Chapter 30. He saw the bracelet and knew...
He saw the bracelet and knew that Qin Ren had brought more than one bracelet; Qin Ren must have brought many other things with him.
However, he couldn't ask directly in front of others, so he could only choose a more tactful approach.
Fortunately, Qin Ren was very clever and immediately guessed what he wanted to say.
Qin Ren: "Those all need to be sold for money."
Liu Qingyue immediately became unhappy, "I know, would I not give you the money?"
His father was the Minister of Rites, and his elder brother was the top scholar in the imperial examination. How could his family be short of money?
Qin Ren: "That's not what I meant. I meant... you don't need to spend money to buy these things from me. If you want anything, you can just tell me."
When Qin Ren bought things before, he told Liu Qingyue that he could just tell her what he wanted.
But at that time, Liu Qingyue didn't know what he wanted, so she only asked for two hairpins.
Seeing that Liu Qingyue was looking at him with dissatisfaction, Qin Ren still showed her his backpack when they stopped to rest later.
Liu Qingyue rummaged through the contents, her big eyes sparkling the whole time.
Liu Qingyue rolled her eyes at Qin Ren and said, "Your backpack is so big and heavy, why don't you just put it in my car? When you want to sell something, you can come and ask me for it then."
Qin Ren was both amused and exasperated upon hearing this. Everyone present understood what this little rascal was up to.
Guard A and Guard B remained silent; they wouldn't speak unless their third young master was at a disadvantage.
Shen Wanying wanted to say something, but considering that Liu Qingyue was the son of the Minister, he could only look at Qin Ren with pity.
Qin Ren wasn't worried about being taken advantage of, just as he had said before, Liu Qingyue was his cash cow.
Liu Qingyue would never let him suffer a loss. Even if he really wanted something from Qin Ren, he would eventually spend money to buy it from Qin Ren.
Qin Ren was somewhat surprised that Liu Qingyue had such a personality.
She's a bit... spoiled, a bit arrogant, and a bit willful.
Looking at it this way, Liu Qingyue isn't so stupid after all.
Before he met his family, he was quite cautious around Qin Ren.
Now that he has family backing him up, his true character has been revealed.
However... Qin Ren didn't find it annoying, because Liu Qingyue's willfulness was well-measured and far from Qin Ren's trigger point.
Qin Ren: "Alright, then you can keep that for now."
When Liu Qingyue saw that Qin Ren had agreed, she was immediately overjoyed.
He dragged Qin Ren's large bag onto the carriage and then became engrossed in picking through it.
When he found the two pepper sprays, he called Qin Ren over and asked him what they were.
"This is pepper spray, it's used for self-defense."
Qin Ren seemed worried that he wouldn't know how to use it, so he took one of the bottles from him.
He demonstrated it to Liu Qingyue, "You can't point this at yourself because it contains pepper spray and the like. If you encounter danger and don't have a stun gun, you can use it on others. This won't knock someone out; it will only make them cough, sneeze, or hurt their eyes. It can be used on some petty thugs, but if you encounter a vicious criminal, your stun gun will be much more effective."
"Okay, I understand."
Liu Qingyue carefully put away the two bottles of pepper spray.
Then he held up a fake flower hair clip and asked, "How much is this? I want to buy one for my mother."
He knew Qin Ren wanted to make money, so he assumed these things would be very expensive, which is why he said he only needed to buy one.
He had no money left; the money he had spent recently came from those two guards.
They were out looking for someone, and they didn't have much money on them.
They had spent a lot of money buying horses and staying at inns along the way, and they didn't have much silver left.
Qin Ren: "Give me half a tael of silver."
Because Qin Ren used to sell things at exorbitant prices.
At this moment, Liu Qingyue was quite unaccustomed to the fact that this artificial flower hair clip was so cheap.
Liu Qingyue: "You don't need to be so polite with me, I have money."
Although the two guards didn't have much money, Liu Qingyue's father was quite wealthy.
