Chapter 31 Unexpectedly, Liu Qingyue…
Unexpectedly, after hearing Qin Ren's words, Liu Qingyue's face flushed red and then turned pale. It was unclear what he was imagining, but as if he had suddenly made up his mind, he suddenly took off his clothes with red eyes.
Liu Qingyue: "Fine, I'll take it off. It's not like you haven't seen it before."
He put on a show of feigned composure, but his hands were trembling as he took off his clothes.
Liu Qingyue deliberately undressed very slowly and deliberately, hoping that Qin Ren would soften his heart and let her go.
But since it concerned Qin Ren's life, Qin Ren, who usually spoiled him, seemed unusually cold-hearted today.
Seeing this, Liu Qingyue gritted her teeth and actually took off her clothes one by one.
Qin Ren still didn't look closely, regardless of whether the other person was male, female, or anything else. In his eyes, they were all just a teenager. He didn't want to stare at their body too closely, so he only glanced at them before quickly looking away.
Seeing this, a hint of smugness flashed in Liu Qingyue's eyes, and she immediately began to put on her clothes.
Liu Qingyue, her face flushed, said, "Did you see clearly? I am a man."
Qin Ren lowered his dark eyes and couldn't help but remind him, "I'll be able to learn the language of Da Yong soon, so you'd better not be hiding anything."
Otherwise... it will be Liu Qingyue herself who will be unable to handle the situation.
Liu Qingyue felt panicked upon hearing this, but she still stubbornly held on.
He knew that Qin Ren would eventually discover he was a bro.
As for why he would take off his clothes here today even though he knew Qin Ren would find out, it's because he had his own agenda.
What he didn't tell Qin Ren was that when he was escorted to the Liu family by the guards...
Seeing his mismatched clothes, his grandmother felt ashamed that he had been lost and began to consider marrying him off as soon as possible.
Also because he had been lost before, the Liu family was afraid that this matter would come to light in the future, and his in-laws would resent the Liu family because of it. The Liu family wanted to marry him off to someone else.
The former Liu Qingyue didn't even look down on the dignified Fourth Prince, so how could he be willing to marry her?
Moreover, it was someone he had never met before, someone whose height, weight, or build he didn't even know.
In Liu Qingyue's opinion, it's better to marry someone who doesn't know what's good for him than to marry someone who doesn't appreciate kindness.
Perhaps... he should find himself a husband.
Yes, he thought Qin Ren was pretty good.
Everyone else thought Qin Ren had a bad face and was very ugly.
Only Liu Qingyue knew that Qin Ren was not ugly at all.
Because when he came to see Qin Ren these past two days, he found a photo album in Qin Ren's cabinet.
Liu Qingyue had seen a photo of Qin Ren's grandfather. When she first saw such a lifelike portrait, she was startled by the photo.
Qin Ren later told him that it was a photograph.
The person in the photo will look very similar to the real person, and it will look very realistic.
At that time, he also inquired whether the Qin family had any photos of Qin Ren.
Qin Ren has photos of himself on his phone, and there are also photos of him from childhood to adulthood at home.
However, for reasons unknown, Qin Ren did not find it to show Liu Qingyue.
It was precisely because of this that Liu Qingyue only learned Qin Ren's true appearance in the last two days.
Qin Ren was very handsome; he was considered one of the best-looking kids in his village since he was a child.
He has thick eyebrows, bright black eyes, a high nose bridge, and somewhat deep-set features; he is a typical handsome man with striking features.
Previously, when Qin Ren sold his house and became penniless.
Many people in the village say that even without a house, there would still be women willing to marry Qin Ren.
The world is different now. Many successful women are very wealthy. Qin Ren can make a living entirely based on his looks. In any case, he will never starve to death.
Qin Ren was indeed very good-looking, as he was described as handsome by everyone in the village, young and old.
Qin Ren's good looks aren't the kind that are delicate and pretty, but rather the kind that are spirited, dashing, and irresistibly handsome.
After seeing Qin Ren's true appearance, Liu Qingyue started to make her own plans.
Liu Qingyue wasn't as naive and innocent as he seemed; he was a young master who grew up in a wealthy, secluded family. If he were truly naive and innocent, he wouldn't have been able to live peacefully until he was eighteen.
He thought that since his reputation was bad now, the Liu family considered him a problem.
If he had to get married, he'd rather marry Qin Ren than marry someone of dubious character.
Coincidentally, they are both capable of time travel and are both guarding the same secret.
