Chapter 1771 - 1757

Ye Liang spoke, then poured a cup of tea for Chu Ge, before picking up the tea and handing it to Chu Ge, saying, "I brewed this tea myself. The tea leaves are what I bought on the street today, and surely it’s different from the tea in this Beggar Gang."

Chu Ge looked at Ye Liang with some surprise, feeling as if Ye Liang had something to say today.

He took the teacup from Ye Liang’s hand, sat down, and then placed the teacup on the table, looking up at Ye Liang, he asked, "You are a bit unusual today, aren’t you?"

Ye Liang was stunned, and laughed awkwardly, "Am I? Where am I? I’m not acting unusually."

Chu Ge picked up the tea and took a sip, "Actually you can say whatever you want, it doesn’t matter; you and I are both heaven’s wanderers, so just say whatever you want."

Ye Liang slightly lowered her eyes, "You also know we’re heaven’s wanderers, but you’re now about to go to the military camp."

Chu Ge looked at her in surprise, not understanding what she meant by these words.

"Chu Ge, have you found a way back?"

Ye Liang raised her eyes to look at Chu Ge, pressing the question.

Chu Ge lightly pressed his lips, looking deeply at Ye Liang, with a contemplative expression in his eyes, but he did not speak.

Ye Liang was a bit unnerved by his gaze; she pressed her lips, "I was just speculating. When you were at Marquis Ye Mansion, you would frequently go out to look for clues, but ever since you arrived in Shuo State, I’ve noticed you’re not as anxious, so I guessed you might have found a way back."

Chu Ge took another sip of tea, "I haven’t mentioned this to you since I arrived in this time-space, how did you know?"

Ye Liang was stumped by Chu Ge’s question; she pressed her lips tightly, and facing Chu Ge’s gaze, her eyes flickered slightly. Perhaps guilty as a thief, she forgot that Chu Ge had never told her he kept searching for a way back!

"Why aren’t you speaking?" Chu Ge asked curiously.

Ye Liang shook her head slightly, "No, I just guessed. I thought you haven’t been running around much lately and noticed you have fewer worries on your face compared to before, so I guessed you found a way back."

Chu Ge didn’t speak, truthfully he knew that Ye Liang was bound to find out sooner or later, it was just a matter of time.

He cleared his throat lightly, smiled, and said, "Actually, you’re right, I have indeed found a way back."

Ye Liang looked at him suspiciously, and hadn’t expected Chu Ge to tell her so candidly.

"I always wanted to ask you, are you willing to leave with me?" Chu Ge asked.

Ye Liang didn’t know how to answer, "Leave? Where to?"

Her eyes held a hint of desolation, "I’m an orphan, never had parents. Every time I see you gaze into the distance sky in a daze, and see the expression on your face, I know you must be missing your homeland, while I..."

She sighed softly, "I’d love to miss my family too, but I don’t even know whom to miss."

Ye Liang smiled a little, the smile mixed with a hint of helplessness, "You say I should go back with you, but let’s not mention entering a military camp; even if I enter the camp, where would we go after returning?"

"Of course, go home?" Chu Ge looked at her in confusion, "Even if you don’t have family, don’t you have friends?"

Ye Liang shook her head gently.

Friends? Haha, those words were just sarcastic to her. As an assassin, where would she have friends?

Ye Liang sighed slightly, "I’m not very sociable, so I don’t have any friends."

Chu Ge was puzzled; no friends, no family, then how did she grow up?

But what intrigued him more was how Ye Liang had soul transferred here. If she really followed him back, what would happen to this body of hers?

Her soul is from their time-space, but her body is from this time-space. If she really followed him back, then to whom does this body belong?

Ye Liang certainly hadn’t thought of this. She just saw Chu Ge continually shaking his head, wondering, "What’s wrong?"

Chu Ge shook his head, "Nothing, let’s just pretend I didn’t say anything just now."

Ye Liang was choked up; she pressed her lips, "Alright then."

Chu Ge thought for a moment, maybe Ye Liang’s soul transfer had some other purpose similar to Feng Luo?

Wasn’t Feng Luo soul transferred too? Her arrival turned her body into the Vermilion Bird Star, and her blood could open the Time-Space Gate.

"Chu Ge, don’t just drink tea, have some snacks,"

Ye Liang handed chopsticks to Chu Ge with a faint smile on her face.

Chu Ge took the chopsticks, "You should eat too, don’t serve me, we’re equals."

He looked at the small dishes on the table, smiling slightly, "You spent again."

"It’s not spending much unless you don’t eat, that’s when I spend much."

Ye Liang picked up chopsticks too, then looked at Chu Ge, as if Chu Ge owes her by not eating.

Chu Ge chuckled, took a dish and placed it near his mouth, and as a strange smell reached his nose, he paused and raised his eyes slightly to glance at Ye Liang.

Ye Liang’s eyes were fixed on him, "Eat, try my snack and see how it’s different from those sold in the streets."

Chu Ge consumed the food, looking at Ye Liang with surprise, "These snacks, did you make them?"

He’d thought she bought them on the street.

"Not really." Ye Liang was a little embarrassed and scratched her head, "I can only make this one, the others I bought from the street, and these snacks were recommended by the Old Gang Leader, he said they’re the best accompaniments for wine."

Chu Ge nodded with a smile, "Indeed, these dishes are usually the Old Gang Leader’s wine snacks; he’s a foodie, quite an expert in these."

"Yes, I actually wanted to bring them out for everyone to eat together tonight, but compared to the banquet Feng Luo prepared, mine is really nothing much, so I didn’t bring them out. You wouldn’t think I’m stingy, would you?"

Chu Ge shook his head, eating with delight, like the food was exceptionally delicious, "Don’t worry, I wouldn’t; it’s fortunate you made these snacks, otherwise tonight I was busy drinking and didn’t feel very hungry, but now after seeing your snacks, I suddenly feel hungry."

"Chu Ge." Ye Liang looked at him, wanted to say something, but didn’t know how, didn’t know what to say.

Chu Ge raised his eyes to look at her, "What’s wrong?"

"...I..."

"If you have something to say, just say it without hesitation."

Chu Ge smiled, "Between you and me, is there anything to shy away from? Plus, there’s no one else here, say whatever you want."

"I just wanted to ask how you plan to leave here?" Ye Liang sighed slightly; she couldn’t bring herself to ask, "Will you hate me?"

She was to take his life, how could he not hate her? But should the word "hate" come out of Chu Ge’s mouth, she truly didn’t know if she could bear it.