“How do you know there’s something wrong with those two brothers?”
Yun Jiangli finished listening and lowered his head slightly, his long eyelashes hiding the emotions in his eyes.
When he spoke again, his phoenix eyes filled with seriousness and helplessness met the persistence and embarrassment in Yan Muning’s round eyes.
“Let it go first. You’ve bullied it to the point of it crying these days.” Yun Jiangli tapped the white bird’s head with his slender fingers.
“When the two of them stood at the door, they didn’t have hats or umbrellas, but they didn’t get wet from the rain, so I became suspicious.”
Yan Muning frowned slightly and listened attentively.
Yun Jiangli continued, “You remember, it rained just after dark that day. When the two brothers came to knock on the door, it was past curfew but it was not raining. So they could only wait in front of the door early in the morning and knocked on the door as soon as the city gate was closed.”
“Since you guessed that there was something wrong between the two of them when you opened the door, why did you still…” Yan Muning tilted his head, somewhat puzzled.
“They were waiting in front of the door, which means they were well prepared. Even if I don’t let them in, I’m afraid they won’t let it go either. If that’s the case, why don’t I pretend that I didn’t notice anything unusual? Isn’t that safer?”
Yun Jiangli usually speaks as little as possible, but at this moment he was patient enough to explain things in detail to the youth in front of him.
If someone who knew him saw this scene, they would probably be shocked and think that he had been abducted.
Yan Muning nodded. “You just want us to stay in the dark and gain an advantage?”
“That’s about what I mean.” Yun Jiangli nodded slightly.
“Just from this, you can judge that they are going to break into our bedroom at night?” Yan Muning continued to ask.
Yun Jiangli seemed to be pleased by the youth’s words “our bedroom” and smiled, which was rare to see: “Of course not.”
Without waiting for the youth to ask, he continued to explain: “When I walked in with these two people from the courtyard, I observed them carefully. I could tell from their figures that they were not ordinary people, and their gait was more solid and steady, so I knew that these two people were martial artists.”
“Although the hands of these two are rough, but they are not marks of the labor of ordinary people. I have treated too many ordinary people. The marks on the hands of these two brothers are left by years of using weapons.”
Yun Jiangli’s explanation was detailed and reasonable. Yan Muning nodded repeatedly: “Then… why did these two… well, I want to know what their purpose is?”
“I don’t know.”
Yun Jiangli didn’t really understand this point either.
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The room fell silent. Neither of them spoke again. All that could be heard was the occasional sound of rain hitting the window frame.
The autumn wind was indeed a bit chilly, so Yun Jiangli got up and closed the window.
Yan Muning muttered in a low voice behind him, “Then… then you also don’t have to pretend to solve it like that…”
Heh, still thinking about this?
Yun Jiangli paused as he was about to close the window, and the corners of his lips unconsciously curled up. He did not directly answer the youth’s words but asked a question in return.
“Who were the people who chased you that night when I saved you?”
Hearing this, Yan Muning instantly became alert, and the hair on his body almost stood up.
“I, I don’t know either, but maybe… it was a robbery!”
The little prince was not good at telling lies. He answered haltingly, and his eyes darted around with guilt.
Yun Jiangli knew very well that the youth was just pretending to be stupid.
Robbery?
When he rescued him, he was clean without even a hair on his body. Which robber was so blind?
But the way this youth talks nonsense in a serious tone is really adorable. Normally his mouth chatters non-stop, but when he tells lies, he stutters like this, as if he’s afraid that others won’t notice.
Holding back his smile, Yun Jiangli continued, “Look, my place has always been peaceful. I only provoked these two after I saved you. I don’t even know if they came for you, so in order to protect you, I can only use that method so that they won’t come in to investigate.”
“Besides, if not, how can we make them believe that you are my wife?”
The last sentence was spoken lightly, but the last few words were emphasized deliberately, which made the little prince’s ears burn.
Yun Jiangli seemed to have never known that he actually had such a side that loved to tease people, which was also a bit surprising.
“You, you, you…” The little prince’s face turned red and white, and he was embarrassed and angry and kept mumbling for a long time but couldn’t say anything.
His Royal Highness Prince An, who is usually eloquent, sometimes also gets so confused that he is speechless.
In the end, he could only roll his eyes, swallow the words, and keep the curse in his stomach.
After a long pause, Yan Muning finally remembered that he still had a question and immediately raised his head and asked confidently, “Then why do you live alone outside the city? And no one comes to see you either.”
After hearing this question, Yun Jiangli showed an expression that was difficult to explain and looked at the youth: “If I go to Zou Mountain to collect herbs, it will be difficult to return before the city gate closes. This is a small courtyard where I can rest when I return in the evening.”
“Usually I won’t stay for long. Isn’t it because I saved you that day…” He looked at Yan Muning with cunning eyes.
A certain prince who was holding him back: “……”
He understood that the big beauty was just staying here temporarily, but because he was seriously injured and unable to move, he stayed here and could not go back to his residence in the city in order to take care of him.
Oh, maybe it also delayed the big beauty’s business.
