Chapter 250: Undercurrents in This Mountain
At that moment, Qin Xiangnuan seemed to hear the joyful singing of hundreds of birds.
"Jiang Lin, thank you." Qin Xiangnuan couldn't respond to Jiang Lin perfunctorily. She felt that the corners of her mouth had been raised to a point where they couldn't go any higher.
Looking at Qin Xiang's warm smile, Jiang Lin naturally became happy too. He felt as if he was in a hot spring and felt extremely comfortable all over.
Suddenly, Jiang Lin calmed down a bit, took Qin Xiangnuan's hands and said, "Nuannuan, I will tell you about my difficulties later, but I don't want to increase the risk of exposing your identity."
"I understand." Qin Xiangnuan nodded, "I will also be careful about these things."
Jiang Lin was now completely relieved, and then talked about helping Qin Xiangnuan and the others set up an inn on the border.
Qin Xiangnuan smiled and said, "It's not that strict. I just want to hold my father's hand for a little longer so that he won't have time to worry about you."
Jiang Lin nodded in understanding.
Qin Xiangnuan stated so bluntly that she didn't want Qin Guang to follow Jiang Lin, and Jiang Lin frowned in hesitation.
Because he had already promised Qin Guang, Jiang Lin could not tell Qin Xiangnuan that Qin Guang had asked him to help him.
"What's wrong?" Qin Xiangnuan looked at the sadness between Jiang Lin's brows and asked him.
Jiang Lin spoke slowly, "It's about a promise. I can't tell you."
Qin Xiangnuan was stunned, but soon laughed again, "It's okay, I won't force you to tell me."
Jiang Lin pursed his lips, nodded, and then stared at Qin Xiangnuan to see if she really didn't care about this matter.
The fact is, Qin Xiangnuan felt that Jiang Lin would not hide anything related to her life and death. Since it was not the case, why should she care?
The two of them quickly returned to the team, both with smiles on their faces, and the others felt relieved unconsciously.
"Uncle Qin, you guys decide the affairs of the inn yourselves. I won't interfere unless it's necessary." Jiang Lin said to Qin Guang.
Qin Guang nodded. "That's great. You can't get too close to me, or someone else might get hold of us."
Although they followed Jiang Lin all the way to the border openly, the road was filled with pedestrians and they were just passing by, so they had a lot of room for excuses.
But once we settled down at the border, things were very different.
Jiang Lin had not thought of this in his haste, but he had thought of it when he talked to Qin Xiangnuan just now.
In this way, they reached a certain consensus among themselves that no one could be found to have any evidence of collusion between Qin Guang and Jiang Lin at the moment.
"Then it's settled." Qin Xiangnuan looked at Qin Guang with a smile, "Dad will have a lot of hard work when the time comes."
What Qin Guang was least afraid of was hard work, so he quickly agreed on what to do.
When they were on the road again, Qin Xiangnuan got on Jiang Lin's carriage again.
"Miss Third." Anliu was very excited when he saw her. He didn't expect that the suggestion he made would really work and produce results so quickly.
"Anliu, you should calm down." Qin Xiangnuan laughed, "It will make me feel like you have accomplished your lifelong goal."
Anliu paused, and withdrew his expression somewhat unnaturally.
Qin Xiangnuan raised an eyebrow, "Is there something going on?"
This kind of joke should have been handled well, but when he heard about the matter of life and death, his expression became strange.
Upon hearing this, Jiang Lin looked at Anliu curiously. At that time, when Anliu analyzed the situation to Jiang Lin, he spoke very clearly, but now he seemed to have wilted.
Anliu shook his head, looking for a place for his eyes to rest.
An Feng, however, spoke for him without mercy: "He was scolded by Ying Niang."
"What do you mean by scolding?" Anliu didn't answer Qin Xiangnuan's question, but after hearing Anfeng's description, he retorted dissatisfiedly, "Anfeng, why didn't I realize before that you could express yourself in such an exaggerated way?"
"Really?" An Feng looked at him provocatively.
Anliu nodded vigorously, then turned to Jiang Lin and the others, but the words he was about to say stopped at his lips.
Jiang Lin and Qin Xiangnuan's expressions were really too... excessive. They clearly looked like they were enjoying a good show.
Qin Xiangnuan chuckled as she watched the undercurrent of resentment grow.
Jiang Lin also joined in the fun, "It's not a curse, what happened?"
"Master." Anliu raised his eyebrows. He didn't expect Jiang Lin to be curious about his affairs. He thought that since his problems had been solved, he had too much free time.
Jiang Lin smiled and responded to his address, curling his lips and waiting for him to continue.
There was no place to hide, so Anliu spoke out. He scratched his head first to ease some of the embarrassment, then spoke, emphasizing, "It's not a curse!"
The others nodded casually, obviously this was not the point and they were waiting to hear what came next.
Anliu resigned himself to his fate, speaking without any emotion, "I was simply showing her my storybook enthusiastically, but for some reason Ying Niang suddenly became dissatisfied and accused me of evil deeds."
When An Feng said this, he couldn't hide his smile. An Liu said it too simply, and he could see it clearly from the side.
Anliu had a look on his face as if he deserved a beating, and he showed Yingniang his collection of storybooks in a mysterious way. Yingniang was originally looking forward to it, but after seeing what Anliu gave her, she became angry and embarrassed.
Ying Niang's face and eyes flushed as she spoke loudly to Anliu.
But it couldn't be considered an insult. Anfeng felt that Anliu deserved the scolding.
After listening to this, Qin Xiangnuan looked at the undercurrent with an indescribable expression.
"Aren't you going to give An Feng the storybook?" Jiang Lin felt that things were not going right.
An Feng nodded and added, "After An Liu found out, he met Ying Niang and stopped to chat with her."
"..." Qin Xiangnuan remembered that Anliu knew that Ying Niang liked him.
"I know." Anliu answered Qin Xiangnuan's doubts, "But I can't give Ying Niang what she wants."
He really sees it clearly, worthy of being someone who has read many storybooks.
However, Qin Xiangnuan raised an eyebrow, "You know that if you treat her like this, Ying Niang will be very sad, right?"
"Miss Third, I have no intention of hurting Ying Niang." Anliu was very distressed. He knew that Ying Niang was a good girl, which was why he didn't want her to waste her energy on him.
They actually rarely met in recent days, but whenever they did, Ying Niang would ask him about his well-being.
Ying Niang is very straightforward and never hides anything. Undercurrent cannot hide anything. He enjoys Ying Niang's care but cannot give any response.
So when I happened to meet Ying Niang today, I happened to have a storybook in my hand, so I thought of letting her read more of other people's stories, so that she would understand that I was not her choice.
"Anliu, I have to look at you with new eyes." Qin Xiangnuan finally opened her mouth and sighed.
Jiang Lin was obviously surprised as well, but he would not say it out loud like Qin Xiangnuan did.
"Anliu, I don't want those books anymore." Anfeng suddenly said.
Anliu suddenly turned around and glared at him, "If you don't tell me why, we'll have a fight."
An Feng looked back at him and said word by word, "Even if you read the storybooks, you still can't understand yourself. I think they are useless and I don't need them anymore."
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