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Chapter 150 I'm Different from Them

Meng Liyun stared at Xiao in a daze, her first reaction was that he could actually say so many words in one breath.

"...Oh, forget it, let's not talk about this anymore." Meng Liyun waved her hands and shook her head, obviously not wanting to continue this topic.

After hearing this, Xiao didn't say anything more. He turned around and continued to look forward.

"Then why did you agree to Li Heng and the others this time?"

Meng Liyun was silent for a while, and couldn't help but ask again.

She was indeed very curious about this.

"..." Xiao lowered his head slightly when he heard her ask this.

She couldn't see Xiao's expression from her perspective. After waiting for a moment, just when she thought Xiao still wouldn't answer her, Xiao spoke.

"They said that if I could guarantee their safety, they would tell me the news about Mo Ze."

Moze? Who is that?

Meng Liyun looked at Xiao in confusion.

Xiao seemed to know what she wanted to ask and took the initiative to answer her: "He was someone I met when I was young... someone..."

Xiao paused, as if he didn't know how to describe Mo Ze's identity and the relationship between them. He hesitated for a moment: "Is he considered an elder?... I can't really say, and they don't care about these things."

"For some reason, I followed him for two years. During those two years, he showed me many things I had never seen before... and he was very kind to me." Xiao said, his eyelashes trembling slightly, as if he thought of something happy, and the corners of his mouth rose slightly, "My knife and the pendant on my neck were given by him."

"I... asked him before - it was the same question you once asked - if I could go find him when I grow up."

Meng Liyun's eyes moved slightly, and when she thought of her mood when she parted with Xiao, she felt a few inexplicable thoughts.

"He told me that if I still have such thoughts when I grow up, it's okay."

When Xiao talked about this, he looked a little dazed.

"Because his expression was very calm when he said this, as if he was sure that I would change as I grew older... I was also a little worried that his idea would become a reality, so when I was a teenager, I left the mountain and wanted to find him."

"...But I have been looking for him for a long time and have not found him. Although someone said before that they had heard of him, I did not find him when I arrived at the place they pointed out." Xiao's eyes dimmed as he said this. "This time, it was Li Heng who told me that he had news and asked me to escort them to Lishan, and then he would tell me the news."

"Have you ever thought about what if he was lying to you?" Meng Liyun asked after hearing his story, "What if he just pointed at something randomly and asked you to go to a certain place with great effort, but in the end you still got nothing? What would you do then?"

Xiao frowned when he heard what she said.

"Don't you think so?" Meng Liyun clapped her hands and said, "Even if you realize you've been cheated in the end, would you still come back to find him? By then, they would have been gone long ago, right?"

"...I think I can let them take me there?" Xiao hesitated.

"Then do you want to try it? Ask now?" Meng Liyun raised her eyebrows and nodded her chin in the direction of Li Heng, signaling him.

Xiao looked at her, his eyes changed slightly, he turned his head without saying a word, and after a moment of silence, he suddenly called Li Heng.

"...What's wrong?" Li Heng slowed down his horse when he heard the sound, and asked when the horse was on the same line with them.

Xiao looked at him and said, "After we get to Lishan, I want you to take me to find it."

Hearing Xiao's words, Li Heng tightened his fingers slightly, and the kind smile on his face seemed to have changed a little, but there was no difference in his voice: "Why did you decide so suddenly?"

Hearing the sound, Ran Ran also turned around to look at them, pulling the horse slowly over: "What's wrong?"

Li Heng did not reply to her, but continued to stare at Xiao with a more scrutinizing look in his eyes, as if he was trying to understand the reasons and intentions behind his words.

Meeting Li Heng's gaze, Xiao remained calm, his eyelids not changing at all because of his scrutiny: "Is it okay?"

Li Heng looked at him without saying anything. In an instant, he suddenly turned his gaze to Meng Liyun, who had a smile in her eyes, and suddenly his expression became stern.

Meeting Li Heng's gaze, Meng Liyun was not afraid at all and even grinned at him.

Xiao frowned, and slightly turned sideways to block Li Heng's gaze, his expression slowly darkening because of Li Heng's hesitation.

Li Heng felt a chill on his back. He met Xiao's questioning eyes without changing his expression and smiled, "It's not impossible—"

Before he finished speaking, Xiao suddenly stretched out his hand. A gray magic circle suddenly rose under Li Heng's feet. Li Heng was startled, and before he could do anything, he was tightly clamped by the magic circle.

The gray magic circle slowly rose up and was engraved on Li Heng's neck like a brand. Li Heng's face changed drastically, and just as he was about to say something, Ran Ran suddenly attacked and threw several flying blades at Xiao.

Before Xiao made any move, Meng Liyun had already drawn out her curved blade, and in the blink of an eye, she cut down all the flying knives. Then, in a flash, she approached Ran Ran fiercely. In a flash, the crescent-shaped arc of the curved blade touched Ran Ran's smooth and slender neck.

