I ruined Tyra.

"Mr. Wei would rather die than have you die."

Chen was directly amused by Xingxiong's serious attitude. Just him?

"You think too highly of him."

"You may have thought too highly of him, Lao Chen."

Chen turned his head away indifferently, raised the herbal tea in his hand and took a few sips.

"Huh? If he wants to die, then go ahead and die.

But if he died, what would that solve? What good would it do? Wouldn't the war have started? Wouldn't Longmen have been the first to bear the brunt of the attack? "

"What if you die? If you die, can you stop all this?

If he dies, Longmen will no longer be blamed. I think all the responsibility will disappear with his death."

Chen snorted, speechless at the other party's fantasy.

"How could it be so smooth?"

“Of course it didn’t go that smoothly.”

Xingxiong naturally knew what Lao Chen was thinking. She took out the badge of the Guard Bureau that had been in her waist bag and threw it to the other party.

Chen caught it and looked at the Imperial Guard Bureau logo on it. He didn't know what Xingxiong meant.

“So, he wants you to take over the Imperial Guard Bureau.

You will take over his job, and the position of Chief of the Guard Bureau will be yours sooner or later. Next, you will become the master of this city.

When the time comes, it will be up to you to undo all the poison that has been left behind, from beginning to end."

"I?"

"Yes. I know exactly what Mr. Wei wants to do. He has been waiting for an opportunity, a suitable opportunity.

His eyes and manner have not changed since the day I met him."

Having said that, Xingxiong looked at Chen again and said seriously:

"Longmen still needs you, and Longmen doesn't want you to take this risk."

There is some truth in what Xingxiong said. Chen stared at the badge of the Guard Bureau in his hand for a long time, but finally chose to return it.

"I just felt sick."

Xingxiong thought she had said something wrong, so she increased her strength.

"Mr. Wei's death may not move you, but after his death, you can change this city."

Chen laughed. It seemed that the poor old fellow didn't know some truths yet.

"Let me tell you a truth, Xingxiong, a reason why I don't belong in this city."

"Ok?"

Xingxiong was confused. How could Chen not belong to this city? No one understood it better than her.

“I am infected.”

"Hmm? Hmm! What?!"

Xingxiong thought she had misheard at first, until she saw Chen's serious expression, she knew that the other party was not lying.

"W-when?"

"three years ago."

"You're hiding this from me?"

"I'm not intentional……"

"Why can't even I know?"

"Wei Yanwu doesn't want anyone to know that there can't be infected people in the Guard Bureau, so I can't be one."

Chen laughed and gave the most impeccable reason.

Xingxiong was silent. Indeed, because of the integration movement, Longmen could not accommodate any infected people now, unless this problem was solved ideologically.

Chen drank the herbal tea in one gulp, put it casually on the steps, and then said sadly:

“Xingxiong, there is no place for the infected in this city, nor on this land.

I have had enough of Wei Yanwu's accusations against us, and I will not let him boss me around any longer."

This time, Xingxiong did not deny Chen's opinion. She just drank the beer in her hand silently and did not put it down until there was not a drop left.

After she finally recovered and Chen was getting impatient, she spoke.

“No, I get it.

I finally...finally completely understand why, why you, Lao Chen, can't leave Longmen."

"Ok?"

Chen was somewhat puzzled as to why the other party was still talking nonsense at this time.

However, Xingxiong was more sober than anyone else at this moment. She finally figured out why Mr. Wei had given a death order to keep Chen in Longmen.

“If you leave and go to the core city, Mr. Wei will have to classify you as an enemy.

Lao Chen, you are not only an enemy, but you must be an infected person, a dangerous infected person who is hostile to Longmen.

What’s been done cannot be undone. You can never return to this city again.”

Chen turned her head away again. How could she not understand what Xingxiong said, but she still insisted.

"I do not care."

Xingxiong laughed. You don't care? You actually care about this city more than anyone else.

“You’re infected? I don’t care.

What I can be sure of is that I don’t care, Missy (Shi Huaiya) doesn’t care, Lao Jiu doesn’t care, and the Guards Bureau doesn’t care either.

