Su Jingqian stared into her undulating eyes. After understanding the emotions hidden deep in his heart, the most secret place in his heart felt as if someone had gently touched it, making him tremble.
He avoided looking away without leaving a trace, dropped the chess piece in his hand, quickly considered the words in his mind, and said calmly: "Mediocrities plan things, and wise men plan things. Don't worry, I'm not doing it for you, what I do is just for the overall situation. For your own sake.”
"Really?" Lin Wanwan lowered her eyes and smiled, pointing at the white piece that Su Jingqian just landed, raising her eyebrows and asking, "If Lord Dongchen really has his heart set on nothing, how could he make this wrong move?"
After that, in Su Jingqian's slightly moving eyes, a black stone fell, successfully surrounding one of his white stones. She picked up the eaten white stone in the middle, raised it in front of him, and stared at him. The smile was meaningful, like a cunning fox.
A pun.
She was clearly asking him why Mie Xueyi Pavilion took this step without hesitation when she knew it was a wrong move.
Su Jingqian sighed silently, this little fox was getting harder and harder to fool. He didn't speak, he picked up the tea cup on the side and secretly raised the corners of his lips the moment his thin lips touched the edge of the cup.
Lin Wanwan didn't expect him to answer. She just stared at him silently for a long time before looking away and asked softly: "I know you have hidden a lot of things from me. What do you plan to do with Rong Sui?" Tell me, and I won't ask. But can you tell me what's wrong with you? You are very different today from usual. You..." She paused, then asked tentatively, "Is there something wrong with you? Can’t control your emotions?”
Su Jingqian's eyes flashed imperceptibly, and he smiled softly at her: "I'm fine, don't think too much."
"Am I overthinking it?" Lin Wanwan frowned slightly, her sharp eyes scanning back and forth on his face like a sharp blade, as if she wanted to cut through the doubts in her eyes and the disguise on his face.
She obviously couldn't convince herself to believe Su Jin's rhetoric, but Su Jin still refused to tell her anything, even if she wanted to help him, she couldn't help him. The more calmly he smiled, the more uneasy she felt.
What is he trying to hide?
The more Lin Wanwan thought about it, the more frustrated she became, and she complained with a cold face: "Do you know that even if you have the ability to prevent Hua Yanzhi from being killed on the spot, as long as he dies, and the left minister is furious and pursues the case, it will be difficult not to find out what happened today." thing, then your identity may be exposed. And Sun Wanning is so close to you, do you think she really didn’t find out that you took action? If she goes back and tells her father that you want to kill her, then what you have planned so hard How to handle a chess piece?"
Su Jingqian calmly placed a chess piece on the chessboard and said casually: "Don't worry, I have warned Sun Wanning, but she doesn't dare. Since I have chosen this chess piece, I am naturally confident enough to handle it. "
Lin Wanwan was even more angry when she saw him walking around indifferently. She stared at him closely, with a compelling aura in her burning gaze, "You have been dormant in Nanling for many years. I have been holding back and planning step by step, but my anger almost made all my efforts go to waste. Is it me who is overthinking it or are you deliberately hiding something? You once said that Dongchen and Beiluo sects both rose and fell, but you What are you doing? You won’t tell me anything, how do you want me to help you?”
"So?" Su Jingqian raised his eyebrows slightly and looked at her lazily, with a teasing smile in his peach blossom eyes, "Are you worried about me, or are you worried about me ruining Nanling's chess game and dragging down Fomalhau? "
Lin Wanwan heard his pretended frivolous tone, glared at him angrily, and said angrily: "You clearly know that I -"
"Lin Wanwan." Su Jingqian interrupted her, as if he was deliberately blocking the answer that was about to come out. He met her gaze calmly, but at the moment their eyes touched, he looked away.
There was silence in the room for a moment before he heard him speak slowly: "I really didn't expect Sun Wanning to dare to hit you. I'm sorry."
Lin Wanwan looked at him silently. In her slightly disappointed eyes, besides the look of confusion, there was also a persistent sense of exploration, as if she wanted to look deep into his heart and get a glimpse of what was going on.
Was he anxious to interrupt himself because he was afraid of hearing something? Is he afraid that she will admit that she is worried about him, or is she afraid that she will admit that she is worried that he will implicate Fomalhaut?
He was always like this, doing things that made her warm and moving, and being kind to her silently, making her unconsciously want to get closer step by step, but the moment she mustered up the courage to try to get closer to him, he shattered those charming feelings with her own hands. Reverie, pushed her away.
What is Su Jin afraid of? Is it really just because of the sword Fomalhaut that he was good to her? Or is he trying to make up for the guilt he has felt over the years?
But does he know...
Lin Wanwan closed her eyes and suppressed the strange emotions in her heart. Her expression suddenly changed, and a trace of imperceptible compassion appeared on her lips, "You owe them this slap. If you can't pay it back, then it will be up to you." I'll pay it back for you, so I feel better."
