Chapter 1438: 1433

Chapter 1438: Chapter 1433

She had imagined that a man’s coveting, his desire for a woman’s body, even if it was a mere physical reaction, would be evident in his eyes. Yet, in his, there was not the slightest trace.

His cold indifference left her feeling embarrassed.

It was all her own overthinking!

Chasing Shadow grasped her wrist, said nothing, and waited for her breathing to stabilize before letting go.

He turned and lifted the bed board.

Su Miaoyan scurried out from underneath, her small face flushed, her eyes full of curiosity, “Miaoyan, what were you two doing? It sounded quite interesting!”

“How was it interesting?” Mu Qianya was startled back into awareness by Su Miaoyan’s voice.

Su Miaoyan’s voice was soft and sweet, “So you like Chasing Shadow, huh!”

“Miaoyan, don’t talk nonsense!” Mu Qianya’s face instantly turned bright red.

She would never fall for this block of ice!

He was driving her to the brink of madness!

“Ah? But didn’t you just say that you and he were deeply in love, and there was how he treated you, he couldn’t look at your body, what…”

“Alright Miaoyan, let’s go play hide and seek somewhere else!” Mu Qianya quickly covered her mouth before she could say more and pulled her away.

If she went on, she truly would want to dig a hole and crawl inside!

Chasing Shadow’s eyes remained placid, following behind Su Miaoyan, as if none of this had ever happened.

Feng Ling had been hiding outside, too frightened to enter. Seeing Mu Qianya finally pulling Su Miaoyan out, she nearly cried, “Miss, you finally came out! That assassin he…”

“Shut up!”

Mu Qianya hissed softly, “No one must know of today’s events.”

“But the empress…”

“I was putting on an act for them. The empress is not someone who would talk idly out of boredom. Keep today’s events to yourself, you know, I know, and Chasing Shadow… Consider him dead. Keep your mouth shut, or I’ll be left without a place to be buried!”

She was already facing public scrutiny for her business dealings; her reputation wasn’t good. If this got out, the Mu Family would truly leave her with no way out.

She could not die.

She still had to inherit the Mu Family.

Mu Qianya took Su Miaoyan around the garden to play some more, and seeing Su Miaoyan happy, she finally started to relax.

She had fulfilled her duty to Xiao Yu.

And her own purity, the honor of her maidenhood…

The image that came to Mu Qianya’s mind was of Chasing Shadow’s cold, unfeeling demeanor.

While she was relieved that the man was such, that he had played his part in a charade and would not say anything more, her heart felt an inexplicable loss. After such an ordeal, she could no longer marry another man with peace of mind.

Her purity had been exposed to Chasing Shadow.

“Your item.”

As she brooded, a voice suddenly rang out.

Chasing Shadow was holding a piece of ribbon in his hand and extended it toward her.

Mu Qianya recognized it as part of her undergarment. In the midst of handling Su Yingxue, she had had a dispute with Chasing Shadow, and she had no idea where this ribbon had ended up.

Chasing Shadow said, “It was tied around my waist.”

Mu Qianya’s face instantly reddened, “Just throw it away! Why bring it out!”

“There’s something on it.”

Chasing Shadow spoke in a cold voice.

Mu Qianya saw that a pearl was inlaid on the clasp. The pearl was not large, but it was lustrous and full, and clearly valuable.

Mu Qianya took it, intending to throw it away, but Feng Ling said, “If it doesn’t bother you, it’s best to burn it.”

Mu Qianya looked up. At first, she was somewhat puzzled, but then she immediately broke off a brazier, tossed the belt along with the pearl into it, and watched as they began to smoke as they burned.

“All things in your room have been burned,” Feng Ling said, his face still hard and cold.

His voice sounded even more frightening at night.

Mu Qianya squatted in front of the brazier, looking up at him. The man was unreasonably tall, and the flames leaping in his eyes couldn’t melt away the chill within them.

But he had taken every precaution, thoroughly destroying any traces.

“No one will know about what happened today,” Feng Ling assured her.

This was his best explanation to her.

“Yes,” Mu Qianya nodded. “It was a desperate measure. If I hadn’t done this, I couldn’t have stopped the empress. It’s a test from Xiao Yu, isn’t it?”

“Yes.”

“If I hadn’t done this, how would you have stopped the empress?” Mu Qianya was curious. Xiao Yu, with his unrivaled strategic wisdom, had promised to help her and would certainly use her to his advantage.

Today, she had managed to protect Su Miaoyan and also ensured that Xiao Yu’s plan remained intact and undetected.

But she wanted to know what Xiao Yu’s plan would have been without him.

Feng Ling gazed at her, silent as ever, but the blade of his weapon once again flashed before her eyes.

Chilling and cold.

Mu Qianya felt a slight weight in her heart, sensing an immense pressure. Conspiring with Xiao Yu was too dangerous.

If he became a man who lost his reason, she too would probably meet an unpleasant end. She had gambled too much.

But now, it was too late for regrets.

She stood up, pursing her lips to ask Feng Ling, “Can I really not hire an assassin from the Silver Moon Pavilion? How did Xiao Yu manage to hire you?”

She had thought Feng Ling would, as always, coldly shut down her wish.

Instead, he said, “You don’t need to, for my protection is enough.”

Mu Qianya was stunned, heart pounding in confusion, as if a herd of deer were rampaging in her chest, at a loss for what to do, “What do you mean by having you? Aren’t you… Xiao Yu’s man? How… how can I have you?”

What did this mean?!

Feng Ling did not elaborate. As long as Mu Qianya stayed by Xiao Yu’s side, protecting Xiao Yu meant he would naturally not let her get hurt.

But to Mu Qianya, this was enough to keep her awake all night.

Everything that had happened during the day replayed in her mind, now of her and Feng Ling standing naked together, now of Feng Ling indifferently taking her clothes that covered her body, and now of this man saying in front of her, “My protection is enough.”

Was his presence really enough?

Mu Qianya awoke from restless sleep, with Feng Ling anxiously waiting at her bedside, “Miss, Xiao Yu has gone to the palace for the second day now, and there has been no news. What should we do?”

Escaping from Qilin Garden now was impossible, wasn’t it?

What if the empress came to search again and insisted on finding Su Miaoyan?

Mu Qianya got up to wash, while going to find Su Miaoyan, she pondered, “Xiao Yu may have trouble leaving the palace this time. I must do my utmost to ensure Miaoyan goes undetected and prevent the emperor and empress from bringing charges against him.”

But how could she achieve this?

Before she had time to think it through, she bumped into Feng Ling. In the morning light, he exuded a cold aura, his face solemn, but it involuntarily made one’s ears burn up.

“My protection is enough.”

That phrase began to echo again in Mu Qianya’s ears.

“Miss Mu, the emperor decrees that you enter the palace to meet the empress.”

Xiao Qingyu interrupted Mu Qianya’s reverie. When she heard this, her heart sank heavily.

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