Gu Yunxi looked down. A hint of trepidation passed through her eyes. Luckily, it was concealed by her thick eyelashes. So her shocking look was not discovered by the Master.She stared at the wood hairpin on the table. The corner of her mouth twitched, but she couldn't say anything.Lu Qiange gave her this hairpin because he saw the screen with magnolia flower patterns in her bedroom!She knew Lu Qiange had feelings for her, but she couldn't resist accepting the hairpin. She just considered it as a token for their sincere friendship and put it in the jewelry box.Now the Master finally found out its existence.Even a dumb person could clearly see this would be a gift from a man!"What? You can't talk now? Do you have nothing to say to me or simply just don't want to explain?"Across the table, the Master stood up coldly. His slanted eyes were bleak and gloomy. He glared at Gu Yunxi who kept si

"She’s just pitying you."The cruel words pierced Leng Qingtang's heart like sharp ice columns, afflicting him with gnawing pain and biting cold.He turned his head abruptly and shot a penetrating gaze at Lu Qiange, who had levitated to the top of the tree. The white figure stepped lightly on the leaves with his toes, as gentle and quiet as a dragonfly kissing the water. Within seconds, he had jumped over a few large trees and advanced a hundred meters away.Seeing that Lu Qiange had left safely, Gu Yunxi was immediately relieved.Yet a sudden violent tenderness on the wrist made her look up in panic and pain, and an inch away was the Master's stiff face.A guard led the horse over, and Leng Qingtang raised Gu Yunxi on its back with distorted features. He then mounted the horse as well and took the reins to set off.The heavy rain was pouring down from the grim night sky on their way. The wind was howling,

It was dusk now. In the Pingan Market Town of Luoshui County, the bustle of the day was gradually coming to its end together with the setting sun.People were on their way home. The bustling street gradually cooled off, revealing the broad and wide ground. Among the rows of houses on both sides, restaurants and teahouses lit up the lanterns on the lintels to attract coming and going customers.A carriage train was moving slowly along the main road from south to north. A carriage stood out in the line.The carvings on the carriage's walls were not intricate but delicate, and the doors and windows were all covered with water-green curtains made of pearl velvet. When the carriage moved, the crystal tassels on the top of the curtain made clear sounds, and their shadows swayed.Some pedestrians stood and watch. It was easy to discern that the person in the carriage must be a young woman.Pingan Market Town was one of the la

The cells of the Royal Prison in the Eastern Depot were dark and gruesome. The cell was walled on three sides and railed on the last.In this dark environment, Gu Yunxi couldn't know the day and night. She ate when she was hungry and slept when sleepy.At first, she would ask the jailer about the time when he came to send food and water. Later, the jailer would tell her the time without being asked. In this way, she spent over ten days in prison.Gu Yunxi didn't know why Leng Qingtang became extreme like this.His indifferent face, angry face, and fierce face made her shuddered as they came into her thought.The Buddhist saying went, "Who is the most affected one in the vicissitudes of life?" The better the beginning of destiny was, the more miserable the end would be.If the saying had been wrong, why would so many events have happened in a year, making his feelings for her go from indulgences to indiffer

Stunned for a moment, Leng Qingtang's dark eyes shone with amusement."To seduce one in my condition... You are mischievous indeed."There was a hint of fatigue in his voice existed."I'm serious!"Thinking that the Master did not believe her, Gu Yunxi anxiously grasped the big hand on the edge of the bathtub. The back of his hand was as fair as jade, but it was utterly cold. Even if it was soaked in hot water for a long time, there was no warmth at all.Her heart instantly sank to the depths, desperate and bleak.Bursting into tears, she could not disguise herself anymore. She plunged her smooth forehead on that cold hand, wailing.Leng Qingtang calmly looked at her crying as his other palm slowly fell on her head, petting smilingly,"There, there, don't be sad. I will be fine, and I will marry you."The water in the tub was getting colder. He took a soft, thin blank