Shengjing Noble

Xianglan nodded gratefully: "Thank you, as long as you don't chase me away, I will definitely take good care of your food and daily life in the future!"

"Then I'll have to trouble Sister Xianglan. Ah~ I'm sleepy. I'm going to bed first." Su Shengming got up and left the house.

Su Lanyin and Song Huaizhi helped to clean up the dishes, and Huo Jingxiao disappeared.

Because of the addition of one person, the three rooms need to be reallocated.

Song Huaizhi and Xianglan lived in one room, Su Shengming and Huo Jingxiao lived in another, and the last small bedroom was left for Su Lanyin.

Since they were going to live together for a long time in the future, they no longer dressed up as middle-aged people, except for Su Lanyin, who had to disguise herself slightly and wear men's clothes.

After all, there are high bounties on her all over the country now.

It was late at night and everyone was sleeping soundly.

Outside the courtyard gate, a figure walked stealthily along the wall to the back door.

He imitated the cat's meow three times towards the inside of the door, and then someone opened the back door. It was Xianglan.

"How is it, have you found out?" The person who spoke was the official who was outside the city gate.

Xianglan nodded: "We found out that they are not middle-aged people. They are all around 20 years old, three men and one woman."

"Strange, why are these people pretending to be middle-aged people?"

"I think they all look good. They are probably afraid of attracting attention and just want to keep a low profile and travel."

"Keep watching them! If they dare to attack my people, I will give them a good beating!"

After saying that, the officer turned around and was about to leave. Xianglan hurriedly followed him, looking at him cautiously.

"Sir, my sister..."

"Don't worry, as long as you behave yourself, your sister will be fine."

"You promised to let my sister go if I could sneak in."

"I did agree, but now you have to help me find out their background. Even if I let your sister go, can you take care of her? It's better to leave her in my hands. I will take good care of her for you, don't worry."

The officer raised his hand with an evil smile and touched Xianglan's cheek.

"Agui, as long as you obey me, your sister will be safe. But if you ruin my good deeds, you and your sister will not have a good life. Do you understand?"

By the end, the expression on his face had become almost evil and terrifying.

Xianglan nodded tremblingly and said obediently: "Well... I will be obedient. I will do whatever you ask me to do."

The officer thought for a moment, then asked, "What do they want you to do now?"

“They let me cook.”

"Cooking...very good, do your best, I'll come to you if there's anything."

After saying that, the official turned and left. Xianglan looked at his back, pinching her fingers nervously. After a while, she returned to the yard and closed the door.

However, all of this was seen by Huo Jingxiao on the roof.

……

Su Lanyin had just fallen asleep when she suddenly heard the door open. Although the sound was very light, her hearing was sharp, so she immediately opened her eyes and became awake.

She calmly reached her hand under the pillow and touched the dagger, then she became alert.

In the darkness, a figure quietly approached the bed and stretched out his hand towards her.

Su Lanyin suddenly stood up, and the dagger was against the man's throat, with a sharp coldness in her eyes.

"who!"

"Don't do it, it's me!"

Huo Jingxiao's face gradually became clear in the darkness. He raised his hands to his side, looking a little frightened.

Su Lanyin heaved a sigh of relief when she saw it was him. She put away the dagger, sat cross-legged, and asked in confusion, "What are you doing in my room in the middle of the night?"

"I was so scared, I thought you were going to kill me!"

Huo Jingxiao touched his chest and then sat down on a stool nearby.

"Guess what I just saw?"

"What?" Su Lanyin asked casually as she put away the dagger.

"I saw Xianglan secretly open the back door and talk to the officer who had troubled us that day. She turned out to be a spy!"

Huo Jingxiao said this with an indignant look on his face, but Su Lanyin's face did not show any surprise or annoyance, instead she looked very calm.

"Oh."

"Oh?" He was puzzled. "Why aren't you angry? Or should you be surprised?"

"Why should I be angry or surprised?"

"You..." He suddenly realized, "You knew it a long time ago?"

"I do not know."

"Don't you know you're still so calm?"

"The reason I was calm was because I never believed her."

"What do you mean?"

"I had already thought that she might be a spy before I brought her in."

"Then you brought her back?"

"Have you forgotten the purpose of our being here?"

"You want to use her to check on those people behind?"

"Yes, if she is not a spy, she is still a trouble to us."

"What trouble?"

"Think about it, we took in an orphan girl with no relatives for a while, but we can't take her with us when we leave Weicheng, right? We will have to abandon her at that time."

"But if she is a spy, we can use her as a pawn in our investigation of Weicheng. After we use her, we can throw her away or eliminate her. We don't have to worry about anything."

Huo Jingxiao rubbed his head and said, "This logic... always feels weird, but I can't find any fault with it..."

"I know what you are worried about. I tested her when I brought her back. She doesn't know martial arts, so she must have been coerced. She won't cause any harm to us."

"Yes, I just heard that the man seemed to have kidnapped her sister and was using this to threaten her."

"So, what are we afraid of with such a stupid spy? If it's not her, there will be someone else. What if the next one is smarter, more vicious, and more powerful? Anyway, Xianglan can help us cook and clean, so it's definitely worth keeping her."

Su Lanyin crossed her arms across her chest with a faint smile on her face.

Huo Jingxiao suddenly felt that the woman in front of him was too scheming and had calculated everything so clearly.

"You...you are really scheming."

"Thanks for the compliment."

"Which word sounds like a compliment to you?"

"Being scheming means I'm smart, and I like to hear people say that. On the contrary, I really hate it when people say I'm honest."

"Why? It really shows that you are kind."

Su Lanyin's face turned cold.

"They praise you for being honest because they have something to gain from you! Do you think being slick, sarcastic, treacherous and cunning are all derogatory terms? You are wrong! They are angry because they cannot take advantage of you, find your faults, or hurt your weak spots!"

"In my opinion, they call you selfish and heartless because you don't let them benefit! But when you sacrifice your own interests to satisfy them, they will say that you are real and that you are so kind. In fact, think about it from another perspective, aren't they calling you stupid?"