Shen Zhiyi never expected that what she had previously thought was childlike innocence and purity would have such an effect!
She never wants to play this game again in her life.
What little rocking horse?
She was being shaken so badly she almost lost her mind!
She was tormented in the pool for half a day, but he healed her with his mermaid silk and spiritual power.
I stayed up all night again.
If an ordinary person is soaked in water, their skin will wrinkle very quickly.
But she didn't.
He can still breathe freely and speak fluently.
The skin on her body seemed to have been nourished by the best things, becoming smoother, more delicate, and more radiant.
Qingyuan carried some food and fed her little by little in the spring water.
But he still held her in his arms.
"Qingqing, you've only eaten half," he whispered patiently in her ear. "Are you really not hungry anymore?"
He put down his chopsticks and kissed away the sweet soup that had lingered on her lips.
Shen Zhiyi's face flushed red, and her whole body felt weak and powerless.
Is he talking about eating this?!
Clearly... clearly...
Shen Zhiyi was speechless and could only collapse into his arms, sobbing softly.
"I don't want to eat, I don't want to eat..." she refused him.
She wasn't hungry at all.
I'm so full I could burst...
Qingyuan let out a long sigh.
He pinched her chin and planted several tender kisses on her lips. "Then today, I won't feed you anymore."
"But if there is a next time, you should know the price of deceiving me."
He moved.
His dark eyes were faintly visible in the moonlight.
One moment it's deep and enigmatic, the next it's tender and gentle.
Shen Zhiyi sensed the deterrent power within it.
I was so frightened that my body trembled.
She almost fainted in his arms.
Just a little bit of concealment, and it's been turned into this mess.
What would he do if he found out she lied to him?
Shen Zhiyi dared not think about it.
The more I thought about it, the more my body trembled.
Before long, amidst a mixture of mild fear and overwhelming pleasure, he fainted.
*
The sun was shining brightly.
After preparing her travel expenses, Shen Zhiyi rubbed her lower back and secretly pulled Dui'er aside in the mansion.
"Are the carriages and merchant ships ready?"
Dui'er nodded.
"As Miss instructed, we have chosen the dock on the east side and the land border crossing on the west side."
"It's just that this servant is foolish."
"I don't understand, Miss. Why choose two completely different directions?"
Shen Zhiyi said, "In a little while, put on my clothes, go to the west, take a carriage, and head to the capital."
"I disguised myself as a servant and went to the east dock to board a boat."
"Also heading to the capital."
Dui'er was puzzled for a moment, then suddenly realized.
"Does Miss want... for the young master to catch up with me, discover he's been deceived, and then assume Miss won't go to the capital?"
Shen Zhiyi pinched her cheek.
"I finally figured it out."
"Hurry up, let's split up."
She sent Qingyuan to buy pastries.
They should be back home soon.
She deliberately left some loopholes so that he would go after Dui'er.
Shen Zhiyi lowered her head and looked at the necklace.
The pale blue scales gleamed faintly even in broad daylight.
She recalled Qingyuan's repeated instructions, and how he had taken advantage of her greedy nature to force her to swear an oath.
The more I thought about it, the stranger the necklace seemed.
Removing it may lead to financial loss.
But if Qingyuan really tampered with this necklace, wouldn't I be dead if he found out?!
She steeled herself and took off the necklace.
It was tied around Dui'er's neck.
"If you wear this, we, master and servant, will be of one mind. Your wealth is my wealth," she comforted herself.
Dui'er knew this was a gift from Qingyuan and nodded solemnly.
"Don't worry, Miss, I will protect this chain."
Shen Zhiyi also took off the mermaid gauze and handed it to Dui'er, saying, "If you wear this, even Qingyuan cannot take your life."
She took Dui'er's hand.
"I will come to Jiangnan to find you after I leave the capital."
Dui'er's eyes were filled with tears.
"This servant will wait for Miss."
Shen Zhiyi nodded.
She changed into a servant's clothes, swallowed a pill to conceal her aura, took some money, rushed to the dock, and hid among the cargo of a merchant ship.
...
Qingyuan carried the pastries back to the mansion.
The huge mansion was eerily quiet; not a single person could be seen.
His heart sank.
He dropped the pastries and hurried towards Shen Zhiyi's courtyard.
As far as the eye could see, there was nothing but emptiness.
He was momentarily dazed.
He suddenly channeled his spiritual power, closed his eyes, and sensed the direction of the scales.
"West!" He opened his eyes, his expression turning cold.
That's the direction leading to the capital.
Qingyuan lightly touched the ground with his toes.
In a short while, they caught up with a speeding carriage.
He lifted the curtain.
I saw a woman dressed in Shen Zhiyi's clothes, covering her face and trembling.
The scales on its neck shimmered.
He recognized at a glance that this person was not Shen Zhiyi.
He flew into a rage!
"Who are you! How dare you wear her necklace!"
Qingyuan flicked his sleeve, creating a huge gust of air that rushed towards the woman!
But it was blocked by the mermaid gauze.
Dui'er, her face ashen, collapsed to the ground.
"Dui'er?" Qingyuan was stunned for a moment, then gritted his teeth and said angrily, "She actually gave you the scales and the mermaid gauze as well?"
"Where is she?!"
He knew that this person was Shen Zhiyi's trusted maid.
She must have run away by doing that!
He also knew that if he killed Dui'er, Qingqing would definitely become estranged from him.
I will never talk to him again.
Qingyuan, realizing that she had schemed all this way just to leave him, was instantly enraged and roared again, "Where is she?!"
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