Chapter 118: Homesickness Grows Stronger Near Home, Dare Not Tease the Literati

Hearing him say so, Sheng Yuan Yao was stunned for a moment, her eyes brightening: "According to what you say, you and he are enemies?"

"Consider it so. Why?" Lu Xing Zhou laughed. "Can't sit still, want to earn merit?"

"Of course!" Sheng Yuan Yao tapped the table with her chopsticks. "Do you know, last month he killed someone in the capital's suburbs? It was the first case I encountered while on duty in the capital. The result is, we clearly know who did it, yet we couldn't catch the person..."

"Not many people from Yanluo Hall's killings are caught by Zhenmo Si. No one should blame you."

"Other people's matters are other people's matters, don't I have pride?" Sheng Yuan Yao leaned her head closer and nudged him with her elbow. "Hey, since he's your enemy, and he's from Yanluo Hall so you are very familiar with his methods, how about helping me out? There are benefits for you if we catch him!"

Being so close, he could already smell the fragrance of the girl's hair.

Lu Xing Zhou turned his head to look at the girl's expectant expression, was silent for a moment, then sighed: "Originally, I should help you with your matter. If it were any other opponent, I wouldn't hesitate. But someone from Yanluo Hall, if I do this, it's stabbing my old employer in the back, which isn't righteous."

Sheng Yuan Yao tapped the table. "Don't make me look down on you! The other side is your enemy! Not an old subordinate! If I'm not mistaken, his subordinates have also tried to assassinate you before, right? Are you just going to be this cowardly?"

Lu Xing Zhou didn't speak.

Sheng Yuan Yao added: "I think you're afraid of Yan Jun's retaliation, right? I understand! Who isn't afraid of someone that strong? But rest assured, we won't reveal that you helped us at that time. Yan Jun won't find it on your head."

Lu Xing Zhou subconsciously said: "Who says I'm afraid of her!"

A Nuo blinked her eyes and lowered her head to eat the fish.

Sheng Yuan Yao smiled without smiling: "Really not afraid?"

Lu Xing Zhou pursed his lips and picked vegetables casually. "Forget it, you're right. That guy wanted to kill me first. How can I not get back at him? Wouldn't I seem like a pushover? I'll take this matter on."

Sheng Yuan Yao happily leaned in a bit more. "Right now we don't know where he is. Your words just now sound like you have an idea?"

"As long as he's still nearby." Lu Xing Zhou said faintly. "So many people know that I've come to the capital, he probably knows too. And I have so many enemies, he could even frame the Huo family when he kills me... So the probability of him taking the initiative to find me is very high. You just need to keep an eye on me, you might get something. Right..."

"What?"

"You... haven't you been constantly pursuing him these past few days?"

"I've been searching for his whereabouts, but I haven't gotten any news. But I don't personally go search for everything, I still went hunting a few days ago."

Lu Xing Zhou stopped his chopsticks and frowned, staring at her.

Sheng Yuan Yao looked down at herself strangely, no vegetables fell on her body. "What's wrong?"

"This person is extremely petty. If you don't stop searching and pursuing him, he will definitely hold a grudge against you. And you yourself haven't set up defenses, yet you still dare to go hunting... At first, he might not know you were genuinely hunting. He might have thought you were trying to lure him out and wasn't too daring to make a move. Once he observes a few times and discovers you're really that careless, then I feel the possibility of him killing you is greater than killing me."

Sheng Yuan Yao's eyes widened. "He dares?"

"He really dares." Lu Xing Zhou sighed. "This person is quite crazy... Just look at him taking the position of the new number one. Who would have thought he would actually lie in wait for Cheng Yuan for a full month, find an opportunity, and strike to kill in one blow, just to prove his excellence to Yan Jun. Cheng Yuan was an official too!"

Sheng Yuan Yao: "..."

"Killing me, he still needs to consider Yan Jun's unpredictable reaction. Killing you might genuinely not have this consideration, and he can do it because you're my friend, changing it into a demonstration towards me, making me heartbroken." Lu Xing Zhou looked at her eyes very seriously. "From today onwards, you must strengthen your side guards. If the Sheng family also has protectors or the like, let them shadow you constantly, even follow you to the toilet."

Sheng Yuan Yao's pretty face blushed slightly. "What going to the toilet, how vulgar."

"Ha..." Lu Xing Zhou was amused by her instead and laughed. "Our Commander Sheng blushing is really rare, and it's just because of this sentence... Please, the key point of this sentence is that you are very dangerous, please focus on the point."

Sheng Yuan Yao rolled her eyes. "Okay, okay, I know."

But that blush on her face still hadn't faded.

Heaven knows that the point she truly grasped from this sentence was "making me heartbroken". She clearly knew that Lu Xing Zhou didn't have any other meaning when he said this; any friend being killed would cause heartbreak. But this scoundrel, with his damn peach blossom eyes, looking at people affectionately while saying these words, was truly hard to bear. That heart felt as if it suddenly leaped out of control and hasn't calmed down since.