If Qin Ren is too expensive, he can owe him the money first and pay him back when he sees his father.
Qin Ren: "The situation is different now than before. Before, the things I sold to them could save their lives, so the prices were naturally higher. Now it's more peaceful here than in the north, so the things I sell aren't life-saving items. They're just ornaments that women like, so there's no need to sell them at such high prices."
Such jewelry is not something that is in short supply, so it certainly won't fetch a good price.
Qin Ren didn't intend to make a lot of money from these ornaments.
He just wanted to sell some first to see what people in the south liked, to learn more about the local market, and then decide what to sell next.
Liu Qingyue curled the corners of her lips, "Alright then, I'll give you one tael of silver and buy two flowers from you."
As Liu Qingyue spoke, she took out one or two taels of silver from her purse.
He leaned against the car window and waved the silver in his hand toward Qin Ren.
Qin Ren didn't think anything of it and took it from her.
As Liu Qingyue approached, she lowered her voice and said to him, "If you have any good things in the future, you must show them to me first. If I don't like them, you can sell them. After I see my father, I will have lots and lots of money, and I will definitely not treat you unfairly then."
Qin Ren nodded upon hearing this, "Then... I must thank Young Master Liu for patronizing my business."
Upon hearing his words, Liu Qingyue couldn't help but secretly smile.
He then noticed that both guards were looking in his direction, so he quickly lowered the curtain and retreated back into the carriage.
They traveled for nearly a month before finally arriving at the so-called Yuyang Prefecture.
This was even though they were traveling by carriage and didn't get much rest.
If they didn't have a carriage and didn't know the way well, they would probably have been delayed even longer on their journey.
During the more than one month of travel, Qin Ren would go back every now and then.
One reason was to contact his relatives and friends in that world, so they wouldn't worry if they couldn't find him;
Secondly, he can't always be "traveling" outside; he has to go back home occasionally to show his face.
Once everyone confirmed that he was alright and his injuries had fully healed, they stopped paying as much attention to him as before.
Only a few people who were close to Qin Ren would occasionally contact him.
To prevent them from looking for him again, Qin Ren told them that he had found a part-time job in the city, which meant that he couldn't stay at his hometown often, and it wasn't surprising that they couldn't find him at his house.
When everyone heard that Qin Ren had found a part-time job, many people breathed a sigh of relief.
In their view, young people should find a job.
If you don't work, where will you get money?
How can I buy a house if I don't have money?
How can I find a wife if I don't buy a house?
The house wasn't bought for my wife; it's mainly for our future children.
These days, you need a house in a good school district to get a child. If you want to have a child without owning a house, it's really unfair to the child.
After resolving the concerns of his hometown people, Qin Ren settled down and stayed in ancient times with peace of mind.
Yuyang Prefecture is located near the South China Sea.
Liu Qingyue's eldest cousin was the prefect of Yuyang Prefecture. Liu Qingyue's eldest cousin's family and grandmother all lived in Yuyang Prefecture. Coming to Yuyang Prefecture was equivalent to coming to the Liu family's territory.
After Qin Ren and Shen Wanying arrived at Yu Yang's residence, they parted ways with Liu Qingyue.
Liu Qingyue is a male, so it's inconvenient for him to bring two men back with him.
Currently, no one in the entire Yuyang Prefecture knows that the third young master of the second branch of the Liu family has gone missing.
For the sake of Liu Qingyue's reputation, they parted ways as soon as they entered Yu Yang's residence.
Of course, Qin Ren was unaware that Liu Qingyue was a boy.
His Nang Mandarin is quite rudimentary; he mainly learned it by haggling with people while doing business.
As for topics like women and boys, he hadn't had much contact with them in his daily life, so naturally he hadn't learned much about them.
He didn't think much about his separation from Liu Qingyue, assuming that his family had many rules.
Compared to these ancient people who had many rules and etiquette, Qin Ren felt that he was just a roughneck.
