Villain, do you remember that I am a stand-in?

The original novel mentioned that Shen Lianting's mother ran away from Xuangu Gate, and later fell in love with Emperor Xuan, and that's how Shen Lianting came to be.

Everything else is unknown.

Ji Xiaoguang felt the weight on his shoulders getting heavier, he thought, why did he say he was cheated?Was his mother abandoned by Emperor Xuan?

And those books that Shen Lianting mentioned, no wonder they were able to enter the library tower so easily at that time, had they already been found out?

He knelt on the bed, his eyes gradually adapted to the darkness, and the outlines of the surrounding things were fully visible, but if he wanted to see clearly, it was dim.

Originally, he wondered how Shen Lianting's mother, a woman who came from the deep gate and had no experience in the world, could fall in love with Xuan Guo's royal family by such a coincidence.

This is very likely to be done on purpose. Could it be that Emperor Xuan approached his mother just for those ancient books?

Ji Xiaoguang sniffed the smell of Shen Lianting's clothes, and in front of him was his bent broad arms. Ji Xiaoguang's arms slowly went up to wrap around his neck, silently comforting him.

After a while, the head on the shoulder moved slightly, and Shen Lianting quickly escaped from the delicate atmosphere. He stood up straight, lifted the curtain on the bedside, and said something in a hoarse voice.

"Go to sleep."

"Shen Lianting..." Ji Xiaoguang wanted to catch him, but he missed in the dark.

Seeing that Shen Lianting was about to leave, he simply got off the bed barefoot, limped after him, and hugged Shen Lianting's waist from behind without saying a word.

Shen Lianting was obviously stunned, his body leaned forward due to the sudden impact, and quickly stabilized again.

He wanted to untie Ji Xiaoguang's grip, but Ji Xiaoguang tightened his arms and refused to let go. He didn't want to hurt Ji Xiaoguang, so he had to give up.

"Xiaoguang, what's wrong?" Shen Lianting asked.

Ji Xiaoguang felt a sense of grievance surge up, his eyes were sore and swollen, and he buried his face deeply in the fabric of his back.

Since when, exactly since, images flashed through Ji Xiaoguang's mind.

It was probably because Shen Lianting didn't want to get close to him after he was attacked in the Hou's Mansion, and Shen Lianting slowly drew him to the distance he was used to.

After waiting for a while without Shen Lianting moving, Ji Xiaoguang felt that what he was hugging was not a person but a piece of wood, or a solid piece of hard wood.

He said in a trembling voice, "Why don't you understand?" He clenched Shen Lianting's clothes tightly with both hands, "I, I treat you..."

Mustering up the courage to wear words out of the black brocade robe: "I am pleased with you, I like you..."

After finishing speaking, Ji Xiaoguang let go of his hand and watched Shen Lianting turn around. He was covered in a tall shadow and couldn't see the man's face clearly.

Shen Lianting remained silent, and only supported Ji Xiaoguang to sit back on the bed, then lowered his head, and finally uttered a word: "No..."

Ji Xiaoguang's frantically beating heart seemed to be soaked in the cold, and there was sadness in his eyes: "Why..."

Shen Lianting seemed unable to bear it and said: "I just want you to be safe and happy, not..." He paused: "It's not about having other feelings for me."

"Then it's been so long..." Ji Xiaoguang's pupils dimmed, and he shook his head indiscriminately: "It's all my illusion?"

And Shen Lianting's silence was the biggest delay to him, all along, he couldn't see what was in those extremely deep eyes.

"Can you speak well? Don't do this!"

Ji Xiaoguang's voice was crying, he stood up and wanted to kiss him, holding Shen Lianting's stern face in both hands, his lips fell on the man's face like raindrops.

He didn't want to think about it, Shen Lianting dodged away and didn't let him touch those thin lips.

Shen Lianting turned his face away, both of them were breathing heavily, and it was hard to know who's heart fell into it.

