Chapter 125 [VIP] Lifesaver (12)
Nan Yan was hugged tightly by this man, with her entire head pressed into his arms. She could almost hear the drum-like roar of his heartbeat in his chest. His breathing was also a little rapid, but the palm of his hand pressing on the back of her head did not move.
Nan Yan felt amused. It seemed that this person was not as calm as he seemed.
At first she pretended to be panic and struggled a few times, but when she realized that he was just pressing her like this, her body relaxed a little. Then she reached out and pushed his chest, only to find that he still refused to let go.
The young lady was also annoyed now, and her breathing became a little rapid, but it was just because she was anxious.
No matter how spoiled and willful she was in the past, she had only ever been so close to her fiancé. Now, she was suddenly held in the arms of a man without any gaps, and she could still hear his slight breathing in her ears... Even if she was ignorant and heartless, she knew that there were differences between men and women!
At this moment, the base of her ears turned uncontrollably red, as if they were stained with rouge, with a faint blush.
At first, Xiao Feihe was only paying attention to the movements under the tree and did not notice the situation in his arms. When he felt that the struggle of the person in his arms finally stopped, he subconsciously looked down.
This glance also happened to fall on her earlobe.
The eldest daughter's earlobes were round, small and thin. Perhaps because she was afraid of pain, she didn't pierce any holes. She was clean and didn't wear any earrings or jewelry. Her originally fair skin now looked extremely red, as if it had been dyed with rouge.
Xiao Feihe turned his head away uncomfortably, trying to restrain himself from looking away, but his eyes couldn't help but stick to her. He even had the urge to lower his head and bite her earlobe.
Xiao Feihe was surprised by this sudden thought.
He doesn't know what's wrong with him?
Perhaps it was because the noise under the tree was too loud, or perhaps it was because the touch of his arms was too soft, which made the tips of his ears turn red uncontrollably and his whole body was stiff and he dared not move.
What a sin! How could he have to run into such a mess?
When it was finally quiet under the tree, the monk and nun, a man and a woman, quickly straightened their clothes. Both of them had rosy cheeks and I don't know what they were talking about downstairs.
Finally, the nun spat at the monk, and then couldn't help cursing, "Bah, you damned thief monk, why don't you take a piss and look at yourself? You dare to think about the official lady from Yanyun City, aren't you afraid of having your head chopped off?"
The monk quickly hugged the nun in his arms and coaxed her, saying several times, "No, no, my dear sister, I would not dare to touch that official lady even if I had ten heads. It was just that the appearance of that young lady today aroused the greed in my heart. You didn't see it, that look was so tempting, I just saw her from a distance and couldn't help thinking about her. I don't know if I can..."
Before he could finish his words, the nun held him down and beat him up again. She kept begging for mercy and said she would never do it again.
Xiao Feihe, who was originally immersed in his own thoughts, suddenly turned his eyes away when he heard these words.
His expression also changed, but fortunately he had been covering the ears of the person in his arms, so she didn't hear any dirty words.
Just looking at the two people below, Xiao Feihe narrowed his eyes, with a hint of hostility in his eyes. He thought of what Nan Yan had just said, and then thought of the monk's shameless behavior. It was not difficult to guess who the monk was thinking about?
Endless murderous intent suddenly surged in my heart.
This bunch of thieves and prostitutes, no one knows what they are doing behind the scenes, and how dare a daughter of an official family covet them!
After a while, the nun left first, and not long after, the monk straightened his clothes and followed her out in a pretentious manner.
After making sure that all the movement under the tree had disappeared, Xiao Feihe jumped down with Nan Yan in his arms. As soon as he let go of the person in his arms, he was greeted by a merciless and violent attack from the young lady.
The young lady was really furious this time, and she punched him non-stop, cursing as she beat him.
"Xiao Feihe, what the hell are you doing tonight? Why don't you go down to save people? Why do you keep holding me? What's the point of hiding between the two of us, a man and a woman?"
"What do you think of me? I'm telling you, even if I break off the engagement, I'm not someone you can just bully!"
The furious girl raised her head and glared at him. Her face seemed covered by a veil under the bright moonlight. Even in the hazy shadows, she could see her eyes that seemed to be burning with flames. The corners of her eyes were covered with a layer of red due to anger.
Xiao Feihe rubbed his arm which was still hurt from the beating, thinking that this young lady was really cruel and she must be feeling bad too. So he lowered his head to look at her and saw that the young lady also had a look of regret and annoyance on her face.
But what she regretted was why she hit him with her hands? She should have used a stick!
I'm rubbing my palm in pain right now.
Not only did she hit someone but she also hurt her hand. Xiao Feihe couldn't help but twitch his eyes. He found that he really understood more and more what her eyes meant when she glared at people.
