Yu Yuan turned his back to Yan Mu, Yan Mu couldn't see if he was asleep or not.
She lifted her upper body quietly, and carefully poked her head over to check.
The young man was breathing steadily and looked serene, as if he had fallen asleep.
Yan Mu didn't dare to be careless, she braced herself and stared at Yu Yuan for a long time.
Seeing that the boy showed no signs of waking up, Yan Mu was relieved.
She quickly moved her head closer, and dropped a kiss like a superficial touch.
The heartbeat suddenly accelerated, and it seemed to burst into the chest again and again.
A gust of heat rushed straight to my head.
Yan Mu's eyes sparkled, and his cheeks were slightly red.
what happened
Why does her heart beat so fast for this kiss
Obviously... It's just a continuation of routine.
Yan Mu panicked and quickly shrank back.
The moment she just retracted, the boy suddenly opened his eyes.
The deep black eyes are full of clarity, without sleepiness.
He stuck out his tongue and slowly licked his red lips.
The lips were coated with a layer of water color, and it seemed that Amu's taste still remained there.
Yu Yuan's breathing seemed to be wrong.
He recalled the conversation between the two just now.
Vaguely, Yu Yuan seems to have touched the outline of the truth.
The kisses, the disappearing wounds, and Ah Mu couldn't seem to leave him for too long.
Yan Mu has some kind of connection with him in the dark.
But what is the specific connection, Yu Yuan is not clear.
It doesn't matter.
Regardless of whether Amu is a god, Buddha or evildoer, kissing him was a whim or a last resort.
As long as Yan Mu can't leave him.
To Yu Yuan, it doesn't matter what it is.
He loves it.
Yu Yuan's lips curled into an invisible smile.
He closed his eyes, pretended not to know anything, and continued to pretend to be asleep.
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It was exactly as Yu Yuan said.
After resting for half a day, he got busy again.
Calculating the time, Yan Mu hasn't seen him for more than half a month.
Fortunately, she kissed Yu Yuan before leaving, otherwise she might be in the coffin now.
Yan Mu's eyes darkened, she supported the wall, and took a while to catch her breath.
"Sister Yan, are you okay?" Ayu asked worriedly from the side.
He stayed in Chu Cong's mansion for a few days, and then returned to the bookstore for unknown reasons.
With A Yu's company these few days, Yan Mu is not lonely.
"It's okay, I'm going out to deal with something." Yan Mu smiled weakly.
While she was still moving, she had to quickly take care of the affairs of the bookstore.
"I'll go with Sister Yan." A Yu blurted out.
"You can't go out, what if the eldest prince finds out that you are still alive?" Yan Mu said disapprovingly.
"But..." Ayu was immediately discouraged.
"I'm just going out to investigate the cost price of the purchase, there will be no danger." Yan Mu comforted: "Besides, the bookstore has just opened, and everyone is busy with their duties. trouble them."
Besides, Kyoto is at the foot of the emperor, and the law and order are very good. There will never be any incidents of robbery and murder in the streets.
A Yu mumbled for a long time after hearing the words, and then whispered: "It would be great if Yu Yuan was here."
Yan Mu's heart moved when he heard this.
Counting carefully, she and Yu Yuan haven't seen each other for eighteen days.
She had never been separated from Yu Yuan for so long.
Yan Mu lowered his eyes and asked tentatively, "Do you know what Yu Yuan has been doing recently?"
A Yu and Chu Cong have had a good relationship since childhood, maybe A Yu can know something.
A Yu looked left and right, and when he saw no one around, he whispered: "I told you, don't tell anyone else."
Yan Mu nodded solemnly.
Ayu was still worried.
He stretched out his hand timidly, raised his little finger and insisted on hooking Yan Mu.
Yan Mu didn't know whether to laugh or cry, so she had to stick out her little finger, and Ayu ticked it seriously.
After pulling the check mark, A Yu said: "A general under the command of the eldest prince committed a crime recently, and the second cousin just took this opportunity to take care of him, and Yu Yuan is the deputy leader of this operation."
"Deputy leader?" Yan Mu felt something was wrong.
In terms of seniority, both Abu and Qi Er are much higher than Yu Yuan, so why is it Yu Yuan's turn to be the deputy leader
Could it be...
Yan Mu sighed.
It seems that Chu Cong became suspicious of Yu Yuan after all.
Thinking about it, no matter how cynical and rich Chu Cong is, he is still a member of the royal family.
In order to protect themselves, people in the royal family must be suspicious and overthinking, which is unavoidable.
Yu Yuan never mentioned all this to her.
And she was busy opening the business this month, so she didn't ask in detail, and even thought that Yu Yuan was fine if he didn't say anything.
These days, Yu Yuan is walking on thin ice, every step of the way is frightening...
His heart was throbbing with pain, Yan Mu gasped for several breaths before recovering.
After all, A Yu was only eight years old, so he didn't notice Yan Mu's emotions.
