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Chapter 530 The person you should be grateful to is Aci

Hearing these words, Zhizhi's face turned pale instantly, her eyes widened and she seemed to be stunned.

She felt like a seasoning bottle had been overturned in her heart. She felt a mixture of various emotions and for a moment she didn't know whether to cry or laugh.

So... So... It was because of this incident...

He mistakenly thought that he had been helping her, so he wanted to be grateful and repay her, not because of love.

Thinking back, it was indeed true. He was very good to her, but there was no love mixed in his feelings. The look in his eyes when he looked at her was always indifferent and distant.

Zhizhi felt so ashamed that she bit her lips tightly. Her eyes became sore. She lowered her head hastily, staggered back a step, and murmured in despair: "I thought... you were so nice to me because you liked me. Although I like you, the most important thing in life is honesty. I can't take away something that belongs to someone else."

Dongtang Chiyou narrowed his sharp eyes: "What are you talking about?"

Zhizhi suddenly raised her head, stared at Dongtang Chiyou with a frank look, and said in one breath: "In fact, every time I sent something to the grove, I didn't know what it was. I was just an errand boy. Those things were obtained by Ah Ci. She gave them to me and asked me to help send them to you. The person you should be grateful to is Ah Ci, not me!"

Dongtang Chiyou's expression changed in an instant. His usually deep and quiet pupils shook in astonishment. He opened his thin lips slightly, but seemed unable to make any sound. He was stunned for a long time before he asked in a hoarse voice, "Do you know what you are saying?"

Zhizhi's tone had to be firm: "I didn't lie, everything I said was true. In fact, all along, I didn't know that I was helping you by sending you those things. I also didn't know that you brought me here and treated me so well because you were grateful. If I knew, I would have told you a long time ago. I am just an ordinary servant in the Nineteenth Villa. I am timid by nature and can't get those things at all. And the last time, the note with the date on it was written by Ah Ci after he met privately with the Queen of Li Kingdom, and then asked me to send it to you."

The date on the note was the day he decided to capture Li State and Nineteen Villas. Dongtang Chiyou always thought that it was Zhizhi who helped him collect intelligence and that it was Zhizhi who was working with him from the inside and outside.

That’s not the case…

Now thinking back, I realized the clue. Zhizhi didn't even know him, so why did she take such a huge risk to help him?
Therefore, the person who has been secretly helping him is not Zhizhi, but...

Dongtang Chiyou didn't even dare to think further.

Under the slanting sunlight, the boy's handsome face turned pale. He stood there blankly, as if he had lost all reaction.

Zhizhi asked tentatively: "Um, you..."

Before she could finish her words, she saw a slender figure passing by her and quickly disappeared into the garden.

Dongtang Chiyou rushed towards Yun Ci's room. It was only a few minutes' journey, but for the first time, it felt so long to him. He even took three steps at a time and went up the spiral staircase leading to the second floor. He wished he had the ability to flash and appear in front of Yun Ci in an instant.

But when he actually arrived outside Yun Ci's door, he suddenly stopped in his tracks, looked at the tightly closed door in front of him, and actually became timid.

(End of this chapter)