Seeing Shen Yao's surprised expression, Ye Qingzhu smiled faintly, "What? You think you can hide the fact that she's disguised as a man from everyone?"
Shen Yao only stumbled upon Su Yan's disguise as a man by chance, but judging from Ye Qingzhu's expression, it seems that she knew the truth from the beginning.
"you……"
Shen Yao hesitated, then thought that Ye Qingzhu was right; there were no truly sealed secrets in this world.
After all, if Su Yan's background is investigated carefully, it won't be difficult to find out the truth.
After thinking it over, Shen Yao raised his head, met Ye Qingzhu's gaze, and said coldly, "Ye Qingzhu, if you want to kill me, then kill me! Wasting time talking to me here won't change anything."
After saying that, Shen Yao slowly closed his eyes, awaiting death.
Looking at Shen Yao's expression, Ye Qingzhu was filled with anger. She wanted to say something, but she didn't know how to start.
Looking down at the porcelain bottle in her hand, Ye Qingzhu subconsciously tightened her grip, seemingly muttering to herself, as if continuing to question Shen Yao.
"Don't you really have anything to say to me?"
Ye Qingzhu was met with a long silence. She watched as the flickering candlelight illuminated Shen Yao's face, half of it exposed to the light and half in shadow, adding a unique charm to his strong features.
Ye Qingzhu gazed at Shen Yao, as if she had returned to the time when they first met. Even though his wings had been broken, he was still an untamed eagle.
Soon, Ye Qingzhu had made up her mind, and she walked towards Chen Yao.
Looking down at him with a self-deprecating expression, she muttered to herself, "Indeed... love is such a ridiculous thing."
After saying that, she squatted down, her expression extremely cold, reached out and pinched his chin, and with a forceful pull, there was a 'crack' sound.
Shen Yao heard the sound of bones dislocating and felt that his jaw had completely lost control; it must have been dislocated by Ye Qingzhu.
Ye Qingzhu looked at her masterpiece with a satisfied expression, gently lifting Shen Yao's chin and forcing him to meet her gaze.
Seeing Shen Yao's angry eyes, Ye Qingzhu smiled slightly, leaned down, and placed a light kiss on his cheek.
Shen Yao struggled incessantly, his jaw dislocated and unable to speak, only making 'woo woo woo' sounds. In addition, his hands and feet were bound and he could not move, so he was unable to resist Ye Qingzhu's approach.
Shen Yao didn't feel much about the fleeting kiss; he just looked at Ye Qingzhu with a puzzled and speechless expression.
He couldn't understand why Ye Qingzhu suddenly wanted to kiss him.
After the kiss, Ye Qingzhu didn't say much. She removed the plug from the porcelain bottle and poured the contents into Chen Yao's mouth.
Unable to struggle or control himself, Shen Yao could only stare wide-eyed as he felt something cold and slippery enter his mouth and disappear down his throat.
Although he didn't know what he was being fed, Shen Yao guessed that it was a Gu worm created by Lu Yuan.
After Shen Yao swallowed it all, Ye Qingzhu looked at him with mixed feelings and gently put his chin back down.
She reached out and stroked his face. "Although you'll become as obedient as them in time, I'll still remember how you are now, Shen Yao. Goodbye, I'll miss you..."
After saying that, Ye Qingzhu got up and prepared to leave the room.
Just as Ye Qingzhu had taken a few steps, she heard a rustling sound behind her—the sound of a chain breaking.
Ye Qingzhu turned around and looked at Shen Yao in astonishment as he climbed out of the pool.
"You...you..."
Ye Qingzhu was quite surprised, having no idea how Shen Yao had broken free of the chains.
When Ye Qingzhu's gaze fell upon the iron hairpin in Shen Yao's hand, she immediately understood. She reached out to touch the hairpin on her head, only to find it empty.
It turned out that while Ye Qingzhu was kissing him, Shen Yao secretly pulled out the hairpin from her head and, enduring the sharp pain in his shoulder, pried open the chains.
Although Shen Yao knew he had been fed with Gu worms, he was unwilling to accept his fate. Even if he died, he would die honorably and would never become a puppet refined by the Dark Moon Pavilion.
Things happened so fast that before Ye Qingzhu could even react, the sharp silver hairpin had already landed on her neck.
Dark Moon Pavilion is, after all, an assassin organization. The hairpin is not just a simple decoration, but a hidden weapon that can cut through iron like mud.
So when the hairpin was placed on her neck, Ye Qingzhu's fair neck instantly bled profusely.
"Don't move, or I'll kill you," Shen Yao said fiercely.
Ye Qingzhu had seen many big scenes since she was a child, and she had experienced having a knife held to her neck countless times.
There was no trace of panic on her face. Instead, a faint smile appeared on her lips as she looked at Shen Yao and said, "Even if you kill me, you won't be able to leave."
Shen Yao's eyes darkened, and he tightened his grip. "Enough talk, come with me..."
After saying that, Shen Yao pressed Ye Qingzhu's pressure points, making her unable to use her internal energy or resist.
In fact, Shen Yao didn't think too much about it. Even if he couldn't leave, he didn't want to become a puppet like a monster.
Ye Qingzhu remained calm, allowing Shen Yao to escort her out of the house.
………………
at the same time.
After entering the gambling den, Su Yan looked around and found that there were people guarding every corner, monitoring everyone in the place.
Soon, one of the guards turned his gaze to her.
To avoid arousing suspicion, Su Yan squeezed towards the gambling table, and the guards' wary gazes followed her away.
The gambling table was surrounded by a large crowd, everyone's eyes were fixed on the game, and no one paid any attention to who was next to them.
Su Yan pretended to try to squeeze in, but secretly glanced around, realizing that the heavy guards made it impossible to see the situation clearly.
However, Su Yan soon discovered the passage to the Dark Moon Pavilion.
One corner of the gambling den was very secluded, and the guards there were different from the regular guards; they were all dressed in black and wore ghost masks.
Su Yan was extremely familiar with the 'Ghost Mask', and this place must be the lair of the Dark Moon Pavilion.
But how do we get there...?
This is indeed a big problem.
Because that place requires a token to enter and exit, and Su Yan didn't even know what the Dark Moon Pavilion's token looked like, how could she possibly break in?
Su Yan frowned, frantically trying to figure out how to break in.
Soon, a brilliant plan came to her mind.
Since we can't get in through the proper channels, let's try a crooked approach—creating chaos.
Before entering the gambling den, Su Yan and Wang Ruofu discussed that once Su Yan was inside for a quarter of an hour, they should create chaos on the street to divert attention from her.
A moment later, someone in the street shouted, "The government officials are here!"
The ghost market was thrown into chaos, and the people gambling inside the gambling den scattered in panic at the sound of the commotion.
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