Chapter Thirty-Three Still feels like something is off

  For the next three days, Qilin didn't go to find Mudan and deliberately avoided meeting with her. However, she still wrote a few words every day for Lüzhú to pass on, which were mostly song lyrics.

  "It seems you've been doing well these past few days?" Elm said calmly, handing the teacup to Qilin "The tea that was sent over is quite liked"

  She slowly drank the tea in her cup, closed her eyes contentedly, licked her lips, nodded and said "En... it's still you who is being considerate. You have no idea how hard it is to drink those teas. They're either super bitter or super bland. If it weren't for you having someone send a pot of tea every day, I'd probably be drinking stream water to get by."

  Listening to Qilin's words, Yu Mu didn't find it funny. However, he had some doubts "What does 'super' mean?"

  "Super just means very, very." Qilin casually explained, putting down her teacup. She thought back to these days and her interactions with that man... she actually didn't reject this kind of life. It was really strange.

  Feeling Zilin's silence, Yu Mu asked softly "Do you have something on your mind?"

  Although it's a rhetorical question, but in Yumu's tone, there is more statement. It seems that he has taken all of Qilin into his eyes.

  Qilin let out a soft sigh and said, "Oh, Yumu... I'm asking you, if someone hurt you and then came to find you again, but you didn't reject him at all... why is that?"

  Only after asking did Qilin realize how foolish her question was. She was about to give up, but then she heard Yu Mu's response.

  "There are two reasons. Firstly, he didn't hurt you thoroughly enough, so you don't care."

  Is that it? Qilin thought to herself. Although that guy took away her most precious first time, and even teased her multiple times, but as a 21st-century person, she had long since let go of those things. Although she wasn't avant-garde, she could accept it. More importantly, she understood that what's lost is lost. Even if the 21st century has many artificial powers that can restore you, that's still not the original self.

  "What about the second one?" Qilin almost blurted out, but immediately negated it with "Never mind, let's not talk about it."

  She knew what Elmwood would say, but that was impossible.

  Afraid that Yu Mu would take the opportunity to tease her, Qi Lin quickly finished the tea in her cup and stood up saying "Yu Mu, I've been out for a long time today, it's time for me to head back."

  "Alright... be careful on your way..."

  Hurriedly walking out of Bamboo Leisure House, she happened to run into Mai Dong and Qing Zhu. Qi Lin ran up laughing and said "Mai Dong, where did you go?"

  Mai Dong retreated three steps and bowed, saying "Miss Hong Xue, I just went out to buy tea leaves and have just returned."

  Looking at the unfamiliar Maiton, Qilin awkwardly withdrew her hand and put it behind her back, rubbing it non-stop. She nodded awkwardly, she could understand Maiton's reaction, but couldn't accept it.

  He lifted his foot and kicked Mai Dong's lower body fiercely, pointing at Mai Dong and saying "Mai Dong, you stinky little brat, idiot!"

  After finishing speaking, ignore Miao Dong's painful appearance and quickly leave with Qing Zhu

  After Qilin left, Mai Dong raised his eyes, curled up the corners of his mouth, and smiled in his eyes, saying softly "That stinky girl is still the same"

  Pulling green bamboo to her own rose garden, Qilin carefully guarded the door and let others wait outside.

  "What's going on?" After everything was ready, Qilin asked excitedly while pulling Lüzhú's hand.

  Green bamboo wiped the sweat from his forehead and nodded, "Don't worry, I've already given the letter to Miss Bu Yao. At the same time, I also told Miss Mu Dan that we will go to Peony Garden at sunset tomorrow."

  Very good. Qilin raised the corner of her mouth triumphantly. Tomorrow, Ziyuan and Longyan will come back to inspect, in order to prepare for Feng Changqing's inspection. This is what Qilin has planned.

  It all comes down to this one move

  But such a smooth thing? In Qilin's heart, however, a thread of unease emerged. It was inexplicable and inexpressible.

  She fell asleep early, but Qilin had a very strange dream. She dreamed that she built a bridge and was about to cross it when someone stopped her. Another person came over and stepped onto the bridge, but it broke in the middle.