Even Mr. Wei doesn’t care, he just wants you to change this place, not drive you away.”

Chen was happy. Xingxiong’s secret was indeed kept too secret.

"Ha! You didn't see his ruthlessness towards the infected, but I did.

As for Nine, she was gone a long time ago, the day the Reunion left Longmen.

She left the Guards before because she was also infected."

Xingxiong widened her eyes in disbelief and wondered why she couldn't see Laojiu.

"Nine, she also..."

"Now that I think about it, Nine and I might have contracted oripathy from the same mission."

Chen didn't say it explicitly, but Xingxiong knew which mission it was, and only that mission.

“She later became my informant and ostensibly joined the Integration Movement.

Then...she abandoned Longmen for the Reunion because she saw the truth about the city."

When it came to Nine abandoning Longmen, Chen turned and stared at Xingxiong, his eyes filled with sadness.

"But you didn't betray Longmen at all. I won't let you bear the sin that you haven't let go of."

Chen smiled even more happily. Xingxiong was good in every way except that he was sometimes too naive.

"Do you know why I have to go to the Core City?"

"I can't handle riddles, so explain it clearly."

"Heh. Do you know who the leader of the Reunion is?"

"I can't remember her name."

"Tallulah. Missy didn't tell you?"

"tell me what?"

"Tallulah is my sister."

"Ah?! Ah...ha, I understand."

With all the important information added together, Xingxiong was completely numb. She felt that the task of bringing Chen Huijie back was more difficult than anything else.

However, it was also this that confirmed her goal at the moment.

"In that case, there's no way I'll let you pass."

She once again raised the Prajna at her feet and assumed a fighting stance. Although she had drunk some wine, she was clearer than anyone else at this moment.

"Why do you say such things? Are my relatives, my family... not important?"

Chen didn't understand. What had she done wrong? Why did the other party keep trying to stop her?

"That's why..."

Xingxiong murmured, and then she firmed her resolve.

"That's why I can't let you pass.

Even if I die here today, I won't let you pass!"

Looking at his former colleague who had already broken up the talks, Chen Wuyan's left hand had unknowingly placed on Chi Xiao's scabbard.

"..."

"This is not something you can decide, Xingxiong."

"Prajna can decide."

"But I must go!"

"Going your own way will only hurt you!"

"If you really want to draw your sword, I won't be afraid of you."

"Then let me see how much you've grown over the past two years."

Former colleagues, now rivals, the two faced off against each other.

Chapter 221 Cradle of Suffering (9) Tallulah’s Life Story

Doctor Terra and his colleagues thought that Chen and Xingxiong would have a fierce fighting scene, but what they didn't expect was that since Chen determined her own path, her constantly breaking through state of mind made her strength also increase.

Xingxiong had never expected that Chen had already become a man of new stature after three days of absence, so she was at a disadvantage in the first round.

Although Xingxiong persevered with her rich fighting experience, she was eventually scratched on her left arm by an accidental move.

The two men didn't want to fight to the death, and now that blood had been shed, they naturally separated.

Xingxiong put Prajna on the ground and checked the injury on his left arm. The wound was not too deep and would heal after resting for a period of time and would not affect his movement.

But she knew that was the result of Lao Chen's release of the water.

“Ha! I didn’t expect you to be so determined.

To be honest, I never thought, I really never thought, that you would be able to hurt me one day."

Chen hung Chi Xiao back around her waist. From beginning to end, she never pulled out Chi Xiao.

“We have never been able to get out of the past.

Xingxiong, you have always been in this city, but I have never been here. I have always been running away.

I wonder if I'll ever be able to stand this city?"

As he spoke, Xingxiong had already re-bandaged the wound with the bandage he carried with him, but he still had to go to the hospital for a thorough check-up later.

She raised Prajna again, but this time she did not assume a fighting stance, but instead made way.

“We clearly said we wanted to see your strength, but in the end it turned into a small fight like this.

Well, I can't stop you, go ahead."

Seeing that Xingxiong had no desire to fight anymore, Chen just wanted to leave quickly. The previous conversation and fight had already wasted a lot of time. If he didn't leave, the people from the Guard Bureau would probably search here.