But after hearing what she said, Xiao Feihe suddenly asked, "You really don't know?"
This question was out of context. Nan Yan looked up at him with a frustrated and disgusted expression on her face. "What are you talking about? What do you mean by knowing or not knowing? Can you explain it more clearly? Is there anything I should know?"
Xiao Feihe couldn't describe the strange feeling that welled up in his heart at this moment. His heart seemed to be beating faster, causing him to lower his eyelids unconsciously.
"That's what those two people are doing?"
He lowered his voice deliberately.
Nan Yan looked at him in confusion. She didn't know why, but she suddenly felt that the man in front of her was a little strange. His voice was also a little strange. She subconsciously took a step forward and got closer to him. "What are you talking about? Xiao Feihe, are you confused by my attack? Why is your reaction a little strange?"
As she spoke, she reached out and patted the man's shoulder, but he grabbed her wrist. Xiao Feihe raised his eyes and looked at her, and there seemed to be some other emotions in his eyes.
"Do you want to know?"
Nan Yan naturally realized that this man was abnormal, but she pretended not to know. She just felt confused by his words and said depressedly, "What happened to you tonight? Are you sick? Why do you keep talking nonsense?"
Just as she finished speaking, her waist suddenly tightened and she was pulled in front of someone.
Nan Yan was stunned for a moment, and looked up at the person blankly. When she came to her senses, her cheeks instantly turned red with anger. She glared at the person angrily, and the anger in her eyes almost overflowed.
"You idiot Xiao Feihe, what are you doing——"
Before she could finish her words, the man suddenly bent down, held her back with his palms and pressed it slightly into his arms, then kissed her with his slightly cool lips.
The moment they kissed, Xiao Feihe suddenly felt an inexplicable emotion churning in his heart. He didn't know if it was because he was nervous or guilty, but he just wanted to do this for some reason.
He has no idea what's wrong with him?
At that moment, I felt my heart beating very fast.
Especially when he stared at those lips that kept opening and closing with a faint glow, and when he could see the hidden pink inside when she cursed, his mind went blank for a moment.
then……
Suddenly, as if possessed by some mysterious force, he bent his head and kissed her.
Just as he imagined, the breath was soft and a little sweet. The moment their lips touched, Xiao Feihe's heart trembled uncontrollably, and his breath became a little heavier. The tip of his tongue carefully traced her lips, and then slid in carefully, trying to explore deeper. He really didn't know what was wrong with him tonight?
Although I hadn't drunk a drop of alcohol, I felt as if I was drunk at the moment, and my eyes became blurry and hazy.
The person he kissed did not react at first, but when he tried to go deeper, she felt a wet touch and her eyes suddenly widened, moist and a little bit naive. But she quickly reacted, and her fair cheeks turned red at a speed visible to the naked eye. Then she slapped him and pushed him away.
Xiao Feihe was hit on the side of the head and his face was slightly painful.
Nan Yan refused to stop after pushing him away. She probably felt that the guy who usually treated her like a servant dared to disrespect her and flirt with her. She instantly became furious!
She wiped her mouth vigorously, spitting and stamping her feet in disgust.
"You shameless bastard, go to hell!"
As she cursed, her hands began to hit him non-stop, the crackling sound was as dense and fast as raindrops. Her eyes became redder and redder, and her chest heaved up and down with anger. She kept repeating the same few curse words over and over again.
It made me quite angry.
In fact, Xiao Feihe regretted it after being pushed away, and there was a strange and annoyed feeling in his heart. He did not regret it when he kissed her, but he felt inexplicably irritated after being pushed away. He felt like something was wrong with him for his inexplicable behavior.
What is this?
Why did you suddenly kiss me when everything was fine?
It was already too much to intentionally approach her, and now he is... isn't this flirting with her?
Xiao Feihe's mind was a little confused at this time. He had no idea why he became so impulsive. He didn't even think about anything at that moment and kissed her subconsciously.