Even though he was close at hand, he couldn't see his expression clearly, it was like walking through a mist, unable to see through the illusory.

Ji Xiaoguang was pushed back, and he sobbed hard, thinking that he was broken in love, it seemed that he was really self-indulgent.

But Shen Lianting's kindness to him seemed to be some kind of imprint, which was deeply engraved in his heart, he reluctantly said in despair.

"I'm sorry, yes, it's my fault, Shen Lianting, please forget... I shouldn't, I shouldn't..."

It shouldn't be asking for so much.

Ji Xiaoguang cried, tears pouring down like springs, but there was no expression on his face, as if all his emotions had been integrated into his heart, allowing it to be eroded away.

But Shen Lianting was silent for a long time, finally sighed silently, and said: "Stop talking..."

After speaking, he opened the door and walked out.

Ji Xiaoguang cried for a long time lying on the bed, crying until he seemed to have dried up all the moisture in his body. He got out of bed and drank a pot of black tea, and continued to cry after drinking.

Tired of crying, he couldn't fall asleep, staring at the tiny particles in the air without focus, recalling what he said and did to Shen Lianting in his mind, tossing and turning annoyed all night.

It wasn't until the window was dimly lit that Ji Xiaoguang looked into a pair of big walnut eyes that he realized he hadn't slept all night.

Xu Ziying came to deliver the meal in person for the first time, and seeing his haggard face, he thought he was going to die.

"Xiaoguang, what's wrong with you! Your eyes and face are swollen, were you beaten or bitten by a mutated mosquito?"

Ji Xiaoguang patted his hand away, and said hoarsely, "I'm broken in love..."

Xu Ziying examined him after hearing the words, and sure enough, he was decadent to the limit, his face was swollen and tender tofu turned into tofu bubbles.

He touched his chin and thought, "It shouldn't be..."

Still wanted to ask Ji Xiaoguang what to order, but when he tremblingly stretched out his hand to grab the pot of black tea, Xu Ziying held it down: "Have you drunk almost a pot?"

Ji Xiaoguang looked at him with swollen eyeballs, bloodshot eyes: "I'm about to cry and die, what should I do if I don't drink water, I have insomnia..."

Xu Ziying refused to let him drink it: "He drank a pot of black tea to get rid of his worries, but you drank a pot of black tea... Wait, you say insomnia? No wonder you don't suffer from insomnia after drinking so much black tea! It's the same as coffee, you can't fall asleep if you drink too much Sleep."

Ji Xiaoguang pretended to be "big" and didn't speak, and he didn't want to talk about what happened last night. Xu Ziying was afraid that he would do something stupid, so he chatted about some things.

"This black tea is called "Bu Yehou". If you drink too much black tea, you will definitely suffer from insomnia. Last night, a guest went to the toilet after drinking too much black tea. He said that there was a person standing motionless on the corridor on this floor. He complained to me this morning, saying Almost freaked out."

After thinking for a while, he pointed in the direction: "Probably near you. The guest said that the man stood there almost all night. He was a man. How about it? Didn't you see any suspicious people last night?"

Xu Ziying called him a few times, and Ji Xiaoguang shook his head vaguely, without listening to a word.

All he could think about was, how should he get along with Shen Lianting in the future?

The thought of running away from home flashed by, but just thinking about it, in the final analysis he was willing to sacrifice his life, whether he could make money without Shen Lianting was another matter, surviving was a problem.

Ji Xiaoguang's heart almost sank to the bottom of the valley. He thought desperately, since it was his own unrealistic fantasy, then he should be a rice bug obediently.

So the first love was stranded like this.

Xu Ziying reluctantly let this little cash cow eat vegetarian porridge for the whole night, and walked out with a tray. Just as he closed the door, he caught a glimpse of Shen Lianting standing beside him quietly.

A thin layer of sweat broke out on his back, and he smiled in a disguised way: "Your Highness Sixth, Xiaoguang has already fallen asleep."

