was caught off guard and was suddenly pulled into Lao Qi's embrace.

Her lips were blocked.

It was cold and carried a hint of sweetness.

Damn it, this was her first kiss.

Nianyin's brain crashed; she couldn't think of anything, couldn't do anything, and her hands and feet wouldn't obey her.

She should have broken free, but her hands involuntarily hugged him instead.

She didn't know how much time had passed.

The two separated, gasping for breath.

Lao Qi gently held her hand, placed it to his lips, and kissed it, saying affectionately: "Nianyin, come with me."

"I can't."

She shook her head gently: "You go by yourself; I am a person of the Ji Family in life, and a ghost of the Ji Family in death."

"You should know by now that I am an Elder of the Ji Family, and guarding the Ji Family is my eternal duty; I cannot leave."

Two crystal-clear teardrops flowed down her cheeks.

Nianyin could not bear to part with Lao Qi.

But she had to let him leave, and she could not leave with him.

Perhaps this was the fate of the two of them, like a carousel—chasing each other yet maintaining an eternal distance!

"No, I absolutely, absolutely will not leave by myself; I'm not going." Lao Qi also cried, his tears flowing into his mouth, bitter and astringent.

A man does not easily shed tears, it is just that he has not yet reached the point of heartbreak.

"You go, I cannot watch you die in front of me as well..."

Nianyin cried uncontrollably.

She had experienced such pain once before, and she never wanted to experience it a second time.

"No, I am not leaving."

"You must leave!"

The two of them, one insisting on not leaving no matter what, and the other insisting that he must leave, neither could convince the other.

"Fine, I agree to leave, but before I go, I want to go to Feiying's grave to take a look. Once I've seen it, I'll go." Lao Qi finally relented, but he proposed a strange request.

"You, what are you going there for?"

Nianyin felt a bit guilty; she did not want Lao Qi to go over there.

"Don't worry about it. This is a matter between us men. If you cannot agree to this request, I definitely will not leave."

Nianyin:...

She knew just how stubborn Lao Qi was.

Seeing that dawn was approaching, they could not dawdle any longer.

It would not be long before the Clan Leader discovered she had let Lao Qi go, and if they continued to dawdle, even if they wanted to run, they would not be able to.

Nianci could help her stall the Clan Leader for an hour, one hour at most; it could not be for too long.

Even for just one hour, they were taking on a huge risk.

Nianyin said, "Fine, you go there, take a look, and then leave!"

"Understood. I will say a few words, and once I'm done, I'll leave." Lao Qi agreed, implicitly adding a condition.

Nianyin: "Follow me."

Feiying Mu was also on the edge of the Forest, though it was still a distance away from here; it was possible to enter the Forest directly from there.

There were surveillance blind spots in the Forest; as long as one entered those blind spots, they would be safe.

The edge of the Ji Family.

The ancestral graves.

Feiying's grave was very inconspicuous, but the surroundings were very clean; one could tell at a glance that it was frequently tended to.

Lao Qi had heard the name "Feiying" many times, but this was the first time he had seen him, yet it was after his death, in the capacity of a romantic rival.

He sat before the tombstone and said gently to Nianyin, "Could you step aside?"

"Hurry up. Being discovered by the Clan Leader is no joke; she definitely won't let you off..." Nianyin was now only thinking about whether Lao Qi could leave this place safely.

Lao Qi said, "Five minutes. I will definitely be done within five minutes."

"Okay."

Actually, she had wanted to compress the time to three minutes, but now was not the time to haggle, so she decided to let it be.

Nianyin walked a few steps away and watched the surroundings vigilantly; she was standing guard for Lao Qi, fearing that people from the clan would find this place.

She did not notice at all that her attention was entirely on Lao Qi, and when facing Feiying's grave again, she no longer felt that heart-wrenching sensation.

Lao Qi looked at the photo on the tombstone; he looked like a rogue, but Feiying was indeed quite handsome.

"Feiying, if it weren't for the fact that I am sitting here and you are lying there, our first meeting would surely have been a life-or-death struggle."

"You were a big villain, a thorough, wicked villain who stopped at nothing. Kidnapping, murder—you did it all. Our Chairman's Wife and Miss Wan'er almost died at your hands. If you weren't lying here, I would have made you lie somewhere else."

"But today I want to thank you. Thank you, you wicked villain, for doing one good deed: saving Nianyin. You will go to heaven. In your next life, be reborn well and live properly; be a good person..."

"You died to save Nianyin, so it can be said you died for a worthy cause. Rest assured, I will protect Nianyin from now on and not let her suffer even the slightest harm. You should be able to rest in peace."

Lao Qi looked at the watch on his wrist: four minutes and thirty-seven seconds.