To buy time for her companions to escape.
That was also the real reason Evelyn and Xiling, after hiding in Zone 23, chose to open a Fighting Hall.
"Xiling, come with me." Evelyn grabbed Xiling’s hand and refused to let go.
"No, I must stay behind to cover our retreat." Xiling shook his head, "I can’t go anymore, you go! Otherwise, neither of us will make it."
"Damn it, it’s all her fault, all her fault." Evelyn’s eyes reddened with rage, she couldn’t believe it. The ambush was clearly aimed at Lin Fu, everything had been going so smoothly, yet Lin Fu didn’t die, instead, death loomed over them.
They had twice survived Fu Xing’s eradication, but by a twist of fate and totally by accident, ended up in Lin Fu’s hands.
"It’s not her fault."
Xiling suddenly yelled out, "It’s you, I told you long ago not to engage in those covert actions, you didn’t listen, now hasn’t the retribution arrived?"
"You... you dare accuse me?" Evelyn looked incredulous and shattered, retreating step by step.
"There are things I’ve wanted to say for a long time, if it weren’t for you ten years ago..."
"Shut up, don’t speak, I won’t let you say it."
Evelyn yelled hysterically, her gaze towards Xiling no longer affectionate and trusting. She stepped backward farther and farther. In the depths of her eyes, imperceptible coldness and murderous intent emerged, and at that moment, she suddenly sobered up.
She realized that Xiling had to die.
He was the one person in the world who knew her secrets best, secrets that bound their care, intimacy, and trust together. But from now on, that trust was gone.
Xiling must have regretted it.
He, like her father, like her mother, like everyone else, had betrayed her.
They all sided with Flora, becoming her enemies.
"Xiling... why, why did you do this to me? Why? Tell me!" Evelyn screamed in agony, like a wounded beast.
"Evelyn, you are too suspicious and sensitive." Xiling shook his head in disappointment, his eyes slightly welling up with tears, "I never betrayed you."
He had given up his family, his honor for her, fled alongside her, did so many things against his conscience and morals for her, and he had lived in pain every moment of those years.
Even so, he never regretted it.
Even now, he still was willing to sacrifice his own life and loyalty just to help her escape.
"You can’t deny it anymore, what you just said, I heard it, you are still blaming me, you still can’t forgive that incident from ten years ago."
Evelyn screamed in anguish, covering her ears: "Don’t speak, I don’t want to listen, let’s go."
Saying this, she took her male concubine and, without looking back, walked into the underground passage with her figure disappearing into the darkness.
Xiling just stood there, watching the direction where Evelyn left, but his heart was no longer in pain, instead, he felt a sense of relief as if finally liberated.
It had finally come to this.
He had kept the promise made in his youth to the girl he loved, to offer her loyalty, with his life, honor, and blood protecting her. For her, he betrayed the whole world, and personally harmed those friends who trusted him.
Now, his usefulness was gone, the beloved girl was no longer the one who used to secretly cry in the garden on that summer afternoon.
At this moment, what could be more fascinating than death, than the end of life?