Nanling Yaohua was very angry.
She was angrier than when she was a child and suddenly found out that the chocolate beans Lu Ming brought her every ti he ca back from outside to see her were actually sheep droppings he casually picked up by the roadside after entering the Gobi Desert.
She clearly endured the pain of her arm being shredded, yet she still tried to wake up Lu Yibei, only to receive that kind of response?
Lu Yibei, you have no heart!
For a mont, Nanling Yaohua, consud by rage, wished she could imdiately break free from the peeking state and throw the unconscious Lu Yibei onto the street.
Then...
She heard Lu Yibei's soft self-talk.
"Tsk, I wonder where that scoundrel ca from, daring to impersonate my Xiao Hua? Don't let catch you, or I'll definitely let you know what a heavy price you'll pay for trying to deceive using soone important to !"
My Xiao Hua... important person...
Vaguely hearing these words, Nanling Yaohua's heart rate instantly accelerated.
Doki! Doki!
The sound grew louder and louder, like thunder.
After the thunder, a sudden downpour extinguished the raging anger in her heart, and then the rain passed, the sky cleared, rainbows arched across the sky, and fragrant wild flowers blood across the land.
Even her eyes, which were originally filled with gloom and anger, beca as clear, bright, and radiant as black pearls washed by rain.
Nanling Yaohua, "..."
Thinking about it carefully, Xiao Bei's words weren't directed at . She's just cautious, right?
Being in that kind of environnt and hearing a call with no discernible source, it's not wrong to be cautious...
How about... I'll just watch a bit longer? Nanling Yaohua thought.
So, she betrayed her one-minute-ago self with astonishing speed.
It was like a player who said, "Garbage ga, uninstalling you after this last ten-pull!" but then got a double-gold in a ten-pull and imdiately changed their tune to, "Since you're so sincerely trying to keep , it's not impossible for to keep playing!"
In fact, at least one of Nanling Yaohua's thoughts was correct: Lu Yibei was indeed very cautious, and it was precisely because of her caution that she added those words to herself.
Although Lu Yibei believed that the voice echoing in her ears was most likely not Nanling Yaohua, what if it was?
Even if there was a one-in-ten-thousand chance that the voice wasn't lying, it could still offend Nanling Yaohua.
Therefore, after a brief thought, Lu Yibei, to be safe, added a "sweet talk" to slightly appease Nanling Yaohua, who might be secretly peeking.
One always has to leave themselves a way out!
At a ti like this, saying sothing that isn't against one's heart won't cost a limb...
Clearly, these words greatly pleased Nanling Yaohua, and her emotions quickly cald down. She continued to peek at Lu Yibei's movents in the "illusion" and listened to the conversation between Lu Yibei and that woman.
But as she listened, she slled a hint of sothing amiss, and a look of confusion appeared on her face.
"Strange, this isn't her style, is it?" Nanling Yaohua murmured to herself.
Nanling Yaohua was not surprised that Lu Yibei would help Xia Lianqing strategize and sche against the people they were looking for; after all, one of Lu Yibei's favorite things to do was tornt others.
What truly made her feel sothing was amiss was that, for matters like this, shouldn't they usually discuss them in a private place to prevent leaks?
Yet, Lu Yibei and that woman were discussing it openly on the street.
If soone overheard this and turned the tables, catching them in a trap, wouldn't they be finished? Nanling Yaohua wondered, puzzled.
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Lu Yibei and Xia Lianqing's group walked back towards Daimu Courtyard, with Lu Yibei and Xia Lianqing conversing animatedly along the way.
"You an for to pretend to go out alone to find the enemies who infiltrated the city, and then have a group of Longxiang Army Armored Soldiers ambush them from behind, and after luring them out, capture them in one fell swoop?" Xia Lianqing leaned closer to Lu Yibei and whispered.
Although "Shen Baiwei" never showed any intention of avoiding suspicion, she was still worried about eavesdroppers.
After all, no matter what the plan, once the other party knew it in advance, it would not achieve the desired effect.
"That's roughly what I an." Lu Yibei nodded, "However, that alone isn't enough!"
"Not enough?" Xia Lianqing frowned and leaned forward, saying, "Please enlighten , Senior."
"It's simple!" Lu Yibei shrugged, "I have a friend who really loves fishing, or rather, catching softshell turtles. She told that with just a hook and bait, the probability of successfully catching a fish isn't very high. To increase the success rate, you also need to make a 'nest' to lure the fish."
"Our matter, in a way, is like fishing. Even with you as bait, it's not 100% guaranteed to lure them out..."
At this point, Lu Yibei finally adopted a more "conspiratorial" deanor, lowering her voice and leaning close to Xia Lianqing's ear, "From what I've observed, you must have °• N 𝑜 v 𝑒 l i g h t •° a very wide network in Yun Pass, right?"
