Rougu's expression was cold, without any emotion on her face, and she held the dagger steadily in her hand.
A drop of blood suddenly rolled down and slid down Lin Qingfeng's fair and slender neck to his chest.
Lin Qingfeng looked calm, but his pretty face was actually pale.
The little maid in the house was also frightened. She put her hands on the sea of tea and did not dare to say a word.
There was silence in the room. After a long time, Lin Qingfeng said softly: "Okay, I know you dare, but I am too quick to offend you."
Her eyes were calm, without a trace of hidden hatred, and her voice was always gentle and devoid of any emotion, not even resentment.
Shen Shu raised his eyebrows slightly, and his eyes gradually changed from cold to meaningful as he looked at her.
"Let me go," Lin Qingfeng said again, "I, I want to live."
Shen Xu glanced at Rougu.
Rougu took back the dagger in her hand.
"Do you know that by acting so smart and forbearing, you are just looking for a dead end for yourself?" Shen Xu said.
Lin Qingfeng raised her hand to cover the wound on her neck, her face turned pale, and the dampness in her hand made her scalp numb.
"I don't dare anymore." She said with lowered eyes.
"If you act more frightened, I can believe you. You look like this. There is more hatred in your heart than fear. You will definitely come to me to avenge today's revenge." Shen Xu added.
Lin Qingfeng secretly grinded his teeth, his fingers were trembling, but he did not dare to raise his eyes to look at him again.
However, Shen Xu suddenly turned around at this moment and said, "Let's go."
Rou Gu gave Lin Qingfeng a cold look and followed Shen Xu.
Lin Qingfeng was stunned for a moment, then raised her head to look at Shen Xu. Seeing his back completely leaving the small villa, she regained her composure.
Just, just leave?
After listening to his words first, it seemed that he still wanted to kill her to avoid future troubles. However, he didn't say anything and just left like this?
"Girl..." the little maid came tremblingly and shouted.
"What does he want to do?" Lin Qingfeng murmured, "What is he thinking about?"
"Girl, let me take care of the wound on your neck." The little maid said, reaching out.
Lin Qingfeng pushed her away rudely: "Go away."
She is troubled now.
I didn't want to take a sedan chair when I went back, so I took a walk to the lakeside and stopped to look at the lanterns in the distance.
Rougu watched with him from the side. After a long time, she finally couldn't bear it anymore and asked: "Master, why did you leave like this? She was rude, you should at least teach her a lesson."
"You're almost dead, why don't you teach me a lesson?" Shen Xu said calmly.
"But she will definitely hold a grudge next, and there is also the matter of the plague. Why not tell her to stop?"
Shen Xu looked at the few brightly extinguished flower lamps floating far away on the lake, and smiled: "What nonsense? This is the capital, at the feet of the emperor. We came in generously, and many people saw it. I am not allowed to kill people here." Compensate for her life? Also, she said that she is going to be famous all over the world. This woman never speaks big words. If she dares to say this, it means she is 80% sure. If I kill her now, I will also become famous all over the world. ?"
"Pfft." Rougu laughed.
"As for the plague, I'm afraid it will be difficult for her to stop even if she wants to. Let her struggle. As for Zhiyan, I actually don't have to worry so much. After all, he has his grandfather here, and Guo Shu is not a vegetarian. Guo Shu is in charge. There’s no need for me, the elder brother, to put any thought into it.”
Rougu looked at his slightly darker profile and could hear the slight sadness in his tone.
Rou Gu pursed her lips slightly and looked at the flower lamp over there.
"The atmosphere of the Mid-Autumn Festival hasn't passed yet, why are we putting lake lanterns here?" Rougu said.
"I don't know." Shen Xu replied.
Many small flower bulbs are being pushed into the lake one by one, creating a huge scene.
The lake is too big, and the figures on the other side of the lake are too small to be seen. There is a wide bridge over there, full of people coming and going. Many children are lying on the bridge looking at the lake lanterns with great interest.
At this time, the wind direction changed, and the lake lantern over there was carried by the current and floated here.
The lights on many of the lake lanterns have been turned off, but the candlelight in one lantern is unusually bright. The shape of this lantern is also different from the others.
"This lantern is so strange." Rougu said.
Shen Xu looked over, suddenly paused, and her eyes fell outside the lantern.
"This word..." Shen Xu said.
"Huh?" Rou Gu was puzzled and looked at the lantern again.
The lantern is a small platform with two cranes standing on one side and an old pine on the other side. Under the pine is a chess game and a piano.
The candlelight was placed behind the two cranes and covered with a ball of transparent gauze.
There is a line of words written on the gauze: "Go away by immortality."
Shen Xu raised her head and looked across the lake. She could vaguely see a little girl standing there, looking like she was looking at the lake lantern.
"Ah Li!" Shen Xu whispered softly.
"Ah Li?" Rougu also looked towards the other side.
"Let's go." Shen Xu said, turned around and strode towards the bridge.
Aunt Rou followed in a hurry.
I stepped onto the bridge, passed through the crowd, and finally strode to the lakeshore here. Among the people passing by, the little girl I saw just now was nowhere to be seen.
Shen Xu frowned slightly and said, "Leaving?"
"It should be." Rougu said.
Many people passing by couldn't help but look at Shen Lie.
The man is thin and slender, standing out among the crowd.
"Master." Rou Gu said again.
Shen Xu looked over: "Huh?"
"Why do I feel that you are a little disappointed?" Rou Gu was curious, "Even if this girl is really as fun and magical as you said, you shouldn't be like this."
"Abnormal?" Shen Shu thought about the word, then smiled, "Maybe."
He turned around, walked towards the bridge, and said: "I learned something from those women. In the few days before Youqing died, this girl was the only person she had frequent contact with."
"Is there anything else?"
"This girl has always been timid, but for Lin Youqing, she disobeyed a servant woman in charge and was beaten by the servant woman."
Rougu became curious: "I don't know what Miss Lin said to her during that period of contact."
"Only this girl knows this." Shen Shu said.
When he reached the bridge, he stopped and looked up at the lake lanterns drifting away.
The lake breeze blew his long hair that was tied up and hanging down, making it as smooth as jet black satin.
"Moreover, after Youqing died, her temperament changed drastically," Shen Xu continued softly, "How could a person's temperament change so much into a completely different person in such a short few days?"
"Is it possible that she has been tolerant before, and after Miss Lin dies, she no longer has to endure it? Or, is this what Miss Lin taught her?"
"Ha," Shen Shu smiled and shook her head, "No, if my cousin was really that powerful, she would have escaped long ago. Maybe you are right, she has been holding back for some purpose."
