"There are so many people here tonight. Miss, if you want to find someone, why don't you let me help you find them?" Luo Wuchen's kindness made Su Mengyan suspicious. She took a step back cautiously and said, "No need."
Luo Wuchen smiled helplessly and pointed at the red plum lantern in her hand, "Where did you get the lantern in your hand?"
"There's a vendor selling lanterns not far ahead. If you like, you can go buy some anytime." Su Mengyan ran forward quickly. "I still need to find someone, so I can't take you there myself. Goodbye."
Luo Wuchen followed her closely, saying as they walked, "There are so many lanterns at the Lantern Festival, why do you have to have this one?"
"Because it's pretty." Su Mengyan was about to collapse from his pestering. "Can you please stop following me?"
Luo Wuchen spread his hands and said, "I'm going over there, going the same way as the girl."
Su Mengyan had no way to refute this and could only let him follow.
On the other side, Situ Yao discovered that Su Mengyan was missing. His expression changed instantly, and he called out the guards hiding in the dark, "Go find her!"
Situ Yao also looked in the direction where Su Mengyan had disappeared. They were looking in opposite directions, so both of them were exhausted and out of breath, but they still couldn't find her.
Su Mengyan stood in the crowd, trying to find Situ Yao, but to no avail.
Luo Wuchen still followed her, standing beside her and kindly giving her advice, "The young master who came with you may have gone back to wait for you. Why don't you go back to the mansion and take a look?"
Su Mengyan thought about it and felt that what he said made some sense. If Situ Yao hadn't found her, he would definitely be waiting for her in the yard.
She found the way back and walked quickly. Turning back, she found Luo Wuchen still following her. Su Mengyan sneered, "Don't tell me your home is also in this direction."
"To be honest, my family really has a house here." Luo Wuchen smiled, and the expression on his face was very sincere.
Su Mengyan was certain that this person was full of lies, but she didn't know what he wanted to do by following her.
Su Mengyan was so anxious to find Situ Yao that she had no time to figure out his purpose and let him follow her out of the yard.
Luo Wuchen's handsome face showed surprise, but also a hint of smile. "Young lady, do you live here?"
"We are not from Heyang City. We are just staying here for a few days." Su Mengyan walked towards the door. "Where is your home? I'm already there. You don't have to follow me."
Su Mengyan knocked on the door. It was the old housekeeper who opened it. He smiled as soon as he opened the door. "Miss, you're back. Didn't the young master come back with you?"
"Huh? The young master hasn't come back yet?" Su Mengyan was anxious and stood at the door without going in.
At this moment, the old housekeeper saw Luo Wuchen behind her and asked in surprise, "Master, why are you here?"
"Uncle Fu." Luo Wuchen greeted with a smile.
Su Mengyan's suspicious eyes shifted between the two of them, "Uncle Fu, you call him Master?"
"I didn't lie to you, young lady. This is really my home." Luo Wuchen said helplessly. He didn't expect that someone he bumped into on the street would be related to the prince.
The woman in front of him could travel with the prince, so her identity must be extraordinary.
Uncle Fu also explained cheerfully, "This is Young Master Luo."
"This is the guest the master invited back."
"I understand, Uncle Fu." Su Mengyan waved the lantern in her hand. "It's windy outside. You should go back and rest. I'll wait here for you to come back."
"Mr. Luo, I'm sorry for offending you before. I hope you can forgive me." When Su Mengyan thought about how she had suspected him of being a liar, she felt so embarrassed that she wanted to find a hole to crawl into.
"Miss, you're welcome. I followed you because of the red plum lantern in your hand." Luo Wuchen carefully examined the lantern. "I wanted to ask where this lantern came from, but you ran too fast."
"It was from a vendor. I spent three taels of silver on it." Su Mengyan suddenly remembered the vendor's sales pitch. "Could this really be a painting by you?"
"But that's not right. He has a lot of red plum lanterns there. Could it be that Mr. Luo painted so many?" Su Mengyan asked curiously.
"Only the one in the girl's hand was painted by me myself. The others are all imitations." Luo Wuchen said, "I originally wanted to buy it from the girl."
The painting was personally made by a talented scholar from Luoyang, something that no one else could even ask for. Su Mengyan felt that the three taels of silver she spent on it was worth it.
"Since it was painted by Mr. Luo himself, how could it appear in the store?" There is only one painting, so it must be well protected.
Luo Wuchen smiled bitterly and said, "It was stolen."
"But since it's in your hands, you must be destined to have it. I'll give it to you." Luo Wuchen simply didn't want his painting to be lost, so he came out to track it down. Now that the prince's men had bought it, there was no need to take it back.
Su Mengyan secretly felt happy, thinking that this was an authentic work of a talented scholar from Luoyang. If she sold this lantern, there would definitely be many people vying for it. What she had in her hand was not a painting at all, but pure silver.
Before Su Mengyan woke up from her sweet dream, she was grabbed by a pair of iron arms. The force was so strong that she couldn't breathe.
Situ Yao felt both angry and happy when he saw her standing at the door and chatting happily with a strange man.
He was happy that he had finally found the person and that Su Mengyan was safe. He was angry that while he was working so hard to find the person, the culprit was actually with another man.
Situ Yao hadn't realized how jealous he was yet. He frowned and looked at Luo Wuchen, "Who is he?"
"He is the talented man from Luoyang, Luo Wuchen, whom you mentioned before." Su Mengyan explained absentmindedly.
She hadn't recovered from Situ Yao's embrace yet. He had held her so tightly, as if he was afraid she would disappear. Was this really just ordinary concern, with no other feelings? Or was she being too sentimental?
Su Mengyan's mind was a mess. On one hand, she thought this was impossible, but on the other hand, she was suspicious of Situ Yao's various suspicious behaviors.
When she came back to her senses, Situ Yao and Luo Wuchen had already gone in, leaving her alone in the cold wind to think.
Su Mengyan looked at their backs and thought, she must be overthinking it. She had no talent or looks. In Situ Yao's heart, even Luo Wuchen, whom he had just met, was more important than her. How could he possibly like her? It was completely impossible.
Su Mengyan sat in a chair in a daze, and didn't hear clearly what Situ Yao and the others said.
Luo Wuchen told her about how he had accidentally sent Su Mengyan back. Situ Yao glanced at Su Mengyan, who was distracted, and said possessively, "Thank you, Master Luo."
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