Lu Zhiyao looked at the girl who was talking, and the unfamiliar face made her curious.
"It's okay. I'm passing by here. Where is Xia Han? Take me there and have a look."
Behind Lin Yinan, Lu Zhiyao was led to walk in the courtyard that he was very familiar with, and then he met the person he had always cared about in his heart.
Xia Han was surprised when he saw Lu Zhiyao and Lin Yinan, and then happily walked up to them and asked in surprise: "Why are the eighth prince and sister here?"
Xia Han has only been back for two days, and she has not yet adapted to living here again. She has changed a lot of places during this period. She thought it would be the same this time, but she would just live in a place for a few days and then be taken away again.
But she never imagined that she would be brought back here.
"I was bored at home, so I came out for a walk. I heard you were here, so I came over." Lu Zhiyao took Xia Han's hand and walked into the house. After taking two steps, he found that Lin Yinan had not moved.
Standing there, he looked back in confusion, met Lin Yinan's gaze, and heard him say.
"I have something else to do, I'll be back to pick you up later."
Lu Zhiyao looked at him doubtfully, nodded and entered the room with Xia Han. Lin Yinan looked at the closed door and did not leave Xia Mansion. Instead, he jumped onto the roof next to him and lay down leisurely.
The sun is coming down.
The maid opened her eyes in surprise when she saw Lin Yinan's actions, but she didn't dare to ask any more questions. She returned to her post and continued to monitor the surrounding activities.
Xia Han hesitated for a moment after entering the room, and then asked Lu Zhiyao what happened recently.
"Did the Emperor find out that I was still alive, so he wanted to get rid of me?" Xia Han asked with a worried look. It was not a long-term solution for her to hide like this. Although Lin Yinan had arranged many people around her
, and each of them looks like a master, but this does not allow Xia Han to sleep peacefully every night. She once escaped death and is now particularly worried about her own safety and is extremely sensitive to everything that happens around her.
.Coming back here again, it feels like everything is back to the beginning. It’s just that the people around me are no longer here.
Lu Zhiyao saw Xia Han's uneasy expression in his eyes. In fact, she had been confused and uneasy recently, but she couldn't show anything when facing her sister in front of her.
"The emperor has always known that you are alive." Lu Zhiyao's words made Xia Han stand up immediately, "The people who are looking for you now are just the people from the prince's side. You don't have to care so much. The emperor and the eighth prince are protecting you.
, no one can hurt you."
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty?"
"Yes, Your Majesty." Lu Zhiyao replied affirmatively: "And the Emperor has promised to return this place to you after the Xia family is vindicated, so you don't have to worry about the Xia family's mansion being occupied by others."
Lu Zhiyao's words made Xia Han somewhat incomprehensible. Without the emperor, their Xia family wouldn't have fallen to this point, right?!
Xia Han's questioning gaze made Lu Zhiyao's heart sink a little, and he smiled perfunctorily and said: "Many things are very complicated, and I can't explain them clearly for a while. In short, your safety is not a problem now, I promised
You will definitely do the same. Stay here well and I will come see you again if I have time."
After listening to Lu Zhiyao's words, Xia Han was silent for a long time, then looked at Lu Zhiyao's somewhat inconvenient arm and asked, "Are you injured?"
"It's nothing serious. It'll be fine in a few days."
Lu Zhiyao was talking to Xia Han in the room. He didn't know how long it had been before he suddenly remembered Lin Yinan. I don't know where Lin Yinan had gone. Lu Zhiyao slowly stood up and walked out of the room, glanced at the empty yard, and sighed.
Take a breath.
"You go back to the house, I'll walk alone." Lu Zhiyao looked back at Xia Han, rejected her kindness to accompany him, stepped forward, and walked slowly in the quiet and empty Xia Mansion.
Lin Yinan squinted his eyes slightly, raised his hand to block the dazzling sunlight and looked at Lu Zhiyao's retreating back. He slowly sat up straight, stretched out, waited for Xia Han to return to the room, jumped off the roof, and followed Lu Zhiyao.
go.
When Lu Zhiyao heard the footsteps, he turned around and met Lin Yinan's gaze, waiting for him to catch up.
Lin Yinan stood in front of Lu Zhiyao, and gently pressed his fingers on her frowning eyebrows. "I thought that bringing you to see Xia Han would make you feel better, but it doesn't seem to have any effect."
Just when Lu Zhiyao was about to say something, he heard Lin Yinan say again: "Something's not quite right with you lately, especially when you encounter things related to Liu Yiyu and others."
Lin Yinan didn't give Lu Zhiyao a chance to refute, and walked forward along the path. Lu Zhiyao was stunned for a moment and followed him, feeling that Lin Yinan still had something to say to him.
