Chapter 123: Growing more mysterious

Growing more mysterious

Because she had been talking about the case all along, Nie Jinxuan ended up forgetting Yin Fengzhan beside her, and only when she suddenly realized did she discover how close he actually was to her!

At this moment, locking eyes with that gaze so near, deep and seeming able to suck a person in instantly, Nie Jinxuan's heart shuddered, and she couldn't help but lose herself a bit.

Finally, after a while, Nie Jinxuan suddenly startled, then twitched the corner of her mouth slightly.

"Um… what are you looking at? You, move over a bit, don't lean on me!"

Nie Jinxuan instinctively felt a bit shy and embarrassed. But upon hearing her words, Yin Fengzhan continued to stare at her without changing his expression, not blinking at all! And being stared at like that by Yin Fengzhan, Nie Jinxuan felt her cheeks growing hotter and hotter, and reflexively shifted her body outward… But just then, as Nie Jinxuan had just moved, she saw Yin Fengzhan, who had been completely still, suddenly lunge forward and instantly press his lips to hers!

Instantly, Nie Jinxuan felt her heart shudder, and she couldn't help but widen her eyes!

Their lips touched, the most alluring sensation! In an instant, even time seemed to freeze at that moment! Gazing at the enlarged handsome face before her, feeling the gentleness between their lips—light as could be, soft as could be—Nie Jinxuan felt even her breath seized by the kiss!

Gently

Slowly

Twisting and touching, gently pressing against each other, made Nie Jinxuan's originally clear nerves become increasingly dazed…

But Nie Jinxuan was no ordinary woman. So, just as she was about to sink into oblivion, she suddenly regained her senses and instinctively tried to pull back… Yet this time, as soon as she moved, she saw Yin Fengzhan instantly press a hand to the back of her head and then forcefully press her against himself!

Their lips, just parted, met again. But this kiss was unusually fiery! Thereafter, Yin Fengzhan extended his agile tongue, pried open the woman's teeth in his embrace, then flipped over to press her beneath him, while instinctively caressing her chest…

"Mmm… wait… wait, your… your hair…"

"Dried!"

Within the small space of the bed curtains, things instantly grew hot. And Nie Jinxuan, who had just regained her senses, was instantly lost again in that heat!

Everything proceeded so naturally; at this moment, even the air seemed filled with ** factors… But just then, as passion began to ignite, a sound suddenly came from outside the room!

Clang——

The sound wasn't loud, but it was enough to make the two people in the room startle simultaneously. Then, still somewhat dazed, Nie Jinxuan couldn't help but open her hazy eyes, while Yin Fengzhan, pressing down on her, slightly tilted his head and narrowed his eyes.

"What… what sound?"

"Nothing!"

He gave Nie Jinxuan a curt reply, then Yin Fengzhan again moved to press down on the woman beneath him, reaching to pull down the bed curtains… But upon hearing those words, Nie Jinxuan instantly came to her senses and shoved him aside.

"What do you mean, nothing? I'm going to check!"

Saying that, Nie Jinxuan promptly sat up, grabbed a piece of clothing from the bed, put it on, and walked straight to the door, then pushed it open to look.

But the result was that there was nothing!

Instantly, Nie Jinxuan felt it was strange! After all, she shouldn't have misheard the sound just now; it should have come from the doorway. So why was there no one when she looked?

Could it be that someone was eavesdropping at the door just now? But if they were eavesdropping, why would they make a noise? Isn't that utterly bewildering?

Nie Jinxuan couldn't figure it out! She then walked out of the room and looked left and right, but still found nothing suspicious, so she turned back inside and latched the door behind her.

Seeing Nie Jinxuan return, Yin Fengzhan, who had also sat up on the bed, couldn't help but raise an eyebrow.

"What's going on?"

"I don't know, there's nothing outside!"

She replied softly to Yin Fengzhan, then headed back to the bed… But just as she reached the bedside, she suddenly stopped, narrowed her eyes, and stared at the man before her.

"I say, your hair is dry?"

Nie Jinxuan asked rather bewilderedly. Upon hearing, Yin Fengzhan glanced at his loose hair, then gave a slight nod. Seeing his nod, Nie Jinxuan pressed her lips together.

"Since your hair is dry, I'm leaving!"

"Where to?"

"Obviously to Xiao Xiu's place!"

Having said that, Nie Jinxuan didn't care what else Yin Fengzhan might say, whether he wanted to or not, and turned and walked out! As she walked out of the room and closed the door, she couldn't help but feel an indescribable regret over her previous infatuation and abandonment.

At that moment, Yin Fengzhan, sitting on the bed, saw Nie Jinxuan leave, momentarily startled, then instantly furrowed his brows tightly, but ultimately still said nothing. After a moment, he involuntarily reached up to touch his own lips…

Only Yin Fengzhan remained in the room, but not long after, the door he had just closed was suddenly pushed open from outside! Instantly, Yin Fengzhan frowned, looked up toward the newcomer, but upon seeing who it was, his expression involuntarily froze.

