◎It was the excitement of meeting a worthy opponent◎
Before An Jiu could feel depressed for long, a noisy sound of footsteps was heard outside the dilapidated temple.
After a while, a group of people came into view, the first two of them were a young couple.
The man seemed to be in his early twenties, handsome with an upright and regular face. He wore a simple brown shorts, his black hair was tied up high, and he had a long sword in a black sheath slung across his back.
With his sharp eyebrows, bright eyes and upright temperament, he looks like a righteous knight.
Next to him followed a young girl in a long green dress, who looked to be about seventeen or eighteen years old, with eyebrows like distant mountains, eyes like autumn water, skin as white as snow, red lips and white teeth, looking lively and pretty.
The girl also had a long sword on her waist. The scabbard was inlaid with delicate gilt patterns and hung with a golden tassel. Even though she was a girl, her aura gave people a sense of tenacity, like a young lady from a famous and upright family.
They are the male protagonist He Ziqing and the female protagonist Lin Qingyan in the book.
There were seven or eight people surrounding them, two of them wearing constable uniforms, three of them wearing brocade and gorgeous clothes, and a few of them were servants and maids who came with them.
An Jiu's eyes were fixed, but before he could say anything, he heard someone screaming, "Miss! Miss is really here!"
The crowd became agitated, and a group of people rushed into the dilapidated temple.
The first person who cried out was a maid who looked about fifteen or sixteen years old. When she saw An Jiu, she rushed over and hugged her and cried, her tears flowing like crazy.
An Jiu recognized that the little girl was Ji Xiang, An Jiu's personal maid. She had grown up with An Jiu and was loyal to An Jiu. Even when An Jiu wanted to escape the marriage, Ji Xiang obeyed her and helped her with advice.
So when Anjiu escaped from the An Mansion, he took Jixiang with him.
If it weren't for Jixiang's care and waiting on her along the way, Anjiu, a delicate young lady who had never done housework, would never have been able to reach Jiufang City.
The little maid was loyal to Anjiu. Jixiang's name also appeared in the original text. When Anjiu was kidnapped and disappeared, Jixiang was the first to wake up from her coma. When everyone else was at a loss, she ran to the government to report the case and happened to meet the male and female protagonists who were looking for clues at the time.
But later, in order to travel with the protagonist group, Anjiu left Yoshika in Jiufang Castle.
Anjiu didn't know what Yoshika's ending would be, but she guessed it wouldn't be a good one.
Minister An was powerful and would surely find out the whereabouts of his daughter one day. An Jiu died in the end, leaving behind a maid named Ji Xiang, who had helped the young lady escape from marriage. One can imagine what happened to her.
These thoughts flashed through her mind. An Jiu looked at the little maid who was sobbing and holding her arms, and she covered her forehead with her hands, feeling a little headache.
"Yoshika, shut up, your lady is not dead yet."
The little maid wiped her tears and cried, "Miss, let's go home? It's too dangerous outside!"
An Jiu didn't like this sticky behavior, brushed her arm away, frowned and shook his head: "I'm not going back, you go back if you want."
At this time, He Ziqing, who was squatting next to him to check on the person on the ground, said, "This person is undoubtedly the flower thief. He smells like Liuxixiang, but why is he unconscious?"
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone's attention shifted to An Jiu.
He Ziqing stood up and asked An Jiu, "Miss An, were you kidnapped by this man last night? Did you meet anyone else?"
An Jiu looked back at him. The closer she got, the more she felt that the male protagonist was upright and awe-inspiring, which made people feel at ease just by looking at him.
She looked slightly relieved and said calmly, "Yes, I was taken from the Lin Mansion to the ruined temple by this man last night. He wanted to humiliate me, but luckily I met a knight who came to my rescue and I was spared."
Hearing this, everyone had different expressions.
Many people looked at An Jiu with a bit of shock in their eyes. This girl had just encountered such a disaster, but there was no fear on her face and she was able to talk to people calmly. It was really admirable.
