Lu Jiangfeng frowned: "Don't you remember what happened last night?"
Last night? Shen Lixue frowned, and scenes of being attacked by the black-clad assassins flashed through her mind. Her memory was of being thrown down the slope by the exploding arrows, tumbling and rolling, her consciousness becoming increasingly blurred. The moment her body stopped, she was completely plunged into darkness. When she woke up again, it was just now: "Were you blown down, or were you forced to jump?"
Shen Lixue and Lu Jiangfeng had only known each other for a short time, and subconsciously, she didn't think he would jump off the dangerous slope for her.
Facing Shen Lixue, Lu Jiangfeng's face was gloomy as he said calmly, "I jumped down on my own!"
There's a big difference between jumping down on your own and being forced to jump, but Shen Lixue didn't savor the difference. Thinking of the black-clad men who ambushed them last night, her beautiful eyes turned icy: "To be able to mobilize so many powerful guards in the capital of Xiliang, their identities are not simple!"
“There are no outsiders here. Just say you’re from the Duke of Mu’s mansion. There’s no need to be so vague.” Lu Jiangfeng rubbed his chin as he stood up, facing the direction of the rising sun.
"The people from the Duke of Mu's mansion are truly audacious, daring to do whatever they want right under the Emperor's nose." Shen Lixue's gaze was deep and unfathomable. To assassinate someone in the capital in the dead of night was clearly a provocation against the majesty of the royal family. The Emperor would not let him off easily.
Lu Jiangfeng said calmly, "Duke Mu is very smart and capable. He never leaves any handles behind. After we return to the capital, those black-clad assassins will disappear without a trace. There will be no evidence to prove that he sent them."
Shen Lixue frowned and looked at Lu Jiangfeng: "Has the same thing happened before?"
“This has happened more than once, but we’ve never been able to find any evidence. The victims can only accept their bad luck. The Duke of Mu’s mansion has become so arrogant.” Lu Jiangfeng said calmly, as if he was used to such things.
A cold glint flashed in Shen Lixue's clear eyes: "Are we just going to let this matter of our attack go like this?"
"Without evidence, we can't investigate. We can only try to make a big deal out of it and let it go!" Lu Jiangfeng noticed Shen Lixue's anger and said softly, "You can teach the Duke of Mu's mansion a lesson in other matters and seek justice for yourself!"
The Duke of Mu's mansion can harm people without leaving a trace, leaving no evidence to hold them accountable or punish them. They can create trouble and severely damage the Duke of Mu's mansion.
Shen Lixue narrowed her eyes slightly. The Duke of Mu was arrogant and domineering in the capital, and he didn't even put the emperor in his eyes. How could the emperor tolerate him? It was really strange. If it was because of his favor towards Consort Shu, the Duke of Mu's family was too arrogant and presumptuous.
Just then, Lu Jiangfeng asked in her ear, "Li'er, who is Heng?"
Shen Lixue was taken aback, but quickly regained her composure and asked, feigning confusion, "What do you mean?"
Lu Jiangfeng faced Shen Lixue and said calmly, "After you rolled down the slope, you injured your arm and fell unconscious, constantly calling out 'Heng, Heng!'"
“He is my… closest friend!” Shen Lixue blinked. She only called Dongfang Heng’s name and didn’t say anything else. Lu Jiangfeng couldn’t guess much, so she didn’t need to tell him everything for the time being. She and Dongfang Heng were husband and wife, very close and honest with each other. Saying that he was her closest friend wasn’t a lie.
Speaking of Dongfang Heng, she suddenly remembered that when she was surrounded by assassins in black, she had sent a signal to him. He must have rushed to her rescue. Seeing her tumble down the slope, he must have been frantically searching for her...
"Judging from his name, he's a man!"
Lu Jiangfeng's clear voice rang in her ears. Thinking of Dongfang Heng, Shen Lixue replied softly, "Yes!"
A sudden pain shot through her arm. She frowned and touched it. Her injured arm was already bandaged. Through her clothes, she could feel that the bandage was carefully applied, neither too loose nor too tight, so as not to rub against her clothes and to allow the medicine on the wound to work better.
Startled, she looked up at Lu Jiangfeng: "You bandaged the wound on my arm!" There were only the two of them here, and since Shen Lixue hadn't bandaged her own wound, it was Lu Jiangfeng who did it.
Lu Jiangfeng did not deny it, nodding slightly, a faint smile appearing at the corner of his mouth: "Yes!"
