Reborn to Become A Queen: The Real Heiress's Comeback-Chapter 226: Ye Xiuhan, We Meet Again!

The man’s figure appeared next to the hot spring, and Zhan Lan’s expression suddenly changed after she saw his face clearly.

The man had an imposing stature, tall and burly, dressed in thick white fur, with delicate features, sharp and clear lines, and a piercing, profound gaze that unconsciously oppressed others, especially those eagle-like, vermilion eyes of his, which were fixed on her as if trying to see through her.

His voice was very deep, "You seem very nervous."

Zhan Lan adjusted her breathing and calmly lowered her voice to speak from her chest, "Does this hot spring belong to you, sir?"

The man looked at the woman before him, who had an incredibly gorgeous face that even without makeup, flushed with a hint of redness in the hot spring, seeming to captivate the soul.

His gaze shifted downward, seeing Zhan Lan’s smooth and fair neck without an Adam’s apple, her collarbones faintly visible beneath the water.

He said coldly, "You’ve got quite the nerve, a woman daring to come to a place like this, who are you?"

Without hesitation, Zhan Lan replied, "I am from Luoshui City. I heard from a hunter that the hot spring here can heal the body. I apologize for the intrusion; I will leave immediately."

The man looked down at Zhan Lan, his expression intrigued, "I’ll give you a quarter of an hour to leave. If you dare set foot here again, I’ll break your neck, understand?"

Zhan Lan obediently nodded, the man turned his back, and Zhan Lan quickly dressed and entered the cave.

After Zhan Lan was dressed and came out of the cave, the man was carving something out of a piece of wood with a knife.

He looked sideways at Zhan Lan, who was wrapped in a fur hooded cloak that exposed only her fair and beautiful face.

The man looked toward Zhan Lan, Zhan Lan nodded, and quickly left. freēwēbnovel.com

When she had completely walked out of the mountain, she didn’t dare to relax herself.

Intuition told her that the man must have had someone follow her. Fortunately, Luoshui City was not too far from here, so she hastened her pace and arrived at a restaurant in Luoshui City.

After dining in the restaurant, Zhan Lan strolled the streets for a while, disguised herself, and returned to the military camp at night.

In the evening, by the hot spring, the man looked at his subordinate.

The subordinate said earnestly, "Master, the girl indeed went to Luoshui City, dined at a restaurant, visited the cosmetics and readymade clothes shops, looking like an ordinary woman. With such beauty, she might be a courtesan from the Shuiyue Building, probably an Oiran!"

The man’s icy phoenix eyes cast a glance at him, "You underestimate her too much. Her hands have calluses, indicating that she practiced martial arts. Although she tried her best to hide her sharpness, when she was naked in the water, the look in her eyes had no shyness of a young lady but a subtle hostility instead. She might be a spy from Nanjin!"

The subordinate’s eyes darkened, "Master, why didn’t you kill her today?"

The man’s slender phoenix eyes narrowed, "Startling the snake in the grass, our presence here is a secret, once the map is drawn, we need to leave tonight."

"Yes, Master!"

After Zhan Lan returned to her tent, she immediately summoned Xiao Chen to her tent. Under the afterglow of the setting sun, Xiao Chen saw Zhan Lan with an unusual expression, as if pondering something.

He lit the candles inside the tent for Zhan Lan. She looked at him with a serious face, "Xiao Chen, I met Ye Xiuhan in the mountain today!"

Xiao Chen’s pupils contracted as he looked at Zhan Lan, his arms checking her body up and down, anxiously asking, "Did you get hurt?"

"No!"

Realizing his overstep, Xiao Chen quickly withdrew his hands, relieved, "Luckily, he does not recognize you now."

Zhan Lan also sighed, lost in thought, "In my last life, I fought back and forth with him for three years, evenly matched each time, difficult to distinguish victory. Although I was fortunate to shoot him dead in our last battle, it always felt like his death was somewhat odd."

"Do you suspect he was killed by his own people?"

"Not exactly, I always felt that Ye Xiuhan went into that final battle as if he were resolved to die."

To this day, Zhan Lan couldn’t forget the look in Ye Xiuhan’s eyes before he died, those eagle-like eyes looking at her, quietly falling, with a relieved smile on his lips.

Ye Xiuhan also became the most unforgettable opponent in Zhan Lan’s past life.

After all, the injuries he inflicted on her led her to be captured by Si Jun’s men upon her return to Ding’an City.

Whenever Zhan Lan thought of this person, she felt complicated emotions; fear, admiration, and also a sense of regret.

"Luckily he did not intend to kill me today; otherwise, even if I had risked everything, I probably would have lost half my life!"

As the Main General in her previous life, Zhan Lan had fought with Ye Xiuhan from the age of nineteen until she was twenty-one.

She understood Ye Xiuhan, even more than she understood Si Jun.

Xiao Chen consoled her, "Master shouldn’t belittle yourself. His power in the military is not yet particularly strong right now. As I recall, he seems to be a Deputy General and has not yet reached the position of Main General. If he were to take charge now, Nanjin would be in danger."

Zhan Lan looked at Xiao Chen, "I feel that with Ye Xiuhan’s vigilance, he will definitely leave Black Wind Mountain tonight. Have the Hidden Guard check it out and inform me immediately of any news."

"Yes!" Xiao Chen nodded and left.

Zhan Lan walked back to the map, her hands behind her back, Ye Xiuhan appearing on Black Wind Mountain must have been scouting for information!

Beiyue’s ambitions to annex Nanjin had not faded away. This year, Zhan Lan planted several operatives from the Dark Night Organization among the new recruits.

The rest of the over a hundred Hidden Guards were following Qin Ming, lurking around Ding’an City, prepared for contingency.

Zhan Lan never fought an unprepared battle, all the more so after her rebirth, having already seized the initiative.

She knew how difficult it was to kill Ye Xiuhan; without absolute assurance, she couldn’t be sure she could kill him now.

Zhan Lan looked at the map on the wall, her eyes blazing, "Ye Xiuhan, we meet again!"