The so-called joke

Su Musong was frowning because of the clue. Xiao Luochen had known him for many years, but he had never seen him so worried and unable to relax. After all, it was a blood feud that wiped out his entire family. Xiao Luochen knew that no matter how he tried to comfort him, he couldn't let the matter go. Therefore, he could only find some fun places and take him there to relax and distract himself.

"Mu Song, I heard there's a play at the Yunlei Theater today. Can you come with me to see it?"

Xiao Luochen asked the question with great interest. Although Su Musong felt very nervous, he did not want to spoil Xiao Luochen's fun.

"good."

Wherever Xiao Luochen wants to go, Su Musong will accompany him.

From the outside, the Yunlei Theater looked much like any other theater in Xiangping. However, once inside, its uniqueness was immediately apparent from the seating arrangement alone. The seats fanned out from front to back, rising higher as they went further back. This allowed each row to be unobstructed, allowing for easy seating for two or three hundred people.

When Xiao Luochen and Su Musong arrived at the theater, they saw a huge crowd of people. Four powerful men were blocking the entrance and would not let anyone in. Fifty steps away, a line of one hundred and twenty people stood outside a small open window, a long line that didn't move for a long time.

This was the first time Xiao Luochen had seen this scene. He had only heard that the food at Wangjinglou was delicious and that one had to queue up, but he had never seen one have to wait for a number to enter a theater.

Not long after, the small window was closed, and then a man came out, climbed onto the platform, and posted a large notice with the words "Sold Out" written on it. The hundreds of people in front of the small window left dejectedly after seeing the notice, like eggplants hit by frost.

"Alas, it seems that today is not going to be a good day."

Xiao Luochen felt a little disappointed. He turned around and saw that Su Musong was not around. Instead, he was muttering something with someone in a corner not far away. The person kept looking around and acting furtively, not like someone from the Su family. Xiao Luochen did not approach, but waited there. Since Su Musong was avoiding him, he did not need to ask any more questions.

Soon Su Musong came back with two theater tickets in his hand.

"Luo Chen, I asked someone to buy a good spot, not too far, not too close, so I can see clearly."

"You're looking for that person to buy a ticket?"

"Well, I figured there were so many people in line that it wouldn't be our turn. Coincidentally, that guy had it, so I went to him and bought it."

As long as there is money to be made, resellers will be everywhere.

"Such a good location must have cost a lot of money, right?"

“It’s worth the money to be able to see the show you want to see.”

“You…”

Xiao Luochen wanted to say that it was fortunate that Duke Anguo was wealthy, otherwise he would not be able to support Su Musong, a "prodigal son". However, when he thought about what Su Musong had been investigating these days, he was afraid that it would make him unhappy again, so he swallowed his words back.

"Well, I would like to thank Master Su for his hospitality."

"You're being so fake and polite to me. Go in quickly. If more people come, you, the famous Mr. Xiao in Zhangcheng, will probably be blocked by admirers and unable to move."

Su Musong took Xiao Luochen's sleeve, hid him behind himself as much as possible, and showed the ticket to the gatekeeper at the door. The gatekeeper let the two in. After a few steps, a beautiful girl led them to their seats and presented them with two booklets.

Xiao Luochen's original intention was to bring Su Musong out to relax, and he didn't care what play was being performed in the theater today. However, he was lucky enough to catch "Butterfly Lovers", one of the ten most popular plays.

The show was still half an hour away from starting. Su Musong opened the booklet, which gave a brief introduction to the story.

"Luo Chen, look here, it says this is the story of our Xiangping. Have you ever heard of this story?"

"No. Perhaps it was perfectly normal for boys and girls to attend school together in Yuelong, so Zhu Yingtai didn't need to disguise herself as a boy to attend. That's why they pretended it was a story about Xiangping."

"That's true. But I think Liang Shanbo must have known that Zhu Yingtai was a girl long ago. After three years of studying together, how could he not have discovered it?"

"What if Zhu Yingtai is cautious and Liang Shanbo is a pure and honest person?"

"Then he must have fallen in love with Zhu Yingtai from the very beginning. Otherwise, why would he discuss marriage as soon as he found out she was a girl?"

Mu Song

"Um?"

"There's something I must confess to you."

"What is it?"

Xiao Luochen looked at Su Musong seriously, as if he was hiding a huge secret.

"actually……"

"Actually what? Tell me now."

“Actually, I’m a woman.”

Su Musong was stunned when he heard this, and the booklet in his hand fell to the ground. The scenes of Xiao Luochen and himself getting along over the years flashed through his mind.

"When I was born, a Taoist priest told me that I had to be raised as a man before I turned eighteen, otherwise I wouldn't reach adulthood. So, I've dressed as a man since I was little. No one knew this secret except my father, mother, and wet nurse."

Seeing Su Musong looking dumbfounded, Xiao Luochen continued to explain.

"Have you ever seen me get close to any of my classmates besides you? Have you ever wondered why I never go in the water? Have you ever wondered why I'm so weak?"

Su Musong looked at Xiao Luochen steadily without saying anything, which made Xiao Luochen a little worried.

"Musong?"

Xiao Luochen stretched out his hand and waved it in front of Su Musong, but Su Musong did not respond.

Xiao Luochen was thinking about what to say next when Su Musong seemed to wake up from a dream. He grabbed Xiao Luochen with one hand in a lightning-fast manner, and reached down with the other hand. Sure enough, the structure below was the same as his own.

"You lied to me!"

Xiao Luochen's face flushed immediately after he realized what was happening.

"What are you doing in public?"

"Then why did you lie to me for no reason?"

Su Musong is confident

"I'm not that stupid Liang Shanbo who can't even tell whether his best friend is a man or a woman."

In fact, Xiao Luochen spoke so sincerely that Su Musong was not unmoved. However, after thinking about it carefully, he knew that Xiao Luochen was lying. They had been together for many years, and he had never seen Xiao Luochen change clothes.

"Tell me, why did you lie to me?"

"I'm just teasing you, don't be angry."

"Do I look like such a petty person?"

"So what were you doing just now?"

"I...I just want to verify it."

"If I were really a girl, wouldn't I have lost my reputation if you did that?"

"Then I will marry you."

Su Musong blurted out the words as he was talking.

"What nonsense are you talking about?"

Su Musong glanced at the person next to him. The redness had already spread to the tips of his ears, and his own face was also very hot. He guessed that the person was probably no less red.

Fortunately, the lights in the seating area dimmed, the show began, and the two people's blushing faces gradually disappeared.