Chapter 58

Li Yang asked Yun Kai to go outside to smoke, and they each found a pillar to lean against.

"You are graceful and elegant, more than thirteen years old, and in the prime of your youth, in early February." Li Yang teased, "You are a lucky person."

This poem was a farewell poem given by Du Mu to a prostitute during the Tang Dynasty. Seeing Li Yang using it to describe Yueming's youthful beauty, Yun Kai frowned and said unhappily, "If you don't know how to use it, don't use it carelessly."

Li Yang laughed in surprise: "You have to be so particular even when complimenting her. What's wrong with you?"

He was simply panicking, and the brighter the moonlight, the more panicked he became. His brother would never understand the feeling of a pearl hidden in his pocket accidentally falling out and shimmering brightly. And the thought that his eldest brother was getting married after leaving the depression this year only intensified his resentment.

He sighed with relief: "How come you're only fourteen?"

The resentment in his words made Li Yang laugh: "What do you have to complain about? Even if she's still young, she's still your favorite. What's the harm in waiting two more years?"

Yun Kai was surprised: "Don't you like the daughter of the Mengna Tusi family?"

Li Yang, cigarette in hand, gazed at the distant mountains and said calmly, "Not bad."

"What does 'okay' mean? Do you like it or just make do? Or do you mean it doesn't matter?"

Li Yang removed the cigarette from his mouth, hunched over, and leaned on the handrail of the corridor. "I know what responsibilities I should fulfill for my family. As long as it is beneficial to the mansion, whether they like me or not is not that important. Did the master marry me because he liked my wife? Did my eldest sister marry me to Siam because she liked her brother-in-law? They are all for the prosperity of their respective families. My wife and the master will not harm me. They chose a girl from Mengna for me, which means that an alliance with Mengna is beneficial to Prime Minister Yun. As long as this is good for Prime Minister Yun, I will do it."

What about your own feelings? Yun Kai wanted to ask, but he couldn't bring himself to ask. He knew that if Li Yang wanted to inherit the position of chieftain, he would have no freedom at all in terms of marriage.

Li Yang patted his shoulder and said, "You are the youngest, and you should live happily under the wings of your brothers and sisters. Don't worry, as long as I am here, no one can interfere with your marriage, not even the master or the mistress. You don't have to worry about Lan Yingde. If he doesn't hand Lan Yueming over to you, I will make sure he can't leave the throne."

Although Li Yang's methods were simple and brutal, Yun Kai was deeply moved. He was so moved that he was speechless while holding Li Yang's hand.

After a lively day in Yintai Courtyard, when the banquet was over, Yintai used the excuse that it was too dark and asked Yunkai to send Yueming back to the courtyard.

Yueming waved his hands quickly and said, "No, no, it's just a short distance, there's no need for the Second Young Master to send me off specially. Ye Hu also took a lantern when he left."

Yin Tai took Yue Ming's hand and passed it to Yun Kai. "You look really good in a skirt today. I have some nice colored fabric in my warehouse, perfect for making a skirt for you. Ask your maid to go get it with Tong Lin. Besides, he's the only one who didn't give you a gift today. It's already a good thing for him to be so stingy as to ask him to walk you part of the way."

Yueming quickly defended Yunkai: "The second young master gave it to me. He bought me the clothes I'm wearing."

"Let's go." Yun Kai took her hand and walked out without waiting for her to finish.

Yueming was dragged away by him, and she didn't even have time to bow to Yin Tai and take her leave. Hearing the laughter of those people behind her, she felt embarrassed and angry. As soon as she left the hospital, she shook off Yunkai's hand and walked forward without saying a word.

After taking a few steps, she felt her arms getting tight. She turned her head and saw Yunkai grabbing her shawl.

His face flickered in the moonlight, making his features more profound and handsome.

His eyes were so intense that they seemed to be burning with fire, making Yueming's mouth dry and her tongue uneasy, not knowing how to react.

"Lan Yueming." He said slowly: "Just follow me!"

Yueming's mind immediately buzzed and turned into a mess. What did he mean by that? Was it what she thought?

Yun Kai slowly put away the shawl in his hand and moved closer to her. When there was only a foot between them, he spoke again. His voice was low and hoarse, but his eyes were full of bright expectation: "Will you be with me, okay?"

