Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
Yu Wan had not had such a comfortable sleep in a long time. It was so comfortable that she actually started to dream. This was really a rare thing. However, her dream was a little strange.
She dreamed that she was lying on a soft beach, comfortably basking in the sun. Suddenly, a little wild boar came out of nowhere and bit her finger. After a long time, she was unable to pull it out. Hence, she raised her other hand and sent the little wild boar flying with a slap.
In the dark carriage, a translucent veil covered the luminescent pearlâs clear radiance. The atmosphere was ice-cold to the extreme. Even breathing seemed to emit a trace of coldness.
Yan Jiuchao was sitting on a messy soft chair. There was a huge bump on his forehead and a large palm print on his right cheek. His face was ashen.
Uncle Wan sat at the side, not even daring to breathe. Who would have thought that the Young Master of Yan City, who had never been touched by anyone, would be slapped by a little village girl.
âAhem!â Uncle Wan covered his mouth with his fist and said in a low voice, âWho asked you to take advantage of her?â?The Princess Consort sent so many women over, but you didnât want them. Instead, you had to take advantage of a village girl. Young Master, your taste is a little too strong.
Of course, this wasnât the most shocking thing. The most shocking thing was why the Young Master didnât kill her.
Yan Jiuchaoâs expression was extremely ugly.
By the side, Little Snow Fox hugged the small jar that was emitting the fragrance of meat and fell asleep drooling.
Yan Jiuchao pinched it playfully and shook it awake! Little Snow Fox with a small tuft of fur on its head opened its eyes sleepily with a confused expression.
Young Master Yan: âYouâre not allowed to sleep.â
Little Snow Fox: I want to sleep!
The man and the fox came at each other.
Uncle Wan was afraid that he would be the next one to be affected. He quickly stood up and said to Yan Jiuchao, âI saw that the snow has stopped outside. We can start our journey now. Why donât we enter the Capital earlier?â
The real reason was that it was unsuitable for Young Master to go out to meet others with his glory. It would damage his high and mighty image. It was better for him to stay obediently in the carriage!
Uncle Wan went to check out of the room and paid the bill for the dishes that he had instructed the kitchen to prepare. He picked out a few light dishes and took them away.
Watching the carriage turn around and leave the courier station, the Great Uncle in the attic revealed a perplexed expression.
âGreat Uncle, whatâs wrong?â The young man had just gone to see the horse that had been cured by the village girl. The moment he returned to the room, he saw his great uncle staring blankly into the night.
Only when the carriage disappeared into the night did the shadow guards brought by that terrifying person finally seem to disperse from above his head. He found his voice. âDamn it, those that were supposed to die didnât die, those that werenât supposed to die were dead⦠How did this happen?â
âWhat did you say, Great Uncle?â The young man did not understand.
âAh, itâs nothing.â Great Uncle came back to his senses and sized up the young boy from head to toe. It was a look of regaining something he had lost, as if he couldnât get enough of it.
âGreat Uncle, why are you looking at me like that?â The youth tilted his head in confusion.
âI havenât seen you in a long timeâ¦â A thin layer of moisture appeared in the Great Uncleâs eyes.
âHavenât I always been with you?â The young man didnât notice his great uncleâs strange behavior.
His parents had died early, and it was his great-uncle who had raised him. Wherever his great-uncle went, he went. Even when his great-uncle returned to the Capital to resume his duties, he would follow him!
âDo you still want to stay in the best room?â Great Uncle changed the topic.
The young man instantly forgot about his great uncleâs weirdness. He hugged his arms and nodded vigorously. âI want to! This room is too cold! Iâm shaking! Wait, we can get the best room now? Didnât they say we canât?â
âNow you can,â said Great Uncle.
âWhy?â The young man asked.
The Great Uncle smiled and patted his young head, but didnât answer him.
...
Yu Wan woke up from a bumpy ride. When she opened her eyes, she first saw a dim yellow lantern. Then, under the faint light, she saw her condition clearly. She was actually lying in a carriage that was many times more tattered than before. Yu Feng was dozing off as he sat at the side, his head nodding like a chick pecking at rice.
She was puzzled.?When did the carriage change while sheâs sleeping?
She sat up.
Creakâ
The board that had been out of repair for years started to move.
âAchoo!â It was too cold in the car and she sneezed without warning.
Yu Fengâs body trembled. He opened his eyes and turned to look at her. âYouâre awake?â
âYes.â Yu Wan rubbed her sore arm. âBig Brother, why did we change our carriage?â
Yu Feng glared at her resentfully. âItâs not that the carriage has changed. You got on the wrong carriage just now!â
After Yu Feng finished his business with the Courier Wang, he rented a carriage and returned to the courtyard. However, he found that Yu Wan had disappeared. He searched inside and out and almost flipped the courier station over, but she was nowhere to be found.
âCould she have been abducted?â
Yu Fengâs face turned pale with fright with the courierâs words. There were people coming and going at the courier station. His sister must have met with an accident. Just as he was about to report to the authorities, a middle-aged man in his forties walked over and asked him if he was looking for a sixteen or seventeen-year-old village girl.
He had just found out that his sister had fallen asleep in someoneâs carriage.
âI couldnât wake you up no matter what from the outside of the carriage.â
Thus, the middle-aged man had Courier Wang find two servants to carry Yu Wan back to his rented carriage.
Although Yu Feng hadnât seen much of the world, he could see that Courier Wang treated the person in the carriage more respectfully than the person in the North Garrison General Manor. It wasnât difficult to guess that this personâs background was even greater than the General Manor.
âItâs rare that they didnât take issue with you,â Yu Feng said as he glanced at Yu Wan. âYou even pulled their blanket down!â
âHuh?â Yu Wan was stunned at first, then realized that she was indeed wrapped in a light and thin blanket.
Yu Feng was ashamed when he recalled the situation at that time. The elderly maid was sweating profusely while trying to pry it off her hands, but she couldnât get it off. Even the middle-aged man laughed. In the end, the middle-aged man let his sister take the blanket away.
His sister immediately rolled the blanket over her bodyâ
You know to roll the blanket around your body even when youâre dead to the world.?Yu Feng was speechless.
âBig Brother, whereâs my jar?â Yu Wan suddenly couldnât find her own jar.
Yu Feng thought for a while and said, âI probably left it in their carriage. I forgot about it.â
Yu Wan wrung her hands. âThereâs still half of the meatballs left in the jar. I was planning to have a meat feast with you guys tonight⦠But now, itâs all gone.â
Yu Feng held his chest and heaved a sigh of relief.