After asking about Chen Si's whereabouts, Yanyan and the others hurried to the west of the city. Sitting in the carriage, Yanyan was a little nervous, she was afraid of being disappointed again.
Lin Xin stood close to her and whispered: "Yanyan, don't worry. We will definitely find Chen Si."
Qi Yi sat opposite her, looking at her with distress as she bit her lower lip and clenched her fingers tightly into a fist. She had lost a lot of weight in the past few days. After a busy day, she looked even better now.
It was exhaustion. However, she still persisted.
The carriage soon stopped at a dilapidated house in the west of the city. It looked as if no one was living there. As soon as the carriage stopped, Yanyan hurriedly jumped out and rushed into the house.
The house was dark. Although it was almost evening, the room was as dark as late at night. There were insects chirping in every corner of the room, and it seemed even more unusually quiet in this dark room.
"Is anyone here?" Yanyan called.
As soon as he finished speaking, the room became quiet again, with only the sound of breathing, accompanied by the chirping of insects. Lin Xin held Yan Yan's hand tightly and whispered: "This house is so dark, can anyone live in it?"
Suddenly, a ball of light appeared in the room. Yan Yan suddenly looked towards the light and saw Qi Yi lighting the oil lamp on the table. He turned to wave to them and pointed to a mark on the table, "Look.
, there are this mark on the table and the stool, it should be that Chen Si lives here."
"Then why does he live in a place like this? If he has no money, the banknote I threw to him that day was enough for him to find a better place to live." Lin Xin frowned slightly.
They waited in the house from dusk until dark but did not see Chen Si come back. Yan Yan stubbornly refused to leave in the house and had to wait until Chen Si came back. Lin Xin sighed softly in her heart and whispered: "Yan Yan
, I know you are worried that if you find Chen Si one day late, Qi Feng will be in more danger. But we have to think about it from another angle. Maybe Chen Si has moved away from here, maybe Jiu Age has found Chen Si. What do you think?
, Ninth Brother sent so many people out, the chance of finding Chen Si is greater than ours."
Returning to Prince Feng's Mansion, Yanyan got off the carriage and asked the people in the mansion if Brother Jiu had been here. Gu Rui soaked the handkerchief in hot water and handed it to Yan Yan, saying softly: "His Royal Highness Jiu has been here."
, I just asked Fujin if you were in the house, and when he saw that you were not there, he left in a hurry."
"Then did he mention Chen Si?" Yan Yan stood up and asked anxiously.
Gu Rui shook his head, "But His Highness Ninth Prince told Fujin not to be anxious and leave everything to him."
"Yanyan, it's been a tiring day. You go back to your room and rest first. I'll go look for you with you tomorrow, okay?" Qi Yi looked at Yanyan with a pleading look. She already looked very tired.
"Yes, Yanyan, it's late at night now. Let's get some rest and go out to search early tomorrow morning." Lin Xin also stood up and agreed.
Finally, without waiting for Yan Yan to nod, Lin Xin took Yan Yan's hand and walked into the room. It wasn't until she saw her sleeping on the bed that she turned off the light and left her room. When she walked out of the room, Qi Yi was still standing
Looking outside the room.
"You should go to bed early. It's been a tiring day today." Qi Yi said softly, turned around and walked to his room. Lin Xin looked at his back in astonishment, feeling a kind of silent joy in his heart.
Even her fingertips were trembling in shock and happy for her. She suddenly rushed towards his back and hugged him from behind, "This is the first time that you take the initiative to care about me. I will be so happy that you should go to bed early."
." After saying that, she quickly ran back to the room, her face getting hot.
The next morning, Lin Xin grabbed Yanyan and shouted loudly: "Have you slept? Why are your eyes swollen like this?" Qi Yi looked up and saw that her eyes were slightly swollen and there were black shadows under them.
It hurts him.
She shook her head, "After sleeping for a while, there is ink on these eyes."
With that said, she turned around and took the handkerchief Gu Rui had prepared for her and wiped it on her face. The dark shadows under her eyes suddenly faded a lot. Lin Xin looked at her in astonishment and reached out to wipe under her eyes.
He wiped it and said, "How come there is ink in your eyes?"
"Fu Jin slept with the portrait on her pillow all night. She thought her tears had wetted the portrait, so she dyed some ink on her eyes." Gu Rui continued from the side.
Yanyan immediately turned around to wash his face. When he heard Lin Xin asking Gu Rui whose portrait it was, she heard Gu Rui whisper, "Miss Lin, why are there dark shadows under your eyes?"
Yanyan turned around to look, and saw Lin Xin hurriedly reaching out to cover her eyes and shouting: "It's only because you haven't slept well these past few days, don't look at it."
Qi Yi walked to Yan Yan's side, looked at her slightly swollen eyes, and said softly: "Would you like to go back to the room and sleep for a while?"
Yanyan smiled softly, "No need, I'm already up, so I can't fall asleep."
