In other words, what happened just now was only her hallucination?
An Xin stood still, her gaze sweeping around through the misty water vapor. But her intuition immediately went off the rails. She sensed a pair of eyes watching her intently.
This feeling is not good. You are in the open, while the other party is in the dark. Your every move is under their watchful eye, but you have no idea where the other party is.
"Xin'er." Feng Yi's voice came, and An Xin frowned suddenly. She heard Feng Yi calling her, but when she looked up, she could not see him anywhere.
"Xin'er!" Feng Yi called out again. An Xin walked forward in the direction of the voice, went around the rockery, and came to a hot spring. But there was no sign of Feng Yi.
Then Feng Yi seemed to disappear without a trace, and there was no sound from him.
The sound was clearly coming from here, so why is no one here? Could she have misheard?
An Xin said, "Feng Yi, stay where you are and speak to me."
Then Feng Yi's voice came again: "Uh, what did you say?"
An Xin said calmly, "You can say whatever you want."
Feng Yi stood there, leaning against the artificial hill, his eyes sparkling like stars, and slowly asked, "Since you came to the capital, how has Xin'er been?"
An Xin's voice came through: "It's alright."
Feng Yisi's cheeks flushed slightly, and he hesitated before asking, "Have you thought about Yi'an County? Have you thought about me?"
There seemed to be a pause on the other end, then the voice came again: "Why do you want to stay in Yi'an County? There's nothing about it for me."
Feng Yi's expression suddenly froze, and his eyelashes drooped.
An Xin asked, "Feng Yi?"
Feng Yi suddenly came to his senses and asked, "What about me?"
An Xin suddenly laughed happily, "Ha, I found you!"
Feng Yi was startled when An Xin suddenly patted his shoulder. He looked up in a daze at An Xin's happy smiling face.
"This garden is quite interesting; it even has an echo effect. Feng Yi, why is your face so red?"
Feng Yi shuddered and laughed, "Really? Perhaps it's too hot here."
An Xin's gaze suddenly sharpened. In the misty fog, she vaguely saw a dark figure flash by. An Xin's eyes flashed, and she grabbed Feng Yi and disappeared into the artificial hill.
The space inside the artificial hill was narrow, and the two people faced each other, so close that they seemed to be able to feel each other's breath.
An Xin held her breath and spoke in hushed tones. It seemed that the strangeness of Xicheng Hutong was inextricably linked to this hot spring. If the headless corpse was hidden in this courtyard, then what unspeakable secrets did this courtyard hold?
Feng Yi felt that he could not breathe properly at this moment. He could clearly smell the faint scent of bath beans on her body. This scent was not pleasant, but it made his heart pound so hard that it felt like it was going to burst out of his chest!
With the slightest movement from her, his body could touch hers... When he was with her, all his reason went to hell!
"They're here." An Xin said softly, suddenly pulling Feng Yi back from his chaotic thoughts. His heart skipped a beat, and he abruptly turned his head to look outside.
In the misty haze, a figure slowly and silently walked past. The thing was stiff, yet moved lightly, like a ghost drifting by!
It was a headless corpse. Through the misty fog, it wasn't very clear, but it was unmistakable that the body had no head.
What was that headless corpse looking for? Was it looking for them?
Chapter 83 Hot Spring
The sudden "crack" sound was especially clear in the quiet mist. Without thinking, An Xin pounced on the headless corpse. The headless corpse reacted so quickly that it disappeared in a flash.
An Xin's face darkened and she said, "Quickly, after them!" Before Feng Yi could stop her, An Xin rushed forward and disappeared into the mist in the blink of an eye.
Feng Yi was stunned for a moment before he came to his senses. Just as he was about to go out, a dark figure slowly appeared in front of him. Feng Yi's eyes narrowed suddenly, and then his face grew paler and paler...
An Xin's expression grew increasingly somber as she walked forward. Finally, she stopped in front of the entrance to a rockery cave. The headless corpse had vanished without a trace. Could it have entered this cave?
An Xin paused for a moment, then walked straight into the cave. As soon as she entered, she felt that the surroundings were pitch black. But after she got used to the situation inside the cave, it didn't feel so dark anymore. With a faint light, she could see that the cave was extending forward and leading to an unknown place. Occasionally, water droplets would drip from the rocks and hit the back of her hand, with a bone-chilling coolness.
Following the passage forward, the opening narrowed further until An Xin had to crouch down to move forward, and eventually, she could only crawl. At the end of the stone path was a narrow crevice, about the size of two thumbs. An Xin frowned and looked out through the crevice. What came into view was another huge hot spring. On the steaming shore were bathing perfumes, bath beans, and high-quality absorbent cloths. An Xin was startled, her gaze falling on the spring. Through the misty steam, she could vaguely see a figure soaking in the water. From her angle, she could only see long, jet-black hair and two arms casually draped over the table. The skin on those arms was almost transparently white, so delicate that even water droplets seemed unable to stay on it…
An Xin's lips twitched.
While tensely tracking the headless corpse, how did I end up seeing someone taking a bath? And the way she was huddled in that spot seemed suspiciously like she was spying!
Could it be that this person often bathes here and has already been targeted? An Xin naturally had no interest in the other person's body. She moved her body to shrink back, but she didn't expect that she was so focused on crawling forward that she didn't realize that it was easy to get in but difficult to get out... She got stuck!
An Xin had a headache and tried to twist it backward, but it still wouldn't budge.
I've imagined a thousand ways to die, but I never thought I'd get stuck here one day, and there seems to be a handsome man taking a bath in front of me. This is just asking for trouble!
"My lord, we have a lead on the person you are looking for." A female voice rang out, and An Xin suddenly paused. My lord!?
The figure in the spring stirred, then slowly rose, the strands of hair falling down to just cover the person's back, but An Xin suddenly had a bad feeling.
"Hmm." That simple "hmm" made An Xin's face instantly darken. Before it could turn even darker, the man turned around. His bare chest was so thin it was practically skinless. When he stood up, the hot spring water was just up to his waist. Aside from his translucent, fair skin and delicate texture, there was really nothing to see, except for his stunningly beautiful face…
An Xin's lips twitched, unsure of what expression to make. She just hoped this person wouldn't come ashore so soon, lest she see something she shouldn't and get a corn on her eye!
She moved back a little, but it got even tighter. Suddenly, she moved forward again, and there was a loud "bang"...
The person standing in the spring suddenly looked over.
An Xin was dumbfounded for the first time; the current situation was far beyond her expectations!
The next moment, the man's eyes narrowed, and then he stared at An Xin with a half-smile.