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Gu Jiao’s reason left Mu Qingchen speechless.

Throwing an object of such size didn’t cause much harm, but it was highly insulting.

Mu Qingchen asked, "You knew the other party was General Nangong, and you still dared to throw stones at him?"

Gu Jiao said, "Is being a general something great?"

"You..."

Mu Qingchen let out a sigh.

Truly, the newborn calf was not afraid of the tiger.

Back then, the Xuanyuan Family's military power was divided into four, and the Nangong Family got the biggest share. Even though the Nangong Family wasn't among the top ten aristocratic families in Shengdu at the moment, it was only due to their background. In terms of military power, the Nangong Family was already far ahead.

Thinking of something, Mu Qingchen asked, "By the way, how did you know he was General Nangong?"

Gu Jiao said, "I didn’t know initially, but I overheard him talking to someone. He mentioned that his son was injured in a polo match, so I guessed it."

Mu Qingchen no longer had any doubts.

Gu Jiao felt quite regretful. Coming to the competition, she neither brought weapons nor concealed projectiles. If she had a gunpowder ball, she would have blasted Nangong Li into a pig's head.

Mu Qingchen turned his head and saw Gu Jiao frowning, looking as if she hadn't performed well. Suddenly, he didn't know what to say. freēwēbηovel.c૦m

The coachman, who had been sent away by Mu Qingchen, returned with a stick of candied haws in his hand.

"Young master, there aren’t many good snacks around here, so I only managed to buy candied haws." The coachman said, handing the candied haws to Mu Qingchen.

Mu Qingchen didn’t really want to eat the candied haws. In his opinion, they were something only girls and children enjoyed.

He was about to ask the coachman to take them away when a thought occurred to him. He handed the candied haws to Gu Jiao. "Here."

"Oh, thanks." Gu Jiao didn't refuse.

On the way back to the inn, Gu Jiao unceremoniously ate the entire stick of candied haws. To guard against a counterattack from Nangong Li, she didn't change out of her female attire but only took off her veil.

Mu Qingchen looked out of the window on the other side, occasionally glancing back at her unintentionally.

The way she was munching on the candied haws reminded him somewhat of Su Xue. Mu Qingchen frowned.

What was he thinking?

Xiao Liulang was a man.

……

Gu Jiao and Mu Qingchen had both come out through the window. At that time, the street vendors below hadn't arrived yet, but now there was a long line of stalls, so they had to return to the inn through the front door.

Teacher Wu saw the two of them coming from the stairs and was so shocked his eyes almost popped out!

When did you two go out?

I've been guarding here for nothing!

Teacher Wu was furious, "Where did you go?!"

Gu Jiao replied, "Just took a stroll."

Teacher Wu clenched his fists and coldly looked at Mu Qingchen, "And you!"

Mu Qingchen glanced at Gu Jiao, "Just accompanied him for a stroll."

Teacher Wu was infuriated!

As expected from the new student who got two demerits within ten days. He just arrived and was already running around, even dragging an excellent student like Mu Qingchen along!

With the competition imminent, punishment was impossible, so Teacher Wu made a mental note of this, "If you don't win tomorrow, I'll double the punishment when we return to the academy!"

The two returned to their respective rooms.

Mu Qingchen planned to rest, but thinking about what had happened earlier made it difficult for him to fall asleep. He had a persistent feeling that Xiao Liulang was hiding something from him. This feeling was very strange, like being caught in a fog with the truth just beyond it but unable to clear it away.

Mu Qingchen decided to ask his classmate again.

Teacher Wu was standing guard at the door.

Visiting openly wouldn't be stopped by Teacher Wu, yet for some reason, Mu Qingchen chose to climb through the window. He couldn't explain why.

He hooked the window sill with one hand and nimbly flipped onto the roof, walking past Mu Chuan's room and jumping in through Gu Jiao's window.

But Gu Jiao was nowhere to be seen in the room.

Indeed, Gu Jiao had gone out again.

Getting her to stay in the room obediently was impossible——absolutely impossible in this lifetime.

This time, however, Gu Jiao was more cautious than the first time, not even alerting the highly vigilant Mu Qingchen.

Mu Qingchen frowned.

Why did he suddenly feel a bit displeased?

