Do you really think you can get me with just a banana?

Si Hongyin sobbed and let go of Yan Ruchen, still looking at him in disbelief. But at least her lover came back to save her, so she was both sad and happy. She repeatedly asked Yan Ruchen to confirm whether he really came back to help her.

After Yan Ruchen's several solemn assurances, Si Hongyin finally let down his guard.

At this moment, Yan Ruchen gently extended the hand that had just patted Si Hongyin's back to comfort her, palm facing up, and said, "So, Hongyin, can you give me the handkerchief you gave Song Ziye that day?"

On the other side, inside the Yuchen Palace.

Guan Shanyu lay on Li Suyin's bed and slept for another half a day. It was not until the afternoon that he was woken up by Li Suyin, who could not bear to see him anymore.

"Big Brother, if Yan Ruchen wasn't here, I'd honestly want to strangle you to death. Look at what you've brought upon me. I can't sleep in my bed, I can't leave the house, and I have to do something so dangerous with you. I'm truly unlucky."

Li Suyin woke Guan Shanyu up, and before he could wake up, she helped him sit up. Guan Shanyu was still a little dizzy after sitting up halfway, but suddenly saw Li Suyin handing him a bowl of something. The bitter smell hit his nose, and Guan Shanyu immediately pinched his nose and asked: "What is this?"

Li Suyin sighed and said, "Medicine soup! Did you know that the wound on your chest is inflamed? If I hadn't discovered it in time, you would have died. I'm telling you, drink this medicine quickly. Otherwise, Yan Ruchen will definitely kill me right after you die."

Guan Shanyu glanced down at his chest and found that it was indeed wrapped in new gauze. He took the medicine from Li Suyin, said thank you, and drank the medicine in one gulp. Only then did he remember to ask: "Did you change this gauze for me?"

Li Suyin took the tea bowl and placed it on the table. She immediately gestured for silence and said, "Keep your voice down. I can't ask a doctor to help you change it. If they know there's a grown man in my room, how can I get married? Don't tell Yan Ruchen either. What if he finds out that I gave you..."

“What don’t you want to tell me?”

Li Suyin was speaking when a deep male voice suddenly echoed behind her, causing her neck to stiffen. She turned around and saw Yan Ruchen, who had returned without her noticing, dusting himself off and staring at her with curiosity. Li Suyin cried out, "Oh my god!" and immediately jumped onto a nearby stool to hide.

Guan Shanyu couldn't help laughing when he saw this, and explained for Li Suyin: "The wound on my chest got inflamed. She changed the medicine for me and asked me not to tell anyone, for fear that it would affect her marriage. You should remember not to tell anyone too." Li Suyin looked at Guan Shanyu in despair when she heard this, thinking that this dead man told him not to tell anyone, but he still said it.

Yan Ruchen narrowed his eyes slightly and asked, "Is the wound inflamed?"

Guan Shanyu glanced down at himself, then changed the subject, stood up and said, "You're back so soon, is everything going well?"

Yan Ruchen stepped forward and stopped him from getting up, saying, "Don't worry, you can rest first. I have already finished my work."

Guan Shanyu sat down, but did not mention his injury anymore. Instead, he said, "Okay, can I see what you brought?"

Yan Ruchen sat down beside the bed and handed over the package. Guan Shanyu examined it carefully, pondering in his mind. Just as he was about to share his opinion, he looked up and found a few small red marks on Yan Ruchen's face and neck.

Guan Shanyu rubbed his eyes, afraid that he was seeing things, and then took a closer look at Yan Ruchen's profile. Yan Ruchen was looking down at the ground, and the red marks on his face were clearly visible. Guan Shanyu was a little confused and asked carefully: "Ruchen, are you injured?"

Yan Ruchen then raised his hand and touched his face, saying casually, "Oh, maybe Hongyin caught it."

Guan Shanyu was surprised when he heard this and asked, "You...you met her?"

Yan Ruchen nodded and explained, "It wasn't a chance encounter. I went to look for her on purpose. This handkerchief has been with her."

Guan Shanyu was even more puzzled: "This handkerchief should be kept by Elder Qiushui or Sect Leader Yuan, how come it is in the hands of Fairy Hongyin?"

