I'm the villain in the book

Or, she should have some unspeakable secrets...

Tang Chen felt that his guess should be right, but he was afraid that he was being sentimental, so he struggled for a long time and still didn't dare to catch up.

He silently walked back to his room, opened a military book on the table, and wanted to divert his attention by reading it.

But half an hour passed, but the pages of the book were still on the side where they were opened.

Obviously, Tang Chen didn't have any thoughts on reading at this time, his mind was full of Li Zimu's figure.

Then at a certain moment, he suddenly stood up with a "chuckle", pushed the door out immediately, and walked quickly in one direction.

"Crash~"

The opening and closing of the door brought a gust of wind, and finally turned the pages of the book, and the densely packed small characters on it were difficult to understand.

[The situation of the enemy is trapped, without fighting, the loss of strength and softness...]

[If you force, you will fight back, if you move, you will lose momentum.Follow closely without being forced, exhaust your strength, and weaken your fighting spirit; disperse and then capture, soldiers are bloodless, need to have glory...]

......

"Miss Li..."

Soon, Tang Chen found Li Zimu who was sitting alone in a daze in a gazebo in the backyard.

They live in a small house, and there must be no things like fake mountains and lakes.

In addition, it is only early spring, and most of the flowers and plants planted in the courtyard have not yet sprouted, only a few clumps of winter jasmine in the corner are blooming with small yellow flowers, so this gazebo looks a bit lonely at first glance.

In addition to being lonely, Li Zimu sitting in the pavilion was even more pitiful in Tang Chen's eyes.

In the former's somewhat "panic" eyes, he walked quickly into the gazebo with a rare and firm tone.

"Miss Li, something is wrong after you came back from going out this morning."

"Did something happen?"

"Talk to me, maybe I can help you."

"..."

"Young Master Tang, you..."

Li Zimu looked at Tang Chen blankly, as if he wanted to say something.

But after a while, she lowered her head slightly, and said sullenly:

"Young Master Lao is concerned, but I didn't..."

"Miss Li, aren't we friends?"

Suddenly, Tang Chen interrupted seriously: "Since we are friends, then your business is my business."

"Even though I may not be able to help, at least I can help you think of ideas."

"No matter what, it's not a solution for you to hold back in your heart alone."

"Is not it?"

"..."

His head was buried very low, his hands tightly clutching the corners of his clothes.

If you ignore Li Zimu's extremely calm expression, she looks really struggling now.

And after a while, when she raised her head to look at Tang Chen, her eyes, which were originally calm, turned reddish, as if there were still tears brewing in them.

"Young Master Tang..."

"Do you know who I went to see this morning?"

......

Chapter 672 Do You Like Me?

The morning breeze, the hazy morning sun, the smell of soil and the sound of pines and bamboos linger around the small pavilion, and the sound of plum wood becomes illusory and real.

Who did she meet this morning?

Tang Chen had not only thought about this question, but had already guessed the answer.

After all, there should only be two people who can make Li Zimu react like this.

And since Chu Xianping is still awakened, this person can only be Wei Changtian.

"Is it Mr. Wei?"

Slowly sitting down beside Li Zimu, Tang Chen said softly:

"What did he say to you?"

"If he was urging you to ask me about that...I could tell you right now."

"..."

From Tang Chen's point of view, Wei Changtian suddenly called Li Zimu away, most likely to ask her to quickly ask him why he was able to find out more than a hundred secret agents in the army at once.

Since Li Zimu had already regarded himself as a friend, he would definitely be embarrassed by it.

Tang Chen didn't want to embarrass Li Zimu, so he offered to speak out about it.

There is no doubt that such a move can be regarded as "sacrificing oneself for others".

But Li Zimu shook his head after hearing the words.

"no......"

"Mr. Tang, I did go to see Mr. Wei this morning."

"But he didn't ask about it, but..."

At this point, the voice stopped abruptly.

Li Zimu lowered his head and stopped talking, Tang Chen felt even more uncomfortable.

He waited for a while, and finally couldn't help asking:

"But what?"

"..."

"Mr. Tang, this matter has nothing to do with you, so don't ask."

Slowly raising his head, Li Zimu wiped the corners of his eyes and forced a bitter smile.