"Miss An, do you know who the knight who saved you is?"
Seeing He Ziqing looking at the girl with admiration in his eyes, Lin Qingyan's expression changed slightly and she spoke quickly.
An Jiu's eyes turned and took in the expressions of several people. It seemed that the heroine was now attracted to the hero.
She withdrew her gaze and stopped looking at He Ziqing. She didn't want to go against the heroine.
"I don't know. The knight didn't leave his name. He told me someone would come at dawn. I took a nap, and when I woke up, he was gone."
Having said this, An Jiu's thick eyelashes drooped down, covering her bright and charming eyes, and her tone became depressed. Anyone could sense the girl's low mood at the moment.
"But he left a piece of clothing for me to keep warm."
An Jiu quickly came back to her senses, turned around and took down the neatly folded white robe from the altar in front of the temple, held it cherishedly in her arms, and smiled with the corners of her eyes curved.
The girl has bright eyes, white teeth, and skin as white and tender as porcelain. She has a pair of beautiful peach blossom eyes, thick and long eyelashes, and slightly upturned eye tails, which naturally reveal a charming blush.
If such eyes were on someone else's face, they would appear too enchanting and charming. However, there was always a hint of arrogance lingering around the corners of Anjiu's eyes and eyebrows, as if she was superior to others. The enchanting and charming look was suppressed and became bright and ostentatious, making people dare not look directly at her.
With her slight smile and affectionate eyes, she suddenly looked radiant and eye-catching.
In an instant, several people stared in amazement.
This scene happened to fall into the eyes of a person who arrived a step later. The man was dressed in white clothes as white as snow, and his black hair was neatly tied up with a jade hairpin made of auspicious clouds. He should have difficulty walking, and was pushed by a strong male servant in a wheelchair. The wheelchair made a slight sound as it rolled over the ground.
Everyone present was paying attention to An Jiu at this moment, and did not notice the other party's arrival.
An Jiu was facing outside the temple. He glanced casually and then looked away without interest.
He Ziqing wanted to check the white robe, but An Jiu reluctantly handed it over to him and nervously explained, "That knight is definitely not a bad guy. He is just a passerby who saw injustice and helped out! Don't wrongly accuse a good man!"
Lin Qingyan's eyes swept across the girl's slightly red cheeks, and she smiled knowingly, "Don't worry, we're just taking a look, we won't convict anyone at will."
He Ziqing took a look at it and returned the white robe to An Jiu, "I can't tell what it is, it's just an ordinary piece of clothing."
An Jiu thought, of course I can’t see.
After she reminded herself that there was a smell of medicine on her clothes last night, she didn't know what Pei Ji did in the middle of the night. When she woke up the next day, the smell of medicine was completely gone.
Lin Qingyan's eyes turned, and when she saw the young man in white in the wheelchair, a smile immediately appeared on her face. She waved at him and said, "Pei Ji, come and have a look. This flower thief has been unconscious for some reason. Come and wake him up. We can interrogate him and find out where the women he hid went."
They had been investigating the case of the flower thief for several days. They had encountered the flower thief face to face a few days ago, but he was cunning enough to run away. Pei Ji made a scent of flowing incense and smeared it on the flower thief, which led them to find this dilapidated temple.
As soon as Lin Qingyan finished speaking, everyone noticed the arrival of the young man in white and turned around to greet him.
"Dr. Pei."
"Master Pei, thank you for your help."
Judging from the words and actions of the people, there is no lack of awe and worship.
After all, Pei Ji is an excellent doctor, and people in this world are always afraid of illness and death.
The young man in white called Pei Ji has a fair face and delicate features. He has a pair of narrow and long phoenix eyes with clear pupils, and it seems that he is smiling all the time. Under the high nose bridge are thin lips with naturally upturned corners, which are filled with a warm and gentle smile, giving people a feeling of being bathed in spring breeze.
