The moonlight outside the window was like refined jade, and dark clouds moved among the willow branches. In the stillness, a whistle suddenly rang out.
Zhang Xu opened the window and heard a cat meow. A figure flashed past her. Yan Chenghuan quickly pulled her back, closing the window as he spoke.
"Why do you open the window if you have nothing to do? Are you just too restless to sit still?"
"It's just a cat, what's there to be afraid of?" Zhang Xu clapped her hands nonchalantly. "Isn't it you I'm here for? What's there to be afraid of? By the way, there's only one room, how are we going to rest tonight?"
Yan Chenghuan withdrew his hand, tilted his head, and looked at her bewildered and ignorant appearance: "Are you not understanding or are you really stupid? In this situation, you still want to rest? I'm afraid you won't even know how you died."
"This inn is acting strangely. Since we're here, let's just make the best of it. What's there to be afraid of?" Zhang Xu was actually terrified. She'd been here so long without any special advantages or plot devices. Before, she could at least know a little about the story, but now she was just stumbling around blindly. No wonder she was scared. Now, she could only rely on Yan Chenghuan to save her life. Since they said the original plot would remain unchanged, clinging to Yan Chenghuan would still be useful until he was gone.
Hearing her insincere words, Yan Chenghuan gave a cold laugh, but seeing her fawning smile, he was somewhat moved. Although he didn't know how this seemingly useless woman had managed to possess Xuxu's body, after being with him for so long, he could tell that she wasn't inherently bad. Aside from being a bit stupid and naive, she seemed to have no other problems. But how did she manage to fit so perfectly into Xuxu's body, without showing any discrepancy?
"Who is that Sister Feng? She's quite pretty, but she's wearing way too much face powder." Zhang Xu rested her chin on her hand, thinking that this was a world of cultivation, and it seemed that she couldn't think like a normal person. Perhaps this "person" wasn't even human.
"Oh, it can't be...?"
Just as Zhang Xu was about to voice her guess, she heard footsteps outside. Yan Chenghuan's expression darkened, and he flicked his sleeve to extinguish the candle, gesturing for Zhang Xu to be quiet.
The footsteps outside grew louder, and a graceful figure appeared outside the door in the moonlight.
"Young master, are you asleep?"
It seemed to be Chunhua's voice. The two looked at each other, remaining silent.
Not hearing any noise from inside, Chunhua assumed the two had fallen asleep. She stood outside the door for a while before swaying her hips and leaving.
Zhang Xu stood up, about to leave, when she saw a tube slowly protruding through the snow-white window paper. A scene she'd only ever seen on television was now playing out, and Zhang Xu's eyes widened in shock. Seeing this, Yan Chenghuan casually pulled out a pill and stuffed it into Zhang Xu's mouth to make her pretend to be unconscious.
The two of them leaned softly against the table.
The person outside thought his plan had succeeded. After a while, he pushed open the door and saw that the two of them were leaning softly against the table. Only then did he feel at ease and lit the candles, and began searching their belongings.
The huge package was opened, revealing only a pile of clothes inside. Chunhua rummaged through it for a while but found nothing. Just as she was about to turn around and continue searching, a long sword was placed against her neck.
"What is Miss Chunhua looking for?" Under the dim light, Yan Chenghuan's smiling eyes were as beautiful as a fairy under the moon.
Upon hearing the voice and seeing the face, Chunhua trembled like a leaf: "No, no, no, young master has misunderstood." As she spoke, she tried to push the longsword away, but for every inch she pushed, the longsword moved forward, showing no intention of letting her go.
Chunhua chuckled and squatted down: "I only wanted to rob you of some money because you and Miss are dressed so elegantly. Since you don't have any, could you please let me go? We're just trying to make a living. I hope you can be lenient."
Yan Chenghuan looked at her thoughtfully, her bright eyes appearing harmless, but she casually created a barrier in the room.
Zhang Xu exclaimed in disbelief, "Holy crap!" They had been eating, drinking, and traveling together the whole time, and she hadn't seen Yan Chenghuan cultivate at all! How did this guy's cultivation level become so high in the blink of an eye? Is this the legendary gifted physique?
Yan Chenghuan ignored Zhang Xu's shocked expression, and slowly withdrew the long sword and threw it into Zhang Xu's hand.
"Seeing how hard you've worked to cultivate, I don't want to kill you, but if you don't tell the truth, things might change."
Chunhua looked at him, her eyes darting around, her pretty face filled with struggle.
"Do you want to wait for Sister Feng to come and save you? I think she probably won't be able to come."
Chunhua's face was immediately filled with astonishment: "Are those people outside in cahoots with you?"
Yan Chenghuan shook his head and said, "I don't know them. Perhaps your enemies have come knocking on your door today!"
Separated by the barrier, they couldn't hear any sounds from outside, but they could feel the oppressive pressure from the outside world. This inn was destined to be anything but peaceful tonight.
Seeing Yan Chenghuan's expression, Chunhua suddenly grinned and said, "You already guessed it, so why are you asking me? Don't you know the answer in your heart?"
Zhang Xu suddenly had a bad feeling. Just as she was about to say something, she saw black blood flow from Chunhua's mouth, and her body silently collapsed.
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