Chapter 33

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The moon is dark and the wind is high. It’s a night of murder and arson.

Two sneaky figures flickered on the wall of the Chen Mansion.

“Are you ready?” Helian Kong, who was wearing night clothes and a mask on his face asked Yin Yin, who was also dressed in black beside him.

“That……”

“What?” Even with his face covered, Yin Yin could feel how innocent Helian Kong’s expression was at this time.

“We came out like this without telling Ling Long, if he found out……” Yin Yin was very worried. She didn’t want to challenge Ling Long’s authority at all.

“Don’t worry, he wouldn’t come back so soon after he went to Qingfeng Town.” Helian Kong was very confident.

But the plan can’t keep up with the changes. According to the first law of fiction novels, usually there will be some accidents at this time. For example, an assassin happened to come to the Chen Mansion to kill someone, or the eldest lady of the Chen Mansion had eloped with a poor scholar, or Ruhua, a servant girl of the Chen Mansion, was taking advantage of the eldest young master of the Chen family.

……

It seems she was thinking a little too far.

Yin Yin pulled the black cloth on her face with a hand. “Have you really decided to go?”

Helian Kong nodded firmly.

“This is a path of no return. Once you step on it, there’s no turning back.” Yin Yin’s expression was very grave.

Helian Kong nodded heroically.

“Our martial arts are very poor.” Yin Yin brandished a killer move.

He Liankong: “……”

“You……”

Yin Yin had just said a word and was interrupted by an angry He Liankong. “Should you say these demoralizing things at this time?!”

Yin Yin: “……” Don’t say ‘at this time’, it’ll be too late when you go in.

Seeing that Yin Yin stopped talking, Helian Kong breathed a sigh of relief and prepared to jump down from the wall, but was held back by Yin Yin beside him.

“What is it now?!” Helian Kong exploded.

“Let me just ask, do you know where the book <<A Hundred Kinds of Home-Cooked Dishes>> is hidden?”

Helian Kong: “……”

The moon is very round.

The night breeze is very cold.

Yin Yin and Helian Kong were freezing.

The so-called people who did great things do not bother about trifles, so even if they didn’t know where things are hidden, Yin Yin and Helian Kong will still face their death unflinchingly.

“Are you…… hungry?” Yin Yin glanced at Helian Kong looking around in the Chen Mansion’s kitchen with a cold sweat on her forehead.

“Of course, the recipe must be in the kitchen!” Helian Kong continued to search around. “Ah, what they ate tonight is old duck soup~”

Yin Yin: “……”

“There seems to be a sound coming from the kitchen.” A man’s voice came from a distance. Yin Yin and Helian Kong was so scared that they didn’t dare to even breathe.

“Is there a mouse?” Another man’s voice followed.

“Meow~” Helian Kong cried while pinching his nose.

Yin Yin: “……”

Damn it! Do you know the difference between a mouse and a cat?!!

Yin Yin really wanted to pick up the iron pot in front of her and smash it on Helian Kong’s head.

“It turned out to be just a cat.” The two men said as they walked past the kitchen door.

Yin Yin and Helian Kong breathed a sigh of relief at the same time.

Coming out of the kitchen, Yin Yin and Helian Kong continued to wander around in the Chen Mansion.

“This seems to be the inner courtyard where the Chen family’s miss lives~” Yin Yin excitedly went to the window, wet her index finger with saliva like a local ruffian and then poke a hole on the paper window.

“That’s the eldest miss of the Chen family? She looks beautiful!” Yin Yin bumped Helian Kong who is standing next to her with an elbow. “Your luck with women is not shallow~”

Helian Kong flattened his mouth in dissatisfaction. “Do you think she is beautiful? I don’t think she looks as good as you.”

……

With you saying it like that, I can’t argue at all ah.

Yin Yin was dragged away by Helian Kong and they went to Lord Chen’s study. Only this time, when they arrived at the study room, they heard someone shout, “Catch the thief!”

Yin Yin and Helian Kong were both surprised. What happened? They didn’t do anything yet, why were they suddenly discovered?!

“It’s the Chrysanthemum thief!” The voice went on to roar again, “Don’t let him run away!”

Chrysanthemum thief?

Yin Yin’s eyebrows trembled. She seemed to have heard Ling Long mentioned this name before. He was a famous thief. Every time he committed a crime, he would leave a chrysanthemum petal on the scene, hence the name.

Obviously, it cannot be ruled out that the reason for his fame was that his name was too shocking.

Soon, a figure flew over from the roof of the study room, with smooth movements and graceful posture. He even waved at Yin Yin and Helian Kong in mid-air.

What he holds in his hand was Miao Yan’s <<A Hundred Kinds of Home-Cooked Dishes >>.

“Follow him!!” Helian Kong said and ran after him recklessly. Yin Yin was stunned for a moment and then followed him. A large group of servants in the back chased them with torches. Suddenly, Helian Kong and the Chrysanthemum thief disappeared in the blink of an eye. Yin Yin frowned. She quickly fled on top of the wall, jumped out, and slipped into a sparsely populated alley.

The clamour inside got farther and farther away. Yin Yin was worried about whether they were all chasing the silly Helian Kong.

She kept worrying. For Helian Kong’s spirit of sacrifice, she will highly praise him.

Thinking that Helian Kong was still quite smart and will definitely not be caught, Yin Yin decided to return to the Spider Web first. Unexpectedly, she had just turned out of the alley when she ran into a man.

The man was wearing night clothes and he just took off the black cloth covering his face. He looked at Yin Yin in surprise.

He was surprised, but Yin Yin was even more surprised than him. What was that popular saying? When crossing over, the one thing you would not have any shortage of is beautiful men ah!

