The thick fog finally dissipated thanks to the combined efforts of Yuwen Yao and Xu Yiran. The two exchanged a glance, their unusual calm followed by a long period of suppressed emotions, and then an outburst.
"Xu Yiran, what happened to your promise to protect her?"
"Shouldn't I be asking you that?"
Xu Yiran looked at him.
Yuwen Yao had just been struck by Nan Lingqin's palm, and there was blood on his lips. Xu Yiran's complexion was also not good.
"It's an array, an array incorporating cloud techniques, just like the method the black-robed man used against us in Beirong that day, exploiting our weaknesses to subdue us."
Xu Yiran said, suddenly raising her hand and slamming it on the ground in regret, "Damn it, who is it that knows so much about us and took the opportunity to kidnap Xiao Qin?"
"I will definitely find him."
Yuwen Yao's phoenix eyes were like the sea, so deep and dark that they seemed capable of destroying heaven and earth.
"you……"
Xu Yiran then raised her eyes and looked at Yuwen Yao with utmost seriousness, her gaze instantly drawn to his rosy, watery lips.
He wasn't ignorant; he could tell at a glance what had just happened to those lips. His brows furrowed, and he clenched his fists, feeling a turmoil in his heart. Darkness enveloped his once handsome face. "Yuwen Yao, when Xiao Qin questioned you earlier, were your answers... sincere?"
Yuwen Yao met Xu Yiran's gaze. He didn't answer, but Xu Yiran instantly understood something and asked, "Is it really necessary to do this?"
"right."
"Okay." Without saying much, Xu Yiran nodded and then said, "After you find Xiao Qin, hand her over to me."
"good."
Yuwen Yao agreed without the slightest hesitation.
Xu Yiran was slightly taken aback, her clear eyes flickering with a dark light, but she couldn't help but ask, "Are you...?"
"Take good care of her."
A naturally elegant and refined person interrupted Ji Yiran with a hint of urgency.
Ji Yiran paused slightly, her expression complex. After a moment, she straightened her sleeves and said, "I will find her as soon as possible."
As soon as she finished speaking, Xu Yiran lightly touched the ground with her toes and stepped aside.
At this moment, Tingfeng finally appeared. He had just watched the three of them struggle helplessly in the mist, and sighed in despair. Now, however, he felt extremely sorry for his own crown prince.
...
When Nan Lingqin woke up, the sun was already setting. The moment she opened her eyes, her hand touched her lips.
Redness, swelling, numbness, and pain.
This means that everything before was not a dream.
Yuwen Yao actually kissed her.
He kissed her so badly that she was trapped in a formation and then kidnapped.
Nan Lingqin then looked him over.
The house is simply furnished, and the wind rustles through the leaves outside.
The door wasn't closed tightly, and through the crack in the door and the window, one could see a man in a loose blue robe watering the flowers and trees in the yard.
Nan Lingqin got up, opened the door and went out.
As the setting sun cast its glow, the man in the courtyard had hair as black as ink, eyebrows as white as snow, and lips so pale they seemed unlike those of a normal person. Yet, the ethereal, otherworldly aura surrounding him almost made her mistake this place for a paradise on earth.
"woke up?"
Hearing the commotion behind him, the man turned around and looked at Nan Lingqin. He had sword-like eyebrows that reached his temples and a high nose. When he spoke, he smiled slightly, exuding a calm and detached air that prevented anyone from having any evil thoughts.
Nan Lingqin lowered her gaze slightly. "Fifth Prince?" Nan Lingqin raised an eyebrow. "So you did recover your health in Fengnuan City after all."
Upon hearing this, the man smiled and said, "I never expected that you would recognize me at a glance, even though we've never met before."
"Intuition." Nan Lingqin glanced around. "You kidnapped me?"
"No, I saved you."
Nan Lingqin's expression was wary. "I remember clearly that the fog seemed peaceful at first, but the situation was actually critical. In the thick fog, I couldn't even see my own fingers, but the timing was so precise..."
Nan Lingqin shook her head, looked at Yuwen Shi, and sneered, "To be able to make kidnapping sound so distorted, the Yuwen royal family really doesn't have a single good member."
"But the fact is, I saved you, didn't I? Otherwise, you'd say you were taken advantage of by Yuwen Yao, wouldn't you?"
Nan Lingqin lowered her head, but before she could speak, Yuwen Shi spoke up again, "That's not right either. You seem to have slapped him, right?"
Upon hearing this, Nan Lingqin concealed her thoughts, her starry eyes darting around. She chuckled and found a stool in the courtyard to sit down. "Speak," she said, "what do you want?"
"You traveled alone from the Southern Qi through the frigid lands to the Northern Rong. What were you planning to do?"
Yuwen Shi asked, however.
Nan Lingqin lowered her brows slightly, but did not answer.
Yes, why did she leave Southern Qi alone and rush to Northern Rong? What was she trying to do? What did she want to know?
It's because I suddenly learned the whole truth, guessed at a tiny detail, and then thought of another possible truth, so I rushed...
When he finally met Yuwen Yao, he was still as heartbroken as ever.
"You met Yuwen Yao, but you didn't get the answer you were looking for."
Yuwen Shi replied...
Nan Lingqin looked at him without answering.
"Do you know what I've learned all these years in Wind Warmth City?"
Yuwen Shi seemed to have already watered all the flowers and trees in the courtyard. He put the watering can aside and sat down nearby. "Endure," Yuwen Shi said. "Endure the pain that ordinary people cannot endure, endure the shame that ordinary people cannot endure, endure the sins that ordinary people cannot endure."
Nan Lingqin frowned and looked at him. "Why are you telling me all this?"
"Don't you want to know why I'm here when I should be in Southern Qi with Qin Xun?"
"I want to ask, but you might not tell me."
"Heh, your temperament is quite interesting. Alright, I'll tell you." Yuwen Shi said as if he were having a casual chat.
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