By the time the two men had distributed their ill-gotten gains, the sun had already set. They were very tired after a busy day.
The two found a wonton stall, ordered a bowl of wontons each, and started eating.
Fu Yi looked at Ye Wanqing tenderly as she lifted the curtain to show off her wontons. His gentle voice was filled with a doting smile: "Are you hungry? Didn't you have enough at Master Zhu's banquet just now?"
"Well, I'm afraid I'll eat too much and won't be able to run." Ye Wanqing was really hungry. She and he had carried so many treasures and run to many places today. She was tired and hungry. Now she sat on the stool and felt the ground under her feet was still turning.
The dignified Master Fu of the Southern Territory would bring his sister to a noble and corrupt gentry's house for a feast and even rob his family's treasury.
It’s exciting just thinking about it.
Fu Yi took out a gold coin from his pocket, put it on the table and pushed it to Ye Wanqing.
Ye Wanqing looked at him puzzledly and swallowed the wonton in her mouth. "What is this?"
"remuneration."
"Huh?"
"This is a job order from Yunnuan Pavilion for chivalrous deeds." Fu Yi smiled gently. "The Thousand-Faced Fox set the reward, and you earned it."
Ye Wanqing looked at the gold, feeling a little unbelievable. She asked to confirm, "Did I earn it?"
If I had known earlier that there was a place like Yunnuan Pavilion, I would have gone there to take orders when Er Niang was withholding my monthly salary and I was in great difficulty. I could have been doing justice and making money at the same time.
"Yes, you earned it by doing good deeds. You didn't rely on your family, but on yourself." Fu Yi picked up the gold and put it in her hand. He tilted his head and asked her, "Does Xu'er feel better now?"
Ye Wanqing was slightly stunned and held the hard gold in her hand. The gold was not big, even less than one or two ounces, but she could feel the heavy happiness.
That kind of real happiness.
I have to say that the big devil's way of coaxing people is very special, but very effective. She feels a lot better now.
"If you're still in a bad mood, let's go spend today's reward." Fu Yi quickly finished the wontons in the bowl, took her hand, and walked towards the bustling street market.
The night market in Yong'an City has begun. Various stalls are set up on both sides of the streets. Strings of red lanterns are hung on both sides of the streets like curtains, emitting a warm red glow in the darkening sky.
As they walked, Fu Yi suddenly squatted down in front of her.
Ye Wanqing was startled by his actions and quickly took two steps back, "What are you doing?"
"Can you still walk? Do you want me to carry you?"
"Eh?" Looking at his broad back, Ye Wanqing felt her nose sore and her eyes reddened. She remembered the time when her brother carried her on his back to her grandmother's house when she was a child, and her sad mood surged up again.
If that hadn't happened, if Xu Wanrong hadn't played a prank, perhaps she could have been carried on her brother's back when she got into the bridal sedan. But now, she could no longer be carried on her brother's back.
"Come up quickly, don't be shy." Fu Yi put his hands behind his back and waved, urging her to go up quickly.
Ye Wanqing hesitated for a moment, put her arms around his neck, and lay on his back.
Fu Yi stood up, held her thigh with his hand, and walked on the street.
"Xu'er, whatever you want to buy, big brother will take you to buy it."
"Yeah." Ye Wanqing rested her chin on Fu Yi's shoulder, tilted her head to look at the black jeweled mask, and raised her thin lips in an elegant arc. She thought to herself that Shen Xu's eldest brother was not as scary as Murong Yan said, but was actually a very gentle person.
Perhaps he had been too harsh on Shen Xu in the past, causing her to have a shadow, but she truly felt his warmth, and as she lay on his back, her heart suddenly felt much more at ease.
All I heard was Fu Yi speaking gently, his voice deep and muffled, "Xu'er, come to think of it, it seems like big brother has never carried you on his back."
"Big brother used to treat you like a nasty little brother, using his own standards to constrain you, forcing you to practice martial arts, and making you do things you didn't like. There were things I couldn't even do myself, yet I still forced you to do them. I would even find excuses to bully and punish you..."
"Yeah." Ye Wanqing lay on his back, feeling extremely conflicted. She began to lose track of who she was now and what stance she should take to face all this.
The person Xu Wanrong killed was also Shen Xu. She had suffered so much at the hands of the big devil, but she had never enjoyed the tenderness of this big brother for a moment.
"Xu'er, in your eyes, I must be a particularly unsuccessful brother. But your wariness, indifference, and distant attitude towards me are all the consequences of my own actions."
"No, no..." Hearing Fu Yi's bitter words, Ye Wanqing quickly denied it and comforted him: "Brother, don't think too much, I think you are fine."
"Really? You don't hate me at all?"
"Hmm..." Ye Wanqing frowned. Not only did Shen Xu's brother beat her up for no reason at the beginning, but he also took revenge for Shen Xu for no apparent reason and cheated his father out of 300,000 taels of silver.
At other times, he took care of her in every possible way, gave her beautiful gifts, and took her out for a walk...
"Xu'er, do you want to eat some candied haws?" Fu Yi weighed Ye Wanqing as she slid down. Seeing that they were selling candied haws on the street, he suddenly changed the subject. "I haven't eaten any in a long time. Since Xu'er doesn't dislike me, would you like to treat me?"
"Okay." Ye Wanqing simply slid off him, ran to the candied haws vendor, bought two strings of candied haws, each holding one string, and started eating while walking.
The sour and sweet taste melted in her mouth, and Ye Wanqing seemed to be back to the moment when she and her brother sneaked out of the house to go shopping.
At that time, my brother had not yet gone to Dongyi to serve as a soldier. Although their life under Er Niang was hard, it was just like this candied haws, sweet in sourness and happy in bitterness.
However, those days could never be returned. Everything was ruined, by Xu Wanrong and by myself...
If I hadn't impulsively stabbed Chen Xu's shoulder with an arrow...
Maybe the results would be different?
She has now obtained everything from Shen Xu, enjoying fine clothes and delicious food, enjoying the care of the prince, and enjoying the debt owed by her eldest brother. How can she feel at ease!
Shen Xu died tragically at the hands of her best friend. Her older brother, who had always bullied her, now wanted to make amends, but it was too late.
Ye Wanqing's eyes were moist under the mask. She sniffed and tried hard not to cry. She took a bite of the candied haws and chewed it with difficulty. But the more she ate, the more aggrieved she felt, and tears fell uncontrollably.
Fortunately, it was getting dark and she was wearing a mask, so no one noticed that she was in tears.
Fu Yi took her hand and held it affectionately, walking past the lighted stalls, where there were exquisite oil-paper umbrellas, animal handicrafts made of grass leaves, jewelry stalls hung with sparkling shells and gems, as well as silks, satins, scarves and powders.
After walking around the night market, I didn’t buy anything. I didn’t have the money to buy anything before, and now I don’t like anything.
"You don't like anything?" Fu Yi's tone was a little disappointed.
Ye Wanqing suddenly grabbed his sleeve and begged, "Brother, can you teach me martial arts?"
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