This was the first time An Jiu actually met Pei Ji.
Unlike the Pei Ji she had imagined, An Jiu originally thought that Pei Ji, even if he pretended to be gentle and kind, would not be able to hide the darkness in his bones and would always reveal some clues.
However, in reality, anyone who meets Pei Ji will not doubt that he is a good person.
The white clothes on him were just like the feeling he gave people, pure as snow and spotless.
He seemed gentler and more modest than anyone else, and more compassionate than anyone else.
"Okay." Pei Ji had a good temper and responded in a gentle voice, saying to the person behind him, "Ah Qi, push me over."
During the whole process, he didn't look at Anjiu, and behaved like an ordinary person. No one would guess that they had just met last night.
An Jiu also seemed not to care much about him.
But in fact, she was paying attention to him as soon as he appeared.
As soon as Pei Ji spoke, An Jiu noticed that his voice had changed.
Feiyi's voice is more steady and heavy, like an adult male in his twenties. Pei Ji is the same age as her, only eighteen this year, and his voice is clearer and gentler.
Sure enough, even though he just came up with a plan suddenly last night, he managed to make it foolproof.
Wow, he’s better at disguising and acting than her.
For some reason, a warm current suddenly surged in An Jiu's heart. She felt her heart beating fast. It was the excitement of meeting a worthy opponent.
The wheelchair rolled over the ground and came in front of the unconscious flower thief. The man in white leaned over to take a look, then took out a small cloth bag from his sleeve. When he unfolded it, there was a row of glittering silver needles inside.
"This man was poisoned by the Ecstasy Powder, which is why he is unconscious. I will help him to detoxify."
As Pei Ji spoke, he held the silver needle between his slender fingertips and dropped it at lightning speed. In just a short moment, the flower thief who was originally unconscious suddenly began to groan.
Seeing the flower thief wake up, He Ziqing, Lin Qingyan and others immediately surrounded him.
The wheelchair of the young man in white was squeezed out of the crowd. Only then did he raise his head slightly and look at An Jiu standing beside him.
"I wonder who this lady is..."
An Jiu didn't join in the fun. He held the white robe in his arms, glanced down at him, and said indifferently: "Who I am is none of your business."
"How dare you speak to the young master like that!"
Ah Qi, the male servant pushing the wheelchair, suddenly looked angry and wanted to step forward, but the young man in white waved his hand and smiled calmly: "Ah Qi, don't be rude."
Ah Qi retreated angrily, his eyes as big as copper bells, staring straight at An Jiu.
The little maid Jixiang was trembling with fear at the fierce-looking male servant, but she still bravely stood in front of Anjiu to protect the young lady.
An Jiu stared at him fearlessly: "What are you looking at? If you keep looking, I will dig out your eyeballs!"
The young man in white clasped his fists and bowed. He was the one who was offended, but he didn't mind at all. Instead, he said with a hint of apology: "I'm sorry, Miss. I'm rude. It's Pei's fault for not disciplining me. I just don't know how Pei offended you. Why do you look at me so coldly when you see me?"
The arrogant young lady snorted coldly and looked at him condescendingly. Perhaps she felt that she was in the wrong. She pursed her lips and said unhappily, "I just don't like you. What's wrong?"
After saying this, she took her maid Ji Xiang and walked away without looking back and stood still.
As she walked, she was muttering something quietly, so softly that almost no one could hear it.
Only the young man in white who was left behind was able to keenly hear the subtle words.
"Mr. Feiyi looks good in white clothes. Why is he, a cripple, trying to imitate others and wear white clothes? How disgusting."
The eldest daughter is so willful and eccentric that she hates someone for no reason, perhaps just because he wears the same color clothes as her lover.
The young man in white lowered his eyelids, but a faint smile like a mask still hung on the corner of his lips, as if he was unaware of her mumbling.
Only An Jiu could hear the electronic sound ringing in his ears.
[Pei Ji's favorability towards you +5, currently -106. ]
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