"You're also very good-looking, but you're a good person too," Su Xiaoliu lowered her head and murmured.
Gu Rongxue was taken aback for a moment. Then he gave a faint smile. A touch of tenderness appeared on his peerless face. He gathered his long sleeves of the purple robe, and a hint of color bloomed on his thin lips. Looking into Su Xiaoliu's eyes, he said softly, "Don't trust me too much. Maybe one day, I'll turn bad. People are all like this..." He gave a self - deprecating smile and looked away. A gentle breeze blew, tangling a few strands of his long hair with the wind. There was an indescribable ethereal aura about him.
Su Xiaoliu stared at him quietly. She felt there was an indescribable loneliness and sorrow about him, like something that had awaited for a millennium but only existed for a fleeting moment in this world.
"You're a good person, and you always will be," Su Xiaoliu pursed her lips. Looking at his peerless side profile with her almond - shaped eyes, she blurted out involuntarily. As soon as the words left her mouth, seeing him slowly turn to look at her, she suddenly felt embarrassed. Her face flushed, and she lowered her head.
Gu Rongxue gave a soft laugh, like an immortal just emerging from a lotus pond. Looking into her eyes, he said softly, "Yun Ruo is also a good person."
Yun Ruo...
Su Xiaoliu opened her mouth, wanting to say that she wasn't Yun Ruo. But the words the alliance leader had said flashed through her mind, and she closed her mouth again.
"I'm not a good person. I'm a jinx," Su Xiaoliu murmured to herself.
After a while, she looked up at him and found him staring at her with a smile. Su Xiaoliu didn't know if he had heard what she'd just said. She stammered, "They all call you Mr. Qiongxue. I, I'll call you that too." Su Xiaoliu found that she always became extremely unnatural when talking in front of him, as if facing an immortal. Who wouldn't be unnatural in such a situation?
A smile appeared in Gu Rongxue's eyes. A lot of peach petals landed on his purple robe. He said softly, "Don't worry about it. Just call me Rongxue."
Su Xiaoliu looked up at him. Suddenly their eyes met, and she quickly lowered her head and whispered, "I got it." Standing there, she didn't know what else to say. So she quickly blurted out, "I'll go back first. Otherwise, the alliance leader will scold me." Then she turned around and ran away as if fleeing.
Gu Rongxue looked up at her retreating back. A touch of warmth suddenly appeared on his peerless face, like the gentle spring snow gradually melting, and the pear blossoms suddenly blooming brightly.
After leaving the backyard, Su Xiaoliu walked around the villa several times. She didn't return to her residence until night fell.
In the main hall, the warm lamps were connected. Going up the stairs on one side to the second floor, one could faintly see the dim light inside the room.
Su Xiaoliu walked to the door curiously. As soon as she pushed it open, she saw a maid in pink squatting on the ground, cleaning up the broken porcelain pieces all over the place.
Su Xiaoliu recognized that the broken porcelain pieces were from the vase on the table. Just as she was about to ask, the maid looked up and saw her. She quickly said, "Little Madam, the Second Madam came to look for you just now. Since she couldn't find you, she got angry and smashed the vase. I pleaded with her for a long time before she was willing to leave. Little Madam, don't worry. The Second Madam is just a bit stubborn. She won't make things difficult for you."
The Second Madam?
Thinking of the poisonous fruit before, Su Xiaoliu suddenly felt a bit guilty. She walked over in a few steps, squatted down, and said to the maid who was picking up the porcelain pieces, "You go out. I'll pick them up."
The maid hesitated a bit but still obediently stood up. When she reached the door, she looked back and said, "Little Madam, call me if you need anything. I live in the Summer Room of the Four - Season Room in the Western Small Building. You can just call me Xia Liu."
Su Xiaoliu looked up towards the door, nodded at her, and said, "Okay."
After the door closed, Su Xiaoliu lowered her head and silently cleaned up the mess on the ground.
A soft sound came, and a sudden sharp pain came from the tip of her index finger. Su Xiaoliu withdrew her hand and stared blankly at it. A bead of blood gradually emerged from the scratch on the fingertip and finally slid down the finger onto the porcelain pieces on the ground, splashing a shocking blood flower among the white porcelain.
She was stunned for a moment, then put the bleeding finger into her mouth. Immediately, a sweet and fishy fragrance spread in her mouth.
"Because my heart is with you..."
A nice voice suddenly drifted through her mind, and a pair of charming eyes that curved like crescent moons when smiling flashed before her eyes.
Su Xiaoliu took out the finger that had stopped bleeding, shook her head, picked up the porcelain pieces on the ground, wrapped them in a cloth, and put them into the wooden basket for useless old things beside.
Outside the window, a full moon hung high, and the cold moonlight shone on the eaves.
On the night road, a carriage was moving on the desolate road.
Inside the carriage, a white - robed man wearing a white gauze hat silently looked out of the window at the full moon. The jade bracelet in his hand was shining with a cold luster.
A peerless chin was exposed under the white gauze. The rosy diamond - shaped lips on the chin were slightly pursed. There was a faint cold and snowy aura about him.
A horse caught up from behind. A gray - robed man was sitting on the horseback. His silver - gray eyes looked at the white - robed gentleman inside the carriage and said in a low voice, "Sir, the life of the Eastern Star Lord has been saved. He is still in the dungeon. With Protector Chang there, there's no problem."
The white - robed gentleman slowly came back to his senses, looked at the gray - robed man, and nodded slightly. He said softly, "With Chang He there, there's really nothing to worry about. He and Wang Chengyang are sworn enemies. Let them fight openly and secretly among themselves." After a moment, he added, "The Northern Star Lord will also go to the Pingshan Assembly this time. The task of rescuing the Eastern Star Lord will be handed over to him."
The gray - robed man was stunned for a moment and asked, "Sir, do you mean... the Northern Star Lord Jiang Li?"
The white - robed gentleman nodded and slightly curled his lips, saying, "I just met him not long ago. I think he recognized me too."
The gray - robed man lowered his head and thought for a while. Then he looked up and said with concern, "Sir, if the Heavenly Lord knows about your recklessness, he will surely be furious. That girl has betrayed you for gold. You'd better break it off with her quickly."
"Why should I listen to him?" the white - robed gentleman asked with a smile.
The gray - robed man was stunned for a moment and didn't say anything more. He urged his horse forward quickly and walked in front of the carriage.
The white - robed gentleman put the jade bracelet into his sleeve. He turned his head and looked out of the window at the full moon that was half covered by the dark clouds. He let out a soft sigh and murmured to himself, "Who says I have no worries..."
His slender hand casually rested on the cloth beside. One end of the cloth slowly slid down, revealing a corner of the green - and - silver sword.
The full moon was covered by the dark clouds. Su Xiaoliu walked to the window and closed it.
Someone knocked on the door. Su Xiaoliu turned around. Through the paper window, she could faintly see the outline of the figure.
"Little Madam, it's me," came the voice of the maid Xia Liu.
Su Xiaoliu walked over and opened the door. Xia Liu in a peach - colored long dress came in and closed the door. Then she said in a low voice to Su Xiaoliu beside her, "Little Madam, Protector Chang has something to see you."
Su Xiaoliu looked at Xia Liu and nodded.
She wondered secretly in her heart. What did that black - clothed man with hawk - like eyes want from her?