Yan Ruchen moved closer, his eyes serious, a hint of a smile on his lips. "I'm just speculating. Don't you think it's a little strange that Hongyin suddenly went crazy and was sent to the back mountain?"

Guan Shanyu thought for a moment and replied, "Is she stimulated?"

Yan Ruchen smiled faintly. "Clever. I think, if your previous inferences are correct, then the elders' goal is indeed to make Si Hongyin collapse, so that they can use the name of insanity to cut off her path to becoming the leader. Then, this handkerchief has become the perfect catalyst. She has been slandered because of the handkerchief, and she sees it every day. Over time, she has been pent up and angry and has no place to vent, so it is natural that her mental health will be affected."

The afterglow of the setting sun shone through the window and hit Yan Ruchen's profile. Half of his face was reflected in the light, making his facial features look delicate and not sharp. His bright eyes looked at Guan Shanyu.

Guan Shanyu coughed softly, turned his head, glanced at Li Suyin, who was hiding well but still looked frightened, and whispered, "Really, you have ulterior motives."

Yan Ruchen smiled, but didn't say anything. As Guan Shanyu handed the item back, he pulled out a medicine bottle from his bosom and handed it to him: "Use this medicine to treat the wound first, and then I'll tell you what I think."

Yan Ruchen took the medicine bottle, nodded in agreement, and took a piece of ointment from the bottle and applied it on his face.

Seeing this, Guan Shanyu took the opportunity to say, "These two things are the key points that point directly to their affair. But I still can't figure out how Song Yin could have a spiritual realm, a treasure that only senior disciples and elders have, and how she could have happened to run into Si Hongyin and Song Ziye. Besides, if Si Hongyin really wanted to write a love poem, she wouldn't be so blatant. Giving the same handkerchief to two people is just asking for trouble. This spiritual realm usually needs to be injected with spiritual power before it can be used. So Ruchen, I need you to use your spiritual power to explore who the spiritual power that has been injected into this spiritual realm belongs to. As for the handkerchief, you either have to tear it apart and sew it again, or use spiritual power to change the words. So... Ruchen, you applied all the medicine wrong..."

Yan Ruchen paused as he was applying the medicine on his face. He turned around and glanced at Guan Shanyu hesitantly. Guan Shanyu pointed at his own face and said, "You've applied the medicine all over the outside. Your wound is here, near your jaw."

Yan Ruchen looked at Guan Shanyu's gestures, and hesitated to apply the ointment on his face, but he couldn't find the right place. Despite Guan Shanyu's repeated instructions, Yan Ruchen still couldn't get it right. After several failed attempts, Guan Shanyu finally couldn't help but whispered, "Ruchen, if you don't mind, I'll help you?"

Yan Ruchen was slightly stunned, then handed the medicine in his hand to Guan Shanyu: "Sorry for the trouble."

Guan Shanyu nodded, thinking helplessly, hadn't he previously given Yan Ruchen the character of a smart and scheming man? But he didn't look that smart, did he?

He gently scooped out a little ointment and carefully applied it to the wounds on Yan Ruchen's face and neck. However, even though it was ointment, Guan Shanyu did not dare to touch Yan Ruchen too much. After applying the ointment to the wound, his hand did not stay there any longer, but just gently brushed Yan Ruchen's skin with his fingers.

Li Suyin hid beside the stool and watched the two of them coldly with an expressionless face.

After Guan Shanyu had treated the wound, Yan Ruchen remained motionless, staring at the ground, his thoughts running wild. It wasn't until Guan Shanyu had withdrawn his hand for a while that he slowly raised his head and asked, "Is it enough to just use my spiritual power to detect who touched each of these two things?"

Guan Shanyu said, "Well, I heard that after spiritual energy is injected, its intensity will change over time, but the depth, type, and aura of each person's cultivation are unique. You can use your spiritual power to detect which people's spiritual power is left in these items, and thus determine if there are any abnormalities. My cultivation is still shallow, so I can't do this, but you should be able to."

