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The wind was biting. Jiang Nian couldn't help but shiver as he walked from the warm library into the cold corridor that was almost like winter.
She was wearing light clothes when she went out in the morning, and the current temperature was not enough for her to adapt to.
Xiao Yingzhu held Jiang Nian's wrist and kept walking forward. Forced by the urgency of the change, Jiang Nian couldn't help but look up at his expression.
She squinted uncomfortably through her black hair blown by the wind, and looked up, only to see a cold look between his brows. His usual casual and relaxed expression seemed particularly sharp in the cold air, with a hint of impending storm.
To be honest, the relationship with Xiao Yingzhu has changed so much in the past few days that Jiang Nian cannot summarize the current situation in a few simple words.
As one of the core persons in the incident, she found it difficult to define what path would be taken next and whether it would go according to her ideas. Now she was asked to take the initiative to ask about some things that Xiao Yingzhu did not intend to explain, but she could not do it.
More importantly, how to get along with Xiao Yingzhu in the future.
The door of the library was hurriedly closed. A trace of doubt flashed through Jiang Nian's mind, but it was quickly dispelled by other things.
From what he had just heard at the beginning of the conversation, he knew that the person who entered the library to look for books must be related to the owner of the State Guesthouse. And he met the fifth prince Meng Yao tonight, so there might be some connection between them.
But no matter which way they think, they face a problem.
That means your identity is likely to be exposed.
Is this the courtesan I met at Zhuyu Pavilion that day?
No, it shouldn't be.
Since Yu He and Xi Zhen are cooperating, they should keep an eye on the movements here and there. No matter how blatant the courtesan is, she will not fall into the trap and completely expose her identity, which would obviously give them evidence to catch her.
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The structure of this floor of the State Guesthouse is complex, but Xiao Yingzhu seems to be very familiar with it.
He never stopped to identify the direction along the way, and happened to avoid some wide avenues where people would be discovered, and finally entered a house through a side door.
With the moonlight shining in through the window, the layout of the room and the scenery outside the window seem like another world.
The music box in the room was spinning slowly. After a long time, time had left marks on it, and even the corners had become dark.
Jiang Nian was attracted by the sound, and then startled by the bright moonlight.
The clouds that had been blocking the bright moon were blown away, and the moonlight that had been almost invisible just now was revealed again, casting a glow in the house.
The door behind him was closed, and Xiao Yingzhu walked in. He opened a locked drawer with familiarity, touched the secret button and took out a few pages of paper underneath.
There was no lighting in the room. He put the candle back to its original place when he left the house. He did it so quickly that Jiang Nian could hardly see how he did it.
In short, when they left, the place was restored almost perfectly.
Under the dim light, Xiao Yingzhu twisted the paper and read it from beginning to end, confirming something on each page. Only after she was sure that everything was correct did the gloomy aura around her slowly dissipate. She looked much more relaxed than when she was brought in just now.
Noticing Jiang Nian's hesitant expression, he calmly put the paper away and nodded at her lightly, saying, "If you have any questions, just ask."
The pendant on the earlobe rests gently against the neck, making its presence particularly noticeable.
Because of her actions just now, the silent and tense atmosphere was broken, and eventually it turned into a state where she couldn't find the words to speak.
It was as if his disguise had been completely exposed. Xiao Yingzhu's usual indifference and casualness seemed even more eerie in the dim light.
The coldness that did not reach his eyes at this moment was more like a cold winter day, freezing to the bone.
He seemed to have no intention of continuing to maintain that social appearance in front of Jiang Nian, and even his carelessness was shrouded in a thick, dark shadow.
Under the bright moonlight, the light is so bright.
But in Jiang Nian's eyes, no matter how she looked at it, she felt that even though Xiao Yingzhu was standing in that bright place where there was no other light, the thick darkness around him was still entangling him.
Even this clear and almost pure light cannot conceal it.
Jiang Nian's nerves suddenly tensed up, and he subconsciously raised his hand to touch the pendant on his earlobe.
This was just hung up by Xiao Yingzhu herself, as a proof of the tacit "cooperation" between the two.
It is a life-saving talisman.
The chill brought by the corridor finally dissipated quietly in the airtight room. Only then did her body realize that she had arrived at a place where she no longer needed to resist the cold, and she shivered slightly.
Xiao Yingzhu saw her conditioned reaction and raised his eyes slightly.
The darkness in his eyes was purer than before, without any light at all, just a grayish haze, like a moon pearl covered with dust.
The bottomless void where his sight was focused was so empty that it frightened Jiang Nian.
She took a step back, leaning against the edge of the table.
The music box on the table was still turning tirelessly. Because of the vibration caused by her touch, the old music box stopped, and the silent melody changed to its original tone, coming towards her steadily after decades of time.
The strange tone playfully echoed in the empty room. Xiao Yingzhu tilted her head slightly, as if she didn't understand Jiang Nian's behavior, and walked towards her slowly.
The dull sounds on the wooden floor followed one after another, ringing in Jiang Nian's ears and hammering into her heart through her periosteum.
