Infinite: Starting from Resident Evil

"Is everything you're saying true? Is that Li Xingyun really a descendant of Emperor Zhaozong?"

After hearing Ji Ruxue's words, the Empress put away her nonchalant expression and looked at her with a serious face.

Ji Ruxue bit her lip and said, "What I said is all true, and... and all of this was told to me by Brother Shen."

"Brother Shen? You call him so intimately, is he that wild man who's bewitched you?" The Empress looked at her coldly: "Aren't you afraid he's lying to you?"

"Your Majesty, Brother Shen would never lie to me," Ji Ruxue said, her neck held high.

"Hmph, you little slut, when you're in love, you even get bolder and dare to talk back to me. Very good, very good."

The empress was furious that her daughter, whom she had raised for over a decade, had turned against her in just a few days.

It took the Empress a while to calm her heaving chest. Then she coldly asked, "Where are that man surnamed Shen and that descendant of the Li Tang dynasty named Li Xingyun?"

“He should still be in Yuzhou,” Ji Ruxue replied. “However, Brother Shen also mentioned that Li Xingyun was going to the Hidden Soldier Valley, so I’m not entirely sure about that now.”

"Then let's go to Yuzhou first."

Upon hearing this, the Empress descended from the bed, passed through layers of curtains, and walked to Ji Ruxue. Her exquisite face was filled with a chilling aura: "I've decided to personally go to Yuzhou to meet this Brother Shen you mentioned, and also to verify whether Li Xingyun is truly a descendant of the Li Tang dynasty—someone, prepare the carriage..."

……

Inside Yuzhou City.

Shen Ye was naturally unaware that because of him, the Empress had already planned to come to Yuzhou ahead of time.

Because Li Xingyun was afraid that leaving the city at this time would lead to an ambush by the Xuanming Sect, the four of them decided to stay in the city for the day and deal with the situation later.

So at this moment, he and Lu Linxuan had already spent half a day wandering around the city and were on their way back to the inn.

"Brother Shen, have some candied hawthorn."

Lu Linxuan held up a candied hawthorn, took a bite himself, and then offered the uneaten part to Shen Ye's mouth.

Shen Ye had seen the little girl's habit of feeding the people she liked before, so he smiled and took the whole candied hawthorn that Lu Linxuan had only taken a bite of.

"Is it delicious, Brother Shen?" Lu Linxuan's eyes narrowed with laughter.

It's so sour... but Shen Ye still forced himself to nod and said, "Delicious."

"Then have another one." Lu Linxuan used the same trick again, putting a half-eaten candied hawthorn to his mouth.

Shen Ye sighed inwardly, but he couldn't refuse Lu Linxuan's kindness, so he could only bite the bullet and continue eating.

So, the string of candied hawthorns was quickly finished.

Just as Shen Ye breathed a sigh of relief, Lu Linxuan took out another string of candied hawthorns wrapped in oil paper from his waist pouch.

Shen Ye: "..."

Fortunately, the two had now reached the vicinity of the inn. Seeing Li Xingyun and Zhang Zifan sitting at the door basking in the sun, Lu Linxuan felt embarrassed to be too intimate with Shen Ye in front of acquaintances, so he stopped feeding Shen Ye and ate by himself.

"You two have quite the leisure!"

Looking at the two who had been out for quite some time before returning, Li Xingyun said with a hint of sourness.

He wasn't jealous, after all, he and Lu Linxuan were true siblings. The main problem was that the couple could travel around the city, while he could only chat with Zhang Zifan, a grown man, in the inn. Although they hit it off immediately, even the best of brothers couldn't compare to having a charming woman by his side.

Shen Ye sensed the sourness in Li Xingyun's words and understood his true meaning. He joked, "If you two are willing, you can also stroll around the city together."

"It's fine for two grown men to have a drink, but it's not advisable for them to go out together. People will misunderstand and think they have homosexual tendencies," Li Xingyun said in a muffled voice.

“Yes! Yes!” Zhang Zifan chimed in.

"In that case, I can offer you two a place where you can drink and have fun together. I wonder if you two are interested?" Shen Ye said with a wicked smile.

As soon as he said this, all three of them, including Lu Linxuan, looked at Shen Ye.

"Brother Shen, you know of this good place?"

Zhang Zifan snapped open his folding fan and started waving it rapidly, clearly somewhat tempted.

"Brother Shen, tell me quickly what place that is?" Li Xingyun asked impatiently.

Shen Ye smiled slightly and uttered two words: "brothel".

Before Li Xingyun and Zhang Zifan could speak, Lu Linxuan tugged at his sleeve and said with dissatisfaction, "Brother Shen, how could you let my senior brother go to a place like that?"

"I was just making a suggestion," Shen Ye chuckled, then walked into the inn.

Lu Linxuan followed closely behind, while behind her, Li Xingyun and Zhang Zifan looked at each other, hesitated for a while, but still couldn't make up their minds, and could only return to the inn dejectedly.

……

(Empress, oh Empress, let her make her appearance ahead of schedule...)

Chapter 396! Love and Hate

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Time flew by and it was already evening.

"Brother Shen, do you think the Xuanming Sect will come looking for us tonight?" During dinner, Lu Linxuan put a piece of chicken on Shen Ye's plate and then asked curiously.

Although he was virtually unmatched in strength in this world, Shen Ye refused Li Xingyun and Zhang Zifan's request to drink today. After eating the chicken that Lu Linxuan had given him, he picked up his teacup, took a sip, and then said, "We didn't keep our appointment during the day, so they will naturally take the initiative to find us, and it will definitely be at night. After all, they don't want to make a big fuss about it, so they chose to ask us to meet outside the city in the first place."

