She gently covered her lips, gazing at Zhou Cheng's figure with overwhelming emotion. Countless unavoidable reasons and justifications flashed through her mind. In the very end, she glanced at Cheng Xianyi with pity.
She thought.
Zhou Cheng took these gifts to show off to outsiders.
If they survive this ordeal, Zhou Cheng will return to the Lin family with all that gold and silver jewelry and ask to marry her.
If she hadn't managed to dodge it, Zhou Cheng would definitely have sent those jewels back to her secretly, without anyone noticing, so that the Lin family wouldn't be implicated!
Yes, that must be it.
Lin Jiaoyun was very confident and certain. She touched her bald, unadorned hair and comforted her father with a pained expression: "Dad, don't worry, things will be fine once the storm passes."
"He loves his daughter so much that he must have already made arrangements so that no matter what the outcome, it won't affect us."
"It's a pity that he kissed that bitch Cheng Xianyi. I even felt disgusted by his behavior."
It's such a pity.
Because Lin Jiaoyun was overthinking it.
Zhou Cheng will not only refuse to return these gold and silver jewelry to her!
Instead, he took advantage of the night when no one was around, went to the storeroom, and with a wave of his hand, stored all the gold and silver jewelry in the entire general's mansion into his 100,000-square-meter space.
So much silver!
That's enough to pay the army's wages for a long time!
When he finally confronts Emperor Yan, he will empty the entire General's Mansion, leaving Emperor Yan with not a single copper coin.
After calculating the time, Zhou Cheng figured Xianyi would be sneaking over to sleep with him soon. Satisfied, he closed the storeroom door and happily prepared to return to his room.
At this moment—
"Black Rat, the evidence of General Zhou's treason is irrefutable. His secret collusion with the Xiongnu is known to all the court officials. What else do you not believe?"
"His Majesty is merciful, giving you guards who depend on the Zhou family for survival a chance to redeem yourselves. Do you still want to remain so stubborn and go to your deaths for Young Master Zhou?!"
"Listen to me, wake up soon! Young Master Zhou hasn't left you any way out!"
The sudden chatter made Zhou Cheng stop in his tracks.
He frowned slightly and looked toward the source of the sound.
The imperial physician sent by Emperor Yan was speaking to the black rat with a grave expression.
Oh, Black Rat, he's one of the twelve guards.
Since there were exactly twelve people, Zhou Cheng named them according to the twelve zodiac animals, and the captain of the guard was named Black Rat, so that Zhou Cheng's terrible memory could remember it.
Black Rat, with a clear and righteous gaze, angrily said, "Don't you dare try to sow discord here!"
"The general has treated us with immense kindness, and the young master has personally bestowed names and surnames upon the twelve of us. This is the master's acceptance and regard for his servants. How can such a good young master be insulted by you!"
"Besides, so what if the young master didn't leave us a way out? If His Majesty really believes the words of the treacherous minister and is convinced that General Zhou is plotting a rebellion."
"The young master himself is in dire need of protection, so we, as his guards, must naturally protect his life!"
"But it's you!"
At this point, Black Rat narrowed his dangerous eyes and scanned the imperial physician up and down.
Then she scoffed coldly, her gaze filled with disdain, and said, "You've been sneaking around these past few days, not taking good care of the Second Miss and getting her medical attention, but instead wandering around and peeking. You're obviously no good!"
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