The features of the person in front of him were still familiar, but Jiang Nian couldn't help but clench his hands on the table, staring at this person who was both familiar and unfamiliar with him with vigilance as if facing a great enemy.
He stopped a step away from her, looking directly at her with his eyes downcast. As if something unpleasant had happened, Xiao Yingzhu looked at her for a long moment, then suddenly curled his lips, revealing a hint of self-mockery in disgust.
Realizing that it would be inappropriate to remain silent at this moment, but in such an atmosphere, it was not good to mention things related to Xiao Yingzhu's parents, Jiang Nian opened her mouth and was about to use the motives of Meng Yao that she had just analyzed as a shield, but saw Xiao Yingzhu leaning over and approaching her.
A familiar, crisp fragrance hit him in the face. Jiang Nian held his breath for a moment, raised his head slightly, and wanted to step back a little, but his heels hit the corner of the table.
In Xiao Yingzhu's field of vision, Jiang Nian's every reaction and movement escaped his notice. Faced with her alert and suspicious reaction, he seemed unconcerned, even throwing aside the trust he normally valued in his alliance and turning a blind eye to her overstepping of suspicion.
The sound outside the door arrived a moment later than Xiao Yingzhu's movement.
When Jiang Nian was about to speak, he lowered his head, put his index finger on his lips, and gestured indifferently to keep quiet.
The blood-red pendant matches the black hair, but forms a sharp contrast with the snow-blue sleeves of the dress.
In the room lit only by moonlight, his charming face looked more like a kind of horror beyond human nature than the beauty he had felt in the past.
Jiang Nian is most afraid of people who change their mood inexplicably, because it is impossible to predict what this kind of people will do in the next second.
Behind him was a hoarse and distorted music box, and in front of him was Xiao Yingzhu, who looked like a male ghost.
She was caught between the two and dared not move.
In the dim silence, Jiang Nian kept moving, following Xiao Yingzhu's gestures, and temporarily focused his attention outside the door.
Xiao Yingzhu's actions in the library were also very sudden because an emergency occurred.
This is probably what he meant by doing this now.
However, her movements this time were the same as in the library, and her entire posture was extremely awkward.
Fortunately, the only person who could see her like this at the moment was Xiao Yingzhu.
...Is this something she can think about at this critical moment?
Before Jiang Nian could continue his wandering thoughts, a sound was heard outside the house.
It seemed like someone was pushing the door.
She remembered that Xiao Yingzhu just took it with her when she came in.
There was a moment when Xiao Yingzhu was attracted by the music box, and it was at that time that he locked the door.
Jiang Nian moved his gaze, temporarily putting aside the inexplicable fear he had just felt towards him, and looked at him with a questioning look.
Xiao Yingzhu glanced at the door, then turned back nonchalantly, and pulled her lip very lightly.
A perfunctory and boring smile.
Although he didn't respond to her, his expression spoke for itself.
He anticipated that someone would come to this room to search for some information, so he brought her here so quickly and locked the door.
Although they were one step faster than the other party, they were unable to get out.
The actions over the past two months have made Jiang Nian understand Xiao Yingzhu's thoughts under normal circumstances. Now it is no longer a matter of whether he can tell whether Xiao Yingzhu is a human or a male ghost. The most important thing is to escape.
I don’t know how they did it.
From an upright Duke and the daughter of a respectable pharmacy who invented anthelmintic medicine, to a sneaky person who sneaked around and stole information?
It can't be called a thief.
In short, Jiang Nian didn't want to use any bad words to describe them, so he simply put a question mark in front of them.
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The two of them were very close. Seeing that Xiao Yingzhu showed signs of taking a step back, Jiang Nian quickly reached out and tugged at his sleeve.
Seeing that the other party stopped and looked at her curiously to see what she was going to do next, Jiang Nian pointed at his hand with a serious expression, and then hinted with her eyes that she wanted to write it down at this moment.
Their eyes met, and Xiao Yingzhu seemed to have electrified the strings in his head. He actually responded to her words and spread out his right hand.
He is indeed the wonderful partner she just persuaded!
Jiang Nian lowered his head and wrote a few words of Huandu on the palm of Xiao Yingzhu's hand: Will the people outside break in?
Xiao Yingzhu lowered his eyes and looked at her lightly. The amusement that suddenly appeared between his eyebrows did not fade away, and then he shook his head meaningfully.
The vague and strange aura had not yet dissipated, but Jiang Nian no longer cared about it.
She continued: So they are the same group of people as before?
Xiao Yingzhu gently touched her fingers.
Meaning is right.
Jiang Nian tilted his eyes, thinking about the thoughts he had on the way here, and then picked out the question he wanted to ask most: Are they Meng Yao's people or Meng Jian's people?
As long as we know the answer, the current confusing situation will become much clearer.
Glancing at Jiang Nian's eyes, which were bright even in the dim light, and revealed his thirst for knowledge and curiosity, Xiao Yingzhu paused for a moment, with an ambiguous smile on his face. He slowly stretched out his fingertips and wrote two words while Jiang Nian was stunned.
you guess.
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