Chapter 373

"..."

Wen Jianyan froze in place, his mind went down rare.

"Didn't you see that there is another person beside the captain!" Not far away, Huang Mao's trembling voice seemed very far away: "Captain, captain! Didn't you see? Captain, say something!" !"

In the next second, Wen Jianyan felt a heavy weight on one shoulder, and the cool long hair flowed down the neck.

"..."

Wen Jianyan turned his head with a blank face, and looked at the "blank area" beside him.

"Ah? What are you talking about?" Chen Mo's worried voice sounded: "Did you read it wrong?"

"I didn't see it either." Yun Bilan frowned.

"No, no, no," Huang Mao described incoherently: "You can't see it in reality, you can only see it in the mirror, right, right next to the captain, it's a man—"

Feeling that Wen Jianyan's gaze fell on him, Wu Zhu looked a little happy, so he put his arm around Wen Jianyan's waist, and pressed himself against him.

"Ah ah ah ah ah-!"

Huangmao's voice suddenly became high-pitched: "He, he, he, he!"

Wen Jianyan felt that the arms wrapped around his waist seemed to be slightly tightened, and there was a cold and itchy touch on the side of his cheek, as if the tip of the other's nose was quietly approaching.

"What happened?"

Because of Huang Mao's abnormal state, several other people couldn't help becoming nervous.

"He, he put the captain—"

"What did he do to the captain?"

At that moment, the stiffness and blankness just now faded away from her body, and Wen Jianyan suddenly stood up from the edge of the bed:

"Huang Mao, come with me!"

As he spoke, he rushed forward, grabbed Huang Mao's wrist, and dragged him towards the bathroom.

Although Huang Mao was grabbed by the wrist and staggered and dragged back, he was still immersed in his mind.

"I, I know!"

His eyes lit up slightly, as if he suddenly realized something: "It's the tears of the cow, so I can see things that you can't see!"

As he said, Huang Mao took out the small porcelain bottle Wen Jianyan gave him just now from his pocket, and handed it to Chen Mo who was standing aside:

"You wipe it, after you wipe it, you should-"

"..."

Chen Mo stared blankly at the chaotic scene in front of him for some reason, and subconsciously stretched out his hand, wanting to take the props.

However, before the porcelain bottle landed in his palm, a hand stuck in and snatched it away abruptly.

"What are you talking about, can such an important item be used in this situation!"

Wen Jianyan spoke extremely fast.

He snatched the bottle from Huangmao's hand with one hand, put it in his pocket, and opened the bathroom door with the other hand. The whole process was so smooth and dizzying:

"Come in!"

Wu Zhu was just thrown away by Wen Jianyan, and now he was standing beside him with an innocent face. His eyes moved from Wen Jianyan to Huang Mao, and then raised his hand, grabbing Huang Mao's collar as well.

An earth-shattering, high-pitched scream like a little girl erupted from Huang Mao's throat.

"Ah ah ah ah ah!"

In the next second, he was stuffed into the bathroom.

"boom!"

The bathroom door was slammed shut.

The room returned to dead silence.

"..."

"..."

The rest of the people stood there, stunned.

After a long time, Chen Mo choked out a few words: "...what's going on?"

God knows.

*

In the bathroom.

Huang Mao curled up on the toilet bowl like a little daughter-in-law, his face was pale and terrified, and there was a layer of sweat on his forehead.

Wen Jianyan blocked the door with the Dama Golden Sword to prevent the other party from escaping.

He hooked his collar irritably with his fingers, a little out of breath from the strenuous exercise just now.

Wu Zhu also followed in at this moment.

He still had the same expressionless face, as if he didn't care about anything, and stood next to Wen Jianyan, his golden eyes were locked on Wen Jianyan's body, as if only the other party could understand. It is the only existence that I care about.

[Integrity First] Live Room:

"This scene..."

"so weird."

"so weird."

"It's really weird!"

Wen Jianyan took a deep breath, finally calmed down his turbulent emotions, and turned to look at Huangmao.

Huang Mao still maintained the posture just now, curled up in the corner in horror.

He looked at the mirror next to him for a while, and then at Wen Jianyan for a while, as if he was recovering a little bit, the expression on his face gradually became dull:

"He he he..."

