Chapter 21: Wu Qi's Seventeenth Move

  She was scratching her head, thinking that there was another Wu Shi Qi in the mansion who had seen her before and might have thought she was strange, not even willing to tell her name. She thought about it and started pulling her hair again, regretting it, what's the point of pretending to be a cold and noble white lotus flower? Now that she's been caught, she can't even explain herself clearly, let alone when she's in the wrong.

  Jiang Nian carefully recalled Wu Shi Qi's personality and felt that his character was a righteous and kind person, not someone who would easily believe rumors or bully others. He should still be reasonable. Coming up with a slightly better excuse might still allow him to get out of this situation.

  Then she thought about the reason again. While thinking, she patted and hit around, trying to find a way out. This dead black room couldn't see anything, not even where the door was, what if the reason came out but people couldn't find their way out and starved to death?

  Waiting until his hands were red from clapping, Jiang Nian still couldn't find the way out, so he quietly turned back and pulled out the tree spirit, stuffing it into his clothes. After a while, feeling uncomfortable, he suddenly remembered his background settings, took it out again and put it in his storage ring. Ling Yu definitely didn't need to deceive himself, the tree spirit must be something very useful. For now, he might as well take the tree spirit back and let DouDou take a look, who knows what special use it might have? As for the Forbidden Water... better leave that for the heroine, after all, the plot should roughly follow the original script, otherwise when problems arise and the plot logic can't keep up, how would he find a solution?

  Then Jiang Nianxing excitedly took the tree spirit to continue finding the exit, while recalling how the female lead left in the first place. After thinking for half a day, he realized that the author had glossed over the method of the female lead's departure and hadn't written it at all! Where is your conscience, author?!

  At this time, she was like a headless fly flying around, unable to find a way out, bumping into walls everywhere, and the whole person was almost on the verge of collapse. After a while, she finally got impatient and decided to use brute force to break through the door, but just as her hands were about to exert force, she unexpectedly heard a "creak" sound not far away.

  The sound was particularly loud in such a quiet environment, and it was somewhat ominous. Jiang Nian stopped moving, didn't dare to breathe, and quietly hid in the dark corner.

  A streak of parallel light appeared in front of Jiang Nian, leaving her speechless. Who would have thought that the door was opened by sliding it up and down? What kind of idiot set this door, deliberately trying to get themselves killed.

  The light grew brighter and brighter, overflowing the ground in front of the door, until a black figure blocked part of the light. Jiang Nian felt somewhat tense, his fingernails digging deep into his flesh, like a hunting leopard in the jungle, ready to pounce at any moment.

  However, the shadow did not discover her. The shadow simply walked towards the altar by itself, with its back to the light all the way, so that it was impossible to see its appearance clearly, and only vaguely felt like a man.

  That person hadn't even walked towards the altar when he discovered that the tree spirit was gone, and surprisingly didn't rush up to check, instead quickly scanning his surroundings. His eyes were too sharp, giving Jiang Nian a lot of pressure even in the darkness. Jiang Nian suppressed his strong desire to rush out, only lightly turning his head to avoid that sharp gaze.

  The man's intuition was really good, he seemed to have sensed the position of people in the dark, and walked step by step towards Jiang Nian. His footsteps were very steady, but also carried a kind of terrifying pressure, like a hunting old tiger. He stopped one meter away from Jiang Nian, his voice was pleasant but also icy: "Come out."

  Jiang Nian was about to take action, but upon hearing the voice, he hesitated for a moment before pinching himself hard, and tears burst forth. Then he lifted his head, his voice filled with grievance: "Wu Shi Qi..."

  Wu Qiqi also paused, he didn't expect it was the Betta Forest that saved his woman, so he put down his condensed fantasy hand and asked: "Why are you here?"

  "I don't know either, I just woke up and found myself here. And I completely can't find a way out. When you came in just now, I thought you were some kind of bad person and was so scared." Her tears flowed down, and in this dimly lit place, her face had a soft shadow, looking like an exquisite glass doll.

  This sentence is really full of loopholes, Jiang Nian didn't expect Wu Shi Qi to believe it anyway, he just thought about dragging it out first and running away as soon as they reached the door. Or if that doesn't work, getting closer to Wu Shi Qi would also make it more convenient to poison him.

  But Wu Shiqi believed, at least on the surface. He silently helped Jiang Nian up, his face sinking as he didn't speak. He led her out of the forbidden area's gate and then pointed to the road for her to leave.

  All the way, Jiang Nian was on guard against Wu Shi Qi's sneak attack, but when she left, she didn't find any signs of him making a move. At this time, she couldn't ask Wu Shi Qi if he had found anything wrong, so she just thanked him and left.

  "What's your name after all?" As she was leaving, she stepped on the door frame in front of the Wu family gate, and Jiang Nian heard that person's somewhat cautious voice.

  Jiang Nian slowly closed his eyes, and beneath his eyelids, waves surged, then the figure disappeared in front of the door.

  "I also saved you once, we're even." Wu Seventeen didn't get the answer he wanted, but there was no sorrow on his face, only a slight lowering of his head as he turned and walked away.