Translator: Misty Cloud Editor: Misty Cloud
âYour Highness, weâve found Young Master Hei.â
One shadow ran over, leaned over by the side of Baili Jia Jueâs ear and said some things.
Within Baili Jia Jueâs beautiful eyes, there wasnât a single movement. There were only those wide and spacious sleeves which carried the cold winds and made the figure of his back even more difficult to approach, completely ice-cold.
With his skill, soon, Baili Jia Jue arrived in front of Hei Ze, who was being detained.
The shadows naturally wouldnât really do anything to the Hei familyâs young master.
They only obstructed him from leaving, thatâs all. However, merely doing this was already extremely daring.
Within the entire capital, probably the only person who dared to obstruct the Hei familyâs second young master was Third Prince, Baili Jia Jue.
Having seen him, the corners of Hei Zeâs mouth curved up. âHis Highness is indeed very refined, itâs so late and still not sleeping?â
âIsnât Second Young Master also still not asleep?â The tone of Baili Jia Jueâs voice was very level and almost appeared as if he was indifferent about everything, yet carried a demonic chill that was not easy to withstand. âWhere is she?â
When Hei Ze was being obstructed, he already cursed in his mind, sh*t.
After that, he then started to think of every possible script he could use. He thought about the kinds of exchanges he would have with Third Prince when he arrived. No matter how the conversation progressed, he would, step by step, skillfully deflect it.
However!
Third Prince simply didnât deal the cards according to convention. He approached and asked at once âWhere is she?â
Three such graceful and direct words, made Hei Ze thoroughly stunned.
All of the scripts heâd previously devised, became totally useless!
What Third Highness knew was clearly much more than heâd imagined. Thinking up to this point, Hei Ze bluntly smiled devilishly. âIf the one Third Prince is referring to is Helian Wei Wei, then she already left the academy.â
The two words, Wei Wei, made Baili Jia Jueâs eyes sink deeper. The smile at the corners of his mouth was even deeper than usual. âAlready left?â
âThatâs right, she already left.â Hei Ze couldnât have spoken in a more sincere manner. âWe originally mutually agreed to go down the mountain. Later, however, she seemed to be very anxious, and left in advance. At the moment, she most likely has already reached the main road. If Your Highness sends people to give chase right now, they should be able to bring her back.â
Baili Jia Jue profoundly glanced at him, and gracefully and calmly said, âI should thank Second Young Master for offering such an important clue to me.â
âA commoner should only do the things a commoner ought to do.â Hei Ze curved his lips and smiled. A trace of complacency crossed his face as he was thinking of how heâd never been so resourceful before.
Baili Jia Jue leisurely turned the black jade ring on his finger, faced Shadow and levelly commanded. âAllow Second Young Master to leave.â
âYes.â Shadow hesitated a bit. He somewhat didnât dare to believe that His Highness would allow Hei familyâs young master to leave just like that. There clearly was something going on between him and Miss Helian. If they investigated, maybe they could discover something.
Baili Jia Jue didnât think that way. That âlittle sly foxâ deliberately let loose Hei Ze, sending him forth as a smokescreen precisely because she wanted to hold him up. It wasnât necessary for him to waste his time on Hei Ze. Whatâs more...
âContinue to search for me. Reduce the range; she hasnât gone anywhere and is still at the academy.â
After hearing that, not only did Hei Ze, who was going to leave, become motionless, even the pit of Wei Weiâs stomach, while she was concealed within the troops, also trembled!
Hei Zeâs lie was seen through!
Not only that, that guy surprisingly even made use of Hei Zeâs words and employed reverse analysis on them to target her real position!
This time, her situation had become even more precarious...
Moreover, since Third Prince already gave the command to allow Hei Ze to leave, then Hei Ze needed to leave.
In other words, from now onwards, she really would be fighting on her own.
