Chapter 34 Watching the theft of another man's wife under the lamplight
Jiang Geyun sighed inwardly.
She pointed to the door and then raised her index finger in a "shh" gesture.
Seeing Jiang Geyun's actions, the red-haired man inside the wardrobe, like the shop manager, had a flicker in his eyes and softened his attitude.
Jiang Geyun kept a close eye on the person while slowly closing the wardrobe.
After closing the cabinet door, she walked towards the bedroom door.
In that short distance, countless thoughts had already crossed Jiang Geyun's mind. After suppressing them all, she opened the door and looked up.
Su Heng stood in front of the door and looked at her, his smile as gentle as a breeze and a bright moon.
...It's terrifying.
Jiang Geyun bowed and asked, "What is it, Your Highness?"
Su Heng stopped him, saying, "There's no need for such formalities. We're traveling light and simply. Lord Jiang, please treat me as an ordinary person."
Traveling light and simply? Do you mean those golden carriages?
Jiang Geyun tried her best to put on a smile and said, "This humble official understands."
Her wording remained unchanged.
Su Heng chuckled softly. He didn't say anything, but took out a small porcelain bottle from his pocket and handed it to her.
He said, "This medicine needs to be taken once every half day, and three times constitutes one course of treatment. I just forgot to let Lord Jiang take it with him."
He'd better have genuinely forgotten, and not come to check up on me.
Wait... why does the word "check up on someone" feel a bit strange?
Jiang Geyun shook off these thoughts, roused herself, and accepted the small porcelain bottle with both hands, saying to Su Heng, "Thank you for your concern, Your Highness."
Jiang Geyun handled the porcelain bottle with great care, deftly avoiding Su Heng's fingers, like a dragonfly skimming the surface of water, striving to ensure that their bodies did not make any contact whatsoever.
Su Heng paused for a few seconds and withdrew his hand.
The rooms on both sides have decent natural light, but the corridor is rather dark.
The interplay of light and shadow, the probing, once again sketched a subtle dividing line on Su Heng's body.
Is it better to view flowers under lamplight or in sunlight?
Jiang Geyun now has an answer—naturally, each has its own charm, and beauty is a dignified and objective thing.
The items had been delivered, but Su Heng remained relaxed and aloof, showing no intention of leaving.
Jiang Geyun hesitated for a moment, then looked away and lowered her head slightly, saying, "Is there anything else, Your Highness?"
Su Heng said, "Lord Jiang, although it is not like Yingzhou, one must still be careful of snakes, rats, insects and ants at night in the capital."
Jiang Geyun's heart tightened!
Her hand rested on the door, and in Su Heng's blind spot, her fingertips couldn't help but quietly tap the door shut.
Jiang Geyun tried her best to make her tone sound sincere. She said, "Your Highness is very concerned. I will keep this in mind. This case is of great importance. I will do my best. Even if there are snakes and rats causing trouble, I will not dare to fail Your Highness's trust."
“I’ll wait and see,” Su Heng replied leisurely. “But even small snakes and rats can kill if they find a loophole. Take care, Lord Jiang.”
Will people die?
It's hard to say which side will die faster.
The system, the investigation mission, Zheng Yi, Su Heng, the strange man in the closet...
Jiang Geyun stopped reciting the menu in her mind, looked up and smiled, "This humble official understands. It's late and the dew is heavy, Your Highness, please take care."
Her refusal was quite obvious.
Su Heng said, "Lord Jiang is very considerate."
He seemed to have more to say.
Jiang Geyun smiled, and her next words were—
"Your Highness?"
Not far away, Zheng Yi had been standing there for an unknown amount of time, her gaze towards Jiang Geyun and Su Heng hidden in the shadows, full of meaning.
The young man in brown standing next to Zheng Yi bowed his head respectfully, appearing completely unaware of what was happening in front of him.
Jiang Geyun pointed out Zheng Yi's presence, and Zheng Yi broke his silence.
The woman's voice was slightly hoarse, and her words carried a hint of tension and wariness. She said to Su Heng, "This is the first time I've made you linger at Yinguang Tower like this."
Su Heng smiled deeply. Judging from his expression, he didn't seem to have been unexpectedly interrupted, but rather as if he had expected it. It was just unknown whether he had anticipated Zheng Yi's appearance or Jiang Geyun's rejection.
He said gently, "Your Majesty."
Zheng Yi looked down and said to Jiang Geyun, "Good evening, Xiao Jiang."