Xiao Feihe couldn't figure it out for a moment, and the person in front of him kept pestering him, which made him feel a little upset, so he grabbed her wrist and shouted subconsciously,
“夠了，別鬧了……”
話剛說完，對面那人似乎怔愣了一瞬，眼眶瞬間就紅了。
緊接着眼淚“啪嗒啪嗒”地就掉下來了，跟斷了線的珠子似的，一顆一顆砸在他的手背上。
蕭非鶴被燙得一縮手，可是一低頭看到她那副委屈又可憐的樣，頓時頭都大了。
他真不是故意朝她喊的，他就是一時腦子太混亂了沒想明白，真不是故意的啊！
回過神的蕭非鶴幾乎下意識把人拉到面前，這下真的是手忙腳亂，急得額頭都冒汗了，
“唉，別哭、別哭，你別哭啊……”
“對不起，我錯了，我真錯了！”
“大小姐，姑奶奶你原諒我吧，我不是故意要朝你吼的，我就是……我、我腦子抽了，我一時發了瘋！”
“我該死，我就是個混賬！你罵我吧，要不然打我也行，我保證不生氣也不還手的，你別哭了好不好？”
蕭非鶴說着就抓起她的手掌往臉上打了幾下，南嫣擡着眼眸，她臉頰上還沾着淚水，因為前頭剛哭過，那眼尾塗抹過的胭脂也暈染開了，透着一層淡淡的粉。
完全不知道這樣子有多想讓人欺負。
蕭非鶴瞧見這樣的顏色，一時間只覺得心跳加速，下意識地想挪開眼，但那目光就跟在那黏住了似的，始終挪不開，也不是他不肯，就是不受控制地這麽看着。
南嫣捏緊手指，剛準備擡手。
對方忽然又伸手遮住了臉頰，只從指縫間露出兩只眼睛瞧着人，然後把腦袋低下去，“打吧打吧，本世子天生皮糙肉厚不怕疼，打哪都行，就是別打臉，本世子還得靠這張臉吃飯呢。”
說完真朝她手掌湊過去了。
南嫣聽着這話更氣了，就要打他那張如花似玉的臉，一巴掌拍過去，蕭非鶴立馬裝作非常痛苦的哀嚎一聲，然後大聲求饒，嘴裏連連喊着姑奶奶饒命，反正是半點世子爺的身份臉面都不講了。
南嫣心想這人也真是個人才，就這演技，戲班子專業演員看了都得流淚啊。
南嫣最終還是被他耍寶的模樣逗得忍不住笑出了聲，不過笑完之後又自覺有些失了面子，然後轉過臉，從鼻間哼出一聲，罵了句，“活該！”
聽到笑聲，蕭非鶴這才從指縫間偷瞄了她一眼，看到這人別過臉一副還不肯搭理他的模樣，蕭非鶴又湊過去，這下也不敢随便碰她了，只是問了聲，“你還生氣呢？”
“要不要再多打幾下出出氣？”
南嫣暗暗翻了個白眼，多打幾下她手不疼嗎？不知道力的作用是相互的嗎？今晚都不知道打了多少下，她手都疼麻了，再打下去手還要不要了？這人果真是皮厚。
南嫣轉到另一邊去，又哼了一聲，還不理他。
蕭非鶴這就有點着急了，他又跟着轉過去，下意識就說了句，“要不然這樣吧，我給你負責，我輕薄你了，過幾天我就去李府上門提親，把你娶回家當祖宗一樣好吃好喝的供着行嗎？”
這話這話以後，蕭非鶴自己也有些怔住了，因為他發現自己說這句話的時候幾乎沒怎麽經過大腦思考，好像是下意識地就說出了這話。
蕭非鶴一時有些驚訝地望着人。
結果他想娶，人家還不稀罕嫁呢！
南嫣聽到這會兒終于忍不住開口了，她轉過頭把人上上下下打量一圈，然後嫌棄推開他湊過來的大臉，
“誰要嫁給你了？不要臉！”
聽她那麽果斷的語氣，不知為何，蕭非鶴忽然覺得心口好像中了一箭。
小心髒一時備受打擊，尤其是瞧着她那麽嫌棄的眼神，他咬了咬牙，也忍不住回怼道，“我怎麽了？本世子也是一表人才、才高五鬥的，雖比不上某些在朝為官的人，但絕對也是個知情識趣，溫柔體貼的好男人。”
“還是那種打着燈籠都找不到的絕世好男人。”蕭非鶴冷哼一聲，格外強調。