He finished what he knew on his own, and then pulled Yan Mufei to ask him to bring salted duck and goose oil roll with pine meat.
Yan Mu naturally agreed.
A Yu looked at Yan Mu for a while, and asked, "Sister Yan, why didn't you wear the hairpin I gave you?"
"I forgot." Yan Mu said awkwardly.
In Qingshui Village before, for the convenience of her work, she always used a wooden hairpin to tie up her whole head of black hair.
For a while, she was not used to putting so many ornaments on her head.
"Do you not like it..." Ayu lowered his head in frustration.
He thought Yan Mu looked like his mother, so he gave the hairpin.
Ayu was extremely wronged.
"I like."
Yan Mu hurriedly said, she hurried back to the room, took out the hairpin and inserted it.
That hairpin is extremely gorgeous and unique, and it is already beautiful when it is inserted on the head alone.
Yan Mu stretched out his hand to caress her hair.
The girl has a pretty face, and the luxurious golden hairpin is even more graceful.
Seeing Yan Mu wearing a hairpin, A Yu immediately became happy.
"Big sister Yan looks very pretty in hairpins, I will wear them often in the future." A dimple appeared on A Yu's chubby face.
"Okay." Yan Mu reached out and scratched A Yu's little nose.
She is now a proprietress anyway, she should really decorate
It would be bad if others misunderstood that she couldn't sell her books and that's why she dressed so plainly.
After making A Yu happy, Yan Mu went out alone.
She went out this time to investigate the price of raw material purchases, and then determine the supplier as soon as possible.
If this matter is done, then Yan Mu will have nothing to do in a short time.
Unexpectedly, when she first came to the commercial street, she felt dark in front of her eyes.
When she woke up again, she was in a dark warehouse.
Simply because it was daytime, and the shading of the warehouse was not very good, so Yan Mu could still see it anyway.
If it was at night... Yan Mu couldn't imagine it.
She was tied tightly with a thick hemp rope, and the rough fibers penetrated into her clothes, making her face painful.
There was a man sitting in front of Yan Mu, who was drinking tea while facing her sideways.
Hearing Yan Mu's movement, he slowly raised his head.
"You're awake." His voice was a little vain.
This is a middle-aged man.
His appearance can be regarded as handsome, but his complexion is yellow, and there are two big bags under his eyes.
And the raw one has sextiles like Chu Cong.
Yan Mu knew the identity of the person in front of him almost instantly.
This is Yu Yuan's sharpening stone in the later period in the book—the eldest prince Chu Hui.
Yan Muqiang pretended to be calm and said, "Who are you? I don't know you, why did you arrest me?"
Unexpectedly, the man did not answer Yan Mu immediately, but looked at her carefully for a long time.
"You're pretty good-looking." There was a hint of amusement in the man's voice.
Yan Mu's heart tightened, and he suddenly remembered his own setting for him.
When setting up the character of the eldest prince, she had just finished reading a novel about scumbags and bitches, and she was very angry at the hero and heroine in it.
The book was like poison, and it hovered in her mind for three days and three nights. She was so angry that she didn't eat or sleep well for three consecutive days.
With resentment towards scumbag men and women, she set up the villain character of the eldest prince.
The archetype of the eldest prince is the domineering president/emperor/prince who digs his heart and kidneys at every turn in the ancient texts. He has a common problem like all the ancient male protagonists-on the one hand, he is lustful and treats women as playthings. demeaning women. Cracking and standing, disgusting and greasy.
Moreover, Chu Hui also likes to challenge women who don't love him, commonly known as being a bitch.
But after Yan Mu set this attribute, he still felt that the eldest prince was not scumbag enough.
So Yan Mu's brain twitched, and he added another attribute to the eldest prince - good man/wife.
Yan Mu knew that his face was quite iconic.
She was afraid that the eldest prince would take a fancy to her.
Yan Mu was anxious, thinking quickly in his mind.
She is not yet married, not a person/wife.
Next, as long as she finds the right time and shows her admiration for the eldest prince, she can successfully make the eldest prince hate her.
Yan Mu lowered his head to think but did not speak.
Seeing that Yan Mu ignored him, Chu Hui's interest suddenly rose.
"You hate me?" Chu Hui's tone sounded happy and cold.
Yan Mu shivered in fright, subconsciously said: "You kidnapped me to this place out of nowhere, so naturally I won't like you."
As soon as the words came out, she said to bite off her tongue.
Because she found that Chu Hui's interest seemed to be even higher.
Gan.
She didn't want to be spotted by Chu Hui.
She is the author, and she knows how perverted Chu Hui is towards women.
She didn't want to be dug out.
Yan Mu was sweating coldly.
"I don't know your identity?" Yan Mu tentatively asked.
Chu Hui didn't hide anything, and said bluntly, "I am the eldest prince Chu Hui."
Under the dim light, his clothes were embroidered with gold silk into a dragon pattern, which was shining faintly.
He stood up and walked slowly to Yan Mu's side.
