Nan Wusi threw a punch at Helan Wenyue, but he easily caught it.
"Miss Nan, don't be so short-tempered." Helan Wenyue grasped Nan Wusi's hand.
"You're a man!" Nan Wusi was surprised to hear that Helan Wenyue's voice was male, confirming her previous guess.
"Yeah, isn't that a surprise? Isn't that unexpected?" He Lanwenyue switched to a female voice and said with a playful laugh as she leaned close to Nan Wusi's ear.
"Where's your Adam's apple? How did you get it?" Nan Wusi's attention was completely drawn to Helan Wenyue's neck. Back in Mengyifang, she had suspected that Helan Wenyue was a man, but after seeing his Adam's apple, she dismissed the idea.
"Want to know? Beg me, beg me and I'll tell you." Helan Wenyue looked at Nan Wusi with a wicked grin.
"Please tell me, okay?" Nan Wusi smirked, looking at Helan Wenyue with a forced smile. Why do these scoundrels always like this kind of thing?
"Tch, boring." Helan Wenyue curled her lip.
"Watch closely." With that, Helan Wenyue peeled a piece of skin off his neck, revealing his Adam's apple.
Nan Wusi leaned closer to take a look and felt it was amazing. Could this be the legendary art of disguise?
As Nan Wusi reached out and touched it, the texture was remarkably similar to human skin. "Could this really be human skin?" A thought flashed through Nan Wusi's mind. He had heard that the skin used in these disguise techniques was made from real human skin.
"You're quite bold." He Lanwenyue put the skin back on.
"Is this human skin?" Nan Wusi asked.
"Hmm." Helan Wenyue nodded coldly. "Scared?"
"..." Nan Wusi didn't speak, but simply wiped his hands, which had been touching her earlier, on Helan Wenyue's body with disgust.
"..." He Lanwenyue's forehead veins throbbed.
"So I've been kidnapped by you now?" Nan Wusi asked Helan Wenyue.
"Well, I guess so." He Lanwenyue nodded with a smile.
"What exactly do you want to do, to provoke a war between the two countries?" Nan Wusi frowned. This was a plot point that was not in the original text at all, and he didn't know why such a big change had occurred.
Furthermore, the original text makes no mention of Helan Wenyue being a man.
Judging from his demeanor, it seems that he is the one who truly holds power among this group.
"Is Xia Ziqian with you?" Nan Wusi clearly sensed that she had felt dizzy after leaving Tingfeng Water Pavilion, and that Xia Ziqian had given her the last cup of tea. He also had a merchant friend from Beihuan, so Nan Wusi couldn't help but think this way.
"Does Helan Wenjin know you're a man?" Nan Wusi fired a barrage of questions at Helan Wenyue.
"Miss Nan, you have so many questions, but I have no obligation to answer them." He Lanwenyue still had a smiling face, which made Nan Wusi want to punch her a few times.
But there was nothing she could do; she realized she couldn't use her internal energy for the time being when she threw her first punch.
"This is terrible," Namo thought to himself.
What's worse is that Nan Wusi called out to Xiao Yi in her heart many times, but received no response. Logically speaking, Xiao Yi should have received her call by now. Moreover, now that she is missing, if Xiao Yi knew, he would be even less likely to let the jade pendant leave his body.
Therefore, the only explanation is that even the Mandarin Duck Blood Jade has a distance limit and cannot transmit messages from too far away.
Indeed, just as Nan Wusi had guessed, Xiao Yi had been trying to contact Nan Wusi through the jade pendant ever since he learned of her disappearance. However, because Nan Wusi had been in a coma for the past few days, Xiao Yi had not received any response.
However, several days have passed, and Nan Wusi has not responded or contacted him. He then guessed that the Mandarin Duck Blood Jade must have a distance limitation.
It makes sense. It's already amazing enough that the two of them could communicate telepathically through a jade pendant. Now, if they can still contact each other even when they are thousands of miles apart, it's truly incredible.
However, without such a cheating tool, it has become much more difficult for Xiao Yi to rescue Nan Wusi.
However, Xiao Yi has already figured out several routes that He Lan Wenyue and the others might take, and has also sent someone to deliver a message to Nan Tianba, instructing them to make preparations at the border.
Xiao Yi also dispatched several teams, one team to investigate a route in order to intercept them.
If Xiao Yi hadn't been so busy lately, he would have flown to Nan Wusi's side immediately to save her.
Although Namo Si currently lacks martial arts skills, he has not suffered any abuse. However, he spends his days traveling in a carriage, which is rather boring.
After Nan Wusi woke up, Helan Wenyue no longer rode in the carriage with her. Moreover, after arriving in town, he bought a new horse and began to ride on horseback.
Nan Wusi had been looking for an opportunity to escape, but she hadn't found a suitable chance. Helan Wenyue kept a close watch on her, giving her no opening whatsoever, which frustrated Nan Wusi greatly.
However, during this period of rest, Nan Wusi also chatted with Helan Wenyue and Helan Wenjin, and learned a lot of information about the Northern Huan.
For example, King Bei Huan had seven wives, and Helan Wenyue was born to his youngest wife, who was also a Han Chinese.
The reason Helan Wenyue was raised as a girl from a young age was because the King of Beihuan had only sons and desperately wanted a daughter. Originally, Helan Wenyue had a twin sister, but she died at birth, so her mother lied and said she only had a daughter to cover it up.
However, her actions were out of necessity, since in Beihuan, if someone gave birth to a stillborn child, it would be considered an omen of bad luck and the person would be burned to death.
Therefore, Helan Wenyue has kept his identity well hidden all these years. Apart from Helan Wenjin, who knows that he is a man, no one else knows.
Helan Wenjin found out about it by accident, but he ultimately chose to help Helan Wenyue keep it a secret. In return, Helan Wenyue chose to support Helan Wenjin in taking the throne.
The Northern Huan did not designate a crown prince; the throne had to be earned through one's own means, making the competition among the princes exceptionally fierce.
Although Helan Wenjin was the most skilled in martial arts among the princes, he lacked strategic acumen and had few supporters among his subjects. Therefore, Helan Wenyue planned a marriage alliance to leverage the situation and find allies.
However, they didn't expect such a pleasant surprise as Nan Wusi. If they could successfully bring Nan Wusi to Beihuan, then Nan Tianba would probably be hesitant and timid when fighting again.
That will be the time for Helan Wenjin to establish his military achievements.
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