CHAPTER 447: CHAPTER 274 ARROW ON THE BOWSTRING 2

He pushed Tian Xin, and as Tian Xin fell, he swiftly grabbed his hand. The force of the fall pulled Tang Baijin into the escape passage as well.

"Tian Xin, let go!" Tang Baijin yelled.

But Tian Xin started to laugh: "Tang Baijin, I can’t let go! Why don’t you climb up yourself!"

"You will kill Bei Ran!" Tang Baijin looked at her.

Tian Xin sighed, "To love to the extent you do, I have nothing more to say! Let’s hope for wide-open seas and skies once we escape!"

"Bang bang bang", the three of them fell into the wine cellar.

Instantly, broken wine jars scattered around, and wine drenched the floor, the rich scent enveloping around the three of them.

"Ranran, how are you?" Tian Xin quickly got up and walked over to Bei Ran.

She helped Bei Ran up and leaned her against the wall.

"I still can’t move, Xinxin, go check on Baijin..." Bei Ran was devoid of strength, as if all her energy had been drained, weakly leaning against the wall.

At this moment, Tang Baijin was already in great distress; he fell hard onto the ground without feeling any pain.

Tian Xin knew that he had fallen while bound and must be more seriously injured than them; she walked over.

"Tian Xin, don’t come over!" Tang Baijin shouted, "I’m on the verge of losing control; I can’t control it... Take a shard from the wine jar, cut me, help me stay awake..."

"No—" Tian Xin shook her head, what a cruel method!

"Quick—" Tang Baijin shouted, "Only if I’m awake, can I get you to a safe place!"

Tian Xin picked up a shard of porcelain from the wine jar, her hands trembling violently, yet she was unable to bring herself to cut him, "Tang Baijin, isn’t there another way?"

"There isn’t!" Tang Baijin’s breathing was getting heavier, "Do it!"

Tian Xin couldn’t bring herself to cut!

Instead, Tang Baijin rubbed his body against the shard in her hand, instantly staining his clothes with blood...

"Don’t do this!" Tian Xin immediately dropped the sharp shard, how could she bring herself to cut him with such a sharp object!

"Cut!" Tang Baijin roared.

Tian Xin sat down on the ground, watching Tang Baijin lose control, she shook her head in tears, "I can’t do it... I really can’t..."

Tang Baijin’s strength suddenly erupted, with a "whoosh" sound, all the ropes on his body fell to the ground!

Now without the restraints of the ropes, it’s as if a thousand horses were galloping through his body, an uncontrollable emotion surged towards Bei Ran.

He quickly approached Bei Ran, crouching next to the woman leaning against the wall corner.

"Bei Ran..." he called out to her.

Bei Ran looked at him, his body entirely crimson, staring back at him: "Baijin..."

She was usually clever and quick-witted, but at this moment, she was helpless.

She couldn’t even take care of herself, let alone take care of Tang Baijin!

Tang Baijin glanced at her, then closed his eyes, saying nothing more.

Suddenly, he grabbed a wine jar and smashed it against his head.

Wine and blood shockingly flowed down.

"Baijin..." Bei Ran cried out in agony, "Don’t hurt yourself... don’t..."

Tang Baijin grabbed another wine jar and was about to smash it again when Tian Xin stepped forward and took it away: "Tang Baijin, if you can’t control yourself, then smash the wine jar, why do you need to hit yourself with it!"

Tang Baijin pointed to a hieroglyph near the door, which depicted the "Bei" character, and said to Tian Xin: "Open this, take Bei Ran and leave, from here, you can drift out to the sea, there are life jackets and lifeboats outside, hurry up!"

Tian Xin picked up Bei Ran, pressed the "Bei" character switch, and all she heard was the continuous breaking of wine jars inside...

With tears, Tian Xin helped Bei Ran put on a life jacket; she put Bei Ran in the small boat, a handmade boat by Tang Baomian!

He was an architectural designer, who made houses, and occasionally a boat.

"Ranran, wait here, I will go back for Tang Baijin!" Tian Xin said.

"Okay!" Bei Ran sobbed.

Tian Xin went back into the wine cellar and saw Tang Baijin letting down the ropes. "You two should go, why come back?"

"Tian Xin and Bei Ran, neither of us will leave you behind!" Tian Xin said, grabbing Tang Baijin’s hand and started walking.

There’s a kind of love, where love has gone, but affection remains.

This feeling, though not romantic love, is similar to kinship.

If Tian Xin could abandon Tang Baijin and escape alone during critical moments, she wouldn’t be Tian Xin!

Even without romantic love, there’s a human spirit of unity, shared adversity, and solidarity.

"Do you know what you’re doing?" Tang Baijin crazily pushed Tian Xin away, "Leave quickly, Yang Junyi is still waiting for you..."

Junyi... her Junyi...

Their love has been tumultuous; she and he are also defending this battle.

