I could tell from Zeng Dajiang's words that there was more to the story.
He knew Ye Jinghong.
What was more, he had dealt with Ye Jinghong quite a few times before. He had even considered killing her.
It was just that Ye Jinghong was too powerful, and he had ultimately failed.
But he had always regarded Ye Jinghong as a major hidden danger, an obstacle to realizing his ambitions.
"You know where she came from?" I asked Zeng Dajiang.
Zeng Dajiang merely tilted his head and glanced at me without answering.
I took out a cigarette and lit it. This time, he did not ask me for one.
We sat there quietly, and I had no idea what he was thinking.
At last, he spoke. "She doesn't like you, yet she has kept protecting you in secret. Clearly, she was entrusted by someone. I think the one who entrusted her was herself."
I frowned. Of course I understood what Zeng Dajiang meant. The Ye Jinghong from the past, relative to this Ye Jinghong, had asked her to protect me.
Then could that Ye Jinghong from the past be the Ye Jinghong I knew?
"But I'm curious. Why isn't she with you?" A smile appeared on Zeng Dajiang's face.
"You're so sure she isn't following me? Maybe she's hiding somewhere in the dark."
Zeng Dajiang shook his head. "If she were here, she couldn't escape my notice. I'm guessing you two had some kind of conflict, and with her temperament, she got angry and left you behind."
He had actually guessed right.
Zeng Dajiang sighed. "You're stubborn too. What's so bad about having such a powerful bodyguard? In the Void Realm, without any strength, how are you any different from ordinary people, or even the Living Dead? And since you