"Yu Huai... Yu Huai!"

Xu ‌nian suddenly sat up from the bed, his back was covered with cold sweat, and the pain on the back of his head stimulated his brain. His eyes turned black, and he threw himself to the bedside and kept retching.

In the dim room, the only light source was the moon shining through the window. Xu Nian calmed down for a while. After the nausea subsided, his comatose memory slowly recovered. He remembered that he insisted on looking for Yu Huai, but failed.

Tang Fei knocked him unconscious. Xu Nian hurriedly looked at the marriage contract on his chest to make sure that the contract was still there and that Yu Huai was still alive, so he managed to calm down.

The succession of bad news made Xu ‌nian‌ devastated. Despite this, one thing came to mind extremely clearly: Yu Huai must be found, and the opponent must not be left alone in the boneyard.

He forced himself not to imagine those tragic scenes. When he turned over and got out of bed, he accidentally glanced at the window, and his eyes suddenly froze.

The light blue barrier covered everything he could see. Xu Nian realized something and rushed to his room and quickly ran downstairs. The courtyard that had been damaged by him during the day was restored to its original state. The only difference was that the entire courtyard was restored to its original state.

Each courtyard is covered with translucent barriers, as if you are in a huge glass ball.

He reached out to touch it, but the seemingly thin barrier was extremely strong. Slight ripples appeared on his fingertips at the center of the circle, and then a dharma seal that he was all too familiar with slowly emerged.

It's Tang Fei.

Afraid that he would desperately go to the boneyard after waking up, he simply locked him up with a barrier.

Anger surged in his chest, Xu ‌nian gathered lightning in his palm, and punched the barrier hard!

The translucent barrier stood motionless. Xu Nian's eyes burned red, and he mobilized all his powers to break through one of them. The dazzling blue-purple electric light made the surrounding area bright as day. His fists made blood flow, but

He was unaware of it, and he repeated an action mechanically. The super power was quickly consumed, and the barrier remained intact. Xu was so helpless and desperate, he crashed into it.

Enchantment!

Xu's mother heard the commotion and rushed over. What she saw was Xu's condition, which was broken and bleeding.

"Xiao Nian!" Xu's mother felt distressed, "Don't get excited yet! This barrier was left by Mr. Tang. It's not safe during this period. You'd better reduce your ‌‌——"

"Let him untie it!" Xu ‌nian's bleeding fingers touched the barrier, "Why does he do this?!"

"..." Xu's mother remained silent. Xu Nian couldn't believe it: "Did you ask him to set the barrier?"

Xu's mother took a deep breath and softened her voice: "Calm down, go take care of the injury with your mother first."

Xu ‌nian glanced at her and actually started to try to destroy the barrier again. Smelling the pungent smell of blood in the air, Xu's mother could no longer remain calm: "Don't hurt yourself again! Unless Mr. Tang ‌ is present in person

, this barrier is impossible to break!"

Xu ‌nian seemed to have heard nothing, and kept beating with his bleeding hands. Xu's mother was very anxious. She was not a powerful demon slayer. She couldn't even knock him out at this moment. In panic, she held on tight

Xu ‌nian's hand: "If you want to smash it, just smash it. Smash mom's hand."

Xu ‌nian couldn't break free, but he could throw her away. His eyes were red, and the blood on his forehead was flowing down his eyelids: "Please, don't stop me!"

Seeing that he was about to destroy the barrier again, Xu's mother suddenly raised her voice: "Xu  Nian! What on earth do you want to do?! Do you want to tie up Yu Huai for the rest of your life?!"

Xu's mother has always been gentle and considerate, and rarely loses her temper with others. Xu was overwhelmed by her questioning and murmured: "I don't want him to be alone..."

"Do you not want him to be alone, or do you dare not face the reality alone?" Xu's mother hit the nail on the head and scolded, "You can no longer rely on Yu Huai! Since you can't love each other, why do you continue to drag him along?

?!"

For a long time, Xu Nian covered his face in pain.

"Then I at least... I have to at least meet him and tell him about the conflict." His breathing was messy, and he spoke incoherently, "It was me... it's all my fault."

The boy's frail body seemed to be unable to stand, and his fleshy fingers were dripping with blood. Xu's mother felt extremely distressed, but she still said coldly on the surface: "Can you find him if you go to the boneyard? Can you save him?! Even if you do

What's the use of finding him alive and telling him? What should you do if he learns the truth and refuses to let you go? It's better for you to suffer alone than for two people to suffer. This is the only thing you can do for him.

Things have been done!”

Xu's mother's interrogation forced him to face the cruel reality. The last hope collapsed. Xu Nian's knees weakened and he fell heavily to the ground.

Without the thunder and lightning he continued to release, silence returned to the courtyard. The night was as thick as ink, with only sparse starlight scattered among the grass.

Xu's father, who had returned from the night, passed through the barrier and saw this scene. He was stunned for a moment and helped Xu Nian up. The young man's face was pale, and his usually bright peach blossom eyes had lost their vitality. Xu's father patted him.

His back: "If you have anything to do, let's talk about it inside the house."

Xu Nian's expression was numb, his forehead was covered with bruises and bloodstains, and his hands were scarred. He was helped by Xu's father into the living room. Xu's father carefully treated his injuries, but Xu's mother beside him could no longer restrain himself.

Holding back his emotions, he turned around and left without saying a word.

Seeing that Xu Nian was in despair, Xu's father sighed and said as easily as possible while applying ointment on him: "Your mother hasn't cried in a long time, and you scared her badly tonight.

