Su Shuilian looked suspiciously at Si Luoâs eyes. Seeing that the other party replied back with a meaningful smile, she couldnât help but worry. If it is as they (Si Tou & co.) asked, do they know the background of the current body she is residing in?
Settling down her mind, Su Shuilian inwardly consoled herself: since she said that she had lost her memory, even if a bunch of strange relatives came knocking at her door, they wouldnât suspect her, right?
As she was thinking, her two hands that rested on her thighs were wrapped up by Lin Si Yaoâs warm, big hands.
This scene almost missed the eyes of the three men.
Originally thinking that there was a good drama to be seen, the three were left speechless from Si Lingâs gentle actions towards the woman beside him.
Was it shock? Even that wasnât enough to express the feeling in their hearts.
âGo eat your food.â Lin Si Yao joined in with a sentence without raising his head. His busy hands were repeatedly picking up food for Su Shuilian that were inconvenient for her to grab.
âYesâ three voices muttered in unison.
How could they still refuse to eat. The three knew that after Si Ling was finished, heâll clean up the dishes and shoo them out. He did not view them as house guests at all. Only Su Shuilian continued to treat them kindly and poured out tea and snacks for them. It was just that intimidating, Si Lingâs glare. As such, they didnât dare to drink too much of the tea and eat too much of the snacks.
âSpeak out whatever you know.â After eating, Lin Si Yao sent Su Shuilian into the embroidery room as he did not want her to think too much about it. He led Si Tuo, Si Luo and Si Shan to the eastern riverside, near the quincuncial piles. It was a very open space that can be quickly discerned with one glance, giving the sense of security that there wasnât someone eavesdropping behind a corner.
âImperial Capitalâs Jing Prince House-â Si Shan began.
â-Fourth Young Miss.â Si Luo completed the sentence.
âHer?â Si Tuo raised his brow as he swept a glance at the expressionless man who shared the same surname as him (Si Ling aka Lin Si Yao).
âItâs just a suspicion.â Si Shan added.
âThe chance of it is very likely.â Si Luo continued âadding to the fire.â
Si Tuo sympathetically looked at the eyes of Si Luo who was unafraid of death, before turning his eyes to Si Ling and said in a low tone. âSi Ling, since she lost her memories, just pretend that you donât know. Itâs best if we can keep it hidden for as long as possible. Even better if she can never recover.â Or else with Prince Jingâs influence and power, they would never admit to having a killer son-in-law, right?
âThat said, the reward is 300 silver taels.â Si Luo laughed maliciously as he looked at Si Ling and said, âI want to earn a bit of money.â
Hearing all their conversation, Lin Si Yao looked up silently at the sky. Looks like it will be hard to leave peacefully and quietly.
âYouâre lacking money?â Lin Si Yao coldly asked.
âIâm not, but I donât have much either.â Si Luo jumped on top of one of the quincuncial piles as he observed the peace and tranquility that surrounded him.
â300 taels? Very good.â Lin Si Yao expressionlessly nodded his head. He then turned towards Si Tuo and indifferently commanded: â1500 meters from XiĂčshuÇ Cave, the fifth Quebec tree, the trunk leads to a route, towards the bottom of the lake.â
Once Si Tuo heard, he thought it sounded just like a secret treasure trove. Raising his eyebrows in suspicion, he asked nonchalantly: âFor what?â
âInside is the entire savings of my previous life.â Lin Si Yao replied ever so calmly with no ripples in his tone.
Previous life? Si Tuo involuntary stiffened his body as he heard those words. He couldnât help but be jealous. Or else, why would he make it so clear? Even the savings earned by âselling livesâ wouldnât require the words âprevious lifeâ to be described as.
While Si Shan and Si Luo gazed at each other, at a loss of what to do. They couldnât understand what Lin Si Yao meant behind all of this.
To allow them to know the location of his âpreviousâ lifeâs savings, what was the meaning of this?
âDo me a favour, send some up to Yun Luo Temple while youâre at it.â Lin Si Yao muttered after a long period of silence, before once again instructing in a low voice: âJust leave a little bit for me, you three can split the rest (of my savings). The only condition is this, ShuilianâŠâŠ pretend you never met her.â
Forgive him for his selfish motives. Shuilian is his⊠Jing WangFu*, itâs best they never mentioned her again.
(çćș/ Princeâs Mansion: doesnât have to be blood relatives of royalty, but a really high ranking officialâs household.)
Once the 3 of them heard that, all of them were stunned in unison. Thinking on how much he earned as an assassin for Si Ling, and yet he only used a few words to divide the entire lot of it?
With the frequency of his assignments in the past decade, he has probably saved more than tens of thousands of silverâŠ
Heavens, heâs crazy! From the dismayed eyes of the 3 of them, they had reached the same conclusion.
As the saying goes, a smile is worth a thousand gold. To him, it didnât matter if it was nothing but just a suspicion. Even with the low possibility, he was still willing to throw away vast sums of his hard earned money just for a women who is already his wife. He really has gone crazy.
Si Luo sighed softly
Si Shan shook his head.
Si Luo suddenly snickered, finally leaking out a real smile, raising a thumbs up at Lin Si Yao, saying âIâm rich.â
He had struck gold. He would have never earned so much money.
Donât bring up âMoney is as good as dirtââ bunch of crap.
Thinking on their lonely and wandering lives as assassins, except for the fact that they have amazing martial art skills and a box full of silver from their years of work, they have nothing else.
As of now, Si Ling unexpectedly was willing to throw away a large portion of his money just to remain and not be separated from his wife.
This kind of boldness was something the three of them lacked.
âDeal.â Si Luo was the first to sound out in agreement. Bullshit, those who werenât in agreement would be idiots.
âAlright.â Si Shan also nodded his head in agreement. He had never intended to pick what was right or wrong. However, since Si Ling was being so generous, and Si Lao had also unhesitantly agreed, he couldnât be happier especially when he has twenty three disciples to bring up.
Si Tuo couldnât help but roll his eyes, momentarily ruining his cool and indifferent temperament. If only Si Ling, at the end of everything, could get whatever he wants like now, keeping his comfortable and easy life. Otherwise, if you want to force the three people who have swallowed up the silver to vomit again, it will be difficult.
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âA Yao?â Shu Shuilian anxiously welcomed Lin Si Yao who had seen off the 3 assassins. âThey⊠Did they leave already?â She looked over Lin Si Yaoâs body and looked into the distance. Not sure what Si Tuo, that cunning man with a deep smile, had said to Lin Si Yao regarding her current bodyâs past life.
âMhm.â Lin Si Yao placed down the pot of tea that he had gotten from the kitchen and poured out two cups, giving one to Shu Shuilian. âThey still have stuff to do.â The 3 of them had to do a job in Xi Lang. If they have their lives still intact to return, they will go to Feng Yao Court territory to dig out all of his life savings. Lin Si Yao curled up his mouth. With Si Luoâs miserly nature, he definitely wonât lose out on this chance to accumulate wealth.
âHe, I mean that Si Luo, does he know about myâŠâ Shu Shuilian after taking a glance at the slightly serious expression on Lin Si Yaoâs face, couldnât help but ask, with slight stuttering.
âHe got the wrong person.â Lin Si Yao answered, before finding an accurate excuse: âYou and the person he met looked similar.â This didnât count as deceiving. The person on the missing personâs list canât be that realistic.
âOh, so itâs like that.â Shu Shuilian sighed in relief.