Chapter 58: Unfortunately, we are on the same road

In the morning, Chu Ran was awakened by the heavy feeling in his head. He closed his eyes and frowned. After a long while, an idea flashed in Chu Ran's mind, and he quickly sat up straight.

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What time is it now?

Could it be that he was late?

Chu Ran turned around subconsciously and wanted to bend down to pick up his shoes from under the bed, but when he turned his head, he found someone lying next to him. When he looked closely, he found that the person was Li Fu. Chu Ran's brain was about to explode.

He suddenly remembered that yesterday he was drinking in the tavern with Li Fu and Uncle Xing. In order to talk less, he just buried his head in drinking. He didn't know what happened afterwards.

So what is the situation now?

What happened last night? Why did he sleep with Li Fu? Where is this place? It doesn't look like a palace.

Chu Ran's mind was full of questions, and he looked down at Li Fu.

She looked cold and unapproachable, but she was actually so well behaved when she slept. Her black hair was scattered on the pillow, half of her face was buried in the quilt, her cheeks were slightly red from sleeping, and her eyelashes were so dark and thick that they almost blocked her eyes...

Time seemed to have gone back to his childhood, when he and Li Fu were still sharing the same quilt.

Chu Ran stared at Li Fu blankly for a long time, until Li Fu suddenly opened his eyes, then Chu Ran quickly withdrew his gaze from him.

Li Fu slowly sat up from the bed, then glanced sideways at Chu Ran.

There are only two words in Chu Ran's mind right now: embarrassing, extremely embarrassing.

The most important thing is that he really doesn't remember anything about what happened last night. Chu Ran has basically never been drunk in these years. The only time he was a little drunk was six years ago. He remembered that time, he was drunk and swearing. This time, he would not be drunk and mad at Li Fu, right?

What I fear most is saying or doing something out of line to Li Fu.

Because of the previous experience, Chu Ran even wondered if he was the one who got drunk and forced Li Fu to sleep with him?

It's impossible that Li Fu took the initiative to sleep in the same bed with him.

During the years in the palace, the two most important things Chu Ran learned were to be careful with words and actions, and to be prudent with small details.

Now it has become such a big joke.

Normally he was very cautious, but when he met Li Fu, he...

If time could go back to last night, he would definitely not drink so much.

Li Fu saw Chu Ran lowering his head with a serious expression, and thought he was worried about being late, so he said, "I have already informed the palace last night, and I have also asked for a day off for you today, so don't worry too much."

Chu Ran was indeed a little worried about this, but he was more worried about something else.

"Last night... I was drunk." Chu Ran thought about it and felt that he should explain to avoid misunderstanding. "No matter what I said or did, it was not my intention. Please don't misunderstand me, my lord."

"Yes." Li Fu said, "There will be no misunderstanding."

"That's good." Chu Ran breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Thank you for taking me in last night, Prince. If...if there's nothing else, I'll take my leave first."

Chu Ran stood up and was about to pass Li Fu, but Li Fu just sat there, not moving. Chu Ran felt that passing him like this would not be a good idea, so he thought about it, and before passing him, he lowered his head and said, "Sorry for the offense."

He got out of bed barefoot, picked up one shoe and put it on while standing.

Li Fu turned his head and sat at the head of the bed to look at him.

Chu Ran staggered onto his two shoes, then turned around and searched the room for his clothes. Finally, he saw his clothes hanging on the screen next to him.

Chu Ran took a few quick steps over, tore the clothes off the screen, put them on randomly, then lowered his head and hurried out the door, looking like a client who had sex with a prostitute but didn't pay.

When he reached the door, he realized something, so he turned around and said to Li Fu, "Well... I'm leaving."

Li Fu looked at him but said nothing.

Chu Ran hesitated for a while, but turned around and left quickly.

After Chu Ran left, Li Fu sat for a while before getting up from the bed. As he lowered his head to dress himself, there were two knocks on the door. Li Fu looked towards the door, smiled, and called out, "Uncle Xing."

Xing Ji moved here with his things last night. After he woke up, he simply tidied himself up and hurried over.

Xing Ji didn't see Chu Ran, so he asked, "Where's he?"

Li Fu lowered his head to tie the belt inside his robe and said, "I left early in the morning."

Xing Ji frowned, "Why don't you invite him to have a meal?"

"I do want to stay." Li Fu laughed at himself, "but I don't think he wants to stay long."

After fastening his belt, Li Fu turned around and looked at Xing Ji, and said helplessly, "Uncle Xing, why do I feel like he treats me as a stranger now?"

Xing Ji sighed silently.

He didn't know what to say, but it seemed to be true.

Chu Ran left Li Fu's place in such a hurry that morning that he left the bag of money he brought out of the palace inside the house. The Prince Consort's Mansion was quite far from the Imperial Palace. It would take Chu Ran a whole morning to get there just by walking.

But now Chu Ran felt embarrassed to ask him to go back and find the money bag.

Thinking about what stupid thing he might have done last night, Chu Ran felt too embarrassed to face Li Fu.

Never mind. At worst I can just walk back. We have two legs for walking anyway.

After walking for a while, I happened to see a roadside stall selling steamed buns. The buns were freshly baked and still steaming. I was only focused on drinking yesterday and slept until this morning without eating anything, so my stomach was already empty.

But he touched his waist and found it empty, not a single coin.

Chu Ran couldn't help but sigh.

Never mind, just be patient and eat after returning to the palace.

Suddenly, there was the sound of a carriage's wheels rolling on the road behind him. Chu Ran turned his head and saw that it was indeed a carriage behind him. He took the initiative to move to the side of the road.

But the carriage stopped in front of Chu Ran.

Li Fu was wearing the crown prince's court robes and a purple gold hair crown on his head. He looked elegant and noble. He opened the curtain of the carriage with one hand.

We met again unexpectedly.

I don’t know if this world is too small or if it’s just a coincidence.

Suddenly seeing Li Fu again, Chu Ran laughed and said, "It turns out to be the prince, what a coincidence haha..."

"Unfortunately." Li Fu stepped down from the carriage, "I was also planning to go to the palace today, so I'm going with you."

Chu Ran was silent for a moment, "...Oh."

Li Fu walked to a roadside bun shop, took out a few copper coins from his sleeves, and took two buns from the shop owner.

Chu Ran looked at him silently and thought, it turns out he didn't eat anything in the morning?

Li Fu walked past Chu Ran with a hot bun in his hand. When he was almost in front of the carriage, Li Fu turned his head, looked at him and asked, "Are you planning to walk all the way back like this?"

Chu Ran: "Uh...ah...yes..."

Before he could even say "right", Li Fu had already boarded the carriage. He sat in the carriage, looking through the opened curtains, his brows slightly furrowed, "Why don't you get in quickly?"

So Chu Ran went up.

He just wanted to take a ride, and it wasn't his idea. It was Li Fu who suggested it, so it would be a waste not to take it.