510 The Secret About the Past 128 (2/2)
Just like what Tuoba Danxue said, the guards outside acted as if they did not see An Xiaoning at all when she entered through the main entrance. Clearly, they had already received special instructions.
An Xiaoning proceeded to make her way upstairs to the second floor. To her astonishment, she realized that she had no idea which room belonged to Tuoba Gucheng and thus would not be able to find the room on his left.
She was vexed and at a loss for what to do.
She scanned the second floor to find that there were fortunately not too many rooms. She eliminated the room on the outermost right and began searching, starting from the second room from the right.
She took light footsteps and tried to open the doors of each room, only to find that they were all locked from inside.
Thus, she had no choice but to ask the guards on duty downstairs, ”The Princess has ordered me to look for Feng. Which room does he stay in?”
”The third one from the left. But, the door might be locked and knocking on the door will alarm others easily. Here's the key to his door,” the guard answered.
”Alright, thanks.”
An Xiaoning grabbed the key and made her way upstairs again.
After counting the number of rooms from the left, she proceeded to unlock the door of the third room.
To An Xiaoning's surprise, there was no strange odor in the room. She had always imagined male dormitories to be unhygienic and reeking of pungent odors. However, it seemed that that was not the case.
Shining the light from her torchlight around the room, she realized that it was neat and tidy with two bunk beds for four.
Since the lower layers of both bunk beds did not belong to him, his bed should be on the upper layers.
An Xiaoning climbed up the ladder of the bed while holding the torchlight to guide herself. To her dismay, his head was facing the other end of the bed instead.
She had no choice but to climb onto the bed and move to the other end. She shone her torchlight at him, only to be greeted with the sight of the person staring at her wide-eyed.
To make matters worse, the person was not Feng but Tuoba Gucheng.
”Why is it you…” An Xiaoning spluttered in astonishment.
Just as she was about to retreat backward, the person on the lower layer woke up all of a sudden. She quickly ducked and fell onto Tuoba Gucheng, who let out a grunt of discomfort.
She finally heaved a sigh of relief after watching the man on the lower bed leave the room to visit the washroom.
To her surprise, Tuoba Gucheng did not yell for the guards to come in at all.
While he was still patient, she hurriedly explained, ”I'm sorry, Your Highness, Her Highness was the one who told me to come here and hand something to Feng. I didn't know you'd be here.”
Tuoba Gucheng continued to stare at her while remaining quiet and still.
”I'll excuse myself then.” An Xiaoning was about to leave when the man who went to the washroom returned.
She hurriedly ducked again, sprawling herself across Tuoba Gucheng for the second time.
The scent of her shampoo wafted up to his nose while she buried her head in his chest.
This damned country bumpkin!
An Xiaoning lay there for a full five minutes and only got up after sensing that the man below had already fallen asleep.
”Your Highness, I'm genuinely sorry for causing you great disturbance and shock. I'm so sorry,” An Xiaoning apologized.
He finally broke his silence and exclaimed, ”You're the one who received a great shock!”
An Xiaoning nodded and said, ”Yes, yes, yes, I was shocked too. I'll scram right away.”
She hurriedly climbed down the ladder and walked to another bed to find that it was Feng.
She felt a huge sense of relief.
”Feng?” she called, nudging him.
Jiang Feng opened his eyes only to receive a great shock. Just as he was about to shriek, she quickly covered his mouth and said, ”Don't shout. I was sent by Her Highness to give you this note.”
She let go only after he acknowledged it with a nod. She then stuffed the note into his hands before dismissing herself immediately.
She swiftly vanished without a trace.