The protagonist committed numerous evil deeds.

Chapter 157 Half Moon (21) Perceiving Feelings

Wen Li slowly opened her eyes, not knowing how long she had slept. Before she could fully open them, she met a pair of eyes.

"Aren't you asleep?"

"I woke up a little earlier than you, did I disturb you?"

"No."

"Then you should sleep a little longer. You haven't had a proper rest these past few days."

It was still dark, so she probably only slept for a little over two hours. But now that she was awake, Wen Li found it hard to fall back asleep.

"No, I can't sleep."

She looked around and saw that everyone was still fast asleep. She asked Shen Yingsi, "What have you, your uncle, and Pei Kuang been whispering about these past few days? You've been so secretive, and we can't find you anywhere. We still haven't seen Pei Kuang."

Shen Yingsi didn't answer immediately. He glanced at her first, then looked up at the moon.

"Want to know?"

"Fine, don't tell me then. I don't necessarily need to know."

A moment later, his voice floated over.

"We're plotting to kill someone's friend, so of course we have to avoid that person a bit."

"What you're saying makes me sound like the kind of person who can't distinguish between public and private matters."

"You are."

A resolute tone.

Wen Li thought for a moment and didn't deny it: "Okay, I am. But don't worry, I won't save him this time. Shen Yannan, he really deserves to die."

"Then he shouldn't have died in his previous life? You still went all the way to save him."

"Shen Yingsi, how many more times are you going to bring this up! I've already said it, whether he deserved to die in my previous life is none of my business, and I'm just someone who can't distinguish right from wrong, and I'll side with my own people regardless of what's right or wrong. So what? He was my friend, so I went to save him, that's all."

"But don't worry, I'm taking care of myself and you right now, so I don't have time to deal with him."

Shen Yingsi tilted his head slightly to one side, a secret smile curving his lips.

"Why do you care about me?"

Wen Li looked at him seriously and replied, "I have hurt you."

The smile that I couldn't stop just now has finally stopped.

"Oh."

"and……"

Shen Yingsi's lips curled up again. "And what?"

"Moreover, Your Highness, your life and death are related to the lives of all the people in the world. I have to take good care of you. If the world is in chaos and everyone dies, even if I investigate the Jiang family case, it will be meaningless."

"Oh."

With a curt "Oh," Wen Li crossed her arms and looked up at the moon, saying matter-of-factly, "I don't like to meddle in other people's business, but if this person likes me, then it's not meddling. Most importantly..."

Shen Yingsi couldn't help but turn around and stare at her profile. "What is it?"

Wen Li's cheeky voice rang out: "Guess."

"I can't guess, Ali, I need you to tell me."

Shen Yingsi's voice sounded somewhat pitiful, and Wen Li felt a tingling sensation in her ears. She continued to look up at the moon, motionless.

"Shen Xianzhi, can't you really guess? You're so smart, didn't you realize how I feel?"

Wen Li's right hand groped quietly in the darkness. When it touched the warmth, it pulled back slightly before carefully hooking the finger.

"Do you know now?"

Shen Yingsi looked down at the small hand that was holding his fingers, and the corners of his lips slowly turned up. Then he carefully grasped the cold little hand and wrapped it tightly in his palm.

My heart is completely at peace.

"It's confirmed."

Their cold hands were gradually warmed up. Both of them looked up at the moon, neither of them spoke, and neither of them was too embarrassed to look at the other, but the corners of their mouths turned up in the same arc in perfect unison.

"correct."

Wen Li mysteriously took out the jade pendant.

"Look at this!"

"what is this?"

"This is the jade pendant space I found on Aunt Song. I went in yesterday and confirmed that it belongs to my Jiang family. However, there were too many people, so I could only go in and take a quick look."

Wen Li glanced at the few people sleeping against the wall in the distance, lowered her voice and whispered in Shen Yingsi's ear, "Most importantly, with it, that thing inside me seems to be completely suppressed. I can't feel its presence at all now."

Shen Yingsi frowned slightly and said, "How could it be such a coincidence?"

"What a coincidence! Maybe it's God helping us. Don't worry, I haven't experienced anything unusual while wearing it."

Wen Li looked at the jade pendant in her hand, and then took out another jade pendant from her body.

"I now have two jade pendant spaces, so I'll give this one to you as an early birthday greeting."

Wen Li tossed the jade pendant into his arms, and Shen Yingsi caught it, unfolded it, and grinned foolishly at her.

Wen Li's lips never curled down.

"What are you laughing at? You have plenty of stuff, and I ransacked it clean. You didn't get much of a bargain."

"Ah Li, I will never take it off."

"Whatever, it's none of my business..."

Wen Li said with a smug smile.

"By the way, let's not let anyone else know about this for now. Let's talk about it after I've sorted things out for a while."

"Oh."

That "oh" sounded clearly a bit aggrieved.

"Oh what? Just say what you want to say!"

"It's nothing. I'm just worried that if no one knows, and Ali suddenly stops liking me and falls for someone else, she can easily abandon me. Wouldn't that mean there's nothing left between us then?"

Wen Li hadn't considered this; she liked to follow her heart, and her heart was very firm.

Wen Li patiently told him, "No, I won't leave you. Besides, this is only temporary. There's such a big gap between us right now. If other people knew, they would definitely look at me like a toad eating swan meat. And a bunch of unrelated people would come up to oppose us. So please wait for me. Please bear with it for a year or two. Once I've achieved success, I will definitely not let you down!"

Wen Li spoke in a scumbag tone, but Shen Yingsi's eyes welled up with tears, and he looked very moved.

"Ah Li, I'm sorry. I should have dealt with everything before coming to you, but now I'm making you suffer for me."

Seeing Shen Yingsi's distressed and self-reproachful expression, Wen Li frowned. She really wanted to crack open his brain to see what was inside!

What did she endure? How did he do anything to wrong her?

"Shen Yingsi! Why do you always take everything upon yourself? That's the thing I hate most about you!"

“Ah Li…”

Shen Yingsi's helpless look softened Wen Li's heart, and her tone became gentler.

"Shen Xianzhe, listen carefully. You always do everything the best, except for me. So if things go wrong, it's someone else's fault, not yours! We can't be together openly because those people are out of their minds. It's their fault! It's the fault of this world, it's the fault of Heaven!"

"Anyway, it's not your fault! Got it?"

Shen Yingsi, his face full of gratitude, obediently replied, "I understand. No one has ever said these things to me before. Thank you, Ali. I will listen to you in everything from now on."

Hearing him say that, Wen Li's sense of responsibility towards him soared. She patted his head and praised him, "Very good! Don't worry about those things. If you follow me, I will treat you well for the rest of my life."

"Uh-huh!"

Shen Yingsi nodded vigorously twice, moving closer, his eyes sparkling as he looked at her. Wen Li's heart raced, and she suddenly felt shy, unsure how to lower her hand from the boy's head.

Fortunately, Shen Yingsi rescued her in time.

“Ah Li, look, isn’t there a star over there?”

"Hmm, it seems so, but it's not very bright. Look, there seems to be one over there too."

"There's one more..."

"Ah Si, these stars are so dim, but so beautiful."

"Hmm, they might be brighter tomorrow."

"Tomorrow we'll secretly look at the stars together again."

"Okay, I'll watch the stars with you from now on, and I'll do whatever you want with me..."

"Hmm, who needs you to come with me? If you keep following me around, I'll get annoyed too."

"I want you to be with me, Ali. Everyone else only likes my identity, appearance, and abilities, but only you truly like me."

"All right……"