Chapter 171: The Jade Token
At that moment, Li Musheng reached out gently, and an object appeared in his hand as if from thin air.
Murong Xiaoya, however, had been keeping her head down the entire time and did not see this.
After his gaze swept over the thing in his hand, Li Musheng's expression shifted to one of quiet understanding, and he said suddenly, "Ah, that explains it. No wonder Miss Murong needed to keep this hidden."
The moment those words fell, Murong Xiaoya was briefly startled, and then her expression changed abruptly.
She immediately reached a hand toward her chest, felt around inside her clothing, and then her head snapped up to look at Li Musheng before her.
When her eyes landed on the jade token in his hand, she froze completely where she stood, and for a long moment she was simply unable to say a word.
"I..."
Murong Xiaoya's breathing became unsteady and shallow, her temples' loose strands of hair blown about by the breeze, stirring across her flushed cheeks in a flustered sweep.
She was clearly in a state of extreme panic right now, and had no idea whatsoever what she should say.