Chapter Seventeen: Nole's Lock

  Ge Yufeng caught up with her and grabbed her wrist, forcing her to stop. Seeing that she was expressionless, he asked: "What are you angry about?" This sentence seemed a bit familiar.

  Mu Shu shook off his hand and said coldly: "Don't touch me."

  Some black-clad men on the ground were already dead, did she kill them alone? Was it Qi Xue or Mu Shu Zhen?

  The three of them got on the boat, and the atmosphere was eerie. Ge Yu Feng really didn't understand what she was being angry about, "You..."

  "Don't come near me!" Ge Yu Feng's face sank instantly, his dangerous eyes staring at her, "What did you say?"

  "Take a deep breath and look at him, saying: "Why do you want to come to Qinan? I've said it before, even if I'm related to the cases you're investigating, that's your duty, but please don't get so close to me, or else just handle official business, don't impose personal feelings on me, okay?"

  Ge Yu Feng narrowed his eyes and asked in a low voice: "Why?"

  "Of course it's a lot of trouble! I don't want to see you at all! I just want to live freely like before, but because of you always investigating those things, I find it too annoying!"

  Ge Yu Feng closed his eyes and said: "Since I've gotten involved in this case, I must investigate it clearly. It has nothing to do with you, right?"

  Mu Shu's eyebrows are furrowed and his eyes are wide with anger. How can this person be so stubborn and unrepentant?! Indeed, as soon as he comes back, nothing good happens. He always interferes with me and makes everything difficult! Talking to him is absolutely infuriating, I'd rather turn around and leave!

  Leng Yu stood at the door watching them, it seemed that the relationship between these two people didn't look so good after all, she still had a chance, Ge Yu Feng, we will meet again soon.

  March 2nd evening

  "Yè Yuè Jìn." A clear and cold voice brought her wandering mind back, Yè Yuè Jìn stood up reflexively with a "huh", looking at the woman sitting on the sofa across from her wearing a light blue cheongsam, with a head of neatly tied white hair, a lovely and pale complexion, even as a woman herself she couldn't help but feel moved, respectfully saying: "Xuě Jiě."

  Qī xuě zuò zài shā fā shàng, ná le yī bēi hóng jiǔ, zhè ge wū jiān de dǐng bù shì kě yǐ yuǎn kòng de, dǎ kāi zhī hòu jiù zhǐ yǒu yī céng tòu míng de bō li, lù chū le yè kōng, suī rán méi yǒu xīng xīng, dàn shì tā hěn xǐ huān hēi qī de yè, hěn jì jiě. Wēn dù suī rán shēng gāo le yī xiē, dàn shì tā de tǐ zhì bǐ jiào shòu hán, hái néng gǎn shàng sī sī liáng yì.

  Yè Yuè Jīn had long been accustomed to it. After turning on the air conditioner, she went into the kitchen and brought out a bowl of red, blood-like substance, placing it on the table in front of her. Then, she opened the drawer and took out many small snacks, including hawthorn, almond, and yangmei, all sour and sweet treats. She also took out two bags of peanuts and melon seeds, and then pushed a cart from the kitchen filled with tea pastries and buttercream cakes, puddings, milkshakes, and cream puffs. Her actions were as smooth as flowing water, as if she had done it thousands of times before.

  These pastries were all made by her on purpose, because Qī Xuě didn't like anything else except for cake. It's not that it must have butter, some bread also has butter, but the texture is not as good as cake when eating. She likes to eat smooth things, like noodles too, they must be smooth. The small cake shops outside don't meet her standards, so Yè Yuè Qìn makes these things herself, after all, Xuě Jiě has very high requirements for these things.

  Yue Xinqi was always delighted because Snow Sister would be thrilled to eat the pastries she made and say they were delicious, while these things she did for Snow Sister were all insignificant.

  Qī xuě suí shǒu ná qǐ yī gè xiǎo dàngāo, chī de xīn mǎn yì zú hòu cái màn yōu yōu de tán qǐ zhèng shì.

  Translation:

  Qi Xue picked up a small cake and ate it with relish before slowly bringing up the matter at hand.

  "Have you heard from Shen Xiao?"

  "Right, for this half month, I have been sending people to look for Shen Xiao's whereabouts, but it has been in vain. Until a few days ago, with Leng Hao's help, we found out that she appeared on Qingfeng Street."

  Qī Xuě's calm expression asked: "What were you just thinking about?"

  Yè Yuè's face stiffened, and she stuttered: "N-nothing, I was just spacing out."

