Chapter 130
Chapter 130
Neither person’s clothes were intact now.
And this steamy scene was witnessed in its entirety from outside the window by–
The little panda.
It did not matter that the villain forbade him to watch. He could circle around and watch through the window.
Aha~ What a deviously clever bear I am~
A-Pang hovered outside the window and looked down at the scene inside, his smile growing increasingly obvious.
At that moment, he suddenly felt a cold draft behind him.
He turned and nearly toppled backward in fright at the sparrow that had appeared behind him at some unknown point.
The sparrow’s tiny black-bean eyes watched him silently for several seconds, as if confirming something. Then it abruptly went berserk and began pecking A-Pang.
Terrified, A-Pang fled as fast as he could fly, dodging the sparrow’s attacks while looking back.
Fusheng Duan, whose gaze had originally remained fixed on the young woman before him, had turned his head at some point. When he saw A-Pang looking at him, his lips curved into a mocking arc.
A-Pang was about to lose his mind.
You deviously scheming top!!!
All right, the unnecessary element is gone. Let us turn the camera back toward our protagonists.
Only now did Shengsheng Zhou seem to realize that all the clothing across her front had fallen open. Her eyes reddened in shame, and she clung tightly to Fusheng. “D-Don’t look at me!”
Even as she spoke, she frantically pressed herself against him.
The highly noticeable softness darkened Fusheng’s eyes. Sliding his fingers into Shengsheng’s hair, he said in a low, suggestive voice, “We’re the same now.”
He lowered his head. His long hair spilled down and brushed Shengsheng’s cheek. Drawn by his voice, she unconsciously lifted her face, and their eyes met.
Fusheng asked hoarsely, “You look beautiful like this. May I look a little longer?”
Her reflection filled his spring-water eyes. As he spoke, he resembled an innocent youth tasting desire for the first time, making Shengsheng nod without realizing it.
The atmosphere instantly grew thick and sticky, as though the air had thinned. Their breathing became faster and faster.
The charged atmosphere drew them steadily closer. Just as Shengsheng was about to touch Fusheng’s petal-stained lips, someone suddenly knocked on the door.
Shengsheng woke as if from a dream and shoved Fusheng away, her face bright red.
The long hair spilling from her disordered coiffure concealed her expression.
Grinding her teeth fiercely, Shengsheng’s face twisted with anger.
She was utterly speechless. They could have knocked at any time, yet they chose this exact moment!
Fusheng’s face darkened instantly as well, and his gaze toward the door turned gloomy.
Only after both of them had straightened their clothes did Fusheng say coldly, “Enter.”
Shengsheng also looked toward the door. She intended to memorize the intruder’s face carefully.
Hehe.
The newcomer could never have imagined that one simple action had offended two people at once.
He wore understated gray robes and a simple crown. His appearance was refined, but his phoenix eyes looked harmless when lowered and somewhat sharp when he raised them to look at someone.
“I’m a little thirsty. Could you bring me a cup of tea?” Fusheng turned toward Shengsheng and casually waved his injured finger.
Shengsheng understood that he wanted to send her away and left with perfect composure.
Li Su, who brushed past her, paused.
Was it his imagination?
Why did he feel as though that young woman had just rolled her eyes at him?
After closing the door, Shengsheng looked around, changed direction, pressed herself against the door, and pricked up her ears to listen inside.
As a spy, eavesdropping was naturally indispensable.
Then Spy Shengsheng Zhou was disappointed yet again…
Who knew what material the door was made of? The voices inside sounded muffled behind a barrier, too indistinct to understand.
Sighing in disappointment, Shengsheng had no choice but to tiptoe away obediently and pour the tea.
Inside, Li Su listened to her footsteps. Once he knew the person outside had left, he abandoned the pleasantries and turned to business. “My lord, the task you assigned has been completed. I simply don’t know what delayed the Mystic Bird. It hasn’t returned yet.”
The speaker was the legitimate City Lord of Heping City–Li Su.
The fake City Lord lounged lazily on the couch. Apart from his slightly wrinkled robes, nothing revealed what had just happened there.
“Since the task is finished, you needn’t concern yourself with it.”
As he spoke, he extended the finger wrapped in a handkerchief and pointed at the letters scattered across the floor at some unknown time. “Those are the Empress Dowager’s letters. Reply to them.”
Too many things had happened these past few days. He was exhausted and did not even want to lift a brush.
Although surprised by the trust placed in him, Li Su obediently gathered every sheet. “This subordinate obeys.”
Though Qing Kingdom blood flowed through him, he was not particularly passionate about restoring the fallen nation. His family had simply pursued this cause for generations, and unable to defy his parents’ wishes, he had joined the organization.
But the first time he met the person whom he and his parents served, some of his former reservations faded.
A man with such spirit would surely accomplish great things in the future even if the restoration failed.
After leaving the room, Li Su saw the young woman who had rolled her eyes at him behaving somewhat furtively.
Out of courtesy, he still bowed to her.
Shengsheng was in a poor mood the moment she saw him, but one did not strike a smiling face. Besides, she would become the mistress of the City Lord’s Residence in the future. She could not be too harsh toward someone who was clearly the City Lord’s subordinate.
So she politely returned the bow.
After Li Su turned away, Shengsheng did not leave immediately. She stared at his back until he disappeared.
His clothes might be drab gray, but unless Shengsheng was mistaken, the papers in his hand were the letters the City Lord had been reading.
So was this man actually the City Lord’s confidant or right-hand man?
Mm. She needed to watch him more carefully in the future and see whether she could coax any useful information from him.
Completely unaware that he had been targeted, Li Su shivered for no apparent reason and thought the weather had grown cold. It was time to add another layer.
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The imperial palace of the Yong Kingdom.
“Your Majesty, our people discovered that Weiqing Song sent Jian Zhang among the barbarians. He seems to be searching for something.”
The man, who had been dozing with half-closed eyes, opened a pair of fierce, unruly eyes.
Rong Li instinctively lowered her head farther.
Perhaps it was only her imagination, but ever since His Majesty returned, he had become increasingly unfathomable.
“Investigate personally. Find out what the Zhen Kingdom’s crown prince intends to do,” he ordered deeply.
Having received her orders, Rong Li vanished in a flash.
After she left, the man seated in the place of honor grew impatient, as though an insect were buzzing beside his ear.
“When do you plan to go find Shengsheng?”
“Was I truly as stupid as you in my youth? If you don’t kill those obstructing your desires, do you think you can obtain what you want by wagging your tail and begging like an idiot?”
The voice that had spoken first suddenly fell silent.
Then the mature voice continued, “What’s the rush? The plan hasn’t even begun…”