"I have always thought you are a smart person, but if you are smart, you will sometimes be misled by your smartness. Who does Liu Yiyu mean to you?" Lin Yinan looked sideways at Lu Zhiyao and asked, "Do you still hate her?"
"What do you want to say?"
"Why do you hate her? Because of what happened between her and Lin Yixiang?" Lin Yinan did not shy away from the past of Lu Zhiyao and Lin Yixiang. When he walked to the rockery in front, he jumped up and chose a place to sit down casually, and continued
Asked: "But besides hatred, is there nothing else?"
"Yinan..." Lu Zhiyao frowned, unwilling to mention the matter between himself and Lin Yixiang, especially from his mouth.
"Actually, when I come to Xia Mansion, I don't feel any different from other places, because I am not involved in the Xia family's affairs. Maybe you will feel uncomfortable saying this, but that is the fact, and on the contrary, as of now,
I am actually a little lucky that so many things have happened. Because it is precisely because of these that you are standing next to me today."
Lin Yinan's confession made Lu Zhiyao at a loss what to say. He looked around and looked at the places with traces of fighting.
"People should have died here, and so have people there." Lin Yinan pointed casually, leading Lu Zhiyao's gaze to look. "Remember how you felt when you were standing here, and then thank those who have allowed you to stand here calmly now.
People, kill them to avenge your family, this is what you should do. Apart from that, you don’t have to have any other confusions. What you should do doesn’t have to change in any way because of me.”
"Do you mean to ask me to kill Prince Luo?"
"I didn't say that." Lin Yinan smiled slightly and said, "If others hear this, I'm afraid I will be hunted down."
As soon as his figure moved, he returned to her side again, and his soft voice sounded in her ears.
"I just want to tell you that when you don't know what to do, come back here and take a look. The places that hurt you are not necessarily bad. I can't save so many lives in the Xia family, but I will do my best.
I can protect you in the future. All you have to do is move forward, anything else is not worth your hesitation. The same is true for Xia Han. I can protect her for a while, but I can't protect her for the rest of her life. If she never dares to do it again in this life,
If she takes one step here, even after everything is over, she will not be able to live as before."
Lu Zhiyao always lowered his head, then slowly took a step closer to him, lowered his head and put it on his chest, and asked: "Is there anyone you have hated?"
"Of course, so when I don't know what to do, I will go into the palace to have a look. But don't tell others about this, otherwise we will have to be secretive if we think about it in the future."
Lin Yinan's words made the corners of Lu Zhiyao's mouth curl up slightly, and he raised his hands to gently hug his body. Lu Zhiyao opened his mouth, but was still unable to say anything.
The two stood there quietly for a long time, until Lin Yinan said softly: "It's getting late, we should go home."
"Yes." Lu Zhiyao took a deep breath and stood up straight. He looked at Lin Yinan with a bright smile, and the gloominess of the past few days was no longer in his eyes. "I'm in a good mood today, how about I cook it myself?"
"You'd better forget it."
Lu Zhiyao's forehead was gently pushed by Lin Yinan's hand, and he took a step back.
"Spare me."
Lin Yinan's unceremonious blow made Lu Zhiyao curl his lips. After saying goodbye to Xia Han, the two left Xuncheng and returned to the capital. Walking on the busy streets, there was no need to worry about being followed because of identity issues. Specially
After going around in a long circle, the two of them entered the boundary of the Eight Emperors' Mansion.
"Master, you are back." As soon as Ling Yi saw Lin Yinan, he immediately greeted him and said, "The fourth prince sent someone here today."
"Oh? What did you say?" Lin Yinan pulled off the mask on his face, a little surprised that Lin Yinuo would take the initiative to find him.
"It was not disclosed that the man left after learning that you were not at the house."
Lin Yinuo and himself had never had any interactions before. Even when Lin Yinan lived in the palace, the opportunities for the two of them to meet were few and far between. What exactly made him think of coming to find her?
"I understand, is there anything else?"
"No more."
Ling Yi's footsteps automatically stopped when Lin Yinan pushed open the study door. Lin Yinan turned around and was about to close the door, but suddenly remembered something, looked back at Ling Yi with a solemn expression, and said: "By the way, give it to me.
Watch the madam and don't let her go to the kitchen."
Ling Yi was startled for a moment, then nodded. Lin Yinan sat behind the table. No one else was around him, and his eyes returned to their usual coldness. The day passed quickly, and Lin Yinan left the Eight Emperors after dark.
Mansion, came to the palace. He easily found Lin Yinuo's residence. Seeing Lin Yinuo's surprised expression when he saw him, Lin Yinan smiled and said: "I heard that Fourth Brother sent someone to my mansion today.
Come on, in order to prevent you from running away again, so I came here."
Lin Yinuo smiled uncomfortably. It was true that he had something to do with Lin Yinan, but he didn't expect that Lin Yinan would come to see him in person.
