Chapter 30: Selling a Favor

When Hua Jue said, "Young Master, the letter you've been waiting for has arrived, it's unsigned," Huo Gannian had just woken up.

He propped himself up with his hands and sat up, then sat quietly on the couch for a long time.

Runhe asked, "Young Master, do you want to read the letter now? Should I go get it for you?"

Through the gauze curtain, Runhe saw Huo Gannian gently shaking his head, and then said in a calm tone:

"No rush, I'll see later."

Runhe conveniently helped Huo Gannian wash, dress and eat in the morning.

From beginning to end, Huo Gannian was as calm and indifferent as before, nothing special.

If there was any difference, it was that Runhe discovered that Huo Gannian's movements today were extremely slow.

At this time normally, Huo Gannian would have gone to the study to discuss things, but today it was almost noon, and Huo Gannian was still there, leisurely sipping his cold breakfast porridge.

It was not until the evening that Huo Gannian entered the study, picked up the unsigned letter on ordinary paper on the table, and slowly opened it.

The orange dusk shone through the window, casting a warm glow on the letter paper.

Huo Gannian opened the letter, and instantly raised the corners of his mouth, his eyebrows and eyes were filled with rosy clouds, and he smiled.

At the door of the study, Bu Yan, who was on duty, was stunned for a moment, and said to Hua Jue with wide eyes:

"I think I saw the young master smile! How scary!"

Hua Jue frowned in thought: "Laughing? Is Yu Yangji dead?"

Bu Yan rubbed his goose bumps and shook his head to indicate that he didn't know.

Completely unaware of what Bu Yan and Hua Jue were whispering about, Huo Gannian just took the letter and read it over and over again.

The more you look, the softer your eyes become.

There were no words on the letter paper, only a simple and vivid sketch drawn with a pen:

A puppy was walking proudly on the path, with the word "cloud" written crookedly on its forehead.

At the end of the path, there was a painting of a tall mansion gate. On the gate was a plaque with the character "Huo" written on it, but with one dot and one horizontal line missing.

Below the plaque, a big tabby cat lay lazily in the middle of the gate, its eyes squinting coldly.

This painting is crude but interesting, simple but vivid.

Huo Gannian seemed to see Yun Chen standing in the painting, grinning and saying to him excitedly:

"Young Master! I'm coming back!"

Huo Gannian smiled unconsciously, but before he could smile enough, the letters from the Huo Gang dock flew into the study like snowflakes.

Hundreds of letters arrived at the same time. Hua Jue and Buyan thought something big had happened and hurried to help open the letters.

"Young Master!!!" Hua Jue roared loudly and jumped up excitedly:

"Yun Chen single-handedly destroyed all of the Yu family's iron and wooden assault ships! The Yu family's thousands of taels of gold were wasted!"

Bu Yan opened the letter and shouted excitedly, "Our brothers at the Huo Gang dock saw it with their own eyes! All the iron and wood assault boats on the Yu family's ship have crashed! No wonder the young master sent Yun Chen out in such a mysterious way, it turns out he was giving him such a big mission! Hey! This kid is amazing! He's done a great deed again!!"

"Young Master! They said Yun Chen killed hundreds of Yu Family guards alone!"

"Young Master! They said Yun Chen blew up the Yu family's ship with a firecracker!"

"Young Master! They said Yun Chen beat the Yu family guards until they cried!!"

"Young Master! They said... they said..."

As he spoke, Hua Jue's smile slowly froze, the hand holding the letter began to tremble, and he could no longer utter a word.

When Huo Gannian first heard that Yun Chen had done such an earth-shattering thing, he was very happy. But then, as he listened to the letters one after another praising Yun Chen, he felt helpless and amused.

But when he saw Hua Jue suddenly start shaking while holding a letter, Huo Gannian stopped laughing immediately.

With an extremely ominous premonition in his heart, Huo Gannian gave a solemn order:

"read!"

Hua Jue's eyes were red, his lips were trembling, and he recited word by word:

"The Yu family guards resorted to lynching, brutally murdering Yun Chen, and then... dumped his body into the river..."

Hearing the loud noise in the study, Ye Yan ran over and caught the last sentence as soon as he entered the room.

For a moment, the study fell into despairing silence.

On the other side, someone who had no idea that he had been "abandoned" finally woke up after sleeping for two days.

Yun Chen tried to move his limbs and was the first to touch the Hidden Moon Sword, feeling a little relieved.

Her body had been wrapped like a dumpling in a herbal cloth, her head was wrapped in soft cloth, one of her ribs was in a wooden splint, and her right ankle was severely swollen, causing her to feel excruciating pain at the slightest movement.

Except for her eyelids, she felt pain in every bone and flesh in her body.

But it doesn’t matter, the pain means I’m still alive.

The moment she fell into the sea from the Yu family's boat, she was actually knocked unconscious by the water.

Considering such serious injuries, it would be a blessing if he didn't die.

Looking at her changed clothes, she knew she was doomed. She must have been discovered disguised as a man.