Qin Ren and Shen Wanying stayed at an inn in Yuyang Prefecture for three days. Finally, on the morning of the fourth day, they were picked up from the back door by the Liu family and taken to the prefect's house.
As she entered through the back door, Shen Wanying couldn't help but mutter to herself.
"Even if the Third Young Master is a boy, for the sake of his reputation, surely they wouldn't go so far as to... make us use their connections?"
They parted ways with Liu Qingyue as soon as they entered Yu Yang's residence.
Shen Wanying felt that even if they entered the prefect's house through the front gate, outsiders would not associate it with the third young master.
But that's just how cautious they are... to the point that it's almost unfair to their benefactor, Qin Ren.
Qin Ren didn't hear Shen Wanying's mutterings clearly, but he also felt that the Liu family's rules were a bit too strict.
However, upon further reflection, he realized that he probably wouldn't have much contact with them in the future. The main reason he came here was to see Liu Qingyue and, incidentally, to instruct her to keep the secret of the passageway a secret.
Actually, they had already discussed the matter of the passageway on the way.
Liu Qingyue would not tell anyone about crossing the passage, including her father, mother, and brother.
Ancient times were not as good as modern times; even wealthy and powerful families had their share of unsavory dealings.
As a male disciple, Liu Qingyue wanted to keep the passage as his last trump card, so he would naturally keep this secret well.
If he were to break his promise one day, Qin Ren would seal the passage completely with cement.
Anyway, Qin Ren has made a lot of money now, so if Liu Qingyue tells others the secret...
Qin Ren will immediately leave the ancient world, and from then on, he will have no further connection with Qin Ren.
Qin Ren does love money, but no matter how much he loves money, it's not as much as he loves his life.
Because money can be earned back. But if you lose your life, you truly have nothing left.
...
Liu Qingyue's eldest cousin is named Liu Yushen.
The other party was much older than Liu Qingyue. According to Liu Qingyue, he was rather old-fashioned, but he treated Liu Qingyue quite well.
When they were children, Liu Qingyan, who liked to compare herself to Liu Qingyue, was scolded many times because of Liu Qingyue.
Liu Qingyan is Liu Qingyue's younger brother born out of wedlock, and the youngest son of the second branch of the Liu family.
Because of his young age and being a boy, he was also very favored by Liu Qingyue's father.
However, Liu Qingyue had a very bad relationship with him. When they were children, he even caused Liu Qingyue to fall into the water. It would not be an exaggeration to say that the two of them were irreconcilable.
Qin Ren thought that once he came to the Liu family, he would be able to see Liu Qingyue.
But he was soon disappointed. He did not see Liu Qingyue here, nor did he see Liu Qingyue's father. He only saw Liu Qingyue's eldest cousin.
The other party came and went in a hurry, and it was unclear what urgent matter they had.
After seeing Qin Ren, he started babbling on and on.
Qin Ren only understood bits and pieces of what he heard, something about the Liu family being grateful for his kindness, so they gave him one hundred taels of silver as a thank you gift.
He also said that... he was considered a vagrant and should not have been allowed to settle here, but for Liu Qingyue's sake, he could be allowed to settle here.
By registering Qin Ren's household in Yuyang Prefecture, he would have a registered residence in ancient times and would be a legitimate resident of Dayong. Qin Ren was quite happy about this.
The other party is the prefect, so it is indeed more convenient to handle this kind of matter.
Once they received their identity documents and money, Qin Ren and Shen Wanying were sent away.
Shen Wanying was a merchant. He was very afraid of officials, as they were a traditional Chinese society.
Therefore, when Shen Wanying saw Liu Yushen, she didn't dare to raise her head to look at him.
Only after they left the Liu family's residence did Shen Wanying speak up with dissatisfaction, saying, "Who is this person? He's just an official, why does he look down on people like this?"
