As night fell, Zu'an was in his room with a headache. Zhang Ji had come to see him again, and her eyes, which were practically brimming with tears, were really unbearable for him.
Objectively speaking, no man would refuse such a thing, but he knew he wasn't really the Duke of Yunzhong, so he had to find an excuse to send her away.
Fortunately, we've already overcome that hurdle; the real headache now is what to do next.
You should know that even Liu Ji and Chu Ji have been looking at him strangely these days. The Duke's mansion is only so big. Now that he has returned, in order to win people's hearts, he has to show his face everywhere. Everyone will see each other all the time.
Chu Ji would lower her head and blush every time she saw him, and Liu Ji would also look away guiltily, lacking her usual enthusiasm and boldness.
The two women wanted to say something to him several times, but in the end they only opened their mouths and then left with blushing faces.
Zuan knew the complex feelings they were experiencing, and so did he.
If you live in the mansion long-term, wouldn't you have to endure this kind of torment every day?
Just as he was feeling agitated, there was a knock on the door.
His heart skipped a beat. Everyone says that widows are most afraid of knocking on the door in the middle of the night. Why is he now feeling so anxious?
Who is it?
"It's me."
A gentle and melodious voice came, like a breeze rustling willows in spring, or like crystal-clear honey, instantly calming his restless heart.
Zuan breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly went to open the door.
Yu Yanluo stood outside the door, wearing a white cloak today. The snow-white, fluffy shawl at the neckline added a touch of delicate charm to her noble and elegant demeanor.
"What's wrong? You look like you're facing a formidable enemy?" Seeing his expression, Yu Yanluo smiled.
Zuan couldn't help but glance at her sideways: "You still have the nerve to laugh? I really can't stand staying in this Duke's mansion anymore."
"The fact that you have such thoughts is enough to prove that you are a gentleman, otherwise you should be enjoying this kind of life." Yu Yanluo entered the room, closed the door behind her, and subconsciously blew on her palms as if to make them a little warmer.
Seeing how sensitive she was to the cold, Zu'an didn't say anything more: "Did you use the heat packs I gave you before?"
It's snowing heavily outside tonight. Usually, she sleeps in a house with underfloor heating in this kind of weather. She actually came here today despite the cold. I wonder if something's wrong.
It is said that Yu Yanluo is the woman he has ever met who is most afraid of the cold. Even when Chu Yan suffered a backlash from using a forbidden move, she was not as extreme as Yu Yanluo.
But everything about her body seemed normal, and she didn't appear to be injured, which was really strange.
“I put a few patches on my undergarments, on my lower abdomen…” Yu Yanluo answered subconsciously, but her expression froze halfway through her sentence. She thought to herself, “Why did I tell him all these private things?” “Ahem, I came here today to tell you that you have performed very well these days and have successfully confused Jian Taiding and Uncle Ming.”
"The two of them hid in the house and discussed things for a long time today. If I'm not mistaken, they might act the way we want in the next couple of days."
"That's good." Zu'an smiled. He could understand it. Anyone would be terrified to see the person they killed come back to life, and after verifying with multiple sources that the person was not an imposter.
Suddenly, the smile on his face froze. Yu Yanluo noticed and asked, "What's wrong?"
"Speak of the devil, and he appears. I didn't expect them to be so impatient; it seems they've already set off," Zu'an said in a deep voice.
Yu Yanluo wondered who Cao Cao was, but now was not the time to concern herself with such trivial matters. She hurriedly opened the window and looked in the direction of Jian Taiding's courtyard in the distance, but unfortunately she could not see anything: "How did you know?"
She had also arranged for spies to keep an eye on things, but before any news even came from the other side, Zu'an found out first.
"I have my own methods. There's no time to explain. They've already left the Duke's mansion walls. Should we call some people to chase after them?" These days, Zuan has used the jade cong to gather a bunch of animal spies in the Duke's mansion. No matter how careful these people are, how could they know that the nearby animals are surveillance cameras?
Although Yu Yanluo is beautiful, Zu An is not the kind of person who can't resist pretty girls; he still needs to maintain his composure.
“It’s too late. By the time we’ve gathered all our men, they’ll have already disappeared,” Yu Yanluo shook her head. “Besides, their cultivation is so high. If there are too many of them, it’ll be easy to alert them. If they find out our purpose, it will be too late to fall for our tricks again.”
"With just the two of us, even if we saw something, it wouldn't be enough to serve as evidence." Zu An wasn't worried about the matter of force. Although Jian Taiding was a grandmaster, his combat strength was not inferior to Jian Taiding's. Moreover, Jian Taiding was seriously injured, and it was unknown how much of his strength he still had.
As for Uncle Ming, he is indeed quite strong, but he can't affect the overall situation.
After all, there's still Yu Yanluo here; even she herself suffered greatly from her ability to create a world within a painting.
“It’s alright, I have this.” As Yu Yanluo spoke, she took out a smooth and translucent stone from her storage bag. “With this audio-visual stone, we can record everything that happens on the scene, leaving them no room to deny it.”
Zuan immediately understood. Although the audio-visual stone was expensive and rare, Yu Yanluo's family was in charge of the jade business and was extremely wealthy. It would be strange if they didn't have this thing.
After they finished discussing, the two quickly followed each other out.
Because wearing a cloak makes movement inconvenient and makes one an obvious target who is easily exposed.
Yu Yanluo left the cloak in Zu'an's room. The clothes underneath were neither a skirt nor a dress, and although she was dressed thickly for winter, they still couldn't hide her stunning figure.
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