However, she noticed that the other party still dressed her in a blue and white men's guard uniform and did not change her into a dress, probably to keep her secret.

Looking around at the gorgeous and exquisite decorations, she couldn't guess who saved her.

Whenever she felt at a loss, she would habitually touch the silver coins on her neck, but this time she found nothing.

She probably lost it in the water, and she felt empty inside.

Looking at the blue and white clothes on her body, she felt that they looked familiar.

Enduring the pain in the back of her head, she recalled for a long time and finally remembered——

This is the clothes of Yan Shijiu’s guards!

That means Yan Shijiu was the one who saved her! No one else knew she was disguised as a man!

As the old saying goes, more friends mean more opportunities! She couldn't help but grin with joy, and her cheeks hurt from laughing.

Just as he was showing off, the door was pushed open and two guards in elegant clothes stood upright on either side of the door, looking very respectful.

Thinking that it was Yan Shijiu who came, Yun Chen struggled to prop up half of his body and shouted happily:

"Yan Shijiu, I'm still alive! Dahai is still okay! He didn't kill me twice!"

As soon as she finished speaking, Yun Chen felt a dazzling light like that of the heavenly palace appear before her eyes, and the woman in the main seat whom she had met on Egret Island appeared in front of her with a smile on her face.

Looking at that fairy-like beauty, Yun Chen was stunned again.

The guards beside him shouted, "How dare you! You don't respect the princess when you see her. You deserve to be beheaded!"

Yun Chen stared blankly at the "celestial being" in front of him and murmured:

"Princess? I thought you were a god sent down to earth."

"Hahaha..." The princess couldn't help laughing, and waved to the guards, indicating that it was okay, and then said to Yun Chen with a friendly face:

"Are you Yun Chen?"

"I am."

The princess nodded with satisfaction and continued, "It was indeed Yan Shijiu who saved you. He said that when he was out fishing, he saw you floating on the sea and saved you."

Yun Chen was speechless. He knew Yan Shijiu's words were just nonsense.

The princess laughed and said, "He's obviously lying, but I won't pursue it. He saved you and sent you to me because he knew I needed you so badly—he came to do Huo Gan a favor."

What the hell? Yun Chen was a little confused.

Seeing Yun Chen's confusion, the princess patiently explained:

"Last time on Egret Island, I proposed an alliance with the Huo Gang to jointly deal with Yu Yangji and the Yu family, but your young master refused. Now, the entire Huo Gang is looking for you, and they have almost turned the Nan Kingdom upside down. This shows how important you are to the Huo Gang. If I give you to Huo Gannian at this time and do him a favor, perhaps he will agree to form an alliance with me."

As for Yan Shijiu, he probably "did a favor" to Yun Chen and got a place with the princess.

After saying this, Yun Chen's heart began to beat nervously.

She didn't think she had enough weight to make Huo Gannian change his mind and form an alliance with the princess.

But as long as she is in the princess's hands, whether to advance or retreat, to form an alliance or not, will make Huo Gannian feel a little uncomfortable.

Thinking of this, Yun Chen felt very unhappy.

She wanted to run away and didn't want to become a pawn to control Huo Gannian.

As if she could see what she was thinking, the princess smiled with interest:

"Don't even think about running away for your young master. I'm full of palace guards here, so you can't get away. I must sell him this 'favor' of yours. Even if we don't form an alliance, he can still owe me something and help me deal with Yu Yangji."

Yun Chen, whose thoughts were revealed, could only sigh helplessly. It was all Yan Shijiu's fault for "selling" her to the princess to curry favor.

She silently cursed Yan Shijiu, the "middleman", nineteen times in her heart. Her true energy was blind and confiscated the lunatic Yan Shijiu.

Looking at his guard uniform, Yun Chen felt a little guilty and asked tentatively:

"Princess, my clothes and the herbal cloth I'm wearing are..."

Before Yun Chen finished speaking, the princess waved her hands repeatedly:

"It's not that I didn't want to change you. It was Yan Shijiu who told me not to touch the herbal towels and clothes on you, saying that you had a peerless magical skill and needed to recover from your internal injuries. That's why he sent you here in this state and we didn't dare touch them."

…

Peerless magic skill?

I guess only someone as crazy as Yan Shijiu can come up with such nonsense.

Yun Chen smiled awkwardly.

"To be honest, if it weren't for doing Huo Gannian a favor, I would really like to keep you by my side."

The princess looked at Yun Chen with admiration in her eyes.

"You are truly an interesting person, and a man of real ability. You were able to turn the Yu Family Wharf upside down single-handedly."

Yun Chen felt embarrassed by the praise and wanted to scratch his head, but as soon as he raised his arm, he grimaced in pain.

At this time, a guard asked:

"Princess, should we notify the Huo Gang to come pick him up? Or should we wait until this brother's injury is better before notifying them?"

"Don't wait any longer. Hurry and notify the Huo Gang to come. Otherwise, if we wait another two days, I'm afraid they'll drain every river, lake, and sea in Nan Country before they stop. If things get out of hand, Father will know about it."