In the dark dungeon, Su Ran was conducting crazy experiments at the top of her voice.
But that strange sound never sounded again.
Time just flowed by quietly.
Although he couldn't see the sky outside, Su Ran could probably feel that night had fallen.
Because his body told him honestly that he was sleepy.
Fatigue kept coming, and my upper and lower eyelids began to fight.
Soon after closing his eyes, he fell into a deep sleep.
…
In the boundless darkness.
Su Ran's consciousness was slowly sinking, sinking...
Until that voice echoed in my mind again.
"Wake up, you brat!"
"Have you had enough sleep?"
"Now is not the time to snore like a dead pig!"
Su Ran was still in a half-dream state. In a daze, she was suddenly awakened by the loud noise when the heavy door opened.
The dazzling light once again poured into the dungeon, and he subconsciously squinted his eyes, trying to adapt to the light.
The one walking at the front is still Liya.
But this time, there were several people following her.
Sheppard, and the teammates who came with him.
"It's time to reminisce, kid." Liya's voice floated over.
"Why are you here?"
Seeing her friend whom she hadn't seen for a long time, a hint of surprise appeared on Su Ran's face involuntarily, but it quickly disappeared.
He soon became acutely aware that something was not quite right.
Liya would not bring others here to meet him for no reason.
Sheppard didn't answer his question.
This was the first time Su Ran saw such a serious look on his face.
He was so serious that it even made him a little unnatural.
"Captain." Sheppard looked directly at Su Ran and whispered, "We may not have much time to talk anymore. You should listen to what I have to say first."
Su Ran hesitated to speak, but finally nodded.
"Um."
"Captain, from the time we first met when we entered school and now we have been fighting side by side, I feel very... very... very good."
"Um...actually there are a lot of things I want to say, but my mind is a little blank right now and I can't think of an adjective."
"I am very happy every day during the days when we fight together."
"Because I can clearly feel that I am improving and getting stronger day by day."
"In the past, I couldn't even imagine that one day, I would be selected into the investigation team and become one of them..."
Sheppard was silent for a while, "My mother...has always been proud of me."
"Although she keeps nagging me every year when I come home from vacation, my dad told me that I am the topic she brings up when she meets everyone."
"She is an ordinary middle-aged woman. She may retire in a few years."
"I don't have any high-level pursuits or hobbies. My favorite thing is to play mahjong with my three aunts and six wives when I have free time."
"By the way, show off her so-called baby son."
"..."
Su Ran quietly listened to Sheppard's seemingly illogical thoughts, and finally noticed a hint of depression.
"Shut up." He said, trying to interrupt Sheppard.
But the latter didn't seem to pay any attention to him, and was just talking to himself.
"But I didn't tell her that everyone in the investigation team is a ruthless person who is risking his life on the tip of a knife."
"He is really handsome, and he is really awesome, but if he fails one day, he will have to say goodbye to this beautiful world."
Sheppard suddenly showed a smile that seemed relieved, "So Captain, I want to solemnly trouble you with something."
"Please tell my mother for me that she loves her son very much."
"I told you to shut the hell up!" Su Ran said coldly.
Sheppard's voice finally stopped abruptly.
"Go back and tell her in person." Su Ran said word by word, "Go back alive."
Sheppard was silent for a while, then he chuckled: "No, I still have to trouble you, Captain."
Bang bang bang——
A crisp burst of applause sounded.
"Okay, the time for reminiscing is over."
Liya clapped her hands and walked forward, "Does anyone else want to say something?"
No one dares to speak.
Several other teammates lowered their heads fearfully and did not dare to speak.
"If not."
"Then let's get started~"
Liya dragged her tail happily, put her hands behind her back, and walked cheerfully behind Sheppard.
"What do you want to do?"
Su Ran's voice became colder and colder.
"Are you not desperate yet?"
Liya asked rhetorically.
Before Su Ran could respond, she kicked Sheppard in the knee.
The latter made a thud and knelt down in front of Su Ran.
Then the sword flashed.
The sword blade fell on Sheppard's neck.
"In this case."
"Would it make you feel a little stronger?"
A dangerous smile appeared on Liya's face.
"What's this?" Su Ran said lightly, "If you have the guts to come to your elder brother and bully Ma Zai, how shabby will you say it is?"
"Stop pretending to be calm." Liya stared directly into Su Ran's eyes, "Your forehead is still sweating, and your breathing is starting to become erratic."
Damn it.
Su Ran swallowed.
This woman was right.
He felt that his heart was beating like crazy, like beating a drum.
How could it be possible to remain calm?
That's his teammate.
Moreover, Sheppard fell into this situation just to find himself.
In the final analysis, all of this is because of him.
It was he who harmed these companions.
Su Ran didn't even dare to lower her head and look at Sheppard's pitiful expression - no, because he didn't have that expression on his face at all.
There was only a look of calmness, as if he had looked down upon the separation of life and death.
He even had an elusive smile.
I don’t know what kind of struggle he went through in his heart during the time he was held in solitary confinement.
"Of course, the fun will come later."
Liya raised her sword skillfully.
Su Ran's mood suddenly relaxed.
But the next moment, there was another sudden impact.
Because Liya didn't sheath her sword.
Instead, it waved an arc in the air.
Then he stabbed the sword edge into the chest of one of his companions with his backhand.
Before the latter even had time to react, a powerful and unstoppable spiritual power penetrated directly through his ribs.
He stared in horror and opened his mouth to say something, but he couldn't even make a sound.
Su Ran looked at him and fell to the ground quietly.
