Chapter 5 He is so bad

Li Runrun racked her brains but couldn't figure out how she had offended Ye Yunchu.

She followed Haitang around the corridor, crossed the bridge and the rockery pond, and finally arrived at Ye Yunchu's yard.

The entrance is very different from other places. The plum blossoms planted in the yard have already formed the rudiments of flower buds, and the bamboo forest is green and swaying in the wind.

Li Runrun lowered her head and dared not look again, and followed Haitang into the main hall.

I went to the study again, and there was a faint smell of books and ink, mixed with the refreshing scent of sandalwood.

Li Runrun didn't wait for Ye Yunchu to say anything before she knelt down with a solid thud.

After a while, seeing that Ye Yunchu didn't say anything, Haitang had already retreated and closed the door.

The afternoon sun shines through the bamboo forest into the open wooden windows, casting a silhouette like an ink painting on the ground, which is very poetic.

Li Runrun had no reason to be afraid of such elegance and wealth, because of the owner of this study.

Li Ruanruan racked her brains, sweating profusely, but she didn't dare to wipe it off. After a long pause, she managed to utter, "Shi, Shizi Ye..."

"I don't know... looking for a slave, what, what do you want?"

Li Ruanruan stuttered and her voice trembled before she could finish a sentence in a mosquito-like voice.

If Ye Yunchu didn't have extraordinary hearing, he wouldn't be able to hear it clearly.

Now you are afraid. How could you not be afraid when the material given by the emperor was cut into purses and sold on the streets?

Ye Yunchu was practicing calligraphy and without stopping, he threw a purse in front of Li Ruanruan.

Li Runrun quietly looked up and obviously recognized him. Her face turned pale and she lay on the ground, not daring to say a word.

Ye Yunchu saw her trembling and asked, "Are you scared now?"

The capital city is so big, and she was just selling a few purses, so how did Ye Yunchu find out?

Is it true that people can't do things that are against their conscience? But she didn't do anything wrong either.

Li Ruanruan tried to explain: "Slave, asked, asked, said, said no."

Ye Yunchu said in a faint voice: "Have you asked me?"

Li Runrun's forehead was sweating, she was about to cry, and shook her head.

Ye Yunchu stood in front of Li Ruanruan and asked, "Do you know how much this dress of mine cost?"

"Even if you sell me, you still can't pay me back..."

Ye Yunchu laughed in anger: "You are quite sensible. How much silver did you sell it for?"

Li Ruanruan didn't dare to hide it. This was something that would be clear after a quick investigation: "Ten, ten taels."

"Ten taels, one hundred taels?"

Ye Yunchu's voice was playful, but Li Ruanruan was frightened and stopped stuttering. She quickly explained: "Ten taels, more, one copper coin, no."

Ye Yunchu stared at her, then pulled her up, so that he was sitting and she was standing with her head down.

He asked her, "Are you a stutterer?"

"No, it's not."

"Then why are you stuttering?"

"timid."

"What are you afraid of? Will I eat people?"

Li Ruanruan told everything: "I'm afraid...of death..."

Ye Yunchu paused holding the teacup, then put it down with a crisp sound and looked her up and down for a long while.

Suddenly he reached out to her.

Li Ruanruan clenched her fingers tightly.

Ye Yunchu's voice was cold: "Bring it here."

He was asking her for money. Others would be rewarded with money by being a concubine, but she had to suffer as a concubine for a whole night and still had to pay him back the money.

Li Ruanruan was cowardly and took out the last three taels of silver from her shoes and socks. After thinking for a while, she wiped the coins on her body, took out a handkerchief, wrapped her hands and handed them over.

Ye Yunchu saw that she was making a lot of little movements, and couldn't help but take a few more glances at her.

He looked at the three taels of silver in her handkerchief, but did not reach out to take it.

Instead, he stared at the handkerchief she used to wrap the silver. The material looked very familiar.

Li Ruanruan's hands trembled, having forgotten that her handkerchief was also made from his clothes...

For a moment, I felt like I was being roasted on the fire. I wanted to pull it back, but I didn't dare to move.

Just when she was feeling uneasy.

Ye Yunchu reached out, wrapped the three taels of silver in a handkerchief, and took it away.

When Li Runrun saw that he really took it away, her hands began to tremble.

How could a prince be short of three taels of silver? But for her, three taels of silver was almost like life-saving money.

Li Runrun slowly lowered her hand, her fingers slightly curled up, and she felt a little relieved that she had given two taels to her brother and five taels to her father.

It turns out that money cannot be kept in one place, it is safer this way.

Otherwise, if she had them all on her, the prince would have taken them away.

Seeing Li Ruanruan's expression of being angry but not saying anything, Ye Yunchu placed the silver on the table and asked her, "Did the mansion give you any silver jewelry as a reward?"

Li Ruanruan quickly shook her head: "No, if I had, I would have given them all to the prince."

Ye Yunchu didn't know whether her words had put him in a good mood or not. He picked up the teacup again, lowered his head and took a sip of tea to moisten his throat.

Looking at the soft pear for a while, he said, "If there is any reward in the future, you will know what to do now, okay?"

"Know......."

Li Ruanruan pursed her lips, thinking that there would be no such thing anyway, as she was just a lowly servant.

Fortunately, there is nothing to feel sad about, and if there is nothing, then there is no expectation.

It's impossible that she has to give him her monthly allowance, right?

People outside said that the prince was extremely noble, but Li Runrun felt that the rumors were not entirely true and were likely to be hearsay.

The prince...

Just a bit stingy.

She didn't even care about three taels of silver. If she told others about it, she wouldn't dare to believe it, but the facts were right in front of her.

Ye Yunchu seemed to be tired, having drunk too much. He now held up his forehead and looked at Li Ruanruan: "I'm sleepy. I want to take a nap. Please undress me."

Ye Yunchu stood up and went to the dormitory, and Li Runrun paused.

After a while, Ye Yunchu's lazy voice sounded: "Come in."

Li Ruanruan hurriedly ran in.

Unexpectedly, the man was waiting at the door. Li Runrun couldn't stop and bumped into him.

She felt his chest was as hard as iron, and then when she lowered her head, Li Ruanruan saw that the book "Traveling Doctor" in her arms fell out and the pages were turned.

Li Runrun looked at the two people overlapping above, and her face suddenly turned red. This, this, this is not a medical book, this is a fire avoidance map sold in a serious shell.

This is the most precious dowry a woman has when she comes with him. Why did her father buy this for her?

It's over.

Li Runrun hurriedly tried to pick it up, but saw Ye Yunchu's white jade-like hand was one step faster than her and picked up the book.