It's too unfair. Sheng Yuan Yao even couldn't help but suspect whether she could withstand it if this guy really came to confess to her affectionately. She really wanted to dig out his damn eyes. I'm not a dog, what are you looking at me like that for!

To be honest, if it weren't for this guy being too good-looking, everyone's relationship wouldn't have gotten close and become friends so easily. Sheng Yuan Yao admits that she is very face-conscious, including being drawn to A Nuo's cute face. Even though she knew she was cheated out of two taels of silver by her, she still couldn't help but like her.

Right... Sheng Yuan Yao viciously pinched A Nuo's face. "You little brat, you lied to me about the marriage fate divination, I forgot to settle this account with you!"

A Nuo's mouthful of meat dropped, and she shouted unjustly with a blank look. "I didn't lie to you..."

"Then your divination wasn't accurate. Don't divine anymore later." Sheng Yuan Yao said proudly. "I even had the national master look at it!"

"Oh..." A Nuo shrank her neck, feeling a little unconvinced in her heart. Although her own divination had only learned a little bit, Sheng Yuan Yao's divination foundation was good! A Nuo didn't believe she would calculate it wrong. The question of one plus one equals two, is there a difference between a toddler and a great scholar calculating it?

What national master, deceiving the world and stealing fame. Another day, she would stand in front and A Nuo would divine for her too!

Dinner finally ended, and the building outside was already brightly lit.

Sheng Yuan Yao stood up to settle the bill, Pei Yu smiled and motioned for the shopkeeper to take it. "If I don't accept this, Miss Sheng will say that I, Pei Yu, look down on her."

Sheng Yuan Yao nodded very satisfied. "You still understand me quite well."

Pei Yu smiled wryly and said to Lu Xing Zhou: "Come to the Pei family tomorrow, don't forget."

Lu Xing Zhou cupped his hand. "I won't forget."

Pei Yu then asked Sheng Yuan Yao: "Miss Sheng, do you want to come along?"

"I just won't go." Sheng Yuan Yao sighed. "That's why I don't like people like you. You clearly know I won't go, but you still have to ask one more question to show that you're not being rude?"

"Ha..." Pei Yu didn't argue with her. "My courtesy has arrived, that's good enough. As for how Miss Sheng sees it, that's not important."

The group left Yan Yu Building, and Sheng Yuan Yao quietly asked Lu Xing Zhou: "Chu Qing Chen also wants to find Ye Wu Feng's trouble, aren't you going to contact him and work together?"

"Mainly these kinds of young heroes and swordsmen, they're proud and won't easily listen to my arrangements. It's more suitable for your government to contact and cooperate."

"I still thought you had other ideas. Okay then, I'll find him and talk about it, but I won't see you off." Sheng Yuan Yao waved her hand goodbye. "Be careful tonight, don't lose your way on a maidservant's belly."

A Nuo pushed Lu Xing Zhou back to the inn, and Pei Chu Yun walked beside him, saying leisurely: "This Commander Sheng, her personality is really not bad."

"That's for sure, knowing that it's meaningless to offend people without reason, right?"

Without reason? That might not be the case. Pei Chu Yun inwardly complained but didn't say anything.

Lu Xing Zhou said: "Pei Yu also seems okay, at least on the surface, his demeanor is much better than the Huo family's people. Worthy of being a thousand-year-old renowned family."

Pei Chu Yun said "um", obviously a little distracted.

Lu Xing Zhou said: "You haven't spoken for a whole meal, just pricking up your ears to listen to that side's conversation. How is it, did you gain anything?"

Pei Chu Yun shook her head. "No. They were just chatting about some interesting Jianghu stories and the situations of some common friends. It seems like Pei Yu went out to experience the Jianghu two years ago and made friends with them... In short, it's unrelated to the matter we want to know."

"Even though you're disguised, the overall change isn't big. In theory, if something were going on, Pei Yu should have some reaction when he sees your face, but he didn't have any reaction..." Lu Xing Zhou pondered. "From this perspective, the probability of you being related to the Pei family has decreased quite a bit."

Pei Chu Yun thought the same and her mood became bad.

Whether she was a Pei family daughter wasn't very important in itself, and Pei Chu Yun didn't want to rely on any renowned family's glory. But if not, it meant that the clue to her life experience was completely cut off, and she wouldn't know where to find it. And her situation in the Ya Nu He Huan Zong was also more confusing, without a breakthrough point.

Back at the inn, each person drew water to wash.

Pei Chu Yun soaked in the bath tub, casually scrubbing her body, her heart still absent.

Recalling the feeling of seeing Pei Yu today, she still felt a kind of inexplicable closeness, subconsciously wanting to listen to what he said and look at him a few more times. But Pei Chu Yun found it hard to distinguish whether this feeling was truly from some blood relation or just from her own curiosity to explore the truth.

She didn't even dare to tell Lu Xing Zhou about this situation, afraid of interfering with Lu Xing Zhou's judgment.

Pei Chu Yun was lost in thought until a knock on the door came, startling her. Only then did she realize the water was already cold.

Pei Chu Yun hurriedly got up and tidied herself, opened the door, and saw it was Lu Xing Zhou.

"Something wrong?"