"Thank you for caring about me, but I just want to be alone now."

"Can you..."

The sentence "Maybe" contained some pleading meaning, which made the people who heard it feel extremely distressed.

Tang Chen looked at Li Zimu, nodded silently, got up and walked out of the pavilion.

But just when he was about to walk out of the gazebo, he stopped again, turned around and asked softly:

"Is it because of Mr. Chu?"

"..."

A breeze blew, and the bamboo leaves swayed slightly, making a rustling sound.

As if all the pretending to be strong was suddenly defeated, Li Zimu shook his body suddenly, and tears fell down in an instant.

The throat that echoed in the wind was full of grievances and pains, and every drop of tears hit Tang Chen's heart, making his fists hidden in his sleeves tightly clenched.

Silently walking back to Li Zimu, he wanted to comfort him, but he didn't know what to say, so he just stood there in a daze.

And after a few breaths, a trembling hand suddenly grabbed the corner of his clothes, like a drowning man clinging to the last straw.

His eyes widened slightly, Tang Chen stared blankly at Li Zimu who was crying bitterly while clutching the hem of his clothes, hesitating for a long time.

The golden-red morning sun has completely jumped out of the horizon, and the morning fog has cleared away, leaving only dewdrops reflecting the sun's brilliance shining brightly on the leaf tips.

In Liangzhou city, there were already many hawkers carrying loads of goods and walking in the streets and alleys. The sound of hawking came one after another through the bustling morning, and then drifted into Tang Chen's ears.

He slowly stretched out his hand, then retracted it immediately, and stretched it out again after a few breaths...

After going back and forth like this several times, he finally mustered up his courage and patted the back of Li Zimu's trembling hand lightly.

"It's good to cry..."

"..."

......

A few clumps of winter jasmine, dotted with shabby yellow flowers in the corner.

The two people in the pavilion sat alone in this ordinary but special morning without speaking for a long time.

"Miss Li..."

Handing over a handkerchief, Tang Chen said nervously: "I just washed this handkerchief yesterday, if you don't mind it, you can use it."

"......thanks."

Li Zimu had stopped crying at this time, she gently took the handkerchief, and said in a low voice: "Mr. Tang, as long as you don't dislike me."

"W-Where are these words?"

Obviously, this very misleading sentence made Tang Chen a little embarrassed.

He was afraid that his embarrassment would be discovered by Li Zimu, so he took a deep breath and quickly changed the subject:

"Miss Li, what happened?"

"If it's possible...can you talk to me?"

"..."

Biting his lips tightly, the tears in the corners of his eyes seemed to fall again.

But this time Li Zimu finally did not pretend to refuse, but asked softly after a moment of silence:

"Master Tang, why do you want to know about me and Xianping?"

"Are you treating me..."

Li Zimu didn't finish the second half of the sentence, but the meaning couldn't be more clear.

Facing this question, Tang Chen became overwhelmed in an instant, he hesitated for a long while without saying a word.

Under normal circumstances, Li Zimu should not ask any more questions at this time.

But she didn't intend to let Tang Chen go, she lowered her head and asked in a low voice:

"Do you not like it, or do you not know?"

"..."

"This, this..."

Sweat dripped from his forehead, Tang Chen only felt that he was not as nervous as he is now when he saw the four strange beasts behind Wei Changtian that day.

In fact, he knew very well that he had already fallen in love with Li Zimu.

But just like Chu Xianping, Tang Chen is also an extremely boring "straight man" when it comes to the relationship between men and women.

Even he is not as good as Chu Xianping, after all, the latter still has a failed relationship experience, and now he has married a wife.

And Tang Chen had been devoting himself to cultivating in the Guigu Sect before, so he had never encountered such a thing.

So, the words lingering in his throat eventually became——

"I-I don't know..."

After saying these four words, Tang Chen stared at Li Zimu anxiously.

He was looking forward to finding a trace of disappointment on Li Zimu's face, but the latter just nodded slightly.

"Well, Mr. Wei and I said the same thing just now."

"what?"

With his mouth wide open, Tang Chen didn't turn around for a moment, not knowing what this sentence meant.

But Li Zimu paused, and then explained: