He quietly took out a pair of deerskin gloves and pulled out a smooth, slender silver thread from between his hair tie. “This is a burning thread, my weapon.” I understood immediately. It was hard to believe that for the sake of not letting me discover, he had persisted in wearing gloves while practicing martial arts and chose such a conveniently hidden weapon. An Jin silently looked at me, his eyes somewhat apprehensive. Seeing his earnestness, I had to set aside my previous prejudice against martial artists and comfort his fragile heart that feared being despised by his wife.
“Not bad,” I pointed at the silver thread. “Quite elegant.” He quietly put away his gloves and silver thread, slightly discouraged. I stood on tiptoe and tugged at his face. “That’s right, my sugar cake husband, identification complete. A sugar cake husband can also become a great hero, I’m gratified.” He laughed, holding my hand. “Are you cold?” I was stunned, and as if in response to his words, immediately sneezed several times. “Let’s go home,” he took out a handkerchief and wiped my face. The demon wife and sugar cake husband, hand in hand, left two sets of footprints in the snow-covered ground, gradually merging into one. The house was very quiet, with a warm stove and hot water in the bedroom, two steaming bowls of brown sugar ginger soup on the table, but no one around, as if leaving space for us. I jumped down from An Jin’s back, forcing him to take off his shoes and socks and soak his feet in hot water with me. After soaking our feet and drinking the ginger soup, we buried ourselves in the warm quilt, limbs intertwined, and began to talk calmly.
Relying solely on the princess’s power, it would be impossible to disappear so thoroughly. An Jin suspected that Su Xi had hidden her, and this was likely a collective scheme by the entire Su family.
This was also the reason why he was on good terms with Su Xi and close to Su Hui. His suppression of the previous case of impersonating an official with Su Xi’s involvement was partly to gain their trust and facilitate further investigation, and partly to prevent startling the snake and causing Su Xi to take any unexpected actions that might disrupt the already discovered clues.