南嫣這下又忍不住笑了，她拍着樹幹，笑得臉頰兩邊都漫上了紅暈，
“蕭非鶴，你還要不要臉了？你也不打聽打聽自己的名聲，整個燕雲城裏誰不知道啊，據說你連私生子都有了，還好男人，臭不要臉的登徒子還差不多！”
蕭非鶴：“……”
都什麽亂七八糟的？
他什麽時候連私生子都有了？
到底是哪個好大兒給他造的謠？
蕭非鶴磨了磨牙，簡直想把那些亂傳謠言的混賬玩意全部套上麻袋揍一頓，傳什麽不好傳他有私生子，他是那種亂七八糟的人嗎？
蕭非鶴深呼吸一口氣，最後看她笑得那麽沒心沒肺，實在沒忍住伸手敲了下她的腦袋，“胡說八道些什麽呢？我什麽時候跟人有私生子了，你都聽誰說的這些閑話？”
南嫣狐疑看他，摸着腦袋，一臉的不信，“燕雲城裏私底下都傳的，你三年前不是跟一個青樓女子私定終生了嗎？人家還給你生了個孩子，後來你不是還被皇上罰去守皇陵了嗎？難道這麽快就忘記了？”
蕭非鶴聽到這話似乎也想起來了，好像是有這麽一回事來着的，不過跟那女子攪和在一起的又不是他。
那是他的好二哥，皇帝自個兒的兒子行事不檢，跟他有什麽關系啊？
蕭非鶴真是要被她氣死，這謠言真是太難聽了，又忍不住敲了下她的腦袋，“什麽這麽快就忘記了？這事跟我又沒關系，三年前我才多大，一個風華正茂的絕世美少年怎麽可能會跟孩子扯上關系？”
他又解釋道：“那是我表兄，二表兄當年是愛上了一個青樓女子，且為了那女子要死要活的，後來被聖上下令送去了封地。從此以後沒有诏令再不能回來，這才是事情的始終。我最多就是個知情不報的罪責，本世子幹淨着呢，什麽都玩，就是不玩……”
“女人”那兩個字在他嘴裏囫囵了一圈又被吞了回去，他低頭看着眼前的南嫣，看着她那雙黑白分明的眸子，心中驀地生出一陣猶豫跟心虛來。
于是偏頭躲過了她的眼神，輕咳了聲，“總之就是這樣，這事跟我沒關系，燕雲城裏傳的那些謠言也都是假的。”
聞言，南嫣若有所思地點了點頭，一副皺眉沉思的模樣，然後又探着腦袋問他，“那後來呢？那個青樓女子的下場呢？”
蕭非鶴一看這人探頭探腦的模樣就知道她是好奇心起來了，想打聽皇家的隐私跟秘密，頓時有些無奈了。
蕭非鶴真是哭笑不得，他發現這人還真是不記仇，明明剛剛還哭得要死要活的，這會兒又開始聚精會神地挖人隐私了。
他伸手按在她的腦袋上，無奈說着，“後來那孩子生下來了，但是被送走了。那樣出身的孩子不上不下的，不懂事的時候還好，若是以後身份被人知曉了，會遭人白眼跟嫌棄的，所以聖上将他送的遠遠的了。”
他輕嘆了聲，又道，“至于那女子，皇上也沒殺她，給了一筆銀子，然後放她離開了，只是這輩子再不得出現在燕雲城裏。”
南嫣聽完後點點頭，這下明白了，所以這人就是個背鍋俠是嗎？
這也難怪，畢竟是皇上的兒子，皇子鬧出來的醜聞總歸要比世子嚴重一些。
于是那看過去的眼神就變得飄忽忽的，一會兒同情一會兒又是嫌棄的，總之就很微妙，像看冤大頭的眼神。
蕭非鶴眼角抽了抽，真想把人按在懷裏揍一頓，不過沒那膽子。
說完他深呼吸一口氣，又拍拍她的肩膀，然後道，“好了，閑話說完了，咱們也該回去了，我今晚還要下山找人查一下事情，這佛寺有些問題，你記住了，晚上不要四處亂跑，也不要打草驚蛇，還有今晚的事情暫時先別說出去，記住了嗎？”
南嫣這下終于老老實實點頭了。
關于這點，她知道的可是比他還清楚呢，不打草驚蛇的話，住一晚上是沒問題的。
之後蕭非鶴抄近路送人回到寺廟，只是剛進院子，便透過那窗戶瞧見屋裏似乎有道黑影一閃而過。
此時天色已經很黑了，屋內又沒掌燈。
蕭非鶴一時以為是自己眼花了，沒怎麽在意，正轉身準備離開時——
忽然想到今晚在林子裏發生的一切，還有那假和尚說的那些話，便下意識地拉住了南嫣的袖子，将人扯到了身後。
“你先等等……”
南嫣詫異回頭，疑惑看着人，“又怎麽了？”
