Lin Shuang carefully fastened the cover back to its original position, wiped her mouth with a smug look, and came out, thinking that no one had noticed her, and prepared to return to the dark room the way she came.
Little did she know, a group of hidden guards were crouching on the wall in the dark, watching her live stream of her sneaking around.
When Lin Shuang came out of the small kitchen,
Black Owl even sat openly on the wall.
Although Lin Shuang successfully stole the food, she was still somewhat nervous, so much so that she didn't notice the extra person on the wall even when she was almost at the entrance to the secret room.
Black Owl: "..."
He had previously thought this traitor was clever, but it turned out he was just as stupid.
He picked a piece of dry moss from the wall and impatiently tossed it at Lin Shuang's feet.
"Clap."
The sound of the moss falling to the ground was extremely faint, but it was quite noticeable in the quiet night.
Lin Shuang: "!"
My heart jumped into my throat, and I almost screamed out in fright.
She froze on the spot, and only after a long while did she dare to slowly turn her head and look around, finally "discovering" the black owl sitting on the wall.
Under the cool moonlight.
Black Owl's loose-fitting long robe fluttered gently in the night breeze, and his soft, long hair cascaded down his sides.
He had one leg dangling against the wall, and the other foot half-propped up on the top of the wall. He used one elbow to support his knee on the other side, and then rested his chin on his hand, looking both dashing and lazy.
He was the person Lin Shuang longed for in her dreams.
Lin Shuang recognized him at a glance!
“Brother Xiao…” Lin Shuang was both surprised and delighted, both afraid and expectant. Her heart was pounding wildly. She couldn’t tell whether she was more afraid, more happy, or simply excited.
After not seeing him for several days, this man seems to have grown even more handsome.
Even just sitting casually on the wall, he looked like a celestial being descended from the heavens, making it impossible for her to look away.
"How dare you come back?" Black Owl's calm voice reached Lin Shuang's ears with spiritual power, revealing no emotion: "You know that Xiao Yao'er has never shown any mercy to hostile intruders, even if she once trusted you wholeheartedly."
His voice sounded ruthless, yet his words left room for imagination.
Hearing his seemingly harmless words, Lin Shuang felt a surge of joy and asked softly in a trembling voice, "Brother Xiao, are you... are you concerned about me?"
"Heh..." Black Owl chuckled coolly, neither confirming nor denying.
Are you concerned about her?
From which word did she realize that he cared about her?
He wouldn't mind saying it again in a different way.
Seeing that he did not deny it, Lin Shuang's joy intensified, and a strange restlessness rose within her. She carefully took two steps forward and said, "Brother Xiao, I really didn't expect that you would still care about me. I thought that you and... no, none of that mattered. I'm so glad that you care about me!"
Black Owl sat atop the wall, high above, watching coldly without uttering a word.
Lin Shuang, however, became increasingly unable to contain herself as she spoke, her heart pounding with excitement. She gradually lost control of her tongue: "Brother Xiao, I secretly returned this time just to see you again. I... I love you, I'm overjoyed, truly..."
"Swoosh!"
A tiny Saturn-like object flew casually from Black Owl's fingertip and struck Lin Shuang's acupoint, rendering her speechless.
Lin Shuang's mouth opened and closed on its own, but she could no longer utter a sound.
"So noisy!"
Black Owl spat out two words with extreme disgust and then gracefully leaped down from the high wall.
Lin Shuang clutched her neck in panic, repeatedly opening and closing her mouth in sign language: "What's wrong with me? Why can't I speak? My voice...?"
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