Chapter 91

Chapter 91

Only after the two of them had gone out, busied themselves separately, and spent the whole day running around did they remember the sweet potato dregs they had left out to dry.

Fat Chef looked at the dried-up stuff and said, “This won’t work either. There’s no way this stuff can be made into glass noodles.”

The big one and the little one looked at each other, then both sat down on the stools, drooping in dejection.

“Don’t be scared. Fat Chef will think of something, all right? You go to sleep first.”

Jiang Yunsui gave an obedient “oh.” The weather wasn’t very good tonight, so she wouldn’t be moonbathing.

When she ran back, she discovered that even though it was already so late, Ji Yan’an still hadn’t returned.

“Nanny Zhou, why isn’t Ji Yan’an back yet?”

Nanny Zhou told her, “The Young Master is investigating some matters. He may not return tonight. You should go to sleep first.”

Jiang Yunsui muttered under her breath, “He’s already sick, but he still won’t sleep properly.”

Still, she was worried.

Lying in bed, she tossed and turned like a pancake on a griddle.

She couldn’t sleep.

The moment she closed her eyes, she pictured Ji Yan’an refusing to sleep, showing up tomorrow with two huge dark circles under his eyes, looking like he was so sick he might croak at any second.

Jiang Yunsui simply kept her shoes on and snuck out of the room.

“Si Si, Si Si…”

She looked so sneaky that anyone who didn’t know better would have thought she had slipped into someone else’s house to do something bad.

Ji Si appeared in front of Jiang Yunsui like a ghost.

Everyone else had gone out with Ji Yan’an. Ji Si had been deliberately left behind to protect Jiang Yunsui.

“Si Si, do you know where Ji Yan’an is?”

Ji Si nodded.

“That’s great. Hurry and take me to him.”

Ji Si did not move.

Little Mushroom flew into a rage. She climbed right onto him, straddled Ji Si’s neck, and started shaking him.

“Si Si, go. We have to go.”

“Otherwise, don’t even think about having an easy time tonight.”

Beneath the cloth covering Ji Si’s face, his expression was full of dark lines.

When Jiang Yunsui saw that force wasn’t working, she immediately switched to acting pitiful.

“Si Si, take me there, pleeease. I can’t sleep…”

After all her pestering, Ji Si finally compromised.

And so, on this dark and windy night, Jiang Yunsui was carried along as they flew over eaves and ran across walls.

At first, she was quite excited. Later, though, it became… uh…

She was freezing to death.

She quickly burrowed into Ji Si’s arms.

She had no idea how long it had been when Ji Si stopped. Jiang Yunsui thought they had arrived.

“Are we here?”

Ji Si said, “No. There are assassins.”

Jiang Yunsui poked her head out and looked. Good grief. So many assassins!

She instantly tucked her neck back in. “Why is Ji Yan’an getting assassinated again? Go, go, go, let’s hurry up and leave.”

This was life-threatening! How had they run straight into an assassination the moment they arrived?

Ji Si set her down. “Don’t run. I have to go over.”

Jiang Yunsui hid herself away and nodded rapidly. “Then hurry and go. I’ll wait here for your good news.”

As for going to save Ji Yan’an? Absolutely impossible.

With her tiny, useless little body, going over there would just be delivering herself to her death.

Better to hide. Not dragging anyone down was already the greatest help she could offer.

But she was still very, very worried.

“Jade Emperor, Three Pure Ones, Queen Mother of the West, Monkey King…”

Since her body couldn’t help, Jiang Yunsui prayed to every deity she knew. Please, please don’t let anything happen to Ji Yan’an.

Footsteps sounded nearby. Jiang Yunsui immediately shut her mouth and curled herself into a ball, hugging her little knees.

Who was it?

“My lord, the people around Ji Yan’an are guarding him very tightly.”

Jiang Yunsui: Confirmed. Enemy forces, not friendly forces.

“A sickly invalid, and he really thinks he’s a Ji Family Member? That everything in Mobei is under his control?”

“I never expected to kill him this time anyway. This is just a lesson, so he knows not to reach his hands too far.”

“Send word inside. Set a fire, then withdraw immediately.”

“Yes!”

Jiang Yunsui: “…”
What a pack of rotten, shameless bastards!