蕭非鶴皺了眉，壓低聲音稍微解釋了一句，“屋裏好像藏了人？”
聽到這話南嫣心中頓時了然了，早就知道這寺廟裏的客舍是有密道的，只是不知道具體是那一間屋子，結果好巧不巧的，居然就是她住的這間院子。
這還真是人要倒黴的話，喝涼水都塞牙嗎？
居然還在這裏等着她呢。
南嫣手指立馬袖子裏伸出來，下意識抓住了身旁這人的衣裳，眼裏也瞬間露出了些許緊張的神情，“你真的沒有看錯嗎？是不是丫鬟，我的屋子裏怎麽會有人呢？你別說假話吓唬我了。”
她說着身子又往身旁這人身上貼了貼，蕭非鶴低頭瞧她一眼，也不知為何，心口莫名有種很溫軟的感覺，他似乎挺喜歡這種被她依賴信任的感覺。
蕭非鶴反手想牽她的手，但猶豫了一下，還是牽住了她的袖子，然後低頭，聲音放緩安撫了句，“別擔心，我先進去看看。”
說着又點亮了燭臺上的燈火，這下屋內亮堂多了，兩人一前一後的進了屋，廂房內除了屏風上挂着的披風，什麽人影都沒有。
蕭非鶴覺得有些奇怪，難不成還真是自己看花了眼嗎？
他又四處看了看，桌底、櫃子裏還有床帳後面，都是空蕩蕩的什麽人影都沒有，蕭非鶴這下皺了眉，難道真是他看錯了嗎？
南嫣拉拉他的袖子，猶豫問道，“什麽都沒有，是不是你看錯了？”
蕭非鶴搖了搖頭，“不清楚。”
眼見這屋內什麽都沒有，南嫣好似松了口氣，她松開一直拽着不放的袖子，直接坐到了一旁的床榻上，也不知是不是不小心，腳尖提到了床榻下方的擋板，出門“悶悶”的一聲輕響。
也就是這一下讓蕭非鶴表情微微變了下，他轉頭看向坐在床沿的南嫣，她伸着手，正費力地去夠枕頭底下的小荷包，臉上一副一無所有的模樣，蕭非鶴心想，那裏頭估計還藏了不少果幹點心。
他直接走過去将被子掀開，又敲了敲床板，果然這一敲就發覺不對勁了，裏頭好像是空心的，察覺到這些，蕭非鶴的表情更陰沉了，這還了得？
密道都通道女眷的內室了，倘若夜裏全都睡了，那和尚從密道中将人擄走，這誰能察覺的到？
蕭非鶴立馬将被褥全部掀開，又四處敲了下，聲音又有些不對。
一旁的南嫣也知道他是發現密道了，不過仍是故作不知，臉上露出一副氣惱模樣，“蕭非鶴，你又在發什麽瘋，你把我被子全丢地上了，我夜裏還怎麽休息？”
蕭非鶴伸手捂住了她的嘴，然後瞧了兩下床板，“先別說話，你聽？”
南嫣聽了半晌，然後眨着眼睛，不明所以。
蕭非鶴無奈搖頭，心想她不懂這些也正常，畢竟是大家閨秀，平日裏使幾個絆子禍害一下死對頭都已經是很過分的事情了，哪裏會知道這種江湖上的陰私手段？
蕭非鶴直接跳上床板，在前後兩邊都摸索了幾下，果然發現前後夾板的位置有些不對勁，一邊是實心的，另一邊卻是空心的，看來這底下果然有個通道。
南嫣見他在床板上四處摸摸敲敲，心裏也有些好奇，便也學着他的模樣踩上床榻，然後到處摸摸捏捏，這一下也不知道摸到哪個機關了，只聽見“咔噠”一聲——
床下木板縫隙之間忽然松動了一下，兩人一時之間毫無防備，對視一眼後還沒來得及說些什麽，瞬間就一齊滾落了下去。
這一下也把兩人摔得夠嗆。
通道裏塵土飛揚，也幸好蕭非鶴在滾下去之前，還記得抓住了身旁的南嫣，随後一把将人摟進了懷裏，這才讓對方免于受傷。
不過自己倒是磕的挺疼。
停下之後，蕭非鶴往通道口看了一眼，是個階梯形的密道，但現在階梯被兩人踩爛了，暫時應該是上不去了。
蕭非鶴揉揉發疼的肩膀，反應過來趕緊伸手把人扶起來拍拍灰，然後問了句，“你怎麽樣，有沒有受傷？”
南嫣摸摸腦袋又摸摸胳膊，然後欣喜地朝他喊了聲，“還好還好，我沒事，好像都不疼。”
蕭非鶴聽到這話，立馬揉揉尊臀，也不知道為什麽，原本就很疼的部位好像比剛才更疼了……她當然不疼了，疼得是他好嗎？
蕭非鶴這下也真是拜服了，他在上頭摸索半天都沒找着機關，這人怎麽一來就摸到了？該說是運氣好嗎？
南嫣也琢磨着自己這手氣确實還可以，她正要說話時，突然就瞧見那密道後頭沖出來一道黑影，便下意識喊了聲，