They kept talking about merchants, and even said that Qin Ren and Liu Qingyue were of vastly different social statuses, advising Qin Ren to have less contact with Liu Qingyue in the future.
Qin Ren didn't understand what these words were saying, so he wasn't that angry.
However, Shen Wanying, who could understand, was furious at what the other party said.
Seeing Qin Ren's expressionless face, Shen Wanying assumed that Qin Ren had not understood what she was saying.
Shen Wanying rolled up her sleeves and explained angrily, "Brother Qin, did you not understand what the prefect said? He just said... you, you, that you can no longer meet with the Third Young Master. The two of you can no longer meet."
Qin Ren didn't understand Liu Yushen's words at first, but Shen Wanting gestured and explained, and he finally understood a little.
Qin Ren waved his hand dismissively, then said in broken Da Yong dialect, "It's nothing."
His situation with Liu Qingyue was special; it wasn't something they could simply avoid meeting if they didn't want to.
If they can't meet openly, then Qin Ren will meet with Liu Qingyue in private.
Anyway, there's not much difference.
Qin Ren, holding the documents and silver, happily prepared to buy a shop.
He came to ancient times to do business, so the first thing he needed to do was buy a shop.
The shop doesn't need to be too big, because he's unsure if things will get chaotic in the south in the future.
To prevent the shop from going down the drain later, Qin Ren decided to buy a smaller shop first.
He'll need Shen Wanying's help with the shop purchase.
They spent two days buying a shop with a courtyard on a relatively remote street in the prefectural city.
The shop is less than 50 square meters, but the whole shop costs 230 taels of silver.
Given its location, such a small shop should only cost a little over a hundred taels of silver.
The reason this shop is so expensive is mainly because it not only has a small courtyard behind it, but also three fairly well-maintained houses.
Shen Wanying planned to follow Qin Ren from now on, so one of these three houses would naturally be his.
There were three rooms: one for him, one for Qin Ren, and the remaining one was used as a kitchen.
They sell things in the front and use the back for living; it looks pretty good.
After helping Qin Ren buy the shop, Shen Wanying will be leaving for a while.
He came to Yuyang Prefecture to find his relatives and escape from disaster, but all his family members had died on the way. He needed to go to the county and clan office to handle the funeral arrangements for his father and uncle before he could return to work as Qin Ren's apprentice.
Shen Wanying's ancestral home was Yuyang Prefecture. Later, he followed his father to the north to do business and settled down there with his branch of the family.
With the north in chaos, he and his family fled south.
Because his family was wealthy, he was murdered by a neighbor who was also fleeing with him.
If Shen Wanying hadn't been so cautious and suspicious, he might have been killed along with her.
On the afternoon of the day Shen Wanying left, Qin Ren returned to the modern world with his empty backpack.
When he returned, he found that Liu Qingyue had already arrived.
When Liu Qingyue saw him come out of the basement, she happily ran towards him.
"Why haven't you come back these past few days? I've come looking for you several times."
Qin Ren: "What brings you here?"
What do you think?
As soon as he returned to the Liu family, his father locked him up.
His father said it was for his own good.
Even if he said he wasn't bullied, it's still not something to be proud of that he's been missing for so long.
Also, if it weren't for Liu Qingyue's constant crying and fussing, Qin Ren might have been in danger.
Because his father wanted to kill Qin Ren and Shen Wanying to silence them.
As long as the two of them die, no one will know that the third young master of the second branch of the Liu family was ever missing, and then Liu Qingyue will truly never have been missing.
But Liu Qingyue refused, and he went to find his eldest cousin while crying.
Under the persuasion of his elder cousin, Minister Liu finally agreed to let Qin Ren go.
Of course, Liu Qingyue couldn't tell Qin Ren all about things like "brotherhood" and "reputation."
However, to warn Qin Ren, Liu Qingyue still told him about how her father had once tried to kill Qin Ren.
Qin Ren's eyes darkened after listening; he felt that Liu Qingyue was hiding something in her words.
