Shi Qingxue returned to her room and wanted to continue with her job.
However, after she wrote for only a little while, she started to be absent-minded as she saw that it was getting dark gradually.
After she finished some words, she couldn’t help but raise her head and look out of the window. There was nobody outside, and it was so quiet that they could hear the sound of a needle falling.
She was in a daze for a few seconds and then forced herself to pay attention to the paper again, continuing to write.
After nearly one hour, she finished nothing.
However, Shi Qingxue didn’t find it but forced herself to continue.
Dong Shuang couldn’t bear to see that. She said in a soft voice involuntarily, “My Lady, it’s evening now. Shall we have dinner first?”
“I am not hungry,” Shi Qingxue answered without thinking.
Dong Shuang advised, “Have a rest. You have written for one day.”
Shi Qingxue was stunned and then checked what she had finished today, which was less than what she could finish within two hours when Mo Junyang was around.
“Hmm!” She finally stopped forcing herself and put the brush pen on the holder with irritancy, covering her head with a sigh.
It was not her first time to do jobs without Mo Junyang. They might not see each other for more than half a month, yet she was not so unpeaceful every time in the past.
What worried Shi Qingxue more was that her right eyelid trembled all the time since this morning, which made her unable to feel relieved.
It was said that there was a disaster when somebody’s right eyelid trembled…
“Don’t imagine wildly. There must be nothing wrong. It must be fine,” Shi Qingxue whispered and comforted herself repeatedly.
Otherwise, it would be funny if she was scared by herself to death while Mo Junyang was fine.
“My Lady, how about going out for a walk to ease up, okay?” Dong Shuang suggested in a low voice, as she was worried about Shi Qingxue’s condition.
Shi Qingxue looked up at the sky outside the window and smiled bitterly. “If we go out now, won’t we feed the mosquitos?”
Dong Shuang was speechless.
They lived in the north for a long time, and there were not as many mosquitos as here in the south, so she forgot it.
They couldn’t sleep well in summer without incense and mosquito curtain in Jiangzhou City.
Moreover, Shi Qingxue attracted the mosquitos. If they went out now, she would be stung and become swollen in no time.
Dong Shuang hurriedly shook her head and said, “We won’t go out. Just have dinner in the room, okay? I am going to bring food.”
After speaking, she didn’t give Shi Qingxue a chance to refuse but ran away.
Shi Qingxue wouldn’t get mad as she knew that Dong Shuang made a decision without authorization on purpose because she was afraid that the lady didn’t want to eat anything.
She sighed and wasn’t in the mood to continue writing. Then she walked to the door again.
As soon as she opened the door, she saw an unexpected visitor.
“What are you doing here?” Shi Qingxue frowned slightly and asked in a distant tone.
However, it was not her fault. She was not in a good mood today, and the comer was Ye Zhixin who kept everything from them all the time, which made them make no more progress.
Shi Qingxue was clear that everybody had his own choice, and she didn’t blame Ye Zhixin, yet it was impossible for her to treat this girl as a respected guest.
Ye Zhixin noticed Shi Qingxue’s distant tone, and her expression stiffened. She opened her mouth slightly but looked at Shi Qingxue, trying to say something yet stopped herself. She didn’t speak a word after a long time.
Shi Qingxue kept the posture of opening the door and waited a moment, while Ye Zhixin didn’t answer.
She was annoyed by Ye Zhixin’s affected attitude and withdrew her hand. Then she turned around and went back into the room, preparing to sit down and waste time with the girl.
Unexpectedly, when Ye Zhixin saw that Qingxue turned around and walked away, she thought that the lady was mad at her and prepared to ignore her, so she stepped forward anxiously and grabbed her sleeve. “My Lady, please wait a moment. I have something to tell you.”
Gee, she played this trick every time.
It appeared that she was going to reveal a shocking secret, but after she aroused the listener’s curiosity, she pretended to shrink back hesitantly…
If she did that once or twice, she would attract others’ attention, yet she did so frequently, so she made people feel disgusted.
Shi Qingxue stopped and looked back at Ye Zhixin, wondering if her words were true.
Did this girl get impatient and want to tell her the truth?
She thought with uncertainty and decided to deal her a head-on blow. “Miss Ye, you came to me this time. I hope that you can speak it out frankly. If you still play hard to get like before, please go back.”
Ye Zhixin hurriedly shook her head and pledged in a low voice, “No. I really have something very important to tell you, and it is about His Excellency’s safety. I don’t dare to…”
“What?” Shi Qingxue heard that it had something to do with Mo Junyang, so she couldn’t keep calm.
She grabbed Ye Zhixin’s arm and pulled her into the room, questioning in a cold voice, “Say it now. What happened?”
Ye Zhixin’s arm was grabbed and hurt, but she didn’t dare to say anything to stop Shi Qingxue. She just said in a low voice, “It’s not safe in Shang Village. His Excellency may be in danger on this trip.”
