Chapter 278: Two People Alone (2)

Xie Jingxing stood up and took the teapot from the small table beside him. He emptied the water out of it, reached out to the boat, scooped up a full pot of lake water, and placed it on the stove to boil. He said, "I'm not that kind, but since you're so loyal, I'll be a good person for once." At this point, he raised his head and looked at Shen Miao, saying, "Everyone says that Shen Xin is loyal and righteous. I didn't expect a girl from the Shen family to be so loyal. Thank you for not betraying me."

He was half joking, half serious, so Shen Miao didn't explain that he had misunderstood. In that situation, if she had immediately revealed that the person in the secret room was Xie Jingxing, those two would have killed her immediately. Everyone knows how to delay the situation, but Xie Jingxing thought she was keeping it to herself out of loyalty. Why not make Xie Jingxing feel like he owed her a favor? Therefore, Shen Miao didn't intend to clarify this misunderstanding.

However, Shen Miao lowered her head and thought, even if Xie Jingxing really gave him up, with Xie Jingxing's ability, he would probably be able to escape unscathed. She had heard clearly just now that those two people must have companions nearby, but now there was no movement at all, so it was easy to imagine who was behind this.

After a brief silence, the water in the kettle also boiled. Xie Jingxing casually tore off a piece of cloth from the corner of his robe, dipped it in some hot water, and with one hand, he held Shen Miao's calf and supported it on his knee, while with the other hand he wiped the dirty blood around the wound.

Shen Miao's feet were practically pressed against Xie Jingxing's chest, and she could feel the coolness of his clothes. The material was also cold and stiff, as if it was the cold heart beneath his cynical exterior. Shen Miao felt a little uncomfortable, tilting her head away, and her toes couldn't help but curl slightly. In her previous life, apart from Fu Xiuyi, she had never had such close contact with other men. Even with Fu Xiuyi, when she recalled it now, it was more than a little forced. Most of the time, Fu Xiuyi left her with only the impression of a "king". Therefore, she had almost never met any men in her girlhood.

Feeling a bit silent, Shen Miao found a way to start a conversation and asked, "Who are those people?"

The "those people" she was referring to were naturally the group of the tall and thin man. Upon hearing this, Xie Jingxing remained silent. He simply wiped the blood from Shen Miao's calf, sprinkled it with medicinal powder, and then took out a handkerchief to bandage her wound. While doing this, he lowered his head with extreme seriousness, his technique extremely skilled, as if bandaging wounds was a very familiar task for him. The lights on the boat flickered, and the lanterns of Wanli Lake were like brocade. The bright light shone on his face. The young man's eyebrows and eyes were incredibly handsome, and it seemed that in this brief brilliance, there was a false sense of tenderness.

Even Shen Miao couldn't help but be slightly startled. However, this gentle illusion didn't last long. Xie Jingxing put down her feet, and suddenly supported himself on Shen Miao's sides with both hands, approaching her. His well-defined face was close at hand, and his peach blossom eyes seemed to be filled with intoxicating wine. He looked at her with a smile, which was clearly a casual move, but it was so strong that it made people feel a little breathless.

Shen Miao looked at him calmly. After staring at Shen Miao for a while, Xie Jingxing finally let go of her hand and said calmly, “Knowing too much will do you no good.”

"I don't want to know anything," Shen Miao said, "I just hope you won't get me into trouble." As soon as she said that, she felt a little annoyed. She didn't know what had happened today, perhaps it was the suddenness of the incident, or perhaps it was the injury that had made her irritable, but when she faced Xie Jingxing, some of her previously buried temper was actually stirred up. Those random ventings of anger, willfulness, and bickering were unknowingly brought out by Xie Jingxing.

"As long as you know your limits, no one can implicate you." Xie Jingxing said. He tidied up the messy strips of cloth on the boat, found a long pole, and hung Chen Miao's wet clothes on it to dry slightly.