638 The Truth Is Out (1)
As for what Bai Qianli was thinking and if he was kept in the dark, no one knew.
Bai Qianli was on guard. He looked in the direction of the door.
Yan Jiuchao said indifferently, “There’s no need to look. All the sacrificial soldiers have been dealt with. The guards won’t arrive so quickly.”
This courtyard was guarded tightly by sacrificial soldiers, but every day, Nangong Yan’s guards would come to patrol. Shadow Six and Shadow Thirteen had already figured out the pattern of patrol. There were still at least two hours before they came.
If Bai Qianli wanted to escape, they could help him. If he wanted to resist, they could also kill him.
Yan Jiuchao did not care how stunned Bai Qianli was. He walked to a chair and sat down.
Shadow Thirteen naturally brewed a pot of tea and even brought the snacks that were originally placed in front of Bai Qianli to his Young Master. Although his Young Master did not eat them, he had to put them in front of him.
Bai Qianli was confused by the three of them. He had seen people come to look for trouble, but he had never seen someone who didn’t treat themselves as an outsider. Whose family was this?
“Do you want some tea?” Yan Jiuchao picked up his teacup and asked.
Bai Qianli nodded blankly.
“Okay.” Yan Jiuchao gave Shadow Thirteen a look, and Shadow Thirteen poured a cup of tea for Bai Qianli.
Bai Qianli frowned strangely. Wasn’t this scene wrong? He was the host, but why did he feel like a guest?
Firstly, Young Master did not like the smell of blood, and secondly, he did not like the smell of ink. He felt that the smell was quite smelly, so Shadow Six pushed open the window and piled Bai Qianli’s calligraphy treasures outside the windowsill before closing the window lintel.
Bai Qianli : “…”
Yan Jiuchao said casually, “Tell me, what’s going on between you and Nangong Yan? Of course, you don’t have to say it. I have a way for you to say it.”
Listen, listen, listen, what is this? It was clearly a threat.
“I’ve heard of you.” Bai Qianli was not in a hurry to answer Yan Jiuchao. It was unknown if he did not want to answer or if he did not want to be in a hurry to answer in case others felt that he was threatened by Yan Jiuchao.
After all, this was not a glorious thing.
Yan Jiuchao was quite interested. He took a sip of tea and gestured for him to continue. Be it his expression or tone, Bai Qianli was quite similar to Prince Yan. However, Yan Jiuchao was not stupid enough to look for the shadow of his biological father from a strange man.
Yan Jiuchao’s expression was very calm.
Bai Qianli was also quite calm, but there was a lot of commotion in his heart. He tried his best to calm down and said, “There are servants who go out to buy things every day here. They will tell me about the outside world. There’s the Prince Consort and yours. Sometimes, I specially ask, and sometimes, they take the initiative to talk. You’re more…”
Bai Qianli wanted to say “normal” a lot, but when the words reached his lips, he felt that if he really said that, he probably wouldn’t be able to see the sun tomorrow. He changed the topic. “You’re more like Prince Yan.”
This was the truth.
He had seen Prince Yan before his face was disfigured. He was once unconvinced as to why Nangong Yan valued Prince Yan more than him. In fact, Prince Yan should be his substitute. When he really saw him, he knew that the distance between him and Prince Yan was insurmountable.
His looks, talent, bearing, and background were all inferior to Prince Yan.
The moment he saw Yan Jiuchao, he recognized that he was Prince Yan’s son. It was for no other reason than that this face was too similar.
“Of course, you’re even more handsome than Prince Yan when he was young.”
This was not a lie. He originally thought that Prince Yan was the most handsome man he had ever seen in his life until Yan Jiuchao appeared—
“Oh, continue.” Yan Jiuchao nodded in satisfaction. A certain young master would never get tired of flattery.
The corners of Shadow Thirteen’s mouth twitched. Did he have any shame? Are you going to settle the business or not?
Fortunately, Bai Qianli still remembered that this was Prince Yan’s son. He felt uncomfortable if he praised him too much. He stopped and cut to the chase. “Your father probably doesn’t know of my existence yet, right? I thought that my identity would be exposed one day, but I didn’t expect you to be the one who came looking for me.”
Yan Jiuchao was impatient to hear this. This is not related to the truth nor did he flatter him, right?
“Stop talking nonsense!” Shadow Thirteen saw his Young Master’s impatience and threatened coldly, “You better tell me the truth about you and Nangong Yan! Otherwise, what will happen to you will only be even more miserable than the sacrificial soldiers outside!”
Bai Qianli sighed faintly. “Didn’t you guess what happened between me and her? That’s right, I’m the son of the patriarch of the Bai Calyx Clan. I have three brothers. I’m the youngest son of the family.”