C17 (1/2)

As the night deepened, the large General's Estate finally fell into complete silence. Even the breeze that suddenly passed by was silent for the next second, only leaving behind the lightly swaying leaves to illustrate the fact that the wind had passed by.

Luo Yi tossed and turned in the silence, unable to fall asleep.

Luo Yi rolled on the bed with her blanket.

Luo Yi looked up suspiciously and saw that Xu Heng had circled behind her without saying a word. Then, he took out an ointment with unknown effects and placed it on the skin exposed on the back of her neck. ”There are a lot of insects in the night, so this ointment can protect you from bugs.”

When his slightly cold fingertips made contact with's skin, both of them trembled, but Xu Heng quickly reacted, he only paused for a moment before continuing: ”I will find a hidden branch and place you on it later, you just need to be careful not to fall down.”

Luo Yi, ”...”

So what is the meaning of my existence?

Luo Yi expressed her confusion, but before she could even ask her question, she felt a burst of smell coming from the back of her neck that made him frown: ”This ointment of yours, it's too fragrant.”

”Is there?” Xu Heng bent his body slightly forward: ”I'm alright.”

He explained, ”Actually, there are some that don't have any fragrance. However, the smell of the medicine is too strong, so I'm afraid that you won't be able to bear it. So I chose this one. What about it?”

Xu Heng raised his eyebrows, purposely revealing a wronged expression on his face, as if he was teasing Luo Yi: ”You don't like it?”

”...” ”I like it.”

Luo Yi swallowed the saliva that was on her tongue back down, she nodded her head with difficulty, but just as she spoke, she was immediately angered by the rich fragrance and sneezed.

I really don't understand your aesthetics!

Luo Yi secretly stuck her tongue out at Xu Heng's back.

At first, Luo Yi thought that she was just teasing her, but when the two of them reached their destination, Xu Heng actually found the tallest tree branch they could find and placed her on it. Afraid that she would be bored, he even took out a handful of melon seeds and placed it in her hands.

Luo Yi drooped her head and looked at the melon seeds in her hands, unable to utter a word. Out of the corner of her eyes, she saw that Xu Heng was about to leave as soon as he finished speaking, so she quickly pulled him back: ”What can I help you with here?”

Xu Heng raised his eyebrows when he heard her question, and asked back: ”Then, what can you help me with going down there?”

”…”

Luo Yi thought about it and realized that there seemed to be nothing that could help him.

She did not know martial arts, if she was truly discovered, she would not even have the chance to escape, she could only stand still and obediently surrender, and if she was caught, even if Xu Heng managed to escape unscathed now, I am afraid that he would not have any good days in the future, so why did Xu Heng have to bring her along as a burden?

She had wanted to ask this question just now, but she had not gotten the chance. quietly stood at the side and waited for her to speak, giving her the chance to do so, but for some reason, she changed her mind instantly. She nodded and said obediently: ”Oh.”

After she said this, she no longer looked at Xu Heng, and instead concentrated on counting the melon seeds in her hands. Waiting until there was no sound coming from her side, she guessed that Xu Heng had already left.

When a person was in a state of shock, no matter how beautiful their face was, it would be disfigured in their subjective consciousness. It was the same for Luo Yi. At the same time, her feet slipped and she almost fell down from the tree. Fortunately, Xu Heng's eyes were quick, and quickly reached out and brought her into her embrace, in order to prevent Luo Yi from getting smashed into meat paste. Then, without caring about Luo Yi who was still in fear while glaring at her, she tightened her arms on her own, ”I brought you here to tell you that you're not the same as them.”

Luo Yi was stunned for a moment. Before her brain could explain the meaning of the sentence, her ears had already accepted the next sentence, ”I am not taking you along because I am worried that you will be in danger. I do not inform you of the specific plan because I do not want you to come in contact with the dark side of things …”

He buried his head into Luo Yi's neck.

What he breathed in was the medicinal fragrance that he had smeared on this place just now, and at that moment, the smell seemed to have its own consciousness and continued to rush into his nose. Under such a strange atmosphere, Xu Heng thought of an inappropriate — — This smell seemed to be too heavy.

Luo Yi was instantly stupefied when she saw Xu Heng carrying him over. Her four limbs stood still as the melon seeds in her hands fell from her master's strength.

She stood there in a daze, and even when Xu Heng's figure had disappeared from her mind, she still kept repeating the last words she had heard, ”You are different from them.”

Xu Heng said: ”The only person in this world that I unconditionally trust is you.”

What Xu Heng was planning to do today was actually not that dangerous, but to check if the prison where His Majesty was originally imprisoned was truly empty. He was 90% sure that His Majesty had already been moved to another place by the medical stand, but in order to avoid any loopholes, he still had to personally confirm the difficult contingency plan.

Although Xu Heng's martial arts were ordinary, he had the excellent lightness skills. It would be extremely easy for him to find a gap in the defense, and he was confident that no one would find out about it. This was also the reason why he was willing to bring Luo Yi along this time.