If he marries Qin Ren, Qin Ren will definitely treat him very well.
The only downside is that Qin Ren is a merchant.
If she marries him, she will be considered a lowly person in their society.
Knowing his younger brother Liu Qingyan's personality, once he finds out that he's going to marry a merchant, he'll definitely come over and laugh at him all the time.
As Liu Qingyue thought this, she couldn't help but let out a small sigh.
He straightened his clothes, then turned to Qin Ren beside him and said, "I've been here for quite a while now, and I have to go back now, or my family will find out."
Qin Ren nodded upon hearing this, and then went to the basement with Liu Qingyue.
Liu Qingyue arrived before him, and the ancient door was refreshed by Qin Ren to the shop that Qin Ren bought.
If Liu Qingyue goes back now, it will probably cause some trouble.
It was only at this moment that Liu Qingyue remembered that the door would be refreshed.
He and Qin Ren had always been in the same place, so it didn't matter if they traveled back and forth.
But the situation is different now. The two of them are not in the same place, so the teleportation portal will keep changing locations.
Once inside the basement, Liu Qingyue couldn't help but worry, saying, "By the way, what about the door? If you change the door, I won't be in my room anymore when I go back."
Upon hearing this, Qin Ren said to him, "It's alright, don't worry, I have a way."
Qin Ren asked Liu Qingyue to draw a rough layout of the Liu family's backyard, as well as the location of Liu Qingyue's own room.
Liu Qingyue wasn't very familiar with her eldest cousin's house, so the location she gave wasn't very specific.
Seeing this, Liu Qingyue guessed what Qin Ren was planning to do. He asked with some concern, "Are you planning to run into the Liu family by yourself?"
That would be too dangerous. If the Liu family caught us, we wouldn't be able to explain ourselves.
"I went to the Liu family's house through the back door before, and the back door isn't particularly heavily guarded. I'll go in and check things out first. If I can find your yard, I'll swipe the door to your yard. If I can't... or if I run into someone, I'll use the key to come back immediately."
"Then... you don't necessarily need to find the courtyard where I live. You just need to refresh the portal to the Liu family's place."
As long as the page refreshes at the Liu family's location, it's as if Liu Qingyue has never appeared.
Even if the Liu family found out, they would at most send him back to the courtyard and lock him up.
Hearing Liu Qingyue say this, Qin Ren felt much less pressure.
"Okay, then wait for me in the passage. I should be back soon."
After Qin Ren finished speaking, he stepped into the passage. He came out of his shop and headed straight for the alley behind the Liu family's house.
The street he was on wasn't far from the Liu family's house.
Qin Ren walked quickly and soon arrived at the alley behind the Liu family's house.
Not many people use the back gate of the Liu family's residence; only some servants responsible for purchasing supplies use it.
The servants responsible for purchasing mostly came and went in the morning or early evening.
It was around one or two in the afternoon, and there were hardly any people in this alley.
Qin Ren observed for a while and did not actually go in through the back door.
He walked along the alley for a while, then nimbly climbed over the wall using a tree by the roadside.
Qin Ren observed the area from above and, finding no one there, lightly leaped off the wall.
Qin Ren then wanted to go to the backyard, but he saw two guards patrolling nearby, so he had no choice but to choose the nearest door to enter the passage.
After Qin Ren returned, Liu Qingyue immediately went back through the door he had changed.
When Liu Qingyue returned, she told Qin Ren, "I'll come back to see you tonight."
In fact, Qin Ren felt that with the door hanging in hand, it wouldn't be difficult for him to find Liu Qingyue's courtyard.
It's just that it's too bright now, which makes it a little inconvenient for him to move around.
After watching Liu Qingyue leave the passage, Qin Ren went to tidy up the things in the courtyard.
He has bought a lot of things in the past month or so.
There were packages he ordered online, things he bought in the county, and weapons he asked someone to get for him.
There were so many miscellaneous things that his yard was almost full.
Qin Ren packed his things, originally planning to sell the gold he had today.
He has already spent a significant portion of the more than 300,000 yuan he previously cashed out.
Now that they have settled down in Yuyang Prefecture, he keeps some gold and silver in reserve, and plans to cash in the rest.
But since Liu Qingyue had just said that he would come to see him again tonight, Qin Ren didn't rush to go out.
He tidied up the yard first, and then went to Liu Qingyue's room to air out his quilt.
He even left a small opening in the plot of land where he planted the flowers, just big enough to dry a quilt.