Looking at her forced smile, he knew that she was thinking about Chen Si last night, so he took her hand and walked out, "Let's go find Chen Si. If we don't find him someday, I'm afraid you won't be able to sleep well."
"
Yanyan was led by him for several steps. He held on tightly, and she struggled to break away from his hand. She turned to look at Lin Xin, and saw that she did not look unhappy, so she walked with confidence.
Next to him, but a hand's distance away.
Qi Yi also realized that his sudden move would make her uneasy, so he glanced at her secretly, looking at the distance between her and him, and felt an inexplicable ache in his heart.
In the market, the three of them kept a certain distance intentionally or unintentionally. This time, Yanyan did not choose to dress up as a man. Although she was somewhat grateful to Huang Ruiyuan, she did not want to lie to her again. The three of them went to the old house in the west of the city again.
Inside, he searched the house again, but there was no sign of Chen Si. Lin Xin was a little frustrated, "Could it be that the blacksmith lied to us?"
Just as she was thinking about going to the blacksmith's shop, she suddenly saw a familiar figure appearing in front of her. Yanyan froze and looked at Qi Yu in front of her in a daze. She never expected to meet him in such a remote place.
I didn't expect to meet him in front of such a dilapidated house.
"Why are you here?" Lin Xin asked, with hostility in his eyes.
Qi Yu's eyes kept falling on Yan Yan, but she didn't look at him. His heart suddenly felt painful. He glanced at Qi Yi, then at Lin Xin, and said coldly: "Why are you here?
?”
Lin Xin choked for a while, "Yanyan, let's go." As she said that, she pulled Yanyan and walked in the direction of the carriage. When Yanyan passed by Qi Yu, he suddenly stretched out his hand and grabbed her.
. Yanyan was immediately pulled by the two of them, and his hand was pulled painfully.
"Third brother, please let go of your words." Qi Yi immediately stepped forward and took the hand held by Qi Yu.
Yan Yan looked at Qi Yu slightly annoyed, "Let me go."
"I'll have a few words with you alone." Qi Yu looked directly into her eyes and said.
"I don't have anything to say to you." Yan Yan said angrily.
"I have something to tell you, and you will be willing to listen."
Yan Yan looked at him with layers of dark clouds and a turbulent and complicated look in his eyes. But soon, his eyes became cold in an instant, falling on him like an ice blade, spreading faintly.
That touch of coldness was as ethereal as it was biting.
Lin Xin stopped Yanyan and said worriedly: "Yanyan, don't go. He is so cruel. If he treats you... no good, I can't let you go."
"You guys wait for me here, I'll be back in a minute." After saying that, Yan Yan smiled at Lin Xin, turned to look at Qi Yi, and stared at his eyes that were as calm as lake water in a daze, with a feeling in his heart.
It was filled with clouds, and she was light and airy. For a moment, endless sourness and emotion poured into her heart. She had always known that he cared about her, but at this time, she saw some slight annoyance in his eyes, and she knew that he was worried about her.
Yan Yan approached Qi Yu. Although his face was still cold, the haze in his eyes had revealed the anger in his heart. His eyes were as ice-like as a blade and seemed to freeze everything.
"If you have anything to say, just say it quickly. I still have something to do." If I had felt a little guilty towards him before, it had long since disappeared when he dealt with Qi Feng.
"The person you are looking for no longer lives here, so don't waste your efforts looking for him."
Yanyan's body trembled for a moment, and when she looked up suddenly, she saw the stagnant coldness on his face, which gave her a shuddering fear. She suddenly had the urge to rush up and slap him.
The cold wind blew, and her whole body couldn't help but tremble, and she immediately calmed down.
"I don't know what you are talking about. If you are going to tell me this, then I think there is no need for me to listen." Yanyan turned around and left.
"Chen Si." Qi Yu said coldly. Looking at Yan Yan's body, which was as stiff as a statue, he continued, "Chen Si no longer lives here."
Yan Yan raised her head and looked at Qi Yi and Lin Xin who were looking towards her in the distance. They were looking at her nervously. She turned around to look at Qi Yu and sneered: "Is it Chen Si?"
Have you been poisoned by you?"
"Poisonous hand?" He suddenly raised his head and burst into laughter. He lowered his head and instantly suppressed all his smiles, like ice buried in the ground. "Then you are waiting to see how my poisonous hand will control the whole world."
"Do you think you can be the emperor? There are so many elder brothers in the palace. Even if you frame the most favored seventh elder brother, you will never get the throne. Because I see fear in your eyes. I see it.
The fear of fear.”
"I didn't!" Qi Yu growled.
"Because the seventh elder brother is favored again, you are afraid. You are afraid that the emperor will make the seventh elder brother the prince and frame him. Because there are other elder brothers in the palace, you are afraid that they will become your competitors. You are here
You used money to bribe those ministers behind the scenes, so that other brothers would lose their power in the court. From the beginning to the end, you were a coward, because of fear, you were afraid that everything you got would be taken away by others."
Qi Yu slapped Yan Yan's face, "Do you think you understand me very well? Don't be too self-righteous."