The sleepless mother and son sat facing each other.
"Don’t come abroad with me."
Yun Chan’s face was solemn, "That person is the one you and Lian Lian encountered together. Now that Lian Lian was likely taken because of that phone, once they know you were also there, your situation might be dangerous as well."
She may have status and position now, but what happened just now made it clear to her that she still doesn’t have the ability to protect her son.
"Tomorrow morning, I’ll send you to Lingxi. There are capable people by her side; staying with her will be safer than following me. Just take up the position of an assistant, be observant, and work hard. She should give me this face."
Yun Yi looked at the worry in his mother’s eyes, took a deep breath, then nodded softly.
Lian Lian’s insatiable greed led to her downfall, a result of her own actions.
But he also erred in his judgment of people.
It’s better to decisively part ways. If that person finds out there was also him from Lian Lian’s mouth and targets him, everyone around him would be in danger.
"I’ll definitely follow Miss Jiang’s words and do whatever she tells me to do."
Yun Chan chuckled with relief and reached out to stroke the head of the rascal in front of her, "Much more sensible than before."
"After all, having walked through the gates of hell, if I’m still not sensible, even I would despise myself."
Finally, as dawn slowly broke, Yun Chan estimated that even if Jiang Lingxi wasn’t awake yet, she would be soon, and sent the prepared video over.
Attached was a message: [Please help take care of my little Yi, many thanks!]
When Jiang Lingxi received the message, she was already awake.
However, she hadn’t gotten out of bed yet.
She was lying on her side watching Shen Yunqing, who had already gotten up, organizing his gear.
Yesterday he was still in casual wear, today he’d changed into a full set of adventure clothes, with high boots tucking in his pant legs to prevent sand from getting in, and a waterproof backpack placed on the table.
The gaze resting on him felt tangible. Shen Yunqing fastened the black dagger at his waist, covering it with an outer garment to completely hide it, and turned back to meet Jiang Lingxi’s gaze, "It’s still quiet outside, care to sleep a bit more?"
"No more sleeping," Jiang Lingxi waved her hand, threw off the blanket, and sat up, "You go on with your work, Sister Yun just sent me a message..."
As she spoke, her voice trailed off, frowning at the phone.
Seeing this, Shen Yunqing walked over, "What’s wrong?"
Jiang Lingxi directly handed him the phone, "She says she’s sending her son over for me to keep an eye on, feels a bit odd."
"Is it the one who provided the USB flash drive and sketched map?"
Jiang Lingxi, about to type a response, saw another video coming through from the other side and clicked on it reflexively.
Shen Yunqing, about to get up, was pulled back by her, "Watch together."
There were four more people watching together.
The video was also uploaded from the phone to the computer Chang Fu brought.
The object that looked like a phone was recognized at a glance by Wu Jue, "It’s a Changcang Sect communicator." Considering not everyone there knew its purpose, he elaborated, "This communicator can only be used by Changcang Sect members. For someone like Xu Qingmei, she could only be considered a peripheral member, lacking the privilege. It has a unique internal software used for communication or accepting tasks and so forth."
After he finished, Chang Fu added, "I got one before and wanted to study it. But this thing is usable only by the owner, with a formidable self-destruct program inside. Once an outsider tries to use it, the machine will activate self-destruct immediately. From the video, this communicator already initiated self-destruct."
"So, the ones who took these two people were Luan Hua? Then it must be under Yin Chong’s orders."
"From the hotel to here takes about six to seven hours. Luan Hua left after three and would be back around nine. Once Yin Chong sees them, he’ll know there’s a USB pointing to internal members dying in the desert and leaving a clue."
Jiang Lingxi looked down at the time, "There’s still ten minutes till seven."
After watching the video, she understood why Yun Chan would let Yun Yi come to her.
Back then, Yun Yi and Lian Lian met that Changcang Sect person together. Now only Lian Lian is taken. What if there’s still a clue with Yun Yi?
At least she had a mage like Changning by her side; Yun Chan probably felt Yun Yi would be safer with her.
But Yin Chong is in the crew!
Isn’t this like sending a sheep into a lion’s den?
"We still have time. Before Yin Chong sees them, they won’t be in mortal danger." Wu Jue said, raising his head, "Do you want to rescue them?"
Jiang Lingxi glanced at his bald head where it should have been inscribed with "compassionate" in large characters.
The two words carried a chilling edge, and Wu Jue’s fingers trembled slightly.
But before he could speak, Shen Yunqing cut him off, "Those two committed murder first. Now it’s just reaping what they’ve sown. Besides, they’ve clearly been trapped in the video. Rescuing them won’t do any good now; it could ruin our plans."
Jiang Lingxi nodded in satisfaction at this explanation.
You two are really in tune!
"Since that’s the case, hurry and prepare to set off!"
Although we can predict we’ll run into each other later, seizing the initiative is still very important.
In no time, the people in the carriage scattered completely.
"Yin Chong is in the crew. He’ll definitely try to restrain you; I need to be careful, and so do you."
Jiang Lingxi and Shen Yunqing met each other’s gaze.
Both looking like they wanted to tether the person in front of them tightly to their belt.
But with rationality and restraint.
"In a month, I’ll be invited abroad to attend an international fashion event. Want to go see the sights together then?"
"Then make sure to come back the way you left."
Seeing Shen Yunqing nod, Jiang Lingxi reached over and grabbed his arm.
Until there was a knock on the carriage door.
Zhang Ying’s voice came from outside, "Sir, everything is ready, and everyone is on standby."
Only then did Jiang Lingxi release the person in her arms, pressing her emotions down with her voice, "Go!"
She walked to the carriage door, watched Shen Yunqing get into the car, the vehicle becoming a smaller and smaller black dot until it disappeared from her view.
An indescribable sensation welled up and overflowed within her.
For a moment, she even wanted to abandon the unfinished scenes before her and chase after him!
In the past, after ascending the throne, she personally led military expeditions several times, and each time Shen Yunqing, along with civil and military officials, saw her and the soldiers off.
Standing on the city walls watching her imperial chariot retreat further and further, did Shen Yunqing feel , too?