"Don't move." Meng Liyun's eyes turned cold and she tightened the reins.

The horse beneath him neighed.

"You——!" Ranran gritted her teeth and glared back at her unwillingly.

"The one on your neck is a curse seal." Xiao glanced over here, and seeing that Meng Liyun was not in danger, he ignored it and looked at Li Heng and said, "If you lie, it will explode."

Li Heng: “What——?!”

Li Heng's eyes widened in disbelief, his whole body tensed up, staring at him intently.

"Don't worry." Xiao tilted his head, his eyes slightly cold, his face calm, "As long as you don't lie, nothing will happen."

"Untie it!" Ran Ran said sternly, "I told you to untie it!"

"Don't move." Meng Liyun looked at her coldly, and the blade left a bloody mark on her neck.

Li Heng glanced at Ran Ran, then looked at Xiao, clenched his fists, and said in a deep voice: "Is it necessary to make it so ugly?"

"Ugly?" Xiao tilted his head in confusion. "I'm asking you a question, but you always want to lie to me, so I have to do this. Why do you say it's ugly?"

"Perhaps under the threat of death, you can be more honest."

Xiao said coolly.

"Why do you say that I always want to lie to you? What have I lied to you about?" Because of the curse mark on his neck, Li Heng's face looked a little ugly, but he quickly calmed down, raised his chin slightly, and asked loudly.

"From the time we met until now, I have never spoken to you in a soft voice. I believe there is nothing wrong with my attitude towards you. We have been together for so many days and there has been no problem. Why have you changed since this woman joined?"

Li Heng glanced at the knife on Ran Ran's neck, calmed himself, and pointed the spearhead at Meng Liyun: "You said you don't believe me, so do you believe her? I know that you are old acquaintances, but even former friends may stab you in the back, so why do you think she won't?"

Meng Liyun raised her eyebrows, glanced at Xiao, and was about to say something.

"I didn't believe her." Xiao didn't look at her, still staring coldly at Li Heng, "I just think what she said makes sense, and this kind of thing has happened several times. In order to prevent this from happening again, I asked you this."

Xiao said, raising his eyelids, his expression unchanged: "So, you'd better tell the truth."

"Though you could try it and see if it explodes."

Li Heng stared at him, a drop of cold sweat dripping down his forehead. He could clearly feel his nervousness and hesitation, and even though he didn't say anything, the answer was clear from his posture.

During the two seconds that Li Heng hesitated, Xiao's eyes changed again and again, and finally, he couldn't help but sigh.

Li Heng looked at him, hesitant to speak.

Ranran stared at him intently, clenched her fists, and seemed ready to attack at any time.

But Meng Liyun's knife went a little further, the blade pressed tightly against her neck, and her eyes moved downward, ready to cut her throat if she made any move.

"I don't know what you guys are doing. I heard from people before that it seems like you're robbing tombs? Or maybe you're exploring for the imperial court..."

When Li Heng heard this, his eyes changed again and again. He pursed his lips and said nothing.

"But I'm not interested in these." Xiao tilted his head slightly, glanced at Meng Liyun, and lowered his head slightly.

Meng Liyun understood what he meant and frowned.

He wanted her to let go of Ranran.

why?

"I have no intention of making an enemy of you, so let's just leave it at that." Xiao said, waving at Meng Liyun.

Meng Liyun frowned, looked around, slowly put down her hand, and returned to the carriage in a flash.

"How dare you-"

As soon as Ranran was freed from the shackles, she was about to attack. Three sharp knives appeared at her fingertips, and it seemed that she was about to throw them out again.

"Stop!" Li Heng spoke up, trying to stop it, with an unpleasant look on his face.

"Shut up, Li Heng!" Ran Ran couldn't help it anymore and cursed, "I told you a long time ago that this person is unreliable. You insisted on trying to win him over, and now you can only suffer the consequences of your own actions."

"you……"

"What's more, just now, that woman... actually dared to do this to me? Do you know who we are?!" Ran Ran said, seeming to be extremely angry. Just as she was about to blurt out something, she was interrupted by Li Heng.

"Qi Ranyue!" Li Heng interrupted her harshly, his eyes were sharp and his tone was sharper than ever before, "Watch your mouth!"

Ranran turned around suddenly and was about to say something when she was frightened by Li Heng's eyes and her whole body froze.

Li Heng glanced at her coldly, and when he was sure that she would not say anything else, he slowly turned his gaze towards her.

"What do you want to do?" Li Heng calmed down and looked at Xiao. It seemed that he wanted to negotiate some terms with him.

"Nothing to do."

Unexpectedly, Xiao shook his head, turned sideways and whispered to Meng Liyun: "Turn around."

Meng Liyun glanced at him, full of doubts, but forced herself to swallow them. She then glanced at Ranran who was not far away and might have an attack at any time, waved the whip, and changed direction.

