After being reborn, all I want to do is run away.

Chapter 292 White Paper Turns to Ashes

The moment Zhong Wei returned and saw him, he pulled him aside and said, "I think you owe me an explanation!"

"This is my true appearance. Xiao Yi is my old friend."

"Just friends?" Zhong Wei looked incredulous.

"Just friends!" Shen Xu emphasized.

“I know, just like Miss Lin, a friend!” Zhong Wei smiled and patted Shen Xu on the shoulder.

"You don't need to return my snake gall."

"make a deal!"

"You've really made a name for yourself this time. Not only did you completely ruin Mo Li's birthday banquet, but you also gave the Crown Prince a hard time. It seems we can't stay in Cangli Capital any longer," Zhong Wei sighed.

"I can leave, you can stay."

"No, I promised He Yu, and I have to keep my promise. Don't worry, I won't go in with you and risk my life."

"Okay! But I have to leave now."

"Now? Why? Weren't we supposed to stay for three days? It's almost evening now, we can leave tomorrow!" Zhong Wei asked, puzzled.

"My mind is made up. Whether you go or not is up to you."

"Then I'll go and say hello to Grandpa, okay?"

"I'm talking about now!" Shen Xu emphasized again.

According to Li Xiaoyi's account, King Cangli has already become suspicious of her identity. Once King Cangli finds out what happened to the Hua family, he may very well send someone to take Li Xiaoyi back to the palace.

He can't gamble!

"Alright!" Zhong Wei replied somewhat helplessly.

At this moment, He Yu sat shyly in front of Li Xiaoyi, his two dark eyes occasionally stealing glances at Li Xiaoyi, before he immediately lowered his head nervously.

Li Xiaoyi reached out and picked up a petal-shaped pastry from the table, handing it to Heyu.

"Thank you... Sister!" He Yu accepted the pastries with both hands, feeling flattered.

"Have you met any girls who are close to your brother Xu?" Li Xiaoyi asked softly.

Upon hearing this question, the image of the woman in the blue dress wearing the wooden bracelet immediately came to mind.

"Damn it!" Shen Xu's heart skipped a beat when he heard Li Xiaoyi's question as he approached the two of them.

But he knew he couldn't act rashly now, otherwise all his actions would be seen as a cover-up.

Now he can only believe in the bond between him and Tsuruha.

"Heyu, I've been so good to you, you can't betray me!" Shen Xu stared intently at Heyu, his heart pounding faster and faster.

Even Zhong Wei fell silent. It could be said that everyone in the room was waiting for He Yu's answer. Time seemed to stand still, and the entire room was completely quiet.

"I don't think I've ever seen it before."

He Yu's incredibly pleasant voice rang in Shen Xu's ears, making him immediately breathe a sigh of relief as the surrounding sounds returned to his ears.

"Well done, He Yu!" Shen Xu gave He Yu an approving look.

"Oh? Is that so?" Li Xiaoyi's icy gaze swept over Shen Xu.

"Xiao Yi, this is Zhong Wei. He helped me a lot along the way," Shen Xu introduced.

He couldn't let Li Xiaoyi delve any further into this matter. Seeing how infatuated He Yu was with Li Xiaoyi, he felt he would have to sell him out sooner or later.

"Miss Li, I've long admired your name!" Zhong Wei knew that now was the time for him to help Shen Xu out of this predicament.

"Are you also going to Cangtianyuan?" Li Xiaoyi suddenly asked.

This question immediately made Shen Xu's heart skip a beat. Could it be that Li Xiaoyi had overheard his conversation with Zhong Wei?

However, judging from her expression, it didn't seem like she had heard anything, since he hadn't felt any coldness emanating from her.

"Yes, I promised Xiaoyu something, and I also want to go and see Cangtianyuan."

"Are you sure you want to leave now?" Li Xiaoyi asked Shen Xu for confirmation.

"Yes, at least we can't stay in the capital any longer."

"Alright, let's go!" Li Xiaoyi took out the flying shuttle.

……

Inside the Cangli Royal Palace, the Keeper of the Archives slowly walked into the dark, black hall, carrying an ancient book.

"How's the matter I asked you to investigate?" King Cangli's voice echoed throughout the hall, sounding extremely distant.

"In the library, the two words written by the king were not found in the ancient books she translated." Perhaps because she hadn't spoken for a long time, the old woman's voice was hoarse, and she could no longer speak a coherent sentence.

"Are you sure you've finished checking?"

"She took...a book with her."

"I remember that the books in the royal library are not allowed to be lent out. Why didn't you stop her?" King Cangli's voice turned cold.

"Your Majesty, I cannot speak!" The old man knelt down.

Seeing this, King Cangli slowly stepped down from his throne and looked down at the old man, saying, "Raise your head."

After the old man slowly raised his head, King Cangli touched the old man's forehead with his finger and said slowly, "In the name of Cangli, I lift this person's blood restriction."

In the dark hall, a huge blood-red pupil suddenly opened in the darkness behind King Cangli, stared at the old man for only one glance, and then slowly disappeared.

At the same time, a complex blood-red pattern appeared on the old man's forehead, then gradually faded and eventually disappeared without a trace.

The old man immediately fainted and fell onto the gleaming black stone slab of the main hall, but his hands still tightly gripped the book in his hands.

King Cangli ignored the old man and went straight back to his throne.

After some time, the old man regained consciousness and struggled to stand up with a pained expression on his face.

"Now you can say it."

"My lineage has served as the royal archives keepers for generations by order of King Cangli. After I learned about those forbidden things from my father, I have lived in constant fear, afraid that one day I will die quietly."

Now my life is coming to an end, but when I look back, I find only emptiness.

To add some color to that blank sheet of paper, and to end the cruel fate of my lineage, I have decided to personally set this blank sheet of paper ablaze.

Perhaps because the blood ban had been lifted, the old man spoke more and more fluently.

Upon hearing the old man's words, King Cangli on the throne did not react at all. Instead, he stared at the old man with eyes hidden in the shadows, while the red eye behind him reappeared once again.

"Although Your Majesty learned ancient script from me, even I only know a few ancient scripts, so it is self-evident that you can recognize so many ancient scripts."

The book she took away was given to her by Chen; it contained no forbidden knowledge, but was simply an ancient book that she had translated before.

Besides reminding her to leave the capital, I also wanted to give her that book as a parting gift.

I have come here today to present Your Majesty with a gift.

This book contains the culmination of my life's work, and I hope it will be of some help to Your Majesty.

After the old man finished speaking, he knelt down on the ground again, trembling, and respectfully placed the book in his hand on the floor.

A gentle breeze blew into the main hall from the outside, and the black ancient book in front of the old man began to turn its pages rapidly with the breeze, making a rustling sound as the pages rubbed together, before finally turning into dust and disappearing into the world.

Seeing the scene before him, the old man anxiously shouted, "True Source..."

But before the old man could finish speaking, the eyes behind the throne opened again, revealing their blood-red pupils.

The blood-red pattern on the old man's forehead reappeared, burning like a red flame. In an instant, the old man's eyes widened and he fell down in the hall again.

But this time he never woke up again.

"Yu Kang, go and bring her back, life or death." The indifferent voice from the throne echoed to every corner of the hall.