Li Xingyun asked curiously, "If that's the case, why don't we leave Yuzhou City under the cover of night and create a time difference with them?"

Shen Ye shook his head: "If they can send people to our door, they will definitely send people to monitor us. Moreover, during the day, when Xuan'er and I were strolling around Yuzhou, we were followed by more than one tail. As soon as we showed any intention of leaving the city, they would definitely make a move immediately."

Li Xingyun frowned and said, "So we can only wait for them to come looking for us?"

At the same time, Lu Linxuan said, "Brother Shen, since there are tails following us, and you already know about it, why don't you find them out?"

Shen Ye smiled and answered Li Xingyun's question first: "Waiting for the rabbit to run into the tree stump is better than being ambushed. Who knows what tricks they have prepared for us outside the city?"

Although, according to the plot, the Xuanming Sect only sent one person this time, Jiang Zhaoyi, one of the Five Yama Kings, and he was only a mere Grand Star Rank, not even able to defeat Zhang Zifan, who knows how the plot will change after he arrives. He himself doesn't care, but he can't drag Li Xingyun and Lu Linxuan down with him. After all, the Xuanming Sect is skilled in using poison, and if something goes wrong, especially if Lu Linxuan is injured, he will regret it.

Li Xingyun nodded and said, "Brother Shen, you should be more cautious. If it were me, I would probably have gone straight there as soon as I received the invitation."

Shen Ye smiled again and then began to answer Lu Linxuan's question: "The reason I don't expose them is not only because I don't want to alert them, but also because I find it troublesome. Anyway, they will come to me on their own when the time comes."

"That's all?" Lu Linxuan pouted cutely and didn't say anything more.

After quickly finishing their dinner, the four of them prepared to go back to their rooms to rest.

However, before returning to his room, Shen Ye called out to Lu Linxuan, who was about to open his room door.

"Xuan'er, you can stay here with me tonight."

Compared to Li Xingyun and Zhang Zifan, two geniuses who seemed to have cheat codes, Lu Linxuan, who was only at the mid-star level, was far too weak. He was worried about him, which is why he made this decision.

Seeing that Shen Ye had taken the initiative to invite her, Lu Linxuan was overjoyed. However, out of girlish modesty, she did not show it too obviously and instead shyly agreed.

Li Xingyun and Zhang Zifan, who hadn't even entered the house yet, had different expressions on their faces when they saw this scene.

Li Xingyun said with a mischievous grin, "Brother Shen, Junior Sister, no matter what noise we make tonight, I won't let anyone disturb you."

As for Zhang Zifan, he walked into his room with a resigned look on his face, muttering, "When will my love come?"

Shen Ye glanced at Zhang Zifan, who was closing the door, and then said to Li Xingyun, "Don't overthink it. I just want to protect Xuan'er's safety."

"I understand, I understand." Li Xingyun didn't believe her, but gave her an expression that said, "I understand."

"Alright, senior brother, you should go inside and rest. Brother Shen will protect me." At this moment, Lu Linxuan walked over. She glared at Li Xingyun, warning him not to talk nonsense, and then pushed Shen Ye into the room, closing the door behind her.

"Xuan'er, go to bed and rest." Shen Ye said to her after Lu Linxuan closed the door.

Lu Linxuan obediently sat on the bed and then asked, "What about you, Brother Shen?"

Shen Ye pointed to the chair next to the square table: "I'll sit here."

“That won’t do.” Lu Linxuan immediately stood up, then said awkwardly, “Brother Shen, you sleep on the bed too. I’ll sleep inside, and you can sleep outside.”

Upon hearing this, Shen Ye thought to himself, "This girl is quite bold. She can say such things. Isn't she afraid that I'll eat her alive tonight?"

However, when he thought about Lu Linxuan's behavior in the original story, he understood her a little. After all, once this girl falls in love with someone, she will really give her all.

However, Shen Ye felt it wasn't the right time yet, so he shook his head and said, "The bed is too small, you should sleep alone."

This was obviously an excuse, and Lu Linxuan could tell. She immediately said, "I think this bed is quite big, much bigger than the bed I used to sleep in. And, if you think it's too small, Brother Shen, we can sit closer together, or... or you can hold Xuan'er."

"Wow, this girl has the spirit of the Tang Dynasty."

Lu Linxuan's words made Shen Ye take a deep breath, thinking to himself that as expected of a woman from the late Tang Dynasty, she was indeed bold.

Since the girl had already said so, it would seem unmanly for Shen Ye to refuse again. After thinking for a moment, he nodded.

Then, Lu Linxuan took off her clothes in front of Shen Ye. She was already wearing very little clothing, and soon she was only wearing a bodice and underpants that reached her thighs.

After all, she was still a young girl. Although she had said those things in a moment of impulse, after taking off her clothes, Lu Linxuan quickly crawled into bed and covered herself with the blanket.

"Brother Shen... Brother Shen, please come up too," Lu Linxuan said shyly.

Shen Ye nodded and took off his clothes, but he only took off his outer garment before getting into bed.

As soon as he got into bed, his hand touched Lu Linxuan's exposed skin. The girl was only sixteen years old, and although she had practiced martial arts for many years, her skin was as tender as white jade, which made Shen Ye sigh in his heart - so smooth!

When Shen Ye touched her, Lu Linxuan shuddered as if she had been electrocuted, and her body subconsciously moved a little closer, but she quickly moved back and carefully rested her head on Shen Ye's chest.

Shen Ye reached out from under the covers and patted Lu Linxuan's head, saying, "Xuan'er, go to sleep."

"Hmm!" Lu Linxuan hummed in response, whether with disappointment or surprise, and then slowly closed his eyes.