Reborn Spoiled Girl Tames the Regent

Chapter 30 He would rather be a sinner

"The girl I like?"

Xiao Hengzhi looked slightly puzzled, then smiled meaningfully.

He turned to her and teased her deliberately, "Yes, how did you guess, Miss?"

Jiang Wan pursed her lips and coldly replied, "Your little thoughts are written all over your face. Didn't you say she was very delicate and hard to please? You've been away from the capital for so long, she must be unhappy, right?"

Xiao Hengzhi took a deep breath, looking lost and forlorn. "Perhaps so... Besides, I did something wrong. If she knew, it would be even harder to appease her..."

When Jiang Mian heard the words "mistake", she mistakenly thought he was referring to their marriage agreement.

A surge of anger rose within him, and his voice rose: "If that's the case, then you should quickly break off the engagement! Lest this mistake prevent you from going to coax that girl—oh, no, that spoiled girl!"

She deliberately emphasized the word "spoiled," completely unaware that her words revealed a hint of jealousy.

Seeing her like this, Xiao Hengzhi felt a mix of bitterness and tenderness welling up inside him.

The reason why Jiang Mian and Cong Shuang both met their deaths was because he allowed Gui Ye to steal their horses.

He felt an indescribable sense of guilt.

He picked up the wine jug, smiled wryly, and tilted his head back to gulp down a large mouthful of wine.

Seeing his annoyed look, Jiang Mian felt a surge of anger. She wanted to get some fresh air, but instead, she became even more irritated.

She was the legitimate daughter of a general's family, with many noble young men waiting for her to choose from. Yet Xiao Hengzhi acted as if she were desperately seeking him out!

This time when she returns home, she is determined to dissolve the marriage!

She stood up angrily, wanting to go back to her room, but as soon as she took a step, he grabbed her sleeve.

"what are you doing?"

Jiang Mian turned around abruptly, her voice tinged with impatience.

Xiao Hengzhi didn't let go, but gently pulled her back, looking at the wound on her finger with concern in his eyes: "When did you get injured, Second Miss?"

Jiang Wan coldly withdrew her hand and said indifferently, "When I was taken to the ship, the one-eyed man gave me a whip."

Xiao Hengzhi's brows furrowed immediately, and he lowered his voice: "It's better to apply some medicine, otherwise it will leave a scar."

He gently stroked the scar.

Jiang Mian withdrew her hand and glanced at him disdainfully: "No need, I'm not that 'delicate'."

After she finished speaking, she turned and walked back.

Xiao Hengzhi stood up, his gaze following her receding figure. His heart felt like a deep sea beneath a cliff, empty yet turbulent.

He put down the wine flask, turned around, and his figure gradually disappeared into the darkness.

......

In front of the government office, there were two red lanterns, which looked somewhat eerie and frightening in the dark night.

Xiao Hengzhi had not done such a moonlit stealth operation for a long time.

He stepped on the wall, leaped onto the roof, and silently entered the inner courtyard of the government office.

The patrolling guards were dozing off against a pillar in the corridor, unnoticed by anyone.

The surroundings were deathly silent. He slightly raised the corners of his lips, and a chilling glint appeared in his eyes.

He gently pushed open the magistrate's door, his footsteps as silent as a ghost.

On the bed, the county magistrate was fast asleep, his obese body rising and falling, completely unsuspecting.

Xiao Hengzhi stood by the bed, a smile on his lips, but a murderous aura surging in his eyes.

He slowly pressed the cold dagger against the magistrate's face, then playfully slicing it across with the blade, as if looking at a lamb to the slaughter.

The magistrate was fast asleep when he vaguely felt a cool touch on his face. He groggily wiped his face, turned over, and went back to sleep.

Xiao Hengzhi simply stopped playing around, took out his dagger, cut a section of the bed curtain, and roughly pried open his mouth to stuff it inside, forcing him to wake up suddenly.

The magistrate opened his eyes and saw a pair of cold eyes close at hand. He shrank back in fear, opened his mouth to shout, but found that he could not make a sound, and his hands were also tied.

"Shh..."

Xiao Hengzhi leaned close to his ear, his voice extremely low: "I'll ask, you answer, or else..."

With a gentle flick of the dagger, the blade left a shallow bloodstain on the magistrate's throat.

