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

When he heard me ask this, Pei Yuanxiu's face stiffened obviously.

Han Zitong was also stunned.

I sat in front of Pei Yuanxiu, with my hands flat on the table, as if I was spreading my hands and telling him that he had nothing left and no defense, at this time, it was okay to treat me however he wanted.

So, do you want to take me to Jinling?

I didn't say a word, but I knew that what I was thinking in my heart and what was in my eyes was read by him.

Our relationship has come to this point and has become completely hostile.

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

It's just that, as a woman, I don't have the ability to control the war.

However, if you take me to Jinling, it will be different from the Battle of Gangneung.

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

……

I repeated, "Are you still going to take me to Jinling?"

The atmosphere in the room was so dreary that it seemed like they couldn't even breathe anymore.

I could feel the difficulty of Han Zitong at the door, 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: "Yuan Xiu ......"

"Get out. ”

“……”

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

At this point, he and I were the only ones left in the room.

Obviously, the doors and windows were closed, and there was no wind in the room, but for some reason, it seemed to feel an invisible pressure, and the candles around them lowered their heads slightly, as if they were trembling.

His two hands, which were originally covering his chest, were slowly placed on the table, just like me, calmly, as if he had put all his qi 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 is like the river under my feet, and it will always move forward on its own, and will not stop because of anyone's unbearable.

In the same way, no matter how fast I am, there will always be times when I can't catch up.

And at the moment, just right.

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

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

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

"You didn't leave because by staying with me, you could do more. ”

"Sort of. ”

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

“……”

I was silent for a moment, then chuckled at him, "This should be something you should worry about." ”

“……”

"I've always just been myself. ”

“……”

This time, he was silent, and he was silent for a long time, I could almost hear the sound of time flowing, maybe it was just the non-stop river flowing outside, and there was some time, some past, and it was like this slowly gone without looking back.

I don't know how long later, he suddenly said, "Light, do you remember what I said to you before?"

I looked at him: "......"

"I'm telling you - even if one day you see through me, I may not be able to see through you. ”

“……”

I was stunned.

This sentence was as if a whirlpool suddenly appeared in the river and pulled me into it all at once.

There are some people from a long time ago, and some things from a long time ago, which are obviously dusty, but after this sentence, they slowly emerge in my mind.

I remembered that.

That was back then, when I was still a small, precarious maid by Yao Yingxue's side, at that night banquet that changed my fate, I heard him set the future of the He family in just a few words, at that time, even though he was as gentle as jade, known as outstanding in virtue, and gentle and considerate to me, but after listening to those words, I couldn't help but feel a chill in my heart.

And that fear, when he came to visit me later, was seen through by him at a glance.

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.

I have seen through him, and he may not be able to see through me.

Suddenly, when he said this, the two of them were a little dazed, and they were still facing each other in a trance, and they even remembered those distinct years when they used to treat each other gently, but the years flowed, the fog dissipated, and it was him sitting in front of him, but he was no longer the one he was at that time.

I laughed: "What if you see through it? What if you can't see through it? I'm still the same sentence-"

“……”

"I've always just been myself. ”

“……”

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

“……”

"Light, you will follow me back to Jinling. ”

“……”

"I'm still going to keep you around, no matter what you do or what you can do. ”

“……”

I looked at him calmly, then smiled silently.

An unsurprising answer.

This is him, so gentle and elegant, so personable, but I always knew that behind these masks, there was another him, that one, with spring breeze and rain, and also with thunderous means, as Alan said - he was like an immortal, but he crossed people to hell.

I laughed and said, "Okay." ”

With that, I stood up, and he reached out to his chair as if he was about to stand up, but instead of leaving the room at once, I turned and walked to his desk.

Here, there is his pen, ink, paper, and inkstone.

I just picked up the pen and wrote a few words on a piece of paper, and he sat there at a distance and didn't move, just watched me finish writing, and then stood up, and I didn't say anything, but took the paper and went out.

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

As soon as he saw us come out, Han Zitong was so nervous that he couldn't speak.

I just glanced at her, and walked straight out, until I walked to the bow of the boat, it was already late at night, and there were one or two faint stars flashing in the dark night, giving people a feeling of depression, but the wind on the bow of the boat was very strong, because of the continuous war, there were not even any fishermen on the river who dared to come out, and the little fishing fires that once lit the Yangtze River have been extinguished.

I stood at the bow of the boat and slowly raised my hand, my fingertips loosening.

The piece of paper was blown away by the cold river wind.