Shen Lianting's complexion was not good, standing on the spot like a sculpture, he lowered his eyelids, and said slowly: "Have you eaten?"

Xu Ziying nodded and showed him the bottomless porridge bowl on the tray: "I don't eat much, Xiaoguang hasn't slept all night, I'll prepare some good ones when he sleeps well."

I thought you asked me to deliver food early in the morning, and you gave me so much money, can I not let Xiaoguang eat?

Also, the Six Highnesses obviously disliked their integrity, hadn't they already rejected Ji Xiaoguang?Why did he have to do this in private and not allow him to tell Xiaoguang? I really don't understand.

Shen Lianting looked away, he was still wearing the wide-sleeved robe from last night, and his figure was slightly tired.

He said, "I know." After a pause, he said, "Thank you, Shopkeeper Xu."

Xu Ziying rolled his eyes in his heart. He couldn't get along with these two men because they were awkward. After all, he couldn't waste his business time elsewhere, so he saluted and left.

Ji Xiaoguang slept soundly all night, and on the second day he sorted out his mood and prepared to leave for Xiaoyun Mountain with Shen Lianting.

Say goodbye to Xu Ziying before leaving.

"I'll come back to you when I come back." The swollen and tired look in his eyes lessened slightly, with a forced smile.

Xu Ziying patted him on the shoulder in relief: "I'm here anytime."

Ji Xiaoguang joked: "Are you so sure I can come?"

Xu Ziying smiled inscrutably: "Come on, come on, things are unpredictable..."

Ji Xiaoguang "cut", but he didn't believe that he could be so kind, recognize money but not people, so what about fellow villagers, if he has no money, he can still be thrown out.

There was nothing to say all the way, and this time he had to take a half-day carriage ride back. He huddled in a corner and pretended to be transparent. He answered whatever Shen Lianting asked, and the two had their own concerns.

Lin Can followed them for a while, carrying a long sword wrapped in linen, which Ji Xiaoguang asked the blacksmith to secretly sell to him at a low price.

In front of him were two forked roads, wide and endless, Lin Feng rustled, Lin Can dressed lightly, knelt down and solemnly kowtowed three times to Ji Xiaoguang and Shen Lianting.

Ji Xiaoguang knew that he had to kowtow, so he didn't stop him. Seeing him getting up, facing a wave of wind and waves, he said, "Take care."

Lin Can's eyes were firm, and he said with a smile: "There will be a time later."

The wind blew up and messed up his hair, Ji Xiaoguang gathered his robe and watched the thin figure go away.

Ji Xiaoguang didn't stand for too long, because he had to hurry and he didn't want Shen Lianting to wait.

Shen Lianting jumped into the carriage and stretched out a hand: "If you are tired, take a rest."

Ji Xiaoguang staggered his hands and climbed up by himself: "Not tired, let's go."

He didn't want to be hypocritical, and Shen Lianting didn't need to accommodate him in some things.

Shen Lianting hung his hand, watching him get into the carriage, lowered the curtain with a gloomy expression, and didn't go in.

The coachman only sent the carriage outside the city, and someone had to drive the carriage on the way down. Shen Lianting himself manipulated the reins early and did not stop until the next station.

At this time, Xiaoniao appeared, followed by Bai Ying: "Your Highness, everything is properly arranged."

Shen Lianting said "hmm", and seeing that Ji Xiaoguang hadn't come out, he called him softly: "Xiaoguang, come out."

No one answered, Shen Lianting opened the curtain and looked inside, the carriage was covered with a thick layer of velvet, Ji Xiaoguang curled up, head tilted, sound asleep.

Shen Lianting gently carried him out, Ji Xiaoguang seemed to smell the familiar scent of aloes, hummed twice and buried his face in his chest.

Shen Lianting held his arms tightly, walked two steps with him in his arms, paused his feet, turned to Bai Ying and said, "When Xiaoguang asks later, just say that you carried him in."

Shiro Shadow nodded in agreement.

[The author has something to say]: I went back, waiting for them...