“蕭非鶴，有人，小心！”
蕭非鶴的反應也是迅速，撿起地上的木板就勢擋了一下，身後那黑影果然是個穿着灰色僧衣的方臉和尚，眼見兩人從天而降時，原本就想趁其不備，殺了那男人，再帶走那女人，但沒想到竟被對方躲過了。
方臉和尚只會些粗使的拳腳功夫，跟蕭非鶴自然是比不得，來回不過幾招就已經招架不住了，這下心中更是着急，這次可真是壞了事了，惹了不該惹的人，不僅沒偷着香，還把密道的事情暴露出去了，這要是放兩人離開了，這極樂寺也就要徹底完了。
這麽一想，方臉和尚表情瞬間更兇狠了，他從懷中抽出一把匕首，直接朝着一旁的南嫣刺過去，蕭非鶴臉色驟變，幾乎下意識地沖上去擋了一下。
“嫣嫣，小心……”
也是這一下，胳膊上被劃開了一道口子，鮮血瞬間洇濕了衣裳，滴落到地上。
“蕭非鶴，你怎麽樣？”
南嫣被吓得面色發白，手指瞬間抓緊了他的衣裳。
蕭非鶴瞧了一眼傷口，微微皺眉，“我沒事，別怕，很小的傷口，沒什麽要緊的。”
說完這句話後，蕭非鶴就隐約察覺到一絲不對勁了，明明不過一指長的傷口，不知道為何，忽然覺得手腳有些發軟無力。
最重要的是，那方臉和尚看見他受傷之後反倒不着急了，也不攻擊了，就這麽隐在暗處緊緊盯着兩人，很明顯是在等待着什麽。
蕭非鶴摟緊了懷裏的人，瞧着她微微發顫的眼睫，呼吸變得愈發急促起來。
他朝四周看了一眼，雖然很黑，但也能看出來這底下通道不止一條，而且四通八達，不知道具體通往哪裏的。
蕭非鶴忽然抓緊了南嫣的手指，然後湊近她耳畔，腦袋抵着她額頭，低聲無力說了句，“跑……”
說完便将手中木板朝着相反的位置扔了過去，然後撐着最後的極限，帶着南嫣朝着其中一條密道跑了過去。
也不知跑了多久，面前忽然出現了一絲光亮，仔細一看才發現是間密室。
蕭非鶴小心翼翼靠近，等确定裏頭沒人之後，這才帶着南嫣直接躲了進去。
他也不知道密室的另一頭連接的是什麽地方？但此刻的蕭非鶴一進屋子便覺得整個人再也支撐不住了，渾身酸軟無力，連擡起手指的力氣似乎都快沒有了，要不是南嫣扶着他，他可能直接就摔倒了。
他這下明白了為什麽那和尚劃傷他以後就躲在暗處不動了，那匕首上估計是抹了麻藥軟骨散之類的東西，這次真的是大意了。
蕭非鶴費力在懷裏摸索着，好半天才從懷裏摸出唯一防身的匕首，然後塞到南嫣手上，“嫣嫣，先躲起來，匕首你拿好，要是有人靠近你，一定要毫不留情地刺他胸口……”
他說着膝蓋不受控制地一軟，直接就跪下了，急得身旁的南嫣用力抓緊了他的手，眼睛濕潤地喊着，“蕭非鶴，你怎麽了？是不是傷口太疼了，要不要我先給你包紮一下？”
“不是，傷口上有軟骨散，我現在渾身無力，你不要害怕，如果我不能保護好你，你就要自己保護好自己，記住了嗎？”
蕭非鶴轉而用盡全身的力氣握住她的手腕，然後将人推開，“現在去躲起來，別出來，別跟我在一起，我會拖累你。”
大小姐的眼眶瞬間紅了，死死抓着他的手掌不肯松開，聲音哽咽，又可憐兮兮的，“我不走，我打不過那個和尚的，你跟我一起好不好？我們一起躲起來。”
這讓蕭非鶴頓時有些無奈。
确實，讓她一個人逃走太為難了，可跟着他的話，只怕危險會更大。
蕭非鶴猶豫了一瞬，正要開口，
南嫣又抿着嘴唇，一臉固執将人攙扶站了起來，随即兩人又往裏頭走了一段距離。
這下才發現那密室後面的還有一間內室，南嫣立馬就扶着人躲了進去，進去之後才看到，這間內室裏放了很多瓶瓶罐罐，有各種常見的迷藥、蒙汗藥，還有一些亂七八糟的器具，看來這是間制藥室。
蕭非鶴的目光落在那些瓶瓶罐罐的迷藥之上，頓時精神微振，他似乎想到了什麽，然後略有些吃力地擡起手，指了指那石桌的方向，聲音無力地說着，“嫣嫣……你去看看，石桌上有沒有軟骨散、軟筋散之類的解藥，只要有解藥，我就沒事了……”
