"I'm sorry, this issue was actually an accident." An Tingyu briefly recounted what happened last night. After that, she continued, "So I have no choice. If I don't put her in the An Mansion, she will live in the Jing Palace. But the Jing Palace only has Qingwu. Although there are guards in the palace, you should know Lianxiang better than me. I really don't feel at ease leaving her with the Jing Palace."
"Actually, I have a question for you. Is Lianxiang someone you can completely trust?" An Tingyu asked again. If she could be completely trusted, or if she could become 'one of your own', then there would be no need to be on guard anymore.
Hearing this, Shanshu shook his head. "I don't know either. Although Lianxiang is very loyal to me, she sometimes makes decisions on her own. If it weren't for the fact that she has been with me for so many years, I would have punished her long ago."
"So, you can't tell her about your affairs. Otherwise, who knows what she will think. If she tells others about your affairs, we will all be finished."
Shanshu nodded without saying anything, but he also agreed with her point of view.
…
Lianxiang walked out of the living room, but soon froze in her tracks. She turned around and glanced in the direction of the living room in confusion, "Why is he wearing a mask?"
She had been surprised by his voice, but when she came to her senses she realized that she seemed to have missed an important question.
This man named Shanshu was here to be An Tingyu's bodyguard, not a thief. Did he need to cover his face with a mask? Was he being shameful, or was he hiding some secret?
"Meizi, how long have you been in the An Mansion?" Lianxiang asked softly in the guest house of Yunlou that day.
Although she already understood the problem, she still had to pretend.
"Miss Lianxiang, Meizi has been in the An Mansion for not long, but it's not a short time either. It's been two years in total. If you have any questions, Meizi will definitely tell you if she knows." Meizi smiled lightly and spoke softly, but a gleam of light flashed in her black eyes.
Lianxiang moved into Yunlou, so Meizi, who was taking care of Xingmo in Yunlou, also took over Lianxiang's food, clothing, housing and transportation. Of course, this also included keeping an eye on this woman, because An Tingyu told her that Lianxiang tried every means to move into the An Mansion, perhaps for some purpose.
"Two years isn't a short time! So what do you think of that Shanshu?" Lianxiang said in a casual tone. Then, with a flick of her eyes, she added, "Don't worry, I'm not asking to pry into anything. I just think that Shanshu is so strange. He's here to be a guard, but why is he wearing a mask? Isn't that too strange? Don't you agree?"
"That's not surprising!" Mei Zi tilted her head and said without surprise, "Before Guard Shanshu came, the eldest lady told us that Shanshu's face was burned in a fire when he was a child, so he has been wearing a mask since he was young. The eldest lady also told us not to mention this in front of Shanshu! She said she was afraid of touching Shanshu's sore spot and making him feel uncomfortable."
"So that's how it is. I was wondering why he was wearing a mask. It seems I was ignorant." Lianxiang agreed with Meizi's words, but she still had some doubts in her heart.
How could such a coincidence happen?
She suspected that Shanshu was hiding a secret, and Meizi told her that Shanshu had a defect on his face. Now were Meizi and An Tingyu conspiring to deceive her, or was Shanshu really just an ordinary guard?
With doubts in her mind, Lianxiang decided to find out the truth, so after sending Mei Zi away, she immediately took action and pretended to meet Shanshu by chance in the garden.
"Guard Shan, what a coincidence, you are here to appreciate the flowers too?" Lianxiang took lotus steps and slowly approached the cedar tree.
"Yes!" Shanshu replied lightly, and then there was no more sound.
Seeing this, Lianxiang was not discouraged. She smiled and said, "I just made a pot of early spring Longjing tea. How about we go to the pavilion and drink while enjoying the flowers?"
The cedar tree remained silent, looking at her with a pair of eyes, as if considering something.
"Actually, Lianxiang still has some questions she wants to ask Guard Shan, so... please do her a favor!" Lianxiang said again.
Hearing this, Shanshu had no choice but to nod his head. Lianxiang felt that she had achieved half of her goal, because when drinking tea, Shanshu would definitely show his face, and then she would be able to see clearly whether there was anything wrong with that face, but...
"Puff~"
Lianxiang spit out the tea in her mouth and stared blankly at the man sitting opposite her.
"Miss Lianxiang, what's wrong with you?"
Lianxiang came back to her senses, quickly cleared her throat, and said, "No... no, I just didn't expect you to drink tea like this."
Lianxiang was filled with hatred!
She gritted her teeth secretly, because she never expected that Shanshu's mask had a mechanism. When she wanted to eat, she just had to press the mechanism and a hole would open at the mouth, so she didn't have to take off the entire mask.
And she couldn't see his face anymore.
So how could she not hate such a development?
She thought success was imminent, but in the end she got nothing. But it didn't matter, he had a plan, and she had a ladder. If she didn't see his face today, she would never give up.
"Sorry, I lost my composure!" Lianxiang said again. As she spoke, she stood up and walked to Shanshu to refill his glass of wine. But just as she walked in front of Shanshu, she pretended to step on the hem of her skirt and fell onto Shanshu.
Shanshu reached out to support her, but Lianxiang took the opportunity to remove his mask...
"Miss Lianxiang, are you okay?" Shanshu asked first.
"Your face..."
Hearing this, Shan Shu was startled and quickly snatched the mask from her hand and put it on quickly, "Sorry, I scared you, my face was injured when I was a child, so... I'm sorry!"
After saying that, Shanshu stood up and left without waiting for Lianxiang to react.
Watching the Beijing Film Academy leave, Lianxiang took a while to come back to her senses. She covered her chest and took a deep breath. That face...
So scary!
None of them were intact, no wonder he covered his face. If not, he would definitely scare a lot of people.
But she didn't expect that what Mei Zi said was true. The face was actually covered up just because of a defect. It seemed that she was worrying too much.
At this time, Lianxiang did not think deeply, because it was she who took off Shanshu's mask by Shua Xiaocong, and Shanshu was defenseless. However, she forgot one thing, that is, when the jailer died, An Tingyu had deceived her with her superb makeup skills. In the end, it was Fu Mo, now Shanshu, who exposed An Tingyu's true face.
But she didn't think about it, and when she did, she no longer had the chance to expose it.
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