Chapter 78 (1/2)

The sky gradually sank. In the temple, the monk who struck the bell finished the last bell. The sky was thick as splash ink. The intermittent rain beat in the trees, sending out the fragrance of soil.

Shen Yue sat at the table, put down the pages in his hands, rubbed his eyes, and seemed to feel a little sleepy. The girl nearby asked, ”is the girl going to rest?”

Shen Yue didn't say anything. He opened the window. Shen Qing lived next door. Shen Qing's room is not far from her, and the lights are still on.

”Does the second girl want to sleep with the eldest?” The servant girl hesitated to ask.

”No Shen Yue turned around in disgust: ”go and close the door of the yard.”

At the other end of the room, Shen Qing fiddled with his gadgets. He yawned lazily and looked out: ”it's so late...” She stood up and said, ”it's better to rest.”

Passing by the table, he suddenly saw an incense burner with a unique shape and a incense stick. Shen Qing twisted it and smelled it. He felt that it was fragrant. He said, ”this incense is also on.”

After a little while, the lights in the house went out.

Everything is quiet. The old temple in the mountain is late at night. In addition to birds and insects, only the sound of rain beating on the tiles and dripping on the stone slabs along the eaves.

In the deep silence, the lights in the innermost room of the North Pavilion went out quietly.

There seems to be someone's footstep in the dark, but if someone passes by now, there is a girl in purple sitting at the table in front of the window. Her face is cold, expressionless, only a pair of eyes, in the dark are not covered, as if the hunting giant beast, in close pursuit of the arrival of prey.