Then, as he went to get the blanket, he suddenly discovered that the family photo album had been taken out.
Qin Ren looked at the photo album on the bed and wondered if Liu Qingyue had taken it out.
He opened the photo album, flipped through it casually, and without giving it much thought, simply placed it on the table next to him.
He had never asked Liu Qingyue not to touch his things, so Qin Ren didn't care much about the photo album being turned over.
That evening, Liu Qingyue came over with her hair down.
He hadn't thought the passage was very far before, but now that he was walking back and forth like this, he suddenly realized that the passage was quite far.
When Liu Qingyue arrived, Qin Ren had already turned on the basement lights.
Seeing this, Liu Qingyue smiled, smoothed her long hair, and walked out with happy steps.
As soon as Qin Ren saw Liu Qingyue, he asked, "How is it? Your family hasn't suspected anything, has they?"
Liu Qingyue had just stepped out of the door in the afternoon when she was caught by two guards from the Liu family.
When Qin Ren entered the Liu family courtyard, one of the two guards vaguely saw a shadowy figure.
However, because Qin Ren left so decisively and quickly, he didn't have time to see the specific situation clearly.
Furthermore, Liu Qingyue then emerged from that direction, leading the guard to believe that the figure he had seen was their young master, Yue.
Just as Liu Qingyue had predicted, seeing her run out of the locked courtyard, the Liu family had no choice but to lock her up again.
Now, Minister Liu and his nephew have more important things to do. Besides, it wasn't his fault that Liu Qingyue got lost. Logically, if anyone should be blamed, it should be Minister Liu.
Furthermore... they still want to use Liu Qingyue's face to bring more benefits to the Liu family in the future, so naturally they wouldn't be willing to do anything to him now.
The worst consequence would be to keep him locked up and prevent him from running around.
Liu Qingyue: "No one suspected anything about the door. They were just wondering how I got out. They thought the two servants hadn't been watching me properly, so they replaced them with two more people."
"Won't those two servants find it strange?"
“They probably didn’t suspect anything, because they weren’t watching me the whole time. Sometimes they had to take turns, or go to the toilet, so they weren’t there all the time.”
At this point, Liu Qingyue said with a hint of helplessness, "Then what will you do when you go back?"
Qin Ren: "I won't be going back for the time being. Behave well these next few days and try to stay out of your room as much as possible."
Being constantly confined isn't a good thing; after all, people can become depressed if they don't get out for a long time.
Liu Qingyue nodded, agreeing that she really couldn't stay locked up any longer.
"I'll try to go out for a couple of days. I'll refresh the door to the back door so it'll be easier for you when you go back."
If he could push the door open from the back door, Qin Ren would be able to appear in the alley outside the back door when he returned.
Liu Qingyue: "Do you have anything fun here? I've been stuck at home for the past few days, and I'm really bored by myself."
Qin Ren: "They're all in the yard, you can play around with them yourself."
Liu Qingyue was delighted to hear this, but still politely asked again, "Can I see everything?"
"See? As long as you don't damage it intentionally, it's fine."
After all, they're meant to be sold for money.
Having made up her mind, Liu Qingyue didn't stand on ceremony with Qin Ren.
The things Qin Ren bought, which were not afraid of wind or moisture, were simply left in the yard.
He carefully brought some animals that were afraid of wind, rain, and sun into the house.
Qin Ren: "I'm going out tomorrow and probably won't be back for several days. If you need anything, just get it from home."
Liu Qingyue: "Where are you going?"
Qin Ren: "Exchange what you've saved for money."
Liu Qingyue: "By the way, how much silver did my eldest cousin give you?"
"One hundred taels of silver, plus an identity document."
Liu Qingyue frowned upon hearing this. "Why are you being so stingy? Fine, if they don't want to give it to you, I'll give you this instead."
As Liu Qingyue said this, she took off a pair of jade bracelets from her wrist.
His father gave it to him yesterday afternoon, but he didn't really like it.
He had worn much nicer jewelry before, and he wouldn't even look at this kind of jewelry.
In addition, his father had been very strict with him these past few days, and he felt that his father, like his grandmother, thought that if he had made a mistake, he would have disgraced the Liu family. As a result, his relationship with his father had become inexplicably distant.
Seeing this, Qin Ren said to him, "The gift your family gave is enough, because that identity document is very important."
Liu Qingyue: "Then... consider these jade bracelets as payment from me. That way, if I come to get anything in the future, you won't mistake me for a thief."
