Jiang Yimian looked up at the young man in front of her, her tone extremely serious, her beautiful eyes filled with disapproval.
She actually understands the person in front of her very well.
Although her past experiences were not as dramatic as Lu Cijian's, they were actually quite similar.
There aren't many emotions involved, and you don't express yourself because nobody cares; the organization only cares whether you've completed your mission.
So, like most of the people in the organization, she suppressed her true nature and had long since abandoned emotions, becoming a ruthless killing machine.
She shut herself off from the world, not letting anyone glimpse even a trace of her true self.
Aside from occasionally revealing his own emotions when he's with that old lady, he doesn't show any other emotions at other times.
Until I arrived here.
She sensed so much from Wang Fengqin, Xiao Nuan'er, Xiao Ye, as well as the Liu and Chen families, things she had previously hidden away.
Slowly open yourself up to the world, reopen your heart, and start trusting others.
She hoped that Lu Cijian could also learn to trust others.
Express your demands and grievances like everyone else, without hiding your true emotions.
Lu Cijian stared blankly at the person in front of him without saying a word. After a while, he reached out and hugged the person tightly.
He nuzzled Jiang Yimian's head with his chin, his voice slightly hoarse, "Mianmian, can you stay by my side forever? Don't abandon me."
He used to think that liking someone was the most boring thing in the world, but after meeting Mianmian, he realized that liking someone is the happiest thing in the world.
Someone will understand everything about him.
He would unconsciously shed all his armor in front of this person.
Jiang Yimian reached out and hugged him back, pressing her head against his chest, where she could hear his heart pounding.
Lu Cijian hugged Jiang Yimian, his voice filled with a sense of loss he had never felt before, "I used to envy Xie Jingxuan and Xie Yu."
Because he always felt that Song Bingcheng cared more about the Xie siblings than the other two, he rarely spent time back at Moge, always staying by their side.
He was taken back to the Ink Pavilion and entered that awful place. Half a year had passed since he came out.
The person who originally threw him in is gone; it's said that Song Bingcheng dealt with him.
But he had changed by then; he was no longer the hopeful child he was when he first met Song Bingcheng.
Song Bingcheng may have realized his change, and he no longer treated him as he used to. He seemed to be cautious, but also mixed with a lot of emotions, and in the end, all that remained was his sternness.
It wasn't until he grew up and defeated everyone in the Ink Pavilion that his relationship with Song Bingcheng changed.
It's no longer a simple master-disciple relationship like before.
In particular, an accident that nearly brought Moge to its knees almost led to its destruction, but fortunately he led everyone to fight to the death to save Moge.
When Song Bingcheng learned of this, he looked at him with a mixture of relief and satisfaction, seemingly conveying a complex array of emotions.
In the end, he was praised, which was the only time he ever did so.
But he was very happy.
Since then, their relationship has gradually improved, but it is still not as close as a normal master-disciple relationship.
However, he would look forward to Song Bingcheng returning to Moge. Unfortunately, Song Bingcheng had too many things to do, and Moge was never the most important thing in his eyes.
Gradually, he got used to it, and his expectations slowly faded away.
“Am I really that bad? Those things don’t seem like a big deal. Xie Jingxuan did live on thin ice in the palace back then, so it was only right for Song Bingcheng to protect him,” Lu Cijian said in a somber tone.
He spoke with an unusually stiff tone, as if he was not used to expressing his true feelings.
This was the first time he had told someone how he felt, and he wasn't sure if Mianmian would think he was a terrible person.
Jiang Yimian simply looked up at the person in front of her and said with a smile, "So Lord Lu has so many thoughts running through his mind! What were you thinking when I kissed you?"
She had thought that the person in front of her was cold and aloof inside and out, but she never expected that Lu Cijian would have such subtle thoughts.
She just thought this person was really cute.
She regretted not meeting Lu Cijian sooner; she really wanted to see what Lu Cijian looked like when he envied others.
Lu Cijian was taken aback, somewhat caught off guard, but a blush quickly spread across his ears. Meeting that intense gaze, he hesitated for a long while before saying, "Don't you think my idea is terrible?"
As a child, he would always despise himself because of the envy he felt for Xie Jingxuan.
As a result, he eventually lost all expectations of Song Bingcheng. Once he lost those expectations, he wouldn't care what the other party did.
Jiang Yimian looked at him seriously and asked, "Why do you think you're bad?"
You're great. Everyone has that thought. If you don't believe me, go ask Xie Jingxuan. He must also have things he envies about you.
"Lord Lu, everyone has emotions and desires. What do you want to do? I really want to give up all emotions!"
She glared at the person in front of her with feigned displeasure, seemingly a little angry, but the way that pretty face made that angry expression look more like she was being coquettish.
Lu Cijian was stunned for a moment. Looking at the lively expression on the face of the person in his arms, he was unconsciously infected. The gloom in his heart that he had hidden so well had disappeared without a trace.
It was as if the emotions suppressed for many years had been released, and all the disappointments of childhood seemed to be filled in this instant.
He looked down at the person in front of him, a smile playing on his lips. "Mianmian, going up the mountain was the best decision I've ever made in my life."
*
It was two days later when the news of Zhou Shiwen's death spread throughout Qingnan.
The entire Yuncheng Prefecture, which had been lifeless in the past, seemed to have come back to life.
As a result, people would crowd outside the government office every day, wanting to see who the official from Beijing was who had come to Qingnan this time.
As Jiang Yimian and Lu Cijian left the yamen through the back gate in their carriage, they could still hear the commotion coming from the front courtyard.
Jiang Yimian lifted the carriage curtain and looked outside, only to see a group of people blocking the entrance to the yamen.
She clicked her tongue inwardly, only to sigh inwardly how fortunate Lu Cijian was to have had the foresight not to leave through the main gate; otherwise, the carriage would never have been able to leave.
Thinking it over, she joked, "Lord Lu's popularity in Qingnan is soaring these days, it seems he has a good chance of being promoted."
Lu Cijian glanced at her and said with amusement, "They didn't come to see me."
Jiang Yimian was taken aback. "If it's not to see you, then who else could it be?"
Lu Cijian curled his lips and said leisurely, "Of course, it's you who saved the lives of the people of Qingnan!"
Jiang Yimian was surprised for a moment, then met Lu Cijian's teasing gaze, and after a while, she said, "Me? My savior?"
She has absolutely no connection to this word.
Besides, she didn't do anything this time.
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