  "Qi Xue stopped asking and returned to the main topic, 'What's the reason?'"

  She didn't mention that topic again, her expression slightly relaxed, and she said slowly: "As soon as I heard the news, I went to see it myself, but...". She hesitated and said: "I saw her hugging a man."

  "Who are you looking at?" Ye Yuejin almost blurted out, her heart skipping a beat. She wiped the nonexistent sweat from her forehead and calmly said: "Xue Jie, when did you become so playful? It should be me asking you instead. I've been hearing a lot about you and Ge Yu Feng these past two days at school." Ye Yuejin smiled sweetly.

  Qī Xuě took a sip of her milkshake and asked, "What did Shen Xiao find out?" Yè Yuè Qìn looked at her silently, changing the subject, and seriously said, "Nuò Lǐ Suǒ!" Qī Xuě paused for a moment, put down what she was holding, and looked at Yè Yuè Qìn, gesturing for her to continue speaking.

  Yè Yuè jìn xīn xiǎng, zhè cì bù yòng dān xīn tā zài zhuǎn zhì zì jǐ shēn shàng le,"wǒ yòng diànnǎo kāi le quán chéng jiān kòng, zhī hòu fā xiàn Shěn Jiào cóng bǎi chéng jiē 301 hào chū lái, qù le nán mén de huī huáng jiǔ bā, ránhòu hé yī gè jiào Xià Liáng de nán rén zǒu jìn yī tiáo jiē, zhī hòu jiù méi le shēn yǐng. Zhī hòu Shěn Jiào chū xiàn, yòu yǔ lìng gè jiào Yán Qīng de zǒu zài yī qǐ, Yán Qīng shì gè xíng wéi bù zhèng de fù èr dài, liǎng rì qián, Shěn Jiào zhǔ dòng lái zhǎo wǒ, bìng jiāng Nuò ěr suǒ gěi le wǒ."

  Ye Yuexin pulled out a five-edged column-shaped object from her body, with a curved blue key at the top, and handed it to Qi Xue. Qi Xue's mouth curled up into a bloodthirsty arc, her eyes were filled with cold frost, and her body was motionless. Ye Yuexin felt icy and dangerous.

  "Continue, because."

  Yè yuè jìn zhāng zuǐ yòu hé shàng, lái huí jǐ cì cái chū shēng dào: "Shěn xiǎo shuō, tā qù le bǎi chéng jiē 301 hào, rán hòu qiáng shàng yǒu yī zhāng zhǐ, shàng miàn xiě zhe wǔ cūn 402, Shěn xiǎo gēn zhe shàng qù, nà jiā de mén méi yǒu suǒ, tā jiù jìn qù le, dàn shì lǐ miàn méi yǒu rén. Dàn zhuō zi shàng yǒu yī zhāng zhǐ tiáo, ràng tā qù huī huáng jiǔ bā jiàn yī gè jiào Lín Míng de nán rén, dàn shì xià liáng, zhè ge nán rén gàosù tā, Yán Qīng jiā zú shì dài chuán yī bǎ suǒ, hǎo xiang shì jiào Nuò ěr suǒ. Shěn xiǎo jiù juédìng qīn zì kàn kan, yú shì jiē jìn Yán Qīng, ràng tā wán quán xiǎng xìn le zì jǐ, yǒu yī tiān, Yán Qīng ná chū le nà bǎ suǒ, Shěn xiǎo shuō tā zhòng xì de kàn kan bìng jiàn xià tā dà zhì de xíng zhuàng, rán hòu chóng xīn zhì le yī gè, tōu tōu huàn le." Shěn xiǎo shì shén tōu, jì yì yě shì jīng huáng de hǎo, mó fǎng yǎn xì, huà zhuāng yì róng dōu shì yī liú.

  Qī Xuě Dàn asked: "What was she like when you saw her?" Yè Yuè Jìn understood what she meant and said: "It was her original appearance."

  Qī Xuě closed her eyes, and the moonlight filled her eyes with worry. Her expression was painful and disbelieving as she said, "Snow sister, it may not be what we think, Shen Yue...". Qī Xuě opened her eyes, cold and detached, as if everything was nothing to her. Yè Yuè's heart was shocked, and she couldn't speak a word.

  "Nothing, when I brought you all out initially, it wasn't to make you follow me. You are free and don't have to be constrained because of me. Besides, Shen Yue may not necessarily have betrayed me... but she really did betray me without a doubt. If anyone wants to hinder my plan, I won't show mercy anymore. We don't have much time left now. Starting tomorrow, let one person pretend to be me and stay in school. Tomorrow, we'll begin our action!"

