Tang Chen hesitated for a moment before answering, "No, not really. And I thought, he shouldn't be that bored."
After carefully thinking about the contents of the note, Xihe said that if Wang Yanzhou was not lying, then they must be looking in the wrong direction: "...Didn't his note tell us to look for it in the evening? Is it evening now?"
Tang Chen looked at the bright sky outside the window. It would be a shame to try to trick a blind person into thinking it was night time. That would be too much. "Uh, it's still early. I'm just curious!"
Xihe nodded. That was right. "Then we can come later. By the way, didn't you say you were going to the kitchen to get some snacks? Where are the snacks?"
"What kind of snack?"
After an anxious and heart-wrenching wait, night finally fell. Tang Chen and Xihe continued to search the room, but the results were no different from the daytime. Just as Tang Chen pulled out the crumpled paper and prepared to examine its contents, something flew in from the window and extinguished the candlelight.
Seeing this, Tang Chen ran to the door but saw no one. Xihe asked in confusion, "What's wrong?"
"I don't know what happened, the light went out. But it doesn't matter, I can just light it again." Just when Tang Chen took out the tinder and was about to go into the house to light the light, the miraculous changes in the house made her suddenly understand why Wang Yanzhou emphasized that they should look for treasures at night.
Without the candlelight, the house didn't seem as dark as usual. Instead, it seemed shrouded in a soft glow. Looking up, he saw the source of the light: the night-shining pearls, inlaid on the roof at some unknown time. These pearls shone brightly, emitting a gentle glow that, though subtle, lit up Tang Chen's heart.
These night-shining pearls ranged in size, most emitting the same soft fluorescence, while a few scattered among them shone with different radiances. The arrangement of the pearls was also well-organized, and Tang Chen could even discern some of the more recognizable constellations, demonstrating the designer's thoughtful design.
Tang Chen had always thought Wang Yanzhou had forgotten, but she had never expected that he would come up with such a plan, giving her a piece of the starry sky. Whether intentionally or not, when Tang Chen slowly sat on the edge of the bed, the gauze curtains remained as usual, isolating her from the darkness where she could sleep peacefully.
Following Tang Chen's sudden silence and the sudden acceleration of his heartbeat and breathing, Xihe raised her eyebrows slightly and quietly found a place to sit down.
When Tang Chen came back to his senses from the dreamy starry sky, he suddenly jumped up from the bed and said excitedly: "Xihe, I found it!"
Xihe smiled and asked, "Really? Where is it? What is it?"
Tang Chen pointed at the roof and said excitedly: "Above my head!"
Xihe raised her head and saw the familiar darkness again: "...I can't see it. Can you tell me what's on the roof?"
The smile on Tang Chen's face suddenly froze. After a moment, he smiled again and explained, "There are many, many small glowing stones on the roof."
Xihe frowned and asked in disbelief, "Stones, can they actually glow?"
Tang Chen said: "Yes, yes, some strange stones can glow!"
“…I don’t feel anything.”
Tang Chen explained: "When Black Crow comes back, you will feel it."
"Don't mention him to me, that big liar." Xihe was filled with anger when Black Crow was mentioned. He had clearly been the one who promised to bring him along and never abandon her. Now, he had no idea where he had gone, or if he would ever come back...
Tang Chen took Xihe's hand to comfort her and suggested, "Don't be angry. How about sleeping with me tonight?"
Xihe rejected Tang Chen without a second thought. Finally, was she going to get rid of her? She finally didn't have to listen to Tang Chen's weird, incomprehensible sleep talk at night. She was so happy! Of course, Xihe didn't show her joy very clearly. She just said calmly, "No, I still prefer to sleep in my own room."
"Okay then, go wash up first and I'll scrub your back!"
“This is fine!”
As Black Crow plotted his return to Qingliang Valley from his property on the outskirts of Jiangdu City, a figure suddenly flashed past his window. As a skilled assassin, he immediately blew out his candle and cautiously leaned against the wall, observing any movement. As expected, someone had indeed sneaked through his door in the middle of the night.
The moment the door was pushed open, Black Crow grasped the hidden blade in his hand. In an instant, the cold blade was placed on the throat of the intruder: "Who are you from? How dare you mess with me?"
The uninvited guest who was subdued originally wanted to struggle, but after hearing Black Crow's voice, he said excitedly: "You are back!"
Hearing the sound, Black Crow put away his hidden blade and roughly pushed Shu Yang out of the house. There seemed to be an invisible wall between the two of them. "What are you doing here again?"
Shu Yang explained with a look of relief: "I heard you were missing, so I ran out secretly to look for you, but I didn't expect you to come back!"
Black Crow's voice sank: "Who told you I was missing?"
Hearing his tone suddenly turn cold, Shu Yang quickly said, "Don't worry, I've always had people following you. But a few months ago, there was no news of you, and even the people following you didn't come back alive, so..."
Black Crow sneered, “I forgot that all your so-called elites were taken care of by Chen Xin.”
"I got out with great difficulty. I feel relieved to see that you are safe." As he spoke, Shu Yang just approached Hei Ya and planned to go into the house to chat with him slowly, just like before.
But before she reached the door, Black Crow slammed the door shut and said, "You can go now."
Shu Yang was stunned for a moment, then her eyes widened and she became angry. She knew that she was wrong to have almost killed his sister, but she had already been punished. What else did he want? Wasn't this a bit too much?
Shu Yang angrily slammed the door and shouted, "Li Xinzhai, are you really so heartless?"
The three words "Li Xinzhai" did indeed make Hei Ya open the door, but what followed was a colder Hei Ya, and the gleaming cold blade in his hand: "Who told you my name is Li Xinzhai? And did I allow you to call me that?"
"I!"
The number of people who knew Black Crow's true name could be counted on one hand, and they were all known to him. If someone knew this from a source other than him, there was only one possibility: "Not many people know my true name. Who told you that?"
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