Yueming wanted to punch him in the chest and stomp away. This idiot, why did he have to say it so clearly? How should she respond? It would be too embarrassing to agree directly, but it would feel against her will to refuse.

Looking at Yueming's uncertain face, Yunkai thought her silence was a rejection. He asked with some sadness and dissatisfaction, "Don't you like me? Do you hate me?"

Yueming almost wanted to scream. "I don't like you, but I still let you hug me? And sit on your lap? I would have beaten you to death long ago!"

But Han Yunkai's lonely expression made her feel a little overwhelmed. The Han Yunkai she knew was bright, innocent, handsome and straightforward. This lost expression really didn't suit him.

She lowered her head and stared at her tangled fingers, murmured softly, "I don't hate you, I just... I just..." She couldn't say what she meant by just, and she stammered, her voice so timid that it was almost inaudible.

Yun Kai was overjoyed and asked further, "So you like me too, right?"

Yueming turned away and said in a trembling voice, "I don't know. Don't ask me."

Yun Kai chased after him and begged, "Give me some definite news so I can feel at ease."

Yueming stamped her feet and cried out in a delicate voice, "Don't ask me. Wait until my father comes back and ask him."

No need to ask any more questions. Yunkai grinned naively, his eyes slightly raised in a smile as gentle as water. He picked up the shawl in his hands and kissed it gently, saying to Yueming as if swearing, "I will treat you well, better than anyone else."

Yueming's heart was filled with sweetness. She bit her lips, covered her chest, and stared at the extremely handsome face in the moonlight.

Yueming was now filled with joy, but after a few days she came to understand the saying: a man's mouth is a lie. She would rather believe in ghosts than believe a man's broken mouth.

The two of them exposed their feelings, but Yueming became even more reserved. They were walking side by side, but when they saw someone coming towards them, Yueming immediately stood a foot away from him. Yunkai looked at her in surprise as she suddenly jumped away and asked curiously, "What are you doing?"

"Nothing?"

"If you're not doing anything, why are you so far away from me?"

"What am I doing near you?"

Yunkai was speechless, feeling that he couldn't explain the reason to her, so he just walked over. Seeing the servant covering his mouth with his hands and smiling knowingly, Yueming was scared to death and quickly reached out to push him away: "Go away, we are not going the same way, don't go with me."

Yun Kai snorted disdainfully: "This is my home." Young master, I can take whichever path I want.

Yueming choked and glared at me with dissatisfaction: "You said you would be nice to me, but in the end you just bullied me."

Yun Kai also crossed his arms and said to her with a contemptuous attitude: "Do you think it's fun to try to cover up your mistake? Even those who don't know will know your behavior now."

Yueming twisted her fingers and said awkwardly, "I'm just shy!" Then she threatened, "If you do this again, I'll regret it!"

Yun opened fire and said coldly, "Why don't you try to fight back?"

Yueming stomped her feet and cursed in a soft voice, "You are so annoying." Then she turned and ran away.

Yun Kai wanted to chase after him, but was stopped by Bao Guosheng: "Second brother, have you seen Miss Yueming?"

Bao Guosheng returned home for a few days after the Dragon Boat Festival. As soon as he came back, he went to look for Yueming, which made Yunkai very unhappy. He wanted to say that he didn't see her, but he was afraid that Bao Guosheng would go directly to Yueming's yard to look for her. With a roll of his eyes, he smiled and asked, "She went out to play. Do you have something to do with her?"

Hearing Yueming was not at home, Bao Guosheng's face was full of disappointment. The hand holding the embroidery tube bag dropped down: "It's nothing. I'll look for her in the evening."

Look for it at night?! Yun Kai's heart was alarmed. He reached out and stopped Bao Guosheng who was about to leave: "If you have something to say, just tell me. I can help you pass it on."

Bao Guosheng scratched his head a little embarrassedly and said, "It's nothing serious. I just didn't prepare a gift for her last birthday, so I went home and made her a belt to match her skirt and brought it over for her to try on."

A belt? A belt for a tube skirt? Did you get one made at home?!

Yun Kai was so angry that his lungs almost exploded. This kid was really imaginative. At such a young age, he only knew how to please women. He actually had feelings for Lan Yueming. He didn't want to lend the gun anymore, and he didn't want the money anymore, right?

It turns out that everyone in the mansion knows about this, but he is the only one who doesn't know it!

