Chapter 333 She took the initiative to hug him, tenderly and attached
Lin Wei held down the knife at his waist and was about to interrogate him again when a thin, white, and slender hand suddenly pinched the corner of his sleeve.
He turned around.
Chen Yu cried bitterly, "This official has come at the right time. You must give me some justice! I came in with the sisters on the stage, but the boss only allowed them to perform on the stage, but not me! I have all these skills, but nowhere to display them! Official~~"
The young man's tone was full of twists and turns and aggrieved, even more coquettish than the beauty in the building.
Lin Wei was silent.
It tastes just right.
Fawning and vying for favor, this is what a brothel does!
He shook off Shen Yu's hand and said coldly: "Retreat."
The group of officers and soldiers hurried to the next house.
Everyone was stunned for a moment.
Shen Yu actually has this function? !
Wen Xingluo also breathed a sigh of relief.
She sent a pot of Huadiao wine upstairs and wanted to take some time to talk to Xie Guanlan, but when she returned to the lobby, he was gone.
Just as she was feeling suspicious, Xiangjun patted her shoulder from behind and whispered in her ear, "The master asked me to tell Miss Xingluo that he has to go out for something. Please don't worry."
Wen Xingluo frowned, "It's so dangerous outside, what could be worth him going out in person?"
Xiangjun took a puff of cigarette and said with a charming smile: "I don't know."
Wen Xingluo watched her go to entertain the guests and couldn't help but hold the tea tray tightly.
Xie Guanlan...could he have gone to the palace to get Bai Yujing's treasure map?
Hua Manlou was bustling with activity, but Wen Xingluo was in no mood to fool around with Xie Shian and the others.
The girl stood by the railing, looking towards the palace.
The palace buildings stand tall and majestic, and even in the dead of night, the guards are still on high alert.
As dawn approached, the lights on the Imperial Street gradually dimmed, and stars could be seen falling from the sky. Against the gloomy sky, the imperial palace in the distance looked more and more like the fangs of a man-eating beast.
The girl held the railing tightly with her hands.
"Xie Ziheng..."
I don’t know how long it took, but the wind started to blow on the street.
The strong wind blew off the sweat towel tied on Wen Xingluo's head, and the girl's long black hair suddenly flew like a waterfall. She hurriedly turned around to pick up the sweat towel, but a customer picked it up first.
The guest, drunk, said, "What a beautiful...what a beautiful lady! Give...give me a kiss!"
Wen Xingluo avoided him in disgust, but the man refused to give in and continued to pounce on her.
Wen Xingluo frowned, took a few steps back, and was unexpectedly bumped into a broad chest.
She looked back.
Xie Guanlan was wearing a nightgown and had just returned from outside, his body still feeling cold from the rain.
He lowered his brows, and the moment the drunkard pounced on him, he pinched his throat expressionlessly.
The sound of bones breaking was drowned out by the noise from the lobby downstairs.
Wen Xingluo looked at the drunkard who fell to the ground with his head twisted. There was no special emotion on his face. He just carefully took off Xie Guanlan's nightgown.
She whispered, "You went to the palace?"
"Hmm." Xie Guanlan took out a scroll of parchment. "Madam Wei was imprisoned by Xie Zhe in his bedroom. The Pearl Palace was unguarded, so I easily dug this thing out from under the peony tree."
The parchment was quite old, with a map carefully drawn on it. It was indeed the treasure map of Baiyujing.
Xie Guanlan looked through the drawings twice by candlelight and memorized them firmly in his mind.
Seeing Xingluo just looking at him without saying anything, he asked, "What's wrong?"
Wen Xingluo hugged his waist.
Resting her cheek against the young man's chest, she listened to his strong heartbeat and whispered, "I'm worried about you."
"Worried about me?"
"Do you know how big a risk you took by doing this? I was afraid that you would be caught by Xie Zhe. I looked towards the palace and was restless all night! I couldn't eat, and I didn't want to play with Fourth Brother and the others. I was only thinking about you!"
The girl's nose felt sour, and her voice was fragmented because of her sobs.
She hugged Xie Guanlan tightly, and her tears silently wet his clothes.
She came to where she is today from having nothing, and she has received love from many people, but the more she gets, the greedier she becomes.
Whether it was her mother or Xie Guanlan, she greedily didn't want to lose anyone.
