The woman has a thin figure, and her slightly pretty oval face is extremely pale.
It's like applying heavy foundation.
At this moment, she was lying quietly on the bed, her eyes were cloudy and lifeless, staring blankly at the beam, as if in a daze.
Even when Li Nanke came in, she didn't react at all.
Her other hand gently caressed her bulging belly, as if she was feeling the warmth of blood and family affection.
"Mrs. Jiang."
Leng Siyuan looked complicated and called softly.
Seeing that the woman had no reaction, he pointed at Li Nanke and said, "His name is Li Nanke, and he is Lao Jiang's friend."
The word "old ginger" caused a slight change in the woman's eyes.
But his eyes were full of sorrow and despair.
"Did you tell her?"
Seeing the woman's expression of "no sorrow is greater than heartbreak", Li Nanke turned to Leng Siyuan and asked.
Leng Siyuan nodded, "I can't lie, I can only tell the truth."
Li Nanke was silent.
There is nothing more heartbreaking than hearing that your husband has died before you can rejoice after being saved.
He looked at the woman's bulging belly.
Mrs. Jiang was four months pregnant before her "death", and now she is almost seven months pregnant.
This is Lao Jiang’s child.
It's a pity...Lao Jiang couldn't see his child being born.
Unless he is resurrected as a grave man.
This is also the reason why Li Nanke wanted to drag him to death at midnight.
But so what if he is resurrected, it is nothing more than experiencing life and death again. Of course, being able to see that mother and son are safe can be regarded as fulfilling a wish.
"Lao Jiang still has one breath left. Do you want to see him?"
Li Nanke asked.
Mrs. Jiang's empty eyes flickered, tinged with a hint of brilliance, and she turned to look at Li Nanke, "What did you say?"
Her voice was hoarse and tight, with excitement.
Li Nanke said: "Old Jiang is still alive, but he has turned into a monster. Are you sure you want to see him?"
"Meet...I want to see him..."
The woman wanted to get up excitedly, but fell back down. She was helpless and tightly grabbed the corner of Li Nanke's clothes, with tears in her eyes, "Please let me see him! Please..."
Li Nanke said: "I will bring him to see you, but I want to ask you a few questions, is that okay?"
"Can you please bring my husband here first? As long as you bring him here, I will answer whatever you ask."
The woman begged with tears.
But seeing that Li Nanke had no intention of leaving, she could only compromise, "Okay, you can ask, please ask quickly."
Li Nanke asked: "Why are you still alive?"
This is a question that everyone is concerned about. Leng Siyuan also asked it before. Unfortunately, after the woman heard that her husband died, she was unwilling to say anything.
At this time Li Nanke gave the woman a glimmer of hope.
Even if the end of this hope is still darkness, it is enough for her to speak.
"I don't know, I've been in that secret room since I woke up..."
Mrs. Jiang shook her head and said softly, "Three months ago, on June 19, I used a flying pigeon to send information to the Night Patrol Department, and then I entered the cave alone to continue the investigation.
But then, Ji Tianhao suddenly appeared. For some reason, he knew my identity and knocked me unconscious.
When I woke up, I kept lying in that secret room.
Most of the time, I was unconscious.
Even when I woke up occasionally, I couldn't move, and I couldn't escape even if I wanted to. I could only wait for a miracle to happen..."
Listening to Mrs. Jiang's story, Li Nanke was thoughtful.
It seems that the fire at that time made everyone mistakenly believe that Mrs. Jiang was also buried in the sea of fire.
But why did Ji Tianhao keep Mrs. Jiang?
Thinking of the burned tools in the cave and the sudden appearance of monsters, Li Nanke was filled with doubts.
"Did you see what the Ji family was doing in the cave at that time?"
Li Nanke asked another key question.
Mrs. Jiang looked pale and said, "I saw them refining the red rain medicinal materials."
"Aside from refining medicinal materials, do you do nothing else?"
"I didn't see any others."
"Have any strange events happened in that place? For example, monsters appeared." Li Nanke stared at the woman.
Leng Siyuan next to him looked at Li Nanke with a strange look.
This guy obviously knows something.
The woman shook her head and said: "I was discovered as soon as I entered. Apart from seeing them refining medicinal materials, I had no chance to investigate anything else."
Li Nanke felt a little disappointed inside.
It seems that there are some secrets that we can only ask Ji Xiuwan.
Seeing that Li Nanke stopped asking, Mrs. Jiang quickly begged: "Can you bring my husband here? Or you can find someone to carry me over. I know he will die soon, and I just hope to see him before he dies...
…”
Li Nanke looked at Leng Siyuan and asked for his boss's opinion.
Leng Siyuan looked at the grieving woman, sighed, nodded in agreement, and asked Li Nanke: "Do you need help?"
"No need."
Li Nanke turned and walked towards the door.
Before leaving the house, he looked back at the woman and asked, "Lao Jiang could have killed Ji Tianhao himself, why did he stop suddenly?"
Mrs. Jiang looked confused and didn't understand what he was talking about.
"Excuse me."
Li Nanke left the room with an inexplicable apology.
Returning to the abandoned old courtyard, Li Nanke saw Meng Xiaotu holding her knees and guarding Lao Jiang's side.
