"Yes," Wei Jiayi gloomily answered. Why push him? He is just trying to make sure that Gao Lan Mei will not be upset.

Unlike him, she cannot see in the dark and Wei Jiayi knows that the moment she sees where the blood is coming from, Gao Lan Mei will be very upset before even asking.

Gao Lan Mei immediately walked towards the shadow, after his answer. However, before she can even go further, Wei Jiayi's arms circled around her waist to keep her close.

"Wei Jiayi! Take your hands off me!" She shouted in annoyance through clenched teeth. "Wh"

"Grrr!" Another growl coming from the corner that made Gao Lan Mei stopped talking.

Releasing a deep breath, "Wait, it's dangerous for you to get close." Wei Jiayi explained.

"See, his eyes are blue, meaning his beast is in control." He added a matter of fact. If Zhao Liwei is in control, he already greeted them despite his eyes being on red.

"But…But he is hurt," Gao Lan Mei does not know that Zhao Liwei is also a s.h.i.+fter like Wei Jiayi. Regardless, with the smell of blood so potent, he is probably hurt. "How can we help him?"

"Ahm… I don't think we need to do that," he stated, unsure, "Mei Mei, I will just have you see it… Do not overreact alright? Do not rush to him as well." Wei Jiayi decided.

He then created multiple small flames to burn the lanterns that run out of flame stones to lit the place.

How the flame stones losing its light after being used on a short period of time only means Zhao Liwei had something to do with it. The reason behind it, Wei Jiayi is not sure.

"Oh!" Gao Lan Mei gasp, with surprise after seeing Zhao Liwei's current appearance. "Xiao s.h.i.+!" Another surprise that made her want to get close, but Wei Jiayi is not willing to do so.

"I said do not overreact!" Wei Jiayi reminded, "Look closely, Xiao s.h.i.+ is fine!"

Doing what she was told, Gao Lan Mei noticed that Zhao Liwei at that moment is holding Xiao s.h.i.+ on his arm.

Despite his arms looking torn and b.l.o.o.d.y, he still securely held the wraith while looking at them with darkly.

Gao Lan Mei also noticed the blood on Xiao s.h.i.+'s neck. Too much that makes her look like someone who slaughtered but still kept her body intact.

"Jiayi! We need to help them!" Gao Lan Mei exclaimed hurriedly.

"No, we don't." Wei Jiayi stated, "This… You know Xiao s.h.i.+ is a wraith, right? She will not die with just this blood. It's just…"

"Regardless! She is hurt!"

"Mei Mei, believe me! We cannot get close to them unless Zhao Liwei snapped out of it. We can only wait." Wei Jiayi replied.

"What? Why?" Gao Lan Mei asked after hearing Wei Jiayi's edgy tone.

"He claimed her as a mate. With his arms being like that, it seems he forced his way through your defense wall probably to get her. Just like how he forced his claim at her..." He continued, confident with his a.s.sumption since Zhao Liwei is very good with runes and defenses.

Mate claiming is a very sacred thing that needs both consents. If the female refuses, and the male still claimed, it would be very b.l.o.o.d.y. Literally.

"How? Xiao s.h.i.+ is a wraith… She is not even…" Gao Lan Mei is not sure how to describe Xiao s.h.i.+. The wraith is being that cannot be considered dead or alive after all.

"I do not know, but with him like this, we can only wait for him to go back to normal. Another option is awake, Xiao s.h.i.+, up, she can probably do something about it." Wei Jiayi advised.