chapter 30

Obviously, it wasn’t simply dressing down. The man brought Fengguang into a clothing store. He placed an ingot of gold on the table and then personally chose a set of male clothing for her. After Fengguang changed into the clothes he had chosen, she had transformed into a frail, handsome young man. As for the man, he changed into some light gray clothing and appeared neat and clean.

Fengguang only recovered her ability to speak when they arrived at the inn and the first thing she said was, “I don’t want to sleep with you!”

He frowned. “It’s only sharing a room. Who said we need to sleep together?”

“You!” She paused and huffily altered her words. “I don’t want to share a room with you!”

He sat down and casually poured himself a cup of tea. “Reason?”

“Men and women should have distance between them!”

“Right now, there is no woman here.”

Fengguang bit her lip as she looked at her male outfit. “I don’t have a cross-dressing fetish!”

“Cough cough…” He choked on the tea that he had just drank and took awhile to recover. “I like women.”

“Oh… Hm?!” Fengguang was almost fooled before she came back to senses. They were going in circles with the same problem! She sat opposite him. “Are you afraid that I’ll run away? I swear to you that I will not run away!”

“I reject your rejection.”

“Why?”

“I can’t trust you.”

“But I…”

“Relax, one of us will sleep on the bed and the other on the floor.”

His tone was resolute and let off the feeling that his patience was wearing thin. Fengguang didn’t forget her current identity as a hostage. Since the situation couldn’t be changed, then she could only swallow her anger. Fine, as long as they weren’t sharing a bed. Only she never imagined that…

The one sleeping on the floor would be her.

He was lying on the bed and he cocked his head at her with a smile. “What is it? You can’t sleep? Or do you want to share a bed with me? Hm, it’s not entirely a no from me…”

Fengguang stared at him and accepted her fate of sleeping on the floor. She blew out the candle and she was going to sleep in her daily wear. She kept trying to calm herself in her heart. He’s an injured patient so she should be reasonable… Damn, the more she thought about it, the angrier she felt! She turned her back towards the bed and she bit on her left thumb while cursing that ungentlemanly man repeatedly.

When the moon waned mid-sky, the entire room was quiet. The moonlight glistened through the window, covering the room with a layer of coolness. A shadow fell upon the sleeping girl.

She was in a deep slumber and had forgotten to take her thumb out of her mouth.

The man quietly stood there for a moment before he flew out the window and headed to a restaurant that had already closed. He needed to meet someone.

He said, “Come out.”

Shortly after his words dispersed into the night, a skinny shadow appeared in the darkness.

“What is this? Your miss won’t personally meet me and instead, she sends you?”

“The miss is with the Ghost King. She is not able to leave.”

“Oh, really? I wonder if her health has gotten any better after taking the antidote I provided her.”

“The miss says you shouldn’t have gone to the palace.”

“There was no other way.” He pretended to sigh. “She was poisoned by me and would rather die than leave Xiao Ruo’s side. If I hadn’t come to give her the antidote, there would have been the death of a fair lady.”

“The miss said that you should release the prime minister’s daughter otherwise you might not be able to leave Dawei.”

He laughed. “She wants me to release her? Then I definitely won’t release her. Not only will I not release her, but I will also leave Dawei with her. You can give her my reply and see who wins this gamble.”

As the clouds passed over the moon, the person in the shadows disappeared as though he had never been there. Servants of the Silver Mask Strategist were extraordinary.

He was in a good mood and went back the way he came. As he entered the inn, his lips curved upwards.

Oh my, the precious Prime Minister’s daughter has gone missing. Whatever shall I do?