Chapter 133: Volume 1, Chapter 133 – Tenant (End)

Shi Xuan has already sent people to block off Shi Hui's (Shi Father's) livelihood; this time he won't let him escape again.

So he gave up everything, wanting to walk with her, leave this city, go to where she is.

After tonight he thought it through; if she refuses, he will just watch her from afar, and he is willing to do so.

Jiang Zhi frowned slightly.

She clearly knows what the boy has given up; he has schemed for so long, painstakingly climbed to this position, yet for her he abandoned it.

Moreover… moreover…

"No!"

Having heard the reply, Shi Xuan had long been mentally prepared; his eyes held not a trace of negative emotion, only a relieved smile.

"Good."

Although he agreed, his body remained unmoving, showing no intention to leave.

Jiang Zhi knew what he was thinking.

If she could really make it to another city by six o'clock to spend the rest of her life there, she thought she might agree to his words.

But her path only leads to a dead end.

"Shi Xuan, can't you see? I fear you, I despise you, because you've killed so many people, utterly inhuman! The only reason I want to accompany you tonight is your father's order; otherwise I could never leave." Jiang Zhi said, her expression blank, uttering words devoid of any feeling.

"Stay out of my sight; I never want to see you again in this life."

Shi Xuan's face turned ashen, his fingers clenched tightly, and a gentle smile appeared on his lips.

"I know all of that." He said hoarsely, a faint red tint at the corners of his eyes: "May I see you off to the train station? I won't pester you."

His tone was humble and weak.

He feared that the Lu family's people would follow her and abduct her.

At least watching her leave the city safely would put his mind at ease.

Jiang Zhi tasted a metallic tang, could no longer suppress it, covered her chest, and spat out a mouthful of blood.

Dark red blood spattered onto the ground; the girl's face turned pallid, almost translucent, as she lay back on the bench, trembling on the verge of collapse.

Seeing this, Shi Xuan's eyes suddenly suffused with scarlet, his eye sockets seeming to split.

"Zhizhi!!"

His fingers touched the warm blood, he clenched them in panic, thoughts raced through his mind, and a thought sprang up.

"Did he give you poison to drink?"

Recalling what she had said.

She went to the Underground Casino in order to kill him.

Shi Xuan stepped forward to lift her, but she, with her last vestiges of consciousness, gripped his hand.

"Come… it's too late!" Jiang Zhi's lips frothed with blood, her voice muffled and fragmented: "Shi Xuan, you, you listen to me."

Shi Xuan's usually calm and steady brows and eyes were now shattered, falling into despair; he fled, cradling her in his arms, stumbling as he ran in a direction.

"You won't die; I won't let you die." The boy's breath was unsteady, yet firm: "He wants me dead; as long as I die, you can live."

Jiang Zhi summoned the last of her strength to halt his steps: "Shi Xuan! Stop!"

The boy's crimson eyes welled with tears, which slid down his cheeks and landed on the back of her hand, hanging mid-air.

A warmth spread across the back of Jiang Zhi's hand; she slightly raised her brows, gazing at his cold, hard, sharp jawline, and sighed helplessly: "It's too late… I just want to talk with you."

"Shi Xuan, live well…"

Her words faded into the autumn breeze.

The girl in his arms ceased breathing, and everything faded away with her.

Just like his heart.

"But without you, living is agonizing."

——

【Song Wei Side Story】

Song Wei, who had spent the day searching outside, returned and immediately went to her rented apartment; seeing the empty, cold room, his blood‑gem‑like eyes dimmed and lost their luster.

If he could have taken her away earlier, would it not have been like this?

The air had cleared of her scent; the room held only a faint dusty smell.

Song Wei called out softly.

"Zhizhi."

"Zhizhi."

"……"

One call after another, yet he never received a reply.

Song Wei, dazed and dispirited, left the room; upon returning to his lodgings, the first thing he noticed was a slip of paper stuffed into the door crack.

It was paper from his notebook.

Song Wei picked up the slip, thinking the words were his own, but upon seeing the few lines clearly, his motion halted.

(Hello, Song Wei.

When you see this letter, I should have already left this world.

Don't worry, I haven't died; I've merely gone to another world.

Then I especially thank you for your protection during this time; without you, I would probably have been captured long ago, so please don't blame yourself—it's not your fault!

Finally, I want to tell you, your eyes are very beautiful; you don't need to wrap them in black cloth every day.

Goodbye.

——Jiang Zhi.)

Song Wei's fingers holding the note trembled slightly, he stared fixedly at the words on it, his thin lips clenched tight.

He yanked off the black cloth wrapped behind his ears, and his blood-red eyes surged with a chilling luster.

His body went limp, half-kneeling on the ground, nearly losing all reason, leaving only a bloodthirsty thought.

She left…

She disappeared from this world…

His brain was instantly flooded with countless memories; after a long while, Song Wei let out a light sigh, his speech no longer stumbling, his voice smooth and low, sexy.

"Zhizhi, no matter which world you go to, I will always be with you."

"Are you feeling a bit shaken? You're falling for me, right?"

————

Having just broken free from the Punishment World, Jiang Zhi heard those two sentences halfway down the road.

It wasn't hard to guess who was speaking from the familiar voice.

She fell into the blank time station; her body, wracked with excruciating pain, instantly returned to normal, the pain vanished, leaving only weakness and frailty.

"Host! You finally came out!" 777 exclaimed excitedly.

Upon hearing its voice, Jiang Zhi realized she had already left the dangerous Punishment Instance.

Lying in the Rest Cabin, she gasped weakly: "System, I almost didn't make it!"

777's voice choked up: "I saw every day you spent in the Punishment Instance; you will definitely never go back in, Host."

Randomly assigned to an S-level Punishment Instance, surrounded on all sides, with tigers and wolves lurking, it was incredibly perilous.

Jiang Zhi thought of something and asked it: "Why is the villain #%& also in there?"

As soon as she spoke, she realized the villain's name she had just uttered had been censored.

Unconvinced, she said it again.

"Villain &@%"

777 sighed: "It's useless, Host; he is an existence surpassing the Creator God Lord, I lack the qualification to hear him."

Jiang Zhi: "………"

"Fine, then why did he appear in the Punishment World?"

After some thought, 777 carefully said: "He can go to any world; even a Punishment Instance cannot stop him. It's not strange for him to follow you, Host."

In short.

Basically, he's latched onto her, following her to any world; even if she were transferred back to the Cannon Fodder Department, she'd still run into him.

Only now did Jiang Zhi realize just how terrifying an existence she had provoked.