Seeing his expression, the guard said coldly, "Don't waste your time. Our lady won't see anyone. She didn't even see the imperial envoy when he came just now. Do you think you're more important than the imperial envoy?"

Zu An frowned slightly. Just then, a surprised and uncertain voice came from the side: "Brother Cheng...?"

A guard dressed in white was returning to his residence from the street when he noticed the commotion and glanced at it a few times before exclaiming in surprise.

Zuan turned around and saw the other person's appearance. He felt that the person looked somewhat familiar, but he couldn't remember who it was for a moment.

"Brother Cheng, don't you remember me? I'm Yu Bin. I was fortunate enough to be saved by you outside Mingyue City." The guard said with a smile.

"So it was you." Zuan finally realized that he had been so focused on earning anger points that he hadn't remembered the other person's name clearly because it had appeared in the background several times.

As for why the other party called him Brother Cheng, it was mainly because he wanted to hide his identity at the time, so he said his name was Cheng Shouping.

"Yubin, do you know this person?" The security guard next to him was dumbfounded.

Yu Bin laughed and said, "Of course, he once saved the lady's life."

The gatekeeper hurriedly apologized to Zu An: "I'm so sorry, I misunderstood you, young master... I almost turned away the lady's savior, I deserve to die."

As he was speaking, he suddenly raised his knife to slit his throat, but luckily Zu An reacted quickly and knocked the knife away, saying, "What are you doing? It's just a small matter!"

"I'm so sorry, madam, I'm so sorry, young master..." the doorman said, his expression agitated.

Yu Bin hurriedly advised, "Brother Cheng didn't blame you, so Madam certainly won't blame you either. Why are you doing this..."

The two of them finally managed to persuade the man to come down. During this time, Yu Bin also learned of Zu An's purpose and said, "Brother Cheng, let me take you in. However, Madam has not been in good health or mood lately and has not seen any outsiders. I can't say whether she is willing to see you or not."

"Thank you for your trouble, Brother Yu." Zu An followed him into the Yu residence, observing the various arrangements and defensive forces along the way, and asked, "Why did that person just now commit suicide with a knife?"

The thought of what had just happened terrified him, because that person's suicide was no mere pretense; if he had reacted even slightly slower, the man would have really died.

“Everyone in the household greatly respects Madam. You are Madam’s savior, yet he has humiliated you. Naturally, you are feeling resentful.” Yu Bin spoke as if he were recounting something commonplace.

Zu An frowned slightly. Weren't the Yu family being a little too fanatical about Yu Yanluo?

He could tell that there was no lust or wickedness in these people's eyes, the kind of lust and desire that men have for beautiful women; it was pure, extreme respect.

The words Qiu Honglei had spoken to him resurfaced in his mind, and his heart began to waver. Yu Yanluo was indeed no simple woman.

Yu Bin told Zu An to rest in the living room, then hurriedly ran in to report.

Not long after, he ran out, his face beaming with excitement, and said, "Brother Cheng, Madam wants you to come in."

"What a surprise! Madam hasn't seen any outsiders in a long time."

“Brother Yu, actually my name is not Cheng Shouping…” Zu An took the opportunity to explain his true identity to him, “I used an alias because I was worried about being retaliated against. I hope Brother Yu will forgive me.”

Yu Bin was slightly taken aback, but he didn't mind: "Brother Zu is meticulous and admirable; his willingness to speak frankly shows his gentlemanly character. Please come in!"

He led Zuan to a room and then quietly left. As Zuan stepped through the door, he felt a warm sensation spread throughout his body.

It was freezing cold outside, but it felt like summer inside. He subconsciously loosened his collar.

"There are way too many heaters in here," Zuan muttered to himself, but he was quickly stunned by the sight before him.