Chapter 171 It's You and Me

Shen Yu didn't waste time talking to Ying Shiqi. He glanced at Ying Shiqi's outfit and asked, "Did the host give you a new order this time?"

The palace maid mask that Ying Shiqi pasted on himself was pale and gloomy. He took a look behind the pearl curtain. It was pitch black inside and he could vaguely see the figure of a person sleeping against the wall.

"Indeed, there is a new mission." Ying Shiqi sat next to Shen Yu. He poured himself a cup of hot water with ease and said in a low voice, "For me and you."

Shen Yu raised his eyes and looked at him: "What is it?"

Ying Shiqi put the drawing in his hand on the table and said, "You have spent so much time in Kunning Palace and still haven't gotten rid of Wen Yu. The host is very disappointed with you. So I changed your task to a lighter one."

Shen Yu took the yellowed drawing paper, which outlined the basic structure of a certain building and the many complicated passages hidden inside.

"This is the pavilion in the middle of the pond. Some of our people have already sneaked in." Ying Shiqi pointed his finger at the top of the drawing. "The pavilion has thirteen floors in total. The top floor holds the wanted criminals from Chengyuan Mountain. Our goal is to rescue them all."

Shen Yu looked at that place, and he thought of Mo Qianyu's figure a long time ago, and he didn't know what it meant: "This picture is not easy to draw, the host must have spent a lot of thought on them."

"Who knows?" Ying Shiqi didn't care much. "It is said that they are fellow disciples. The host lost many shadows in order to save them."

Shen Yu didn't say anything else. Ying Shiqi turned to look at him and continued, "I heard that all the shadows sent to rescue were killed by the secret guards. You fool around all day and don't perform well, and now this crappy mission is thrown on you."

Shen Yu rolled up the drawing and put it away. He said calmly, "Stop talking nonsense. Aren't you going with me?"

"That's true." Ying Shiqi took a sip of hot tea and said with a worried look on his face, "My life is miserable. There's nothing I can do about it."

Shen Yu ignored him. He had observed the terrain around the pond earlier. The pavilion was in the middle of the pond, surrounded by water. Unless they dived in, there was no other way to go.

"There are so many secret passages in the attic, there must be some in the pond as well." Shen Yu speculated, "That is a key area monitored by the secret guards. If we dive in, we might run into them head-on. The best way is to get the control key of the facility."

Ying Shiqi put down the cup in his hand, and slowly wiped away the hot air from it with the cup lid. He smiled at Shen Yu and said, "You are right, there is a mechanism hidden inside. As for the key... it is in Mu Yuyi's hand."

Shen Yu understood, and he said, "Shall I go get it?"

"No, I'll get it." The smile on Ying Shiqi's lips faded, and he said, "You spend the next few days studying the mechanisms in the attic. I can handle Mu Yuyi. We'll meet at the backyard door in a week."

Shen Yu nodded, thinking about the overall layout of the palace. His eyes flashed across Ying Shiqi's wrist. He looked injured, with a thin bandage tied around his wrist.

Shen Yu frowned upon seeing this. He stared at the wound on Ying Shiqi for a few seconds and suddenly asked, "Ying Shiqi, the person Mu Yuyi mentioned before... is you?"

Ying Shiqi's expression remained unchanged. He looked at Shen Yu, as if he didn't understand what he was saying: "Who?"

"It's not cleaned up yet..."

"Ahem." Ying Shiqi suddenly put his fist to his lower lip and coughed twice. He looked at Shen Yu as if warning, and said, "You'd better not talk about this. I still know shame."

"..." Shen Yu was speechless. He asked, "Why didn't you tell him? He recognized the wrong person."

"I know." Ying Shiqi raised the corners of his lips and smiled faintly, "After you left, he leaned against the wall and cried for a long time. The poor little thing was so pitiful, he cried to death."

Shen Yu: “…”

Shen Yu couldn't figure out Ying Shiqi's personality. He was a casual and seemingly heartless person, but he didn't expect that he had a complicated relationship with Mu Yuyi.

There was a slight curve at the corner of Ying Shiqi's lips as if he was smiling, but his face had no expression, and his eyes were dull, with an inexplicable sense of coldness.

Shen Yu retracted his gaze and said, "The knife wound on your wrist is very serious. If you don't take medicine, you might die."

"I know." Ying Shiqi took his hand back, a sarcastic expression on his face, as if he didn't care. "I heard that you know medicine. Can you give me some medicine?"

"Don't count on me too much. I don't have much." Shen Yu said in a flat voice. He stood up and walked to his bed.

During this time, he took care of Wen Yu and stuffed a lot of medicine under the bed. Shen Yu took out a few bottles of medicine for wound repair from the box and threw them all to Ying Shiqi.

"Thank you." Ying Shiqi stuffed all the medicine bottles into his pocket.

He didn't tell Shen Yu the origin of the wounds on his body, but he had very few contacts recently, and few people were stronger than him, so Shen Yu could guess the origin of these wounds with just a little effort.

Yingzi of the Shadow Building is in opposition to the Yue Kingdom's Dark Guards. Mu Yuyi became famous at a young age and led the entire Dark Guard Division. It is impossible to say how simple his mind is. He can be ruthless to Ying Shiqi now, and he will not show mercy to his men when conflicts break out in the future.

"See you in the backyard in a week." Shen Yu didn't look at Ying Shiqi again. He had no right to interfere in the entanglement between them. He just said, "Get the key and leave. Don't get caught."

"Don't worry, I know everything." Ying Shiqi responded casually. He did not stay in the room any longer. After the new shift outside was over, he pushed open the door and walked out.

Shen Yu stepped forward and closed the door of the outer hall tightly. He glanced at the scene outside through the gap. The Kunning Palace was as quiet as usual. Ying Shiqi's figure flashed past the corner of the wall and was soon submerged in the dark tide.

Shen Yu saw no signs of the secret guards' activities, so he quietly took a step back and closed the palace door.

The candles in the inner hall had long gone out, and Shen Yu relied entirely on the light from Gouqie Tunsheng's body to see. Gouqie Tunsheng seemed to be tired as well, and he was unhappy, lowering the light on his body while building the mechanical bed.

Shen Yu rarely saw it in such a state of drooping. He approached it and asked, "What's wrong? Are you lacking energy?"

Gouqiu Tousheng glanced at Shen Yu. It curled up on the mechanical bed and its brightness dimmed a little: "...It's okay, I just feel a little uncomfortable. I just need to rest for a while."

"Really?" Shen Yu was a little worried. He touched the ball body and sighed, "If you have anything to say, just tell me. I also have some Yang Qi. If you need it, I can give it to you."

Gou Qie Tou Sheng was deeply moved. It trembled and said, "You still care about me. You are such a good person. Wuwu... Then give me one thousand first. I will return it to you when I recover."

Shen Yu: “…”