Although she only knew before that Xia Lianqing was a Huihe Tribe spy, she couldn't deduce from that alone that Xia Lianqing's network and intelligence network were extensive.
However, she had observed earlier at Daimu Courtyard that there were a total of thirty-one different faces among the people who had appeared in Xia Lianqing's room. Seventeen of them were vendors from the market near Daimu Courtyard whom she had seen before and rembered their appearances...
Among the other fourteen people, besides Dragon Tang, ten were burly and had calluses on their hands and chins, as if from long-term use of weapons and wearing helts, so they should be Longxiang Army Armored Soldiers. The remaining two, one had a strong sll of alcohol, and the other had a fruity aroma, likely a wine rchant and a fruit rchant.
From these people from different professions all coming to help Xia Lianqing, it could be generally inferred that Xia Lianqing indeed had a very wide network.
Seeing "Shen Baiwei" finally becoming cautious, Xia Lianqing's mood also beca a little more serious, and she asked earnestly, "Does Senior want everyone's help?"
Lu Yibei nodded, "That's right! After those guys infiltrated the city, they naturally have to hide and can't be seen in public. They probably won't know about your solo operation imdiately. To be safe, find a way to convey this ssage to them."
"If everyone helps spread the news, they should quickly learn about your solo operation. However, when you ask them to spread the news, rember not to give a specific ti, just a general one. Otherwise, it will seem too fake and easily arouse suspicion."
So, Senior Shen spoke to without avoiding others, intending for the hidden enemies to overhear? Xia Lianqing nodded thoughtfully and whispered, "I understand, Senior. When we return to Daimu Courtyard, I will..."
Before she could finish her sentence, she suddenly felt soone grasp her right hand. She couldn't help but be slightly startled, and her words ca to an abrupt halt.
"Shen Baiwei," for so reason, suddenly took her hand, and her steps beca lighter. She spoke with an innocent tone, "Oh dear, finally got this matter settled. Sister, I'm so tired. Let's walk faster, okay? I want to go back and take a hot bath, and then have a bowl of iced plum drink."
Xia Lianqing, "???"
What's wrong with Senior?
She has already revealed her identity to , there's no need to keep up the pretense, is there?
Could it be that she practiced so evil cultivation technique that causes her personality to intermittently turn into that of a Little Girl?
Xia Lianqing thought, casting a questioning gaze at Lu Yibei, when she suddenly felt a tingling sensation in her palm, as if "Shen Baiwei" had slipped sothing into her hand.
She froze for a mont, instinctively wanting to check, but "Shen Baiwei" held her arm tightly, stopping her. Then, looking back at "Shen Baiwei," she saw "Shen Baiwei" shake her head with a tiny movent and then quickly gave her a aningful look...
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The scene in her mind ca to an abrupt halt here. As her vision briefly plunged into darkness, Nanling Yaohua quickly disengaged from that peculiar state.
Opening her eyes and steadying herself, she turned to look at the sleeping Lu Yibei on the bed, then lowered her gaze to her own right hand, her eyes deepening.
Pain continued to emanate from her right arm. The cloth strips that had been wrapped around it had completely burst open, turning into fine dust scattered by the bed.
On the exposed skin of her arm, wounds like razor cuts, as thin as hair, yet deeply incised, intertwined to form a fragnted, distorted pattern...
It seed to convey so kind of warning ssage, but it was obscure and complex, difficult to comprehend.
In any case, Nanling Yaohua couldn't make any sense of it. To her, those patterns were like mbership expiration reminders.
Reminding her that the on-demand viewing had ended, and if she wanted to continue watching the content below, she had to renew her subscription.
"Hoo—!" Nanling Yaohua exhaled a breath of stale air, withdrew her injured right hand, clenched her fist, slowly extended her left hand, and once again grasped Lu Yibei's wrist, waiting for a mont, and then...
Nothing happened.
"Huh? How co..." Nanling Yaohua uttered a puzzled sound, released Lu Yibei's wrist, then grasped it again, released it again, tried several tis repeatedly, then switched back to her injured right hand, tried several more tis, still to no avail.
After two seconds of stunned, she suddenly realized that the worst had happened: she seed unable to peek into Lu Yibei's movents in the illusion anymore.
It was as if so TV series or novel stopped abruptly at the most crucial mont, and even if you recharged and renewed your subscription, you couldn't watch the subsequent content.
Damn it, cliffhangers are the worst! Nanling Yaohua grumbled inwardly. She reached out, about to try a few more tis, when Lord Huaiyuan's voice suddenly ca from outside the door.
"Nanling Yaohua, Nanling Yaohua, where are you? Co quickly and see, your treatnt just now doesn't seem to have worked? This Shen Baiwei seems to be on the verge of death!"
Nanling Yaohua, "..."
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