Now that they have been witnessed to this extent, there is no point in keeping it a secret.

Wen Jianyan took a deep breath and pressed her temples with her fingers:

"...Yes, you read that right, he does exist."

Huangmao was dumbfounded:

"you you you…"

Wen Jianyan: "Yes, I can see him all the time."

Huang Mao took a sharp breath.

"You you you..."

Wen Jianyan: "Yes—"

"Together?"

Wen Jianyan: "..."

He choked, and looked at Huangmao suddenly: "What?"

Huang Mao flinched in fright from Wen Jianyan's gaze, and immediately dared not continue speaking.

He is also very wronged.

To be honest, generally speaking, he wouldn't think in this direction, but the scene he just saw outside the door really made him unable to think in other directions.

"he is…"

Wen Jianyan struggled to organize his words before speaking:

"A, um, friend."

"friend?"

Huang Mao showed a suspicious expression.

"..."

Wu Zhu lowered his eyes, looking down at Wen Jianyan with those golden eyes that could not see any emotion or anger.

"That's right."

Wen Jianyan took a deep breath, raised her hand and pinched the bridge of her nose.

His mind turned quickly, and in just a few tens of seconds, he had basically come up with a set of rhetoric.

"He is indeed not a human being, and it is best not to explain his motives based on human beings' stereotyped attempts at certain behaviors. However, at least at this stage, he has good intentions towards us for the time being," Wen Jian said with disdain Changed color, said in an ambiguous way:

"To be precise, the reason why I was able to rescue you from the gentleman's control just now,"

"oh…"

Huang Mao replied blankly.

If it is explained from this aspect, does it really make sense?

If the man who can't be seen outside the mirror has a handsome appearance beyond the reach of human beings, but the yellow hair can clearly perceive the unknown danger released from the other party, The terrifying aura, even though he didn't know what kind of existence the other party was, but he felt the fear instinctively, just like a bird seeing a beast, a human looking down at the abyss... This is a biological instinct born from the bone marrow.

Therefore, the moment he realized the other party's existence, Huangmao's first reaction was to stand on end, screaming and calling the police.

For such a terrifying, inhuman existence, their behavior seems to be beyond common sense.

Right.

Hanging out with monsters in nightmares... People who can do this are either too stupid to know how terrifying these monsters are, or they are so crazy that it doesn't matter at all.

And Wen Jianyan obviously does not belong to the former.

Just when Huangmao had gradually convinced himself. Wu Zhu bent down slightly, and wrapped Wen Jianyan's wrist with his fingers.

Wen Jianyan could feel that the other party's hair was hanging down to his ear, and it was gently swaying away, bringing a faint itchiness.

"..."

Wen Jianyan choked for breath.

This guy…

Do you want him to just explain in vain? !

Wen Jianyan bit the bullet, turned an angle calmly, put the captured wrist behind her back, and continued:

"In short, the whole matter is more complicated, and there is no time to explain it carefully, so, in order to ensure the stability of the team, I hope you can keep it secret first, and wait until you leave this instance—"

Wu Zhu seemed completely unaware of Wen Jianyan's good intentions, or, he was aware of it, but he just didn't care.

He opened his arms and hugged Wen Jianyan into his arms again.

not only that…

Wu Zhu bent down, bit the tip of Wen Jianyan's ear, and grinded it gently with his teeth until the cartilage wrapped in the thin skin was warmed up a little bit.

A pale and broad hand went around his waist, caressing slowly.

He was like a cold, gigantic boa constrictor, winding up silently, suffocating his prey in his warm and deadly embrace.

"!!"

Under Huang Mao's gaze, Wen Jianyan's voice froze.

In just a few seconds, his heart had already set off a stormy sea.

Although he knew that, as a non-human, Wu Zhu didn't have any kind of "shame" that a human should have, but he was so blatant in front of his teammates? !

Although Wen Jianyan considers himself to be thick-skinned, but, this kind! Such a level of shame! It definitely exceeded his acceptable range!

At that moment, he was still stimulated by Wu Zhu's overly bold behavior and his mind went blank.

But this time, Wen Jianyan quickly regained his ability to think.

because-

He felt that the opponent's fingers were slowly moving down, even approaching the hip bone.

"..."

