I can't, I can't

It was late at night, and the sound of the clock rang twice, but Luyi remained awake and did not fall asleep.

Under such a situation, it is difficult for anyone to fall asleep. The rope on his body hurts his skin, and his mouth is sore that he cannot speak, not to mention that compared to these unimportant pains, the anxiety in his heart is stronger than before. ……No--

Ji Linxiu was really in a hurry.

Ji Linxiu came here this time to get close to the little emperor and enter the palace, but the more important purpose was to stay with the little emperor and find out who moved the industrial chain he had painstakingly managed for many years.With Ji Linxiu's method, entering the palace has never been difficult, but this time he insisted on trying to win the little emperor's favor by relying on his face, just to make this investigation easier.

Ever since something happened to his property in the imperial city, all of Ji Linxiu's plans had been disrupted, and his plans to return to the country and replace the little emperor had all come to naught. Knock down an opponent who knows how terrifying he is but never shows the slightest sign.

This man was too much of a threat to him.

Before he did it, Ji Linxiu had never even noticed such a person existed.

When the accident first happened, Ji Linxiu had actually suspected many people, but after checking and checking, all the business opponents he usually regarded as a threat did not take any action, and his princes and brothers who were far away in his own country were beyond reach, so there was no way to be so comprehensive. Cut off his lifeline.Ji Linxiu dug three feet into the ground, but still couldn't figure out who caught him off guard and stabbed him. After much deliberation, she finally came to an unbelievable conclusion——

This person appeared out of nowhere, and he was an object that other forces in the imperial city hadn't noticed except him.

——A new opponent.

Then, Ji Linxiu thought of the little emperor, thought that the little emperor was different from the rumors, thought of the little emperor's unusual thoughts and thinking, and thought that the setback he suffered when he fell off the horse was just after the little emperor escaped and returned to the palace.

These doubts made Ji Linxiu's intuition more and more clear, and Ji Linxiu would not let go of the slightest possibility, so after some preparations, today's closely related reunion occurred.

...But I never expected that everything was going well, but I ended up in such a tied situation.

Ji Linxiu's nature is suspicious by nature, and as time goes by, more and more thoughts accumulate in his mind.

Is the little emperor that person?Or is there another person behind the little emperor who is making plans?If it was really the little emperor's work, why did he know so much about him?If it is really more terrifying than he thought, then does he also know his original appearance?

Ji Linxiu used her own face to show herself, did she use a trick to throw herself into the trap?Do you want to wait now, or run away?

It is not difficult for him to break free from the rope because he has bone shrinking skills; Lang Wei, who is in charge of guarding, will push the door to see him every quarter of an hour, and he can also find a way to kill a few.However, Ji Linxiu was not sure about anything yet, so it would be a pity to leave, but if she didn't leave, she was afraid that she would end up in a worse situation, and would be unable to leave even if she wanted to.

... Disorganized and disordered, all kinds of possibilities bothered him, Ji Linxiu was restless, and the pain on his body also disturbed him.Suddenly, he quietly moved his bones in the darkness, and spit out the bead with a puff like a snake.

Ji Linxiu didn't move the rope on his body. It would be too cumbersome for him to break free and tie it back, and there was no light in the room, so the guards would only make sure that his figure was there, and would not go closer to check. It's okay to spit out the beads, He needs to relax for a while.

The burden on the body eased, Ji Linxiu sighed softly, and was about to start a new round of divergent thinking to pursue various possibilities, when suddenly there was a creaking sound from the door, someone was holding a small lamp, and stepped on the door with the cold wind outside the door. came in.

The man came too suddenly, he was not a regular patrol guard, and there was no sound of footsteps before he opened the door, he seemed to be a person who had practiced martial arts for many years.Ji Linxiu was caught off guard, and he didn't have time to swallow the bead again. He made quick plans in his mind, regardless of whether the bead had rolled behind him, and immediately tilted his head and closed his eyes, adjusted his breathing, and pretended to be asleep.

The sound of footsteps approached, and the light shone on Ji Linxiu's face. Ji Linxiu's eyeballs didn't respond at all, as if he really didn't feel anything, but his heart was clear, and he had already made some calculations.

This person is not the little emperor, who is that?Why did you come to see him alone so late at night?Why did the guard outside the door let him in?Why is he here at this time?

Ji Linxiu waited quietly, waiting for that person to say something, do something, or wake him up... But nothing happened.

That person looked at him under the light for a long time, so long that Ji Linxiu wondered if the visitor had seen that he was pretending to be asleep, when the person suddenly said, "Did you really hate yourself?"

This sentence is really strange, like asking a question, but also talking to himself.Ji Linxiu's face was silent, his heart was full of puzzlement, and the next moment, his scalp suddenly ached.

Someone grabbed his hair and dragged him in a certain direction.

The sense of crisis cannot be deceived, let alone the sense of crisis of Ji Linxiu who survived the crisis.He moved like a conditioned reflex, the bones of his limbs shrank in an instant, his arm broke free from the rope, and instinctively blocked the temple on the forehead with the palm of his hand—even so, there was still a loud bang in his head, blood rushed to his head, Ji Lin There were blue veins popping out of Xiu's beautiful face, which made his eyes darken, and his eyes were almost blind.

Almost, just a little bit.

For the first time, Ji Linxiu felt that death was so close to him.

He has encountered countless dangers in half his life, and many environments are tens of thousands of times worse than the present, but none of them make him feel so daunted.

Just now, he didn't have the slightest preparation, and the moment he realized what happened just now, he almost broke out in a cold sweat.If it wasn't for Ji Linxiu's quick enough reaction and enough ability to break free from the rope, he would hit the corner of the table with that kind of force...

He really died.

