62 Eventful Night
◎Her back felt hot as she stared at the lines of text.◎
She stood in front of the incomprehensible painting, carefully avoiding the areas where ink was still dripping, and took it off.
As soon as it was turned over, a piece of paper stuck behind the painting fell off.
Tian Nongxi bent down and picked it up.
Just by touching the paper, before I could even read every word, my heart was already beating like thunder.
Feeling a little exhausted, she subconsciously used her fingers to squeeze the snow-white paper, creating wrinkles.
It was a smooth, fine synthetic fiber paper with an irregular left edge, like a page torn from a book.
This couldn't be something that would appear in Yanchao.
Tian Nongxi pressed his lips into a stiff line, his eyes darting around in panic, finally landing on the upper left corner.
A line of words that was significantly smaller than the others read: "The Story of a Poor Man: I Rely on My Own to Rise to the Top"
Tian Nongxi's pupils suddenly contracted and his brows furrowed.
She is the culprit here now, the source of this world,
How could he appear in this dark room like this?
How did Yan Chao get this book?
Without giving it any thought, she fixed her eyes on the first line.
It didn't take long to notice something was wrong.
Although she had only read one chapter, the author loved Tian Yaozu so deeply that how could she have scanned the entire page without seeing Tian Yaozu appear once?!
In contrast, almost every line begins with a name.
Tian Erniang.
Tian Nongxi felt as if his throat was being strangled by an invisible hand, so tense that he couldn't even swallow his saliva.
Her back felt hot as she stared at the lines of text.
Tian Erniang escaped death...
Tian Erniang came to her senses and returned to the right path...
Tian Erniang earned her first pot of gold...
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Tian Erniang...completed the paper man's awakening?!
Tian Erniang, it’s all Tian Erniang.
And all the things described clearly happened after she entered this book.
Is she playing Tian Er Niang, or... ?
Cold sweat broke out on the back of Tian Nongxi's neck, and the sweat fell to the ground along his collar with a "clatter".
The faint movement awakened the person who was immersed in the illusion. She took a quick breath, peeled off the complicated and tangled lines in her mind, and read on.
The main text of this page is gone, except for a few words written in very small font in the lower right corner in regular script: Final Chapter·Biography (1).
With his eyes fixed on “(1)”, Tian Nongxi’s ears were buzzing and his brain felt like it had been thrown into a high-speed washing machine and left to fend for itself.
She only had one thought left—
The protagonist of this book is Tian Er Niang, number one.
The next page, is it her ending?
Tian Nongxi turned it over without hesitation.
On the back, the words blackened by ink were blurred into a mess, and nothing could be seen clearly.
As the strength in his hands faded, the paper fluttered to the ground.
Tian Nongxi froze in place, his feet felt as if they were filled with lead and he couldn't move them. It took him a long time to bend down and pick them up.
She didn't know whether to feel lost or relieved. She mechanically put the paper and painting back in place, supporting herself against the wall and breathing heavily.
He reached out and pinched the skin on the back of his hand, then leaned against a small piece of wall that was not covered with paintings to calm himself down.
The system is full of lies and loopholes. This piece of paper might have been left in this world by them specifically to control her.
But why is it here in Wentingluan?
He didn't need to investigate to know that everything written on the page matched her story.
How much did he find? A book, or just a page?
Did he believe it completely?
Believe that this is the world in the book, believe that he is just an insignificant passerby.
No, he couldn't just trust a piece of paper that appeared out of nowhere.
He shouldn't even be able to read modern fonts.
Tian Nongxi stared at the ink that was accidentally stained on his thumb, forgetting even to blink.
The ink on the back of the paper is still new, in the dark room of the Crown Prince's bedroom in the Eastern Palace, and on the paper hung together with other paintings by Wen Tingluan.
Who else but him?
Straightening his back, Tian Nongxi thought: Can't I just ask?
Ask him whether he picked up the paper accidentally, whether he believed what was written on the paper, and what was written on the other side of the paper. Everything will come to light.
Tian Nongxi took a step forward and pushed open the door that separated the dark room.
