The man handed Liu Yin a jade pendant, saying, "This is warm jade. You can carry it with you; it might come in handy."
This could certainly be considered an ordinary gift, but Xie Nanzhou was far from at peace.
In their Yuncheng, there is another saying that when a woman accepts a jade pendant from a man, it means she understands his feelings for her.
But seeing Liu Yin naturally accept the jade pendant, the man knew that she had probably never heard of such a saying.
Although Xie Nanzhou was somewhat disappointed, he also breathed a sigh of relief and looked up at Liu Yin.
The dim candlelight flickered, and from his angle, he could see Liu Yin's lowered eyelashes trembling gently.
At this moment, Liu Yin's face was not as pale as it had been during the day, and she smiled and thanked Xie Nanzhou.
The smile was gentle and reserved, yet Xie Nanzhou could sense a heart-stirring tenderness and shyness in Liu Yin's eyes.
Xie Nanzhou was slightly taken aback. He thought he was overthinking it and even looked closely at Liu Yin's expression.
The man's gaze was direct and undisguised.
Liu Yin bit her red lips slightly, her watery eyes trembled slightly when she looked up at him, and then she avoided Xie Nanzhou's gaze.
Seeing the expression on her face, Xie Nanzhou suddenly felt a surge of joy. It turned out that he wasn't the only one who had fallen in love.
The man suppressed a smile and was about to say something when there was a knock on the door.
"Master," Xie An said, raising his voice.
He didn't know why the patriarch wanted to bring Ye Jing's daughter back to Yun City, even though the original plan was different.
Liu Huizhou must have sent a message to Wuchen Palace, because now someone has reported that Wuchen Palace has already sent people to Yuncheng.
Xie Nanzhou frowned slightly, feeling that Xie An's arrival was clearly ill-timed, but he also knew that unless it was something important, he wouldn't have come to disturb him.
He put down his cup, a smile in his eyes, and said, "Then, Miss Ye, remember to get some rest. I won't disturb you any longer."
Liu Yin nodded gently and was about to stand up to see him to the door when Xie Nanzhou stopped her, saying, "It's windy outside, be careful."
Liu Yin watched the man's departing figure, unconsciously rubbing the warm jade in her hand.
After Xie Nanzhou left, 003 appeared and said, "It seems that villains are not so bad after all."
"But host, are you sure it's him?"
Having followed Liuyin for so long, 003 has come to know some of Liuyin's habits. For example, she never does anything useless.
If she didn't have ulterior motives, she would never have gone to Yuncheng with Xie Nanzhou.
As for what they're after, there's no need to guess.
"Probably," Liuyin replied softly.
She hadn't originally intended to follow Xie Nanzhou, but then she suddenly smelled the man's fragrance and changed her mind.
Xie Nanzhou was not bad at all; he had sword-like eyebrows that reached his temples and eyes as bright as stars, making him extremely handsome.
Moreover, it actually suits her taste quite well.
“Alright.” 003 nodded, then thought of the male lead again, “But this time Ye Jing’s ‘daughter’ didn’t die, so the Xie family elders have no grounds to blame the villain. His ending will definitely change.”
Liu Yin smiled and said, "More than that, I'm curious whether the male lead's ending will change."
"If I remember correctly, the male protagonist claimed that he wanted to avenge his junior sister, which is why he asked Ye Jing to teach him a martial art that was not to be passed on to outsiders."
As far as Ye Jing was concerned, even if Liu Huizhou was his disciple, he was still an outsider. Wuchen Palace was reserved for his daughter.
But later Ye Ying died, and the power of Wuchen Palace and Xie family was evenly matched. Even if the head of Xie family was the culprit, he had no choice but to do so for the sake of Wuchen Palace's stability.
Just then, news spread that Liu Huizhou was also a member of the Xie family.
If the Xie family had a new head of the household, they wouldn't be so supportive of Xie Nanzhou; that's exactly what Ye Jing was planning.
003 also vaguely remembered this part, "But he's the male lead."
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"You'd better have something urgent to tell me."
Xie Nanzhou's face was grim, and the coldness in his eyes was almost tangible.
"Patriarch, the people from Wuchen Palace have gathered in Yun City, and their Palace Master will arrive soon."
Xie An lowered his head in reply, feeling the pressure from above, and lowered his head even further.
In fact, this is the true appearance of the Xie family patriarch.
But after meeting that Miss Ye recently, the head of the family has changed somewhat, and even seems a bit unfamiliar.
However, it seems that nothing has changed.
Upon hearing that it was news from Wuchen Palace, Xie Nanzhou's expression softened somewhat. At the same time, he pondered how to appease Ye Jing. He was planning to ask Ye Jing for Liu Yin's hand in marriage.
Xie Nanzhou naturally realized that his previous actions were wrong; how could he have used Liu Yin as a bargaining chip to threaten Liu Huizhou?
Actually, he should have liked her a little when they first met, but the feeling was too unfamiliar and he didn't pay attention to it.
Some mistakes happened later.
However, Xie Nanzhou never regretted his decision. If it weren't for this incident, he would never have met Ye Liuyin.
"What's the result on Liu Huizhou's side?"
"He has rescued Ning Shuyue. The scouts reported that the two are also heading towards Yuncheng, but they had a dispute on the way."
In fact, it was inevitable that Ning Shuyue and Liu Huizhou would have a quarrel.
After all, Liu Huizhou had chosen Liu Yin back then, and almost caused Ning Shuyue to fall off the cliff and die. No one would not mind that.
Xie Nanzhou understood this principle, but he was still somewhat unhappy, mainly because the plan did not go as he had imagined.
Fortunately, Liu Yin didn't like Liu Huizhou at all, otherwise his performance would have benefited someone else.
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