Tian Xin looked at Tang Baijin, "Love is certainly important, but so is friendship! No one has only love without friendship... Tang Baijin, let’s leave together!"

"Tian Xin, you fool!" Tang Baijin angrily said, "Can’t you see? I can’t control myself anymore, I can’t endanger Bei Ran, I love her, more than my own life, I can’t tarnish her honor..."

He said this in a state of madness, then picked up a shard of the wine jar and slashed it across his chest.

A man’s duty is to protect a woman, not to take possession of her!

He failed to protect Bei Ran during the most beautiful years of her life!

And now, even if he dies, he must not harm her again!

There is a kind of love, savored as sweet.

Tian Xin looked at him, his love was intense and true, but fate played them, he and Bei Ran could only drift apart.

On the sea.

Under the night sky, the fog over the sea thickened.

A speedboat approached the small island across the sea.

Gu Qingchen looked at the direction, this was the small island where Tang Baijin had once brought Bei Ran.

"Full speed ahead!" Gu Qingchen immediately said.

Yang Junyi stood side by side with him at the bow, gazing at the flickering distant island, wishing they could fly to Tian Xin’s side immediately.

A boat passed by theirs, in which Qin Shan stood by the window, saw Gu Qingchen and Yang Junyi, and sneered. The show had begun!

Qin Shan’s boat headed towards the dock.

The boat Gu Qingchen was in, headed towards the island.

Bei Ran, who could now see the stars over the sea, lay back in the small boat, looking at the bright stars in the sky.

However, tears were streaming inside.

The beautiful love of her and Tang Baijin in their youth had already turned a page.

For her, Tang Baijin was now just an old friend!

But, not everyone could think like her.

She didn’t know what else was happening in the room, but she knew that Tian Xin was a very loyal woman, she would definitely not let Tang Baijin get hurt.

Bei Ran anxiously waited.

In the room, Tian Xin turned to leave.

She could understand loving to the point where one savored it sweetly, even if it meant dying immediately, there would be no regrets.

She stood at the door, just one step away, and she and Bei Ran could leave by boat.

But, could she really do it?

To abandon this man and leave him be!

Suddenly, at that moment, the door "bang" opened, and a tall figure walked in.

"Song Xuyao..." Tian Xin saw through her tear-blurred eyes, it was him!

Song Xuyao, in the process of pursuing Qin Shan, had come to the small island, he looked at Tian Xin: "Where is Qin Shan?"

"Who is Qin Shan?" Tian Xin did not know about these matters.

Qin Shan was the mastermind behind the death of Song Chenxi, he had been frantically searching for Qin Shan, chasing him all the way here.

Song Xuyao looked at the bloodied and drunken Tang Baijin, he approached Tang Baijin: "Where is Qin Shan? Where did he go? Speak up!"

"I don’t know!" Tang Baijin was already in a state of delirium.

Song Xuyao punched Tang Baijin on the cheek: "Where is Qin Shan? He came to the island! Where did he go? Speak up!"

Seeing him hitting someone, Tian Xin hurriedly ran over: "Song Xuyao, are you crazy! If you’re looking for Qin Shan, go find him! Why are you lashing out at us?"

Tian Xin tried to stop Song Xuyao from hitting Tang Baijin, who had already suffered enough and now encountered this madman called Song Xuyao!

"Anyone who gets in my way of finding Qin Shan is on a path to death!" Song Xuyao truly didn’t want to lose Qin Shan!

Tang Baijin looked at Tian Xin, with his last bit of consciousness: "Run! This is the house I designed myself, I can trap Song Xuyao, you must not let Song Xuyao find Bei Ran!"

After saying that, Tang Baijin gathered all his strength and charged towards Song Xuyao, knocking him to the ground.

Tian Xin ran towards the door!

Song Xuyao thought Tian Xin ran because she knew where Qin Shan was, his fists fell like rain on Tang Baijin, and he was about to chase after Tian Xin!

In that moment, Tang Baijin held Song Xuyao tightly, he couldn’t let the vengeful Song Xuyao harm Bei Ran any further!

Song Xuyao’s fists continued to land on Tang Baijin...

Until he no longer had the strength to hold Song Xuyao, Song Xuyao then walked away with large strides, chasing after Tian Xin!

The moment Tian Xin saw, she immediately returned to Tang Baijin’s side, "Tang Baijin, how are you?"

Tang Baijin did not respond to her!

"Tang Baijin..." Tian Xin cried out, "Tang Baijin, please be okay..."

Her tears fell drop by drop onto his face!

Song Xuyao stepped towards her, "Tian Xin, speak up, where is Qin Shan? If you don’t tell, I will hit women too!"

Song Xuyao had gone mad!

So Tian Xin had no choice but to trick him: "Qin Shan is in the wooden house above, he trapped us here, he wants to kill us... we are not with him, instead, we can’t escape... hurry, go now, he’ll run if it’s too late..."