The girl buried her little face in her knees, her skirt fluttering slightly in the night wind. Dugu's figure was like a torn apart leftover painting, which made people feel pity but also pain.
"I'm back."
Hearing the footsteps, the girl raised her tired face.
Those red eyes had obviously been crying for a long time.
Li Nanke didn't say anything, and sat next to Meng Xiaotu. He stretched out his hand to grab the other person's shoulders and wanted to hug her into his arms, but the girl resisted and tightened her delicate body.
"I don't need your comfort, and you don't need my apology."
Meng Xiaotu pursed her lips slightly and wanted to say a few powerful words, but her words softened a bit, and she said without confidence, "Although I took the initiative, but... but you are also wrong!
"
As the girl spoke, her eyes became hazy again, covered with a layer of mist.
"It was my fault in the first place, so I will take responsibility."
Li Nanke said seriously.
Meng Xiaotu didn't say anything, her hazy starry eyes looked into the void, revealing endless confusion.
Li Nanke fed Lao Jiang some red rain and hugged the girl again.
But this time, Meng Xiaotu did not struggle and rested her head on the man's shoulder. The bright moonlight shone on the two of them, as if covering them with melting warmth.
"Actually... I don't want to marry you."
After a long time, the girl whispered, with a hint of weakness in her stubborn eyebrows.
"Why?"
"you do not like me."
"..."
Li Nanke wanted to speak, but the girl added, "It's the kind of love I have for your wife and Sister Leng."
Although Meng Xiaotu is stupid, she is a girl after all.
I have long sensed the faint and sticky emotions between Li Nanke and Sister Leng.
This kind of emotion did not exist between her and Li Nanke.
"It can be cultivated slowly."
Li Nanke thought for a while and could only answer like this.
Meng Xiaotu fell into silence again.
The soft body in the man's arms is like a real pet rabbit.
"never mind!"
Meng Xiaotu suddenly straightened up in anger. Although she didn't know why she was angry, she tugged on her ponytail and said, "Go back, just take a nap and you'll be fine."
"You go home first. I want to take Lao Jiang there. His wife is still alive."
"Eh?"
The girl was stunned, then her eyes widened, "You said Mrs. Jiang is still alive?"
Li Nanke nodded and told what happened.
After listening, Meng Xiaotu hurriedly pushed Li Nanke to the monster old Jiang and said angrily: "Why didn't you tell me earlier? You've wasted so long. You are really stupider than me!"
"It's okay, he can survive for a while."
Li Nanke looked up at the night and said to the girl, "Leave the rest to me. You go home and rest."
"No, I will take Lao Jiang to meet his wife with you."
"go back!"
The man's stern voice startled the girl.
Under the moonlight, Li Nanke's face looked a little ugly, but his words were very warm, "You need to rest now. If you catch a cold, I have to take care of you. Be obedient, go home now, take a shower, and be safe
Go to sleep. We’ll talk about the rest tomorrow.”
"Oh, I got it."
Meng Xiaotu lowered her head and muttered in a low voice, "Why is it so bad?"
The girl walked to Old Jiang and looked at him for a while. Her slender hands caressed Old Jiang's shoulders, which were as hard as fish scales, and said softly:
"Lao Jiang, although I don't like you very much on weekdays, if I can have another life, I will still treat you as a good friend... I hope you won't suffer anymore."
Perhaps after hearing Meng Xiaotu's words, Lao Jiang's breathing became slightly heavier.
And that was all he could do.
"Goodbye old ginger."
Meng Xiaotu wiped the tears on her face, waved to Lao Jiang, and left the abandoned courtyard.
After the girl left, Li Nanke sat next to Lao Jiang again.
"Old Jiang, Old Jiang, why didn't your knife go down? If I wanted to resurrect you at midnight, would you be happy?"
Li Nanke murmured to himself, "Speaking of which, we are not friends. If it weren't for Sister Leng, I would have killed you long ago. It's a pity that my uncle can't let go of his grudge. But even if we stop it, you can't.
You won’t listen to us because you have already decided to die..."
Li Nanke kept talking endlessly as if he was chatting about everyday things.
After a long time, the sound of the watchman's banging could be heard faintly in the distance.
"Time is up."
Li Nanke took out the gun, pointed it at the head of the old ginger monster without hesitation, and pulled the trigger.
The monster instantly turned into a puddle of mud.
Three white beads flew into Li Nanke's chest.
…
Li Nanke returned to the residence where Mrs. Jiang was resting.
The other party was still looking forward to it, but when he saw that Li Nanke was the only one, he couldn't help but asked in shock: "Husband...where is the other person?"
Li Nanke apologized: "I'm sorry, Mrs. Jiang, Lao Jiang couldn't hold on."
The woman was stunned.
She, who had been so radiant before, suddenly turned gray.
"Why is this happening...husband..."
The woman's lips were trembling, and her eyes were covered with tears. In a moment, two big teardrops left her eyes.
Mrs. Jiang lay paralyzed on the bed, seemingly drained of all her strength.
Even the soul was broken into pieces.
Leng Siyuan turned to look at Li Nanke, doubts in his eyes.
After all, the other party has been gone for too long.
Li Nanke stared closely at the woman's expression, watching her momentarily fall into despair and pain, his face expressionless.
Li Nanke suddenly took out a bottle of Red Rain and placed it in front of the woman.