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Chapter 88 - Crossing Minds
Nangong Yue was crying and laughing, this Xiao Yi was sometimes crazy and sometimes cold, she couldn't understand which one was the real him. But on second thought, how can anyone be a simple side?
"Then I'll be disrespectful." She didn't insist any longer, glanced at Uncle Cheng's body, and said, "This, you handle it yourself!" Although she didn't want to bring up this unpleasant topic, it was just such an adult male's body, but It's not that you can ignore it. However, after this encounter, Nangong Yue realised what it means to "hate less when the medicine is used", and felt more and more that she should keep several more "good" medicines on hand.
Xiao Yi's gaze fell on the corpse of Cheng Bo, and his eyes became gloomy again. Yimei unconsciously shrank, she used to think that although this Xiao Shizi was good at martial arts, he was too much of a fool, but now she realised that he was after all the son of the Zhen Nan Wang House, a vassal king!
When Xiao Yi raised his eyes to look at Nangong Yue again, he had already returned to his normal self and said lightly, "Don't worry, I will take care of it." He walked towards Cheng Bo's corpse, and for a moment, his back looked very silent ......
Nangong Yue originally thought she was already hard-hearted, except for her family, no one could shake her half, but she never thought that her heart would be slightly touched at this moment ...... She thought of herself, in her previous life, her whole family was raided and she was left alone; then she thought of Xiao Yi in her previous life, his mother died early and his subsequent act of killing his father and killing his brother was criticised by the world. He was not only known as the "God of Killing", but was also secretly known as the “Lone Star of Heavenly Fiend"!
Nangong Yue sighed helplessly, but still stopped him: "Xiao Yi..." She thought to herself: In the past life, they were partners after all, so let's take her as a result of this fate in this life.
"..." Xiao Yi stopped walking and looked back at her with a puzzled expression.
"My grandfather has been travelling the world for years and every time we meet, he tells me some interesting stories. Would you like to hear them?" Nangong Yue deliberately asked this question, in fact, she also put the choice into Xiao Yi's hands. She had lived two lives, she had to know that even if you think you're doing someone a good deed, they have to appreciate it; if they don't listen, it's useless to say a thousand words!
Xiao Yi's eyes flickered, he was also a smart person, he naturally knew what Nangong Yue wanted to say. But this is not something that can be determined in a few words. For more than ten years, he had trusted and respected her for more than ten years, but where was she ......
He wanted to turn around and leave, but he felt his steps were unusually heavy. He stood still for a long time before he said, "Go ahead." The voice seemed to come from deep in his throat, with a little hoarseness.
Nangong Yue narrated in an unhurried manner: "A long time ago, there was a prince of a small country, when he was young, he met a group of ambitious people, and with their support, the prince stood out from the other princes and became the king. And his friends were either civil or military officials who helped him to govern the country. After several decades, the king grew old while his princes were young and strong. One day, the prince secretly colluded with a minister who was highly valued by the king, one of the aspirants of those days, to force a rebellion. ...... After a bloody battle, the prince was defeated.Although the king kept his throne, he never slept in peace and began to suspect every one of his sons and every one of his ministers. The king's suspicion grew and he became even more paranoid, thinking that he would rather kill a thousand by mistake than spare one! So the knife was wielded and he ordered the death of prince after prince, minister after minister...Until one day, when the enemy country invaded, the king found himself without ministers, and only two of his princes remained, one seriously ill and one nursing. Within a month, the little kingdom had fallen!"
After a pause, Nangong Yue smilingly looked at Xiao Yi and asked, "What do you think of this story?"
Xiao Yi did not say anything for a while, he was not a fool, of course he knew that the king of the small country Nangong Yue was referring to was him ...... She was advising him not to become suspicious and paranoid because of the change in the night, so that he would end up rebelling against his family!
But does he have any family? He had nothing to lose, not like his father, not like his mother, he was all alone!
"Xiao Yi!" Nangong Yue noticed that his eyes were getting darker and suddenly said, "The person who would hurt you, naturally doesn't care about you, so why should you be sad about them! The more sad you are, the more important this person is to you, but is the person who would hurt you so much really that important?"
Even if it is not important, it does not mean that this person can hurt himself wantonly ...... Xiao Yi wanted to say this, but when he met Nangong Yue's eyes, the words choked in his throat. He saw worry in her clear pupils, which made him feel relieved, and even the corners of his mouth, which had been tense, relaxed ......
Stinky girl is worried about him, right? She was really worried about him, wasn't she? Well, he said that he was handsome and dashing, and it was only natural that she would fall under his unparalleled charm!
He looked Nangong Yue up and down with a picky gaze. Although she was a bit dry and thin, she was still quite good-looking, so he reluctantly accepted her as an admirer.
