Qiugong Yue's power-operating breathing method slowly releases Qi from the body, forming a warm aura and dispelling the surrounding cold.
That's why Ito Rika and Dinah used her as a hand warmer and hugged her tightly.
The three of them also fell into the underground river, but not long after they fell into the water, Qiu Gongyue directly dug a hole in the rock to provide a place for the three of them to stay.
Ito Rika felt that the clothes on her body were being dried by Akimiya Yue's energy. She immediately grabbed her face with both hands and asked: "Tell me the truth, when did you become so strong?!"
Akimiya Yue was not angry, and just gently knocked her hand off: "Then I have to start from when I started renting a house in Tokyo, but I don't think we can waste time on such things."
"Okay, let's wait until we get back. Don't try to hide away."
Ito Rika looked around. The place dug out by Akimiya Yue was not big, only enough for three people to stay.
A few steps away is the cold underground river. If you want to leave, you can only dive again.
The top priority now is to find the missing Xu Cheng and Evelin first, and also to consider leaving this place. There is really no extra time to chat.
Ito Rika looked at the depressed Dinah and comforted: "Don't worry, your sister will be fine."
Dinah hummed in a low voice, but she still looked like a dull goose, not at all lively and cheerful as usual.
She felt extremely regretful now, regretting what she had just said, 'Sister is the trouble'.
If I want to apologize in the future, I don’t know if I will have the chance.
…
Evelin slept for more than an hour before she woke up.
The tiredness in my mind has disappeared, and my spirit has become renewed again. The main reason is that this bed is so comfortable and warm that I really want to sleep.
Wait, bed?
Evelin instantly realized that she was still hugging Xu Cheng, and hurriedly pushed him away and escaped from his arms.
"No, are you going to fall out after you're done enjoying it?"
Xu Cheng was almost pushed to the ground and complained: "Even if you use me as a tool, you have to take good care of me. Wipe it clean, apply powder, and put it in a ventilated place, otherwise it will get oily..."
Evelin hurriedly checked her body, and there was no other strange feeling except that she was not wearing any clothes. This kid probably didn't mess around while she was sleeping.
She secretly breathed a sigh of relief, but a chill enveloped her body and made her shiver violently.
Evelin hurriedly crossed her arms and squatted down, huddled into a ball to protect the heat from dissipating quickly, and at the same time, she avoided Xu Cheng's sight.
She raised her head and looked around, only to find that it was a very small cavity, barely enough for two people to move around.
The surrounding area is covered with thick layers of ice, but there are still large charred marks on the ground. There is still a strong fire, but there is no fuel in the fire at all, which is very strange.
The only way out was the black underground river a few steps away, but when I thought about the experience of being soaked in the cold river water before, it felt like someone was stabbing me with steel needles all over my body. It was simply torture.
She never wanted to experience that feeling again in her life, and she was full of resistance to going into the water again.
Noticing Xu Cheng's eyes looking at her, Evelin subconsciously shrank her body again, looking for her clothes subconsciously, but saw a pile of ice lumps frozen together in the corner.
She still remembered that when she fell, her clothes were torn by the rocks in the river, and now she couldn't wear them even if she took them out.
Being naked like this and huddled in front of her nephew filled Evelin's heart with emotions such as shame, grievance, and more. More importantly, the temperature here was too low, at least ten or twenty degrees below zero.
Evelin was naked, even if there was a fire in front of her to warm her up, her body temperature, which had finally recovered, was rapidly passing away, and her teeth began to chatter again in the blink of an eye.
"then!"
Xu Cheng threw over the clothes he had dried on the fire, but unfortunately there was only a thin T-shirt, which was what he wore in the castle.
Evelin stretched out her snow-white arms to grab her clothes, but did not put them on. Instead, she whispered: "Turn around."
Otherwise, her breasts will be exposed when she wears clothes.
It's really troublesome. It's not like I haven't seen it just now, I've experienced it myself.
Xu Cheng complained in his mind, but did not say it out loud to provoke her, and turned his head away honestly.
After a few rustlings, he turned his head back and saw that Evelin had already put on her T-shirt.
Xu Cheng's nose suddenly felt hot. It would be better not to wear anything at all.
As we all know, he now has the body of a teenager, and his T-shirt is one size smaller, while Evelin is naturally tall, with a bulging front and back.
This smaller T-shirt was worn on her body, and it directly stretched out like a tights.
It was okay to be naked, but it was even more astringent when I was wearing clothes.
Evelin also realized this and hurriedly hugged her chest and huddled up again.
Time passed in silence, and Xu Cheng was the first to break the silence: "Come over if you can't stand it."
Evelin shook her head stubbornly.
A thin T-shirt could not withstand the low temperature here. She was still insisting on using her body to fight against nature, and she was already frozen into a quail.
