Chapter 393 Brothers
It was getting dark, the setting sun was shining obliquely, and Yecheng seemed to be at the transition period between summer and autumn, and there was already a slight chill in the wind.

Bai Yanren stood in front of Bai Yanliang with a gentle smile on his face and some questions in his eyes.

The cool evening breeze brought the sound of car horns from the next street.

It was so harsh, but it was completely unable to touch Bai Yanliang at that moment.

"Dong dong - dong dong -"

His heart was throbbing, and he couldn't help but take a step forward, looking at the person in front of him who he hadn't seen for a long time, but who looked exactly the same as in his memory.

The evening breeze ruffled Bai Yanliang's hair, and the orange light of the setting sun stretched his shadow very long.

At this moment, everything seemed to have gone silent on the sidewalk, leaving only the two brothers.

Bai Yanliang opened his mouth, but the word "brother" was stuck in his throat and he couldn't call out.

Bai Yanren's eyes trembled, and he looked at Bai Yanliang twice, and said with a smile: "It's getting dark, please follow me to the office."

Following Bai Yanren up the stairs step by step, Bai Yanliang felt a little dazed as he looked at the shoulders swaying in front of him.

My brother is thinner than I remember, and not as tall as before...

Bai Yanliang couldn't collect his thoughts. He knew that this was a "disordered time and space" opened by a certain key, but... this could also really be the real past.

Just like Yu Wenxuan and that woman, that woman had been to Yu Wenxuan’s childhood and left a mark in Yu Wenxuan’s memory.

So now...is this place really the Yecheng from ten years ago?

Bai Yanliang's heart had never beaten so violently before.

At least...if I stay here for a little longer, I should be able to figure out what happened back then.

"Sir? Sir?"

Bai Yanren's gentle call brought Bai Yanliang back to his senses.

He looked at the khaki door in front of him. His most profound memory of this door was that it was covered in blood.

But it... is now clean and standing silently in front of me.

Bai Yanliang subconsciously stretched out his hand and gently slid his fingers across the door frame. The slightly cold touch made him feel more and more that this was really the world ten years ago.

Bai Yanren took a look at Bai Yanliang's strange behavior, asked him to sit down, and then went to make two cups of tea.

White mist was coming out of the cup. Bai Yanliang stared at the clear tea in a daze and suddenly asked, "Where is your brother?"

The smile on Bai Yanren's face faded: "Sir, how do you know I have a younger brother?"

Bai Yan's conscience was in turmoil. He rarely felt flustered, but after coming here, his mind was simply difficult to calm down. It was completely unlike his usual self.

"I... just saw traces of two people's lives here, the cups, slippers, gloves on the wall... they are all two pieces, one large and one small. Judging from the style, it should be a little boy." Bai Yanliang explained reluctantly.

Bai Yanren nodded upon hearing this, seeming to agree with Bai Yanliang's statement: "Sir, you have a keen eye for observation. I do have a younger brother. He has gone to school and should be back soon."

Bai Yanliang was stunned. Yes... At this point in time, I am indeed in school. If that incident had not happened, my life would have been the same as a normal person's, junior high school, high school, college...

Bai Yanren looked at him quietly. Seeing that Bai Yanliang was absent-minded again, he asked, "Sir, my name is Bai Yanren. I wonder what your purpose is? Is there anything I can entrust you with?"

"Commission... yes," Bai Yanliang nodded, "I... I'm actually looking for someone. It's hard to find him by myself, so I want to find someone to help."

"Looking for someone? Excuse me, do you know the name and appearance of the person you are looking for?" Bai Yanren asked.

"He..." Bai Yanliang was silent for a moment, then spoke, "His last name is Zhou, and his name is Zhou Tian. He is a doctor, probably in his thirties or forties, or maybe in his fifties or sixties..."

As soon as Bai Yanliang uttered the name "Zhou Tian", Bai Yanren's expression changed significantly.

"Who are you?" Bai Yanren's voice was as cold as a knife. Bai Yanliang had never seen him like this before.

“I…” Bai Yanliang knew that saying the name “Zhou Tian” might cause unexpected changes, but what he didn’t expect was that Bai Yanren actually had such great malice towards Zhou Tian.

"To be honest," Bai Yanliang looked into Bai Yanren's eyes without avoiding the question, "I am considered a victim of what he did."

“So, I want to find him.”

Bai Yanren was not someone who could be convinced so easily, but the strange thing was that as soon as this young man, who was about the same age as him, opened his mouth, he subconsciously believed what he said.

This discovery surprised Bai Yanren himself. Could it be that the person in front of him had done something to him?
However, judging from the fact that he knew the name "Zhou Tian", this person at least knew about the Nine Hells. Could he be one of the people chosen by the Nine Hells?

"Which prison are you from?" Bai Yanren asked straight to the point.

If the answer was true, Bai Yanliang should be from the first prison, Fengquan Command Prison, but he could not tell Bai Yanren in front of him that he came from Wu Ji ten years later, the Fengquan Command Prison where the key had not yet been condensed.

then……

"I don't know. I was just recently chosen by that strange space. What is the prison you mentioned?" Bai Yanliang chose to answer the question with a question.

In fact, he really didn't know what the Nine Hells meant. Everything he knew about the Nine Hells came from Xun Weimo, who only gave a general idea and didn't explain exactly what the characteristics of each prison were, or when the key was condensed.

"Seven of the prisons have already condensed into keys and closed the gates of hell. Only the first and ninth prisons are left. The first Fengquan Command Prison has not yet taken shape, and the ninth Jiquan Test and Burning Prison is mysterious and has not appeared yet. Could it be that you are the new person chosen by the Fengquan Command Prison?"

Bai Yanren no longer played dumb and spoke frankly after knowing that the other party was not a normal person.

"Maybe." Bai Yanliang nodded.

Bai Yanren frowned slightly: "So, someone asked you to come to me? Who asked you to come?"

Bai Yanliang immediately shook his head: "No, it's just a coincidence. I just wanted someone to help find that doctor named Zhou Tian, ​​because I think he is the reason why I got into this strange situation. Then I saw your office when I passed by, so it just so happened..."

"Really..." Bai Yanren picked up the tea and took a sip, "It's really no coincidence."

“However, you are right about one thing. The opening of the Nine Prisons was indeed caused by Zhou Tian. The Nine Prisons had been sealed hundreds of years ago, but he was restless…”

Just as I said this, I heard a "bang" and the door was pushed open. A cheerful child with a schoolbag on his back stood at the door with his hands on his hips, looking up and shouting:
"Brother! I'm done with school!"

(End of this chapter)