As she spoke, she took a few steps forward, moving from behind the young man in brown to the front of him, as if she were about to walk towards Jiang Geyun.
Jiang Geyun also bowed to Zhengyi. Her expression remained normal, but she was once again sweating with worry—she was concerned that the person in the cabinet might be part of a premeditated trap.
If this situation was deliberately orchestrated by someone, and the person in the cabinet was arranged to be discovered by the two people in front of her at this moment... will she be drawn into trouble again and accused of some strange crime?
She thought Zhengyi was going to call the villain away before she spoke up, but she ended up making things worse!
Jiang Geyun's fingers clenched tighter and tighter.
Where Jiang Geyun couldn't see, her fingertips had turned red.
But she was caught up in anxiety and a sense of crisis, completely oblivious to the pain. Her mind raced, and she restrained herself from showing anything.
Just as she was about to say something, Su Heng suddenly took a few steps forward.
He raised his right hand slightly, and his wide sleeve fell down, stopping Zheng Yi from making any further moves.
Facing Zhengyi's less-than-friendly gaze, he smiled and said, "So it's here, Your Majesty. I was just about to have a game of chess with you."
Zheng Yi subconsciously took a few steps back until he was back behind the young man in brown.
Upon hearing this, she shrugged casually and said, "Okay, let's go then."
Su Heng nodded to Jiang Geyun and walked away.
Only after the three of them disappeared from Jiang Geyun's sight did she slowly close the door. For a moment, she felt a sense of bewilderment as she suddenly relaxed from her tension.
This time...she's actually quite lucky?
Jiang Geyun snapped out of her daze and looked at the wardrobe in the room.
Now there's only one question to consider.
*
"You don't really want to play chess with me, do you?"
Zheng Yi quickened her pace, creating some distance before stopping. She turned to look at Su Heng, her face full of suspicion and resistance.
Su Heng smiled faintly and said, "Everything will be as my elder sister wishes."
“That’s easy for you to say,” Zhengyi scoffed. “You should talk to people who will believe you. You’re so young, yet you act all old. Tsk.”
Hearing this description, Su Heng was not annoyed, nor did he offer any explanation.
He said, "Of course, I can also discuss the Tu Lan Mission case with my elder sister."
"Stop! Stop!" Zheng Yi's expression was one of exaggerated fear. She said, "I don't want to get involved in this kind of thing. I've already handed the person over to you, so don't try to drag me into this anymore!"
Su Heng said, "I have not yet thanked my elder sister for agreeing to this matter."
Zheng Yi asked, "So, did I agree to help you? Does my agreement or not affect the outcome?"
Su Heng smiled but remained silent.
Zhengyi added, "Xiao Jiang has a fiancé, did you know?"
Su Heng paused for a moment, then his smile deepened.
His expression remained unchanged as he said, "I know."
The identity he intended to give up might actually become a web tailor-made for her.
He once did not understand why people revered Yuantian Shenjun.
He had already investigated and found out that this so-called "god" was just a highly skilled immortal who, by attaching the title of being able to know destiny and predict fate, was revered by the world.
Until he too experienced how wondrous the workings of fate are.
He suddenly understood why people believed in the God of Fate.
Unnameable, woven by fate, intense emotions without origin need a place to rightfully take root.
Upon hearing Su Heng's words, Zheng Yi's eyes showed genuine disbelief.
She scrutinized Su Heng, took a deep breath, and said in disbelief, "Everyone said you'd never unlock this potential in your life, and you really are! Once you start, you're unstoppable. I knew it—you're way crazier than me!"
Su Heng remained relaxed and natural, as if the person opposite him was saying nothing out of the ordinary.
He thought that Su Jin had misunderstood; she thought he would do something like stealing another man's wife.
……No.
It's not a misunderstanding.
If necessary, he could do exactly what Su Jin suspected.
Regardless of identity or reason, let's focus solely on her.
For the first time in his life, he reached a consensus with the incessant curses in his ears.
However, Su Jin still misunderstood something.
While Jiang Geyun certainly stirred his emotions, ultimately, she was merely an interesting problem for him to solve.
That's the whole truth.
His thoughts had nothing to do with love.
...
The conversation between the two was overheard by the young man in brown, but he seemed to know nothing, remaining silent with his head down the whole time, standing beside Zheng Yi.
After Su Heng left, Zheng Yi's tense emotions relaxed a lot, and she turned around to signal the young man to help her.
But the young man did not make a move.
Zhengyi sensed something was wrong and frowned.
