Exile is exile, is half of the capital enough as compensation?

Leng Youran pulled the overly nervous Li Tianze and said, "Don't worry, the entrance to the secret passage is in our direction. He can't escape."

Li Tianze didn't know whether he heard her clearly or not. He nodded blindly, but his eyes remained on Chu Zhaolin and never left him for a moment.

Seeing that he was still staring at her, Leng Youran stopped trying to persuade her.

She could understand his feelings. How could he be calm when the murderer of his father whom he had been tracking down for so long was right in front of him?

If it were her, she wouldn't be able to do it either.

The two waited in the space for about a quarter of an hour before they heard movement again in the secret passage.

The two looked in the direction of the sound and saw a person slowly coming down the stone stairs at the other end of the secret passage.

"Queen Mother Chu!" Li Tianze murmured.

Although he spoke very quietly, Leng Youran still heard it and looked at the person who came.

Chu Zhaolin also saw the person coming at this time, and ran over in two steps.

"What took you so long?" Maybe it was because he had waited too long, but there was a hint of anxiety in Chu Zhaolin's voice.

"I'm sorry, Brother Lin. I had some things to deal with upstairs just now. I'll come over as soon as I finish it."

Chu Wanjing tried hard to act gentle and quiet. In fact, she was not busy at all. She just didn't want to come down to see him. After thinking about it, she came anyway.

Chu Zhaolin didn't doubt her words at all, but tightened his grip around her waist. "How have you been these days?"

Queen Mother Chu patted his back and said, "Very good. What happened to you?"

Chu Zhaolin shook his head slightly. "Nothing much, I just miss you. I haven't been able to be with you all these years. Now that I'm back, I still can't see you often. I feel so uncomfortable in my heart."

Queen Mother Chu's lips curled up into a barely perceptible smile, which she quickly withdrew. Then she soothed him, "Silly boy, we still have a long time to live together. Don't be so sad."

Chu Zhaolin didn't know what was going on with him today. He had clearly planned to go back, but after leaving the city, he suddenly missed Chu Wanjing very much.

He couldn't describe what this feeling was, but he felt as if it would be a pity not to see her today.

Chu Wanjing felt the strength of the person hugging her getting deeper, and there was no intention of letting her go. Her brows unconsciously frowned, but she said very gently: "Brother Lin, let me go first, let's go sit down and talk, okay?"

Chu Zhaolin reluctantly let go of the person in his arms, stood where he was, and stroked her cheek with a pair of rough big hands.

Although they are both over 40 years old, the woman in front of him is still as unforgettable as in his memory. He has been hiding for so many years. If it weren't for the thought of her in his heart, he might have died long ago.

Now the person he missed was right in front of him, but he always felt that there was an invisible gap between them.

He had noticed it the last time they met, and thought he was overthinking it, but that day...

"Brother Lin, what's wrong with you? Why are you looking at me like that?" Queen Mother Chu felt uneasy when she saw him looking at her and subconsciously shifted her gaze.

The last time they parted in a hurry, they didn't have much time to reminisce. Although they didn't say much, she knew that Chu Zhaolin cared about her.

But Chu Zhaolin tonight gave her an indescribable feeling. When facing him, her eyes couldn't help but avoid a little.

Seeing that she was avoiding his gaze, Chu Zhaolin didn't say much, but just took her hand and walked to the bed.

After sitting down, he said, "Jing'er, if one day I no longer appear in your life, will you think of me?"

Chu Zhaolin felt heartbroken when he said this. He was afraid of hearing an answer he didn't want to hear.

Over the years, he always thought that Chu Wanjing felt the same way about him as he did about her, but after coming back this time, he found that she had changed.

Not just her looks, but also the look that sometimes flashed in her eyes.

"Brother Lin, why do you suddenly say this? Are you hiding something from me? Or do you have other plans?" Queen Mother Chu had long been trained by everything in the palace to become a very cunning person.

When Chu Zhaolin said this, she noticed the change in his mood. Although she was a little shocked in her heart, her face still maintained its original expression, and she even showed worry and jealousy like a little girl.

Chu Zhaolin looked at her quietly. Seeing that she deliberately changed the subject and lowered her head to act like his favorite in the past, he felt indescribably uncomfortable.

After so many years, he is no longer the boy who knew nothing.

Although Chu Wanjing tried her best to show her original attitude in front of him, he still saw the perfunctory look in her eyes that she couldn't retract in time.

"It's okay. I don't know what happened. I just wanted to ask. Okay, I'm leaving now."

Chu Zhaolin was no longer as reluctant to leave as he was when he first met her, and his steps as he left were indescribably heavy.

Chu Wanjing kept staring at his back. She always felt that Chu Zhaolin seemed to have discovered something.

I wanted to open my mouth to call out to him, but I didn't open my mouth until his back disappeared into the dark passage.

What she didn't know was that Chu Zhaolin was actually giving her a chance. He thought that if Chu Wanjing called him, he would choose to indulge in her gentle embrace again.

But, she didn't.

Thinking of the news he had overheard before, his heart ached.

He already knew who the person was talking about without Chu Wanjing saying it herself.

It turns out that everything has really changed.

Maybe, it's not that she has changed, but that she has always been like this.

But he was too stupid and too young at that time and couldn't see through the twists and turns.

Now he seemed to have suddenly lost all his strength and didn't know what to do for a moment.

After coming out of the well, Chu Zhaolin stood at the mouth of the well and stared at the Chu Mansion in a daze for a long time.

Leng Youran and Li Tianze, who had been following behind him, were surprised at first when they saw Queen Mother Chu, but later became indifferent.

Then when he saw Chu Zhaolin's helplessness later, he felt a little confused.

"Tianze, I can understand why Chu Zhaolin came to see Queen Mother Chu, but the way he looks now..."

Li Tianze's gaze remained on the well entrance, his mind still pondering over what they had just seen. He said in a deep voice, "Perhaps Chu Zhaolin discovered something he couldn't accept!"

It seems that this is the only explanation that makes sense.

After all, the conversation between the two just now was a bit weird. It didn't feel like a reunion after a long separation, but rather like Chu Zhaolin was deliberately trying to find out something.

He had no idea what Chu Zhaolin wanted to know specifically.

Leng Youran also stroked his chin and looked up at Chu Zhaolin's slightly lonely back.

It can be seen from their conversation that this is not the first time they have met, so what has Chu Zhaolin discovered these days?

Where was it found.

What does this matter relate to?

Her intuition as a woman told her that Chu Zhaolin's visit tonight was definitely not entirely to find out some information, but more like he wanted to know something from Chu Wanjing.