Lin Xiuyan gently stroked the bow with her slender fingers, flicked the bowstring with her fingers, took the hairpin from her hair and poked it at the bow, and finally began to tune the string.
As soon as she started tuning the strings, she seemed like a completely different person. Gone was her previous carefree attitude; she became serious and focused, her movements swift and graceful, like a poem or a painting.
Ye Junfei propped his head up with one hand and looked at her, his eyes deep and complex.
After Lin Xiuyan finished, she handed the bow back to Ye Junfei: "Young Master Ye, try it again."
Ye Junfei looked at her with some suspicion. She smiled slightly and gestured for her to proceed.
He took the bow, reached out and gently flicked the bowstring. His expression changed slightly. He stood up and pulled the bowstring, and the feel was completely different from before.
He looked at her with some surprise: "This bow can now shoot up to 150 paces. How did you do that?"
Lin Xiuyan smiled slightly: "How about learning about a genius?"
Ye Junfei: "..."
She was terrified when he approached her, but when she negotiated with him, she was confident, audacious, and incredibly bold.
The abilities she had just displayed in front of him had indeed surprised him.
He raised an eyebrow, looking at her with a half-smile, and asked, "How do you want to cooperate with me?"
Lin Xiuyan replied, "It's very simple. I will teach your people to make crossbows that can fire in rapid succession, and I will also teach them how to modify the range of arrows. In return, you will save my whole family's lives."
Ye Junfei gently stroked the bow in his hand with his slender fingers, then looked at the crossbow, his peach blossom eyes deep and unfathomable.
He was interested in what she said, but it didn't move him. However, if he agreed to her request and it put her at ease, what was wrong with coaxing her?
He said lazily, "Deal."
Lin Xiuyan visibly relaxed, moved a little closer to him, and asked him mysteriously, "Are you interested in those iron blocks?"
Ye Junfei noticed that her eyes were sparkling, clearly indicating that she was brewing something mischievous again.
He then asked, "What if you're interested? What if you're not?"
Lin Xiuyan blinked and said, "If you're interested, we can empty out all the iron blocks inside together. If you're not interested, just pretend I didn't say anything."
Ye Junfei asked her, "What do you need those iron blocks for?"
Lin Xiuyan smiled and said, "Young Master Ye, you're asking a question you already know the answer to."
"I am skilled at making all kinds of weapons, and making weapons requires iron."
"But the sale of iron is now prohibited in Chongqing, so I want some iron."
Ye Junfei didn't think this was her real purpose, and said directly, "Speak like a human being."
Lin Xiuyan pursed her lips slightly and could only say, "Zhou Chenyang has his eye on the Lin family. The Lin family needs to have the ability to protect itself."
"So I want to make a batch of weapons to protect my family."
Ye Junfei wasn't surprised to hear her say that, and asked her, "Lin Xiuyan, what does family mean to you?"
Lin Xiuyan said without any hesitation, "It's my fate."
Ye Junfei was somewhat surprised by this answer: "Your life?"
Lin Xiuyan nodded: "Yes."
Ye Junfei had never felt the warmth of family affection, nor did he know that anyone would risk their life for their loved ones.
He asked calmly, "Besides your family, would you risk your life for someone else?"
"Probably not," Lin Xiuyan said with a smile. "After all, 'others' refers to unrelated people."
Ye Junfei's gaze narrowed slightly as he asked, "Have you ever thought about what you would do for someone you could spend your life with?"
Lin Xiuyan laughed: "A person to spend your life with? You mean a man like Zhou Chenyang?"
Without waiting for Ye Junfei's reply, she continued, "Matters of the heart are mysterious and unpredictable."
"In my opinion, men are not as reliable as my parents, nor as reliable as money."
"To be honest, I've never thought about getting married in my life, so I'm unlikely to fall for a man."
Seeing the depth in Ye Junfei's peach blossom eyes, she continued, "If Young Master Ye is interested in my body, I can give it to you anytime."
"But it's impossible for me to love a man to the point of death and give him my heart."
His unusual behavior tonight frightened her.
Although she wasn't narcissistic enough to think that Ye Junfei would like her, she still needed to make these things clear when discussing cooperation.
Cooperation is cooperation, and love is love.
She distinguishes them very clearly.
A hint of amusement appeared in Ye Junfei's eyes: "You don't actually think I like you, do you?"
Lin Xiuyan quickly replied, "Of course not, I am well aware of my limitations in this regard..."
“I allow you to think in that direction,” Ye Junfei interrupted her.
Lin Xiuyan: "..."
She wouldn't dare, thank you!
Falling in love with him is likely to be even more tragic than falling in love with Zhou Chenyang.
Cherish life, stay away from the Night Lord's Gate.
If you can't stay away from Ye Junfei, then treat him like a god in your heart, worship him from time to time, and never let your feelings get involved.
Ye Junfei didn't dwell on the matter, and simply said, "I'm tired and want to rest."
Lin Xiuyan quickly took out a mattress and quilt and made a makeshift bed on the floor. Pointing to the bed, she said, "You sleep on the bed tonight, and I'll sleep on the floor."
Ye Junfei snorted coldly, drew his sword, and slashed the quilt and mattress to shreds.
Lin Xiuyan: "!!!!!"
What's gotten into him this time?
Ye Junfei threw his sword on the ground, opened his arms, and looked at her.
She looked at him blankly, and he said impatiently, "Change your clothes."
Lin Xiuyan: "..."
Is he starting to act like a big shot again?
She thought that they had just finished discussing their collaboration, and that he was someone she couldn't afford to offend, so she resigned herself to coming over to help him change his clothes.
She had done this many times before and was quite familiar with the process. She calmly unbuttoned his clothes and took off his outer robe.
Looking at her familiar movements, Ye Junfei was once again certain that she knew him very well, so well that she even knew his style of dress.
The hidden buttons on his outer robe were fastened in a very special way; no one in the entire city of Chongqing had ever used them before.
He had never worn this robe in front of her.
He was certain once again that she not only knew him, but understood him very well, as if they had lived together for a long time.
But she had never left Chongqing, and he had only been in Chongqing for a little over a month. He was very certain that he had never seen her before.
He desperately wanted to ask her why she knew him so well, but he knew it would be pointless; she wouldn't tell him.
As the two lay down on the bed together, Lin Xiuyan asked, "Have we reached a basic agreement on cooperation?"
Ye Junfei gave a soft "hmm," and Lin Xiuyan's eyes darted around: "So you'll protect my family from now on?"
Ye Junfei turned to look at her: "Just say what you want to say. Beating around the bush is annoying."
Lin Xiuyan smiled at him: "It's nothing, I just wanted to confirm this with you so that it would be easier for me to make the subsequent arrangements."
A bad feeling arose in Ye Junfei's heart: "What are your plans?"
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