Jian Zhaoxing

Chapter 374 What you don't get, you won't lose.
The matter was resolved perfectly, and Lin Zhiqing was unharmed.

By the time she finished explaining everything, it was completely dark.

Lin Congli and his group arrived in fear, but left much more relaxed.

Lin Zhiqing is the same.

As soon as she returned to Shuqing Pavilion, she couldn't wait to stretch her body.

Putting everything else aside, she had been under Li Jinzhi's bed for more than an hour, her whole body was tense, and now that she had suddenly relaxed, her whole body was sore and aching.

Asagao went to prepare hot water for bathing, leaving Lin Zhiqing alone in the room.

She took out a booklet and a charcoal pencil, and put a big cross over the name of the Minister of Justice in the booklet.

Just as she was about to close the booklet, her hair gently swayed from back to front.

She frowned slightly and gripped the charcoal pencil in her hand, but soon she smelled a familiar scent of face powder.

The next moment, Yan Yu's provocative voice rang out: "Your handwriting is really ugly."

Lin Zhiqing released the charcoal pencil he was gripping tightly and said slowly, "You people can't appreciate my masterpiece."

Yan Yu slowly sat down opposite Lin Zhiqing: "You noticed me just now?"

"If it weren't for the fragrance on you, my pen would have been aimed at you long ago." Lin Zhiqing put away the booklet.

"I'm so scared!" Yan Yu crossed her arms over her chest, making an exaggerated gesture.

Lin Zhiqing ignored him.

He wasn't embarrassed at all, and continued speaking to himself: "Why are you being so cautious, as if everyone wants to harm you?"

"No." Lin Zhiqing replied succinctly.

Yan Yu rested his chin on his hand: "You're lying. Don't think I can't see through you. You like to keep a backup plan in mind when you do things."

"As for why you left yourself a backup plan, it's because you don't trust us, so you always want to plan everything out."

He hit the nail on the head, but Lin Zhiqing disliked the feeling of having her thoughts probed, and spoke calmly:
"Isn't it the same for you?"

“Yes, we are the same kind of people.” Yan Yu said without any hesitation: “But you are luckier than me; you have people helping you with everything you do.”

"Me? I'm all alone."

Just as Lin Zhiqing was about to speak, Yan Yu spoke again:

"However, even so, my work is much simpler than yours. Don't you find it tiring?"

Tired?

It was really tiring.

Since arriving in Dasheng, Lin Zhiqing has been afraid of making a single wrong move.

She wanted to live, to live well, which is why she has kept going until now.

It is precisely because she does not belong to this world that she always feels detached from it.

That's why she dared not entrust her life to anyone.

Especially after having that dream a few days ago, she kept thinking, what if the real Lin Zhiqing suddenly came back one day?

At that point, will she be completely out of the game?

If she places too much emotion on the people of Dasheng, how will she cope with losing someone she cares about again if that day really comes?

If you don't get it, you won't lose it.

Lin Zhiqing knew that her thoughts were a bit off, but she couldn't control herself.

Therefore, she keeps those who are kind to her at arm's length away from her heart, always maintaining a degree of vigilance.

This is to ensure my survival, and also to prevent myself from becoming dependent on the people and things here.

Because of these ideas, she clung tightly to her knowledge of psychology and used it as a means of distinguishing herself from others.

Lately, she has felt that her connection with Dasheng is becoming increasingly weak.

Lin Zhiqing's mindset indicates that she considers many consequences when she acts, which is naturally exhausting. Lin Zhiqing sighed softly, "Yan Yu, you don't understand me."

So don't try to guess what I'm thinking.

Yan Yu understood the implication in Lin Zhiqing's words and smiled, "What, can't I even show some concern for you?"

"If it weren't for me today, you would have suffered greatly."

Lin Zhiqing retorted, "If it weren't for you, none of this trouble would have happened today."

"However, I still thank you very much."

"Thank you?" Yan Yu raised an eyebrow. "I haven't heard that word in a long time."

Lin Zhiqing smiled and said, "Thank you for returning the veil in time today. Otherwise, our plan would have completely collapsed."

"A veiled hat?" Yan Yu asked, puzzled. "Are you talking about that?"

Yan Yu pointed to the wardrobe behind Lin Zhiqing.

Lin Zhiqing turned around and saw that her veiled hat had been placed on the cabinet.

But she remembered that Asagao had put the veiled hat into the inner room.

Seeing Lin Zhiqing's confusion, Yan Yu noticed the discrepancy between their thoughts and spoke up:

“You’ve probably misunderstood something. I’ve come here today to give you your veil.”

"The veil on the cabinet was just put there by me."

"Besides, you previously said that the veiled hat appeared where you lied and said you fell."

"I had already left the villa by then, so how could I know where you fell? Do you think we have telepathy?"

Upon hearing this, Lin Zhiqing quickly got up and went into the inner room to search for another veiled hat.

Soon, two identical veils appeared on the table.

If there was any difference, Lin Zhiqing looked for a long time and could only tell that the veiled hat that Yan Yu had returned was cleaner.

The one I brought back had some dust and dirt on it.

Yan Yu circled the table: "You've become so cautious that you even need to prepare two veils?"

"I don't have the time for that." Lin Zhiqing pursed her lips.

Yan Yu rested his chin on his hand: "Where did the other one come from? It couldn't have just appeared out of thin air, could it?"

Lin Zhiqing didn't reply. She stared at the veiled hat she had brought back, and some ideas were already forming in her mind.

Lu Huai!

This was prepared by Lu Huai.

Only Lu Huai could be so meticulous, thinking ten steps ahead for every one step he takes.

She thought back again, wondering when Lu Huai had started interfering with her plans.
It should have started when... those people who inexplicably appeared outside Li Jinzhi's courtyard in the back mountain when Jiang Liuyun wanted to kill them to silence them.

Those people weren't arranged by Lin Zhiqing. At the time, she was anxious, fearing that Jiang Liuyun would kill everyone and there would be no witnesses.

Then, someone appeared outside the door, forcing Jiang Liuyun not to kill anyone to silence them.

Then, Lu Huai appeared and took her away from under the bed in Li Jinzhi's courtyard.

After sending her back to the front yard, Lu Huai disappeared.

After that, Lin Zhiqing did not hear any news of Lu Huai appearing at the villa.

The more Lin Zhiqing thought about these things, the clearer her mind became.

No wonder the son of the Imperial Academy Chancellor was able to clearly state that there was a palm-sized tear in her cuff when he provided her alibi.

The only people who knew about this were Asagao and Lu Huai.

The son of the Chancellor of the Imperial Academy was someone Lu Huai arranged to help her out of a predicament.

As for the veiled hat incident, it was mostly because Lu Huai thought of the flaw in the situation and helped her find an identical veiled hat to help her get through the ordeal.