At this moment, Huang Mao's gaze has never been so strong. Wen Jianyan heard a "bang" in his mind, and he was emitting heat from the cracks in his bones. The whole person seemed to be familiar in an instant. It's the same.

"Stop touching it!"

He suddenly raised his hand to grab Wu Zhu's hand, gritted his teeth, and reprimanded viciously:

"Let go! Do you know what the occasion is now!"

"..."

Not far away, Huang Mao's eyes widened slightly.

Wu Zhu was still unwilling to let go, he put Wen Jianyan's earlobe in his mouth, and bit it lightly.

Wen Jianyan was out of breath, and when he thought of the yellow hair beside him still watching, his eyes turned black with shame and anger: "You bite again—"

"that…"

Huangmao weakly raised his hand.

"Actually, after entering the bathroom, the effect of the cow's tears disappeared..."

He looked at Wen Jianyan's face secretly, and asked cautiously, in disbelief, and even with a bit of obvious panic:

"Captain, that, no, your... um... friend, is he by your side now?"

and…

like…

it seems...

return…

Um.

Wen Jianyan: "..."

He froze again.

In his mind, he went over every sentence he said just now, especially the last two sentences...

After realizing what he just said and what details he had inadvertently exposed, Wen Jianyan's eyes darkened and he almost fainted.

He was weak, but he said without confidence:

"...not here."

Huangmao didn't speak.

However, there was strong distrust in his eyes.

"In short, things are just as I just said," Wen Jianyan said dryly and stiffly, "If there is no problem, go out and let me stay alone for a while."

Huangmao was silent for a while:

"No problem."

He didn't dare to have either.

Because, in a way...he was terribly afraid of the answer to that question.

Wen Jianyan was calm on the surface, watching Huang Mao pass by him in despair, while Huang Mao walked slowly towards the door with heavy steps.

There was dead silence in the bathroom.

The air was so heavy that it was hard to breathe.

"Squeak."

The doorknob was unscrewed.

Huangmao walked out.

However, just halfway there, he seemed to think of something, and turned to look at Wen Jianyan.

Wen Jianyan's heart was in his throat, afraid that the other party would ask something more.

However, Huang Mao just looked at him, hesitated for a moment, and then said as if mustering up his courage, "But anyway, Captain, I'm still very happy."

"?"

Wen Jianyan was taken aback.

He really didn't expect Huang Mao to say such a sentence.

Just listen to the other party continue to say:

"You just said that this crisis, your... well, friend, can help you, right?"

Wen Jianyan paused and nodded.

Huangmao seemed relieved.

He smiled: "That's great..."

Wen Jianyan frowned: "What?"

Huangmao scratched his head and showed a shy smile:

"I thought you'd never depend on anyone else."

He didn't get along with Wen Jianyan for a long time, but even so, he vaguely sensed some of Wen Jianyan's hidden "temper".

No matter how gentle, intimate and approachable he is on the surface, it seems that there is always a high heart wall in his heart, never letting anyone understand his heart, never letting anyone know his thoughts.

Even if he can rely on his own eyesight and brain to figure out the context of the huge unknown, and risk life and death to save everyone in a seemingly ordinary way, once a critical crisis is involved, he will put Everyone pushes away.

Whether it is Su Cheng, Yun Bilan, or even him, they have all been deceived by lies and smiles. After they reacted, the other party had already smiled casually, as if nothing was worth mentioning. Appeared in front of them one at a time.

No matter what type of risk it is, whether it involves others or himself, Wen Jianyan always habitually bears it alone. Even if he is scolded by Su Cheng or beaten by Yun Bilan, he still does it his own way and hardly allows anyone to participate in his own risk. In any plan, it even makes people suspicious...

Is he protecting others, or is he protecting himself?

Huang Mao was actually a little happy from the bottom of his heart when he heard that other people...or non-human beings were involved in the resolution of this crisis.

It seems that his captain is not only able to fight alone, but still has the ability to entrust important responsibilities to others.

if not…

He really does worry.

Worrying that one day, Wen Jianyan would disappear before their eyes and disappear forever.

As an excellent liar, he is capable enough to make his disappearance perfect. No one knows whether he is bored or... died alone in a forgotten corner.

"That's right," Huang Mao thought for a while, and said shyly, "I hope the captain will include us in your plan in the future, and we will be very useful."

