"Yo, beauty~"
Just hearing this voice, Yu Shuang felt goosebumps all over his body.
He turned his head and saw Xu Ruhui walking slowly towards him in an extremely flamboyant outfit. Despite the cold weather, he was holding a fan and pretending to be elegant. The cold wind from the fan made Yu Shuang shiver. He couldn't help but glare at Xu Ruhui fiercely.
"What are you doing here?" Xu Ruhui rubbed his shoulder against Yu Shuang's and said rather ambiguously, "Beauty, it's so cold and windy here. Why don't you come with me to the inn and sit for a while?"
Yu Shuang gave him a sidelong glance, then turned his eyes back expressionlessly and stood there straight in front of the carriage, as if no one had spoken just now.
Xu Ruhui was best at amusing himself. The more Yu Shuang ignored him, the more energetic he became. Seeing that Yu Shuang ignored him, he stepped forward a few steps and stood right in front of him. He looked around and then reached out to pat the carriage beside him. "Who are you waiting for at the gate of the Bian Palace? Could it be my sister - in - law?"
Yu Shuang just grunted and didn't even look at him, as if he was answering an unimportant question.
"My senior brother was still talking to me today," Xu Ruhui said. "He said that he misses his wife so much that a day without seeing her feels like three autumns. Tsk, tsk, tsk, that longing look."
Yu Shuang: "..."
"How about this? After you send my sister - in - law to the Dingbei Marquis Mansion later, I'll take you to a restaurant outside. What do you think?" Xu Ruhui raised his eyebrows at Yu Shuang.
"I'll follow the young master," Yu Shuang said stiffly.
"You fool!" Xu Ruhui scolded. "Why do you have to follow your young master? Do you want to get beaten? If my sister - in - law goes to the Dingbei Marquis Mansion, what else can you do?"
Yu Shuang pursed his lips and didn't answer.
Xu Ruhui persisted, "Come with me, young master. I'll take you to enjoy delicious food and drinks."
Yu Shuang remained silent and tilted his head to avoid Xu Ruhui's hand that was reaching out to touch his face.
"What are you hiding for?" Xu Ruhui's voice was a bit hoarse. Seeing that there weren't many people around, he took a step forward and whispered in Yu Shuang's ear ambiguously, "I can even take you to experience the ultimate pleasure in the world."
After saying that, his hand somehow reached behind Yu Shuang and pinched his perky buttocks hard.
Yu Shuang was startled and took several steps back. He glared at Xu Ruhui angrily, but his face was gradually turning red.
Xu Ruhui laughed a few times. Just as he was about to continue teasing Yu Shuang, he saw the latter suddenly look solemn. Yu Shuang raised his eyes and looked at a place not far behind Xu Ruhui.
Xu Ruhui sensed something and also turned his head. He saw Shen Qingfeng walking out of the Bian Palace quickly in a white robe.
Just as Xu Ruhui was about to say something, a sudden gust of wind blew by. He saw Yu Shuang suddenly rushed out from behind him. Yu Shuang walked towards Shen Qingfeng who was coming towards them and stood beside him respectfully, saying, "Young master."
Shen Qingfeng gave a soft grunt and handed something wrapped in white cloth in his hand to Yu Shuang.
Yu Shuang took it and asked, "Young master, are we going back to the Shen Mansion now?"
Shen Qingfeng shook his head. Looking up, he saw Xu Ruhui standing in front of his carriage. He was a bit stunned and said, "Young Master Xu, why are you here?"
Xu Ruhui waved to Shen Qingfeng, opened his fan with a "swish" sound and pretended to fan it, saying, "Yo, good evening, sister - in - law! I was just taking a stroll after dinner and happened to meet you."
"I see," Shen Qingfeng smiled. "It was Lu Yan who sent you here, right?"
Xu Ruhui just smiled and didn't say a word.
Shen Qingfeng understood. He slowly walked to the carriage and said to Xu Ruhui, "Please tell him for me, Young Master Xu. I have some urgent matters tonight and can't accompany him. Ask him to wait for me tomorrow."
"Oh," Xu Ruhui said, "Sister - in - law, you're really making things difficult for me. You don't know, your husband cries like a ghost in the mansion every day. I can't stand it."
Shen Qingfeng covered his mouth and laughed, "Then let him wait a bit longer. I'll definitely go to him tomorrow."
"Alright," Xu Ruhui closed his fan with a "snap" and said maliciously, "Then let him hold it in for one more night."
"Cough, cough..." Shen Qingfeng coughed a few times awkwardly and said, "Thank you, Young Master Xu."
He turned to Yu Shuang and said, "Let's go back to the mansion."
Yu Shuang bowed and said, "Yes, young master."
Shen Qingfeng stepped into the carriage. After sitting down, he lifted the curtain and nodded slightly at Xu Ruhui.
"Take care, sister - in - law," Xu Ruhui said. Seeing Shen Qingfeng put down the curtain, he turned to look at Yu Shuang. But the latter never looked at him. He just saw Yu Shuang sitting directly in front of the carriage, pulling the reins and driving the horse forward.
"Humph, fool!" Xu Ruhui spat softly.
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"Young master, we're here," Yu Shuang sitting outside the carriage gently knocked on the carriage door.
Shen Qingfeng gave a grunt. He looked at the gate of the Shen Mansion from inside the carriage but didn't get off immediately. Instead, he asked, "Yu Shuang, what time is it now?"
Yu Shuang looked at the slowly darkening sky and said, "It's almost curfew time."
"We have to hurry," Shen Qingfeng said vaguely. Then he jumped out of the carriage, wrapped his fur cloak tightly around him and said to Yu Shuang, "You wait for me here. I'll go and tell Uncle Zhong. Then you come with me somewhere."
Yu Shuang said, "Yes."
As soon as the words were out, Shen Qingfeng turned around and pushed open the door and walked in.
After a while, there came the faint conversation between Shen Qingfeng and Uncle Zhong from inside the door. It seemed that Shen Qingfeng was explaining something.
Yu Shuang actually guessed where Shen Qingfeng was going.
It was almost curfew time, and they were still going by carriage. It must mean they were going out of the city. He exhaled a puff of warm air, thinking whether he had brought enough clothes.
Not long after, Shen Qingfeng came back. He slowly closed the big gate of the Shen Mansion, put a white bamboo hat on his head, walked a few steps in a hurry and was helped into the carriage by Yu Shuang.
"Young master, do you need to bring a warm stove?" Yu Shuang asked.
Shen Qingfeng was a bit stunned and then smiled, "It's okay. Spring is coming, and it's not that cold."
Yu Shuang nodded a bit woodenly.
Shen Qingfeng looked at him and smiled, "You've guessed where I'm going?"
Yu Shuang said, "The Three Saints Mountain."
A look of admiration flashed in Shen Qingfeng's eyes. He patted Yu Shuang's shoulder, sat in the carriage and said, "Let's go."
At this time when curfew was approaching, there was almost no one on the street. The carriage galloped past. People who didn't know might think it was a merchant in a hurry to get out of the city gate and didn't pay much attention.
After the carriage passed by, two dark figures slowly emerged from the gaps between the houses.
There was no moon or stars in the sky tonight. The sky was gloomy and there was not a single ray of light, making it impossible to see the faces of the two people clearly.
"What should we do?" one of them asked.
The other didn't answer for a long time. He just stared at the carriage that was getting farther and farther away in the distance in silence.
After a while, he said, "Follow them."
"Senior brother, I think what you're doing is not appropriate..."
Before the words were finished, the figure beside him had already rushed out several zhang.