Lu Jinwei's charming smile froze on her face. She looked at Chi Jingyun with a puzzled expression, as if waiting for him to explain.

Chi Jingyun hurriedly whispered his defense: "My feelings for you are as clear as day and night. That artifact spirit must have made a mistake. Believe me, no one can change my feelings for you, not even the future that the artifact spirit spoke of."

Lu Jinwei's lips twitched slightly, and she said with a somewhat unnatural smile, "I want to believe you."

Chi Jingyun became anxious. "I really only have you in my heart. I will never change. When I was five years old and still wetting the bed, I had already decided on you. I know myself. I dare not say that I can follow the Grand Preceptor through reincarnations like the Crown Prince and the others, but in this life, all my love is for you. My past, present, and future will all have you and only you in them."

Lu Jinwei bit her lip and smiled.

But a hint of unease flashed across his face, and he ultimately had no desire to continue speaking.

If anyone else had said this today, she could have stood with her hands on her hips and retorted confidently, because she firmly believed in Chi Jingyun's love for her.

But the person who said this was the Imperial Advisor!

She never utters falsehoods!

[I can't take it anymore! I'm having a heart attack, I'm in so much pain!! I can't watch this anymore, I'm going to kill Chi Jingyun to vent my anger!]

As Fang Ruotang spoke, she clenched her fists, placed one hand on her chest, and pounded it with the other, her face even turning a few shades paler.

[It feels so bad, just like when I had a heart attack before, it's so uncomfortable.]

Ye Wuxia immediately put her arm around Fang Ruotang.

"Why is your face so pale? Are you feeling unwell?"

He glanced at Chi Jingyun with a gloomy look, as if he were looking at a dead man.

Chi Jingyun tensed up, but faced with life and death, he wanted Lu Jinwei to believe him even more.

"I can't, I really can't!"

"Whether it's true or not doesn't matter. The main thing is the Grand Preceptor's murderous intent towards you, you..." Lu Jinwei put aside her bitter feelings, even more afraid that the Grand Preceptor might really have a relapse.

Then it wouldn't be the Grand Preceptor childishly shouting about killing people, but the Crown Prince and others actually helping her kill. The Crown Prince and others would never allow someone that Fang Ruotang dislikes to linger under her nose, which could potentially aggravate her old ailment.

"Ugh, I feel so uncomfortable." Fang Ruotang pouted and threw herself into Ye Wuxia's arms, whimpering, "I just read in a storybook that two children grew up together as childhood sweethearts, but after the childhood sweetheart joined the Ministry of Justice, he met his colleague's daughter. They shared similar interests, investigated cases together, took risks together, and caught criminals together. They were like soulmates, experiencing many things that the childhood sweetheart didn't know. And the childhood sweetheart was still foolishly supporting him at home, always proudly telling others about his favoritism towards her. Ugh, so heartbreaking! Destroy it! I really want to send the author a knife."

Ye Wuxia was familiar with Fang Ruotang's words. She always treated the stories of the people around her as if they were stories, and now that she had seen an ending she didn't like, she was naturally unhappy.

He glanced at Chi Jingyun thoughtfully, and Chi Jingyun's face paled slightly.

The little mirror is a protector of its owner.

【I'll kill him for you right now, I promise no one will find out. Please don't be scared anymore, it's my fault, I shouldn't have let you see them.】

Fang Ruotang was shocked and buried herself in Ye Wuxia's arms, asking Xiao Jingzi.

"You can kill people?"

I can't kill anyone, how can I protect you? You don't think I'm only good for keeping you company, do you? Do you look down on the Lord and the others?

"...Not really, but you never said you could kill people!"

Ye Wuxia looked down at the beautiful woman in his arms, holding her tightly as a protector, but he was also a little surprised when he heard Xiao Jingzi's words.

At the same time, I also understood something more.

They must really like Fang Ruotang a lot, they've thought of everything for her. It's such a difficult world, but because of their advance planning, Fang Ruotang is now having an easy time, like it's nothing.

To kill or not to kill?

"...I can't kill him! I'm just suffering, but since other people's relationships didn't develop the way I wanted, I can't just kill them."

Fang Ruotang pouted, a little unhappy. She glanced at Chi Jingyun, tugged at Ye Wuxia, and whispered, "Could you secretly make things difficult for Chi Jingyun? I hate him."

“Fine! I hate the people you hate too.” A cold and ruthless killing intent flashed in Ye Wuxia’s eyes.

At this moment, he was nothing like the young master he was in front of Fang Ruotang. This was the real him, a man who could stand in the court at the age of twenty. In order to climb to the pinnacle of power, he would stop at nothing and his hands were already stained with blood.

Chi Jingyun felt utterly wronged, but fortunately, the Imperial Advisor had spoken those two sentences directly, giving him grounds to refute them.

"Your Excellency, I am Chi Jingyun. May I ask what I have done to displease you? Even if you are to sentence me to death, you should at least give me an explanation."

Chi Jingyun stepped forward and questioned loudly and firmly. He truly felt wronged and understood the meaning from the Grand Preceptor's words.

It's said that he and Yu Huan developed feelings for each other, but in all honesty, Yu Huan was his brother! A brother who had worked together on cases and shared life-or-death experiences.

"Hmph! If you didn't claim to be devoted to Lu Jinwei alone, it wouldn't matter if you had a few ambiguous relationships. But why do you sing your praises of your devotion? After I genuinely shipped you two childhood sweethearts, you ended up having ambiguous relationships with other women. Anyway, I don't care, I just don't like you being like this, hmph!"

Fang Ruotang knew that this was Chi Jingyun and Lu Jinwei's life story, not a real novel, and there was no author who allowed her to send razor blades. But if she didn't send razor blades, she couldn't even say a few words of abuse!

“Yu Huan is my colleague. Whether she is male or female is none of my business! I have never cared about that at all!” Chi Jingyun was extremely anxious.

He and Yu Huan investigated Ren Lingshan's case together and had even gone through life and death together. He could confidently say that they were a great team. If he were really going to change, wouldn't he have changed by now?

He didn't know what circumstances caused his feelings for Huan to change in the spirit's timeline, but they had faced life-or-death situations together, and his feelings for Lu Jinwei had not wavered. What else could have changed him?

He's really going crazy.

"But she's a woman! And she likes you! You don't know that, do you? Last time you were trapped in the cave while you were on a case, she stole a kiss from you while you were unconscious. You're not clean anymore, you don't deserve Lu Jinwei. You bad man, you haven't wavered in your feelings for Lu Jinwei, you haven't crossed the line, but you've condoned her crossing the line. Your love is no longer presentable."

Chi Jingyun took a step back, his face pale, and hurriedly looked at Lu Jinwei.

"I...I don't know!"

Lu Jinwei glanced at Chi Jingyun's lips, then silently lowered her eyes.

Suddenly I understood the Grand Preceptor's anger.

Yes! If Chi Jingyun hadn't been so passionate, she would have been like any other woman of this era, finding a husband from a family of equal social standing, and wouldn't have cared who her husband had kissed or even slept with. But he himself said he wanted to give her perfect love, and he gradually raised her expectations for marriage.