"No, it was just a—"

Wen Jianyan subconsciously took a step forward.

However, before he had time to say anything, Huang Mao had already taken steps and left heartlessly.

"boom."

The bathroom door closed again.

Wen Jianyan stood where he was, frowning and staring at the closed door.

What is that guy... talking about.

How strange.

The previous situation was too dangerous, the strength gap between the two sides was too great, and the lives of teammates were too precious, so Wen Jianyan took this approach.

Doing so has the lowest risk and the least sacrifice.

As long as a non-human being is used, the maximum benefit can be exchanged for the minimum cost.

Why not?

Whether it is included in the plan or not, there is nothing at all.

What a strange statement.

Just as Wen Jianyan was frowning and thinking, something very big came over again and bowed its head to his neck.

"..."

Wen Jianyan was in a bad mood at the moment, so he pushed him angrily:

"roll."

It seems that because he stayed in the bathroom for too long, the closed door was knocked loudly.

Through the door, Yun Bilan's voice came from outside the door:

"team leader?"

The voice woke Wen Jianyan from his deep thoughts.

"…coming."

He raised his hand to wipe his face, forced himself to put away all the messy thoughts, and then walked towards the door.

The door opened, and Yun Bilan's face appeared outside the door.

"Are you okay?" she asked.

Wen Jianyan had already returned to his usual posture, and he smiled gracefully: "Of course."

With that said, he walked out of the room and looked around the room.

Suddenly, Wen Jianyan's gaze fell on a certain corner.

He was startled:

"...Wait, why is he here?"

All of a sudden, everyone's eyes followed Wen Jianyan's and looked in that direction.

In the corner of the room, a man curled up nervously in the corner, with a cowering expression, like a frightened quail.

It's Hughes.

Under the leadership of Wen Jianyan, the captain of the black team who caught Anis with his backhand was sent out by Wen Jianyan to send a signal to his team, but he did not expect to see him again in this place.

Feeling countless gazes falling on him, Hughes wanted to cry, but subconsciously shrank back towards the corner of the wall.

"Oh, him!"

Chen Mo was stunned.

"Before he was sent to send a message, we caught him."

Of course, as a hostage.

After that, he has been forced to act together with them... His mouth and hands were sealed by props, so he could only follow the team quietly, even when he confronted Black later, he desperately gave the gentleman There was no result for winking...Because all the attention of the gentleman and the others was attracted by Wen Jianyan, how could they notice that there was another member of their own who was suspected of being kidnapped in the opponent's team.

So, just now, Hughes was "controlled" like all the other red team members, and after being released from control, he was left miserably by Gentleman and Anis.

A poor guy who was forced to infiltrate the red team.

Wen Jianyan walked over step by step, with a thoughtful look on his face.

The closer he got, the more frightened the look on Hughes' face.

Chen Mo unlocked the props that sealed the opponent's mouth.

Hughes swallowed his saliva, and with difficulty, forced himself to spit out two words: "Cheat, liar!"

Wen Jianyan smiled:

"fraud?"

Hughes complained angrily:

"You, you, you, you, you—you've been lying to us before!"

When he was controlled earlier, according to the dialogue between the two parties, he had already thoroughly understood the previous situation—he was tricked, completely tricked.

He was played around by the captain of the red team, and even helped them kidnap their own captain!

Thinking of this, Hughes couldn't help but blacken his eyes, and his seven orifices smoked with anger.

"But I saved your life, didn't I?"

Wen Jianyan tilted her head slightly.

Under the lights of the hotel, his light-colored eyelashes gleamed, and that gentle, handsome, deceptive face looked extraordinarily innocent, even a little melancholy.

"..."

Involuntarily, the rest of Hughes' words got stuck in his throat.

"and,"

Wen Jianyan squatted down, looked at the other person at the same level, and said with a smile, "I will save your life in the future."

Hughes was stunned: "What, what do you mean?"

"You should have heard the conversation between me and Black just now, right?" Wen Jianyan asked, "All non-regular employees are bait."

He poked the other person's shoulder with his finger: "You are a regular employee, right?"

Hughes nodded blankly.

"If Black realizes that even if he uses all the non-regular employees, he can't win, what do you think he will do?" Wen Jianyan had a gentle and sweet smile on his face.

