I'm competing with the male lead for a woman[GL]

Chapter 18: Now is the time to brew, why wait any longer

"How did I find out?" Chu Shao looked at Xiao Jin, with a somewhat surprised expression on her face. "I thought everyone knew about this."

"..."

What does this mean? Is she secretly insulting her?

Although Xiao Jin was not a native, she knew that large-scale activities with high confidentiality like the assassination of the Yan King were impossible for everyone to know.

After thinking for a moment and to avoid saying anything wrong, she decided to remain silent and wait for Chu Shao to continue.

Fortunately, Chu Shao gave her face this time. Seeing Xiao Jin's silence, she continued with a smile, "A few days ago, when I accompanied the prince to the palace, I met the emperor in the study. But at that time, I just stood there and listened to them talk. It was quite boring, so I found myself some amusement by observing the attire and behavior of those around me."

"Attire and behavior?"

Xiao Jin frowned. At that time, she was busy competing with the male lead and second male lead, and she didn't pay much attention to their attire and behavior.

Moreover, even if she had noticed, as a modern person, she wouldn't understand the attire of a fictional world.

"Yes, and then I found out that the Fourth Prince seems to be extremely fond of the Purple Wei flower. He not only embroidered Purple Wei with dark silk threads on his shoes but also engraved it on his jade pendant around his waist."

Through Chu Shao's words, Xiao Jin remembered this small detail.

The Fourth Prince was wearing a deep red robe that day, and he was indeed quite handsome. As long as he didn't speak, he looked dignified and elegant, which matched the standard image of a noble prince in online novels. He was commonly known as the second male lead.

With the Purple Wei flower as his embellishment, he looked even more regal. If Xiao Jin didn't know this significant characteristic, it would have been suspicious.

However, this couldn't be entirely her fault. After all, she usually reads online novels quickly, and the original author never mentioned that the second male lead's decoration was often Purple Wei.

Of course, even if the author had written about it, Xiao Jin would not have paid attention to the details of the second male lead. After all, everyone knew he was just an insignificant character.

Chu Shao's eyes were still gentle and clear, but Xiao Jin noticed that she reached out and gently brushed her hair behind her ear.

Just as Chu Shao raised her hand, in a fleeting moment, her fingers seemed to tremble slightly.

...It was a strange moment of excitement.

However, Chu Shao's excitement was destined to be in vain because Xiao Jin had already thought of a watertight response.

Xiao Jin slightly frowned and calmly said, "Because the Fourth Prince's jade pendant is engraved with Purple Wei, the assassin cannot be sent by him. After all, everyone knows he likes Purple Wei. It's too coincidental for the assassin to carry a Purple Wei token."

"Of course, there is a small chance," she added.

In novels, such a dramatic and coincidental plot is not impossible.

"The prince is right. But what if the person who left the token also thought of this, deliberately diverting the blame to someone else?" asked Chu Shao, smiling and gently rubbing the bamboo wheelchair with her fingers, as if searching for something.

After the assassination, Xiao Jin had replaced her wooden wheelchair with a bamboo one. She was curious about what this person wanted to do.

After listening to Chu Shao's words, Xiao Jin couldn't help but pause.