Chapter 2229: Love Trapped in the Fate Cycle 28

"The ashes box! Give it back to me… give it to me!"

Luo Wenbin tried to snatch the ashes box from Shao Huai's hands, but Jin Chen stopped him, hearing: "Teacher Luo, what is your relationship with Si Xi?"

In his daze, he again saw Jin Chen say: "You are the landlord of this apartment."

"……"

Luo Wenbin's complexion was extremely poor, and he squeezed out a few extremely hoarse, unpleasant sounds from his throat: "Yes, yes."

"You know I killed someone, right, kids?"

Standing before him were the students he had once taught with care; this realization made Luo Wenbin even more Distorted, immersed in extreme chaos and Dazed, unable to calm down.

"Si Xi… Si Xi is my daughter."

Luo Wenbin said hoarsely, the hand holding the knife being firmly pressed down by Jin Chen, and he simply relaxed his strength; this sentence pierced his heart like a needle.

Shao Huai also froze, hesitantly wanting to return the ashes box to him: "Teacher Luo, I… I don't know."

"Old Luo, holding a knife makes it hard to hug." Jin Chen reminded.

In response, the sound of a rusty short knife suddenly falling to the ground.

Luo Wenbin held the ashes box tightly, then suddenly heard Xie Guan's somewhat complex and hoarse apology.

"Apology."

Xie Guan said, "Sorry."

"No, no no no…"

Luo Wenbin loudly interrupted him, clearly his mind was not very calm, yet he still shook his head; the eyes, filled with bloodshot veins and creased between wrinkles, stared deeply at Xie Guan.

"Xie Guan, child, it's not your fault, Teacher knows, it's not your fault…… blame who… blame them all!"

Luo Wenbin made a gesture to pat Xie Guan's shoulder, Jin Chen wanted to stop him, but saw Xie Guan shake his head.

"Teacher Luo, do you know the truth?" Xie Guan thought, and then asked.

"Yes! Yes!"

Luo Wenbin shouted, raising his hand to point outside the door: "Blame them for their ignorance and cruelty, blame… Sun Liwei!!"

Upon mentioning that name, Luo Wenbin's hatred in his eyes was rich and massive, almost solidifying; he wished to devour his flesh and blood, even wanting to pick up the knife from the ground again.

"Child, have you heard! Sun Liwei, he embezzled funds and fled, causing the death of your parents, and also killing his bedside wife!"

"Revenge, I want to avenge my daughter, kill those murderers."

At some point, the door of Room 804 was silently opened by Xu Yi.

Upon receiving Jin Chen's gaze, Xu Yi silently moved away.

The residents hearing Luo Wenbin's words, their indignation suddenly ceased, leaving them at a loss.

No one could have imagined that Luo Wenbin was the killer who had slain two people.

Luo Wenbin gazed at them heavily, placed the ashes box aside, and said: "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid…… Father will avenge you."

He gripped the knife tightly and rushed out of Room 804.

Led by Uncle Wang, the residents' faces grew uglier, forced back another step by the glare.

Zhao Chunmei hardened her heart and shouted at Luo Wenbin: "What wrong have we done! Si Xi almost left me homeless, she originally……"

"Enough! What are you deceiving yourselves about!"

Luo Wenbin roared, interrupting: "You've long known you were deceived by Sun Liwei! This year you found out he stopped giving you money, you've long known!"

Zhao Chunmei whispered, clenching her face, stubbornly refusing to admit fault.

"No…"

"Si Xi did nothing wrong, she is innocent…… then who can we blame?!"

It seemed this boundless hatred must have an outlet.

Before, all the hatred was directed at Si Xi.

They used every means to learn that Si Xi was innocent, so who else could they hate?

In the hallway filled with rolling thick smoke.

It was unknown who first fixed their gaze on Xie Guan.

Afterwards, more and more people did so, and the gaze grew heavier.

During this, a sigh or two were interspersed.

Only Jin Chen stood in front of him, blocking those gazes.

The hallway was about to descend into chaos again; Luo Wenbin lost all pretense and swung his knife to strike.

Xu Yi and Shao Huai were neither helping nor stopping, and they certainly didn't want Luo Wenbin to incur another death.

Xie Guan barely twitched the corner of his mouth.

He lightly gripped Jin Chen's fingers, lowered his voice: "The murderer has been found; we can let time continue, stop Teacher Luo from killing, right?"

Jin Chen's fingers curled, he gripped Xie Guan's hand tightly, frowned: "Xie Guan, what are you doing?"

"Among us four, someone has to do this."

Xie Guan said, "Just consider it the final act of atonement."

"You have no sin."

"…… Jin Chen." Xie Guan looked at him, his focused gaze deep and distant, hiding some deeper emotion: "I want to forgive myself; is that not okay?"

Jin Chen lightly sighed: "Aren't you afraid you won't be able to get out? The murderer has been found—what if time doesn't refresh again?"

Xie Guan suddenly narrowed his eyes, pulled down Jin Chen's collar, bit his lower lip, murmured ambiguously, a flash of frenzied emotion passing.

"Then come stay with me……"

Jin Chen: "……"

Jin Chen laughed in exasperation: "Why won't you stay alive with me?"

"I was just joking..." Xie Guan lightly licked the bitten lip, "You must live well."

Xie Guan, looking past Jin Chen's shoulder, saw the chaotic corridor, saw the hateful glances that occasionally stared over, saw the ashes box Luo Wenbin held in his arms.

"Jin Chen, I've wanted to do this for a long time."

Xie Guan smelled his scent, the tip of his nose softly brushed against the neck's hollow, then he stepped back.

Jin Chen's brow twitched slightly, and he ultimately yielded.

"... Okay."

Xie Guan walked out, stood under everyone's gaze, stood in the corridor filled with hateful looks.

"Xie Guan!" Luo Wenbin roared at him, his hoarse voice carrying the authority of someone already near exhaustion.

"What are you doing? You're only twenty, what do you know? Don't interfere in this, don't meddle! I'm the one who wants revenge, it has nothing to do with you! I killed them... it's fine if they're dead..."

Luo Wenbin's incoherent words weren't finished, he choked in his throat.

Everyone saw Xie Guan standing in the corridor, calm and indifferent.

Then he slowly, slowly bent over, like his father on the rooftop about to jump, and bowed to these people.

Shao Huai and Xu Yi were stunned, then looked toward Jin Chen.

Jin Chen stood in the place closest to Xie Guan, his expression solemn and cold, yet his eyes held anguish.

"My father was framed by Sun Liwei, I couldn't uncover the truth, I will investigate."

"You hate him, hate me, hate whoever you like, I only want the truth."

Xie Guan reversed his grip on the dagger, stepped back a few steps.

Then, with practiced ease, he plunged the dagger into his chest.

In the instant the intense pain struck, a white light flashed.