Chapter 48 (1/2)
CHAPTER FORTY-EIGHT
Grievous News
The shi+p sailed for half a month, and has finally arrived at the port nearest to Lin Yi Here, Pang Wan was able to e froeons, and orders them to send the unconscious Nan Yi back Only then, does sheLu
At long last, Senior Brother needs not be forced into deep sleep, this has allowed for Pang Wan, who had been preoccupied with troubles along the way, to finally be relieved
Just that, don’t knohether the Nan Yi akes up later, would still turn into that bloodthirsty beast with a full body of sudden exploding veins? Is he still capable ofhis sanity?
——the strange matter that has occurred on Nan Yi’s body, is yet another mystery to be solved
Having grown rather worn out from their travels, they have finally arrived at Lin Yi, and the well-experienced Jin Di Luo leads theest and finest inn
“Apologies to our four guests, but there is only one master room available” The inn-keeper says the timelessly renowned lines that have been countlessly used in wuxia romance stories
Everyone’s conditioned response was to shoot their gaze towards He Qing Lu
“Add two more ordinary rooms” Gentleman ponders a little, and then commands this
“One is enough, us two can squeeze together” Pang Wan thought the rooms were left for her and the mute maid, and hastily holds onto the mute maid’s hand to explain
He Qing Lu stares at their two hands held together, his eyes undetectably turn somewhat stern
“Add another two ordinary roolance at the inn-keeper, an air of coercion blowing against their faces
Everyone were obediently rendered speechless all at once
Pang Wan sits on the gla dejected
She really did not think, He Qing Lu would choose to have her “squeeze together” with him
“You don’t want your face, but I still want my face (you have no shalancing at the slender figure currently washi+ng his face in front
“You want to clean your face as well?” He Qing Lu turns to look at her, ast the dense steam, just like the frosty stars
Pang Wan with her anger reaching her head, glares at hi
He Qing Lu thinks for s the cloth and hands it to her: “You should give it a clean, looking just like a tabby cat, so ugly”
Pang Wan pushes away the cloth, coe: “Gentle to not understand? The two of us are not officially married yet, we cannot share the sas difficult for me like this?”
What is the ?
He Qing Lu blinks
His thoughts are actually very siht now, he cannot rest assured with her staying by herself, nor is he willing to have her “squeezing together” with another person, so he can only do hiether” with him
But he cannot tell Pang Wan, where his rejection towards the mute maid had come from, because even he, himself, is unable to understand this
“Didn’t we speak about this before? When outside, youall matters, en?”
He takes on a co to intimidate her
The threat being thoroughly effective, Pang Wan bitterly purses her lips and speaks novery bad
Seeing her look so unhappy, He Qing Lu suddenly feels his heart soften
He lowers his head wanting to pinch her puffed up cheeks, but suddenly pauses halfway, all that can be seen, is hi his lips onto her
Succeeding in stealing a peck[1], he is greatly satisfied, hugging Pang Wan as he softly says: “We will be husband and wife sooner or later, no one would gossip about this, so why should you be bothered?”
He says this very righteously, but is completely unaware how his tone is no different to that of a rapist[2] who abducts kind and innocent young ladies
But Pang Wan does not have the effort to bother with his unruly acts, right now, her entire attention has turned to the cloth in his hand
In the corner of that snohite cotton towel, a fale head symbol is printed on it
“What’s this?” She points to that blue symbol
“This is a clan eer, “This inn is a property of a certain huge clan, everything provided by them will be branded, in order to avoid loss or confusion with outsider products”
Having said that, he then adds: “All the cloths here are new, they are throhen the guests leaves, it’s clear that the owner is definitely a rich and powerful individual”
Pang Wan is occupied with thoughts as she nods
In a blink of an eye, it is already night
The so called master room of the inn, is exclusively used for the wealthy class with servants, with two compartments, both inside and outside, each with their own respective bed So when evening ca Wan would of course stay in the outer room, theMaster He to enjoy
Fortunately, even though He Qing Lu coround, presu research alone, he does not have , hair co, all he does is hold a candle and co Wan, once he sees all is ith her, he would return to his own room
Pang Wan hid under the covers for a good ns of movements in the room, does she secretly take out a black jade piece from within the pillow case
Carved on it is a gloriously ile head, impressively, it perfectly matches with the sy
She looks at it and touches it, deep down she solemnly makes a decision
Moving onto the next day, He Qing Lu takes Jin Di Luo to the Ninth Prince’s alternative residence, but did not find any traces of Sang Chan, instead, they received unexpected news, causing their faces to instantly turn gloomy
“Young Master, should this awful happening be reported to Lady Wan Wan?” Jin Di Luo is somewhat unsure about this
He Qing Lu starts playing with the blood-red coral beads in hand, his long lashes lowered, covering all his inner thoughts
“If you were her, ould you do if you heard this news?” He suddenly asks
Jin Di Luo is stunned, then lowers his head to respectfully say: “If I, your subordinate, aardless of anything else, but……” He pauses, expression looking slightly shy, “But Lady Wan Wan is a woood co take the risk”
“Oh?” He Qing Lu sounds an almost undetectable harrumph
“Young Master, I, your subordinate, apologise for speaking too much, but no matter what position we hold, we cannot stick our hands into publicover three ti” Jin Di Luo respectfully wraps his fist in reminder
He Qing Lu declines to co up a smile
Master and servant sit in the inn for half a day, until the sun was setting, and only then did they finally see a young lady in red appear from the door curtains
Straws hanging from her head, skirt covered in leaves, hair loosely strayed to the side, looking in quite the sorry state
“What did you two do?”
With a blink of an eye, she sees the two people sitting inside the roo a shock
“Where did you go? How did you get into such a filthy state?”
He Qing Lu’s forehead was tightly creased, the eyes gazing at her looking exceptionally stern
Pang Wan rubs her nose, and sounds two dry laughs: “Hei-hei, today Longfu Temple held a temple fair nearby, I and Ah Zhuo went to join the fun” Ah Zhuo is the obedient and intelligent mute maid
“Where’s Ah Zhuo? Why did she not co Lu’s forehead did not loosen up in the slightest bit
“There were toothe way, in the end, IWan shrugs her shoulders, “Leaving ot back, she went to prepare a bath for me”