Gu Jiao had used the same method, climbing out the window to the roof, running along the eaves, and jumping down into the alley.

She returned to the vicinity of the pawnshop.

Nangong Li's guards had long since left, and the pawnshop had returned to its usual quietness, with only occasional passersby. Few people went in to inquire.

However, Gu Jiao's focus wasn't on this pawnshop but on the embroidery shop across the street.

The carriage was no longer there.

Gu Jiao tilted her head slightly and continued walking towards the building opposite.

She had taken off the uniform of Tianqiong Academy and wore attire suitable for stealthy movements at night.

Just as she reached the entrance of the embroidery shop, a carriage suddenly drove up and stopped beside her.

The person inside the carriage didn't speak, but as the curtain fluttered in the night breeze, a familiar scent wafted gently towards her. Almost instinctively, Gu Jiao jumped onto the carriage.

Inside the carriage sat one adult and one child. The interior was dim, and the child had already fallen asleep, snuggled in someone's arms. The adult, however, looked lively and showed no signs of tiredness.

Gu Jiao sat next to him and asked, "Why haven't you left yet?"

Xiao Heng faintly smiled and said, "What about you? Why did you come back?"

Waiting for you.

Looking for you.

One didn't know she would come back, and the other didn't know he hadn't left, yet they both ended up here at the same time.

"Nangong Li didn't see you, did he?" Gu Jiao asked.

"No." When Gu Jiao threw the stone at Nangong Li, Xiao Heng sensed something was wrong. Without looking back, he quickly walked into the shop, holding Little Jing Kong's hand.

He hadn't actually seen Gu Jiao; he only saw Nangong Li. But he knew instinctively that no one else but Gu Jiao would divert Nangong Li's attention.

"Were you injured?" Xiao Heng asked.

"No," Gu Jiao replied. "They didn't catch me."

Xiao Heng, using the sparse moonlight and the candlelight casting shadows on the street, scrutinized Gu Jiao for a moment. He gently spread open her palm, running his fingertips lightly over it, checking for hidden injuries. After confirming she was fine, he nodded.

Then, instead of withdrawing his hand, he held onto Gu Jiao's small hand, his fingertips softly rubbing her palm in a soothing manner.

A girl's hand was always soft, small, and delicate, easily encompassed by his large palm.

Gu Jiao looked at her hand being held, feeling the affection he unintentionally revealed.

She knew her own hands well——these were hands stained with blood, having dug through mountains of corpses and severed heads.

His hands, on the other hand, were clean, so clean that Gu Jiao wouldn't even let a speck of dust touch them.

At this moment, this clean hand was tightly holding hers, as if trying to pull her out of a sea of corpses and blood.

"JiaoJiao."

Little Jing Kong's sleep talk interrupted the brief tranquility inside the carriage.

Gu Jiao withdrew her hand from Xiao Heng's grasp, patted Little Jing Kong's back, and found he was sweaty. While wiping him with a handkerchief, she said to Xiao Heng, "Two things."

Xiao Heng glanced at her hand that had been pulled away, his brow furrowing imperceptibly.

Gu Jiao continued, "The person plotting against you from behind is the Great Yan's imperial family."

"The Great Yan's imperial family?" Xiao Heng pondered.

"And," Gu Jiao went on, "Chang Jing is the little sect master of the Hidden Night Sect."

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In the suspenseful supernatural novel “Records of Mortals,” Jiang Baiyan, once a solitary and impoverished youth, finds refuge in the Shi family of Chang’an due to his extraordinary bloodline. With his clear and captivating peach blossom eyes, this seemingly innocent young man conceals a fanatical and malevolent lunatic within. Destined to succumb to darkness amidst hardship and degradation, he becomes a harbinger of chaos.

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From what she knew of the plot, Jiang Baiyan was just a silent, timid, and often bullied pitiable character.

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Jiang Baiyan had never encountered someone like Shi Dai.

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Jiang Baiyan: ...?

—

After seeing her at a lantern festival with another man, Jiang Baiyan lowered his eyes, his fingers twirling her hair. He said in a mocking and sinister tone, "The mansion in the western suburbs...if I hide you there, no one will find you, right?"

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Jiang Baiyan: ...?

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Jiang Baiyan: ...?

He hasn't finished his lines yet though…