南嫣聞言微怔，随後立即反應過來，
“對，解藥，找到解藥就能沒事了。”
“而且，這裏這麽多瓶瓶罐罐，總有一個是解藥的。”
她說着又趕緊将身旁的蕭非鶴放下，然後沖過去就在一堆瓶瓶罐罐中來回翻找着，動作越來越急。
眼見着時間一分一秒的過去，南嫣上上下下翻找了一整圈，終于在個小櫃子裏找到了一個标記着“解軟骨散”的玉色小瓷瓶，然後欣喜打開，從頭倒出了一粒瑩白如玉的小藥丸。
她又将藥丸拿到鼻前嗅了嗅，味道有些清淡，帶點蘭花的清香，不難聞，應該不是什麽有毒的假藥。
于是立馬轉過頭去，小聲又欣喜地朝他喊着，“蕭非鶴，我找到了。”
也就是這一下，外頭“吱呀”一聲。
似乎是密室的木門被人外面推開了。
推門的動靜不小，蕭非鶴第一時間就聽見了，随即皺緊了眉。
而南嫣似乎沒意識到，她朝蕭非鶴舉了舉手裏的瓶子，正當她捏着藥丸想再次告訴對方這個喜訊的時候——
蕭非鶴幾乎用盡全身的力氣撲了過來，然後一把将人摟進懷裏，擡手捂住了她的嘴。
他撲過來的動作太急，就地滾了一圈後直接按着人躲進了石桌底下，這位置剛好兩人的身形遮擋的嚴嚴實實。
但要命的，他捂她嘴的動作，連帶着把那顆藥丸也塞進了她嘴裏。
這下可完蛋了，南嫣臉上的表情瞬間從驚喜變成了驚恐，急得臉都紅了。
偏偏嘴巴又被人捂得緊緊說不出話來，她只能不停地用手指着自己的嘴，試圖讓他明白些什麽——藥被塞進她嘴裏了。
大概是指了太多次了……
蕭非鶴這下終于看懂了她眼裏的意思，表情頓時也有些愣住，他沒想到會這麽巧，于是伸手去拿那個藥瓶，
“還有嗎？解藥還有其他的嗎？”
南嫣着急忙慌地把瓶子遞過去，然後搖了搖，半點聲響都沒，裏頭空蕩蕩的就只剩下了最後一顆了，蕭非鶴表情頓時有些僵住，他放開手，猶豫一瞬直接對南嫣說，
“……張嘴。”
南嫣立馬窘迫搖頭，急得自己捂緊了嘴巴，額頭都開始冒汗了，然後用眼神示意他——張嘴也沒用啊，解藥都已經化開了。
偏偏這時候外頭的動靜也越來越大了，蕭非鶴低頭看着憋的臉頰通紅的南嫣，眼中似乎猶豫了一瞬……
然後他緩慢湊過去，湊到她面前，呼吸緩慢又灼熱地噴灑在她臉龐上，低低問了句，“嫣嫣，這次……我可以嗎？”
南嫣的睫毛微微顫動着，不說話。
雙方僵持了好一會兒，
蕭非鶴抱着她的手微微收緊，看她眼睫輕顫着，他的心也跟着輕輕顫抖起來，片刻後才說，“你不說話，我就當你是默認了。”
聽到這話，南嫣眼圈又忍不住紅了，這次是真氣的。
這個混蛋，她現在根本就說不出話來！
最後，蕭非鶴在說完那句話後，便再也忍不住了，低頭虔誠又認真地吻了上去。
這次不同于之前那個稀裏糊塗的連他自己都不明白的吻，蕭非鶴的手越收越緊，心髒也跳動地越來越迅速。
這次也是……清醒的。
唇上傳來的柔軟觸感讓他更加用力地撬開了她的唇，而這次她的眼睫顫了顫，眼底似有猶豫糾結閃過，但最終是閉上了眼睛，沒有拒絕，默認了他的動作。
不知為何，南嫣的放棄抵觸莫名讓他胸口湧出一股喜悅的情緒，他小心翼翼地探索着每一處，隐約覺得胸口有種很鼓漲的感覺，莫名其妙的有一種滿足感。
尤其是她這副順從的樣子……
一直到最後力氣漸漸恢複了，他還是有些戀戀不舍地輕吻着她的唇瓣，連呼吸也變得急促起來，只能壓低聲音輕喘了一聲。
而南嫣則是很乖順地倚靠在他懷裏，她呼吸也有些急促，眼睫微垂着，臉頰兩邊因為情動而有些泛着紅暈，身體仿佛沒有力氣似的，一直都沒有動靜。
……
而與此同時的另一頭，靳厭離又做噩夢了，他最近總是會做噩夢，但今天夜裏夢見的場景卻讓他格外心悸……
醒來後便再也睡不着了。
他不知道自己為什麽會做這樣的夢？
他夢見南嫣跟別的男子成婚了，喜堂之上，他就那麽眼睜睜地看着，看着她一步一步朝着新郎走過去，看到新郎掀開她的蓋頭，然後伸過手，溫柔地替她整理着發絲。
那樣歡喜的場面……
