Chapter 120 Gentle_5

Jiang Li asked, "Am I not?"

"You are a Man-eating Flower," Jih Heng said.

Jiang Li smiled.

When they first met, they were wary and guarded against each other. Later, it was when Jiang Li suddenly revealed Jih Heng's intentions and laid her life before him. It was as if they had exchanged a secret, fostering a sense of alliance borne of mutual understanding.

Of course, this might have been Jiang Li's illusion, but whether Jih Heng was pretending or sincere, this was still the first time they could sit together and talk so peacefully.

"Tomorrow we'll be heading back to Xiangyang and then to Yanjing," Jiang Li said, "On the way, perhaps Princess Yongning will have received the news and pursue us to kill, or perhaps Ji Shuran's people with their unyielding thieving hearts will pose obstructions. All these troubles, I'll have to trouble the Duke to help clear them."

"Do you see me as your guard?" Jih Heng said amusedly, "Aren't you afraid I might kill you?"