Xiao may have noticed Ranran as well. He jumped out of the car and made a motion similar to scratching his head, and the black knife appeared out of thin air in his hand.

"Walk."

Xiao had his back to her and didn't look back.

Meng Liyun had turned the carriage around. Hearing this, she couldn't help but stretch her head to look at him, but she only saw a dark figure.

Meng Liyun pursed her lips, gritted her teeth, and swung the whip hard.

"drive--"

Meng Liyun didn't know where to go, so after driving the carriage down the mountain, she wandered around the foot of the mountain, looking around.

She was actually a little hesitant just now, but it was not because she was worried about Xiao's safety, but because she was afraid that he would take the opportunity to dump her.

Meng Liyun held in her mouth the dried meat strip that Yuwei had given her before she left, chewing it intermittently while looking at the lush vegetation beside her, lost in thought.

What if he really thinks so?

She could also see that Xiao didn't really want her to follow him. If she hadn't been clinging to him and he hadn't found a reason to refuse, he would have dumped her a long time ago.

Meng Liyun gritted her teeth and narrowed her eyes.

Fortunately, before she could think about it, a sound came from the grass next to her.

Before he could do anything, a figure emerged from the crowd.

Meng Liyun was stunned, and the dried meat in her mouth slipped slightly. She caught it with her palm before it fell and put it back into her mouth.

Meng Liyun's eyes lit up, and she was overjoyed: "Owl!"

Xiao was stunned, looking at her rushing towards him enthusiastically, he tilted his body and dodged.

Meng Liyun missed her target and was about to fall headfirst to the ground. At the critical moment, she used her palm to support herself, turned over and landed steadily.

"What are you doing?" Meng Liyun was dissatisfied.

"Shouldn't I be the one asking this?" Xiao frowned and looked at her strangely, "What are you doing?"

"I'm happy." Meng Liyun said with a strong sense of justice, "Alas, you don't know, I thought you were going to dump me, I was really worried to death..."

Meng Liyun had no intention of complaining or lamenting, she just said it in a pretentious way. Unexpectedly, Xiao was stunned for a moment, and then said to her seriously: "If I want to leave, I will tell you."

Hearing this, Meng Liyun was indeed stunned. She never expected him to answer like this.

Looking at Xiao's serious eyes, Meng Liyun was silent for a moment, and suddenly smiled: "Okay!"

As she said this, she winked at him.

"So, where are we going?"

Meng Liyun saw Xiao get into the car, smiled at him and asked.

"……do not know."

Unexpectedly, Xiao paused and replied like this.

Meng Liyun: ...

"Then can you go anywhere?" Meng Liyun asked.

Xiao turned his head and thought for a moment, then nodded hesitantly: "There is no news about him yet, so we can only look for him while walking."

"Then I'll look for it with you." Meng Liyun decided readily, "Mo Ze, right?"

Owl: “…Yes.”

"Then let's go together." Meng Liyun said, waving the whip, "It just so happens that I also want to travel around and explore."

Xiao glanced at her, as if he wanted to say something, but after thinking for a moment, he turned back.

Meng Liyun looked at him out of the corner of her eye. Seeing that he had no inclination to object, she couldn't help but smile. Then she thought of something else and asked him, "By the way, what happened to Li Heng and the others?"

"They continued walking." Xiao's eyes flickered when he mentioned this.

"I mean, what about the curse?" Meng Liyun pointed to her neck and asked curiously.

Xiao glanced at her with an inexplicable look: "...What do you think?"

"How should I know?" Meng Liyun didn't notice the wrong tone in his voice and laughed, "If it's solved, he'll get a bargain. If it's not solved, it's still okay. He'll just have to tell the truth from now on, hehe..."

When Meng Liyun thought of this, she couldn't help but laugh out loud with glee.

Xiao slowly retracted his gaze and looked forward: "The curse has been lifted."

Meng Liyun: "Ah? That's really a pity."

As he said this, he curled his lips in disappointment.

Xiao glanced at her again: "That one won't explode if you lie."

"what?"

Meng Liyun was surprised and looked at him with raised eyebrows.

Xiao's expression remained unchanged, and his tone was calm: "That thing has no effect in identifying lies, it will only explode."

Meng Liyun: ...

This doesn't seem to make much difference...

Meng Liyun pulled the corners of her mouth and was about to say something with a smile when Xiao suddenly turned his head to look at her.

"Don't you think it's scary?"

Meng Liyun was stunned: "Why?"

"I've said this to people before, and their reactions were the same as Li Heng's." Xiao said, turning his head back, "They thought it was terrible to do this."

“…What does that mean?”

Xiao was stunned for a moment, and after hearing her inexplicable tone, he couldn't help but look at her again.

Meng Liyun raised her chin slightly and hummed proudly: "It shows that I am different from them."

Hearing this, Xiao was stunned for a moment, then chuckled.

"probably."