Even so, Evelin was unwilling to return to her nephew's arms.
Xu Cheng didn't even understand what she was still insisting on after reaching this point.
Perhaps in order to divert attention, Evelin suddenly said: "Archer, in the situation just now, it's urgent to follow the right. I won't blame you, but I just hope you can remember that we are blood relatives, so we must keep a good distance... …”
"alright."
Xu Cheng interrupted her angrily: "Now there is no aunt or nephew, there are only two of us in trouble, one is a man and the other is a woman, that's all."
Evelin was dissatisfied with his statement: "Are you going to stop recognizing me as your aunt when you are in danger?"
Xu Cheng simply confessed: "I'm not your nephew at all."
Evelin froze on the spot, with the scene in her mind of Dinah yelling at her that she was the trouble.
She suddenly felt that her life was really a failure.
"I have decided to become the clan leader since I was seventeen years old. I have worked hard for this for many years. Finally, when I was about to realize my dream, I realized that the campaign for clan leader was just a trap and my ten years of hard work was a joke."
Evelin seemed to have forgotten the cold, and her mind was filled with the past.
"I treat my servants fairly and fairly, giving them generous rewards and personal respect, but my butler still chooses to betray me."
"I put my family first, respect the old and love the young, and care about my sister and nephew. But my sister said I was trouble to my face, and my nephew even refused to acknowledge me."
Evelin became more and more excited as she spoke, and shouted to Xu Cheng with red eyes: "What have I done wrong to make you disrespect me so much that you are not even willing to call me aunt?"
Xu Cheng was slightly startled, he didn't expect Evelin's reaction to be so intense.
Then she realized she had misunderstood.
She meant what she said literally, he was really not her nephew, but she mistakenly thought that she wanted to sever the relationship with her, which was why she was so excited.
Facing Evelin's red eyes, Xu Cheng shook his head, and then switched his appearance back to his true form.
Seeing the familiar boy in front of her suddenly turn into a strange young man, Evelin's sad eyes suddenly turned to panic.
She subconsciously took a step back, but her feet were stiff from the cold. She lost her balance and sat on the ground, with her legs open and facing Xu Cheng.
Xu Cheng silently said "Look at no evil" in his heart, and his eyes flashed several times quickly like a camera.
Gee, I didn’t expect that Qiu Gongyue is the same type of person.
European and American short films do not deceive me.
Evelin had dragged her frozen hands and feet and hid in a corner, shouting in a vigilant tone: "Who are you? Where is Archer? Where is my nephew?"
"Now you know why I never refused to call you aunt, right?"
Xu Cheng sat up from the ground and patted his face: "Because I am not your nephew at all, Archer is just my fake identity."
Evelin had already guessed it, but when she heard Xu Cheng admit it personally, she still felt great sadness at being 'cheated'.
Holding back her anger and heartache, she gritted her teeth and asked, "Where is the real Archer?"
"He has been dead for a long time. When he was cut by the four-handed sword Willy, he was already dead due to serious injuries."
Xu Cheng answered truthfully: "I took the opportunity to fake his identity. When you filmed Dr. Gerrard visiting him in person, it was already me."
Evelin retorted unwillingly: "I did a blood test for you, and your bloodline is obviously the same as mine."
Xu Cheng said nonsense: "That's because I have the ability to transform into Archer, and even his DNA is simulated."
After that, he switched the ability card, and then switched back to the main body.
In fact, this cannot be considered nonsense, because dog management probably uses this method to deceive blood source identification.
Seeing Xu Cheng switching appearances freely, Evelin was already 80% convinced.
"What is your purpose in pretending to be Archer?"
"Two reasons. One is to investigate the whereabouts of Ito Rika. She is my girlfriend's best friend and was captured by Anna. The other is to investigate the truth about the assassin's inheritance. You have heard of this."
Evelin showed a surprised expression: "Are you the killer who gives death?"
Xu Cheng thought for a while: "It shouldn't count. The deceased is eager to kill me now."
He and Qiu Gongyue made a big fuss in Guangming Mountain and killed a veteran. Guangming Mountain must be at odds with them now, and it is impossible for them to still retain their qualifications as killers.
After listening to Xu Cheng's story, Evelin finally suddenly realized that all the doubts in the past were solved.
No wonder Archer suddenly went from mediocre to so great, because it was fake from the beginning.
Teachers and girlfriends are just his companions.
Although she got the truth, Evelin did not get happiness. A nephew with unlimited potential suddenly turned into a stranger lurking around her for a purpose. Who can accept this?
Evelin felt dejected, and for a moment even had the thought that the whole world was boring.
What’s the point of a world where people are full of calculations and everyone wears a false face?
(End of chapter)