She strode towards the young man, and the moment her outstretched hand touched him, he suddenly collapsed to the ground, lifeless without her noticing.
Zhengyi withdrew her hand, her eyes icy, and took her own pulse.
After a moment, she whispered, "What a waste. She only heard a few words. But if she could influence him to that extent..."
Zhengyi's voice grew softer and softer as she spoke, until all her words faded into the slight upturn of her lips.
Without any formalities, another young man in brown appeared silently and dragged the corpse away from the ground without uttering a word.
The light here was dim, and one could vaguely make out that the young man and the dragged-away corpse had the same face.
The scene was extremely bizarre, as the young man dragged what appeared to be his own corpse step by step toward the dark distance.
*
The red-haired man had just been freed from the long darkness when a ray of light reappeared. In the next instant, an irresistible force swiftly pulled him out of the wardrobe!
Then, something pressed down on him hard. He looked up and saw a gleaming dagger aimed at his neck. If it went in another inch, his life would be in danger.
His Adam's apple bobbed, and he looked up at "Lord Jiang," who was holding a dagger.
Jiang Geyun couldn't find anything particularly suitable, so she dragged over a chair and used it to subdue the man. Her left leg was half-pressed on the chair, and she used her right hand to grip Shouzhuo, suspending it at the man's throat.
After making sufficient preparations, Jiang Geyun shifted her gaze from the blood gushing from beneath the red-haired man to his bright green eyes.
She said, "Thank you for introducing yourself."
The redhead's eyes showed a genuine hint of confusion.
Seeing his appearance, Jiang Geyun became worried.
This person doesn't look like someone from the Great Zhou Dynasty, and I don't know if he can understand what she's saying.
Her mind was racing, but she didn't stop what she was doing.
Jiang Geyun leaned down a few inches, getting even closer to the red-haired man's neck.
The redhead seemed to only just realize his current predicament. A glint of light flickered in his eyes, revealing a hint of grievance. Compared to a wolf, he was more like a puppy at this moment.
He first uttered some syllables that Jiang Geyun couldn't understand, and then, realizing something, shyly switched to words that both of them could understand.
He said, "I don't know, I don't remember."
Oh, so you're using the amnesia trick again.
The smell of conspiracy is growing stronger.
"Maybe I should just kill him," Jiang Geyun thought calmly.
Seeing that Jiang Geyun remained unmoved, the red-haired man became much more anxious and struggled for a while.
He was quite strong, and for a moment he almost overturned the chair he was on and Jiang Geyun together!
Jiang Geyun reacted quickly, adjusted her posture, and used the chair to press down on his wound.
The redhead groaned in pain and looked at her pitifully.
Jiang Geyun asked, "You were here yesterday too?"
Due to the dim light last night, she couldn't see clearly.
Looking back now, she realized that the red she saw wasn't blood, but his red hair.
His injuries were probably not that serious at the time, so he left promptly after regaining consciousness and even cleaned up the bloodstains.
It's normal that there's no blood on the windowsill, but how come there isn't even a speck of dust?
Jiang Geyun noticed these things yesterday.
Before going to bed, she took the time to close the windows tightly, clipping her hair and hanging up things that could make noise.
However, the person did not visit again last night. When she woke up, she vaguely thought that she was hallucinating because she was too anxious.
Seeing that his previous struggles had made Jiang Geyun uncomfortable, the red-haired man immediately adjusted his posture and stopped moving.
He said pitifully, "I was unconscious last night. When I woke up, I felt danger and left."
Jiang Geyun asked, "...Is it not dangerous today?"
The red-haired man's forehead was covered in sweat from the pain of his wounds, which rolled down and mingled with the blood beneath him. Against the backdrop of the scarlet blood, his expression was sorrowful. Combined with his high nose and deep-set eyes, the scene resembled an oil painting from the Renaissance period.
The redhead blinked to keep the sweat from getting into his eyes, and said with a hint of grievance, "Intuition tells me this is the safest place."
Jiang Geyun smiled and said, "Is that so?"
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Author's Note: "She's just an interesting problem for him to solve"—that's how stubborn people who've never been in love are, huh? We'll see later whether it has anything to do with love. [rainbow fart]
P.S.: This description has been revised many times. I'm not sure if it's powerful enough. I'll probably revise it to make it more refined after it's finished. Please leave a comment if you have any thoughts!
Youyou: What do you adults think of the new cover designed by our relatives and friends? [droopy-eared rabbit head]
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