Seeing his expression, Han Mo also frowned, "You don't know about this either?"
Bai Han said indifferently, "Now I do."
Han Mo frowned, "Then what do you know?"
Bai Han suddenly burst out laughing, "Not long after Xi'er was seriously injured, I died. But you are still alive. You don't even know Xi'er's body is missing, yet you come looking for me who died hundreds of years ago. Han Mo... you're simply ridiculous."
Han Mo's eyes were filled with coldness, his hand under his shirt clenched tightly, "What secret are you hiding!"
Bai Han directly released the wine glass in his hand. The glass fell to the ground, whiskey flowing onto the floor as the ice cubes rolled to the side. "Han Mo, you can't protect her. You will disrupt her peaceful life. If you truly want what's best for her, leave her now. Stay as far away as possible!"
Han Mo's fingers twitched, and the glass in his hand instantly shattered. Even the ice cubes within turned into fine ice dust under his grip, "In this life, I will definitely protect her!"
With that, he turned and left.
Bai Han stood in the room, watching Han Mo's receding back, then silently turned and sat on the sofa. He leaned back, tilting his chin up high, revealing his delicate jawline. His Adam's apple bobbed gently as he said with a hint of self-deprecation, "Once upon a time, I thought the same."
After leaving Bai Han's room, Han Mo returned to his own.
The room was pitch black, with no light, allowing him to disappear into the darkness.
He admitted that Bai Han's words had made him feel a sense of unease.
In the past, he believed Han Luo was ambitious, seeking the position of patriarch of the Han family and control of entire Liyang. That's why he chose to deceive Xi'er and, when the Bai family was caught off guard, annihilated them.
But Bai Han's words today sowed a seed of doubt.
If he had already left the Han family and distanced himself from Liyang, then, by all logic, Liyang should have been within his grasp. And Xi'er, who was so fond of him back then, along with the entire Bai family, would have helped and supported him. Why would he go to such lengths and create such a commotion?
In the end, Xi'er died, and he died too.
He gained nothing.
He personally buried Xi'er. Later, to give her a chance at life, he used a divine doctor's method of defying fate, sacrificing his own blood and life to forge a pill and a blood jade bracelet as a guide and soul nourishment. This turned him into an immortal monster.
He personally fed the pill to Xi'er, and he kept the blood jade bracelet with him. It wasn't until they reunited six years ago that he placed the bracelet on her wrist.
From then on, he began to supply her with his blood.
After the blood jade bracelet was on her wrist, the power from her previous life began to reawaken within her – a power that rightfully belonged to her.
He had intended to simply watch from afar, content as long as she was happy and healthy.
But once he stood by her side, he longed to be near her. After becoming her doctor, his desire to be even closer to her grew. And then, that day at the KTV... he could no longer suppress his wish to approach her, to possessively keep her by his side.
Leave her?
Impossible!
Not just because he couldn't bear to.
Moreover, in the previous life, it was precisely because he left her that they met again under such dire circumstances.
In this life, as long as he never left her side, no one in this world could harm her!
But why was Xi'er's corpse...
When Xi'er was buried, only he and the divine doctor were present. No third person should have known. After burying Xi'er, he fell into a deep slumber for three years as a sacrifice of his life's blood.
Three years later, when he awoke, the old divine doctor told him that his time was drawing near.
As expected, a month and a half later, the old divine doctor also passed away.
He died peacefully, seated in meditation, as if in a trance.
Following the old divine doctor's prior instructions, he buried him and then went to Xi'er's grave. However, he never saw it as her end; he always awaited her new beginning.
Therefore, he didn't visit often. Instead, he built a residence in the place where they first met and fell in love, and lived there for a very, very long time.
Who on earth dug up Xi'er's grave while he was in a coma and placed her remains beneath the great mountain in the Zhulin Mountain Range, turning them into the Han family's "treasure"?
At that time, he had left, and Han Luo was dead. Could it have been his father who unearthed Xi'er's body and buried it under the Zhulin Mountain Range?
But his father was born into the Han family. He hadn't awakened any abilities, so he pinned all his hopes on him and Han Rui. Coupled with his own indulgence and lack of capability, besides using his fatherly dignity and filial piety to threaten him and Han Luo, who knew what else he had done?
After Han Luo's death, the Han family fell into chaos, as reported by his former subordinates after he awoke. Logically, he had no capacity to manage Xi'er's affairs, let alone know where he buried Xi'er.
So, where did things go wrong?
Was there a mole among his trusted subordinates, or was there something he had never known!
At this moment, a fiery red butterfly, which had been resting in the corner, flapped its wings, becoming restless, as if sensing Han Mo's anger and becoming unusually agitated.
Han Mo looked up, saw the red butterfly, and extended his hand.
The butterfly landed on his fingertip, slowly folding its wings. His heart also began to calm down.
No matter what... he was determined to protect Xi'er, and to live a happy life with her.
A ray of morning sun pierced through the clouds, casting onto the intricately carved floor-to-ceiling windows, reflecting colorful light.
After breakfast, Bai Xi called Tong Hua to pick up Tong Yao.
Tong Yao shot her brother a fierce glare, "You're coming just because Xi'er asked you to!"
Tong Hua looked embarrassed, "I came to pick you up."
Tong Yao was not grateful at all, "Hmph, did I ask you to pick me up? Who cares."
After speaking, she looked at Bai Xi again, extended her hands, and gently shook Bai Xi's arms, "Xi'er, darling wants to be with you! Please grant darling's wish!"
Bai Xi raised an eyebrow, "I really have something today. I'll pick you up after I'm done."
Honestly, if she really kept her here, she would have to tell her everything. Otherwise, she would definitely mess things up.
Wait, even if she told her, with her characteristic tendency to shock with her words, who knew how the situation would turn out.
Therefore... it was better for her to go home, have a good cup of tea, and rest.
Today was a special day when she would take Han Mo to meet their "savior" and prepare for something important.