In the suburbs of the royal capital, there is a manor belonging to the Laqi family.

Since Mrs. Portleme's sudden visit, Maggie obviously felt the changes in Laqi. She didn't know what happened that day. Whenever she asked Laqi, she would be distracted from the topic. Even the maids and servants present that day were silent, not sure.

Since Raki doesn't want to say it, Maggie has no way to force it. Although she has a good relationship with Raki, some things are taboos between each other. Once you go beyond a certain boundary, perhaps this friendship will also have a rift.

Seeing that the school's class was still far away, Maggie, who had been living in Laqi's house for a long time, couldn't help but feel a little bored.

She remembered the other brother Xia Lan that night, and didn't know if he was okay now?

"Laki, let's go out and relax."

One day, when she was walking in the flower corridor with Laqi, the other party's absent-minded look made Maggie unable to bear it anymore. She didn't want to see her so depressed all day long. As a friend, she decided to do something.

"Relaxation? Are we just relaxing now?" Laqi answered as if he was asking questions and questioning Maggie's proposal.

"I'm not talking about relaxation." Maggie bulged her face and said, "Maybe we should enjoy the bustling and prosperous capital!"

"Oh--" Laqi bent down and gently stroked the lush green on a flower and plant and sighed: "The king's house is still like that when I wander around, and there is nothing worth enjoying... If you are bored, I can let the servants at home protect you and play with you."

If you go out alone, what's the point?

Maggie pulled Laqi's sleeve and pretended to be coquettish: "Laqi, just accompany me..."

"Okay OK...but why did Maggie so eager to go out? Could it be that she is too idle at my house recently?"

Laqi showed a reluctant smile and pressed Maggie's hand that was pulling on her sleeve.

"No, no." Maggie quickly waved her hands back and forth and said softly: "It's just that I've been so depressed recently, so I thought that going out can change your mood. Moreover... I haven't seen Brother Xia Lan for a long time, and I don't know how he has recently..."

Listening to Maggie's increasingly loud answer, Laqi's smile became vivid, and she said, "So that's it."

"Don't get it wrong, I just want Laqi to cheer up again... It's not because I'm afraid of seeing Brother Xia Lan alone, that's why I need your company." Laqi's quip-like smile made Maggie quickly defend herself.

"Oh--" Laqi held Maggie's tender hands and said with a hint of shame in her smile: "I'm so sorry that I've been worrying these days."

"No, because we are friends." Maggie said seriously.

"Maggie, I don't want to say some things. Thank you for not asking them all the time..." Laqi stood up, looked up at the blue sky from afar and sighed, saying, "I have been reflecting on myself recently, asking what is worth cherishing, what is worth giving up, what is right, what is wrong... But in the end, I found that I still haven't found the answer..."

Maggie couldn't understand what Raki wanted to say, but she could feel that her heart was hurt, very heavy, very heavy...

...

Early in the morning of the day when Niniluo left the capital, Xia Lan had already returned to the hotel room. He had no choice but to say goodbye, even though he was hiding in the darkness and quietly watching her leave.

Perhaps as Niniluo said, when the deal between him and her ended, he and her were also strangers.

Ruthless man.

But in Xia Lan's eyes, this is just a matter of course. He is not hers, and there is only a simple relationship of interest between him and her.

She gave what she deserved, and she got what she wanted, just as he did.

Although Alek did not give a final blow, the system still determined that the task was completed. Perhaps the only thing that made him regret was that even the life of a peak upper swordsman could not bring him a level improvement.

But if you think about it carefully, An Bofen, who is a high-Environ, cannot allow him to upgrade his level, not to mention that a peak-level swordsman sometimes has a system of improving his level, and Xia Lan did not think too much about this.

What should come will always come.

Every time he kills a strong enemy and completes the task, Xia Lan will choose to quietly summarize it afterwards. This is his habit, and he is used to understanding the success and failure of the task. Only in this way can he constantly make up for and improve his own omissions and defects.

Alec's death seems simple, but in fact it is inevitable.

He and she took the initiative and occupied an extremely favorable situation, but what about Alec? Although he could easily kill Xia Lan and Ni Niluo under normal circumstances, he had nothing at that time and completely fell into the trap they had already set. If they could not kill Alec in this way, they could only blame them for their bad luck.

After that day, Xia Lan did not go out again.

