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Wei Nian gave a weak laugh. "That...that cripple was your husband, wasn't he? He's handsome."

Fan Liuer quickly interrupted her, "Don't say anything."

Wei Nian took a breath and, after a long time, managed to finish the sentence, word by word.

"Although he's a cripple, his skills are quite good, worthy of you."

"So, I've made up my mind. If I can get out of here, I won't... I won't be a man anymore."

"He looks like he has a bad temper. I... I definitely can't win against him, so I'll just be a woman and... be your sister."

"Having an older sister like you would be...it would be really nice. You would definitely treat me very well."

Upon hearing this, Fan Liuer's tears flowed even more fiercely. "Alright, then I'll be your older sister."

"I'll take you out of here, we'll go to Xingzhou, I'll take you to Hongji Restaurant to eat their signature dishes, and the Fuxin Pastry Shop next door is also very delicious."

"Have you ever worn women's clothes? I'm planning to open a clothing store and make lots of beautiful clothes for you. You'll definitely look better in them than in men's clothes."

Fan Liuer told her a lot, and Wei Nian listened quietly in her arms, slowly closing her eyes.

Suddenly a loud noise came from outside, and the entire stone coffin shook.

Fan Liuer gasped in fright, clinging tightly to Wei Nian and listening intently to the sounds outside.

Once it quieted down outside, she gently called Wei Nian's name.

"Wei Nian".

"Wei Nian".

"Wei Nian".

After Fan Liuer was thrown into the stone coffin by Wei Nian, Li Chenbi went berserk and charged toward the stone coffin with his cane.

The people around the stone coffin tried to pull Wei Nian and Fan Liuer out of the coffin, but they missed and the two fell into the next level, where the stone slab above covered them.

Unable to rescue the person, they had no choice but to join in the fighting of others.

Li Chenbi's side gradually lost ground, and all of them suffered injuries of varying degrees. Just when they were about to be captured, Qi Weiming arrived with his men.

Several soldiers rushed down and surrounded the main hall.

Seeing that there was no hope of continuing the ritual, the master decided to perish together with everyone else and detonated the alchemy furnace, intending to kill everyone in the main hall.

Li Chenbi anticipated his plan and told everyone to "hide!" before he detonated the alchemy furnace.

Everyone, including the disciples in colorful robes, rushed to the corner.

"Bang!" The alchemy furnace exploded, flames rose, and the huge impact made everyone's eardrums throb painfully, as if they were about to go deaf.

The broken furnace exploded, scattering fragments throughout the hall. Some unfortunate souls were struck and died instantly.

Li Chenbi and Li Qiuping hid behind a pillar to avoid being affected by the explosion. They waited until the aftershocks of the explosion subsided before emerging from behind the pillar.

Many people died in the main hall. Most of the disciples in colorful robes died, a few soldiers were injured in the blast, but the rest were relatively unharmed.

Before the explosion, Feng Ji shielded Si Qing and hid in a corner. He was hit on the back by a piece of shard, which cut him. Si Qing was holding him and crying sadly.

Li Chenbi let out a deep breath and said to Qi Weiming, who was getting up from the ground, "Arrest all of these people."

After saying that, he leaned on his cane and walked toward the stone coffin.

Standing at the foot of the stone coffin and looking inside, he saw that the coffin was empty, and he frowned.

Li Qiuping was also shocked. "Why is no one here? Madam Fan was clearly pounced into this place by that man."

Li Chenbi bent down and reached into the stone coffin, groping around inside. In a hidden corner, he felt a very small protrusion.

With a press of his finger, the stone slab split in the middle, revealing the space below.

Fan Liuer lay in the middle, holding Wei Nian, who had already lost his breath, in her arms. Her voice came from the stone coffin the moment the stone slab was opened, echoing throughout the hall.

"Wei Nian!"

Li Chenbi had never seen Fan Liuer cry so sadly before. Her entire face was covered in tears, her expression was painful, and even her voice was hoarse from crying.

His heart clenched suddenly, and the pain made him frown.

Qi Weiming rushed over at this moment, squeezed past Li Qiuping to look inside, and saw Fan Liuer holding a man in her arms and crying sadly. His face instantly darkened.

He turned to Li Chenbi, "What are you standing there for? Get her out of there! Don't let her keep hugging that man!"

Li Chenbi didn't move. He looked at Fan Liuer, feeling so heavy-hearted that he couldn't breathe.

As Li Chenbi walked toward the stone coffin, Siqing quickly got up from the ground and ran toward him.

Upon hearing Qi Weiming's words, she quickly said, "She's not a man, she's a woman, a woman."

Qi Weiming's expression softened somewhat, and he said to Fan Liuer, who was sobbing uncontrollably in the stone coffin, "Liuer, don't cry, I'll pull you up right now."

As he spoke, he reached out and grabbed Wei Nian, who was being held by Fan Liuer.

Upon hearing Siqing's words, the heavy feeling in Li Chenbi's heart gradually dissipated.

Thankfully, it was a woman.

Fortunately, she was a woman.

Seeing Fan Liuer crying so sadly while holding a man in her arms just now, his heart felt like it was being torn apart.

Anger, sadness, jealousy, resentment—a complex mix of emotions overwhelmed him at that moment, trapping him.

He was furious that Fan Liuer was crying for another man.

He was heartbroken for only two days before Fan Liuer changed her mind.

He was jealous that this man could win Fan Liuer's heart in just two days.

He resented Fan Liuer for caring about others.

At that moment, Li Chenbi, who was usually at ease with everything, felt only panic.

What should he do?

Fan Liuer has someone else in her heart, what should he do?

Thankfully, no, thankfully, no.

Otherwise... otherwise he might really lose control and do something to Fan Liuer that he himself could not have predicted.

As Qi Weiming pulled Wei Nian out from under the stone coffin and was about to throw her to the ground, Si Qing hurriedly said, "She saved me and Sister Liu'er, don't throw her, don't throw her."

She was no longer afraid of corpses and quickly reached out to help Wei Nian.

Upon hearing this, Qi Weiming felt a greater sense of respect for the corpse and gently placed Wei Nian on the ground.

He turned back to pull Fan Liuer again, only to find that Li Qiuping had taken his spot and Li Chenbi had already stepped into the stone coffin.

He was so angry that he gritted his teeth.

Li Chenbi stepped under the stone coffin, enduring his still-healing leg injury, and knelt down on one knee, reaching out his hand to Fan Liuer.

"Come on, let me carry you out."

Fan Liuer looked at Li Chenbi, but her eyes were blurred with tears, and she couldn't see his face at all.

She blinked, tears fell, and the figure in front of her gradually became clear.

Familiar eyebrows, nose, lips, and his gentle voice in my ear.

All the fear, anxiety, apprehension, and sadness of the past few days have been soothed by Li Chenbi's appearance.

Seeing that face, she felt an unprecedented sense of peace, and all her unease vanished.

She propped herself up, threw herself into Li Chenbi's arms, hugged him tightly, and choked out her words.

But all they could do was call his name.

"Li Chenbi".

"Li Chenbi".

"Li Chenbi".