The downstairs was like a sea of fire. Even if you were lucky enough to escape, you would probably lose half your life.
Song Jinyin begged him to put her down, but the man didn't look down at her again.
There was chaos in the inn.
Just as a few people were fleeing, the arrows and fireballs outside seemed to suddenly stop.
But the fire that had been ignited was still fierce, and no one could be distracted.
"Come here!"
Shen Yuhe's voice came from another place and was almost drowned out by the sound of the fire.
"This house is at the back, and the fire is not as big as the front. You can still fight if you jump directly from here. If you still want to save your life, give her to me first!"
Xuanwei was standing by and was constantly waving away the fire that was coming, but the sparks were like unconscious beasts, only rushing to devour people, and no matter how they were swayed, it would be useless.
"Master, please give the girl to your subordinates first. Several of your subordinates will be able to protect her and leave!"
There was some distance between Pei Yanzhou and Shen Yuhe. He looked up at the wooden beams above with a heavy expression on his face.
Xuanwei protects the master first, and saves people secondly.
They can definitely protect Song Jinyin, but when they get to Shen Yuhe, at least half of their thoughts will be taken away.
The person will be alive, but no one knows whether he will be injured or whether he will be frightened and cause fetal distress.
Pei Yanzhou didn't dare to gamble anymore.
He didn't want to make the same choice as before, thinking he could protect her, so he let go pretending not to care.
The acrid smoke made people even more uncomfortable.
The person in her arms had already lost much energy. If she was trapped any longer, even if she would not be injured by the fire, she would still be in trouble because of the thick smoke.
Pei Yanzhou held her hand tightly, but suddenly heard her speak with difficulty.
"Pei Yanzhou, please let me down. It's hard to move forward if you hold me. Just let me, let me follow you..."
Song Jinyin's voice was not clear in the fire, but it took a lot of strength from her.
At this moment, the man finally looked down at her, but he didn't give in at all.
Her dark eyes reflected her red eyes, and Pei Yanzhou spoke carefully and slowly, every word.
"Whether you live or die, I will never abandon you or our children this time."
As soon as he finished speaking, the man looked back to the front, his voice was deep, and he spoke to Xuan Wei beside him, "You guys go to the front to explore first. If it is feasible, follow Shen Yuhe's arrangement. If it is a little difficult, you will Don’t worry about anything else, just protect her and leave first.”
"master!"
"Pei Yanzhou!"
Song Jinyin, who was dizzy due to the thick smoke, suddenly dispersed after hearing these words.
Her heart tightened and she clutched his shirt tightly.
"I don't want you to be like this. You put me down or hand me over to Shen Yuhe..."
"I'll hand you over to him and wait."
The man began to have difficulty speaking, and the blood on his lips remained, but he just gritted his teeth and tried his best to avoid every falling firelight.
The ones that couldn't be avoided fell directly onto his back, and occasionally burned wood fell, causing bursts of muffled groans.
I don't know at what moment, Song Jinyin's tears fell more and more fiercely. She didn't make any sound, she just cried and wet the skirt of her clothes.
Before she went to bed, she was still thinking that Pei Yanzhou was probably angry because he didn't take the candy she handed her.
Maybe he was angry that Shen Yuhe was so interested in her, or maybe he listened to her words, figured out the relationship between the two, and decided to step back.
When he retires, he can be his official, and she can be her citizen.
She even thought about how she would miss Pei Yanzhou like this after she was separated from him.
But now Pei Yanzhou trapped herself in danger, stubbornly leaving everything behind and just remembering to let everyone protect her.
Song Jinyin suddenly understood that Pei Yanzhou wanted to mend the broken past between the two of them bit by bit.
Just like the stay-at-home party she had been looking forward to, the return gifts from her brother, and the dangerous choices she made today.
There were too many times when Pei Yanzhou carefully brought the mended areas in front of her while he was chasing her.
Seeing that she was unwilling to accept it, he repeatedly pulled her between forbearance and outburst.
In the end, he lowered his head and did what he would never do before, let go.
"I will hand you over to Shen Yuhe or Xuanwei."
Song Jinyin fell into drowsiness again in those thoughts, but she could still vaguely hear Pei Yanzhou's voice.
"Yinyin, when you get out, don't look back."
Another burst of warmth spurted out, and Pei Yanzhou's ears were buzzing at this moment, and he began to feel no movement around him.
But he still held on to his last breath and brought people to Shen Yuhe's place.
He was very defensive, but now he could only take this last step and hand over his sweetheart with his own hands.
"Are you really not planning to take this life?"
Shen Yuhe's voice was rare and serious. He put the still wet handkerchief into his hand and kicked open the half-burned window.
This place is the farthest end from Song Jinyin's house, a hidden corner in the backyard, and there is a semi-dried lotus pond below.
Pei Yanzhou did not explain. In fact, he had no strength to speak anymore.
Even without listening to Shen Yuhe's scolding, he could still feel the poison welling up in his body again, as if it had forced its way into his limbs and bones again, making it painful for him to even breathe.
But he couldn't fall yet.
"Is something going to happen to Yinyin?"
This was the man's first words after suppressing his discomfort.
What came out with his voice was a mouthful of blood that he couldn't control.
The person in his arms had already fainted.
Shen Yuhe took the person, stepped lightly on the window edge with his toes, and avoided the flames on the side at an extremely fast speed.
When he left, he did not forget to look back at the half-conscious man and said coldly: "She will be fine, but if you want her to feel guilty for the rest of her life, just lie here and wait to die!"
Shen Yuhe didn't expect to hear anything from Pei Yanzhou.
Just seeing that his body finally showed signs of recovery, but turned around and forced himself into such a desperate situation, Shen Yuhe couldn't help but feel a little angry.
But he also knew that if Song Jinyin was handed over directly to Xuanwei from the beginning, under such a fierce fire, even if Song Jinyin could leave safely in the end, she would not be as unscathed as she was at the moment.
Even the child in her belly would be in danger due to fright.
So Pei Yanzhou spent half of his life to calm Song Jinyin's panic and chaos, and the other half of his life to ensure that she was safe and sound.
"fine......"
Pei Yanzhou looked at the person disappearing in front of him, and for the first time, he felt grateful for the closeness of others to Song Jinyin.
He curled his lips and smiled, but his eyes began to blur.
The man's body finally reached the last moment, and the man's eyes turned from the sky full of fire to gray.
There was silence all around, and the unconscious man murmured.
"Fortunately, the person who saves you this time is finally me."
...
Shen Yuhe stepped on dead branches and carried people across the lotus pond. His lightness skills were not inferior to those of Pei Yanzhou.
But before he had gone far, there was movement in the person in his arms.
"What about him?"
Song Jinyin braced herself up and struggled to get out of Shen Yuhe's arms.
From the moment she changed people, she realized that the person holding her was not Pei Yanzhou.
And she couldn't lie to herself.
Even if she and Pei Yanzhou are no longer involved in the future, no one's closeness can make her feel at ease except that man.
