Even at night, Yulintang was also guarded. Xie Xuanchen brought Mu Mingtang along as they walked around all the patrolling guards, walked to the window he had left open, and opened it with a light push.
Xie Xuanchen turned around and motioned to Mu Mingtang, “You enter first.”
Mu Mingtang clutched her cloak tightly, she didn’t dare to ponder any longer and jumped in immediately. After Xie Xuanchen made sure that there was no one following them from behind, he followed her through the window and went in.
Xie Xuanchen turned to close the window, and this time, he tightened the bolt on the window. Mu Mingtang stood in the middle of the room, she didn’t dare to turn on the lights, so she could only take off her cloak by the light that shined in from the window.
It’s a pity that there was no moon visible tonight. Although there were stars, it won’t help to light the room. Mu Mingtang couldn’t see clearly, so she could only hastily untie the knot on her neck.
Xie Xuanchen quickly adapted to the darkness in the room. He turned around after closing the window and saw Mu Mingtang still struggling with her cloak. He sighed helplessly and asked: “What’s the matter?”
“It seems it’s tied in a deadlock, so I can’t untie it.”
“Don’t pull on it, let go first, let me take a look.” Xie Xuanchen approached, his slender fingers moving, observing the lace that was tossed into a tight knot by Mu Mingtang. Mu Mingtang had nothing to do, so she could only look at the decorations on both sides.
She watched for a while and sighed sincerely: “No wonder young women like to cheat behind their partner’s back, it’s really exciting.”
Xie Xuanchen’s gaze was originally fixated on the death knot, his eyebrows twitched when he heard Mu Mingtang’s words. He looked up, looked right at her, and suddenly smiled: “Yes, you’re right.”
Xie Xuanchen then let go of the knot and walked to the bed: “I can’t untie it, just wait for the maid tomorrow to have a look at it.”
“No No No.” Mu Mingtang quickly stretched out her hand to pull Xie Xuanchen back, “It was just a casual thought, it didn’t mean anything. Quickly untie it, the maids will hear us if we don’t hurry.”
Mu Mingtang forcibly pulled Xie Xuanchen back, and finally coaxed him to come back. Mu Mingtang looked right at Xie Xuanchen’s long eyelashes, and couldn’t help but mutter in a low voice: “Besides, even if I cheat, it’ll be with you.”
When Xie Xuanchen heard this, he couldn’t control his grip, and the force he used was slightly stronger. Mu Mingtang felt her neck go loose, and said in surprise: “Untied?”
Xie Xuanchen let go of his grip and hummed silently.
Mu Mingtang thought that he was rather quick. She took the cloak and took a look, and was left speechless.
At the spot where it was untied, it was obvious that he had torn the strap in half.
Okay, the way used is slightly different, but the end result is the same. Mu Mingtang hastily stuffed the cloak into the box and slowly found her way back to the bed. She was about to go to bed and found that she hadn’t taken off her clothes, so she had to fumble behind the blind again.
When Mu Mingtang walked to the blind, he didn’t forget to warn Xie Xuanchen: “Don’t look.”
Xie Xuanchen…… he gritted his teeth and said, “It’s so dark, can I even see anything?”
“Who knows.” Mu Mingtang picked up the shirt that had been placed on the stool and said to Xie Xuanchen, “Take off your coat by yourself, I don’t care. You should have mentioned earlier that you could dress yourself.”
Xie Xuanchen pressed on the centre of both his eyebrows, feeling very angry. He thought that even if his action couldn’t be said as being a gentleman, but it was at least a kind act. However, Mu Mingtang didn’t appreciate it, and provoked him again and again.
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