Yin Yin looked at the beautiful man in front of her and swallowed silently. Look at that tall nose, thin lips, long eyelashes and big eyes. That angular face shape outlines a peerless face ah!

Now there are only two words that can sum up Yin Yin’s mood–

“Hurry up, this way, this way! I just saw someone running this way!”

The sound of footsteps and the light of torches from the distance suddenly rushed towards Yin Yin’s direction. Before Yin Yin had time to react, she was struck on the neck by the beautiful man in front of her, and she neatly fainted.

The moment before she passed out, she was thinking that although she had anticipated many accidents just now, she did not expect that she would be done for in the end.

……

She hasn’t kissed Ling Long’s little mouth yet!!!

She will die with a remaining grievance.

*******

-A small broken temple in the outskirts.-

The firewood was burning quietly on the ground, and the orange firelight shone brightly on Yin Yin’s face.

Yin Yin, who was leaning against the wall, woke up and looked at the blazing flames in front of her, somewhat confused.

“Awake?” A strange and familiar voice came through the fire. Yin Yin raised her head and the pain in her neck quickly returned her memory.

Right! She was knocked out by this man just now!

But……

Yin Yin looked at the beautiful man in front of her, frowning. “Why is your voice so feminine?”

The beautiful man looked at her and smiled coldly. “Because I am a woman.”

Because I am a woman.

Because I am a woman.

……

What is the furthest distance in the world? It’s not a beautiful man standing in front of you, but doesn’t love you; it’s a beautiful man standing in front of you, but you don’t realize that he is actually a she!

Yin Yin died.

“If you dare faint again, you don’t have to wake up anymore.” The beautiful man’s-, oh no, he is a beautiful woman now, -her cold voice is like icicles digging into Yin Yin’s heart.

So Yin Yin, who was just about to close her eyes, opened them again and stared at the beauty in front of her. “How come…… I think you look so familiar?”

Where have I seen her?

“Miss Haitang?!!!” Yin Yin’s mouth opened into an ‘O’ shape.

“Yes, it’s me.” Haitang admitted readily. “Are you the girl who came to Caiqing Garden with Young Master Ling Long that day?”

“You know that I was a woman disguised as a man?” Yin Yin’s surprise went up another level.

Haitang sneered. “I’ve been in the brothel for so many years. Even if I can’t read countless people, I can at least distinguish a man from a woman. Only an idiot like Jiu’er will really think you are a man.”

Yin Yin: “……”

She always thought her disguise was very successful.

Yin Yin looked at the book <<A Hundred Kinds of Home-Cooked Dishes >> that Haitang was holding, and the corners of her mouth twitched. “You are the legendary Chrysantemum?”

“Yes ah.”

“……” Yin Yin tried her best to control her twitching facial expression. “Your brothel is…… very short on money recently?”

Haitang rolled her eyes at Yin Yin. “I just like stealing things.”

Yin Yin: “……”

Can’t you find a more low-key hobby?

“After stealing what I wanted to steal, it feels very fulfilling.” Haitang’s mouth curled up. “However, this recipe book is useless to me. I will return it later.”

Yin Yin: “……”

You are so busy ah!!!

She did hear Ling Long say that this legendary thief would always give the things back after stealing it. Therefore, many people who were stolen by her would not report to the officials, but wait for her to return their things instead. For such a thief with conscience, morality and principle, Yin Yin only wants to say three words to her –you are sick!

“What I pursue is not the stolen things, but the process of stealing it. You wouldn’t understand.”

Yin Yin: “……”

It’s not that I don’t understand, but that the world is changing too fast.

“But……” Haitang suddenly glanced at Yin Yin on the ground. “Since you already know my true face……”

“I promise I won’t say anything!” Yin Yin immediately swore to the heaven.

Haitang didn’t speak. Yin Yin looked at her nervously. Don’t tell me that only a dead person’s mouth is the tightest!

“Only the mouth of the dead is the tightest.”

Yin Yin: “……” She haven’t had the time to complain in her heart when Haitang already pulled out a dagger with a ‘shing’ and the sharp tip of the knife hit Yin Yin’s neck, releasing a cold light in the night.

Haitang’s eyes were very serious. She seriously wants to kill Yin Yin.

Yin Yin: “……”

At this time, what expression should she have? In that case…… I’ll just pass out ba.

So Yin Yin fainted neatly again.

*******

-Spider Web headquarters.-

Helian Kong approached his room lightly. There are still ten more steps, five more steps, and three more steps. Victory is in sight!

“Second Prince.”

Ling Long’s voice sounded abruptly behind Helian Kong. He was so frightened that he screamed “Ah—— “.

“Where have you been?” Ling Long approached, and Helian Kong retreated back again and again, until his back hit the door panel and couldn’t retreat anymore. “Haha, I just went for a walk.”

“Where’s Faintly? Hongwei saw you go out together.”

Helian Kong was surprised. “She hasn’t come back yet?!”

Ling Long’s brows suddenly wrinkled and his voice went cold. “Where the hell have you been?”

Helian Kong looked at Ling Long, whose face was so dark as if it was one with the night, and said in a small voice, “We…… went to the Chen Mansion…”

Ling Long looked at Helian Kong quietly. Helian Kong could even see the slightest chill radiating from him. He asked again, “Where is Faintly?”

Helian Kong was so frightened that his voice trembled a little. “We…… met the Chrysantemum thief ……and got separated……”

There was no sound for a long time. Helian Kong wanted to explain a few words for himself and comfort Ling Long, but he did not dare to say a word. Because he deeply felt that if he spoke again, every word he said could become his last word.

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