Chapter 207 The Wolf and the Heron
"It's better for a pretty girl not to carry a knife with her, otherwise it wouldn't be good if she accidentally cut her face." Baili Yicheng spoke slowly and casually, revealing the fact that Mu Jianjian had left the dagger with Wan Xing.
"Young Master Baili is joking. The matter of a half-demon is related to the Red Chamber. How could it have anything to do with a mere woman like me?" Mu Jianjian lowered her posture, but her voice was neither flustered nor nervous. "Besides, I have never seen this knife before, so I don't understand what you are talking about."
Baili Yicheng's smile gradually disappeared. He slowly leaned down and pressed his face against the other's. Their eyes met, and he raised his hand to point to the distance where voices were gradually coming from, "The manager of the Red Pavilion is also coming. Little beauty, you can see then whether they believe what you say or what I say."
With each word spoken, the other person's warm breath fell on Mu Jianjian's face, and she only felt endless nausea.
“This matter has nothing to do with Miss Yunrong. I’ll go with you.” Mu Jianjian made a quick decision, disassociating herself from Yunrong.
Even if she didn't want to leave, with Baili Yicheng's methods, capturing someone like her with no backing would be a piece of cake. But what was the real purpose of the other party going through all this trouble?
Seeing the girl's submissive demeanor, Baili Yicheng's smugness was palpable. He reached out and embraced her slender waist, then turned his gaze to Yun Rong, whose expression was cold and indifferent.
Seeing that the woman had no reaction, he frowned in displeasure and glanced at Zhuang Mei.
Didn't this woman say that if she brought Yun Rong's disciple back to the manor, Yun Rong could do whatever he wanted with him?
Why is there still no response?
But this is for the best; he can quietly wait for the other party to back down.
She'll definitely come crying and begging him.
——
Inside the exquisite pavilion, colorful silks and paper lanterns hang from the beams. Looking out, with the rising purple smoke, the shimmering light resembles the morning glow on the horizon, a stark contrast to the dark night sky outside the wooden window.
A long-haired woman sat with her head propped up on a rosewood table, slowly combing her black hair in front of a bronze mirror with a gentle expression. Just then, a loud "clang" came from outside the wooden window, almost inaudible in the quiet night, but it made the woman stop what she was doing.
She slowly walked to the window, where a palm-sized jade slip landed in front of her.
The woman's lips curled up, and she eagerly picked up the jade slip, then slapped it on her forehead with a "smack".
She has been working as a spy for Baili Yicheng for over a year now, following her master's orders. Once the mission is accomplished, she can stand openly by her master's side.
But after the woman finished listening to all the messages from the jade slip, her gentle expression vanished, replaced by a chilling coldness that froze on her face.
"Snap—"
The jade slip in the woman's hand shattered instantly, and blood slowly seeped from the wound on her palm, sliding down her fingertips to the ground. However, she seemed to feel no pain at all, and just kept pressing the fragments into her flesh.
Just now... my master instructed me in the jade slip to protect a woman?
She was made to risk her life to protect a woman who was about to enter the mansion...
When would my master, who is usually heartless and emotionless, issue such an order?
The woman's face darkened for a moment, but she quickly regained her composure. She glanced at the wound on her hand with disgust, walked to a small drawer in front of the dressing table, took out a pill and swallowed it, then opened the rouge box and began to dress herself.
Is she the woman who entered the mansion tonight?
Then she'd better start preparing properly.
——
Mu Jianjian never intended to comply with Baili Yicheng's request to enter his Duyunfang residence.
After all, both Duyunfang and Honglou were the same prisons for her; once inside, it would be difficult to get out. It was better to take the opportunity to escape halfway through.
Unfortunately, whether it was because of Zhuang Mei or someone else, Baili Yicheng kept a close watch on her the whole way, and Mu Jianjian did not find a good opportunity for a while.
"Young Master Baili has been saying that the dagger is mine, but what is your basis for that?" She looked down at the floor paved with spirit stones, with two guards pressing her down in front of her.
Compared to her current miserable situation, Mu Jianjian would much rather get the whereabouts of Wan Xing from Baili Yicheng.
Was it because the other party couldn't bear to torture her after being captured that they confessed to her?
But is Wan Xing really that kind of person...?