靳厭離卻只覺得腦海裏的那根弦，轟然斷了。
這樣的結果讓他心尖發顫，他用力捂住了胸口，那種難言的酸楚疼痛迅速從胸腔內蔓延，而這樣的痛苦也幾乎是瞬間就讓他從噩夢中清醒了過來。
醒來後整個人都有些迷茫，他覺得胸口空蕩蕩的，一種迷茫的難過籠罩着他，讓他有種要窒息的痛苦。
靳厭離醒來後就再也睡不着了，只能披上外衫去了院子，原本只是想四處走走、散散心。
卻在不知不覺中就走到了南嫣曾經住過的那間院子，那是兩人還沒有解開婚約的時候，她經常會來靳府找他，偶爾累了困了，這間院子就是她午睡休息的地方。
可如今，這院子也空了。
自從兩人退婚之後，她再也沒來過靳府了，他甚至都很少見過她了，明明從那天遇見之後就再也沒見過面了，偏偏那張面容卻像在腦海中生了根一樣揮之不去。
靳厭離原本還沉浸在自己的思緒中，突然聽到房內傳來一陣動靜，他心中一動，下意識地推開了房門，然後喊了聲，
“嫣嫣……”
可房裏的人不是南嫣，只是一個圓臉的小丫頭在打掃屋子。
其實喊完那聲“嫣嫣”之後他就已經想到了，嫣嫣她怎麽可能會出現在這裏呢？
她已經不是他的未婚妻了，他們已經退婚了，這輩子都不可能出現在他的後院的。
想到這裏，靳厭離的心口又有些微窒，緊接着便是一股酸澀的疼。
對面的小丫頭看見他時還吓了一跳，面色都在頃刻間變得有些發白，“大人，奴、奴婢不是故意偷懶的，奴婢是白日裏太忙忘記打掃了，這才想着夜裏來打掃一遍的。”
靳厭離不太在意她有沒有偷懶的事情，而是揉了揉發疼的眉心，随即不耐煩地擺了擺手，“無事，我沒怪罪你。”
大概是這次靳大人很罕見的沒有冷臉發脾氣，小丫鬟的膽子也稍微大了些，“大人，這麽晚了，您來小姐的院子是有什麽事嗎？”
聽到這話，靳厭離掃了她一眼，表情瞬間又冷下來了，最後只冷淡說了句，
“多事。”
小丫鬟真是吓得腿都軟了，整個人戰戰兢兢的，也不知道自己哪裏說的不對了，怎麽突然就惹這位大人不高興了呢？
她下意識地就從那床鋪上掏出一個小包袱，表情都快吓哭了，“大人，您還記得這個嗎？李小姐說要給你做的，您要不要看一下？”
靳厭離聽到這話似乎微怔了下，他轉頭望着丫鬟手裏的包袱，然後問道，
“這是什麽？”
小丫鬟笨手笨腳地打開包袱，然後從裏頭拿出一只還沒做完工的袖套，“大人您不記得了嗎？之前在營帳裏，李小姐說要給你做個袖套的，只可惜後來做到一半就沒做了，原本小姐還說要給您一個驚喜的。”
“奴、奴婢一直收着的，李小姐說不能提前讓您知道，奴婢就沒說過，可是如今小姐都離開了，奴婢這才……”
這一番話聽得靳厭離突然有些怔神，目光落在那只做工十分蹩腳的袖套上，下意識的就接了過來。
他看着那袖口的針腳縫得歪歪扭扭的，甚至比他還不如，偏偏那人又是那麽的認真，縫了一圈又一圈，針線邊緣甚至有些已經發黑的血跡，他幾乎能想象的到，那大小姐不小心戳到自己時嬌氣蹙眉的樣子。
可是……
胸口瞬間翻湧着一股難言的酸澀情緒。
看着這只未完成的袖套，靳厭離一時間只覺得眼睛有些發脹。
他突然想起來了，在營帳的那段時間，因為他終于找到了李清柔，找到了自己的救命恩人，所以那段時間一直都在暗中照顧她，原本跟南嫣約好的，帶她出去抓狐貍也失約了，那段時間，他一直都在忽略她……
所以，就連她在私底下給他做的袖套都不知道，一直到今天丫鬟告訴他才知曉。
靳厭離用力握緊了這袖套，緊緊貼在胸口的位置，似乎這樣就能緊緊抓住她一樣，他已經不知道自己到底該怎麽辦了？
他甚至不明白自己這是怎麽了？
不是已經如願以償了嗎？
不是已經退婚了嗎？
不是都已經找到當初那個令他心動的人了嗎，為什麽？
為什麽他只覺得胸口好像被人挖走了一塊似的，空蕩蕩的，甚至有些發疼，難受得甚至連心跳聲都聽不見了。
他對她到底是什麽樣的感情……
難道他真的做錯了嗎？