Chapter 255: Chapter 255

The soft whisper nearby startled Li Yuzhu completely awake.

She turned her head and bumped into someone’s face.

"It’s me, Mu Yuanxiu."

Li Yuzhu, "..." What’s this guy up to? Nearly scared her to death! She pushed his head away irritably, scooting further into the bed, "What’s up? How did you end up in my room?"

So sleepy, aren’t teenage boys ever tired?

Li Yuzhu’s eyelids, which had just opened, quickly closed again, and she lay softly on the bed.

Mu Yuanxiu nudged her shoulder, "Don’t sleep just yet, there’s something weird, let me tell you."

"Hmm..." Li Yuzhu responded vaguely.

"Li Lixing said, his father’s concubine is pregnant, but just now, that concubine’s maid was burning something, and after burning it, she buried it in the dirt." Mu Yuanxiu lay down by the bed, reached out and lightly tapped her head as he spoke.

Every tap made her head tilt slightly.

Mu Yuanxiu couldn’t help but smile slightly and tapped her again.

"Oh..." Li Yuzhu turned over, "The concubine’s maid... burning things, burying things, how is that any of my business?"

When did Mu Yuanxiu become so boring?

Such a boring thing, yet he’s sneaking into her room in the middle of the night to tell her?

Mu Yuanxiu ruffled her hair; her hair was soft and long, pleasing to the touch.

"It was a blood-stained doll, with needles stuck in it. Also, the maid looked very nervous." Mu Yuanxiu continued.

Doll... a blood-stained doll with needles?

Li Yuzhu was completely awakened by his rambling, sat up abruptly.

"So, does this have anything to do with me?" Li Yuzhu yawned.

She didn’t believe in such superstitions having any real power.

Having dissected corpses, she found such things purely amusing.

In fact, she felt like giving Mu Yuanxiu a good knock over the head.

What does the County Magistrate’s concubine’s business have to do with her?

Running over to tell her, disturbing her sleep.

"During the day, I overheard the concubine telling her maid that she would target you, and then I saw that doll with needles, I was worried about you, so I came to tell you, Yuzhu, be careful of that concubine." Mu Yuanxiu said, looking at her with a low voice.

"Oh, she can’t do anything to me." Li Yuzhu stretched lazily, then fell back onto the bed, "So sleepy, you go now, I want to sleep."

Mu Yuanxiu didn’t leave, sitting by the bed, smelling the fragrance in her room.

"Yuzhu, your room smells nice, what incense are you burning?"

Li Yuzhu, "..." In her drowsiness, she said, "The incense burner has mosquito repellent in it."

Mu Yuanxiu walked to the table, sniffed the scent lightly, then returned to sit by the bedside.

"It’s not that scent, it’s something else."

"Something else? I don’t know, I haven’t burned anything else." Li Yuzhu replied vaguely, "My nose is very sensitive, if there was another scent in the room, I’d notice it."

Mu Yuanxiu leaned forward, sniffing her hair, realizing the scent came from there.

Outside the window, footsteps approached.

Mu Yuanxiu’s gaze darkened, speaking in a low voice, "Don’t say I was here."

He quickly stepped away, hiding behind the door.

By the window, Li Xing’an whispered, "Yuzhu?"

Li Yuzhu answered with a yawn, "Third brother? What is it? Ah, why are you here?"

"Did that kid Mu Yuanxiu come looking for you?" Li Xing’an asked in a low voice.

"No..., how could he come looking for me? Ugh, third brother, you’re keeping me up, I’m so sleepy." Li Yuzhu mumbled, "You better go back quickly, be careful if someone in the house sees you, it wouldn’t be good."

"Alright, alright, I won’t disturb you, get some sleep." Li Xing’an closed the half-open window, glanced around, and turned to leave.

Mu Yuanxiu walked back to the bed, whispered, "Li Yuzhu, you sleep now, I’m leaving."

Li Yuzhu wanted to hit him, if you’re leaving then leave, why disturb her? She covered her ears, ignoring him.

Mu Yuanxiu chuckled softly, left the bedside, and jumped out the window.

His footsteps were quicker than Li Xing’an’s.

Before Li Xing’an returned to the room, he was already back inside.

Li Xing’an saw him lying on the bed, and remarked, "Mu Yuanxiu, where did you go just now?" Nᴇw ɴovel chaptᴇrs are published on novel·fiɾe·net

"Just went to relieve myself." Mu Yuanxiu turned over.

"Really?" Li Xing’an stretched lazily, "I thought you sleepwalked and got lost, was about to find you."

"That’s a pity." Unable to find an excuse to beat him up, Li Xing’an snorted coldly.

Following his sister all the way to the county city, really excessive!