Xiao Jingxi turned around and smiled at her again. Then he continued in a gentle voice, "Can you open it?" If Xiao Jinglin were here at this moment, she would definitely accuse the Second Young Master Xiao of seducing her!
Ren Yaoqi thought he couldn't open it, so she nodded. Then she realized that her left hand was still in Xiao Jingxi's hand, and she whispered in shame and anger: "Let me go first!"
Xiao Jingxi said softly, "Use your right hand to open it."
Ren Yaoqi: “…”
Ren Yaoqi felt that Xiao Jingxi must have been possessed by something today, and his face was as thick as a city wall, but Xiao Jingxi pulled her hard and she couldn't break free. She couldn't make too much noise either, so she could only use her right hand to unlock the door with a red face.
Ren Yaoqi didn't think too much about it. If the person holding her hand wasn't Xiao Jingxi, but any other man, she would rather fall down the stairs than let him hold her hand like that. She was not the type to submit to others' orders.
The copper key still had the warmth from Xiao Jingxi's hand. Xiao Jingxi stood where she could hear her breathing, holding her hand, looking at her with his head down, his eyes gentle, and for the first time, he revealed his feelings in front of her silently without any concealment, catching her off guard.
Ren Yaoqi was so flustered that he moved his fingers and with a light "click", the lock opened. Ren Yaoqi turned his head and glanced at Xiao Jingxi, wondering why Xiao Jingxi couldn't open the lock when it was so easy to open.
Xiao Jingxi reached out and pushed the door open, then took her into the last floor of the Echo Tower.
After entering, Ren Yaoqi was stunned.
Because this floor is the top of the tower, it is cone-shaped once you enter it. This floor is higher than any of the floors below. Furthermore, there are no bookshelves on the ninth floor; it is completely empty.
There are some tiny round holes on the top of the tower. Today the weather is clear and the light shines through these small holes, illuminating the tower with countless tiny circles of light, dotted like stars, as if a room is full of fireflies.
Xiao Jingxi pulled Ren Yaoqi to the middle of the room and stood there: "People outside call this place the Star Picking Tower, which is actually quite appropriate."
Ren Yaoqi came back to her senses from the shock and looked carefully at the ninth floor of the tower. She soon discovered that although there were no bookshelves on this floor, the walls were covered with patterns.
Seeing Ren Yaoqi's curiosity, Xiao Jingxi pulled her to the wall and asked her to take a closer look. When Ren Yaoqi got closer, she found that the densely packed words on the wall were not patterns.
Each of these characters was only as big as the ones in the book, but they covered all the walls and even the top of the conical tower that was three or four people high from the ground. However, Ren Yaoqi did not recognize any of these characters. She only recognized that they were Sanskrit.
"Is it a Buddhist scripture? How was it engraved?" Ren Yaoqi asked in surprise.
Not to mention how much time it would take to carve so many tiny characters inside the tower, the top of the tower is so high from the ground that it would be difficult even with a ladder.
Xiao Jingxi touched the words on the wall, turned around and looked at Ren Yaoqi with a smile, then began to read softly. However, Ren Yaoqi found that he didn't understand a single word.
However, Xiao Jingxi's voice always had a kind of intoxicating attraction, just like him. Especially now, he spoke every word with a gentle tone and a low voice. Even if Ren Yaoqi didn't understand a single word, she couldn't help but listen.
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