They Slept Together

All eyes followed her fingertips, some even holding their breath.

Jinhsi's fingertips traced a circle before finally landing on someone behind her, someone none of them expected.

"It's her, Sanhua."

The auditorium fell silent.

"Sanhua?" Augusta frowned, looking the woman leaning against the pillar up and down.

A cold, expressionless face, and a wound on his wrist.

She hadn't paid much attention to this person before, always assuming he was just Jinhsi's bodyguard.

"Her?" Lupa chuckled. "Magistrate Jin, are you kidding me? Isn't she just your bodyguard? What could a bodyguard possibly have—"

"They slept there."

The air fell silent instantly; you could hear a pin drop.

After a while.

Aside from Sigrika and Lynae letting out incredulous gasps, everyone else laughed.

Especially Lupa's loudest laughter.

"Magistrate Jin, are you kidding us? You can't even come up with a better excuse when you're lying."

Juno crossed her arms, looking incredulous. "Exactly! She's just your bodyguard. What makes her so special? Even if what you say is true, how do you know?"

Suisui also stood up to criticize Jinhsi, saying, "It's not right for Magistrate Jin to deceive everyone like this."

Cantarella also asked Changli with a smile, "Changli, so your apprentice can lie too?"

Unlike others who questioned Jinhsi, Changli believed that his disciple wouldn't speak carelessly.

"Jinhsi, are you telling the truth?" she asked solemnly.

Faced with a barrage of doubts, Jinhsi felt another pang of pain in her heart.

She mustered her courage to speak the truth she didn't want to confront, but no one believed her.

She took a deep breath and responded to Changli.

"It's true! I saw it with my own eyes!"

However, no one believed her.

Juno even mocked her, "Magistrate Jin, assuming what you say is true, you just watch your guard and him seduce each other without doing anything? That's hilarious, hahaha, I've never heard anything so funny."

"Everything I said is true, you can ask Sanhua if you don't believe me!" Jinhsi said anxiously.

"Sanhua, is what Jinhsi said true?" Changli asked.

Sanhua remained silent for a long time before saying, "What the Prime Minister said is true."

The entire room fell silent.

However, not long after, Lupa let out a sneer.

"Funny. Funny. Absolutely hilarious."

"Magistrate Jin, you really are unscrupulous, even colluding with your guards to deceive people. You Huanglong people have truly impressed me."

Jinhsi couldn't take it anymore. Why wouldn't they believe her?

"No, that's not true. I'm telling the truth. If you don't believe me, confront him in public and see if he dares to deny it!"

"Alright, let's have a confrontation then."

Lupa turned her head and glanced in the direction of the Pleiades.

Everyone turned their heads in unison.

The seven maids of the Pleiades maintained their human wall formation, with Luna standing at the very front with her hands on her hips.

The formation was impeccable, and the morale was high.

But the corner behind them was empty.

Kexi, who should have been standing against the wall, was nowhere to be seen.

Selina was left standing alone.

"Where is he?" Lupa asked first, her voice rising three octaves.

"What's going on?" Juno took a step forward, his eyes wide open.

The Pleiades ' maid also glanced back, and sure enough, Kexi was gone.

"Young Master was just here!" Karenina exclaimed anxiously, looking around frantically. "I clearly saw him standing here!"

Luna's face instantly turned a deep liver color.

She whirled around to look at Selina, her voice shrill and high-pitched. "Selina! Aren't you in charge of watching the young master?! What kind of person are you watching over?!"

Selina's expression was quite complicated. She opened her mouth and said, "Young Master told me to shut up, so I shut up."

"So we've been arguing here, and he just ran away?" A big # appeared on Juno's forehead, and he raised a fist and clenched it tightly, his teeth itching with anger.

"That's outrageous! He's gone too far! We have to catch him!" Lupa was also getting angry.

They argued endlessly, while the person involved simply disappeared.

"Chase him! Bring him back!" Augusta waved his hand, and the Septimont and Three Savages were the first to rush out.

