The streets were dead silent at night. A crescent moon, bright and clear, seemed to hang on the treetops in the distance. The shadows of Dongfang Yi and Helian Qi were stretched long by the moonlight.
"Two tigers, two tigers, run fast, run fast. One has no..." Dongfang Yi sang and danced as she followed Helian Qi, stepping on his shadow.
The man walking in front was utterly confused by her song. "What kind of tune is this? Why have I never heard it before?" He turned back and asked.
"Uh - it's my own creation." Dongfang Yi looked up at him with wide - open eyes, telling a lie. How could she know what the tune of "Two Tigers" was?
Dongfang Yi had big eyes, a small face and a pointed chin. Her eyes stood out, giving her an air of vulnerability yet also cleverness.
Helian Qi noticed that she seemed to like tilting her head slightly when speaking, as if she were quite confident about what she was saying.
At this thought, Helian Qi couldn't help but lower his head and let out a soft laugh. The sound of his laughter just reached Dongfang Yi's ears.
She said in surprise, "Helian Qi, you're laughing! You look so good when you laugh. You always keep a straight face like an ice beauty..."
"Beauty?" Helian Qi asked in disbelief. He couldn't understand why this woman always said such strange things. Her songs were strange too. Everything about her was strange, but he just couldn't bring himself to dislike her. Instead... he even had a bit of a liking for her.
Helian Qi shook his head, then reached out and took Dongfang Yi's hand. "You walk too slowly. Let me hold your hand."
The moonlight was boundless, nightingales were singing, and the talented man and beautiful woman were a perfect match.
Another morning came. The moment Dongfang Yi opened her eyes, she remembered the scene from last night when Helian Qi had held her hand and they had strolled back to the inn in the moonlight. Unable to contain her excitement, she rolled around on the bed hugging the quilt.
Dongfang Yi was both beautiful and intelligent, but when it came to feelings, she was like an idiot. Those wordless flutters in her heart had left her flustered. She couldn't control her desire to get closer to that person, to touch him. Even... deeper things she didn't even dare to think about. He was the emperor of a country. Even if she gave her heart, could she get what she wanted? Dongfang Yi couldn't be too naive. She knew well the rules and perils of this world, which didn't allow her to have any naive thoughts. Thinking of this, she deflated like a punctured balloon and just lay on the couch, staring blankly at the ceiling.
Helian Qi, who was standing outside the curtain, happened to see this. He saw the woman on the bed in the distance go from excitedly rolling around with the quilt to looking blank as if she had thought of something.
He gave a soft cough to signal his presence, but Dongfang Yi seemed not to hear at all and continued to stare blankly at the bed - top.
"What are you doing?" Helian Qi lifted the curtain and walked over.
To his surprise, Dongfang Yi's clothes were in a mess. Her inner undergarment was even exposed. But the woman being stared at by him seemed not to care at all and continued to answer his question, "I'm not doing anything..."
Helian Qi narrowed his eyes and walked towards her step by step. Finally, he stopped in front of her, bent down slightly to look her in the eye and said, "Do you know what you're doing?"
His eyes were narrowed in a dangerous way, and his words left Dongfang Yi a bit confused. When she lowered her head, she finally understood why. She quickly covered her chest and tidied up her clothes. She had forgotten that thrashing around would mess up her clothes.
Helian Qi looked at the blushing little woman in front of him and suddenly felt in a great mood. The messy thoughts in his mind because of the Black Hawk Society became clear. Maybe it was affection. He didn't know when it started, but as long as he saw this little woman in front of him, his mood would improve. Whether it was her playfulness or her intelligence, every aspect of her fascinated him.
Dongfang Yi was still lowering her head to tidy up her clothes. Maybe because of shyness and nervousness, there was a thin layer of sweat on her forehead and her ears were red, the redness spreading to her cheeks.
Helian Qi's heart skipped a beat. He leaned down and brought his head closer. His lips touched the tip of her ear. He clearly felt the girl beneath him tremble violently. A smile played on Helian Qi's lips as he kissed the tip of her ear.
Dongfang Yi only felt a soft, wet object stick to her ear. All the blood in her body seemed to reverse at that moment. Her whole body went numb and her mind went blank.
But Helian Qi only lingered on the tip of her ear for a while, then gave a quick kiss on the ear - canal and pulled back his lips. He whispered softly, still very close to her ear, "Get up."
Dongfang Yi felt as if her head had exploded. When she came to her senses, Helian Qi had already left the room.
Oh my god, this was so exciting! Dongfang Yi thought that she had struggled in the great 21st century for more than twenty years and had never felt this way before. A person who had been single since birth was actually having this feeling in ancient times. It was like a dream.
For the whole day, Dongfang Yi was absent - minded in everything she did. Whenever she accidentally met Helian Qi's eyes, her face would turn hot. Especially when she saw the man who rarely smiled give her a smile, her heart would skip a beat again.
They decided to leave Beiguan and head for Dongguan the next day to explore the underground secret trading place of the Black Hawk Society. They wanted to find out all the behind - the - scenes truths at once and dig out the mastermind. What Dongfang Yi wanted to do was to find out the real murderer who had tried to assassinate Helian Qi and clear her name in front of everyone.
The group entered Dongguan City in the afternoon of the next day. Different from Beiguan, Dongguan was not very prosperous. The vendors seemed more simple and honest. The men and women on the street were all dressed in special clothes, which had a unique charm.
They had just entered the city for a short while when they heard a loud quarrel at the street corner. They pushed through the crowd and found that a rather elegantly - dressed young master was pointing at a ragged man, accusing him of stealing his money - bag.
"Sir, I really didn't steal your money - bag." The man knelt on the ground, begging for mercy. His sincere expression really seemed to indicate that he was innocent.
But the young master still kicked him to the ground. The man then lay on the ground, crying loudly.
Dongfang Yi couldn't stand people who bullied the weak. She was about to step forward to defend the man, but Helian Qi beside her grabbed her.
Dongfang Yi was about to get angry when she saw where Helian Qi was pointing with his fan. She immediately stopped speaking.