Chapter 33 Please let me say one word to you
Chapter 33 Please Let Me Say One Word to You
Lin Wanyi was slightly startled. She didn't expect to hear such a sentence, and her mood suddenly became complicated.
She didn't know how to describe this feeling. She was a little shocked, a little overwhelmed, but most of all she was moved.
"I agree with what you said."
The girl pursed her lips, tugged at Gu Zhuo's sleeve calmly, and said in a low voice: "But can you not be so loud? There are so many government offices in this old palace. What if someone hears us?"
Gu Zhuo looked at her and said earnestly, "It's meaningless to curse someone if they are not heard."
Lin Wanyi thought that this made a lot of sense, but why did she always feel that something was wrong?
Thinking of this, she inexplicably relaxed a lot. She was no longer as nervous and anxious as she was at the beginning, and gradually calmed down.
"So I kind of understand what's going on now."
"Ok?"
"Why is there that killer? Why did Pei Jinge say that you will be targeted next?"
"why?"
"I forgot if I've ever told you one thing before, which is that my mother remarried after my father died, but you know everything now, so my identity is quite embarrassing. Um... what's next will be even more embarrassing."
"It's not your problem."
Gu Zhuo shook his head and said, "The emperor is not blind. How could he not know about your existence before marrying your mother? If you must say it's embarrassing, then it's his own fault."
This is the fact, so he said this with confidence.
Lin Wanyi was no longer shocked by the disrespect in the words and said unhappily, "Of course I don't think there's anything wrong with me, and His Majesty the Emperor probably doesn't feel embarrassed either, but some people can't help but think so."
Gu Zhuo said: "It's nothing more than these four words: share your worries."
Lin Wanyi sighed and said, "It's too far."
Whether it is the group of dignitaries far away in the capital who want to share the worries of the emperor, or His Majesty the Emperor who stands at the highest point in the world, they are all extremely far away from them now.
"Things like this can be thought about, but you don't have to think too much about them."
Gu Zhuo thought about his situation, shook his head and said, "The present matter is the most important."
As they talked, the two men walked out from the cool shadow cast by the vermilion palace wall and walked under the setting sun.
The conversation continues.
"Then let's not talk about this anymore, let's talk about something else."
"for example?"
Hearing these two words, Lin Wanyi subconsciously looked towards Gu Zhuo's waist, her eyes fell on the jade pendant, and she was very concerned.
She wanted to ask Gu Zhuo why he didn't hang the jade pendant around his neck. It wasn't a jade pendant, and it wouldn't look good if it was hung around the waist, right?
But when she was about to speak, she felt that this question was really unreasonable. She and Gu Zhuo had only known each other for more than ten days. Why should she care about such things?
If she really did that, wouldn't it be annoying?
Thinking of this, Lin Wanyi immediately gave up the idea, bit her lower lip lightly, and thought that this could be a way of being casual.
Yes, that's it, there's no need to talk nonsense!
Seeing that she hadn't spoken for a long time, Gu Zhuo asked casually, "So what do you want to talk about?"
Lin Wanyi came to her senses, feeling a little confused, and quickly said, "In the next few days, I plan to continue my retreat and practice, and strive to reach a state of enlightenment before the summer festival arrives... I don't ask for a breakthrough, but at least I want to make further progress than I am now."
Gu Zhuo said: "Then I congratulate you in advance."
Lin Wanyi was silent for a while, her eyes slightly fixed, and suddenly asked: "Did you talk to your classmates like this before?"
Gu Zhuo shook his head and said, "Normally not."
Lin Wanyi frowned slightly and said, "What did you say?"
Gu Zhuo recalled the scenes of those times and repeated them simply and accurately.
"effort."
"……Gone?"
"Ah."
Lin Wanyi was stunned when she heard this, then she chuckled. Her mood suddenly became very good for no reason, and she no longer had any of the worries she had before.
Her voice was full of joy: "I am beginning to believe one thing now."
Gu Zhuo was a little curious and asked, "What's the matter?" Lin Wanyi smiled and said seriously, "You really treat me as a friend."
"...Was I so subtle before?"
"Yes."
“In what aspects?”
"Everything, but most importantly speaking. Well, please let me say one word to you."
"What word?"
"Pack."
"When did I pretend?"
"Haha, you should ask when you're not pretending. The root of your speech problems is that you like to pretend too much. Before, I thought I wasn't familiar with you and was embarrassed to point it out to your face. Now that we're friends, I have to point it out seriously."
"Please advise me."
"First, ten days ago, I came to have dinner with you, and you said to me out of nowhere, 'Ah~ I didn't do anything, I just spent some time breaking through. Isn't that enough to pretend? Don't try to make up for it now and tell me that you were telling the truth at that time. It's obvious that you are just pretending."
"Any more?"
"Don't say too much. We still have a long way to go. Don't worry, I promise to explain everything to you clearly every time."
……
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The old imperial palace, on top of a tall building.
Pei Jinge looked at the boy and girl, listening to the sounds coming from the wind, with a faint smile on his lips.
I don’t know how long it took, but when Gu Zhuo and Lin Wanyi disappeared from sight, footsteps were heard again from behind.
They are Chen Chi and three others.
"No major problems have been found with Steward Qiu yet. It is very likely that he was used and did not collude with outsiders to assassinate Lin Wanyi."
He asked, "Do you want to release him?"
"Keep it closed."
Pei Jinge's voice sounded lazy, as if nothing mattered.
However, when Chen Chi and the other two thought about how many things that happened in Wangjing today were all caused by the thought of Master Pei, it was hard for them to believe the apparent laziness they saw at this moment.
From the thirteen consecutive battles in the misty morning, to the carriage blocking the door of the noodle shop, to the news reaching Lin Wanyi's ears, which made the girl eager to enter the old palace and come here to confront her, and ordered them in advance to take advantage of this gap to ask Butler Qiu to leave, thus avoiding a meaningless conflict... everything happened so naturally.
Pei Jinge continued, "You can go home now. Do whatever you want."
For her, there are only two things in Wangjing that she cares about now - Lin Wanyi's life was entrusted to her by someone else, and Gu Zhuo's rough story was her personal hobby and interest.
Yu Yinchun and Guan Xingu turned and left.
Chen Chi stayed.
Pei Jinge asked, "What's the matter?"
Chen Chi first bowed with great respect, then looked up at her back and asked sincerely, "I remember that when you evaluated Gu Zhuo before, you said that he had the demeanor of a predecessor, so I am a little curious about your opinion after meeting him today."
Pei Jinge was not displeased by this.
Just a moment ago, she let these three people do whatever they wanted. How could she turn against her now?
What's more, she has always had a broad mind.
"Gu Zhuo..."
She recited it softly, recalling the conversation not long ago, and said, "It's similar, but not the same."
Chen Chi felt helpless after hearing this, thinking who could understand what you meant, so he asked directly: "Master Pei, who is the predecessor you mentioned?"
"Master."
Pei Jinge smiled, with a hint of emotion in his smile, and said: "Of course, now we should call him the Demon Lord."
(End of this chapter)