Nangong Yue was given goose bumps by him, although she didn't know what he was thinking, but when she saw his eyes brighten up again, she was able to put her mind at ease a little.
"Don't worry." Xiao Yi suddenly lifted his hand and patted the top of Nangong Yue's head, "I will take care of everything." After saying that, he easily lifted the corpse and gave Nangong Yue a deep look, "Take care, brat." He then left with great strides and quickly disappeared into the vast night.
Nangong Yue looked at Xiao Yi's disappearing back, her eyebrows twitched, always feeling that there was something wrong with his gaze just now, as if something she didn't know had somehow happened ......
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There was another person who could not sleep well this night.
Inside the residence of the King of Zhen Nan, Xiao Fang is leaning on the imperial couch, her eyebrows furrowed, her fair face like the moon containing a faint trace of sadness, a beauty with sorrow, so touching that one cannot help but feel pity for her.
"Hasn't the son returned by now?" Little Fang put down the fine celadon tea cup in her hand, her tone was full of concern and worry.
"Your Highness, don't worry, someone has been sent to find her, I believe there will be news soon." Serving her was Sister Wen, whom Xiao Fang had brought with her from her mother's house.
"That's good." Xiao Fang replied softly, then slowly said, "No matter what, it's still my sister's blood, if something happens to her, I can't blame myself for dying. If something were to happen to me, I would not be able to face the King." The look of worry on her face intensified as she spoke.
At that moment, a black shadow flashed in through the window, and instead of being shocked, Xiao Fang looked happy and said: "This day has finally come! From now on, this Zhen Nan Wang House is hers ......
But instead, the man in black knelt down and reported, "Your Highness, Uncle Cheng's operation has failed!"
"What!?" Little Fang was so disoriented that she almost knocked over her blue porcelain cup. Such a simple thing could not be done!
"But please rest assured, Your Highness, Uncle Cheng has been silenced, he didn't have time to say anything." The man in black hastened to add.
"All right, I know." Xiao Fang's face returned to normal and she waved her hand, "You've worked hard too, go down."
"Yes." In the blink of an eye, the man in black disappeared from the room.
"Bang!"
With a crash, the fine celadon cup fell to the ground and shattered into powder.
"What a useless thing." Xiao Fang snorted in a low voice. The people left behind by her deceased sister were really useless, they couldn't even handle such a trivial matter! Humph, it's good to die, so that one day they won't turn around and sell her out again!
As for Xiao Yi ...... she looked at her bright red fingernails, the shady look in her eyes flashed, this time it would be cheaper for him.
She was still a bit upset: if she failed this time, the little bastard would probably be on guard, and if not, even suspect her ......
Fortunately, she had always done the best she could, and even her own children would not have done as well as she did! There should be a way to muddle through.
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At the crack of dawn, the three of them packed their belongings and prepared to leave for home.
But before the carriage could depart, there was a slight hitch.
"Ah!" Ruyi suddenly exclaimed, peeking out of the carriage in shock, and said to Lin, "Second Madam, there seems to be something in the carriage?"
"What is it?" Nangong Yue walked forward and lifted the curtain to look inside, only to find that the carriage was dark under the seat, only a pair of amber eyes glowed with a cold light. The owner of the eyes, as if he knew he couldn't hide it anymore, crawled out from under the seat, and it was a big black dog that was so big but so dry and thin that it was almost skin and bones.
This big black dog looked too familiar, it was the same big black dog they had saved yesterday at the hands of some grannies. This dog naturally would not appear here for no reason ......
This is not only thought of by Nangong Yue, Lin also thought of mother and daughter's gaze in unison looking at Nangong Xin, Nangong Xin some heart shrinking head.
"Brother!" Nangong Yue couldn't help but hold her forehead.
"Brother Xin Er, did you bring this dog onto the carriage?" Lin asked, slightly helplessly.
Nangong Xin nodded timidly and said, "Big Black has been following me, so I want to keep him."
Once she heard that her brother had given the dog a name, Nangong Yue almost had a slight idea in her mind and looked at the dog carefully, saying thoughtfully, "Mother, it must be because my brother saved this dog yesterday, so it wanted to repay the favour, so it followed me here, right?" This tone of voice clearly has the intention of helping Nangong Xin to speak.
Lin Shi frowned slightly, but was noncommittal: "What kind of repayment? I think this stray dog with no owner will follow whoever can feed it." After speaking, she eased her tone and persuaded, "Brother Xin, Look at this dog is dirty and smelly, I don't know what's wrong with him... If you really want to have a dog, mother can give you a puppy to keep, it's well-behaved and cute!" Lin actually felt that such a big dog was too dangerous, if it suddenly became ferocious and bit someone ......
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