Quick Wear: Under the Skirt, All Beings Are Equal

Chapter 424: The Traitor: Bright Moon, Drinking Alone in the Autumn

"Tang Ran, today is your birthday! I made this bowl of longevity noodles myself. I wish you a happy birthday."

Xue Nanyin's eyes fell on the bowl of cold longevity noodles and she lowered her head in disappointment.

Tang Ran had met countless people in her life, so how could she remember the insignificant her? But she remembered his birthday, many of his little habits, and everything he had said.

From Tang Ran's perspective, she was indeed too presumptuous.

Tang Ran was feeling complicated at this moment. She didn't expect that the first person to wish her happy birthday was the unfamiliar Xue Nanyin, who also brought her a bowl of noodles.

Tang Ran was too lazy to think about anything else. She reached out and took the chopsticks from Xue Nanyin's hand, then picked up the noodles and started eating.

The taste is okay, and the vegetables in it are all my favorite ones. I can tell that the owner of this bowl of noodles put some thought into it.

While Tang Ran was eating noodles silently, Xue Nanyin went to help Xie Wucheng treat his wounds.

Xie Wucheng gritted his teeth and said, "Go away, don't touch me."

Xue Nanyin didn't say anything, but she used some force when bandaging it, causing Xie Wucheng to cry out in pain, looking at her angrily: "Xue Nanyin, why did you stop me from taking revenge?"

Seeing Xue Nanyin remained silent, Xie Wucheng was furious: "Don't play dumb in front of me, I know you can speak."

"You can kill anyone you want, except Tang Ran." Xue Nanyin's tone was light, but his expression was serious.

"Xie Wucheng, Tang Ran is a good person."

Xie Wucheng seemed to have heard some joke. Tang Ran is a good person?

If Tang Ran, this corrupt official, is a good person, then there will be no good people in the world.

What made him even more angry was that he considered Xue Nanyin as a good friend and even had some admiration for her, but he never expected that she would stand on Tang Ran's side.

Xue Nanyin was silent for a while, then said, "I don't care what the world thinks of him, but I believe that Tang Ran is definitely not a person who kills innocent people. Xie Wucheng, I know you are very sad now, and I have no reason to persuade you to let go of your hatred, but I just believe in Tang Ran."

Her eyes were sincere, and she could see through Tang Ran at a glance, clearly showing her unconditional trust in him.

Not only Xie Wucheng, but even Tang Ran who was eating longevity noodles was stunned and quite shocked.

Why does Xue Nanyin have such mysterious confidence in him?

It felt like if I killed someone casually, Xue Nanyin would be able to find reasons to excuse myself and regard it as an act of helpless resistance.

Tang Ran felt that she had to stay away from Xue Nanyin in the future, lest her poor brain condition infect her.

Although thinking this, Tang Ran's eyes were a little red.

He turned his head slightly and continued to eat the bowl of noodles that came with a blessing. He sat barefoot on the chair, his ink-dyed black hair falling on his shoulders. In such a quiet night, he looked less murderous and more well-behaved and pitiful.

Especially because his skin was very white, and Xie Wucheng was injured, with blood on his hands. When he pinched Tang Ran's neck, the blood also remained on her neck, looking like red plum blossoms blooming in the cold frost of the northern frontier, flowing down the snow-white skin, giving rise to endless reverie.

Seeing Tang Ran's extremely innocent look, Xie Wucheng was so angry that he vomited blood.

This damn traitor has his hands stained with blood, why is he pretending to be innocent?

Tang Ran finished eating the noodles before having Xie Wucheng thrown into jail.

As for Xue Nanyin, his gaze hesitated for a moment, and then he saw Xue Nanyin standing aside pretending to be dumb, as if letting him do whatever he wanted.

"You won't plead for him?" Tang Ran asked.

"You won't kill him. If you wanted to kill him, you wouldn't have to wait until now."

Xue Nanyin's father died on the battlefield more than ten years ago. She also witnessed her mother committing suicide for love, and has become quiet ever since.

When she was young, the Queen often summoned her to stay in the palace for a while. It was also at that time that she met Tang Ran.

Just as Tang Ran remembered, the two of them didn't actually have much in common, and they would only chat a few words occasionally.

Xue Nanyin was also not talkative and could not play with others. People secretly gave her the nickname of "little mute". She often sat aside with Li Limu and watched others play.

As she grew up, Xue Nanyin loved staying at home more and more. She was obsessed with medicine. She knew very well that knowledge gained from books was always shallow, so she resigned from her post with the Queen and traveled around, practicing medicine and saving lives wherever she went.

It was during these years of traveling that he saved the life of Xie Wucheng, who was wandering around the world.

The two of them had similar personalities, and after a while they became friends.

Xue Nanyin had always remembered Tang Ran's birthday. After hesitating for a long time, she decided to celebrate his birthday like he did for her, so she made a bowl of longevity noodles and brought it to the Prime Minister.

Her palms were sweating from nervousness. She also imagined that Tang Ran still remembered her and what he would say, whether it was about the bowl of noodles he had casually made, or the pride of being in a high position at a young age, or his loneliness and depression.

But the way Tang Ran looked at her was unfamiliar, as if he was just someone she knew.

Xue Nanyin knew that even if she didn't take action, Xie Wucheng would not be able to kill Tang Ran.

But seeing Tang Ran's expressionless face, eyes closed, as if she was welcoming death with nothing to ask for, she still panicked. She didn't care what Xie Wucheng would think. Only after she pressed Xie Wucheng's acupoints did she realize what she had done.

Tang Ran remained silent, pacing in front of the window, looking at the branches in the garden outside the house. His thoughts drifted with the wind, always making him feel a little sad and a little desolate.

Xue Nanyin was right behind him, looking at him quietly.

She always felt that Tang Ran had too many things in his heart, and he couldn't tell anyone about those things, so he could only keep them in his heart.

If he was willing to talk, she would be very willing to listen.

Tang Ran had no desire to talk and was silently thinking about the future path of Northern Qi.

He had no right to be pretentious. The people below did not understand the current Northern Qi, and many civil and military officials did not understand the situation. But Tang Ran had the most powerful intelligence network in Northern Qi, and everything in Northern Qi was in front of him.

He was allowed to patch up this broken country.

This reminded Tang Ran of his father. In the past, Northern Qi was nearly destroyed in a war with Chen State. It was his father who traveled to other countries to lobby and invited allies for Northern Qi.