It turned out the visitor was Nie Jinxuan, who had gone away and come back!

Nie Jinxuan had returned! Upon seeing her, Yin Fengzhan, sitting on the bed, reflexively lowered his hand from his lips, and before he could ask what was happening, Nie Jinxuan spoke first.

"Um… well, I can't go to Xiao Xiu's place today! After all, those few women just showed hostility toward me this morning, so at least tonight I won't give in to them!"

Having said that, Nie Jinxuan didn't care how Yin Fengzhan reacted, and walked straight in.

……

Once again they shared a room to sleep. This time, Yin Fengzhan took the bed, while Nie Jinxuan willingly slept on the long chair! But as soon as she lay down, her mind involuntarily recalled the fiery entanglement she and Yin Fengzhan had just shared on the bed.

Instantly, Nie Jinxuan felt a wave of heat on her face, so much that even touching it with her hand couldn't cool it down! Unable to do anything else, she forced herself to think about the earlier case… But as she thought, she unexpectedly recalled the conversation she had with Crown Princess Zhen Xiao Lian outside the Virtuous Yang Palace today!

So, after thinking a while longer, Nie Jinxuan involuntarily gave a light cough, then turned her back to Yin Fengzhan on the nearby bed and said:

"Right, I forgot to tell you earlier—when I went to the Virtuous Yang Palace today, I ran into the Crown Princess…"

Nie Jinxuan spoke softly, and upon hearing, Yin Fengzhan, who had already closed his eyes and lain back on the bed, couldn't help but twitch the corner of his eye; hearing his silence, Nie Jinxuan continued:

"She seemed to be going to see the Empress, so it was a chance encounter… But after I came out, she came out and stopped me!"

"……"

"She asked me whether I had divulged what happened at the Zuixiashanzhuang before. Then I directly asked her why, at that time, she returned to your room? She didn't answer, instead turning the question back on me…"

Having calmly recounted the daytime events, and seeing that there was still no movement from the bed, Nie Jinxuan turned over to look at Yin Fengzhan lying there.

"So, tell me—who exactly do you want me to believe?!"

Having laid her heart's question bare, Nie Jinxuan stared unblinkingly at Yin Fengzhan on the bed. But after waiting and waiting, he still didn't utter a sound, and Nie Jinxuan furrowed her brows.

"Are you asleep?"

"……"

"……Pig!"

Finally, flustered, she flung a single word at Yin Fengzhan, then turned over and went to sleep. Nie Jinxuan didn't realize that, at the moment she turned over, Yin Fengzhan, who had been lying on the bed with his eyes closed, slowly opened his eyes, slightly turned to glance at Nie Jinxuan on the long chair, and his thin lips involuntarily pressed together…

The night passed without a word, and in the blink of an eye it was the next day.

A new day, Nie Jinxuan went out early in the morning because she had to continue the investigation! After all, Nie Jinxuan had not forgotten her three-day agreement with the Shun Cheng Emperor! And today was already the second day!

Of course, as she was leaving, Nie Jinxuan did not forget to order Gu Hong to watch Yin Fengzhan, not letting him get out of bed and move about! And as for Nie Jinxuan's order, Gu Hong naturally nodded in agreement.

But soon after, just as Nie Jinxuan had left, the originally silent Yin Fengzhan instantly summoned Gu Hong over.

"Gu Hong."

"This old servant is here."

He replied respectfully, and at the same time Gu Hong hurried forward; when Gu Hong arrived, Yin Fengzhan immediately lowered his voice and asked.

"Was anyone who entered the manor last night?"

"Replying to the Prince, there was one person!"

"Who?"

"This old servant has already sent someone to investigate."

"As soon as there is a result, immediately tell this Prince!"

He lifted his gaze to Gu Hong, Yin Fengzhan issued a solemn command; as soon as the words fell, his eyes turned cold instantly, and upon hearing it, Gu Hong again replied respectfully, then turned and left quietly……But just then, Yin Fengzhan spoke again to call him back.

"Wait!"

"Yes!"

Hearing the call, Gu Hong turned back and came before Yin Fengzhan again. But afterward, Yin Fengzhan remained silent for a good while. Then, after an unknown amount of time had passed—long enough that Gu Hong wanted to speak—he saw Yin Fengzhan slightly purse his lips, and then deliberately lower his voice to give an order.

"Notify her, just say that this Prince wants to see her tonight!"

"Um…… I don't know what the Prince means……"

Without naming her, without giving a surname, Gu Hong for a moment could not understand. But at that moment, upon hearing these words, Yin Fengzhan's brows furrowed instantly, then he raised his head to look at Gu Hong, and then lowered his voice to utter three characters.

"Zhen Xiao Lian!"