Izumi Uchiha did not agree to Ye Fan's invitation, but this time, she did not refuse either.
"Let's leave here first. Will you come with us, Senior?"
Ye Fan swung himself onto Laiyun's back and asked Izumi Uchiha, who seemed somewhat distracted.
"Where are you going?"
"First, we'll find somewhere to rest." Ye Fan said.
Izumi Uchiha frowned. "You're not planning to rendezvous with those guards?"
"Not yet." A curve lifted at the corner of Ye Fan's mouth.
He had sent people to capture the mastermind behind it all. No matter what, that man was a cabinet minister, high in rank and power.
An abandoned temple.
Ye Fan and Izumi Uchiha remained in the courtyard, neither speaking for half a day.
Ye Fan fiddled with the black beetle in his hand, while Izumi Uchiha leaned against a wooden pillar, occasionally glancing at him.
"Where did that beetle in your hand come from?" Izumi Uchiha finally broke the silence.
After watching it for some time, she had discovered that this beetle was anything but ordinary.
It actually gave her a sense of danger.
"I picked it up," Ye Fan said casually.
"It's not an ordinary insect." Izumi Uchiha's words sounded both like a probe and a statement.
"It used to be. It isn't now."
"What do you mean?"
Ye Fan raised his head to look at Izumi Uchiha. He merely smiled and did not answer.
Izumi Uchiha frowned. She could not stand people who liked to keep others guessing.
"Everyone has their own secrets, don't they?"
Ye Fan lowered his head again, yet those words came from his mouth.
Izumi Uchiha did not respond.
Indeed!
Everyone had their own secrets. For instance, she too had secrets she did not want others to know.
The air fell silent once more.
Another half