Suddenly, the sound of palace maids talking in groups of three or four, getting closer and closer, came from outside.
Tian Nongxi paused and looked towards the source of the sound.
Something in her mind opened a crack, and she quickly turned around, closed the door, and restored everything to its original state.
He stepped out of the bedroom door and nodded slightly to the palace maid who passed by and saluted.
It was not until the palace maid's back turned into another corridor that Tian Nongxi supported the pillar with a sense of relief.
Her brain worked rapidly, overturning her previous decision.
No, you can’t ask Wen Tingluan.
What if he was on the same side as the system? What if he found out that she was the so-called "awakened paper man" and tried every means to stop her from returning?
Or what if he didn't understand the words on the page at all and was instead disturbed by her questions?
He couldn't ask Wen Tingluan, this was the only thought left in Tian Nongxi's mind.
On the bright side, the system did not lie in one thing, which was that they could only sense the progress of her task.
Everything written on this page was about the system rewards. As for who she met or how she earned the money, there was nothing there.
Therefore, the system does not know what happened tonight.
In fact, it really wanted to see her achieve her goal, so it lowered the standards again and again.
If it wanted her to see the paper on purpose, it would have jumped out by now.
Therefore, the promise to release her once I earn 20 million gold won't be broken...right?
Tian Nongxi's steps were empty, and he resisted the urge to immediately shout out the system's question.
What on earth does this page mean?!
Why does it say between the lines that she is Tian Erniang?!
Tian Nongxi thanked the eunuch who supported her when he saw her walking on empty air, and walked back mechanically.
She needed to think quietly for a long, long time.
Pushing the door open, his empty eyes fell on the person sitting at the table sipping tea.
Her five senses suddenly seemed to be restored, and she could smell the pleasant scent of perfume on his body.
A cool, damp smell with some residual warmth.
Wen Tingluan looked at her with a smile, the drunkenness in his eyes mostly dissipated, "I listened to Xiaoxi's advice and went to take a bath. Now I'm not drunk anymore."
Tian Nongxi took a deep breath and said, "It's good that you're not drunk." She didn't look at him and walked straight over.
When passing by Wen Tingluan, he was embraced by Dali.
He loved to hold her in his arms, and the two of them would whisper in each other's ears and play around for a long time.
Tian Nongxi should have been used to it, but now he felt as if the places he had sat on so many times had grown sharp silver needles that pricked him.
She couldn't help but want to stand up and leave, but she couldn't move her strength because she was being held around the waist.
"Don't move." Wen Tingluan's deliberately soft voice filled his ears, "Let me hold you."
He sniffed her like a dog with dissociative disorder, twisted his fingers around her hair, which she had just managed to tie up, and tugged gently, then concentrated on smoothing out her frizzy hair and carefully tying the hairband.
The dense kisses spread from the neck to the earlobes. Tian Nongxi was bitten to the point of despair. The near collapse caused by betrayal, confusion and misunderstanding just now disappeared strangely.
When Wen Tingluan came up to kiss her lips, Tian Nongxi put her hand in his way and said coldly, "I'm sleepy."
Wen Tingluan hummed softly and said, "My wish is..." He kissed the back of Tian Nongxi's hand, took it away, and slowly spoke in her surprised eyes, "I hope Xiaoxi will always be with me, even for two years."
The candle flame flickered high, making his voice sound lower and more unclear, and the last few words were almost burned out by the flames.
Tian Nongxi lowered his eyes and said, "If you speak your wishes out loud, they won't come true."
She deliberately didn't look at the place where Wen Tingluan's eyes were determined.
Tian Nongxi felt uncomfortable with the burning gaze that was hard to ignore, so she moved away from him and looked at him deeply.
When she met those obscure eyes, she suddenly remembered that today was his birthday, a birthday on which he didn't know whether she would be there for him next time.
Tian Nongxi's voice softened involuntarily. He pretended to yawn and put his hands on Wen Tingluan's shoulders to push him. "I'm sleepy. I want to sleep. You go back first."
Wen Tingluan stood up very politely, walked to the door but did not leave immediately, and said: "I need to leave the palace tomorrow, at least ten days, at most a month, and I will come back as soon as possible.
