Chapter 236
Chapter 236
“Good heavens.”
One of the ladies exclaimed, “The Flower Prince must have been deceived.”
“Who can say? But word from the Flower World suggests the Prince still believes his fiancée and thinks she must have encountered danger.”
At this point, the noblewoman looked at Qin Nan and asked, “Are you certain you saw that girl?”
Qin Nan nodded. “Pay closer attention, madam. You should be able to spot her too.”
“If she truly is the Prince’s fiancée, then her presence here likely means he was deceived. I wonder whether the Prince will appear today.”
Her words set the women exclaiming curiously among themselves.
They clearly wanted to watch a free spectacle.
Qin Nan spoke with them a little longer.
Unfortunately, everything they knew was hearsay. Since they possessed few details, Qin Nan stopped wasting time and turned back toward Jian Fan.
There was no need for Qin Nan to explain. Jian Fan had heard most of the conversation from nearby.
“Mu Xin’s quest,” Jian Fan said directly.
Qin Nan nodded. “It probably can’t trigger until the Flower Prince appears. But her story has already diverged from the original tale. We don’t know whether that’s good or bad. We should warn her so she can prepare.”
What if this was a story in which the Prince discovered the deception and murdered her in a rage? Or became so furious that he imprisoned her?
Mu Xin, currently seated on Qin Weiyi’s shoulder, suddenly sneezed several times in succession.
She was briefly confused. Was she wearing too little? Could people catch colds even in the Realm of Death?
Hearing her sneeze, Lu Jing turned with concern. “Are you all right?”
Mu Xin shook her head. “I’m fine.”
After looking around, she pointed in one direction. “Let’s go over there.”
Lu Jing studied her hand carefully, confirmed where she was pointing, and only then continued walking.
“Will Xiao Qin be unable to speak throughout this entire world?” Lu Jing had not forgotten Qin Weiyi’s predicament. Since Qin Weiyi could not answer, he asked Mu Xin instead.
Mu Xin shook her head again. “I don’t know. According to the fairy tale, he shouldn’t be able to speak at all. But this is the Realm of Death, not a real fairy tale, so everything is uncertain. Something might change.”
“I hope so.” Lu Jing sighed. “It feels strange when Xiao Qin can’t speak.”
Mu Xin also sympathized with Qin Weiyi’s predicament.
And Qin Weiyi?
Qin Weiyi could not speak and did not want to. He had no desire whatsoever to express an opinion on their conversation.
It would be best if the two of them simply shut up.
As they talked, the trio stopped at a lounge area.
Mu Xin took flight first and landed on a nearby sofa. She beckoned to Lu Jing. “Let’s sit here for a while.”
“We’re just going to sit here?” Lu Jing asked blankly.
Qin Weiyi had already stepped forward and settled into an armchair. Seeing this, Lu Jing hurried over as well.
“I’ll go ask around for information,” Mu Xin said.
Qin Weiyi could not speak, while Lu Jing was ill suited to such things. Mu Xin had no choice but to handle it herself. Given Lu Jing’s unpredictability, she thought it best to do so alone.
Qin Weiyi had no objection.
Since Qin Weiyi did not object, Lu Jing naturally had none either.
“I’ll stay nearby. If anything happens, shout for me and I’ll come back immediately,” Mu Xin instructed Lu Jing.
Lu Jing nodded.
After confirming Qin Weiyi and Lu Jing would be safe for the moment, Mu Xin prepared to leave. But the instant she rose from the sofa, someone blocked her path.
More precisely, he stopped in front of Lu Jing.
It was a young boy.
The boy stared at Lu Jing in surprise and said, “He isn’t wearing anything at all.”
Lu Jing: “???”
Qin Weiyi: “???”
Mu Xin: “???”
All three looked at Lu Jing. He was still wearing extraordinarily ornate and lavish clothing. He was clearly dressed, so how was he wearing nothing?
They turned their gazes back to the boy.
The boy also seemed stunned. After uttering that sentence, he stared blankly at Lu Jing and muttered, “Why are you wearing clothes?”
Lu Jing: “???”
What was strange about him wearing clothes? He was hardly an exhibitionist.
Qin Weiyi’s eyes flickered as he realized something. Unfortunately, he could not speak and could only place his hopes in Mu Xin.
He looked at her.
Mu Xin had been startled for a moment, but now she understood too.
“He isn’t wearing clothes,” Mu Xin said with feigned confusion, beginning a conversation with the boy.
The boy paused and looked around for the source of the voice. It took him a while to notice Mu Xin hovering in the air. Scratching his head, he asked blankly, “But I can see him wearing clothes.”
“He isn’t,” Mu Xin insisted.
The boy frowned, then nodded. “Right. He isn’t wearing anything. He shouldn’t be wearing clothes.”
Lu Jing: “???”
What nonsense were they talking about?
After speaking, the boy became dazed again. “He shouldn’t be wearing anything, so why can I see clothes on him?” He looked at Mu Xin, thoroughly confused.
Mu Xin paused.
Because Lu Jing really was wearing clothes.
But could she tell the boy that?
Tilting her head, she said, “Because he just put them on. He really wasn’t wearing anything at first.”
The boy stared blankly. “He wasn’t wearing anything just now?”
With absolute certainty, Mu Xin nodded. “He wasn’t.” Seizing the opportunity, she asked first, “No one else said anything. Why did you have to point it out?”
The boy shook his head. “I don’t know. It feels like I was supposed to say that.” Then he frowned. “But he really is wearing clothes.”
“How strange,” Mu Xin said, seeming to side with the boy in finding Lu Jing’s clothing peculiar.
Lu Jing: “???”
What the hell?
Qin Weiyi more or less understood by now, but he still could not determine why the boy had appeared. Mu Xin’s probing had also shown that the boy himself knew very little.
It was as though his body had been programmed with a predetermined mechanism.
If Lu Jing had appeared here naked, perhaps it would have triggered some other setting. Unfortunately–or fortunately–Lu Jing was currently covered from head to toe.