  Waking up from a dream, I thought it was already daylight. Who would have thought that it's still the fifth watch of the night? Turning over in bed, Qilin originally wanted to continue sleeping. However, she suddenly felt something was off. Qilin opened her eyes and saw a person's shadow by the bedside.

  Just wanted to scream, but her mouth was tightly covered by someone. The person's hair fell on her face, and the familiar tea fragrance made her calm down instantly.

  Knowing that Zilin wouldn't resist anymore, the man let go of Zilin and said softly, "Had a nightmare? You're sweating so much."

  Qilin slowly sat up and didn't immediately answer the man's question. She knew her palms were sweating, so she calmly reached out to take the man's cool hand.

  I don't know what Qilin will do?? I thought she was just afraid?? The man didn't refuse either

  Put the man's hand in front of her ?? Lowered her head ?? Opened her mouth ?? Bit down without hesitation

  "What's going on?"

  The man let out a muffled grunt. He had never expected Qilin to do something like that. It wasn't until Qilin's mouth was filled with the metallic taste of blood that he loosened his grip. With a satisfied smack of his lips, he smiled smugly.

  "When did you arrive?" This finally expressed the concern that had been on his mind. However, he also sensed the man's icy anger. Qilin patted the man's shoulder nonchalantly and said "Don't worry, I have some great wound medicine here, let me help you apply it."

  After finishing speaking, Qi Lin didn't wait for the man's response and felt her way in the darkness to find the golden medicine that Yu Mu had given her. Although there wasn't much of it, it was very effective.

  The man didn't refuse Qilin. He quietly watched as Qilin poured the golden medicine onto his wound, although most of it spilled over. However, seeing Qilin's serious expression, he didn't say anything.

  Finally, Qilin couldn't find a bandage, so she had to take out the silk handkerchief from her pillow and carefully wrapped it around the man's wound. She hastily tied a butterfly knot and patted the wound twice to show that it was secure and wouldn't come undone.

  "Haha! Alright!"

  The man looked at Qilin speechlessly and said "What are you planning to do tomorrow?"

  "What's done is done?" The answer was unequivocal, but Qilin still felt uneasy.

  "Do you believe in Bu Yao? Are you certain she won't betray you?" The man said coldly, "After all, one less opponent means one more chance of success."

  Qilin was taken aback. Did she know such a rule? However, she believed that Bu Yao wouldn't do such a thing.

  This is the rule of the 21st century

  Qilin smiled slightly and said "Believe it? This is a tacit understanding between her and me. You wouldn't understand even if you heard it."

  Qilin didn't explain. The man also didn't ask further. He looked outside and saw that it was almost dawn. He leaned into Qilin's ear and said, "Sleep a bit more, tomorrow is going to be busy."

  Yes

  Before Qilin could react, the man quickly tapped her body twice and she fell asleep. He carefully covered her with a quilt and only then walked out the door, saying to the figure in the darkness, "Don't let Qilin appear tomorrow."

  "It was a woman who answered 'yes'."

  She slept very soundly, so much so that when Bai Yao arrived at the bedside and poured a cup of cold tea on Qi Lin's face, Qi Lin slowly opened her eyes, spat out the tea leaves, and lazily said "Let me sleep for a while longer."

  Bu Yao, however, was not having it. With her hands on her hips and one foot propped up against Qi Lin's butt, she loudly declared, "If you don't get up now, I'll set this place on fire! Believe me or not!"

  As soon as she heard the fire, Qilin's sleepiness was gone. She jumped up and looked around, her messy hair sticking to her forehead, and casually pushed it back to the top of her head.

  "Where's the fire?" She looked around hastily, only to find that there was only Buboy in the room. Only then did Qilin calm down and rub her temples, saying "What brings you here so early in the morning?"

  "What's wrong with you?" Yu Yao was so angry that she almost picked up Qi Lin and threw her out, letting her see the sun hanging high in the sky. But she endured it. She looked at Qi Lin with disdain and said, "I've seen the plan book that Lü Zhū gave me. I'll let Long Yē pass by then. You'd better leave on time yourself, don't get involved. I won't care about you."

