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After respectfully seeing Xia Hong off, Shen Jinmo took Xie Nanxing's hand and walked in the palace late at night.

The eunuch who sent the two out of the palace was also the one Shen Jinmo and Xie Nanxing were used to. Shen Jinmo gave a look, and the eunuch quickly handed the lantern to Shen Jinmo.

The young eunuch stopped and waited until the two men walked some distance away before following them closely.

The caution in his eyes is a precaution against possible dangers around him.

A team of imperial guards on night patrol came towards Shen Jinmo. When they were a little closer, the captain of the guards led all the imperial guards to kneel on one knee and salute Shen Jinmo.

Shen Jinmo walked past these people in silence, looking at Xie Nanxing's confused eyes, and felt that Xie Nanxing was really lovable.

At this time, it was already time for Xie Nanxing to fall asleep. Shen Jinmo put the cloak he brought with him before leaving home on Xie Nanxing, then knelt down in front of Xie Nanxing.

It was not appropriate to let Shen Jinmo carry Yu Li on his back in this deep palace, but since Shen Jinmo had already squatted down, Xie Nanxing would definitely not refuse.

With his hands hooked around Shen Jinmo's neck and his legs wrapped around his waist, Xie Nanxing became a little more sober.

She lowered her head and leaned close to Shen Jinmo's ear, scolding him, "How can you be so sleepy that you can't walk?"

"I haven't carried you on my back for a long time. I want to carry you on my back once."

Xie Nanxing tilted his head and thought for a long time; "You are lying. You have never betrayed me."

Shen Jinmo chuckled quietly and did not deny it.

The first time they met, he threw Xie Nanxing directly onto the cart. Later, when they returned to the thatched hut, he wrapped her in a piece of black cloth and carried her into the kitchen.

Every time after that, I naturally held her in my arms.

"Laugh, laugh, laugh your ass off."

"You had bad intentions from the beginning. You didn't treat me as a decent man. You just wanted to coax me into bed."

They put on hats at will and do it with a clear conscience.

Seeing that Xie Nanxing's sleepiness had completely disappeared, Shen Jinmo held Xie Nanxing's hips with one hand and lifted him up a few times.

"If you hadn't mentioned it, I really wouldn't have remembered it."

"Liar, I don't believe you. You have such a good brain and you know everything."

"I used to be afraid that you would suddenly die on my back, so I always held you in my arms so that I could see you as soon as I lowered my head, and I felt at ease."

These words sound a bit like love words, but if you listen carefully, they are just a simple statement of fact.

Rubbing Shen Jinmo's ear with his cheek, Xie Nanxing asked softly, "Then why did you carry me on your back today?"

He weighed it again: "I want to see if our Xie Nanxing is too heavy."

I always held him in my arms before, but today, it’s different.

Shen Jinmo wanted to remember the feeling of carrying Xie Nanxing on his back but not being able to see her face.

Remember, if one day Xie Nanxing can no longer be with him, he can rely on this memory to imagine what it feels like to have someone behind him.

When they arrived at the palace gate, the guard guarding the gate took the lantern from Shen Jinmo's hand and respectfully watched Shen Jinmo and Xie Nanxing leave before he dared to relax and returned to the camp to sit down.

Without riding the horse left at the palace gate, nor getting into the carriage driven by Mo Ping and Lu Bai, Shen Jinmo just walked along the streets and alleys of the capital with Xie Nanxing on his back.

"Shen Jinmo, the emperor left me there without saying anything, why?"

"Already told."

"What did you say? A great victory in the East?"

"That's because you happened to be here. For His Majesty, victory in the war against the Japanese pirates is a foregone conclusion. There won't be any suspense."

Xie Nanxing recalled the long game of Go that he had played, and thought about Xia Hong's look when he turned back to look at the chessboard: "Could it be that everything he wants to say is on the chessboard?"

After this speculation, Xie Nanxing was certain that this must be the case.

He grumbled quietly, complaining, "Doesn't he know that I can't play chess?"

"No way, my Xie Nanxing knows how to play the five-piece chess game."

Shen Jinmo's words sounded as if he knew how to play Gobang and if he didn't let Xie Nanxing win, then he wouldn't be able to win, which was some kind of incredible skill.

Shen Jinmo didn't want to say it, because the time had not come yet.

After all, the game of chess was not finished when they left.

Following Shen Jinmo's words, Xie Nanxing no longer insisted on playing chess today: "A three or five-year-old kid can play chess after being taught."

"Hey, Shen Jinmo, how about I raise a few kids, one with my last name and one with yours, and let them play Go with me?"

"No."

Without even a second thought, he refused: "If you want to play, I will accompany you. Don't play with others, only with me."

"Oh……"

As a word with a long tail sound fell, Xie Nanxing looked up at the starlight, and suddenly he understood something.

Xie Nanxing, who sits next to Shen Jinmo, who is commanding the country, but can only look up and count the stars, is not the same kind of person as Shen Jinmo.

Since they are not on the same path, Xie Nanxing should just take his own path.

This was Xia Hong's implicit yet straightforward warning.

This was also the reason why Shen Jinmo insisted on carrying him through the streets and alleys of Luoan tonight.

When I walk alone on the streets of this divine capital, I can imagine what Xie Nanxing looked like when he was here.

It really is, warm and sad.

"Shen Jinmo, he is so despicable."

Shen Jinmo paused, then responded: "Yeah."

"Shen Jinmo, he is so shameless."

"Yes."

"Shen Jinmo, I hate him so much."

"I didn't see him after that day."

Xie Nanxing would not worry about trivial matters. He is very open-minded.

Anyway, this was not the first time that Xia Hong had forbidden him to stay with Shen Jinmo.

If we can stay one more day, we should spend it holding hands.

"Shen Jinmo, I hooked you with my looks and figure. As long as I become more beautiful and more graceful day by day, you will not be able to leave me."

His sharp eyes softened in an instant, and Shen Jinmo suddenly felt that every night with Xie Nanxing around was warm.

"Hmm... the Patriarch is absolutely right."

"What kind of good person would give up the pleasure of being in bed and spend all day and night playing that damned Go?"

In this lonely dark night, Xie Nanxing unscrupulously made such a petty conclusion.

Xia Hong's daily plots and schemes are just because he is old and committed too many sins in his early years, so he can't enjoy the same kind of fun as them, so he keeps tormenting others, right?

Thinking about the fact that the palace had never had any heirs since Xia Yu was born, Xie Nanxing felt more and more that his guess was correct.

Some things are okay to joke about, but if this were true, Xie Nanxing, who had exposed the truth, would be a little worried.

"Shen Jinmo, was my voice low just now?"

"Only I can hear it."

The hand on Shen Jinmo's neck patted Shen Jinmo's chest gently, as if he was afraid that he had scared Shen Jinmo.

"I always feel that if I discover such a secret, I will be killed to silence me."