"Don't think that just because you said so, I'll give up the search. I'll definitely ask Wei Wei and Xin Shang to help me look for it."
Seeing Wei Shuxuan's cute expression, Xin Zizhao couldn't help but smile. "Yes, yes, yes. You can search hard. Well, your hair is dry. Are you going to sleep?"
"No, I want to finish reading before going to sleep. How about you keep me company for a while, Xin Zizhao? We can chat by the way!" Wei Shuxuan turned her head and looked at Xin Zizhao.
Xin Zizhao looked at Wei Shuxuan's excited little face with a bit of helplessness. Although he was a bit sleepy, if Wei Shuxuan said she wanted him to accompany her, he would definitely not refuse her request. "Okay, I know. I'll keep you company. How many pages do you have left to finish reading?"
"It's not much. There are just the records of about a dozen victims left to read. Are you sleepy, Xin Zizhao? How about you keep me company for a while and then go to sleep?" Wei Shuxuan was not an unreasonable person. If Xin Zizhao was sleepy, it didn't matter for him to go to sleep first.
"No, I'll keep you company. When I was in the palace, I was almost always busy with political affairs. After you came back, I haven't accompanied you properly. It's rare that we're traveling together now. Of course, I should take this opportunity to accompany you well."
Xin Zizhao propped his chin with his hand and looked at Wei Shuxuan affectionately. Wei Shuxuan blushed under his gaze. "...... Can you stop looking at me like this? I feel so embarrassed. You'll make it hard for me to concentrate on reading the records, and then my progress will be delayed."
Listening to Wei Shuxuan's little complaint in his ear, Xin Zizhao felt it was a kind of sweet feeling. "Yes, yes, yes. You can read it carefully."
However, after reading the record book for a while, Wei Shuxuan looked at Xin Zizhao again and brought up something that had been on her mind. "Speaking of which, I've already married you, but I haven't put up my hair in a bun. Is that okay?"
"Why did you suddenly bring this up?" Xin Zizhao looked at Wei Shuxuan in confusion.
Wei Shuxuan thought for a while and explained to Xin Zizhao. "Didn't we meet Yang Xiaojing before? When I saw Xiaojing, I found that she had her hair in a bun instead of wearing it like mine. So I'm asking you if married women should all put up their hair in buns?"
"If you don't like it, it's okay not to put up your hair. Our relationship won't change just because of a bun."
Xin Zizhao never cared about such superficial forms. What he cared about was the spiritual communication.
"So married women should put up their hair in buns," Wei Shuxuan raised her eyebrows. "Fortunately, you didn't ask me to put up my hair. I don't know how to do it at all."
"I knew you were clumsy, so I won't make too many demands on you when we're outside."
The two of them chatted back and forth. Wei Shuxuan held the record book and read while chatting with Xin Zizhao. Although she read rather slowly, she finally finished the whole record book.
The next day, Wei Shuxuan called Wei Wei and Xin Shang to her room, saying that she had something to tell them. The two of them glanced at Xin Zizhao, who was calmly drinking tea without any reaction. So they had no choice but to follow Wei Shuxuan upstairs to the room.
"I need you two to help me with something."
"Your subordinate will definitely do his best to complete your order, Miss!"
"Your subordinate will also try his best to complete your order, Your Highness."
Wei Shuxuan took out the drawing papers with the flame mark on them and gave one to each of them. "I'd like to ask you to help me look for places with this flame mark in this small town. If you find any, come and inform me immediately. Do you understand?"
"Yes, your subordinate takes the order!" The two of them answered in unison.
After receiving Wei Shuxuan's order, the two of them planned to go out to look for places with the flame mark after breakfast. But just then, they were stopped by Sima Yongheng. "Brother Wei, Brother Xin, where are you going?"
"We're going to complete the task assigned by the Miss."
"I want to go with you too!" Sima Yongheng looked at them. Wei Wei glanced at Xin Shang, and Xin Shang glanced back at Wei Wei, then nodded, indicating no objection.
"...... Alright, Yongheng. You must stay by our side and not leave for a single step. Do you understand?"
"Okay, I understand, Brother Wei."
So the three of them left the Sanmei Inn together to look for the flame mark in other parts of Kele Town. They searched for the whole morning but found nothing. As noon was approaching, they had to find a place to have lunch first.
"Xin Shang, do you have any ideas?" Wei Wei put down his sword and asked Xin Shang, who was staring blankly at the tea in his cup.
"...... I don't have any ideas for the time being. Moreover, I think it's not a sign but a mark."
Wei Wei and Sima Yongheng on the side didn't quite understand what Xin Shang meant. Xin Shang thought about how to explain it to them. "...... What I mean is that the places with this mark indicate that they've already attacked this household. Maybe this mark is only known to their insiders. People like us can't possibly know this mark since we're not insiders."
"I understand what you mean, Xin Shang," Wei Wei nodded and took a sip of tea. "However, anyway, we should still look for it first. The Miss has already given us this order. If we really can't find it after searching, then we'll go back and report to the Miss truthfully."
"That's the only thing we can do."
The conversation between the two of them left Sima Yongheng completely confused. He didn't understand what they meant at all. However, he just needed to follow them wherever they went.
After lunch, the three of them went back to the town to look for it. They asked several people, and the townspeople all said that they didn't know what this mark meant, and there was no place in the town with this mark at all.
In the Sanmei Inn, Wei Shuxuan was staring blankly at the record book. She was a bit worried whether Wei Wei and the others could find it. She had thought about what Xin Zizhao had said, but it was better than doing nothing. What should she do if they couldn't find it?
Just as Wei Shuxuan was thinking about a solution, Xin Zizhao suddenly walked in from outside, disturbing her train of thought. "What are you doing here?"
"...... Can't you see! I'm thinking seriously!" Wei Shuxuan said crossly.