Rose Hotel 23

The dagger flew out cleanly, yet it suddenly froze mid-air.

"No!"

Sui Yuye shrieked as countless streams of black light erupted from her body, tangling around Su Man's dagger and trapping it.

After letting out that cry, she seemed drained of all her energy and spirit, collapsing heavily to her knees as a trail of bloody tears streamed from her eyes.

At the same time, Su Man noticed that the barrier surrounding the inn had also begun to change color, shifting from a faint, pale black into an ominous, dark crimson.

This change in the barrier was connected to Sui Yuye!

Yet, this was clearly a barrier planted by Lin Hui!

A sudden realization struck her, and Su Man redirected the dagger, slashing toward Sui Yuye.

Sui Yuye raised her hand swiftly, and the dagger stopped less than five centimeters in front of her, unable to advance another inch. At the same time, blood began to flow from her nostrils.

Without pausing, Su Man abruptly changed the dagger's direction again, as if testing a theory, this time aiming straight for Li Xing.

However, the dagger likewise stopped less than five centimeters away from Li Xing.

Sui Yuye raised both hands to block it, as if a wave of energy emitted from her palms was holding the blade back.

This time, blood was pouring from all seven orifices of her face, not just her eyes and nose.

Su Man halted her movements, a flash of understanding crossing her eyes. It was just as she had guessed.

When Sui Yuye met her gaze, she knew that nothing could be hidden from her anymore.

A look of sorrowful pleading filled her eyes: *Don't say it out loud, at least not in front of Li Xing.*

And—

"I beg you to spare him this time. I will repay you."

Su Man looked at her in silence for two seconds before finally retracting the dagger.

Tears mixed with blood fell as Sui Yuye straightened her posture and sincerely kowtowed to Su Man.

Her bow was worthless, yet this worthless bow was the only thing she had left to offer in return.

"Yuye... Yuye... What's wrong with you?" It took a long time for Li Xing to find his voice. He anxiously pulled Sui Yuye up, his trembling fingers brushing against the blood on her face.

Sui Yuye managed an ugly smile for him. "Don't cry."

She took his hand, interlacing her fingers with his. The next second, the two of them vanished completely from before Su Man and the others.

"Su, Su Man, they disappeared." Even though he had seen Lin Hui slip away earlier, Kang Fu was still so startled by the sudden disappearance of the two that he stammered, "What is going on here? Will we disappear too?"

"The barrier outside looks even more solid now, Su Man..."

Su Man turned her head and looked at him expressionlessly, and he wisely clamped his mouth shut.

Su Man looked back at the outer barrier, lowered her head to wipe the dagger in her hand, and spoke in a strange tone, "The barrier changed because it absorbed the same type of energy."

She murmured softly, "Sui Yuye sleeps forever in yesterday's heavy rain."

It seemed that yesterday some events had still occurred beyond her knowledge.

The obsession domain nourished the growth of other entities of obsession. Now, within this domain, there was one more obsession entity named Sui Yuye.

"I'm sorry, Miss Su, I don't really understand what you're talking about. Since the barrier has grown stronger, can we still get out?" Kang Fu paused and said, "If Beijia can't find me, she'll definitely be worried."

He hesitated slightly, asking with some difficulty, "Will I die?"

The master had told him that as long as he came here, he would die.

"How could anyone know what the future holds right now?"

Su Man composed her emotions and looked at Kang Fu. "Stay close to me, or you will definitely die."

"Where are you going?" Kang Fu scrambled up agilely, following closely behind Su Man, and asked with some nervousness.

"To solve the problem and see if I can make you make it to tomorrow's wedding."

She turned her head to look at him. "You still owe me half a million, don't you?"

Hearing Su Man mention the half a million, Kang Fu, who had still been somewhat anxious, instantly stopped worrying. There had never been a moment when he felt money was so reliable.

As for the front desk granny, she had no idea where she had slipped away to the moment Lin Hui planted that barrier.

Kang Fu followed Su Man to the rooftop. Looking at the empty, open platform, he asked in confusion, "Why come here to look for people? Are they here? But this place doesn't look like there are any hiding spots."

"We didn't come here to look for people; we came here just in case things fall apart and we have to fight." Su Man directed Kang Fu to stand near the center. "She is coming for you. Wherever you are, that is where they are located... Right here will do. This spot looks better."

To Su Man's surprise, however, let alone Lin Hui, even the granny did not show up here.

The two of them were as if forgotten on this rooftop, with absolutely no one coming over.

Kang Fu began to yawn drowsily, as he had not slept well at all while preparing for the wedding.

In order to keep himself from falling asleep, Kang Fu forced himself to stay awake and made idle conversation with Su Man to pass the time. "I wonder how Beijia is doing right now. I really am quite worried... Ah!"

Before he could finish his sentence, the iron door to the rooftop was suddenly flung open with a violent crash, startling him into a shriek and swallowing the rest of his words back down his throat.

Terrified, he looked toward the sound, his eyes immediately widening with a trace of disbelief. "Beijia?"

He hurried over. "Why did you come here? It's dangerous here!"

Su Man also saw Beijia. Beijia was still panting slightly, as if she had run up in a hurry. The moment she saw Kang Fu, her expression instantly relaxed. Following that, she reached her arms out toward Kang Fu, looking aggrieved, anxious, and with reddened eye rims. "You still have the nerve to say that! I came looking for you! Darling, are you alright? I was so worried about you!"

Su Man stared at Beijia for two seconds, then loudly called out for Kang Fu to stop.

Even without her warning, Kang Fu had already halted. His steps froze, and the smile on his face solidified. "What did you call me?"

"Darling, Kang Fu, Kang Fu, what's wrong with you? Don't you recognize me? I am Beijia." Beijia stepped forward in a panic, wanting to pull Kang Fu toward her.

Yet Kang Fu abruptly took a step back, his tone resolute. "You aren't Beijia! Ever since I returned to the country, she has only called me Kang Fu, never darling."

At first, Kang Fu hadn't understood why, but later, after hearing about those letters, he understood. Beijia hated the word "darling" precisely because of those letters.

Because the term of endearment used in the correspondence was "darling."

Beijia's aversion to this word would never vanish so completely that she would subconsciously blurt it out in a moment of panic.

Su Man also nodded in agreement. "It's Lin Hui."

Although she didn't know why, in Su Man's eyes, Lin Hui was simply Lin Hui, not wearing Beijia's appearance at all.

With her disguise torn away, the smile on Lin Hui's face instantly twisted. She glared malevolently at Kang Fu. "I even thought that even if I had to use Beijia's face, even if I had to be her substitute for the rest of my life, I just wanted to hear you say 'I love you' and keep you by my side forever.

"Yet why won't you even give me this chance?"

Hysterical, Lin Hui shouted, "Why are you all treating me this way? What else do you want me to do? Kang Fu, do you really want to die?!"

Kang Fu remained silent, unmoved.

Lin Hui turned her gaze to Su Man. "My intention was never to be your enemy. How about this? As long as you help me kill him and make him stay by my side forever, I'll let you go. What do you say?"