Wang Jiugui thought he must be dreaming. He pinched his thigh hard and cried out in pain.

It doesn't seem like a dream.

But if I wasn't dreaming, how could I explain what was happening before my eyes?

But in a moment, his minions fell to the ground one after another, and the instigator stepped on the stone steps, shaking off the dust on his clothes. Feeling Wang Jiugui's gaze, she looked over, her eyes were clear, which made Wang Jiugui shudder.

He had never seen He Yan like this.

He Yan is not like this. He Yan is beautiful, mean, greedy, and loves to take advantage of others. There are countless women like this in Shuojing City. Most of them have lofty ambitions but a fragile life. The good ones can really marry into a rich family and become concubines, while the bad ones will marry an ordinary person and live a life of sorrow and resentment. He Sui raised her like a young lady. He Yan has never touched any sharp weapons in her life. Her hands are either used to play the zither or paint. At least they are not used to hit people.

But just now, Wang Jiugui personally saw the two hands clenched into a fist, and with one punch, he knocked the strong man next to him to the ground. He still remembered that He Yan had just grabbed his arm, and before his body had time to feel numb, he felt a pain in his arm and screamed. This is not a finger, it is sharper than an axe.

This woman is so scary. What kind of medicine did she take to become so strong overnight? Can she take down more than ten of them by herself?

Wang Jiugui felt like crying.

Before he could figure out how to beg for mercy next, he saw the girl walking towards him.

"Grandma, please spare my life!" Wang Jiugui blurted out as his rationality vanished. "It's my fault for not recognizing the great man. Please be magnanimous and let me go!"

"Don't give me this kind of gift in the future." He Yan said softly, "I don't like it."

"Okay, okay, okay." Wang Jiugui said "Okay" several times in a row, afraid that He Yan would not believe him, and added: "Tell me what you like, and I will buy it and give it to you... Is that okay?"

"That's not necessary. No merit, no reward." He Yan laughed, "We are all neighbors. Don't make such jokes in the future."

"Yes, yes, yes." Wang Jiugui was grateful and in tears.

"But, I have something else to ask you," she said.

After a while, He Yan left the mess behind and walked away easily, leaving behind groans everywhere. She left briskly, not knowing that after she left, someone on a floor above Zuiyu Building let go of the hand holding the fan, and the curtain covered the mess downstairs.

"When did the women in the capital become so brave and fierce?" This was a brisk voice, full of laughter and teasing, "Is this the reason why you, uncle, are so reluctant to get married?"

His words received no reply.

The man continued, "Uncle, why don't you go and find out who the girl is? If she's good, how about taking her in as your female bodyguard? At night, she can still be your sweetheart..."

With a "bang", someone's fingertips tapped the tabletop, and the tea lid on the half-filled teacup "whoosh" and accurately flew into his mouth, leaving him speechless.

"Wuwu, Wuwu——" the man made a threatening gesture unwillingly.

"If you say one more word of nonsense, I'll throw you out of here." The lazy and indifferent voice interrupted the other party's subsequent accusation.

The room became quiet.

The music of "Liu Guang" played by the strings of the zither slowly flowed through the elegant room, blocking the spring light outside the window. Tea was still being drunk, and someone muttered a little "stingy", which was soon drowned out by the sound of the zither.

…

He Yunsheng heaved a sigh of relief when he saw He Yan returned safe and sound.

"Are you okay? Where are Wang Jiugui and the others?" He Yunsheng asked when he didn't see Wang Jiugui.

"I explained it to them with reason and moved them with emotion, and they left. They also said they would come back to pay their respects another day and would never do such a thing again." He Yan said, "Don't worry about them, just keep selling cakes."

He Yunsheng looked at her suspiciously.

If Wang Jiugui was really that reasonable, he wouldn't be called Wang Jiugui. But He Yan didn't want to say anything more, and she didn't look like she was hurt. He Yunsheng was a young man after all, so he quickly put the matter behind him.

At night, after having dinner together, He Yunsheng was about to go to bed, but He Yan pulled him back.

"What is it?"

"Do you have any clean clothes?" He Yan asked.

He Yunsheng looked confused.

"I want to see if there is anything on your clothes that needs mending." He Yan said, "I can help mend it in the evening."

He Yunsheng's expression was about to break.

From birth to now, this was the first time He Yan offered to mend his clothes. For a moment, a strange feeling surged in the boy's heart, but... he asked hesitantly: "Have you ever touched a needle and thread?"

He seemed to remember that He Yan didn't know how to do needlework, so Qingmei did all the sewing.

"You underestimate me. Of course." Of course not.

He Yan pushed him and said, "Go get it quickly. Bring everything you can."

As expected, He Yunsheng obediently found a pile of clothes and came over. He Yan carried the clothes and walked into the house. He Yunsheng was still a little hesitant, "How about letting Qingmei do it?"

"Qingmei's cooking is not as good as mine. Go to bed quickly. You have to get up early tomorrow." He Yan said.

After sending the boy away, He Yan returned to the house and picked and chose before finding a chestnut-colored round-neck, narrow-sleeved long gown. He Sui probably really gave all his money to his daughter, so He Yunsheng didn't even have a decent piece of clothing, just some cloth clothes and riding pants. This long gown was probably someone else's leftover, and it was so old after being washed.

Fortunately, she and He Yunsheng were about the same height, so the suit fit her. Then she tied her hair into a man's bun, picked up a branch from outside the door and put it in place, darkened her skin, and made her eyebrows thicker. He Yan looked in the mirror, and she looked like a young man.

She had been very good at dressing up as a man in her previous life, at least no one noticed anything wrong during those years. She did not feel awkward dressing up as a man in this life. It was a pity, she wanted to be a handsome man, but after wearing this outfit, she looked like a young master from a poor family, which was barely pleasing to the eye.

She paced around the room for a few steps, and feeling that everything was safe, she quietly opened the door, walked into the yard, and with a nimble leap she climbed over the wall and came out onto the street.

There was no curfew in the capital at this time of year, and it was a bustling and prosperous time. He Yan walked along the brightly lit area, and there were boats singing and dancing along the coast, and vendors on both sides shouted loudly. The spring atmosphere was in the air, and it was a prosperous night scene.

She hadn't been able to go out like this for many years, ever since He Rufei returned to the He family, ever since she married into the Xu family, ever since she became blind.

All these bustling, prosperous and beautiful things seemed to be very far away from her, but tonight, along with the night breeze blowing from the lake, they were recovered and she was free.

After leaving the He family and starting all over again, she was grateful to the heavens in her heart.

Not far from Zuiyulou in the capital, outside Mingguan, beautiful girls were entertaining guests with smiles on their faces.

This is not a Qinlou or Chuguan, but the largest and most famous casino in the capital, Le Tong Zhuang.

He Yan stopped in front of Le Tong Manor.

－－－－－－－A side note－－－－－－－

The uncle is the male protagonist, aged 20~