And why did she always end up secretly overhearing things like this? Sure, she did like gossip, but still.

Jiang Yunsui was furious, but she didn’t dare go out. With her tiny arms and legs, she was no match for them.

Then she suddenly spotted a dog hole not far away and quickly crawled through it.

She had to warn Ji Yan’an.

Jiang Yunsui ran toward the place where Ji Yan’an was. Just as she arrived, she saw a flaming arrow shoot toward the residence.

She happened to catch sight of Ji Yan’an being guarded, so she raised her little voice and shouted, “Ji Yan’an, they’re going to set the place on fire! Run!”

The moment she spoke, quite a few people noticed her.

Jiang Yunsui wasn’t stupid. As soon as she finished shouting, she turned and bolted.

She ran like the wind. An arrow buried itself in the spot where she had just been standing.

Jiang Yunsui scrambled and rolled to the side, then looked at the arrow still trembling faintly and patted her chest.

So close. So, so close.

She hurriedly got back to her feet and kept running-this time, away from the place altogether.

Only after Ji Yan’an saw Jiang Yunsui disappear did he let out a heavy breath of relief.

Wasn’t that little thing usually the biggest coward whenever danger appeared? What was she running over here for now?

Thank goodness she was all right.

He looked at the house that had already caught fire, his eyes dark and heavy.

The assassins had already left. Because they had discovered it in time, the fire was put out before long.

Ji Yan’an was also escorted outside.

“You stay here and keep watch. I’ll go look for-”

“Ji Yan’an, cough, cough, cough…”

Ji Yan’an didn’t need to go looking. Jiang Yunsui came running back on her own.

She had been choked by the smoke, and there were smudges of soot on her face. She flashed Ji Yan’an a row of little white teeth.

Her eyes were bright and dark too, shining like polished black stones.

Ji Yan’an said, “What did you come running here for? Don’t you know how dangerous it was?”

Jiang Yunsui replied, “I was afraid you’d burn to death.”

Ji Yan’an wanted to scold her harshly, but the words wouldn’t come out.

Forget it. As long as she was fine.

“Next time you see danger, run farther away. Do you understand?”

“I know, I know. I run super fast.”

On the way back, she told Ji Yan’an everything she had overheard.

Ji Yan’an had already guessed who had arranged this assassination.

Fortunately, after Beizhen City fell into his hands, every area had been tightly controlled. Even when an assassination occurred, the guards inside Beizhen City were able to rush over quickly to help.

“They don’t want me reaching too far?”

A chill surfaced in Ji Yan’an’s eyes. “Then I insist on doing exactly that.”

Every Ji Family Member had an unyielding streak carved into their bones.

“What are you thinking about? Hurry up and go to sleep. Do you still want to live if you show up tomorrow with two huge dark circles under your eyes? Shen Qingzhu already said you have to rest properly…”

Jiang Yunsui had already washed her face clean. With her little hands planted on her waist, her little mouth started chattering nonstop.

Even Nanshu had to give her a thumbs-up.

In the entire Ji Mansion, Jiang Yunsui was the only one who dared speak to Ji Yan’an like this.

Ji Yan’an: “…”

“Only by resting well can you live a long life. You’d better remember that. Next time, don’t make people come urge you-”

“Shut up.”

Ji Yan’an pinched the mouth of a certain Little Mushroom who was getting more and more carried away.

Jiang Yunsui: But I haven’t talked enough yet.

The next day, news of Ji Yan’an being assassinated quickly spread.

Ji Yan’an had deliberately ordered people to spread it.

All the common folk in Beizhen City were discussing the matter, and they were worried about Ji Yan’an too.

“Who could be so wicked? The Ji Family are such good people, and they only have this one male heir left, yet someone still tried to assassinate him.”

“Maybe someone’s colluding with the enemy and betraying the country. They’re just hoping the Ji Family suffers, hoping all of Mobei suffers.”

“May they be hacked to pieces! Shameless scum! Whoever sent the assassins, may every son they have be born without an asshole…”

Quite a few people started cursing with great passion.

Ji Yan’an was in a rather good mood as he had people collect those curses, then spread them all the way to the Qiusha prefect’s manor.