Yunkai actually prepared a gift for Yueming on the Dragon Boat Festival. He prepared a golden lotus hairpin for her when she turned fourteen, intending to put it on her personally. However, his mother got there first and told him to give her the hairpin for her belt, so he didn't take it out.

He weighed out some silver and found a craftsman to make her a silver belt, but then Bao Guosheng also came to show his affection.

No one wants to leave him a chance to survive!

Bao Guosheng had never seen a girl like Yueming. She was more gentle than Dai girls and more beautiful than Wa girls. The young man, just beginning to feel amorous, would not have disliked her. That day, when Yin Tai said that the belt had to be given by her lover, he took it to heart. The next day, he rushed home and personally went to the silver incense shop to see them out. Then, he hurriedly delivered it to Yueming.

As a result, he didn't see the person, but instead punctured Yunkai's lungs.

He stared blankly at Yun Kai's face, which turned pale and blue, and asked with concern, "Second brother, why do you look so bad? Are you feeling unwell? Do you want me to call a witch doctor for you?"

Yun Kaixin said: I want to call a witch doctor to check your brain now.

His mind was racing, thinking about how to make him suffer. The evil thoughts in his heart began to flow, and his ideas became more vicious and obscene than the last.

The bamboo fan hit his palm and he said to Bao Guosheng affectionately, "Since Lan Yueming is not here, I will take you out to play. You are not a child anymore, it's time to see the world."

After saying that, without caring whether Bao Guosheng agreed or not, he put his arm around his shoulders and walked towards the stable.

According to the servants who guarded the gate, when Bao Guosheng came back that night, his pants were wet, his face was full of shame, and he wanted to cry but had no tears.

It is not known whether what he said was true or not, but the next day Bao Guosheng asked someone to go to the study to ask Yunkai for leave, saying that he was not feeling well and would suspend his studies for a day.

Yun Kai sat at his desk, fanning himself proudly, and said to Feng Xiaochui with a beaming expression, "You saw it yesterday, didn't you? That kid is such a novice. He couldn't handle such a small scene and nearly had a nosebleed."

Feng Xiaosai found it funny when he thought of Bao Guosheng's frustrated look yesterday: "He couldn't stand just looking at those women's shoulders. If they took off all their clothes, he would have died!"

Yun Kai shook his head and smacked his lips with a look of disappointment on his face: "He hasn't seen enough of the world. He got so excited just by taking him to the river to watch people bathe. If I took him to some brothels, there might be even greater fun to see." The regret in his words was obvious.

A gentle yet dangerous whisper came from the door: "Did you go to the river to peek at the women bathing?"

Yun Kai shuddered at the sound and glanced toward the door in terror. He saw Yue Ming, in the typical posture of a village woman about to curse. Her hands on her hips, her balsam-stained feet tapping the wooden floor, the clamoring like a death drum.

Yunkai looked at Feng Xiaosai: Why didn’t you report that Lan Yueming was coming?

Feng Xiaosai looked innocent: I'm just helping you grind the ink!

Seeing them flirting with each other, Yueming's anger grew even more intense. She rushed to Yunkai, pointed at his nose, and said, "Is this what you mean by being good to me? Better than anyone else?"

Yun Kai used his fan to block Yue Ming's finger that was about to poke his nose, and said with a guilty conscience, "It's not that I want to see it, I mainly want to take Bao Guosheng to see it."

Yueming stared at his guilty eyes for a long time, then turned and walked towards the door without saying a word.

Yun Kai quickly chased after her, grabbed her wrist and asked, "Where are you going?"

Yueming shook off his hand and shoved him in the chest. "You liar! Not only did you lie to me, you were so vulgar as to peek at a woman bathing. Not only did you watch it yourself, but you dragged Bao Guosheng to watch it and even made fun of him. How could you do that? He's just a child!"

Yueming was so angry that his chest heaved: "I don't want to be friends with you. I don't want to talk to you in my life." After saying that, he covered his face and ran out of the study.

Yunkai had never seen Yueming so angry before, and for a moment he was so scared that he forgot to chase him.

He felt like he had Yueming down, a sure thing. The chieftain acquiesced, Yin Tai supported him, and Li Yang even promised to resort to violence if her father objected. He would then coax her with sweet words. He used a combination of soft and hard tactics. If she could still escape his grasp, he would marry into her family.

Now, she is so angry that she wants to break up with him. How can she be coaxed now?