Wei Ren was shaken to the core. He never expected to see Nangong Sui at a moment like this. Just a moment ago, he had been anxiously focused on Ji Meng's frenzied killing of Ling Jian. The next, he had discovered that Nangong Sui and Gu Gan had come looking for him together.
It felt so unreal that Wei Ren thought he was dreaming.
Wei Ren wondered if he was losing his mind. Did I instinctively think of what Nangong Sui would do when I ran into trouble, and that's why I'm seeing this illusion?
"You—" Wan Qi had just started to speak when he saw Yu Sui's gesture and fell silent.
Wei Ren snapped back to his senses. Wan Qi had seen her too, so she wasn't an illusion.
Yet Nangong Sui wasn't the least bit surprised to find him still alive. Gu Gan, on the other hand, had frozen in place, his expression changed.
So Nangong Sui knew I hadn't died.
Wei Ren steadied his wildly pounding heart. It seemed that every one of his earlier suspicions had just been confirmed.
That night, Nangong Sui had deliberately used the sea's hidden currents to let him escape.
Gu Gan had come for Ji Meng, but stopped because of Wei Ren. Only after noticing Yu Sui following behind did he come to his senses and ask coolly, "Wei Ren? You're not dead."
"Sorry to disappoint you." Wei Ren shrugged.
Wan Qi looked from Wei Ren to Gu Gan. What did they mean, "dead" or "not dead"?
He didn't dare speak. Nangong Sui had signaled for him to stay quiet.
Still, Wan Qi couldn't help gesturing for Yu Sui to look at Ling Jian, lying behind them, and let her know that things had gotten incredibly complicated.
Yu Sui glanced at