"Mm... Brother?" Li Ke murmured as she crawled out from beneath the covers, revealing an arm as white as a lotus root. Seeing Jiang Yuan sitting at the table and studying something, she smiled.
"Brother, what are you looking at?"
After getting dressed, Li Ke walked behind Jiang Yuan. He was so engrossed that even when she came to his side, he showed no reaction at all, leaving Li Ke unable to help voicing her question.
"Nothing." Jiang Yuan carefully studied the drawings.
The drawings were covered in white patterns that ordinary people could not comprehend.
The pure white lines stood out starkly against the slightly yellowed paper.
Jiang Yuan examined them one by one. Only after a long while did he let out a breath.
Jiang Yuan discovered that one of the patterns greatly resembled the pattern he had found at the escort agency, though there were still some differences.
Moreover, the pattern Jiang Yuan had investigated only vaguely stated that it was connected to flesh and blood and deities.
There were no further details. Jiang Yuan put the papers away, then looked at Li Ke, who was resting her cheek on her hand in boredom, and said, "There's a market in the southern part of the city today. It's very lively—I'll take you to have a look!"
Li Ke broke into a smile at those words.
Just then, someone knocked on the door.
Jiang Yuan went to answer it, only to find two or three elderly men standing respectfully outside.
"Young Master, what my young master did yesterday was wrong. He has specially come to apologize today. Here are ten thousand taels in banknotes; please accept them with a smile."
The elderly men all meant roughly the same thing: they had come to apologize. They appeared to be