Qin Ren knew from his words that he was holding a grudge from their first meeting.
He was a little dumbfounded, but he didn't bother to argue with him.
"Alright then, your jade bracelets are priceless. If you give them to me, you can take anything here from now on."
Paying in full at once means that Liu Qingyue won't need to inform Qin Ren about what she wants.
Liu Qingyue: "We have a deal, okay? Even if I take something very important from you in the future, you can't be angry with me."
Qin Ren blinked, sensing there was something more to Liu Qingyue's words. But when he looked up, Liu Qingyue was playing like a child, and he thought perhaps he was just overthinking things.
To prevent Liu Qingyue from foolishly taking all his belongings to play with, Qin Ren went into the room and took out his phone and ID card.
"You can't take these two; I still need them."
"I understand, I have no use for those two things."
Although Liu Qingyue was indeed quite curious about that thing called a cell phone, she naturally wouldn't take it since Qin Ren had said not to.
After the two finished talking, Qin Ren went to attend to his business, while Liu Qingyue, with her hands behind her back, began to patrol the courtyard.
To Liu Qingyue, many things on Qin Ren's side were strange and unusual.
So no matter what it is, he can hold it and play with it as a toy for a long time.
For example, right now, he's playing with a small solar-powered lamp.
These little lights are cute cartoon lights.
It has a small rabbit head and a soft lamp body.
It lights up when you squeeze it, and the light changes color when you squeeze it again.
If it runs out of power, you can charge it in the sun.
Liu Qingyue played with the little lamp for a long time, and then she found a very strange toy car in a box.
Liu Qingyue pushed it out and ran to ask Qin Ren what it was.
The toy car was bought by Qin Ren for the grandson of an uncle in the village.
He was careless when he was buying things; he accidentally clicked twice and ended up buying two items.
He had already given away the other one, and he planned to keep this one to give to other children in the village who were having birthdays in the future.
The toy car was quite large, and it had a cool convertible sports car design. Qin Ren didn't have anywhere to put it, so he just placed it in the yard.
Seeing that Liu Qingyue was very curious, Qin Ren suddenly had a wicked idea. He picked Liu Qingyue up and put her in the car.
When Liu Qingyue was picked up, he was startled. Immediately, he felt his face burning and his heart pounding.
Fortunately, Qin Ren only hugged him and didn't intend to do anything to him.
Liu Qingyue's attention was quickly drawn to the car.
What is this?
"Toy car".
"Playing with toy cars?"
"It's a car for fun."
As Qin Ren said this, he turned on the car's power, taught Liu Qingyue how to drive, and then watched with a smile as Liu Qingyue played by herself.
He originally intended to tease Liu Qingyue, but he didn't expect Liu Qingyue to actually take it to heart.
Liu Qingyue wasn't short, but because he was very thin and had a small frame, he didn't feel particularly cramped sitting inside.
This children's toy car is quite well-made.
When Qin Ren was buying the car, he noticed that many adults had taken test drive videos.
There was a burly man, about 1.8 meters tall, who was driving the car while holding his child.
Even with such a large man on the bus, the car wasn't damaged and could still be driven very fast, which shows that the car is of good quality.
It was Liu Qingyue's first time driving, and she was a bit unfamiliar with the road, driving like a road hazard.
Because he was driving his car and crashing into things, he not only hit Qin Ren's car, but also his grandfather's old man's car.
Liu Qingyue was a little scared when she first bumped into someone.
Later, when they found out he wasn't in pain, Qin Ren didn't blame him, so he just had a blast.
As Liu Qingyue drove recklessly, she said, "This is fun, this is fun, I want to take it back."
Qin Ren couldn't help but pour cold water on his enthusiasm, saying, "Your father might not let you play."
The person who saved him was now being targeted for murder by the other party, who wanted to ruin his reputation.
If Liu Qingyue were to bring this thing back, the other party would not only refuse to let her play with it, but might even become suspicious.
Upon hearing this, Liu Qingyue clearly had also thought of this point.
He pouted slightly in disappointment, "Alright then, I won't take it back. But you have to give this to me; you can't sell it."
Qin Ren: "It wasn't originally for sale."
"I'll be coming here often in the future."
"All right."
After playing for a while, Liu Qingyue reluctantly got out of the car.
Seemingly worried that someone else would take the car, he pushed it into a corner and covered it with a dark cloth.
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Author's note: I fixed a bug related to doors.
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