  Hearing this, Zilin smiled slightly and said: "Look, these are the rules."

  Nodding was considered a response? Qilin still wanted to sleep for a while? But her head was suddenly hit by a blast of punches? Instantly making her eyes full of stars.

  "What's wrong with you?!" Clutching his sore head... The sleepy bug was killed once again.

  "What the hell are you doing? Don't you see what time it is now? You still want to sleep? Are you a pig or something?" Buxiao stood with her hands on her hips, staring at Qilin.

  Qilin raised her eyes and looked at Bu Yao, completely seeing the flames bursting out of Bu Yao's eyes. It was truly scorching hot.

  After putting on everything, Qilin is ready to go to Peony's place

  Their plan was to get Peony drunk, and once she's drunk, she'll definitely lose her composure. With the addition of Elm's Mandrake flower fragrance, Peony will surely experience some hallucinations. At that point, she'll definitely reveal her true form. That's when Step Yeo brings Dragon Yeon and the others over, and they'll "happen" to see this scene. Meanwhile, Qi Lin will leave before Step Yeo and the others arrive. This plan is simple yet effective.

  However, all along the way, Qilin was still very uneasy. She always felt that something was wrong, but she couldn't think of what it was.

  Finally, Qilin still arrived at the entrance of Peony Courtyard, pacing back and forth several times before letting Green Bamboo leave, preparing to enter alone. After all, this wasn't a glorious thing.

  But just as Green Bamboo was about to leave, Qiao'er walked out from inside

  Qilin was taken aback, her mouth twitching awkwardly. She hadn't expected Qiao to flash a playful smile at herself, as if she had returned to the days when they were in the laundry institute together. She smiled playfully at herself.

  "A Xue sister, you're here?!" He pulled Qi Lin's hand, but found that Qi Lin's palm was icy cold. He furrowed his brow slightly and asked with a hint of concern, "What's wrong? Did you catch a chill?"

  Qilin's nodding head? Just as she was doubting whether she was dreaming or not, Qiao'er suddenly turned around and pulled Lüzhú

  "Green Bamboo Sister, Peony Miss asked me to pick up her new custom-made clothes. Do you want to go together?"

  Lu Zhú was taken aback. She turned to look at Qí Lín, saw that Qí Lín nodded in agreement, and only then did Lu Zhú smile slightly. However, she still gave Qí Lín a worried glance.

  "So, Sister Xue, let's go?" Leaving Qilin a bright smile, Qiao'er pulled Lüzhú away happily.

  See off the clever ones leaving? Qilin finally decided to lift her feet and walk in

  Although Qiao's reaction was very strange, after seeing Qiao she actually calmed down a lot. With this mood, Qilin walked into the Peony Garden.

  But today, the Peony Garden is very quiet. Usually, even if Cui'er is not around, there will be other maids cleaning and tidying up. But today, when I arrived here, there was no one in sight. Could it be that Peony got angry and chased everyone away? Just now, I saw Cui'er so happy, and she even called out to me as "Ah Xue Jie Jie" for the first time. Thinking about it, it must be that Peony got angry and chased Cui'er away.

  A few steps away from Peony's boudoir? Qi Lin was about to knock on the door and enter? but heard strange noises coming from inside the room.

  Qilin was startled and leaned in to listen carefully. However, she heard a voice that made her blush and her ears turn red. She had heard this kind of sound before, but it was really embarrassing.

  How could peony make such a sound by itself?

  Take action yourself

  But she knew? One person wouldn't be in such a situation

  Covering her rapidly beating heart, Qilin still decided to go in

  Suddenly felt a chill on her back... Just as she was about to turn around, she suddenly felt a severe pain in her neck... She went limp.

  Before, when watching TV, she always saw those people who were attacked from behind. She thought it was impossible to faint with one hit. The actors were too pretentious and the plot was too absurd. But today, she clearly felt the pain slowly invading her bones, taking away her consciousness.

  In a daze, Qilin seemed to see a petite figure enter the room, and then completely lost consciousness.