The county magistrate was so frightened that he nodded repeatedly.

"very good."

Xiao Hengzhi smiled faintly, walked closer, and slowly removed the strip of cloth stuffed in his mouth.

By the moonlight, the magistrate could finally see his face clearly: "You...you're the person who was with Miss Jiang today..."

Xiao Hengzhi raised an eyebrow: "Remember so clearly? Is it because you can't forget her?"

The magistrate immediately realized the hidden meaning in his words and shook his head frantically: "I don't remember! I don't remember!"

He could sense that the person in front of him had a completely different aura than when he was at the Liu family's house. At this moment, this look in his eyes made him instinctively start to feel afraid, and cold sweat soaked his clothes on his back.

Xiao Hengzhi asked, "Do you know a one-eyed man?"

The magistrate's back stiffened.

Seeing his reaction, Xiao Hengzhi felt that he had guessed correctly. The government must be in cahoots with him to transport people to a place in such a grand manner.

The magistrate shuddered, his eyes darting around, but he forced himself to remain calm: "I...I don't know..."

Xiao Hengzhi squinted and slowly pressed the dagger against the magistrate's chest. The force was gentle, but the blade had already pierced through his clothes, and the tip of the knife was slowly embedding itself into the flesh.

“It seems…” Xiao Hengzhi’s tone carried a deadly pressure, his voice low and husky with a dangerous undertone, “that the county magistrate enjoys testing my patience.”

"Your... Your Highness, spare me! I'll talk... I'll talk!" The magistrate trembled with pain, veins bulging on his forehead. In his panic, he blurted out, "That one-eyed man... his surname is Zhang, we all call him One-Eyed Zhang... he and I were both ordered by..."

Halfway through his sentence, a sudden whooshing sound came from the air. Xiao Heng quickly dodged to the side, and a silver needle pierced the edge of the bed, emitting a cold light.

Turning his head, he saw that the magistrate had fallen to the ground, and a silver needle had pierced through his temple.

A dark figure flashed past outside the courtyard. Xiao Hengzhi's eyes sharpened, and he was about to chase after it when he suddenly stopped.

Alarm bells rang in my heart: Jiang Mian!

Xiao Hengzhi's heart tightened, and an ominous premonition suddenly struck him. He almost ran back to the inn, but when he opened the door to his room, he saw Cong Shuang all alone.

His breathing became erratic, and he scanned the surroundings, but Jiang Wan was nowhere to be seen.

His hands gripped the door frame so tightly that his knuckles turned white, his heart felt as if it had fallen into an ice cave, and cold sweat streamed down his back.

He hurried downstairs and woke the waiter: "Where's that girl upstairs? Have you seen her go anywhere?"

The waiter, still half asleep, shook his head and said, "I didn't see it." Then he lay back down and went back to sleep.

He stood there, stunned, his expression like a taut bow, his hands trembling slightly as he leaned on the table to keep his balance.

If anything happens to Jiang Wan, he won't forgive himself...

He closed his eyes, cold sweat dripping from his forehead, forcing himself to calm down and think, but all reason vanished, and he had no clue what to do.

"Xiao Hengzhi?"

A familiar voice broke the silence.

He turned around abruptly and saw Jiang Wan slowly approaching, tilting her head with a hint of confusion: "What are you doing here?"

Xiao Hengzhi's heart pounded wildly, all the tension bursting forth at that moment, but he desperately suppressed his emotions and asked softly, "Where did you go?"

Jiang Wan blinked: "Since you've taken up the terrace, I'm going to the backyard for some fresh air. There's a well in the backyard, I think it's from the Zhengde era..."

She talked on and on, sometimes about an ancient well, sometimes about a dog hole.

Xiao Hengzhi, however, simply stared at her, his eyes filled with suppressed emotions, wishing he could pull her into his arms right now.

He slowly approached and stood in front of her, his gaze slowly sweeping across her face. He wanted to hug her and hold her tightly in his arms.

He even felt that he was losing control, and slowly raised his arm.

Rather than hate, rather than lose her forever, he would rather be a sinner, imprisoning her forever, so that at least she would always be by his side.

However, in the end he did nothing, only slowly saying, "It's almost dawn, let's go home."