"Hello?"
The sound of torrential rain outside hamred Bai Yanliang’s eardrums, and he could barely make out the voice on the other end of the phone.
"Beep—"
The call was hung up.
Just then, with a "ow," the little black cat Allen Allan Poe imdiately arched its back, its black fur bristling.
Amidst the torrential red rain, at so unknown ti, stood a man holding an umbrella.
A black umbrella, a black suit, the man himself was like a dark shadow.
Only his eyes had so color, indescribably clear or profound, but they pierced through the dense curtain of rain, directly striking Bai Yanliang’s heart.
Bai Yanliang had no idea when he appeared, standing at the gate, holding a black umbrella, his solemn figure seed as if it might disappear at any mont.
Like a dead leaf swept by the wind, perhaps in the next instant, it would be blown away, crushed.
"Brother... brother..."
For so reason, Bai Yanliang suddenly felt a chill all over, as if he had fallen into an icebox.
The rain was clearly so heavy, yet it couldn’t block that person’s eyes.
At this ti, another door in the yard opened.
The lawyer opened the door, his face full of shock.
"Bai Yanren..."
He Yige murmured the other’s na, as if he had just reacted, imdiately opened his umbrella, rushed into the rain, and then ducked into Bai Yanliang’s room.
"Bai Yanliang?"
Bai Yanren slowly walked towards him, the black umbrella unmoved in the bloody downpour.
Without seeing him take any steps, Bai Yanren’s figure seed sowhat ethereal, one mont chanting Bai Yanliang’s na, the next he was gone from Bai Yanliang and He Yige’s view, only to reappear in the yard, just a dozen ters away from them,
"Bai Yanliang..."
The icy call felt extrely unfamiliar to Bai Yanliang, the person holding the umbrella was indeed Bai Yanren, and this was indeed the real world, not so illusion.
But why... does his voice sound like he doesn’t recognize at all?
Bai Yanliang’s vision beca a bit blurry.
The dark red sky, the raging blood rain, and the scarlet streams flowing everywhere seed to suddenly vanish at this mont.
In Bai Yanliang’s eyes, there was only this familiar yet unfamiliar umbrella-wielding figure, continuously approaching.
And He Yige, who had just rushed over, seed to be pulled away by an invisible force, clearly so close, yet gradually he couldn’t be seen.
One step, two steps...
Every step Bai Yanren took seed to tread on Bai Yanliang’s heart. These brothers, separated ten years ago, truly t once again today.
"Bai Yanliang?" Bai Yanren called out again.
His voice remained uninflected, yet it seed to press a switch on Bai Yanliang’s body sharply.
At first, the chaotic heartbeat upon seeing his brother gradually cald as he approached, but in Bai Yanliang’s heart surged sothing he had never felt, sothing completely foreign to him.
Joy, confusion, doubt, panic, dread, stupor...
Both positive and negative emotions he knew of yet had never possessed, finally surged forth like a tidal wave at this mont!
The overly complex emotions forced Bai Yanliang’s spirit, his consciousness seed to break out of a dark cage, suddenly vast and boundless.
In an instant, He Yige, who had seed distant monts ago, ca back beside him, and Brother Bai Yanren was already nearby.
"Bai Yanren, why did you co back?" He Yige’s face was peculiar, sowhat sad, also a bit angry.
But even sounding furious, when speaking to Bai Yanren, he avoided eting his gaze.
Seeing this, Bai Yanliang, although his heart was surging with emotions, felt unprecedentedly calm, and for the first ti... alive.
He Yige wasn’t fearing or guarding against Bai Yanren, but rather... ashad.
His evasive gaze indeed stemd from guilt, thus he dared not look directly into those eyes, now long gray and murky.
"We owe you, but you used us too." He Yige looked at the water mist raised by the blood rain, "At this point, why co back..."
Bai Yanliang listened quietly; the secrets of Fog Gathering, the events of that year, were finally about to be unveiled.
Although he had guessed so already, Bai Yanren’s appearance was an unexpected event for everyone, including himself who had already t Bai Yanren behind that door.
The brother should have been dead by now...
How had he survived all these years in the cracks of ti and space?
Bai Yanren spoke, "I ca back to correct the errors. I was wrong, you were wrong too," he suddenly looked at Bai Yanliang, "Living beings shouldn’t breach the boundary of life and death; I’ve co to rectify this mistake."
"Ha, then why did you kill the red spider lily?" He Yige finally directed his gaze towards Bai Yanren, "Was it for the so-called correction of errors, or for the key in her hand?"
"Both." Bai Yanren’s gaze shifted towards He Yige, "So, you’re next."
"Enter, my world."
As soon as he finished speaking, He Yige suddenly vanished without a trace!
There was only a "ding—" sound.
Bai Yanliang followed the sound to see a red key lying intact on the ground.
"Did you kill him?"
Bai Yanliang asked.
"Let the living live, and the dead die."
Bai Yanren’s ashen eyes remained devoid of emotion, "I should have told you."
Bai Yanliang’s pupils slightly contracted.
In the world inside the door, the phantasm of his brother, which had transcended ti, indeed spoke words like this.
"Give it to ."
Bai Yanren extended his hand, pale palm held out before Bai Yanliang.
Bai Yanliang opened his hand, knowing full well what his brother was asking for.
He had co to reclaim the key that was rightfully his.
Bai Yanliang opened his palm, placing the red key there.
He seed to have given up.
Indeed, the key was originally Bai Yanren’s all along.
Bai Yanliang took a deep breath, his inner emotions still turbulent, but...
"Here."
The key was returned to Bai Yanren unhard.
Bai Yanren raised his hand, collected the key, turned away without saying another word.
"Where are you going?"
Bai Yanliang suddenly asked.
"To kill."
Bai Yanren replied.
"Can you take with you?" For so unknown reason, Bai Yanliang uttered these words.
Bai Yanren turned his head, looking at him, "You can’t endure this rain."
"You can help , can’t you?" Bai Yanliang continued, "I can help you find others; it’s faster than confirming their locations one by one over the phone."
Such words ca from Bai Yanliang’s mouth.
Bai Yanren’s calm eyes finally revealed a different expression, "Originally, you disappointed greatly."
"The first ti I saw you, from you, I saw emotions."
"You were ant to be pure, but were tainted by humans."
Bai Yanren said.
"Just now, I gave you my excess emotions; you can no longer fulfill the mission, I, can."
"Why?" Bai Yanren seed puzzled, "Having human emotions now, you are willing to lead to kill your friends."
Bai Yanliang shook his head, "To , the most important thing is not friends, not the world, nor life or death."
"It’s you... my brother."
Bai Yanliang’s eyes were filled with extraordinarily complex emotions.
"The reason I learned to be human... is only you."
"So, what you plan to do, I’m willing to join you."
Bai Yanliang’s face broke into an extraordinarily ’vivid’ smile, "Even if it’s going to hell."
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