"Stay here until I come back, okay?"
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How can you even say that?
Tian Nongxi smiled bitterly in his heart and closed the door without saying a word.
She didn't even have the energy to take a shower, so she just wet herself and got into bed.
The bed in the East Palace was large and soft, but Tian Nongxi tossed and turned and couldn't fall asleep.
She stared at the halo of the moon blurred by the window paper outside the window, and in a trance she recalled countless moments when she had inadvertently looked into the moon's eyes.
But in fact, she is not even qualified to express her grief to the moon.
As the saying goes, "People today cannot see the moon of the past, but this moon once shone on the ancients." That must be the same moon, not the moon in the world of the book she lives in.
Maybe the moon here is drawn or made up.
There was still a refreshing fragrance on the pillow. Tian Nongxi held his breath as if he was angry, clenched his fist angrily and hit it hard.
She sat up, bent her legs, and hugged her knees in thought.
After a long time, the curled up figure moved a fraction of an inch imperceptibly.
Wiping away the tears that had overflowed from her eyes at some unknown time, Tian Nongxi thought firmly - she wanted to leave.
After the last transaction with the system, she was no longer far from the amount required to complete the task.
She chose the highest amount, and correspondingly, the time was shortened to one and a half years, which means that there was only one year left at most.
Tian Nongxi was not sure whether the random rewards that the system said would appear in the future were real, and what random tasks he needed to complete for them to appear.
She could only feel that it was desperate for her to leave, even if it had to lower its demands again and again.
She once daydreamed that the system had to regress because of her "suicidal" behavior, but now she finally realized that all this was just an illusion.
Something must have happened in between, either because of an accident that led to the appearance of that page of paper or because of the appearance of that page of paper that led to the accident, Tian Nongxi had no way of knowing.
She only knew that she dared not and should not act rashly.
What would happen if she asked? Would the system's secret be exposed and she would be doomed to die? On a more positive note, even if it revealed everything, it wouldn't necessarily choose to help an NPC who knew too much.
Who she is is too insignificant compared to whether she can go back.
So, she couldn't just ask directly.
So, she wants to leave.
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He slept until noon and successfully outlasted Wen Tingluan.
Hearing the creaking sound of the door closing, she climbed up from the couch with a sense of relief.
Her earlobes had already turned red and hot from being stared at, but fortunately they were covered by her hair, so the man who had been standing by the couch and watching her for a long time didn't notice it.
After lying on the couch for a while, the noise outside caused by the prince's trip gradually died down, and Tian Nongxi slowly went out to wash up.
After packing the package, I picked up a plain piece of clothing to change into.
She had gained some weight recently, but the dress still looked airy, with a space the size of a fist left at her waist.
Tian Nongxi was not very satisfied, so she changed into the skirt that Wen Tingluan gave her.
When she took two steps back and let her figure fully appear in the bronze mirror, she was slightly stunned and found that Wen Tingluan was written all over her body.
After thinking about it, he took off the jingling jade bracelet on his left hand and replaced it with a silver bracelet he had bought casually.
Before going out, he changed back into his own clothes.
As he moved, the cuff of his sleeve brushed against the corner of his lips, making the lip balm a little lighter, as if someone had deliberately wiped it off.
Tian Nongxi frowned, not understanding why he was wasting his time.
But I still went out like this.
She put on some rouge and wore clothes that were obviously ill-fitting.
She was carrying a lightweight package in her hand and had light makeup on her face to cover up her bad complexion from not sleeping well last night.
As soon as he stepped out of the gate of the East Palace, Fu Que, whom he hadn't seen for a long time, suddenly blocked his way.
She was dressed in the attire of a palace maid, with a short knife at her waist, and saluted skillfully.
"Your Highness has ordered that we protect you." Fuque stared at the tip of her toes and said something that shocked Tian Nongxi. "Your Highness, the Crown Princess, please go back."
【Author’s words】
People today cannot see the moon of the past, but this moon once shone on the ancients. - Li Bai
Do I have a lot of imagination [erect ears rabbit head]
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