Ji Linxiu's heart sank for a moment, and she felt a little weak all over, and when she looked up at the person who came, her heart was already extremely cold.Because his head was shaken by the collision, and his eyes were flickering, he squinted at the person for a long time before he could see the person's appearance clearly and recognize who it was.

It's Sheng Lingyu... He's seen it before and touched it.

It has to be said that even in such an environment, Sheng Lingyu's face was still dazzling, but Ji Linxiu didn't appreciate him at all, not last time, and even less this time.In the moment of life and death just now, Ji Linxiu had exposed his bone shrinking technique, and his identity was not simple and obvious. His inner reaction was that Sheng Lingyu already knew that he was not an ordinary person, so he used this method to force him to show up.

However, looking closely at Sheng Lingyu's expression, there was only a pool of stagnant calm, which made Ji Linxiu not sure what Sheng Lingyu was thinking for a while.

Ji Linxiu was lost in thought: If he didn't know that he did it carefully, then what exactly did Sheng Lingyu want just now?

Does he just want his own life?

...With no time to think about it, Ji Linxiu really had to escape this time.He was well-informed and knew that Sheng Lingyu's right hand was disabled and his proficient sword skills were all useless, so he didn't feel afraid.Unexpectedly, he bumped so hard just now that his feet were shaking when he moved, but before he made a move, Sheng Lingyu moved faster than him, and without giving him a chance, he pulled his hair and slammed into the sharp place again. knock.

No tricks, no dealings, just one fatal blow, pure violence.

a bit.

Twice.

Ji Linxiu tried her best to protect herself, but she still suffered severe head pain and stomach cramps, and almost lost consciousness.He was so knocked that he uttered a sentence in his native language, and grabbed Sheng Lingyu's sleeve by force.

It's ridiculous, without asking questions, without seeking benefits, and directly killing him...

How could he die here?

Ji Linxiu lost the opportunity and had no strength to resist in front of the injured Sheng Lingyu. He was so angry that he was about to vomit blood, and he could only say: "Stop... What good do you get if I die... Are you crazy?"

When the voice came out, Sheng Lingyu finally stopped, but instead of answering Ji Linxiu's words, he suddenly said to himself, "I've heard your voice before."

On the front line of life and death, Ji Linxiu used her original voice. Before she could figure out which point Sheng Lingyu was talking about, Sheng Lingyu suddenly turned him over, stared at him and said, "...it's you."

What are you talking about?It seemed that all the strange things were concentrated on his head, Ji Linxiu was so puzzled that he couldn't answer.Sheng Lingyu didn't need his reaction, let go of his hair, dragged his hands up, found an oil lamp in the house, and sprinkled all the hot lamp oil on his wrist with his backhand.

When the scalding heat hit, Ji Linxiu's hands tensed up, but he didn't make a sound. Under the high heat, bright red lotus traces appeared on his wrist.

"..." For a while, the two sides were silent.

Ji Linxiu had no idea what Sheng Lingyu was thinking, but his heart was too shaken, and there were more stars in front of him.How did Sheng Lingyu know that there was a lotus on his wrist?Did you remember it from the last time you saw it?How much did Sheng Lingyu recognize him?Know that he was the one who kidnapped the little emperor last time, or more?

No matter what it is, the current situation is already terrible. It doesn't matter what the little emperor's plans are. Sheng Lingyu already knows, so the little emperor will definitely know.

Lu Yi's identity is completely useless, thanks to the fact that he has put a lot of thought into it.

Ji Linxiu's eyes flickered, and when he met Sheng Lingyu's sight, he finally stopped hiding at all: "Mr. Sheng, since I've seen it, why do you have to do this? There is room for everything. Doesn't Mr. Sheng want to know why I came?"

Ji Linxiu was knocked out by Sheng Lingyu a few times before, and now she only hoped to seek a dialogue on the basis of Sheng Lingyu's ability to face it squarely.He met Sheng Lingyu's eyes, trying to spy on Sheng Lingyu's thoughts, but saw Sheng Lingyu grabbing his hair again and moving towards the corner of the table after being silent.

Ji Linxiu: "..."

……

As the sky gradually brightened, Kang Jiangxue slowly woke up from her sleep.

I don't know if it was because he was too preoccupied, and the dreams he had at night were not very good, and after waking up, his mood was still shrouded in a cloud.

In his dream, he also dreamed of Sheng Lingyu, but he couldn't remember the content clearly, but he was not always happy.Kang Jiangxue knew that this was because of that conversation. After the conversation was over, he felt that Sheng Lingyu's mood was different from what he had expected. That feeling bothered him and kept him uneasy.

But he didn't know what to do and what to do.

Lying on the couch for a while, Kang Jiangxue hadn't figured out how to start a new day, and when she finally plucked up the courage to turn around, she suddenly found that Sheng Lingyu's couch was empty.

gone?gone again? ?

He sat up startled, and called out, "Haitang—"

Haitang smiled and probed: "Your Majesty is up?"

Kang Jiangxue was speechless, and there was no need to ask about Sheng Lingyu's whereabouts, because not only Haitang responded to his voice, but the person he was thinking about also appeared at the door along with the voice.

Sheng Lingyu tidied up very neatly. Even though he was dressed in black, he still felt fresh and unrestrained. When he saw the little emperor, he nodded and smiled, as gentle as usual.

That feeling... as if the fluster that troubled the little emperor all night was an illusion, Sheng Lingyu looked very good, even better than he expected.

Kang Jiangxue was stunned, and dissipated from the little emperor's body in one breath, which made his heart sink to the bottom, but while relaxing, he felt something else faintly.

Haitang urged him: "Your Majesty, hurry up and eat."

Kang Jiangxue came back to her senses, looked at Sheng Lingyu, then at Haitang, and finally replied: "...OK."