"I don't owe them anything." Su Jingqian frowned, and his eyes fell on Lin Wanwan's medicine-smeared face. His eyes were getting colder, like the bottom of a lake on a winter night, hiding the undercurrent, "You have been there since you were a child. Has Da He ever been slapped? Sun Wanning deserves to die."
Lin Wanwan moved her hands for a moment, and looked at him with unpredictable eyes, mixed with a touch of disappointment and a little coldness, "Do you really have a clear conscience? Even if Sun Wanning is wrong, there is nothing wrong with liking you, even more What's more, you wanted to take advantage of his father and provoke her. They were innocent, but you were dragged into the situation alive."
"Innocent?" Su Jingqian sneered, and the contempt and ridicule in his dazzling eyebrows could be seen at a glance, "The hearts of the Nanling court are filled with emotion. The country has already been destroyed. How can we be innocent in these troubled times? Besides, I have never provoked anyone. After all, Sun Wanning, she was the one who used the means to get close to me. How could I refuse if she came to my door in such a hurry? Not to mention how she plotted against me behind the scenes, her father used his official position to collect money from the people, and used these people to If you use your hard-earned money to buy an official title, there is no longer any innocence."
He looked lazy, with a hint of coldness at the corner of his mouth, and an undisguised look of boredom suddenly flashed across his cold eyes, "Is it just because she likes my skin that she can do whatever she wants based on her love for me?" ?"
Su Jingqian's voice was not loud, but it was like thunder that struck the ears. Like a dazzling lightning, it split the dark night and pierced the mist of compassion in Lin Wanwan's heart.
"Lin Wanwan, not everyone is qualified to plot against me behind my back. I didn't care about the tricks she used. Even if I owe them, I have already paid off."
Lin Wanwan's face was full of astonishment, and his words made her speechless.
It turned out that things were not what she thought at all.
She stared at Su Jingqian blankly, a trace of unknown emotion quietly flashing across her eyes.
Yes, if there was no use value, how could Su Jin tolerate others plotting against him again and again behind his back?
Before Lin Wanwan could get out of her turbulent thoughts, she heard him speak sternly again: "It seems that you still haven't learned how to stand firm on high places. People in high positions will do whatever it takes to ensure that they don't fall. , but also because of the responsibilities on our shoulders, the last thing we should not have is to be soft-hearted."
Lin Wanwan stared into his eyes closely, and found that the flash of fierceness in his eyes looked so desolate, as if the bloody storm he had gone through all the way was reflected in those pupils.
He ascended the throne at the age of fourteen, with no relatives around him to support him, but there were so many pairs of eyes staring at this position. If he hadn't been ruthless and used any means to protect himself, I'm afraid he would have been shattered to pieces.
That's why he told her that day with eyes full of vicissitudes: "Since ancient times, it has always been cold at high places. The higher you stand, the more dangerous it will be."
What exactly did he go through to dye his white clothes into black robes?
He once taught her that chess games in this world are never black and white. In the prosperous times, benevolent governance is used, and the holy way is gentle and far-reaching; in troubled times, heavy codes are used, and the kingly way kills and shocks.
What he was doing was cleaning up the dirt, so what right did she have to blame him?
She suppressed the sourness in her heart, raised her misty eyes, and looked at him sincerely, "I shouldn't blame you without asking why, I'm sorry."
Su Jingqian was stunned. A soft corner in his heart seemed to have been lightly bumped. The girl's wet eyes were like an invisible net, entangling him. Those harsh words that came to his lips were swallowed alive by him. go back.
He sighed silently, leaned closer, and tapped her forehead with his index finger. There was an endless softness in his voice, "Are you stupid? Have I ever really blamed you?"
Lin Wanwan covered her forehead and blinked her watery eyes, then she saw that his brows were slightly condensed and his expression became a little more serious, "But you have to understand that for those in high positions, kindness and kindness should come first, and It is not an individual. The so-called great love means love for the world, and great benevolence means giving up small righteousness. The heart of a king should be able to hide dirt and turn corruption into gold. Only by abandoning personal small benevolence, giving up small righteousness, and pursuing great righteousness is the way to go in troubled times. .Everyone in this world must be responsible for their own choices. Kindness and kindness should be relaxed and used in worthy places. Instead of being self-proclaimed benevolent and self-motivated to treat anyone with tolerance, you must not let your Kindness and kindness become the weapons of those with ulterior motives.”
Su Jingqian's words were so impactful that she was deeply touched.
She thought deeply for a long time before she said to him: "I remember it, don't worry, I will work hard to grow and will never hold you back."
Seeing that the kitten did not wave its claws and try every possible means to scratch him as usual, but instead silently put away its thorns, Su Jingqian frowned and murmured: "You little fool."
He rubbed the top of her hair, and there was a warmth deep in his eyes that he didn't even notice.
If he could, why wouldn't he want to protect her under his wings forever? How could he force her to face this treacherous and troubled world? But he will leave her one day. Who can protect her then? It is better to teach a man to fish than to teach him to fish. She will have to face the difficulties and dangers in the future by herself. She should always learn to grow up on her own.