"..."

Hughes shivered involuntarily.

meeting…

The answer is ready to come.

They will take the badges of other regular employees in other teams besides them, making them bait.

"Captain, Captain will win." Hughes' voice has weakened, and he seems to have begun to waver, doubting his own words, "As long as they get the prop you bet on before the end, we can win... "

"Oh?" Wen Jianyan asked with a smile, "Are you sure?"

Hughes said nothing.

"Or..." Wen Jianyan elongated his voice, "Are you sure you can live to that time?"

Hughes opened his mouth, but no sound came out.

He looked dazed.

To be precise, all those who have been guided by Wen Jianyan in this way will show the same trance look, as if they were captured by some invisible existence, seduced by some invisible existence, misled by the honeyed words from the sea monster, one step at a time. Stumbling step by step towards the dark sea.

Several other people in the team showed pity.

Wen Jianyan smiled and patted his cheek with his palm: "That's right."

He stood up and turned to look at the others: "I have a plan."

Everyone is refreshed.

Yun Bilan folded her arms and raised an eyebrow: "Oh? What?"

Wen Jianyan looked around the room, his eyes stayed on Huang Mao for a moment, and said:

"Huangmao, call the captains of the other two red teams."

In the transaction with the gentleman just now, Wen Jianyan emphasized to get rid of "everyone", which naturally included the captains of the two red teams.

Huang Mao nodded, turned and went out the door.

Looking at the rest of the people, Wen Jianyan took a deep breath, as if she had made up her mind, and said, "Next, I need all of you's help, can I?"

"..."

The others looked at each other.

Yun Bilan didn't speak, but the expression on her face softened obviously, even with some smile lines.

Chen Mo also smiled rarely:

"Of course, I'm afraid you won't mention it."

*

Time flies by before the banquet.

When the pointer pointed to one point, there was a knock on the door.

The well-dressed hotel manager appeared outside the door, with the same stiff and weird smile on his face, staring at everyone in front of him with those black eye sockets.

This time, there was no lantern in his hand:

"Are you all ready?"

According to the information in the employee handbook, everyone is fully dressed.

He was wearing a neat black suit and a pale mask with blurred facial features.

"Come with me."

The hotel manager said with a smile.

Wen Jianyan followed behind him, taking steps.

His eyes fell on the mirror beside him.

Wu Zhu stood there watching him, his golden eyes were cold and bright.

He took a step, followed, and grabbed Wen Jianyan's hand.

…Pity.

Wen Jianyan lowered her eyes under the mask, thinking quietly.

When I was in the bathroom before, I should have questioned this guy.

According to Wu Zhu's answer in [Little Garden], as long as the "anchor point", that is, himself is there, he will gradually move closer to the main body.

This may explain why the fragments of the witch candle are so "intimate" to him.

Although Wen Jianyan is not sure how long he has been sleeping in the dark space of Wu Zhu, but if you go back according to this logic, even if the current Wu Candle is broken again, compared to before [ The one in Little Garden is more incomplete.

However, even so, the memory of the other party should be becoming complete by now.

About the blade, about killing, about more cold memories besides intimacy and desire.

Previously, Wu Zhu's intelligence and memory were incomplete, and Wen Jianyan could understand when she kissed him instinctively, and let the other party do so with a ulterior motive.

However, for some reason, even though the memory has tended to become ontological, this "Witch Candle" still maintains the status quo, not only did not do any outrageous behavior, but he did not even try to rescue his own body from the Ouroboros.

Apart from playing dumb, Wen Jianyan couldn't think of any other explanation.

It's a pity that when Wen Jianyan was in the bathroom before, he was disturbed by Huang Mao's words and forgot to expose him.

The hand wearing the Ouroboros ring was surrounded by the other's wide and cold palm, and was drawn into it.

"..."

Wen Jianyan paused for a moment, but in the end he still didn't break free, allowing the other party to insert his fingers into his own, interlocking his fingers.

Well, since Wu Zhu wants to pretend, let's continue pretending.

In the dark corridor, Wen Jianyan narrowed his eyes slightly as he walked forward.

Anyway, this dungeon will end after the banquet.

At that time, the picture is poor, and Wu Zhu has no chance to pretend.