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Tang Xiao's request was a hopeless one. Or rather, he needed some time to increase or decrease his chips.

With an astonishing speed, Zhao Qingyan nodded without a second thought: "Ok."

Tang Xiao was surprised for a moment. "I have something else …"

"Let him go with you. If he's still alive after half a year, I'll take good care of him." Zhao Qingyan briefly glanced at Returning Boat before slowly adding, "From now on, you and I will forget our grudge."

Tang Xiao Yu couldn't help but smirk. "Hatred is a blood feud. What is grace?"

Zhao Qingyan squinted and then opened his eyes. It was as if the haze did not appear in his eyes, "Because I hate you, I can live on. On this point, you saved my life. "

The only reason Tang Xiao had saved him was because of his deal with the Qi King.

In a sense, the reason why Zhao Qingyan valued his relationship was because he did not give any feelings to most people. He could be gentle to everyone, but he was stingy with feeling. He'd never hated Tang Xiao as much as he'd said he did, but he'd never felt any gratitude.

Tang Xiao smiled. "Fine. We're back on the boat. Let's go." After half a year, this place will be your place of residence. "

Zhao Qingyan shifted her gaze away, as if she didn't want to be the first one to meet theirs. "See you out."

Tang Xiao Yu looked at Jiang Wuyan for a moment. After seeing the determination and indifference in her eyes, he turned and left without another word.

Those that had watched him leave all had expressions of contemplation on their faces, none of them saying a word.

"Yun Mo, why do you have to force yourself if you're in a difficult situation?"

Zhao Qingyan woke up from her deep thoughts. She turned her head to look at Jiang Wuyan and shook her head without saying a word.

How could Jiang Wuyan not understand his thoughts? However, in this situation, he could only advise, "There are some things that a human can't do, but can't be forced."

Zhao Qingyan raised his hand and pinched the spot between his brows. The shadow cast by his palm obscured his eyes, "Consider this my final promise."

He closed his eyes for a split-second and didn't see Jiang Wuyan and Wen Wan looking at him. Their eyes met for a brief moment, and both of them had an indescribable feeling in their eyes.

"It'll be lunch time soon. I'll go pay my respects to Martial Uncle Xiao and Uncle Bai." Wen Wan knew that it was not appropriate for him to stay, so he took half a step back and clasped his hands, "Excuse me, Young Prince. Please do not blame me."

Zhao Qingyan stood up and returned the greeting, "You are flattering me for what happened just now, Brother Wen. You even wasted time. Big Brother Wen, there's no harm in going. " He nodded slightly to a maid at the side.

That maid then turned to Wen Wan and said, "Young Master Wen, please come this way."

Jiang Wuyan came to the huge manor often and was familiar with most of the routes. It was Wen Wan's first time coming here, so it was troublesome to lose track of the direction. Since there were other maids present, Wen Wan didn't hesitate any longer. After clasping his hands towards Jiang Wuyan and Ran Hao, he turned around and left with the maidservants.

"Hao?" Zhao Qingyan was a little thirsty. She raised her hand for a moment, but didn't hear any sound of Ran Hao pouring water. When she turned around, she saw him looking into the distance and couldn't help but feel curious, "What are you looking at?"

Ran Hao regained his senses, first he went to pour some tea on the stove and passed it to the young master, then he asked hesitantly, "I don't even know Young Master Wen, why does he keep bowing to me?"

Jiang Wuyan poured hot tea into an empty cup for herself and sat down at the side, "It's fine if you're in the capital, but you're just a hanger-on from the manor. In the martial world, who would not know the name of your sword? "

Above the martial arts world, the sword was like a compliment. The better the sword, the more famous it was, and the easier it was to attract the attention of those who tried to seize it. A person who could defend an ultimate weapon was not a nameless person.

Ran Hao was silent for a moment, then suddenly said: "I have seen him before."

Zhao Qingyan and Jiang Wuyan looked at each other and were stunned. When Ran Hao said "yes", he naturally didn't mean the time two months ago. And before that … There was no reason for them to meet. However, since Ran Hao said that, it means he is absolutely sure.

After the two of them were stunned for a moment, they waited for him to continue.

"When I saw him in the house of the Marquis a few times, I felt a faint sense of familiarity with him. However, I couldn't remember where I saw him, so I never said anything about it. Just now … I must have seen the look in his eyes more than once when we came back to the ship. "

Zhao Qingyan didn't notice Wen Wan's expression. He turned to Jiang Wuyan after hearing her question, and after seeing her shake her head, he turned to Ran Hao and asked, "Can't you remember?"

"I …" Ran Hao showed hesitation on his face and asked with an uncertain tone, "Someone from the Crippling Feather Sect?"

"Crippled Feather?" Zhao Qingyan and Jiang Wuyan asked in surprise at the same time. Although Jiang Wuyan was prepared, she did not expect that Ran Hao would think of her so easily. He was someone whose face and voice were no longer the same as before. It was just that his surprise was very shallow, and it would not appear too abrupt here and now.

Ran Hao emphasized, "I'm not sure."

Zhao Qingyan drank a few mouthfuls of tea and slowly asked, "Could it be someone from the Tang Sect?"

Ran Hao froze for a second, and subconsciously asked: "What?"