Shi Qingxue’s eyes got sharp at once, and she stared at Ye Zhixin. “Why did you say that it is not safe? What’s dangerous? Ye Zhixin, what do you know? Tell me everything now.”
Her questions were like a series of bombs and fell on Ye Zhixin’s head. The incisive questions made her feel dizzy.
Ye Zhixin pursed her lips and refused to speak.
This sealed mouth.
Shi Qingxue was flustered and exasperated. She grasped the girl’s arm more tightly and raised her voice, shouting, “Say something!”
Ye Zhixin lowered her head and begged in a muffled voice, “My Lady, please stop asking. Lord Yan wants to kill His Excellency. If you have time to ask me, it’s better to figure out a way at once to save him.”
Shi Qingxue was irritated by the girl’s words, but Ye Zhixin was right.
If she had time to pester Ye Zhixin, it was better to hurry up and go to see Mo Junyang.
At this thought, Shi Qingxue left Ye Zhixin alone and strode out of the room.
Wei Zichao guarded at the door and heard their conversation. He stopped Shi Qingxue without hesitation and advised in a deep voice, “My Lady, don’t worry. Master just went to visit the villages in the neighborhood, and he will probably come back tomorrow. Don’t need to worry so much. Be careful. Don’t fall into a trap.”
When he said the last words, Wei Zichao glanced at Ye Zhixin’s face as if unintentionally.
Ye Zhixin was anxious. “I told the truth. My Lady, please believe me.”
Shi Qingxue stopped and forced herself to keep calm and think it over.
As Wei Zichao said, Ye Zhixin hid many things from them all the time, but this time, she suddenly came and surrendered to them without an explanation, so she was really suspicious.
Shi Qingxue was not sure whether this girl cheated her on her own or she was forced to, but…
Even if Ye Zhixin might cheat her, Shi Qingxue couldn’t keep her composure as long as she thought that Mo Junyang might be in deep distress and his life was in danger.
She pushed away Wei Zichao’s hand and responded seriously, “To be honest, we don’t know if her message is correct, yet as long as there is a possibility, I will go to see Junyang. I can’t stand by and watch when I know that he may be hurt.”
Even if it was a trap, she would fall into it.
Moreover, Shi Qingxue would never be cowardly and at the mercy of others. Once somebody dared to scheme against her, she would drag him down even if she would die.
Shi Qingxue made a decision and turned to glare at Ye Zhixin, ordering, “You, go with us.”
Ye Zhixin pointed at herself and asked in a daze, “Me?”
Shi Qingxue nodded. “Right. Since you mentioned it, you should go there inevitably, and I will say something unpleasant to hear first. If I know that you collude with some people and want to harm us, no matter how many secrets you keep and how helpful they are to solve the case in Jiangzhou, I will kill you first.”
When Ye Zhixin was scared and opened her eyes wide, Shi Qingxue added firmly, “I will act as I said.”
Ye Zhixin was shocked this time.
Among the people from the capital, Shi Qingxue looked most kind-hearted and weakest, but when she was anxious, she could be so cruel unexpectedly.
Moreover, Shi Qingxue’s cruelty was different from that of Wei Zichao and the others who were ruthless. He was indifferent to human life, yet he had to listen to his master before he did a job.
With an improper metaphor, he was like a chained dog. Before it bit somebody, the master had to loosen the rope, and then it could run freely.
Shi Qingxue didn’t have the scruple. As long as she had a plan, the others would put it into practice for her.
Ye Zhixin trembled and lowered her head, swearing in panic, “I don’t dare to hide anything from you. If I tell a lie, I will be struck by lightning and die miserably.”
She even swore in this way, and it seemed to be true.
However, Shi Qingxue just nodded slightly and answered indifferently, “You’d better be like this.”
She didn’t say more to Ye Zhixin but continued to walk out.
However, Wei Zichao knelt in front of Shi Qingxue to stop her again, saying deeply, “My Lady, please go back to have a rest and wait for Master to come back.”
Shi Qingxue was unhappy because of Wei Zichao’s stubbornness and asked angrily, “Haven’t you heard what I said? No matter whether Ye Zhixin told the truth, I want to have a look.”
Nevertheless, Wei Zichao didn’t listen to her. He expressed seriously, “Before leaving, Master told me to keep you in the mansion and look after you, waiting for him to come back. Please don’t make things difficult for me, My Lady.”
“You!” Shi Qingxue pointed at Wei Zichao.
She was almost irritated to death by his routinism and couldn’t help but howl in a rage, “Don’t think that I don’t dare to beat you because you work for Mo Junyang.
“Zichao, step aside!”
Wei Zichao bowed and knelt with his head lowered, without saying anything or moving a bit.
Shi Qingxue understood that he didn’t plan to step aside.
She laughed because she was too angry, snorting. “You deserve to be his subordinate. You are bad-tempered, stubborn and persistent… I am so mad at you.”
However, what could she do even though she was mad?
Shi Qingxue would say something to threaten Wei Zichao at most, and she wouldn’t start a fight here.
She sighed in depression. With a brainwave, she suddenly thought of something that might happen.