On this day, Jin Yu woke up a bit late. Her eyes were a bit swollen, so she told Niao Niao to get a lot of fresh aloe vera.
"Now, it's time for us to return to Tianmen Mountain."
"Miss, don't you plan to wait until after the Mid - Autumn family banquet?"
"Absolutely not!" Jin Yu was still sad and didn't want to wait for her elder brother's day off.
"If the master is unwilling to seek justice for you, miss, I think I and Cheng Song should kill the second mistress." Having been with Jin Yu for a long time, Niao Niao had even learned all her killing intent.
"You!" Jin Yu tapped Niao Niao's forehead with a finger.
"This is not the martial world!"
"Tell Cheng Song to keep an eye on the second mistress's family."
After washing the aloe vera gel off her hands, Jin Yu continued, "I always feel this matter isn't over yet."
After all, the second mistress was reluctant to give up the wealth and honor. Going from the stewardess of the prefect's mansion to a small - family household, she must have felt the gap by now.
"Miss, miss!" A cleaning maid came in to report.
It was Senior Brother Yan Fei who had come. Yan Fei was her tenth senior brother, and he had come specifically to find Jin Yu.
Yan Fei was standing in the door frame in a white martial - arts outfit. The Flying Sky Chain slowly slid from his hand to the ground.
Although Yan Fei came from the martial world, he was slender. With a pair of phoenix - like eyes full of brilliance, his slender hands wielded the Flying Sky Chain powerfully. There was a great contrast between his appearance and his temperament. Jin Yu often joked that Yan Fei should be her senior sister.
"Master ordered me to take you back." Senior Brother Yan Fei's words were emotionless, as if he were a marionette.
Jin Yu got the idea of teasing him.
"Did he just send you, little senior brother?"
"One of me is enough!" Yan Fei knew his little junior sister too well. In terms of medical skills and poisoning, although his little junior sister was talented, she was very playful, so her skills were always inferior to his. Moreover, his martial arts made him one of the top ten masters on Tianmen Mountain.
Catching his little junior sister was simply overkill.
Looking at the little junior sister in front of him, Yan Fei remembered his master's instruction: "Little Yu'er is very naughty. Don't waste time with her. If necessary, knock her out and bring her back to the mountain directly."
So, Yan Fei whipped out the Flying Sky Chain. The rattling sound stunned Jin Yu.
Cheng Song immediately stepped forward and blocked Yan Fei with his sword to prevent him from approaching Song Jin Yu.
"Hey! Let's talk it out nicely!" Jin Yu knew that her martial arts were no match for his, and their medical and poisoning skills were from the same school, so she was naturally a bit worried.
"Hurry up and pack up and go back!" Yan Fei raised his eyebrows, and his movements became more dexterous.
Seeing that the Flying Sky Chain was about to hit Jin Yu, Cheng Song grabbed it and said, "Don't be rude to the miss!"
Yan Fei sneered, "With your mediocre martial arts, you dare to stop me?"
"Alright! We're all fellow - apprentices. I was just about to go back." Jin Yu's words made Yan Fei relax.
"But why did you come so late?"
"I met Ouyang Jinsè and the second elder." Yan Fei said unhurriedly.
"I don't know why they were together, so I followed them for a few days."
Yan Fei didn't tell Jin Yu that he had not only followed them for a few days but had also gone to the capital until he was discovered by Ouyang Jinsè.
Ouyang Jinsè thought he was tracking Song Jin Yu, so he told Yan Fei that Jin Yu was in Liuzhou. Yan Fei had chased all the way from the capital to Liuzhou City.
How were Jinsè and the second elder involved? Jin Yu was a bit confused, but the gloomy mood that had been lingering over her for days vanished when she saw Yan Fei.
"Little senior brother, I'll treat you to dinner!"
Yan Fei put away the Flying Sky Chain and gave Cheng Song a smug look. Cheng Song rolled his eyes at him.
Jin Yu changed into the men's clothing she had made a few days ago. She looked extremely valiant. The high collar covered her throat, and her long black hair was tied up. She snapped open a folding fan.
Niao Niao joked, "Whose young master is this?"
Jin Yu dragged her little senior brother Yan Fei around Liuzhou City. They came to a refined tavern. The two ordered wine, and Yan Fei watched with a smile as Jin Yu drank skillfully, just like when they were kids drinking in the back mountain.
