Chapter 32: Becoming One of Them

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

She saw Si Yan turn into a small path and immediately followed him.

When she turned round the corner, she was dumbfounded.

“Eh? Where is he? He was clearly walking this way just now.”

Shen Li turned around and mumbled to herself. She did not notice a dark shadow approaching her from behind.

“Ah!”

Shen Li was dragged into the room next door by a hand. She screamed subconsciously, but it did not last long.

Si Yan covered her mouth and scolded her in a low voice.

“Don’t scream.”

After seeing the person in front of her, the fear in Shen Li’s heart slowly faded and was replaced by anger. She threw the Imperial edict in her hand into Si Yan’s arms without a care and snapped at him.

“What’s going on?”

Shen Li was still in a fit of anger, and she had thrown it with enough force to sting. She looked close to coming to blows with Si Yan. Guan Fu, who was beside his general, stood in stunned silence.

He had been with Si Yan for so many years, but this was the first time he had seen him being attacked by a woman.

Si Yan’s expression wasn’t any better. He held two Imperial edicts in one hand and turned to Guan Fu.

“Go outside and stand guard.”

Without hesitation, Guan Fu ran out of the room, and the room immediately fell silent.

Shen Li looked around and realized that they were in an abandoned woodshed. There were some messy things piled up inside.

At that moment, perhaps due to the influence of the surrounding environment, Shen Li felt her heart was slowly calming down.

When she raised her head to look at Si Yan again, Shen Li subconsciously took a step back.

This place was completely dark, and only a ray of light shone through the window on Si Yan’s body. The light divided Si Yan’s body into a being that was half of light and half of darkness.

Shen Li saw that his lips were pursed, and his eyes were staring at her unblinkingly. She was terrified.

She turned her gaze to the Imperial edict in Si Yan’s hand and reached out to take it.

“I… I didn’t mean to hit you with this.”

However, Si Yan raised it out of her reach.

Shen Li looked up at Si Yan and smiled awkwardly.

Si Yan slowly raised his hand and rolled up the Imperial edict that Shen Li had messed up earlier and passed it to her.

“Go back and wait for your marriage. Don’t have any other thoughts.”

Upon hearing this, Shen Li’s face stiffened again. When she thought of what had happened in the main hall, she could more or less guess what had happened.

“You used me, right? We’ve only met a few times. Do you really want to marry me?”

Si Yan looked at the Imperial edict in her hand and tried to protest.

“Do you plan to disobey an Imperial edict?”

Shen Li stared at Si Yan’s face and screamed in her heart. ‘You’re a General, after all. I thought you had a backup plan, but this is it?’

Shen Li took a deep breath.

“Then why did you choose me just now?”

Si Yan was silent for a moment, before throwing back a question at her.

“Do you know what happens to those who pry into other people’s secrets?”

Shen Li did not know why he had suddenly changed the topic and did not react for a moment.

“What?”

Si Yan did not seem to hear her response. He droned on.

“Those who know the secret will either become one of us or… be rendered unable to speak.”

He looked straight at Shen Li and asked.

“Which would you want to be?”

How could Shen Li not know what he meant?

Memories of the dungeon flashed back in her mind.

Shen Li gave the answer almost instantly.

“I’m one of you. Of course, I’m one of you.”

Si Yan was quite satisfied with her answer.

“That’s good to know. Also, don’t try to denounce our relationship in the future. Didn’t you just admit that we’re in love with each other? Are you trying to commit the crime of deceiving the Emperor? ”