After infiltrating the main characters' group, I became the most beautiful woman in the world.

"Shadow Pavilion is an assassin organization, and the people inside are decent enough, but with so many of them, I might not be able to handle them all. So, in order not to harm Miss Su, I had no choice but to place you here."

In fact, Yu Xinglai's kung fu skills were not among the top tier. He was most famous for his lightness skill that allowed him to walk on snow without leaving a trace, as well as his flawless disguise skills.

That's why he always managed to escape after stealing treasures.

No one knows how Shadow Pavilion trains its assassins, but each assassin is not to be underestimated, especially given their large numbers. Even Yu Xinglai would have to be held back for a while.

He's been stealing treasures for years, and no one has ever caught him. Naturally, people have always hired assassins to kill him, but unfortunately, his movements are mysterious and unpredictable, so even the Shadow Pavilion's assassins can't do anything about him.

However, he recently announced that he would steal the luminous pearl from the prefect of Qingyun, so everyone's eyes are on Qingyun City, and the Shadow Pavilion assassins from before have naturally all rushed to Qingyun.

The problem is that the luminous pearl was a treasure he had wanted for a long time, while Su Ning was a treasure he discovered by chance.

The luminous pearl won't grow legs and run away anymore, but Su Ning wasn't sure.

Su Ning wasn't one of those treasures that obediently waited for him to collect, but she was the treasure he wanted to obtain at first sight, so he made an exception for her.

Without announcing it to anyone, they quietly stole the precious flower.

It was no secret in the martial arts world that the young lady of the Sword Forging Manor had been sent by the Taihang Temple to find the chosen one. He had secretly observed that chosen one.

He was indeed a martial arts prodigy, and the Taihang Temple's assessment of him was not an insult to him.

But he didn't believe it; he was a man of destiny, and he would just listen and forget about it.

After observing the chosen one, he was supposed to leave quietly, but he accidentally discovered a treasure that he wanted to seize at first sight, which led to the scene at the bookstore.

"Then why are you being hunted down by the Shadow Pavilion?"

Su Ning looked up at him.

Yu Xinglai met her gaze without flinching, "Miss Su... are you worried about me?"

His voice was already pleasant, but now that he had lowered it, it took on a seductive quality.

But Su Ning wasn't buying it. She lightly patted his forehead with her right hand, then went straight back into the house: "Young Master Yu, you're quite the joker. Do you think I'll look at you differently just because you have a nicer appearance?"

Yu Xinglai was surprised by the other party's actions. He touched the spot where he had just been patted, and a smile involuntarily crept onto his face.

...Yu Xinglai, Yu Xinglai, one day you revealed your true face and were suspected of using disguise.

Yu Xinglai has a thousand faces, and no one knows what he really looks like.

Su Ning naturally wouldn't believe that the other party would so easily reveal their true appearance to her. By the way, is there an official pairing for Yu Xinglai in the original work?

Xiao Qi is currently in hibernation. Although the plot is not going quite right, she still reread the original novel, hoping to find some clues about Yu Xinglai.

Unfortunately, Yu Xinglai doesn't have many scenes, so she can only hope that the main characters will arrive to rescue her soon.

Although the pearl mark was recognized by the other party, she took advantage of the moment when Yu Xinglai got off the carriage to throw down the soul-guiding bee that Yue Zijin had given her. At that time, the other party's emotions were at their most volatile, so he should not have noticed her little action.

Otherwise, what was just placed on the table wouldn't just be pearls.

Yue Zijin has many trinkets on him, and luckily he also has the Soul-Guiding Bee with him.

Yu Xinglai said he needed to deal with those assassins, but as night fell, he hadn't seen them make any move.

Even after being invited to dinner, he showed no intention of leaving.

"Did you make this?"

Looking at the sweet and sour pork ribs, vegetable and shrimp porridge, mushroom and tofu soup, and even a dish of fermented rice balls on the table, Su Ning couldn't help but be amazed.

The vegetable and shrimp congee was steaming hot, with glistening rice grains coated in a fresh aroma. The sweet and sour pork ribs were cooked with rock sugar, the sugar color of which was bright red and tempting, and the ribs were coated with pieces of fat and lean meat.

Nameko mushrooms, chanterelle mushrooms, and tenderly soaked bamboo fungus, along with soft, white tofu, are bubbling away, filling the room with a delicious aroma.

The other person didn't leave in the afternoon; I guess they were busy in the kitchen the whole time.

Su Ning shamefully felt a stirring in her heart.

You should know that the food she ate with the main characters was mostly from the inn. They had originally planned to have a meal at the most famous restaurant in Qingyun City before going to Hundred Flowers Valley, but she didn't expect that this Thief Saint would have the culinary skills of the God of Food.

Yu Xinglai had been observing the other woman. Seeing that her expression had softened, he pushed the vegetable and shrimp porridge towards her, saying, "Since Miss Su was invited by me, I should naturally treat her well. I rarely eat such a sumptuous meal."

"Since Young Master Yu puts it that way, then I will certainly not be polite. Of course, I will not forgive you just because of a dinner."

Su Ning pretended not to care. She couldn't let her stomach suffer, so she first ate a bowl of shrimp and vegetable porridge. The shrimp was fresh and fragrant with a hint of sweetness. She only picked the leanest pieces of the sweet and sour pork ribs, which weren't greasy at all.

The sweet fermented rice balls were covered with golden dried osmanthus leaves, which were sweet and had the fragrance of osmanthus flowers.

Su Ning ate a small half bowl of porridge, a few pieces of sweet and sour pork ribs, and half a bowl of soup before she was full. Of course, she ate most of the sweet fermented rice balls.

Yu Xinglai didn't touch his chopsticks, but focused on watching Su Ning, whose every move was extremely elegant.

As I looked, for some reason, my gaze drifted to the other person's lips, which were still stained with honey after they had eaten sweet rice balls in fermented rice wine. They looked especially sweet.

"Young Master Yu, aren't you going to eat?"

After Su Ning finished her meal, she looked at Yu Xinglai, who seemed to be in a daze. There was still more than half of the food left, but he hadn't touched it.

Yu Xinglai snapped out of her daze and looked at the dishes on the table. The sweet fermented rice balls were a small portion, served in a porcelain bowl. She thought Yu Xinglai had made them especially for her, but she couldn't finish them because she was too full.

But to her surprise, the other person simply picked up the porcelain bowl and ate the sweet fermented rice balls she had just eaten in a few bites.

"You...you're shameless!"

She had just used that porcelain bowl, but he didn't seem to mind at all and ate the sweet rice balls in the bowl she had used.

"Didn't Miss Su ask me why I wasn't eating? Why am I being scolded even though I ate?"

He opened his eyes wide, and a look of sadness appeared on his face at the opportune moment.

Su Ning had seen through this scoundrel, so she ignored him and went back to her room.

Yu Xinglai smiled as she looked at the other person's angry expression. The sweet fermented rice balls she made today were unusually sweet.

Most of the food on the table was left over, and in the end, it all ended up in Yu Xinglai's stomach.