"

Xu ‌nian did not speak.

Father Xu looked at him for a long time and suddenly said: "It is not impossible to enter the boneyard. Although the number is rare, there are teleportation beads in the four areas. If Yu Huai gets them, he can leave. For a ghost clan

In other words, this may not be an opportunity that comes from desperate situations."

Xu ‌nian's eyelids trembled slightly, and just when he was about to leave, Xu's father said again: "Let's dissolve the engagement with him as soon as possible. Break it off when it's time to break it off, not only for you, but also for him."

After all the injuries were taken care of, Xu's father accompanied him back to the room. As soon as the door was closed, Xu Nian seemed to have his last bit of strength taken away. He leaned against the door and kept sliding down, finally curling up on the ground.

When he first learned that his fate was in conflict with Yu Huai's, Xu ‌nian didn't believe it. He believed in Yu Huai and believed in himself, but the firm idea at the beginning gradually collapsed after he woke up, and he seemed to have lost the ability to be confident.

, I can’t help but wonder, Yu Huai has been going smoothly for twenty years, so why did he encounter such a terrible accident less than half a year after forming a contract with him...

The young man's palm pressed against the contract on his chest. The words of his parents, Tang Fei and Lan, all of them, kept echoing in their minds, and the advice and reality kept coinciding.

Xu ‌nian‌ was in splitting pain, as if he had struggled through a reincarnation in pain, and finally had to accept the reality. He forced himself not to hesitate and tried to contact Yu Huai through a marriage contract.

The days of waiting for a response were far more difficult than imagined. Seeing that his mental state was really bad, Xu's mother took a long leave for him to recuperate at home. The longer it takes to get a response, the more difficult it is for Yu Huai.

I wake up from nightmares every day. The first thing I do when I wake up is to check the marriage contract, but there is no movement.

One night, Xu ‌nian tossed and turned, unable to fall asleep. As soon as he closed his eyes, pictures related to Yuhuai appeared in his mind uncontrollably. Thinking of Yuhuai's current situation, Xu nian seemed to be in the same place.

In a desperate situation, at this moment, there was a sudden movement in the marriage contract that had been silent for a long time.

Xu ‌nian stayed for a few seconds: "...Yu Huai?"

There was dull noise from the other end of the marriage contract. Xu Nian subconsciously pressed the contract in his heart and asked continuously: "Yu Huai! Is that you?"

"It's me." Yu Huai's belt seemed to be injured, and his voice was hoarse when he spoke, "I'm in such a bad state that I really don't have the strength to respond to you."

Xu ‌nian's nose felt sore, and tears welled up: "How are you?"

Probably because his crying was too obvious, Yu Huai comforted him: "I'm fine, don't worry."

When he thought of the suffering Yu Huai was suffering now, it all made him laugh, and she actually comforted him in turn...

Huge guilt surrounded him. Xu Nian wiped away his tears with all his strength, trying to control his trembling waist so that Yu Huai could hear his words clearly: "Listen to me, it's not impossible to come to the boneyard.

,‌You can leave if you get the teleportation spell bead!"

"Okay." Even though he had known about this for a long time, his concern still made Yu Huai's eyes widen, "Wait until I come."

Thinking of what must be done next, Xu ‌nian was heartbroken and did not answer the call.

"There's one more thing... Yu Huai." Xu ‌nian gritted his teeth and tried to calm his breathing as much as possible, "Let's dissolve the engagement, let's do it."

The short-term warmth was gone, and the room suddenly fell into dead silence.

Yu Huai's emotions seemed to be suppressed to the extreme, and his tone became softer: "What did you say?"

"……sorry."

Yu Huai was quiet for a moment and asked again: "What do you mean I'm sorry?"

Xu ‌nian tried his best to suppress his crying. He was shaking all over and had difficulty breathing. He could not speak immediately.

His silence completely angered Yu Huai: "Why, you also think that I have become a monster that you talk about in the world of demon slayers, so you can't wait to draw a clear line with me?"

Not getting his answer for a long time, Yu Huai gradually became cold-hearted and asked grimly: "Xu ‌nian, what the hell do you think I am?"

Xu ‌nian's fingers dug deeply into the flesh, and the smell of blood spread everywhere.

His heart was like a knife, and every word Yu Huai said was like a steel needle piercing his heart. He forced himself to answer: "I must terminate the engagement with you."

Without waiting for Yu Huai to respond, Xu ‌nian said word by word: "After the release, you must live on."

After the words fell, he cut off the contact without hesitation.

When everything was settled, Xu Nian's pretense of strength was finally defeated. He burst out crying and hugged her and curled up into a ball.

do not die.

Must survive.

Two years later.

The goose-like heavy snow fell from the sky, the plants were wrapped in the white rime, and the streams in the mountains and forests had long since turned into hard ice. Xu nian walked through the snow step by step, and the sky was getting darker. He used

The flashlight used for lighting was covered with a thin layer of frost, and the power was consumed faster than expected. Xu Nian gradually felt that he was unable to do what he wanted.

He has walked into an undeveloped no-man's land, surrounded by deserted people, with only a few scattered firelights - the lighting used by monsters. Those monsters occasionally glanced at him, as if they were curious about him.

A demon slayer took the trouble to come to this place.

At nightfall, Xu Nian found a crack to hide from the wind and snow. He heated the water with a fire charm and took some dry food from his backpack. Just as he was swallowing it, the crack ‌

There was a movement, and the monster with his eyelashes frozen looked embarrassed and asked:

"Can you come in?"
To be continued...