"You, do you still want to take me to Jinling?"

When Pei Yuanxiu heard me ask this, his face suddenly froze.

Han Zitong was also stunned.

I sat in front of Pei Yuanxiu, with both hands flat on the table, as if I spread my hands and told him that I had nothing left and was not prepared for it. At this time, I could treat me as much as possible.

So, do you still want to take me to Jinling?

I didn't say a word, but I knew that he understood everything I thought and what appeared in my eyes.

Our relationship has become completely hostile until now.

If my ability is strong enough, I will defeat you mercilessly in this Battle of Jiangling.

But as a woman, I don’t have the ability to control the war.

However, if I take me to Jinling, it would be different from the Battle of Jiangling.

In Jinling, in addition to your naval camp, your soldiers, and those capable people who may have been hiding from me, there are Han Ruoshi and... Nangong Lizhu.

...

I repeated: "Do you still want to take me to Jinling?"

The atmosphere in the room was so dull that they could not even breathe.

I could feel the difficulty of Han Zitong at the door gasping, as if I wanted to say something to him, but before I could speak, I heard Pei Yuanxiu say in a hoarse voice: "Zitong, you go out first."

“…”

Han Zitong hesitated for a moment: "Yuan Xiu..."

"go out."

“…”

After all, she could not disobey him, so she could only retreat silently and close the door.

At this time, there were only me and him in the room.

The doors and windows were clearly closed, and there was no wind in the room, but for some reason, I felt an invisible pressure, and the candlelight around me were slightly lowering my head, as if trembling.

His hands, which were originally covering his chest, slowly placed on the table, just like me, calmly, as if he had placed everything in front of the other party.

Although I didn't expect that my "negotiation" with him would come so quickly, in fact, no matter how slow I hoped, life was like this river under my feet, and would always move forward on my own and would not stop because of no one's unbearableness.

Similarly, no matter how fast I am, there will always be times when I can't get there.

And at this moment, it happened.

Pei Yuanxiu, do you still want to take me to Jinling?

As if he heard what I said in my heart, he looked at me quietly and said, "Actually, since I kidnapped you, you will have many opportunities to leave, right?"

I smiled faintly: "It's Xichuan after all, and my surname is Yan after all."

"You didn't leave because you stayed by my side and you could do more."

"That's right."

"Then if I insist on taking you to Jinling, what else would you do?"

“…”

I was silent for a while, then chuckled at him: "This should be something you are going to worry about."

“…”

“I’ve always been, just being myself.”

“…”

This time, he was silent, and for a long time, I could almost hear the sound of time flowing. Maybe it was just the constant flow of river water outside, and there were some time and some past events, which slowly passed away and never looked back.

I don’t know how long it took, but he suddenly said, “Qingying, do you still remember what I said to you before?”

I looked at him: "..."

"I tell you-even if one day you see through me, I may not be able to see through you."

“…”

I was stunned.

This sentence seemed like a whirlpool suddenly appeared in the river, pulling me in.

There are some people who have been a long time ago and some things that have been completely destroyed, but after this sentence, they slowly emerged in my mind.

I remembered this sentence.

That was when I was still a small maid next to Yao Yingxue. At that night banquet that changed my destiny, I decided on the future of the He family after hearing him in just a few words. At that time, even though he was as gentle as jade and was known as outstanding in virtue, he was gentle and considerate to me, but after hearing those words, I couldn't help but feel chill in my heart.

And that kind of fear was seen through by him when he came to visit me later.

It was at that time that he said this to me.

Even if one day you see through me, I may not be able to see through you.

If I see through him, he may not be able to see through me.

When they suddenly said this, the two of them were a little confused. They were still facing each other in a trance, and they even remembered those distinctive years that had been treated each other with gentleness. However, the years flowed and the fog disappeared. He was sitting in front of him, but he was no longer the time.

I smiled: "So what if you see through it? So what if you can't see through it? I still say the same thing-"

“…”

“I’ve always been, just being myself.”

“…”

His eyes sank slightly, and he said, "Then I, be myself."

“…”

"Qingying, you will follow me back to Jinling."

“…”

"I will still keep you by my side, no matter what you want to do or what you can do."

“…”

I looked at him calmly, and then smiled silently.

No surprise answer.

This is him, so gentle and elegant, but I have always known that behind these masks, there is another him, that he, who has the spring breeze and rain, and also has the thunderous means, just as A Lan said - he is like an immortal, but he has traveled to hell.

I smiled and said, "Okay."

After saying this, I stood up. He reached out to hold the chair, as if he was about to stand up, but saw that I did not leave the room immediately, but turned around and walked to his desk.

Here, his pen, ink, paper and inkstone are placed.

I picked up the pen and wrote a few words on a piece of paper. He sat there from a distance without moving. He just watched me finish writing and then stood up. I didn't say much, and took the paper and went out.

As soon as I walked out, I found that Xie Feng and Han Zitong were standing not far outside his door.

When Han Zitong saw us coming out, he was so nervous that he couldn't even speak.

I just glanced at her and walked straight out to the bow of the boat. It was already late at night. One or two faint starlight flashed in the dark night, giving people a feeling of depression. The wind on the bow of the boat was very strong. Because of the wars for several days, no fishermen dared to come out on the river. The fishing fires that once lit up the Yangtze River have been extinguished.

I stood at the bow of the boat, slowly raised my hand, and relaxed my fingertips.
Chapter completed!