Xie Guanlan lowered his eyes.
The little girl in my arms is soft and warm.
She took the initiative to hug him, tenderly and lovingly.
He could almost imagine how she stood alone by the railing, waiting for him all night long.
How could there be such a well-behaved little girl in this world?
Xie Guanlan's heart was like melting ice. He reached out and held her head in his arms, coaxing her, "I'm sorry."
Wen Xingluo looked up. "Next, we just need to wait for Xie Zhe to leave for Baiyujing. Then, while the imperial guards are off guard, we can disguise ourselves as ordinary citizens and sneak out of the city. Then, we can reunite with Prince Chen and the others, right?"
Xie Guanlan caressed the girl's love.
His thin drooping eyelids concealed the darkness and ferocity in his pupils. He did not say that he planned to go directly to Baiyujing to kill Xie Zhe, but only said "yes" to make her feel at ease.
There are fireworks outside the window.
Wen Xingluo nestled into Xie Guanlan's arms again, inhaling the cold fragrance of pine and cypress on him, but what emerged in her mind was the scene of having dinner with her mother, cousin and Xie Xuchi.
Xie Zhe imprisoned his mother in his bedroom.
She didn't know whether her mother was doing well or not, nor did she know how her mother planned to deal with Xie Zhe.
She closed her eyes deeply.
She didn't want to leave the city.
She wants to go...
Baiyujing.
Before dawn, fireworks lit up the entire Shangjing City.
The prosperity of Huamanlou faded away, and the guests left one after another, leaving only the messy tables in the lobby. The air was filled with the aroma of wine and powder, mixed with the moist rain vapor of a summer night, which smelled very much like the moss at the base of the wall.
"Ayan."
In the dim light, Xie Xuchi called out to Xie Yanchen.
Both of them had taken off their skirts and changed into their original attire. Although they were both wearing snow-white clothes, one was in the light and the other in the dark.
Xie Yanchen turned and looked at him.
Xie Xuchi said softly, "I'm sorry for what happened in the past."
Xie Yanchen remained silent.
Xie Xuchi slowly walked out from the shadows.
He handed Xie Yanchen a honey cake and said, "I asked Hua Niang in the building to buy it at the night market. I heard it was made by the most famous cake chef in Shangjing City, but after trying it, it's not as delicious as my aunt's. Do you want to try it?"
The candlelight illuminated Xie Yanchen's eyes and brows.
The young man was born with an immortal appearance, with a dot of cinnabar between his eyebrows, just like a natural face of Guanyin.
Xie Yanchen looked at the cake in his hand.
After a long while, he took over and said, "I heard that you are Ningning's half-brother."
Xie Xuchi curled his eyes and said, "Yes."
Xie Yanchen took a bite of the honey cake.
"It's not as delicious as my aunt's cooking." He commented, paused, and then said, "Ningning cares deeply about her family. Since you are her brother, for her sake, I will no longer hate you. But as for forgiveness, Your Highness, I still cannot do it."
Xie Xuchi's body was tense, but his eyes were red.
Not hating is good enough.
He stared at Xie Yanchen, as if he had a thousand words to say to him, but when the words reached his lips, they all turned into a sigh.
Such a light sigh, like a breeze blowing across the face that is difficult to describe with words, like an unforgettable dream in a lush spring night.
Xie Yanchen seemed to have a feeling, "Are you leaving?"
The other side.
Kitchen.
Xie Shi'an was complaining of being hungry, so Xie Zan secretly took him to the kitchen to find something to eat without Xiangjun's knowledge.
"Stinky boy, can you drink?"
Xie Zan didn't find anything to eat, but he found a jar of wine.
Xie Shian rubbed his hands together, "Who am I looking down on?! I can hold my liquor quite well!"
Xie Zan laughed and reached out to rub his head. "When I left, you were just a little kid, still wet behind the ears. How could you drink? Big brother couldn't possibly take you drinking, and second brother doesn't live at home. Who taught you to drink?"
Xie Shian picked up the gourd ladle, scooped a spoonful of wine into his mouth, and said incoherently with his eyes downcast: "The year you left, my eldest brother went to the border to fight. My father lived in the barracks all year round, and my grandmother fell ill. There was no one in the mansion to take care of me, so I learned it on my own."
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