After his initial shock, Zuo Su gradually calmed down. He looked at the other party and asked, “Did you come to silence me?”

Pei You stood in place without saying anything, tacitly agreeing. A flash of color filled Zuo Su’s face. His chubby face jiggled; he was clearly furious as he exclaimed, “But why? I didn’t say a single thing!”

Pei You finally spoke up. “As someone who was able to sit in your current position, why would you ask something so naive? For others, only the dead can be trusted with secrets. If you were in our position, you would have made the same choice.”

Zuo Su fell silent. If it were him, he would definitely have made the same decision.

“Can you give me a chance?” Even though he knew there wasn’t much hope, his survival instincts still made him try one more time. “Since you could enter this place, you can use this chance to save me…” His voice became softer and softer, because the other party’s eyes continued to stare at him expressionlessly.

“I understand.” He smiled in distress. “I tried so hard to prevent this situation,...