son, don't mess around

Chapter 31 evened out

"Linjiang City is too boring, I finally found something interesting..."

"Do you know that you just..."

Xu Lan suddenly buried her head in her knees, her voice trembling, with a hint of fear and anxiety, and a hint of...crying.

"Scared, scared me to death..."

"..."

Just now, Lin Jiangnian's fierce demeanor really scared her silly.

As the eldest daughter of the Xu family, Xu Lan has been well-clothed and well-fed since she was a child, and has hardly suffered any setbacks.

The Xu family can be regarded as a big family in Linjiang City, and with the relationship between the Xu family and the Lin family, the eldest lady of the Xu family is naturally well-loved, and because of this, she is like a flower in a greenhouse. Experienced any wind and rain.

She never thought that one day her life would be in danger... This was never something she needed to think about.

But just now, all of this was broken!

The feeling of panic and suffocation is vivid in my mind, even though she suppressed it strongly, her delicate body still couldn't help trembling.

Fear, panic, helplessness, wronged...

Also, unspeakable complicated thoughts.

At this moment, her expression was complicated and dazed, she was a little at a loss, and she also felt a sense of emptiness after panic.

……

Lin Jiangnian's eyes were still cold, staring at the girl next to him who had suddenly changed his mood.

She sat on the ground weakly, her head buried in her knees, her messy hair covered her side face, and her messy clothes were not arranged properly, and she could vaguely feel her trembling emotions.

She was scared.

but……

Why doesn't she go?
Lin Jiangnian was silent.

There was another long silence.

After an unknown amount of time, Xu Lan seemed to have finally calmed down.

She slowly raised her head, revealing a slightly pale face with slightly red eye sockets under the black hair.Biting her lower lip lightly, she met Lin Jiangnian's eyes.

What she could see was still a pair of cold eyes.

Without a trace of emotion, and without any emotion.

Inexplicable.

She seemed to have noticed something, her eyelashes trembled slightly, and her eyes lowered: "You, don't you believe it?"

Lin Jiangnian was expressionless: "Do you think I should believe it?"

Xu Lan was startled, then gradually fell silent.

Yes!

How could he believe it?

How could he, who is so vigilant and careful, believe what she said?
"But……"

Xu Lan defended in a low voice: "I, I really didn't want to expose your identity..."

"Whether you are the real Prince Lin's son or not is not important to me..."

Her eyes were blank, her eyes hesitated, and she seemed to want to say something.

Hesitant to speak.

In the end, nothing was said.

She took a deep breath, waited until she met Lin Jiangnian's eyes again, and calmed down.

Except for the slightly reddened eye sockets, there was not much of the previous panic expression.

She looked away and stared blankly at the front: "Whether you believe it or not, I really didn't want to betray you..."

"I'm just curious about who you are? Why did you pretend to be him? Where did you come from? What's your purpose..."

she muttered to herself.

These are all things she is very curious about.

Linjiang City is too boring!
Under the protection of Xu's family, she has been a carefree young lady for more than ten years. This peaceful and turbulent life made her extremely boring.

And just at that moment...

Xu Lan's heart trembled slightly again.

It was the first time in her life that she was so stimulated that her heart was still trembling.

Seemingly thinking of something, she turned her head to look at Lin Jiangnian again: "So, you really won't kill me?"

Lin Jiangnian's eyes were slightly cold: "Do you really want me to kill you?"

Xu Lan shook her head.

"I just want to know... why you didn't kill me all of a sudden. Is it because of your conscience? Or is there another reason?"

She stared at Lin Jiangnian, trying to find the answer from his face.

But Lin Jiangnian's calm expression and that familiar but somewhat unfamiliar face made her feel a little unspeakable.

She took a deep breath, her thoughts seemed to be thinking of something, her eyes gradually dimmed, she glanced at Lin Jiangnian, and suddenly said: "Actually..."

"Chen Yingying was killed by me."

Hearing this, Lin Jiangnian was taken aback and looked up at her.

Xu Lan still hugged her legs, with a guilty and uneasy blank expression on her face: "Don't you want to know why I can tell at a glance that you are a fake Prince Lin?"

Lin Jiangnian was stunned, as if he had suddenly realized something, and a look of astonishment appeared on his face.

Xu Lan's exquisite face was a little heavy, and he said quietly: "Because, the person who really killed Prince Lin... was actually me!"

Lin Jiangnian was shocked and stared at Xu Lan in disbelief.

She was the one who killed Prince Lin? !
Here, what's going on? !
"The one who really tricked him out of the city was actually me...Chen Yingying was just a scapegoat who just happened to appear..."

"She is a girl in a brothel, how can she coax Prince Lin? I was the one who secretly contributed to the situation and used her to trick Prince Lin out..."

A wry smile appeared on Xu Lan's face: "Although I don't have a good relationship with him, after all we've known each other for more than ten years, he wouldn't think that I would lie to him, so..."

"The person who killed him was actually me!"

"And the only people who know about it are me and him, so..."

"When you came back alive after being assassinated and didn't ask me to settle the score, I knew..."

"You're probably fake."

"Right?"

"..."

The astonishment on Lin Jiangnian's face did not dissipate for a long time.

is her? !
Is she the traitor hiding in Linwang's mansion?

The real murderer who killed Prince Lin? !

I'm afraid that no one would have expected the entire Linwang Mansion, right?

The Lin family and the Xu family have such a good relationship, but this eldest lady of the Xu family would...

"why?"

Lin Jiangnian said in a low voice, "Why did you want to kill him?"

Xu Lan still hugged her legs, and her delicate expression seemed a little bit confused. After a while, she shook her head, and a trace of uneasiness flashed in her lowered eyes: "I don't want to say."

She didn't explain why.

Why do you want to kill Prince Lin?
Which side is the person who killed Prince Lin's son?

She didn't explain.

But Lin Jiangnian realized from her expression that things were not that simple. After hearing the news, he couldn't calm down for a long time.

Is she lying?

Lin Jiangnian stared at Xu Lan, which didn't quite look like him.

After a few days of contact and understanding, Xu Lan doesn't seem like the kind of thoughtful person, unless...all of this is her disguise.

If so, then she is hiding too deeply!

She deceived everyone with a scapegoat, and cleared the suspicion of murdering Prince Lin's son.

Cross the sea!

I'm afraid no one would have imagined that the one who really killed Prince Lin would be Miss Xu who had known Prince Lin for more than ten years and was even a family friend.

Things in the world are really impermanent!

"so……"

After another moment of silence, Xu Lan slowly raised her head and looked at Lin Jiangnian, with a smile on her pale face.

"You also know my biggest secret now..."

"Then we...were even?"

"..."

(End of this chapter)