Many things cannot be done in one day. In the undercurrent of the Wangdu chess game, he is just an insignificant existence on the chess board. When he has no ability to interfere with the chess game, all he can do is wait.

Of course, he is not the kind of passive person, but the seeds planted by him have not yet reached the harvest.

...

As summer approaches, the quietly rising temperature brings a hint of heat at the same time. The breeze blows, and the heat waves that come to face make people realize that time has passed for a season.

The prosperity and hustle and bustle of the royal capital gradually returned to normal. The riots that had not long been abandoned by forgetful people, and scenes of joy, anger, sorrow and happiness were staged. Walking in the streets and alleys, seeing a wide range of knowledge, Xia Lan had not enjoyed such a comfortable and relaxing life for a long time, and what brought him all this was the two girls around him.

Maggie and Raki.

When the hotel room was ringing, when Xia Lan was alert and confused, she was greeted with two girls who had long forgotten the depths of her mind.

He did not refuse their invitation to go out for a walk. He had already felt a little tired of staying in the hotel all day, so he agreed with the flow.

Unlike the last time, this time, the girl named Laqi, who once spoke in one sentence, seemed to have changed her own person. She was silent during the entire game, and occasionally she would insert a few words to show her existence.

Instead, Maggie became the protagonist of the three, and sometimes it is hard to believe that a person's change will be so sudden.

But Xia Lan keenly discovered that whenever Maggie spoke, she would secretly look at Laqi, as if she was paying great attention to the other party's reaction, thinking that something unexpected should have happened.

He didn't think about it or ask, and he tried his best to avoid things that did not belong to him.

"Brother Xialan, help me-"

After wandering for a long time, the two girls couldn't help but look tired. When they came to an exquisite teahouse to rest, Maggie deliberately pulled Xia Lan to the side and whispered.

"What happened?" At this time, Xia Lan had to ask.

After briefly informing Xia Lan about what happened recently, Maggie looked at Xia Lan with a look of hope. Perhaps in the eyes of the girl, he was an omnipotent existence.

Finding a ruthless murderer to ask about emotional questions is a great irony for Xia Lan. What is even more interesting is that he now looks like a gentle nobleman.

"I'm sorry, I can't provide any help with the relationship between men and women." Xia Lan said truthfully.

"How could it be-" Maggie said with a disappointed look.

"I can only kill people."

Seeing that there was no one around, Maggie had seen his true face again, Xia Lan said this in a smile.

After hearing this, Maggie couldn't help but shivered. Maybe she forgot that Brother Xia Lan in front of her was a ruthless murderer. When she thought she could change the other person, what she didn't expect was that he had not changed.

"Brother Xialan, I'm sorry." Maggie, who realized her mistake, bit her lips lightly and cried and said softly.

"No, you are not wrong." Xia Lan said without caring: "I am me, you are you, there is no intersection between us."

Perhaps Xia Lan's unintentional words stinged the girl's fragile heart. Maggie lowered her head and chose to leave silently. Xia Lan did not move, until the girl completely disappeared in front of her eyes, he still did not move.

"Maggie, what's wrong?"

Laqi, who was waiting quietly on the tea table, asked with concern after seeing Maggie's abnormal and depressed appearance.

"Laqi, what should I do if Brother Xialan doesn't like me?" After carefully looking around, Maggie raised her sad little face and whimpered.

"What's going on?" Laqi quickly took out a beautiful handkerchief and wiped the tears from Maggie's cheek.

"I...I..." Maggie choked up in a vain, as if she even said something.

Laqi hugged Maggie and hugged her in her arms, comforting her like a gentle sister: "Don't think too much. Don't think about many things when there is no conclusion. Even if your brother Xialan doesn't like you, you can like him. I believe that one day he will be moved by you..."

"But--"

When Maggie still wanted to say something, Laqi interrupted softly, "Okay, it's okay, Maggie is so cute, even I like it so much. If your brother Xialan is not a wood and stone, he will definitely like you..."

Xia Lan leaned against the wooden wall across the tea room, tilting her head and closing her eyes. He heard all the conversations of the girls in the tea room, but he didn't expect that the little girl he had saved had already felt deeply in love with him.

He smiled and sighed in a long and silent sigh.

"It's you?"

Suddenly, a strange and familiar angry voice interrupted Xia Lan's calmness. He turned his head and opened his eyes.
Chapter completed!