"Little senior brother, did master say anything?" After a few rounds of drinking, when Yan Fei's face was red and his ears were hot, Jin Yu started to fish for information.
"Master was extremely angry and said he would catch you back to sacrifice to the ancestors!" Yan Fei got the idea of scaring her.
"Wow! Master is so ruthless!" Jin Yu was startled.
"Master also said that if little Yu'er comes back, she has to copy the 'Treatise on the Medicine King' six hundred times to calm her down."
"Humph! He's not trying to calm my temperament. He just thinks my calligraphy is good." Jin Yu said resentfully.
"Since I was a kid, he's only made me copy books. When you guys were all being naughty, I never saw you copying."
"I've never stolen master's precious medicinal herbs, nor have I ever entered the forbidden area." Yan Fei gently reminded Jin Yu of her past "heroic deeds".
"Moreover, I've never given master tea with medicine in it."
"Hey! You ate master's parrot, didn't you?"
Jin Yu joked with Yan Fei. Although Yan Fei was sometimes serious, when he got naughty, he was no less than her.
"Wasn't it because you said your mouth was tasteless!" Yan Fei said irritably.
The two were joking around, and soon each had drunk a large jar of "Daughter Red". They shouted that it was enjoyable and ordered two more jars.
When Zhongli Mingye entered the tavern, he saw Jin Yu with blurred eyes, propping her chin up crookedly. To outsiders, these were two handsome and high - spirited young masters competing in drinking.
Jin Yu was staggering with the wine pot, insisting on pouring wine for Yan Fei. Her body was swaying and was almost about to fall into Yan Fei's arms.
At this moment, Zhongli Mingye felt jealous: So this is how unrestrained you are with other men. But you're just polite and distant with me.
His phoenix - like eyes put away their usual frivolity and smile and stared coldly at Yan Fei.
Maybe his aura was too cold. Jin Yu felt that cold gaze. Through the hazy drunkenness, the afternoon sun shone through and just landed on Zhongli Mingye's face.
Jin Yu was a bit dazed,
but still greeted him, "Um! You're here?"
Seeing that she was drunk, Zhongli Mingye had to step forward and say, "Drinking like this, it's so improper!"
"Why were you staring at my little senior brother just now?" Jin Yu's voice was lazy like a kitten. She looked up at him with wet eyes and smiled.
"Do you also think my senior brother is good - looking?"
"No wonder you don't like the beautiful women our mansion sent you."
"Hehe." Jin Yu looked at Prince Yu Zhongli Mingye with a smile and pointed at the prince's chest with a jade hand. Prince Yu Zhongli Mingye only felt his heart beating faster.
The next moment, he almost spat out a mouthful of blood.
"So you're gay!"
Jin Yu was sure that Prince Yu Zhongli Mingye liked men and shouted it out. This made Zhongli Mingye's face turn black.
There were many customers coming and going in the tavern. When they heard the word "gay", they all turned their gazes here.
For a moment, Zhongli Mingye was so angry that he wanted to grab this little kitten. Unexpectedly, Yan Fei suddenly made a move. Zhongli Mingye blocked it with the handle of his fan and felt that Yan Fei had strong internal energy and excellent skills.
He didn't dare to underestimate him. "Hey! Don't fight!" Jin Yu suddenly stood up with her hands on her hips!
"Isn't it just that you like my little senior brother?" Jin Yu pouted and closed her eyes.
"Tomorrow, I'll pick a few young male prostitutes for you. Okay?"
The people in the tavern looked at each other.
So it's a case of jealousy! And it's a man being jealous of another man. Tsk tsk tsk, the world is going downhill!
"Shut up!" Zhongli Mingye couldn't bear it anymore and reached out to pull Jin Yu down.
Unexpectedly, Jin Yu was staggering and couldn't stand steadily. Seeing this situation, Zhongli Mingye simply picked her up horizontally.
Although Yan Fei had drunk a lot, he was still sober: "Put her down!"
"Do you want everyone to know that she's dressed as a man and drinking with men here?" Zhongli Mingye disdained to argue with him.
"This is not the martial world."
"I, the prince, will send her back to the mansion."
Claiming himself as the prince, Yan Fei understood. He just put away his sword and didn't stop him anymore. He watched helplessly as that extraordinary - looking man took Jin Yu away.
Many years later, whenever Yan Fei recalled this scene, he thought that if he had been the one to take her away back then, maybe everything would have been different.