Shen Qiyin's face turned slightly pale.
Ren Dong was puzzled by this, thinking to herself that her young lady was usually fearless, but she never expected that she would be afraid of something as ethereal as "ghosts".
So she quickly comforted her, "Don't worry, Miss. There are only people scaring each other in this world, not ghosts."
"...You don't understand."
Miss Shen thought to herself, "I never believed in ghosts before."
But the problem is, she was reborn!
If something so mysterious can happen, what's so strange about ghosts!
Honeysuckle had no idea about this. She patted Shen Qiyin's cold hand and said, "Even if there were, we haven't done anything wrong, so we're not afraid of ghosts knocking on our door."
"But that's a ghost."
"So what happened?"
"Humans can be unreasonable sometimes, let alone ghosts!" What if they launch an indiscriminate attack?
"..."
Honeysuckle was not afraid at all, and said, "This servant will go and take a look."
After saying that, she lifted her foot and walked out. With such a fierce demeanor, it was as if she could easily devour even the King of Hell, let alone a ghost.
Shen Xiyin couldn't bear to let her go out alone, so she followed her.
The door was wide open, and Ren Dong stood in the doorway, looking around. Suddenly, her gaze was drawn to a few small dark shadows under the window.
She was about to walk over when she felt as if she stepped on something.
Looking down, I saw it was a small cluster of osmanthus flowers.
When I got to the window, I realized that the two small dark shadows were also Osmanthus flowers!
She was puzzled. The wind wasn't strong tonight, so how could it have blown the flower down and hit the window so forcefully?
It looked more like someone had thrown it at us...
Thinking of this, Ren Dong's breath hitched, and she abruptly turned her head to look at the osmanthus tree not far away!
Someone's there!
In the blink of an eye, a dark figure appeared before Shen Qiyin like an arrow released from a bow.
Her lips parted slightly, but before she could utter a cry of surprise, a hand as cold as jade covered her mouth.
At the same time, a clear, cold voice, like the sound of striking jade, rang out above her head: "It's me."
He stood before her like a wall, blocking most of the moonlight, and the hood of his cloak covered most of his face, so Shen Qiyin couldn't tell who he was at all.
However, she recognized his voice.
Xiao Yan!
Why is he here in the middle of the night?
Xiao Yan lowered his eyes to look at the fair and slender hand in front of him. The hairpin in that hand was only half an inch away from him, pointing precisely at his heart!
There was no murderous intent, yet he was calm and determined to take a life.
They almost succeeded!
Xiao Yan's eyes were as deep as an abyss, and the hand holding her wrist unconsciously tightened a little.
Shen Qiyin gently moved her arm, signaling him to let go of her, and placed her other hand on his forearm, pulling down his hand that was still covering his cheek.
Xiao Yan then realized that he had been too hasty and had offended her.
He quickly released his grip on her, took a step back, and increased the distance between them.
"……Feel sorry."
The lingering warmth of his palm made him momentarily dazed.
Seeing Shen Qiyin let out a long sigh of relief, he belatedly asked, "Did I scare you?"
"...Thank goodness." I wasn't scared to death.
She never imagined that he would come looking for her at this hour.
Thinking of something, Shen Qiyin's expression changed slightly: "Is Qianxing's body in trouble?!"
"She's fine."
"Then, sir, what is this...?"
When Ren Dong heard the word "Lord," she suddenly realized that the person who had come was none other than Lord Xiao, the commander of the Thousand Eagle Guard.
Judging from the situation just now, she thought there were assassins in the manor.
If she hadn't heard him say "It's me" earlier, and guessed that he must be someone the young lady knew, which is why she didn't shout, otherwise her shouts would have already blown the roof off.
Honeysuckle pondered that he must have something important to do since he came so late at night, so she went into the courtyard to keep watch for them.
Otherwise, if Banxia saw it at night, it would damage her young lady's reputation.
But the autumn night was chilly, and Ren Dong was only dressed lightly. Shen Qiyin was worried that she would catch a cold, so she quickly called her back and said to Xiao Yan, "Please come inside, sir."
Xiao Yan stood still and did not move.
If Shen Qiyin looked closely, she would easily notice that her usually cold and aloof black eyes now revealed a hint of helplessness.
Unfortunately, Miss Shen did not see it.
She turned around and went inside, sat down, and even poured herself a cup of hot tea.
Seeing that Xiao Yan hadn't followed her in, she looked at him in confusion: "My lord?" Why isn't he coming in?
As they spoke, the night wind blew in.
Shen Qiyin sneezed without realizing it: "Achoo—"
The next moment, Xiao Yan took a long stride, stepped into the room, and closed the door behind him.
"Please, sir." Shen Qiyin placed the tea she had just poured in front of him.
Xiao Yan's gaze, however, fell on her slender hands.
The teeth marks have faded considerably...
Ren Dong went into the inner room to read, leaving only the two of them in the outer room. Sitting opposite each other under the lamp, there was an eerie sense of tranquility.
Shen Qiyin broke the silence first: "My lord, what brings you here so late at night?"
"...Did you encounter anyone in front of the Eagle Perch Pavilion during the day?"
Shen Qiyin thought for a moment and said, "I met the daughter of the Marquis of Jianning."
"What did you see?"
Silent and still in her seclusion.
She figured that Xiao Yan probably didn't want people to know that he had given Song Tanyan a flute; otherwise, he wouldn't have bothered to rush over to silence her.
So he said, "I didn't see anything."
"really?"
But didn't Chen Bao say that she stared at the carriage of the Marquis of Jianning's residence for a long time?
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