He didn't speak, but he bent down, getting closer and closer to Yan Mu.
Cold sweat broke out on Yan Mu's forehead.
She didn't know what Chu Hui wanted to do.
Her brain was running fast, thinking about countermeasures.
Recalling Chu Hui's scumbag attributes, Yan Mu spoke first: "Your Highness arrested me, did you like me?"
Sure enough, Chu Hui frowned when she heard the words, and unconsciously moved a little further away from Yan Mu.
"If Your Highness likes me, just say so." Yan Mu smiled and said, "Becoming the eldest prince's concubine is something that many women can only wish for."
"Really?" Chu Hui's tone turned cold.
He straightened up a little bored.
Then he tore off Yan Mu's hairpin without hesitation.
"Woo..."
The hair was hooked on the hairpin and was pulled violently, Yan Mu bit her lower lip in pain.
Tears filled her eyes, but she held them back.
Holding up the hairpin, Chu Hui said coldly to Yan Mu, "Where did you get this hairpin?"
What Chu Hui held in her hand was the hairpin that A Yu gave her.
Could it be that Chu Hui knew that this hairpin was a relic of Princess Xiang
Yan Mu's heart skipped a beat.
She settled down and said, "This hairpin was given to me by His Highness the Second Highness during the opening."
"Really? She even seduced my second brother." Chu Hui sneered, "She really is a lewd/slutty woman."
Unfilial son, even scolded the author!
Yan Mu dared not speak out.
When Yu Yuan turns over and becomes the master in the future, she must kick Chu Hui's ass/ass hard.
Yan Mu was very angry in his heart, but on the surface he still had that obedient look.
Just when she thought it was over, Chu Hui suddenly said, "Do you know the origin of this hairpin?"
"I don't know." Yan Mu made a look of sincerity and fear.
"This is the relic of the deceased Princess Xiang." Chu Hui sneered, "You'd better explain to me why the relic of Princess Xiang is in Chu Cong's hands."
"The Second Highness never tells me about these things." Yan Mu said.
"That's right." Chu Hui glanced at her contemptuously, and said, "You are just a lowly servant girl, how can you deserve to listen to this?"
! ! ! !
Yan Mu's fist hardened.
She wrote down this account in the small notebook in her heart.
Yan Mu asked weakly: "Your Highness, did you misread it? There are many similar hairpins in the world."
"Are you curious, why does this king know?" Chu Hui smiled and said, "This hairpin was made by Princess Xiang in my shop during her lifetime."
"..." Yan Mu was speechless
It seemed that she couldn't choose to go out today.
"Do you know why this king wants to arrest you?" Chu Hui said maliciously: "Because the King Xiang and his wife were burned to death by this king and his wife. Since you have this hairpin in your hand, it means that Chu Hui Cong already knew about this."
His tone was cold like a poisonous snake.
"Why are you telling me this, Your Highness?" Yan Mu's back was covered in cold sweat.
Combined with Chu Hui's misogynistic and perverted personality, she had a bad premonition in her heart.
Sure enough, Chu Hui said: "Because I don't intend to let you out alive, I want you to be a fool."
After that, he threw the hairpin on the ground like throwing trash.
Chu Hui took out her handkerchief and wiped her hands carefully.
After wiping, he also threw the handkerchief on the ground.
The ominous premonition in Yan Mu's heart became stronger and stronger.
Chu Hui turned around and walked outside.
When he was about to walk out of the gate, he turned around and said to Yan Mu: "Since you are lucky enough to be able to wear Princess Xiang's hairpin..."
He smiled, and elongated his tone maliciously: "Then die the same way as Princess Xiang. It is a great honor for a lowly maid like you."
After all, he walked out without a trace of nostalgia, and then closed the door.
There was a creaking sound of the wooden door being closed, and then Yan Mu vaguely heard "ignite".
She caught her breath and her eyes widened instantly.
Yan Mu desperately wanted to struggle, but the rope was too thick for her to do anything about it.
Chu Hui is too stupid.
If he wins Chu Hui's favor, he will dig out his heart and kidneys; but if he doesn't win Chu Hui's favor, he will be burned alive by him like now.
If she died, Yu Yuan would be very sad, right
Yan Mu's eyes darkened, and Yu Yuan's face appeared in his mind.
She hasn't finished the plot with Yuan yet.
She can't die.
Yan Mu struggled again.
Thick smoke rose everywhere, and the flames burned more and more intensely.
Yan Mu felt as if he was on a big oven, and even his sweat was about to be dried.
In the dilapidated warehouse, the temperature is getting higher and higher.
Yan Mu really couldn't move.
She looked at the ceiling that was red with fire in despair.
I really want to take another look at Yu Yuan before I die.
She hasn't seen enough of such a handsome face.
The author has something to say:
I remember a little cutie commented before: Yuanyuan knew that Amu kissed him just to save his life, would it be sad
Of course not hahaha, Yuan Yuan was so happy that it was too late-_-He felt that Yan Mu couldn't do without him.