"Why did you all leave her, when she clearly needs protection the most? She even said... she felt something was off, why didn't you consider that more! Why..."
Overcome with regret, Hu Tu hugged Hu Ling'er, at a loss for what to do next.
Hu Ling'er, originally brought in by Hu Tu as his bride, was now unwilling to pay any attention to him, turning her body away. She had tried her best...
But...
"I should have never listened to her..."
I lay in the water, feeling uncomfortable to be soaking in it.
It seemed as if the water was starting to erode my body...
I couldn't keep floating in the water like this any more.
"Help..."
As soon as my voice had recovered a little, I made a sound, and the next thing I saw were Ninth Master Chang's blood-red eyes staring intensely at me as if they were about to bleed, hovering in the air, fixated on me...
As if confirming whether I was alive, I weakly reached out my hand to touch Ninth Master Chang's face, gently saying,