"If the little beauty wants to know this, she can eat this, and I, the young master, will tell you everything." Ignoring Zhuang Mei's drastically changed expression, Baili Yicheng scanned the girl from head to toe, his gaze seemingly able to see through her outer garment.
At the same time, a black pill appeared in his palm.
The pill was colorless and odorless, and Mu Jianjian couldn't immediately distinguish its ingredients and effects, but she was certain that it was something Baili Yicheng had taken out, and it wasn't anything good.
She smiled gently, her face glowing like a fairy in the moonlight. "Young Master Baili, what if I don't want to eat?"
"Then I, the young master, will have them open your mouth and feed you." Baili Yicheng said matter-of-factly. In his eyes, this girl was already his possession the moment she stepped into his mansion.
He doesn't mind spending a little patience on these little gadgets.
"Young Master Baili!" Zhuang Mei called out softly in her anxiety.
According to her inquiries, Mu Yuanyuan disliked Young Master Baili, didn't she?
Why would Young Master Baili, who is known for his dissolute and unrestrained lifestyle, explain himself to such a lowly woman?
"What I promised you, I will naturally give you. Now stop making noise here." Baili Yicheng was very annoyed at being interrupted, and veins on his forehead were faintly bulging. He turned and glared at Zhuang Mei, startling her.
"Young Master Baili, I..." Zhuang Mei wanted to say something more, but then the man in the brocade robe waved his hand, and a servant walked up to her and extended his hand.
"please."
Zhuang Mei's body trembled violently, knowing that if she angered this person again, he might completely disregard the previous deal and turn against her.
Left with no other choice, she could only turn away, giving the frail-looking girl in the distance one last hateful glance.
Hearing the commotion behind her, Mu Jianjian found it amusing. She took the pill from Baili Yicheng's hand, swallowed it under his gaze, and saw a smile appear on his lips.
"Someone, escort Miss Mu to the Pear Blossom Courtyard."
Mu Jianjian was about to speak when she was interrupted by the other party, "Little beauty, let's talk about tomorrow's matters tomorrow. It's still late today, let's enjoy the full moon together tomorrow."
saliva!
Mu Jianjian spat at the other person in her heart. After seeing him turn and leave, she said "please" to the guard beside her.
After following the guards to the courtyard arranged by Baili Yicheng, he used his divine sense to sense that no one was around, so he began to raise his right hand and frantically pound his chest.
"Cough cough cough." Mu Jianjian's nausea and suffocation reached their peak in an instant, but she did not stop moving until a black pill was spat out of her mouth.
[Host! Do you feel uncomfortable anywhere in your body?] The system had been anxiously asking in Mu Jianjian's mind for a while.
"No." Mu Jianjian had just pretended to swallow it, but just like the poison pill Jin Hongze had fed her before, it got stuck in her throat.
However, unlike the previous poison pill, this colorless and odorless pill gave her a strong sense of discomfort from the moment she swallowed it. This feeling did not seem to be related to her body at all, but rather to her mental strength.
Even after vomiting, a nausea still lingered in my heart.
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Yun Rong stood quietly in the courtyard. It was already broad daylight, and he showed no signs of sleepiness despite not having slept all day.
"Master, I have just inscribed the message into the jade slip and sent it to Shi Dong. With him in the manor to take care of things, there is no need to worry too much about Miss Mu's safety."
As the deep, cold female voice fell, a tall figure walked up behind Yun Rong.
If Mu Jianjian were here, she would definitely be surprised that Shan Chuxue's appearance was different from that of a young child; instead, she looked like an adult who had grown up a lot.
When Miss Mu left, it meant that she no longer needed to use the bone-shrinking technique to transform into a child. However, at the same time, the daily care and admonitions that had been whispered in her ear also disappeared.
Dan Chuxue looked solemn, it was unclear whether she was comforting Yun Rong or herself.
"It's dawn." Yun Rong's soft murmur faded into the air. He lowered his eyes, stood under the eaves to block out the sunlight, and cast a shadow behind him.
The sun appeared in the white sky; the moon had long since disappeared.
He seems to be a little greedier.
Even though their relationship was worse than that of a wolf and a heron... he still took advantage of her kindness to do whatever he wanted.
Just as she said that day, people with the same surname should be kept at a distance—
After all, they have the blood of the Baili family flowing through their veins, so they're not exactly good people at heart.
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