Because he simply couldn't understand why Minister Liu would hide the fact that a young master like Liu Qingyue had gone missing.
Could it be that... Liu Qingyue is actually not a man, but a girl with a very flat chest?
Only if Liu Qingyue is a girl would her reputation be so important that Minister Liu would want to kill her to silence her.
As Qin Ren thought this, he couldn't help but start to scrutinize Liu Qingyue.
He glanced at Liu Qingyue's chest and couldn't help but recall their first encounter.
At that time, he thought Liu Qingyue was a thief, so he acted rather roughly and accidentally tore her clothes.
When he saw Liu Qingyue's long hair, he thought she was a young girl and didn't dare to look closely at her body.
The more he thought about it, the more uneasy he felt, and his gaze toward Liu Qingyue grew increasingly deep.
Liu Qingyue felt uneasy under his gaze and instinctively covered her chest, asking, "Why are you looking at me like that?"
Qin Ren looked at the hand he was using to protect his chest and asked uncertainly in a low voice, "You...you're not a woman, are you?"
Liu Qingyue: "Me? How could I possibly be a woman?"
He was a "bro," and there's a big difference between a "bro" and a woman.
"Then why did your father kill me?"
"How would I know? Anyway... he did have murderous intent before, so be careful in the meantime."
Liu Qingyue came here mainly to discuss this matter. Now that she had informed Qin Ren, she felt there was no need to stay any longer.
He hadn't been in his room the whole time, and it would be quite troublesome if the servants found out.
As Liu Qingyue was thinking this, she turned to walk towards the basement, but was stopped by Qin Ren in the next second.
Qin Ren grabbed his wrist and led him toward his room in Qin Ren's house.
Liu Qingyue struggled slightly, then asked, somewhat puzzled, "What are you doing?"
Qin Ren pulled him into the room while continuing to question him.
"Are you really not a woman?"
The strange reactions of the two guards earlier, combined with the current reaction of Liu Qingyue's father, made Qin Ren increasingly suspicious.
As for why he kept questioning whether Liu Qingyue was a woman.
Instead of suspecting that Liu Qingyue was a boy or something?
It wasn't that Qin Ren wasn't smart enough, but rather... he simply didn't have the concept of a "brother" in his mind.
It felt as if Liu Qingyue had never seen a motorcycle before, and had no concept of motorcycles in his mind.
Qin Ren had read novels, but he had never read ABO, dual-character, male-male, female-dominated, or dual-X stories.
Most of the novels he read were ordinary suspense and popular science novels; he hadn't even read many romance novels.
Because he had never seen it before, he had no similar things in his mind, so naturally he couldn't make that connection.
Therefore, the only thing Qin Ren can think of right now is that Liu Qingyue might be a woman.
Looking at the closed door, Liu Qingyue raised her head with a lack of confidence and said, "I... I'm not a woman. I swear to God, I'm really not a woman."
He's a boy, he's definitely not a woman, so he's not lying.
"Then let me ask you a different question: Are you a man?"
Liu Qingyue rolled her eyes, but still stubbornly said, "Yes, I am a man, a proper man."
Qin Ren twitched the corners of his mouth; he felt that Liu Qingyue was definitely lying.
Why would this little guy lie? He doesn't want to accidentally get himself killed because of his lies.
Thinking this, Qin Ren slightly raised his chin.
"Alright, then take off your clothes so I can properly verify your identity, and then I'll believe what you say."
Qin Ren didn't intend to bully him; it was just that ever since he met the guards of the Liu family, he had felt a strange sense of unease.
Now, upon hearing that Minister Liu wanted to kill him to silence him, he disliked the feeling that he couldn't control everything.
He wanted to know what Liu Qingyue was hiding from him, and why she was hiding it from him.
Making Liu Qingyue take off her clothes was just a way to scare him.
I wanted to see if he would reveal any weakness when he was scared.
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