Chapter 106: Don’t go out at night

At this moment, Song Tingchen had no idea what kind of suffering his mother had endured in the Song Mansion during the days he was away from the capital.

During the few days they traveled together, Princess Zhaoyang would run to Su Tan whenever she had something to do or not. She would either pick a plum blossom for Su Tan, or think of something interesting and tell it to Su Tan in a fanciful way.

And Su Tan always looked at Princess Zhaoyang gently and dotingly with a gentle expression that he had never shown to Song Xiao.

At this time, His Royal Highness Prince Lu Zhiheng would often deliberately ask for a beating from his daughter, saying a few rude words to his daughter, which would provoke the Lord of Zhaoyang County to hit him.

At this time, Su Tan would often burst out laughing, shaking his head and squint his eyes.

It was clear that she had never done anything beyond the rules, not even with Lu Zhiheng.

But for some reason, this scene always seemed particularly glaring to Song Tingchen.

The sun had already set and the carriage stopped in front of an inn.

The innkeeper, seeing that the group was either rich or noble and had a carriage and horses as escort, immediately came forward to greet them.

Su Tan was holding Sui Sui in his arms. The shopkeeper was very considerate and first gave Sui Sui a bamboo dragonfly. Then he smiled and asked Su Tan and Lu Zhiheng, "Are you guys staying overnight or just stopping by?"

Lu Zhiheng took a look inside. The inn was quite clean. He wondered if he could find a better one if he walked further.

"Stay in the hotel."

The innkeeper's eyes lit up and he immediately asked his waiter to tie up the horses for them.

Lu Zhiheng asked for three upper rooms. Su Tan was a girl, so she had one room for herself, and Lu Zhiheng and Suisui had one room each.

Song Tingchen also had a room of his own, and the rest of the soldiers just squeezed together for the time being. They would be able to reach Lanzhou tomorrow anyway.

The waiter was grumbling in his heart, thinking that he thought Lu Zhiheng, Su Tan and the child in Su Tan's arms were a family of three, but it turned out not to be the case.

But he didn't dare ask any more questions. He just smiled apologetically, rolled his eyes, and said to the group of people, "Dear guests, you are going to travel tomorrow, right?"

"Then tonight, no matter what noise you hear, don't go out."

Su Tan paused, turned around, and looked at the waiter, "Why?"

During this period of time, they had been traveling peacefully.

She thought they would arrive in Lanzhou peacefully.

Unexpectedly, what was supposed to come finally came.

The waiter looked somewhat embarrassed. He looked around and lowered his voice, "You don't know, these past few days, there have been young girls and baby girls disappearing at night for no apparent reason."

"Recently, several nearby villages and towns have been in a state of panic. I heard... I heard that a tiger demon is causing trouble. At night, the tiger demon kidnaps young girls and baby girls."

He looked at Su Tan, then at Sui Sui, who was in Su Tan's arms. A little sweat broke out on his forehead, and he couldn't help but say, "In short, everyone, please be careful. Although the tiger demon's actions may be abominable, its power is limited. If you don't open the door, it won't be able to do anything to you."

"I see." Lu Zhiheng nodded and remembered this sentence.

He will take good care of Suisui.

As for Su Tan, although she is powerful, I am afraid she is not good at dealing with the conspiracies and tricks of those drugs.

He took out a pair of earplugs from his bag and handed them to Su Tan, "Wear these at night, and you won't be able to hear anything."

Su Tan is indeed not good at dealing with conspiracies and intrigues.

But as long as she plugged her ears, she could not hear anything, no matter whether it was a tiger demon, a fox demon, a dog demon or a cat demon. No matter how those drugs tried to confuse people, it was all in vain!

Su Tan: “…”

Song Tingchen's eyes fell on Su Tan, and he frowned. Suddenly he said, "I'll guard your door tonight."

He and Su Tan were once husband and wife. Even though they had broken off all ties, he could not remain indifferent when he saw her in danger.

Su Tan refused without a second thought, and then took the earplugs from Lu Zhiheng's hand, "No need, as long as I plug my ears, I have nothing to fear."

Song Tingchen's eyes tightened.

His eyes were fixed on the ear in Su Tan's hand.

Su Tan accepted Lu Zhiheng's things, but refused to let him protect them.

Song Tingchen's brows were cold, and his gaze was fixed on Su Tan without blinking. He frowned, and a sudden sense of suffocation came from his heart for no reason. "It's already this time, and you still want to be stubborn?"

"Didn't you hear? Those monsters are targeting young girls and baby girls. If you want to die, you can keep refusing them."

Su Tan sneered. She hadn't spoken to Song Tingchen on the whole journey. She thought they wouldn't have to say a word until they returned to Kyoto.

Unexpectedly, at this moment, Song Tingchen was actually looking for a quarrel with her.

She glanced at him and suddenly chuckled, "Why, I'm no match for that tiger monster, but you could easily kill it with one sword?"

Song Tingchen pursed his lips tightly.

He really can't.

The sword that could once deal with monsters was completely destroyed by Su Tan at the banks of the Sanzhi River.

Lu Zhiheng glanced at Song Tingchen, his eyes showing some confusion, "Can't the Song family afford to buy a mirror now?"

"You were guarding her room. Was it her protecting you or you protecting her?"

"You have to explain this clearly and carefully, otherwise it will be embarrassing."

How fresh.

Song Tingchen is an ordinary person with mortal eyes and flesh, yet he dares to speak so arrogantly in front of Su Tan. His face is so big that it seems that a tear of lovesickness from last year has not yet reached his cheek.

"No need for protection from bad uncle, I will protect Fairy Sister!"

Suisui hugged Su Tan's neck, kissed her on the face, and then whispered something in Su Tan's ear.