Yan Ruchen nodded in agreement, took the item, and closed his eyes for a moment, as if he was mobilizing his spiritual power. Guan Shanyu was just worried about whether he had succeeded, but he saw Yan Ruchen suddenly open his eyes, stretched out his hand to him and said, "It's okay, come and feel it too."

Guan Shanyu was still a little confused, but seeing that Yan Ruchen's hand was extended in front of him, he also stretched out his hand. The moment their palms touched, it seemed as if a spiritual power scroll opened before his eyes. Scenes of spiritual power fluctuations gradually weakened, like a replay of a movie, clearly showing the sources of different spiritual powers.

Guan Shanyu finished feeling it and released his hand, secretly marveling at Yan Ruchen's mastery of this skill, which far exceeded his imagination. Before he could fully recover, Yan Ruchen had already waved to Li Suyin: "Come and experience it too, and help us bear witness."

Li Suyin was suddenly called over, and she trembled with fear. She glanced at Guan Shanyu with some trepidation, but saw that Guan Shanyu looked as if it was a matter of course and had no intention of helping her to shirk. She turned her head and glanced at Wang Tianyang, who was still frozen in place, swallowed hard, and moved over.

After nervously extending his hand, Yan Ruchen did not hold Li Suyin's hand like he did when he shared spiritual power with Guan Shanyu. Instead, he just casually placed his hand on hers, and several different images immediately flashed before Li Suyin's eyes.

After Yan Ruchen finished his presentation, he pulled his hand away from Li Suyin's. Li Suyin was so shocked by the scene that she hid behind Guan Shanyu and said, "Oh my god, is this true?"

Guan Shanyu turned his head and glanced at her indifferently, as if to say, "How dare you not believe Yan Ruchen's words?" Li Suyin understood and immediately hid behind Guan Shanyu and stopped talking.

Guan Shanyu turned his head again and said, "This spiritual realm should be used by the Ziwei Society. Based on the public trial of Si Hongyin and Song Ziye, this spiritual realm has been used by at least four people. However, this handkerchief only has the spiritual power of one person, so it is easier to infer. Elder Qiushui did touch this handkerchief."

Yan Ruchen nodded and said, "But the timeline of this spiritual realm can be pushed forward." After that, he took out a piece of spiritual realm from his arms. Guan Shanyu saw this and asked with some confusion, "What is this?"

Yan Ruchen replied: "Witness testimony."

Guan Shanyu looked at the spiritual realm in his hand curiously, but couldn't find the mechanism to open it, and seemed a little confused.

Seeing this, Yan Ruchen gently wiped the surface of the spiritual realm. A barely perceptible flash of dark golden light flashed by, followed by a wisp of purple smoke curling up, condensing into a disc-shaped cloud in the air, like a moving scroll. Inside the disc, a clear image slowly unfolded—Chen Rongrong and Song Yin were standing and conversing in front of the Ziwei Society's gate.

"She's usually very high-profile, as if she's afraid everyone doesn't know about her friendship with Yan Ruchen. But now that she has a disciple named Yan and is so close to Song Ziye, she wants everything. Even my master often complains about her bad behavior in the sect. She has caused this situation entirely by herself."

"You are quite capable. If you hadn't found evidence of their affair, Ruchen would still be kept in the dark by her."

"It's not really my discovery. I picked up this spiritual realm on the mountain path. I just happened to find evidence of their affair, so I presented it to the emperor."

"You actually found it? When?"

"Four days before they were brought in for trial."

...

Guan Shanyu stared at the spiritual realm for a while. Apart from that key conversation, the rest was just the girls' daily chat. After reading the conversation over and over again, he turned to Yan Ruchen and asked, "How did you get this information?"

Yan Ruchen replied easily, "Oh, I gave the spiritual realm to Chen Rongrong and asked her to help me get some information."

Although Guan Shanyu was surprised, he didn't ask any further questions, but simply observed the spiritual realm again and again. Seeing this, Yan Ruchen took the initiative to say, "I think it's easier for a girl to ask questions than me, just gossiping."

Hearing this, Guan Shanyu turned to look at Yan Ruchen and smiled: "I understand this principle. Rongrong did ask some useful questions."