Wei Wei chewed on her lips, looked into the dim light of night before she composed herself as before, as upright and tall as a pine treeâs silhouette. Her lanky bodyâs every graceful movement was calm and unhurried as she immediately straightened out her sleeves, as if everything was within her control.
Also, it could be that he did it on purpose. He deliberately got rid of Hei Ze, thereby cutting off the link she had with Hei Ze.
Heh.
Without Hei Ze, sheâd still be able to succeed as before. Even though itâd be a bit more challenging, but itâs no more challenging than just remaining concealed!
Wei Wei lowered her head, and followed those imperial guards to turn around and return to the institution.
What a pity. She and the entrance gate was merely one stepâs distance away from each other.
Yet even if itâs only one stepâs distance like that, she still could only helplessly look on as the academyâs entrance gate closed in front of her, because right now, any abnormal movement would cause her adversary to be alerted. She couldnât risk even the tiniest bit of exposure.
This guy, Third Prince, was just too smart, making it difficult for a person to break loose from his methods.
Right now, she can only cope with thousands of changes by being unchanging (remain inactive amidst activity), watch six roads and listen in all directions (be observant and alert), and wait for the right opportunity before figuring out how to get away.
However, Wei Wei certainly didnât see the ice-coldness that flashed through Baili Jia Jueâs eyes when he looked up.
He slowly curved his lips, as if he was annoyed, but also as if he was pondering.
He actually wanted to see, after he incited Hei Ze to leave, how she would respond.
Would she look for him?
Or would she continue to hide like this?
However, no matter what she did.
If she was smart enough, then she shouldnât involve other people.
Because that would make him very, very unhappy!
Shadow, who followed by Baili Jia Jueâs side, when he saw his masterâs expression, he couldnât help but perspire a burst of cold sweat in his heart on behalf of a certain person.
This time, His Highness truly got angry.
For so many years, there had never been a time like this time, when his His Highness grabbed on and just wouldnât let go.
In the past, His Highness was neither cold nor hot (indifferent) towards everything. No one was capable of guessing his thoughts, so much so that no one could arouse any of his emotions.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om
Wei Wei was the first one, the first one who could cause His Highness to go through so much trouble.
Shadow hardly dared to imagine. At the moment sheâd have been truly captured by His Highness, what condition would she be in when exiting the stage (what condition would she be in when the play ended)...
âAchoo!â Wei Wei covered her mouth and softly sneezed. From the time she started to plan this play, her evasion had already lasted twelve hours.
She needed to hurry. Right now, Baili Jia Jue hadnât withdrawn his hand. Sheâll wait until he became idle, then her first reaction would be to check herself. Itâs almost the time when the artificial skin on her body could no longer be maintained.
Sigh, should she be happy, or should she believe that sheâs out of luck.
Sheâd done so many things so many times, yet this was still the first time sheâd been forced by someone to this extent.
However, the main good show was only just about to start.
This is the time when humans were most tired, the wee hours when itâs also easiest to make a mistake.
She could totally make use of this point...
Pitter patter.
Suddenly, a light rain fell from the sky.
Shadow quickly opened an umbrella for Baili Jia Jue. As he was walking forward, he reported. âHis Highness, weâve thoroughly searched the entire Superior Compound, but didnât discover any trace of Miss Helian at all.â
âStill not found?â Baili Jia Jueâs hand was slightly more sluggish. Heh. He actually underestimated that âlittle foxâs toughness.
Good. Very good.
Baili Jia Jueâs eyes narrowed, his voice was neither cold nor warm. âChange the group of imperial guards and keep searching. The imperial guards whoâve been switched out are forbidden to leave the academy. Have them remain at their station and rest.â
People who were exhausted will most easily show weaknesses.
He absolutely wonât permit this kind of weakness to arise within his plan.
Wei Wei originally thought that when she got switched out sheâd be able to return to her room. She didnât expect...Third Prince was not only smart, he simply was ridiculously two-faced. Even while he was being kind, he was being evil at the same time, so ruthless it made a person almost unable to stand it anymore...