Shen Lixue was shocked. The wound on her arm was neither high nor low. To bandage it, she would have to unbutton her clothes, lift her collar, and pull down part of her sleeve. Looking at the sash, although it was tied neatly, it was still different from her method. Her beautiful face flushed, but her beautiful eyes were full of regret: "Then did you... did you..."
Listening to Shen Lixue's anxious and flustered words, Lu Jiangfeng felt inexplicably better, and the pain in his chin disappeared. He pretended not to know and asked, "What do you want to say?"
"N-nothing...it's nothing." After thinking it over, Shen Lixue's annoyed eyes flickered unnaturally. What she wanted to ask was, "Did you realize I'm a woman? Did you do anything inappropriate?"
In October, the weather was already quite cold. Besides her outer garment, Shen Lixue wore a thick inner garment, and underneath that, a bellyband. It didn't matter that her shoulders and neck were exposed, but the key issue was:
Men and women have different bodies, and the smoothness of their skin is also different. Although Lu Jiangfeng's eyes cannot see, his sense of touch and smell are still there. He undressed her, applied medicine and bandaged her, and it is very likely that he discovered that she was not a man. However, judging from Lu Jiangfeng's expression, he was blank and ignorant, as if he did not know that she was a woman.
"Li'er, I saved your life, how do you plan to repay me?" Lu Jiangfeng asked Shen Lixue abruptly.
Shen Lixue was taken aback. It was always the rescued who clamored for repayment, never the rescuer who would ask for a reward. Lu Jiangfeng was truly different. However, he had genuinely saved her life, and she didn't mind repaying him: "How about I treat you to a meal? At the best restaurant in the capital, with the most expensive food, I can treat you for several days in a row!"
Lu Jiangfeng frowned, his handsome brows furrowing slightly, his expression darkening: "Can a life-saving grace be repaid with a meal?"
Shen Lixue blinked. The debt of saving her life was greater than heaven, and repaying it with food was indeed too little. "Then I'll give you ten priceless antique treasures, none of them the same, how about that?"
Lu Jiangfeng's expression darkened further: "The Marquis of Zhenguo's mansion has no shortage of gold and silver!"
Shen Lixue frowned. Men generally like gold and silver, fame and fortune, and beautiful women. The Marquis of Zhenguo's mansion has no shortage of gold and silver, fame and fortune, but the only thing left is beautiful women: "Then I will give you ten peerless beauties..."
"Shen Li!" Lu Jiangfeng turned to Shen Lixue, coldly interrupting her, his dark eyes flashing with anger: "You think I, this young master, like these vulgar things!"
"Then what kind of repayment do you want?" Shen Lixue didn't understand Lu Jiangfeng and didn't know what he wanted, so she had no choice but to let him say it himself: "As long as it's within my ability, I will definitely not refuse."
Lu Jiangfeng's expression softened slightly. His unfocused eyes gazed at Shen Lixue, and a beautiful smile curved his lips: "I just want to know what you look like!" His tone was deep and captivating.
Uh! Shen Lixue was taken aback. Lu Jiangfeng was blind and couldn't see anything. To find out what she looked like, he couldn't rely on hearing or smell; he had to touch her face and feel her features...
"Lu Jiangfeng, have you ever 'seen' the faces of your family members?" For a blind person to 'see' something, they must touch it with their hands and feel the shape, characteristics, and many other unique features of that object.
Lu Jiangfeng smiled and shook his head: "I grew up in the Zhenguo Marquis's mansion and am very familiar with my relatives. I can guess what they look like without even seeing them!"
If you don't look at your relatives' appearance, then you're looking at other people's.
"How many faces have you 'seen'?" Shen Lixue subtly probed.
"You're the first!" Lu Jiangfeng smiled faintly, his expression nonchalant.
Shen Lixue's gaze sharpened, and she frowned as she looked at Lu Jiangfeng: "You haven't 'seen' other people's faces, so why did you suddenly decide to 'see' mine?"
"Because of curiosity!" Yes, curiosity. Every time Lu Jiangfeng saw Shen Lixue, she could give him unexpected surprises. Unconsciously, he became curious about her.
"Why do you love my appearance so much?" Shen Lixue lowered her voice mysteriously, her eyes sparkling. Did he know she was a woman?
"I don't know." Lu Jiangfeng shook his head, his unfocused pupils clear and bright.
have no idea!
Shen Lixue frowned. Lu Jiangfeng was blind and only ever walked around the capital. He had never traveled far from home. If a strange relative suddenly came from outside, he would definitely find it novel and want to learn more about her. 'Looking' at her appearance was probably just a whim of Lu Jiangfeng's.