The room looked small but extremely gloomy. I followed in his footsteps all the way down and unexpectedly saw living people down there.
If my guess was right, the people locked up here were those who had gone missing in the snow - covered mountains in the past few days.
However, they were all men. The women had long been made into brides - to - be by her and placed in the display window.
These men were obviously overly weak, covered in wounds, each looking sallow - faced and malnourished.
When they saw us, they seemed to see their saviors and kept wailing for us to let them out.
"Please let me go. I'm not Chen Guang. I'm..."
All of them said the same thing. This Snow Spider was really a crazy woman.
She tortured these people as if they were Chen Guang.
Jun He waved his sharp sword, and the chain on the iron gate fell to the ground with a thud.
Those people didn't care about anything and swarmed out.
We didn't pay any more attention to them and found the antidote we were looking for in the inner room.
When we returned to the Snow Spider's bedroom and double - checked that there was nothing else left behind, we decided to leave.
"Let's go," I said to Jun He face - to - face.
Suddenly, a dark shadow rushed out from behind Jun He. I didn't have time to tell him to dodge.
I quickly grabbed his collar and pulled him towards me. Unexpectedly, the big bed behind me blocked my retreating leg.
I pulled on his shoulders and fell onto the big bed with him.
This guy was so heavy that he almost crushed the air out of me.
I pushed hard against his chest with both hands, trying to push him away. But he was like the Five - Finger Mountain, pressing on me without moving an inch.
His burning gaze was fixed on my face. I felt that things were going wrong and quickly raised my hand to cover his face.
But he grabbed my hand and pinned it under him.
"What... what are you doing? Let me go. I'm really angry."
"So what if you're angry?" He gave a charming smile, and his cold face slowly got closer to mine. I struggled a few times but couldn't break free, so I had to turn my face to the side and tightly close my eyes and mouth.
"Meow~" Another pitiful meow of a cat sounded. My body relaxed, and Jun He had already left the big bed.
I quickly opened my eyes to see what he was going to do.
It turned out that he had just reached out to pat the cat on the bed. He didn't mean to do anything to me.
I was just over - imagining. I was so stupid.
He held the black cat in his arms and kept stroking it.
"You seem to be more obedient than some people," he said in a voice so gentle that it went straight to the bone. He was even gentler when talking to the cat than to people.
I heaved a heavy sigh of relief on the bed. Fortunately, everything had gone smoothly.
"It's getting late. Let's go back quickly. A Yin is waiting for us."
To be honest, after a tiring day, I really didn't want to get up from the bed.
Finally, I struggled to turn over and sit up.
Jun He held the black cat and asked, "Shall we take it with us?"
This cat belonged to the Snow Spider. Now that the Snow Spider was dead, if the cat was left here, it would probably become a stray cat.
"If you like it, take it back," I answered without hesitation.
"I don't raise cats. If you don't want it, I'll get rid of it," he said, then picked up the black cat by the scruff of its neck and was about to kill it.
Seeing that his fingers were about to crush the cat, I immediately snatched it from his hands.
The cat rolled over in my arms and buried its head under my armpit, shivering with fear.
"You're so cruel. If you don't want it, you can't just kill it," I said, looking displeased and scolding his barbaric behavior.
"This kind of cat can't survive without someone to take care of it. It's better to be reincarnated earlier and find a good family," he said.
"Have you asked it? Every living thing on Earth has its meaning to exist. It hasn't done anything wrong. Why kill it without reason?"
I was reasoning with him here, and he listened with a look of contentment on his face, as if he was recalling many wonderful memories.
"So you're going to adopt it?" Jun He asked.
"I'll adopt it. You'll raise it. Is that okay?"
It wasn't that I didn't want to raise this cute little cat, but I really didn't have much time to take care of it. It was better to find a good family for it.
"Okay, I'll raise it."
"On the premise that you'll take good care of it."
"Okay, I'll take good care of it."
"Why do you always repeat what I say?"
"I don't..."
While chatting with Jun He, he had already brought me back to the room we had stayed in last night in the snow - covered village.
At this moment, A Yin had already carried Yan Lin and Wang Siqi's bodies into the room.
She had also lit the soul - gathering lamps on top of their heads. If it weren't for these soul - gathering lamps, all of Yan Lin and the others' souls would have been taken away. After such a long time, even if they were saved, they would probably be idiots.
I had never mentioned these things, but A Yin actually knew.
Jun He asked me to hand him the two soul bottles.
I quickly took them out of my pocket and gave them to him.
Jun He opened the soul bottles, and two blue souls drifted out.
He made hand gestures and muttered words. After the two souls hovered around their respective physical bodies for a while, they slowly returned to their bodies.
Seeing that their souls had returned to their bodies, the big stone in my heart finally fell.
I quickly grabbed A Yin's hand and asked, "Do you understand metaphysics?"
"A little. I was raised by my grandma. She believed in these things. Otherwise, I wouldn't have been born alive," she answered.
"You're such a kind girl. They treated you like that, but you can still repay evil with kindness," I said.
A Yin smiled shyly and replied, "Because she is your friend. You're my only friend, so I can't let you down."
I pinched A Yin's cheek and said lovingly, "Silly girl."
Seeing that I was chatting happily with A Yin, Jun He called A Yin.
"Hey, silly girl. Go pour two glasses of water."
I glared at him and said, "Don't you dare call her that."
A Yin wasn't angry either. She stuck out her tongue and said, "It's okay. I'll go pour the water."
Jun He curled his lips into a smile. It was hard to tell what his expression meant. Anyway, it was hard to figure him out.
He dissolved the antidote in the water and asked A Yin to feed it to Yan Lin and Wang Siqi.
After a while, Yan Lin and Wang Siqi showed signs of recovery. Although their lives were saved, their external injuries were real.
The wounds were very deep, but fortunately, the bones and muscles weren't injured. However, they still needed to go to the hospital for bandaging and treatment.
Such a lesson would probably be unforgettable for a lifetime.
Yan Lin woke up in pain. When she opened her eyes and saw me, tears streamed down her face.
"Lan Lan, I'm in so much pain. Wuwuwu..."
I handed my phone to A Yin and asked her to call an ambulance.
"The ambulance will be here soon," I said without going closer because I was still really angry with her.
"Lan Lan, I'm sorry. I shouldn't have said those things to you," she said weakly.
"You don't need to say sorry to me. When you're better, apologize to A Yin. We've been friends for so many years. There's no need for apologies," I said.
After saying that, I quickly pushed the door open and went out. Facing the howling cold wind, I finally couldn't hold back my tears.
Jun He walked up to me, reached out and handed me a tissue, and said, "Is it worth it? She said those things to you, but you can still forgive her?"
"We've known each other for more than ten years. Our friendship is real."
He shrugged. "Really? Why do I only see you giving?"
I didn't respond to him. This was my own business, and I didn't want to explain it to him.
"Are you done crying? If you are, come with me. I'll take you somewhere."
I wiped my tears with the tissue and asked, "Where are we going?"