Chapter 389: Breaking the Pot

Gu Qingquan quietly looked at the man who was sitting in the hot spring pool with his back to her, who looked like a sculpture. Although he did not see the answer he thought he would get, he still stubbornly stayed where he was and did not leave.

After an unknown amount of time, the person in the pool finally stood up with sweat all over his body.

Gu Qingquan watched the man stand up, his back still clean.

She did not move until Wu Lie stood up, put on the clothes placed aside and left. Then she slowly walked out from behind the rockery, left quietly with disappointment.

It was not until the sound of her footsteps disappeared that Wu Lie, who had already put on his clothes and walked into the inner room, slowly walked out.

His eyes fell on the rockery. After a while, he walked back into the house and took off his shirt again, revealing his muscular back and a waist without a trace of fat.

He sat in front of the mirror without saying a word, took out a medicine bottle and tweezers, and then smeared the medicine in the bottle around his lower back with an expressionless face. The medicine, which originally needed a certain amount of time to react, had now quickly disintegrated the skin attached to his lower back.

He thought of the ice ball that the man had thrown into the hot spring.

The ice ball should contain ingredients similar to those in his bottle, which is a drug used in the underworld to dissolve disguises. If he had not been prepared, if he had stayed in the pool for any longer, the disguise would have been exposed.

This was probably why she insisted on waiting until she was out of the pool before she was willing to leave.

Wu Lie used tweezers to carefully peel off the fake leather that had been disintegrated and curled up, revealing a blue flame-like mark on his lower back. He wiped it with a clean wet towel and put his clothes back on.

It was already dark outside the window, but the candles in the yard were already lit.

Because he never needed any palace servants to serve him, all the palace servants had withdrawn from this courtyard after he moved in.

This is also the reason why Gu Qingquan could enter the building openly without worrying about being seen.

But because of this, in this yard, any extra breath belonging to a second person would be detectable by Wu Lie's ears.

The candlelight flickered in the room, and Wu Lie's hand, which was tying his belt, paused slightly.

The next second, he took out a small knife from his hand, cut off all his breath, and walked towards the door as quietly as a cat.

One step, two steps.

Until I stood in front of the door.

He clearly sensed that there was someone outside.

Not the Black Guards, nor the Custodians.

As a secret guard, he is most sensitive to the scent.

Wu Lie listened quietly until the person outside stopped in front of his door, breathing calmly.

Not an assassin.

There was still vigilance in Wu Lie's eyes. He looked outside the door through the door, as if the knife in his hand would fly out immediately as soon as the visitor made any move.

"Who?" Wu Lie asked coldly.

There was silence outside the door for a moment, and then a familiar and light female voice was heard.

"It's me."

The half of Wu Lie's face under the mask froze slightly. The next second, he quickly put away the knife and opened the door.

Seeing the person standing outside the house, Wu Lie's eyes were a little complicated, but he still pretended to be calm and said, "Empress Quan, you..."

Gu Qingquan was still dressed as a palace lady, obviously having returned from her past.

Not only did he come back, but he also came back with full confidence and dignity.

She just raised her clear eyes slightly and glanced at him lightly, but didn't say anything. She raised her legs and walked around Wu Lie and went into the house.

Wu Lie was stunned for a moment, then he reacted and quickly stepped forward to stop the man.

"It is not proper for your Majesty to come here at night. You'd better go back as soon as possible."

Gu Qingquan, however, seemed to be too lazy to test him any further. His eyes were cold and his tone was direct. "You know why I came here, so there is no need to rush me away. I came here just to tell Master Wu a story."

Gu Qingquan stared at him straight, with a resolute attitude, "Don't worry, as long as you finish what I want to say, I will leave."