When the book-traveling little detective meets the two-faced prince

Chapter 373 Sparkling Waves

By the time Lin Lezhi finally came back from outside, two hours had passed. It would probably be dark soon.

"Is this what you meant by coming back soon?"

Guan Ziheng looked at Lin Lezhi who was tiptoeing and carefully closing the door, his voice full of resentment.

"Well...I'm just taking a walk."

"Just walking around, where are all your clothes?"

Guan Ziheng narrowed his eyes slightly, his gaze fixed on Lin Lezhi like welding, and his voice hinted at leniency for those who confessed and strictness for those who resisted.

Lin Lezhi thought to himself.

broken.

All the clothes fell into Xiao Yihuo's hands.

After he left Qingchuan, he came back straight away and completely forgot about it.

Lin Lezhi said unconfidently: "They are all... at Xiao Xu's place."

"Why would you be at his place for no reason?" Guan Ziheng asked knowingly, then said helplessly, "I knew you wouldn't just go for a walk."

Guan Ziheng complained: "How could anyone go for a walk into someone else's room?"

"I... I was just taking a walk, and since I had nothing else to do, I decided to check on Xiao Xu. Qingchuan and the others were out, so I took care of him for a while."

Lin Lezhi assured: "Don't worry, I will definitely get those clothes back!"

"I'm not talking about those clothes." Guan Ziheng pointed out: "If you are worried about Xiao Xu's condition and want to visit him, just tell me directly. He saved you and is in your debt. I'm not such an unreasonable person, so why hide it from me, you..."

Guan Ziheng wanted to say something else, but considering Lin Lezhi's mood, he sighed and said, "Forget it. Anyway, I hope you come back safely."

Although the development of the matter was somewhat different from what Guan Ziheng had said, and he had not initially been targeting Xiao Yihuo, Lin Lezhi immediately took advantage of the situation and praised him, "I knew that our Ziheng was thoughtful and considerate."

"Stop it."

Lin Lezhi always managed to get away with it this way, but Guan Ziheng was always soft-hearted towards him and had no idea what to do.

Seeing Guan Ziheng's exhausted look, Lin Lezhi walked to the table and poured him a cup of tea. He asked with a guilty conscience, "You haven't had any rest since I left, have you?"

Guan Ziheng was furious. "I was just saying that. Not long after you left, Miss Chi came. I refused to tell her where you were, and she insisted on sitting here waiting for you to come back. I really didn't know what to do, so I had to lie to her and say you went for a walk by the lake, and asked her to go look for you there."

Lin Lezhi smiled awkwardly and said, "This Miss Chi, she...she is really persistent."

"That's not persistence, that's madness. I told her you went to the lake, and she called me disloyal, saying you weren't fully recovered yet, and I actually let a sick person like you go to the lake by yourself. I'm really at my wit's end. I can't just say you might be in Xiao Xu's room. If I do that, the whole inn will be turned upside down."

Although it was very inhumane, seeing Guan Ziheng being tortured to the point of being crazy, I couldn't help but burst out laughing.

"You're still laughing, it's all your fault!"

Lin Lezhi immediately burst out laughing.

Guan Ziheng looked at Lin Lezhi and said sincerely, "Speaking of which, what are you going to do with this Miss Chi? Before, you hadn't woken up yet, so you could still hide a little. Now that you're awake, I'm afraid it will be difficult to avoid it."

"I'm not trying to avoid it. Whether or not she's Chi Feibai's daughter, she's a potential breakthrough for me. I can find a chance to test her. If she's really Jiang Lian'an's junior sister, and has nothing to do with what we're investigating, we should send her back to Tiandi Pavilion as soon as possible to avoid any innocent involvement."

Guan Ziheng drank the tea that Lin Lezhi poured, shook his head and said, "Only you dare to say such a thing. Regardless of whether it is true or not, she is always kind to you."

"I plan to go see her later."

Guan Ziheng was quite surprised and asked, "You figured out how to test her so quickly?"

Lin Lezhi shook his head and said frankly, "Not really, but if I leave her alone, I'm afraid the whole inn will know about it."

After staying in the room with Chi Ruxia for two hours, Guan Ziheng had personally experienced her strength. He was deeply impressed and felt that what Lin Lezhi said made a lot of sense.

Then, he yawned and said with an expression that wished Lin Lezhi good luck, "Then remember to disguise yourself when you go out. I'm going to sleep for a while."

After Guan Ziheng undressed and went to bed, Lin Lezhi tiptoed out the door.

After going to Chi Ruxia's room and finding no one there, he remembered what Guan Ziheng said and decided to go to the lake to look for her.

After the Huaifeng Village case, although the case has been solved, people still have some resentment in their hearts, so there are not many people by the lake.

Therefore, Lin Lezhi saw Chi Ruxia who was looking for someone along the lake at a glance.

Lin Lezhi walked slowly towards Chi Ruxia.

After seeing the masked man, Chi Ruxia's expression was full of guard, but when Lin Lezhi blurted out "Miss Chi", her guard immediately dropped. She could hardly hide her joy, but there was still a hint of loneliness in her eyes. She smiled and said, "Big Brother!"

Chi Ruxia's shouting immediately attracted the attention of people around her.

Lin Lezhi made a 'hush' gesture, and Chi Ruxia immediately understood and fell silent, covering her mouth to ensure that she would not make any more noise.

Lin Lezhi smiled and said gently, "Let's talk somewhere else."

The two of them walked along the lakeside in the sunset, keeping a proper distance from each other. Chi Ruxia looked at Lin Lezhi from time to time, trying to see Lin Lezhi's expression clearly from under the cloth covering his face.

When they reached a certain place, Lin Lezhi suddenly stopped and took off the cloth covering his face.

“Senior Brother, you…!”

Seeing Lin Lezhi taking off the cloth covering his face, Chi Ruxia was even more nervous than Lin Lezhi. She looked around hurriedly with a look of vigilance and panic.

"Don't worry, there's no one here, and it's getting dark."

Because she was staring at Lin Lezhi, trying to see some expression in his eyes, Chi Ruxia didn't pay any attention to the situation around her.

Seeing that there was no one around, her tense mood relaxed and she looked at Lin Lezhi again.

The look she gave Lin Lezhi was full of concern and passion, mixed with sadness and joy, and complex emotions that were difficult to describe.

Lin Lezhi sat down directly by the lake, spread one of the pieces of cloth in his hand aside, and said with a smile: "You have been out looking for me for a long time, you must be tired, let's sit down and talk."

Chi Ruxia's eyes flickered, just like the setting sun shining on the ripples on the lake.

She sat down next to Lin Lezhi, her eyes gleaming with anticipation and joy as she asked, "Brother, are you... coming to see me?"