This favor is quite big. When he returns to the capital, he must talk to his brother, the Emperor, and ask him to recruit the beauty into the Imperial Medical!
The more Yan Muning thought about it, the more guilty he felt, and his head drooped lower and lower.
Perhaps it was because Yun Jiangli had lived too calmly and peacefully in the past twenty-three years, and he himself thought of himself as a person with a cold and aloof personality. When he met such an interesting person like the youth, he actually felt naughty for the first time.
Fortunately, he could take this opportunity to find out who this youth is.
Yun Jiangli lowered his eyes, using his long eyelashes to hide the emotions in his eyes, and continued, “Are you suspicious of me?”
“Ai… Speaking of which, I also don’t know your identity. But when I saved you, you stabbed my neck with a knife twice. You didn’t even drink the medicine I carefully prepared, and now you still doubt me…”
The little prince was shocked.
“I, I didn’t…” Yan Muning explained with a grunt.
The little prince was a little panicked. The more the beauty spoke, the more he felt that it was true. It really sounded like he was reckless and ungrateful, and he even brought trouble upon himself with the assassin…
What’s more, every word the big beauty answered his questions was serious and well-reasoned. He sounded absolutely frank and sincere, with nothing hidden.
On the other hand, he naturally cannot reveal his identity.
But… it seems like there isn’t a single true word in the rest either!
He feels like scumbag!
Yan Muning stared at the white bird in his hand.
What to do?
He eats other people’s food, takes other people’s medicine, lives in other people’s yards, disrupts other people’s business, and even sleeps in other people’s beds, yet he still suspects them.
Except for his usually cold temper, this beauty is perfect in every way!
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Yun Jiangli leaned lazily on the other side of the bed without saying anything else, just observing the youth carefully.
This little kitten is so interesting. It wasn’t known what he was thinking about. His expression keeps changing, and his round eyes are full of flickering emotions.
When he was confronting him just now, he was occasionally aggressive and would show his claws from time to time. But now, not only are his claws hidden, his fur is no longer puffy, and even his little ears are drooping.
“If you didn’t, then don’t think about it anymore.” Yun Jiangli put away his inquiring eyes and returned to his usual cold appearance, but the aura that kept people away was gone.
“Take good care of your injuries. If you keep worrying about them, they won’t heal well, and you’ll definitely be left with scars.”
Hearing the last sentence, Yan Muning’s eyes, which were already round, widened into a perfect circle. “Will it leave scars?”
A certain conceited little prince screamed in his heart: I don’t want it! It’s so ugly!
Yun Jiangli lowered his head and prepared the acupuncture needles while replying, “Your skin is fair and tender. The injury was serious to begin with, and it is slow to recover. It is inevitable that some marks will be left.”
“Come to think of it, why would a robber hurt someone so badly?”
Yun Jiangli’s question seemed casual, but Yan Muning didn’t dare to answer it at all. He just hummed a few times in response and started to change the subject with a roll of his eyes.
“As a man, I’m not afraid of having some scars.”
He just finished speaking the lofty words and then lowered his voice and added, “But, it just doesn’t look good, so it’s better not to have it…”
A certain prince was thinking about leaving a mighty image in front of the beauty while wondering if the old man in the Imperial Medical had any scar-removing ointment or not?
Yun Jiangli pursed his thin lips and said nothing more.
The tattoo pattern he had drawn last time flashed through his mind. In the dim night light, he couldn’t see it clearly, but he vaguely saw that the two brothers also had a tattoo behind their ears and on their necks…
But it looked like the youth really didn’t know the other party’s origins.
So who is this person coming for?
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Nightfall.
Yun Jiangli was leaning on the table and reading a book lazily as usual.
Yan Muning was teasing the white bird while secretly observing him out of the corner of his eye.
After calming down and thinking about it carefully, Yan Muning found that the conversation this afternoon had indeed resolved some of his doubts, but it also made him realize clearly that Yun Jiangli was not a simple person.
He is thoughtful and observant.
He can detect the abnormality of the person coming when you open the door, judge their approximate identity in a few steps, and think of the most effective response strategy in a very short time.
Such delicacy and agility are beyond ordinary people’s reach.
However, the little prince was able to confirm that this person had no ill intentions towards him.
As a result, he is now very curious about the big beauty!
Thinking of this, Yan Muning’s eyes secretly drifted towards the narrow couch again.
The beauty was really strange. He often looked lazy, and it seemed that what he loved most was leaning back and forth in his furry fox fur coat. He also didn’t like to tie his hair up and let his long black hair hang loose behind him.
When he squinted his eyes lazily, he was particularly attractive.
But whenever the beauty was not lying on the couch, he could always instantly restrain his casualness, standing upright with an upright posture and an aura of chilly coldness.
Yan Muning secretly gestured with his two little paws and suddenly discovered that the big beauty seemed to be much taller than him?
The little prince was shocked again.
Shocked by his height, the little prince silently pulled the quilt over his face to cover it.
What’s going on!
What about a beauty with a beautiful body and a soft physique!
The author has something to say:
A certain little prince: I owe you a big favor, what should I do?
The Big Beauty: What else can you do? Just give yourself to me.