"After the Broken Feather Sect was destroyed, everyone was removed from the martial arts world overnight. Although Brother Xia stayed in the Valley of Withered Wood, even I have never seen Xia Chan at teacher's place, so naturally you were as well. If you saw the Crippling Feather Sect ten years ago, then not only the Crippling Feather Sect, but also the Tang Sect is one of the unorthodox people you can meet in the Light Wind Palace. "

Ran Hao frowned and thought for a while before replying honestly, "I can't remember."

"Maybe it's just someone more similar." Zhao Qingyan lowered her eyes. Her tone was casual, as if she did not care much about it. "As long as he is a friend and not an enemy, it doesn't matter who he is."

Jiang Wuyan casually smiled and asked, "Do you really believe that he is a friend and not an enemy?"

Zhao Qingyan smiled and flipped the jade pendant with his finger. "Actually, it doesn't matter if you believe me or not. Those who believe me can't bear to tell me the truth. Those who don't believe me will use it without any scruples."

Jiang Wuyan said, "Actually, he is quite trustworthy. At the very least, he wouldn't intentionally harm you."

"He has his family, and so does the university."

It was a very soft, very gentle, and very light voice. It was obvious that he was a little tired, but he could still see everything clearly.

Jiang Wuyan slowly picked up the teacup and took a sip. After swallowing the tasteless cup of tea, he asked, "For the sake of your loved ones, you chose to betray your family. Will you ever forgive?"

Zhao Qingyan raised his head and looked towards the snow in the distance. With an emotionless look in his eyes, he said, "I have no reason to hate you, nor do I have the right to forgive you. They were only there for the sake of an old friend. How can I bear to see them suffer from the loss of their family because of me? "

Jiang Wuyan said, "I can't see through the good and evil in your heart anymore."

This time, Zhao Qingyan seriously thought about it and suddenly laughed: "Isn't my kindness and evil very similar to yours?"

Jiang Wuyan asked back, "What do you mean?"

"Anything that can be endured, it's never been bothered." Zhao Qingyan replied, "I was just too lazy to be bothered about it. Therefore, I can just stand by the side and watch indifferently at all the killing and despair." However, the ones who really hated him the most had to endure with all their might … Ten years won't be too late. "

Looking down on human lives was like grass or straw. Perhaps it did not just represent killing, but also indifference.

With their identities, how could killing a person be easy? To want to kill someone, what kind of trouble was that?

Zhao Qingyan and Jiang Wuyan were both people who thought a lot about everything. Thus, they were even more disgusted by the unnecessary thoughts that came with being used to it.

Jiang Wuyan couldn't help but laugh. He just smiled at that casual "I'm too lazy to care".

"The plum blossoms here have no one to take care of them. The flowers are all gone." Zhao Qingyan slightly raised his head and leaned against the stone pillar. He turned his head to look at the row of Plum Blossom Trees that looked like withered trees in the snow. "I've always been thinking about presents for you on New Year's Eve, but this year is the first time …" "Not at all."

Jiang Wuyan was silent for a moment, "As long as it's something you give her, she will definitely like it."

The posture of tilting his head made Zhao Qingyan look somewhat helpless and desolate, but there was no emotion in his eyes: "Once, I was like Su'er, happily waiting for someone to find me and give me some new things. As long as I stay by my royal uncle's side, I will be completely at ease. I will never want the sky to fall and the earth to collapse, and I will never be afraid of the passing of time. "I thought I wouldn't fight for anything and wouldn't ask for anything …"

He suddenly stopped and said after a moment, "I don't know how to face that kind of happy ending. I dare not think that she, who is so naive and loves to laugh, will one day fall into the same situation as me. "

Jiang Wuyan could only reply, "She has entrusted her heart to you, and this heart should not be without change. As long as you are here, there will at least be one elder brother who will wholeheartedly protect her in his arms. "

The people watching the snowy scene did not respond to his words. They seemed to be mesmerized by it, but also seemed to be tired. They did not want to think about the future anymore.

Jiang Wuyan noticed that his face was even paler than when she first met him. She took half a cup of tea from the side and heated it up with her inner force. Then, she stood up and passed it to him.

"Jiang Wuyan." When the teacup was placed in front of Zhao Qingyan, he took it and held it in his hand. He lowered his eyes and slowly read Jiang Wuyan's name once through.

Being born in the Royal Mansion, Zhao Qingyan naturally attached more importance to these etiquette. However, he had always called Jiang Wuyan and Lu Sobbing by their surnames. Never call them by their first name, or call them by their Jianghu name.

It was as though other than them, there was no one else who would call Zhao Qingyan 'Yun Mo'.

Other than his family members, very few people cared about Zhao Qingyan's identity and called her by her name. Other than them, there were very few people who could force Zhao Qingyan to lower his guard at all times and just call them by their names.

Hearing him call her, Jiang Wuyan simply replied with a "En" and asked, "What's the matter?"

Zhao Qingyan looked at the remaining steam coming out from the cup of tea and smiled gently. "Thank goodness I still have you two."

Looking from the side, his eyelashes were separated from the Minister for Foreign Affairs, and the edges of the corridor were scattered with light spots. If one looked carefully, they would see that the corners of his sharp hair had fallen a little. His skin was as white as jade and as white as snow. It was not the usual quiet and fragile feeling, but a feeling that it was about to disappear along with those specks of light.

After all, he was a noble prince who had only been married for a few days. No matter how ordinary his attire was, it was still much more gorgeous than before.

The moment she heard that soft mumble, Jiang Wuyan suddenly became absent-minded. He didn't know who this person in front of him was, so he didn't know if he'd changed, or if he'd changed …