Lynae grabbed Sigrika's wrist, not wanting to be left behind, and chased after her, shouting, "Let's go, Sigrika! He has to give us an explanation today!"

"Yes! We can't let him get away!" Sigrika was pulled and staggered, but her steps didn't slow down at all.

Jinhsi stood still, glanced at Changli, and then at Sanhua.

She closed her eyes, lifted her foot, and followed the group.

Changli and Cantarella exchanged a glance.

"Should we pursue them?" Cantarella asked.

"What do you think?" Changli had already taken a step.

Cantarella shrugged and followed.

Suisui closed her fan and chased after him with small, quick steps.

Mornye stood at the back of the crowd, watching everyone surge in the same direction. After hesitating for two seconds, she followed.

Phoebe looked left and right, unsure whether she should follow him.

Finally, she stamped her foot and chased after him.

The seven maids of the Pleiades looked at each other in bewilderment.

Luna glared at Selina through gritted teeth, then turned and rushed over. "Come with me! Protect the young master! We can't let these bad women get close to him!"

The seven maids all rushed out in a flurry.

Selina stood in the empty hall, looking in the direction where everyone had disappeared.

"Young Master," she muttered softly, then took off after him.

Carlotta was left alone, watching their retreating figures.

She craned her neck and shouted, "Hey, do those conditions you mentioned still stand?"

Nobody paid her any attention.

Christopher watched them leave with great interest; the juicy gossip he'd had today had once again provided him with wonderful creative inspiration.

The maid, Scar, approached him and whispered, "What do we do? He ran away, what about our plan..."

He smiled. "No rush. I have a feeling the plot will be more exciting than we planned."

A few minutes ago.

Kexi had just rushed out of the ceremonial hall and arrived at the long corridor outside the manor.

He took a deep breath, as if savoring the taste of freedom, then let out a relieved exclamation, "Aha, I was so clever! Luckily I ran fast. If I had stayed there, those women would have torn me to pieces."

He pulled out the hundred banknotes he had withdrawn from the Everard Bank the day before, brought them to his nose, took a deep breath, and let out a sound of ecstasy, "Ah... the smell of banknotes."

"Luckily, I got the money from Carlotta yesterday, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to run away easily."

Kexi decided to leave to avoid trouble. These women were all of extraordinary status, and if he stayed in Montelli, he would definitely suffer the consequences. Running away was the best option.

That's right, this is the best of the thirty-six stratagems of love: running away.

Suddenly, a hand patted his shoulder from behind.

Startled, Kexi trembled all over, like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, and jumped and turned around.

His trembling heart gradually calmed down when he saw the red-haired woman in front of him.

"What are you doing?" Cioccolata asked, looking at his terrified expression.

"It's Cioccolata! You scared me to death!" Kexi finally spoke, patting her chest.

"It's your birthday party, why aren't you in the reception hall? What are you doing out here?" Cioccolata had just arrived and saw him alone, so she came over to greet him, which led to the scene just now.

"Emmm..." Kexi stammered, "It might be a bit dangerous in there."

"Danger? This is your home, what danger could there be?"

"Alright, since we've run into you, I'll leave this to you."

Cioccolata took out a small booklet and handed it to Kexi.

"What is this?" Kexi asked, opening it with a puzzled look.

Cioccolata explained, "This is my sheet music, containing all my life's work. It's a very precious gift to me. You won't mind, will you?"

"No, no, how could I possibly dislike it?" Kexi looked at Cioccolata's suspicious expression, her gaze falling on the Tacet Mark on her collarbone, and her breath hitched slightly.

A thought suddenly struck him, and a bright smile spread across his face. "Cioccolata, I also have a gift I'd like to give you."

"Do you have anything else to give me?"

"Yes, close your eyes first."

"So mysterious." Cioccolata closed his eyes.

Kexi looked at her tightly closed eyes, took a step forward, lowered his head, and placed his lips on her collarbone.

at this time.

The Septimont and Three Wild Men happened to chase after them and witnessed this scene.