Chapter 105: You care about others, but not me

The two men, each riding a horse and carrying their luggage, lined up to leave the city.

Seeing that it was their turn soon, Chu Ran took out the token to leave the city and was about to hand it to the guard at the city gate when suddenly someone ran over and bumped into Chu Ran. The token in Chu Ran's hand accidentally fell to the ground and he quickly bent down to pick it up. Just as he bent down, he noticed out of the corner of his eye that Xing Ji, who had been following him, was missing.

Chu Ran stood up and turned his head to look around. At this moment, someone approached Chu Ran and whispered something behind him.

Chu Ran turned around and looked at the man behind him who was wearing a wide hat, with his head lowered and half of his face hidden in the hat.

Chu Ran hesitated for a while, then followed the man to a locust tree.

The man lifted his hat a little, and Chu Ran's eyes suddenly lit up, "Jin..."

He swallowed the remaining words unconsciously.

It was Jin Yuan! It was actually the Jin Yuan next to Li Fu!

Jin Yuan is here, does that mean Li Fu is here too!

His silent heart seemed to come back to life, beating violently again. Chu Ran opened his mouth and managed to utter a few words after a long while, "Where is the prince?"

Jin Yuan observed the movements around him and made sure that no one was looking in this direction before he said, "Follow me."

Chu Ran nodded and immediately followed Jin Yuan.

Jin Yuan led Chu Ran to a mansion. Chu Ran looked up and saw that it was the mansion of Zhongshu Ling Shen Minghan.

Chu Ran was silent for a moment, then followed Jin Yuan into the mansion.

Along the way, Jin Yuan seemed to be avoiding people intentionally, walking on small paths where no one passed by. After a while, Jin Yuan took Chu Ran into a more secluded courtyard in the mansion, and stopped at the door of one of the rooms. He reached out to push the door open, motioning Chu Ran to go in.

There were no windows in the house, so it was dark inside even during the day.

After Chu Ran entered the house, the door behind him was closed. Chu Ran turned his head to take a look, hesitated for a moment, and continued to walk inside.

Just as Chu Ran stepped over the threshold and entered the inner room, a familiar deep voice said from behind: "Chu Ran."

Chu Ran's body froze, his feet seemed to be nailed to the spot, but his ears became extremely sensitive at this moment. The man was slowly approaching him, until a tall and straight figure came up from behind, and the strong arms tightly wrapped around Chu Ran's slender waist.

Real breathing was right next to his ears. Li Fu was like a lazy big cat, slowly stroking Chu Ran's slender and white neck.

The blood rushing through the blood vessels solidified for a moment, and then surged at an uncontrollable speed.

Chu Ran turned around abruptly and hugged Li Fu back tightly.

After so many days of anxiety, I finally received gentle comfort at this moment.

Li Fu lowered his head and gently stroked Chu Ran's tense back, which also made Chu Ran's chaotic and rapid breathing gradually become smooth.

The two of them hugged each other quietly in the dark for a long time. Only when Chu Ran calmed down completely did he push Li Fu away.

But what followed was uncontrollable anger.

He gritted his teeth and kicked Li Fu's leg. Li Fu staggered back two steps. After he stood up, he heard Chu Ran scolding him: "You are a dead man! If you are not dead, why don't you send a message back!"

He was so worried that he actually thought Li Fu was dead!

"I wanted to send a message, too." Li Fu explained aggrievedly, "but after estimating the time it would take to send a message back and forth, it would probably take me only a few days to get to the capital, so I thought it would be better to come back and explain it to you in person."

It seemed to be true, but even so, Chu Ran was still very unhappy.

After all, his worry was real, his fear was real, and his fear that Li Fu would die and he would never see Li Fu again was even more real.

But before Chu Ran could attack again, Li Fu asked, "So what are you and Uncle Xing doing out of town?"

"Didn't Uncle Xing tell you?"

Li Fu shook his head, "I'll have someone take Uncle Xing back first."