"No, I just knew you must be in a bad mood, so I came to accompany you for a few drinks." Lu Xing Zhou looked at her just out of the bath appearance. Her beautiful hair was still wet and dripping, the fragrance assaulted his senses, and she looked more tempting than usual.

He subconsciously swallowed a mouthful of saliva and slightly turned his head. "I didn't know you were washing for so long... Never mind, I'll come back later."

Pei Chu Yun smiled charmingly. "Are you still afraid of this? Which part of my body haven't you seen? You're pretending to be a gentleman now."

Lu Xing Zhou: "..."

"Come in." Pei Chu Yun lazily stepped aside. "Since coming, it's I who wanted to seduce you into bed. If you burst into beastly nature seeing this appearance, I'll be more than happy."

She said this, but there was no hint of seduction. Her mind was elsewhere as she sat at the edge of the table and rested her cheek, looking at the candlelight.

Lu Xing Zhou then sat beside her and opened a jar to pour wine. "No need to worry so much. We've come this far, what difference will these two days make? I'll go to the Pei family tomorrow and try to inquire indirectly."

"Um..." Pei Chu Yun hesitated for a moment, then still said: "Lu Xing Zhou, what if it's not true, what should I do..."

Lu Xing Zhou said seriously: "Don't worry, I promised to help you with this matter, and I will help you to the end. Even if it's confirmed not the Pei family, I will still continue to help you find out later."

Pei Chu Yun smiled slightly. "Um."

Actually, she didn't hold much hope in her heart. After all, this kind of thing had no clues at all. It was no use for you, Lu Xing Zhou, to be smart.

Lu Xing Zhou said: "But whether it is or not, worrying is also meaningless. If this kind of thing becomes a knot in your heart, it's very unfavorable for your breakthrough to the upper three grades of cultivation—you are also seeking a breakthrough at this threshold, aren't you? Otherwise, the sect wouldn't have let you out to experience at this time."

"Yes." Pei Chu Yun thought for a bit, then sighed. "I don't know why, I clearly know it's meaningless to dwell on these things, but my heart is always strangely preoccupied with this matter. What's even stranger is, despite being so preoccupied, I'm actually still afraid of you going to ask tomorrow. What if it's not true? How disappointed will I be then? It's better to have no result than to ask and it turns out bad."

Lu Xing Zhou laughed. "Come, I'll give you another line of poetry."

Pei Chu Yun blinked her eyes.

Lu Xing Zhou picked up a paper and pen and wrote a line: "Near the hometown, the emotions are more timid, not daring to ask the incoming person."

Pei Chu Yun looked and looked, her person just mesmerized.

Lu Xing Zhou laughed: "He Huan demon female, really shouldn't be so sentimental, you really are an anomaly. Hey, you say, could it be because you are so literary and sentimental that your master doesn't dare to use you too much?"

Pei Chu Yun came back to her senses and said snappishly: "Saying that you don't understand He Huan... There are many people in the sect who are more sentimental than me. He Huan Zong is skilled in playing instruments, singing, and dancing, and is the most literary sect in the world, just right. Literary people are mostly sentimental."

This was a bit beyond Lu Xing Zhou's understanding. "Didn't you say the way of He Huan is having desire without emotion? Since they are both people without emotion, how can they be sentimental? Don't you yourselves feel this is very contradictory?"

"The way of assassination is even more ice-cold and emotionless, but I see you are very emotional. Don't you find me contradictory?"

Lu Xing Zhou opened his mouth but had no words to refute.

His own cultivation doesn't count as the way of assassination, perhaps Yuan Mu Yu does. So his pursuit of her was originally a pursuit of a forever impossible shadow, eventually seeking fish from a tree.

Whether the way of He Huan is as the people of the world understand, whether it is as the old impression he saw before brought, this is really hard to say. One book, one world, who knows what kind of way this He Huan is now? It's a pity that Pei Chu Yun obviously can't dissect her own cultivation method core for you to look at, there's no way to understand.

Seeing him distracted, Pei Chu Yun smiled charmingly, twisted her body and sat into his embrace, breathing like orchids in his ear: "No matter what, one poem for one kiss, that is our agreement. You have a poem, so naturally I want to fulfill it."

She gently kissed his cheek, then held up the wine cup and fed it to his lips. "Young master, drink some wine? A Ruo will feed you, is that good?"

Lu Xing Zhou lowered his head and drank. Pei Chu Yun said charmingly: "Young master won't feed A Ruo..."

Lu Xing Zhou felt that her actions were extremely like a performance stirred up by a poem, or she was using this to dispel the complexity in her heart. He didn't dwell on it either, lowered his head and kissed the red lips, then without saying a second word, he knocked on the gate and slowly passed the wine liquid over.

Pei Chu Yun's chest fluctuated violently, slowly sharing the wine liquid he passed over, then intensely hugged his neck. Their lips and tongues didn't separate, and they continued to kiss passionately.

Lu Xing Zhou vaguely guarded against the invasion of her charming skill, and it didn't happen from beginning to end. Instead, something hard to suppress naturally emanated, the effect of which seemed to help excite.