  Ye Yuexin thought of something, her hands clenched tightly, her fingernails digging into her palms, her eyes filled with pain and struggle. Then she heard that distant, cold voice again: "Everyone has the right to pursue happiness, you too. Don't force it, if there's someone you like, be brave and go after them. The people I bring out aren't timid or weak, and I also believe in your judgment of people."

  The moonlight was filled with tears, and she choked back a sob: "You're the one who's forcing me, our lives were all saved by you. No matter what happens, I will never betray you!" Qī Xuě's hand tightened, the key snapped in two with a loud sound, and the blue silk skirt fell to the ground.

  "Rong Hao, look into which places have rumors about the Blue Jade Gemstone Crystal Fragments."

  Leng Hao's face was expressionless as he said, "Shahe Temple."

  "Snow sister, snow sister." The anxious and urgent cries grew louder and closer. A girl of about 15 or 16 years old ran over, her small face scrunched up in a frown, her whole face unhappy, her lips opening and closing but unable to speak, biting her lip tightly and lowering her head, her hands clenched into fists on her clothes.

  "Zhou Xiao, what's going on?" Ye Yuejin asked, breaking the silence. Zhou Xiao looked up with a wronged expression, "Sister Yue, they said Shen Xiao betrayed us because of a man! Everyone is in an uproar, saying they saw her being intimate with him and that she even gave him the Nuo Lock! How can this be possible?!" Ye Yuejin's face turned black as soon as she heard this - wasn't this what she had said? But who said Shen Xiao gave the Nuo Lock to that man?

  Qī xuě sī chèn zhe, yuè xìn shuō Shěn Jiàn bǎ Nuò ěr suǒ gěi le tā, dàn shì zhè bǎ suǒ shì jiǎ de, Zhōu Xiǎo shuō de wán quán xiāng fǎn, Shěn Jiàn bǎ Nuò ěr suǒ gěi le bié rén zhè shì cóng nǎ lǐ chuán chū lái de, yào hǎo hǎo diào chá le.

  "Leng Hao, go investigate where this rumor came from."

  "Uh-huh."

  Qī Xuě didn't want to suspect anyone, Yè Yuè Jìn, Zhōu Xiǎo and Shěn Jiàn were all people she brought out from the lab, Lěng Hào was someone she met after leaving, at that time he was covered in scars lying by the side of the road, but she never asked about his past, nor was it necessary. Zhōu Xiǎo's personality is very simple and innocent, it's inevitable that she would be taken advantage of, causing us to become disorganized also isn't impossible, weighing the pros and cons, we must quickly investigate Shěn Jiàn's matter!

  "About this matter, you all don't need to worry about it anymore. There are more and more things happening now. Yue Xin, continue tracking that mysterious sender and Shen Xiao's contact. Zhou Xiao, don't be so worried, right and wrong will be clear one day. Tonight, go with Yue Xin to Hui Huang Bar and investigate the identities of those men. As for Xia Li, this case must be related to Shen Xiao's matter, you all don't need to worry about it anymore. I want to get news tomorrow."

  "Okay, Snowy sister, take care on your way."

  Qī xuě walked to the door and stopped, "Do you have anything else?"

  "Hei Tong Key."

  "Where?"

  Artush

  Nana looked up at the sky and said, "It's so dark, without streetlights you can't see anything. Humans are really a strange species."

  "Uh-huh."

  Qī xuě hǎo xiào de kàn zhe tā, bú guò liǎn shàng yī jiù méi shén me bǐng xiàng, "nǐ jiù bù néng duō shuō jǐ gè zì ma?"

  Translation:

  Qī Snow smiled at him, but her face still didn't show much expression, "Can't you say a few more words?"

  His eyes, as dark as ink, gazed at her and said, "You've become more talkative."

  Qī xuě wú yǔ, tā cóng lái jiù méi tīng guò lěng huà shuō wǔ gè zì yǐ shàng de huà, yě shì ne, zuì jìn zì jǐ hǎo xiàng biàn le hěn duō, shì hé gé yù fēng xiāng guān ma? Xiàn zài tāmen yù dào de shì qíng tài duō, méi yǒu jiě jué de tài duō, shí guān tài jǐn pò, gé yù fēng yīng gāi bù suàn shì dí rén, rú guǒ kě néng de huà...