"Oh." Chu Ran pretended nothing happened, "I'm taking Uncle Xing out to play. Today is a nice day, perfect for an outing."

Li Fu chuckled, "Why bring so much luggage when you go out to play?"

Chu Ran glared at him: "I am willing to take so much luggage to go out for fun, what's the matter, do you have any opinion?"

Li Fu continued to laugh.

After not seeing each other for more than half a year, Chu Ran felt that Li Fu seemed to be getting sicker and sicker. What are you laughing at? I don't know what's so funny.

But what Chu Ran didn't know was that Li Fu liked him like this, it was too vivid, so vivid that it made Li Fu feel that all his efforts over the years were not really in vain.

However, Chu Ran's temper came and went quickly. He soon realized that as Li Fu's boyfriend, he should not get angry over such a trivial matter. He should have a heart as broad as the sea, enough to accommodate everything.

"I'm not blaming you." Chu Ran patted Li Fu's shoulder and said earnestly, "I was just too worried about you. Please don't make me worry like this in the future, okay?"

Li Fu raised his eyebrows. He felt that Chu Ran seemed to have put himself in a strange role. However, Li Fu still nodded in cooperation, "Okay."

After saying that, Li Fu hugged Chu Ran again and rubbed his neck like a large cat.

Chu Ran patted Li Fu's back soothingly, thinking helplessly, why is he so clingy?

Suddenly someone knocked on the door. When there was no response from inside, the person pushed the door open.

Chu Ran had already separated from Li Fu. He looked at the girl who suddenly came in, and the girl was staring at him at the same time.

"Who is he?" The girl turned her gaze to Li Fu and frowned slightly.

Li Fu's eyes were gloomy and he looked a little unhappy.

Just then, Jin Yuan came in from outside. Li Fu looked at Jin Yuan with a questioning look. Jin Yuan opened his mouth to explain, but heard the woman say, "It has nothing to do with him. I insisted on coming in."

Li Fu said: "I didn't let you in."

"I know." The woman found a chair and sat down, crossing her legs. There happened to be oranges on the table. The woman picked up an orange casually and tossed it back and forth in her hands, her eyes naturally falling on Chu Ran, "You are the one who came all the way to write a letter to Li Fu, right?"

The correspondence between Chu Ran and Li Fu was a secret between the two of them. Chu Ran didn't understand how she knew it.

Chu Ran looked at Li Fu, his eyes inexplicably fierce.

The woman looked between the two men and said, "Don't misunderstand me. Li Fu didn't tell me that. I saw it by accident."

After a pause, she continued, "But don't worry, Li Fu is very cautious about this matter, and no one knows what is written on it."

"If you have nothing else, get out." Li Fu said with a frown.

"Okay, I'll leave now." The woman threw the orange back into the plate, stood up, and said nonchalantly, "Everyone has seen it, so I'll just leave."

After saying that, she went out.

Although he didn't understand what the relationship between this woman and Li Fu was, Li Fu's attitude towards her did not seem friendly.

After the woman left, Chu Ran asked, "Who is she?"

"Qin Nianwei, uncle's biological daughter."

"Oh." Chu Ran thought for a moment and said, "But why did I hear before that the King of Dingbei never married?"

"Yes, he has no wife, but he has a daughter. I don't know who gave birth to her. My uncle doesn't pay much attention to her. When she was a little older, she hung out with the men in the barracks. She was very annoying."

Seeing Li Fu's disgusted look, Chu Ran frowned and said, "Don't say that. After all, she is still a girl. It would be so sad if others heard it."

"No." Li Fu sneered, "She doesn't look like a girl at all."

"That's not good either."

Maybe it's because he was taught to give in to girls since he was a child, so Chu Ran has always been more tolerant of girls than boys. After all, some girls are indeed more delicate and sensitive than boys, so you need to be especially careful when you speak.

But Chu Ran's words made Li Fu feel a little uneasy.

"You care about others, but you don't care about me. You kicked me so hard just now, it still hurts."