Let's Squander A Billion First!-Chapter 1679: The Thousand-Year Lord (31)
Yin Shen said he wouldn’t eat, not eating anything for a whole day, not even drinking a sip of water.
Jin Zhi said it was useless no matter what.
He had only one request, to see Chuzheng.
Jin Zhi reported all this to Chuzheng, who initially ignored it. When she heard by nightfall that he still hadn’t eaten, she couldn’t sit still and went to see him.
If he really starved to death, it would be troublesome for her.
Ah!
So annoying!
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Yin Shen kept sitting on the ground in the same position.
Chuzheng felt grateful for being foresighted and laid down a velvet carpet.
Yin Shen heard the sound and turned to glance, probably thinking it was Jin Zhi. He glanced and turned his head away, but then quickly turned back.
After not drinking water for a day, Yin Shen’s lips were chapped. He parted his lips, saying: "Xiao Chu."
His voice was very low, falling by the ear, and somehow made him seem aggrieved.
He shifted, grabbing the rail: "Xiao Chu, I’m so hungry."
Chuzheng felt Yin Shen was quite the drama queen, changing his demeanor faster than flipping a book.
But what could she do?
She still had to indulge him.
Chuzheng, across the rail, spoke in a cold and indifferent tone: "Hungry but not eating?" Hungry means eat, even a kid understands this, yet you’re deliberately starving, and now you dare tell me you’re hungry, why didn’t you starve to death? Angry!
Yin Shen’s lashes lowered: "Xiao Chu left me here, I couldn’t eat."
Although there was no special emotion on Yin Shen’s face, it somehow seemed very wrong to treat him this way.
At this moment, whatever he asked for, you should fulfill.
Unfortunately...
Chuzheng wasn’t one to be confused by beauty.
Chuzheng maintained a stern face, unlocked the door and entered, just as Jin Zhi brought the food in.
Chuzheng pulled Yin Shen up from the ground, held him and sat him at the table, feeding him patiently as if his hands were broken.
When Jin Zhi left, she glanced and felt the scene was too shocking.
If people outside knew of their unpredictable, authoritative adult being like this now, would they be scared dead?
Currently, people outside were searching for Yin Shen everywhere.
Since Yin Shen brought Chuzheng into the house, they hadn’t come out.
Initially, they dared not enter, but seeing night fall and Yin Shen still not coming out, with people from the palace pressing, they forced themselves in.
However, there was nobody inside.
Not even a ghostly shadow to be seen.
Yin Shen and Chuzheng had just disappeared, scaring a bunch of people, who were now searching everywhere.
Unfortunately, a day had passed, and they hadn’t found even a strand of Yin Shen’s hair.
This couldn’t be concealed, soon ministers at court knew of Yin Shen’s disappearance.
With Yin Shen gone, ministers didn’t dare act rashly.
They feared Yin Shen was baiting them for enforcement.
The Emperor sent people to conduct a thorough search.
Haitang Street was a key target for the search.
Chuzheng’s place naturally couldn’t escape scrutiny; when Jin Zhi opened the door, she was on edge, yet acted ’surprised and worried’ that her master and theirs were missing.
Jin Zhi thought she could pursue acting instead of this career in the future.
Jin Zhi was very nervous inside, afraid they’d search that room.
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The room where Yin Shen was held, its door was open, Yin Shen heard chaotic footsteps heading this way.
His disappearance lasted long enough, they should’ve sent someone to search. 𝒻𝑟𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝑛𝘰𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝘤𝘰𝘮
Yin Shen turned to Chuzheng: "Aren’t you afraid they’ll see me here?"
"They can’t see you, don’t worry." Chuzheng responded without looking up.
Yin Shen raised an eyebrow.
Someone passed outside, through the wide-open door, yet seemed not to notice, running right past it.
Yin Shen’s brow twitched.
One case is negligence, two a coincidence, but three, four?
Over the threshold they went, nobody looked this way.
It seemed the place he occupied was a wall to those outside...
Suddenly his waist tightened, embraced from behind: "See, I told you they wouldn’t find you."
Yin Shen: "..."
He wasn’t happy at all.
Searchers having found no one, were beginning to withdraw.
Jin Zhi accompanied a man, happened to walk past outside.
The man was none other than the general who previously came to capture Chuzheng.
The general stopped suddenly at the doorway, Jin Zhi’s face froze but quickly recovered, she demanded: "When will you find my mistress?"
The general glanced toward the room.
Yin Shen felt a momentary connection with the general’s gaze, yet the general wasn’t looking at him.
Chuzheng whispered to his ear: "You could call him to take a look."
Yin Shen: "..."
Invisible, unheard?
Yin Shen didn’t know Chuzheng’s method, but it was surely not ordinary.
The general quickly looked away, pointing and asking Jin Zhi: "What’s beyond this wall?"
"Didn’t I just show General?" Jin Zhi frowned: "It’s just a storage room for miscellaneous items."
Thump thump thump...
Jin Zhi’s heart pounded like a drum.
Why must she endure this, it’s too hard.
The general suspiciously cast several glances; Jin Zhi had led him from the opposite direction into the door, but felt the room wasn’t very large.
Nevertheless circling around found this building’s space should be large...
"How did your mistress disappear here?"
"Won’t my mistress be in danger."
"When will you find her?"
A barrage of questions overwhelmed Jin Zhi; the general withdrew his gaze to handle her: "We’re also looking for His Highness..."
The general and Jin Zhi gradually moved far away.
Yin Shen exhaled a turbid breath, reached out to remove Chuzheng’s hand from his waist: "Why couldn’t they see me?"
Is this normal human ability?
Chuzheng lowered her hand, Yin Shen noticed light glancing past in his eyes, examining closely he found the threshold densely covered with silvery threads.
Yin Shen: "..."
He might have encountered a demon.
Yin Shen took a deep breath: "How long do you plan on keeping me locked up?"
"How long did you intend to keep me locked up before?" Chuzheng countered.
"..."
Yin Shen suddenly fell silent, his face slightly unpleasant.
"Yin Shen, don’t look like that, I just did what you planned to do."
Yin Shen forced a smile: "You won’t let me go then?"
Chuzheng didn’t answer.
Yin Shen didn’t press: "Alright, I’m so tired."
His voice was low, finishing he moved towards the bed to lie down fully clothed.
His early life was spent struggling in the mire, anyone could step on him.
Even after rising to a high position, many still aimed to pull him down, trample over him.
Is this the life he wanted?
No.
Yet he couldn’t change it, already standing prominently, becoming a target.
Chuzheng watched his back a while, the man’s figure curled up on the bed, somewhat lonely, like an abandoned child.
Chuzheng exhaled, lifted her hand, the door automatically closed.
She approached the bed, took off her shoes and climbed up to hold him.
"Yin Shen, I’m here."
