Chapter 32
Her father was indeed a natural businessman. Today, Sanzhou Jinse was wearing a mask as usual, and he hadn't even seen her face, yet he could still praise her so effusively. It seems that this skill of speaking does require a bit of talent, and Mu Yulu couldn't learn it even if she wanted to.
After praising the three states of Jinse, Mu Yugang glared at Mu Yulu: "Aren't you getting off? How long are you going to linger on her?"
Mu Yulu then realized that she was still clinging to Sanzhou Jinse. She quickly jumped down from his arms, feeling a little shy, and took two steps back to stand aside.
Sanzhou Jinse approached her quite naturally and took the embroidered ball from her arms: "You promised that if I caught the embroidered ball, you would cook for me for the rest of your life."
His voice was neither too loud nor too soft, just loud enough for the people around him to hear. Instantly, everyone's expression became quite interesting.
To Mu Yulu, his words undoubtedly revealed their cooperative relationship, but to others, they sounded extremely ambiguous.
Now Mu Yugang and his wife had no choice but to believe that what Mu Yulu had said before was true; this girl had indeed quietly won over the famous Sanzhou Jinse.
Mu Yulu was initially a little guilty, fearing that Mu Yugang would become suspicious because of Sanzhou Jinse's words. However, after observing for a while, she found that the people around her, including her father, were looking at her and Sanzhou Jinse with very meaningful eyes.
Mu Yulu understood instantly.
These people have definitely misunderstood.
Having learned the essence of Aunt Wang's teachings, she immediately followed suit, feigning shyness as she said to Sanzhou Jinse, "Don't even mention cooking for you for this lifetime, I'd do it for you in the next life, or the life after that."
The onlookers gasped again. This girl was incredibly bold; how dare she say such flirtatious things in public?
It was worth watching today's excitement.
Brilliant, absolutely brilliant.
Sanzhou Jinse was stunned when she heard her say that. After a long while, she cautiously asked her, "Is this true?"
Mu Yulu was also stunned for a moment, not expecting him to take her words so seriously so easily.
Although she couldn't see his expression through the mask, Mu Yulu knew he must be serious when she heard him trying so hard to hide his emotions for the first time.
Now she didn't know how to answer.
If it's all just playing along, she can answer however she wants, but if the other person shows her true feelings, she can no longer respond with lies.
Fortunately, there were so many onlookers that they all rushed over, bowing and congratulating Mu Yugang, which inadvertently helped Mu Yulu out of her predicament.
Mu Yugang was flattered to the skies by those people, and was naturally overjoyed. Usually stingy, he actually waved his hand today and invited the onlookers to come in and have a drink: "Today is a good day for my Mu family. I hope you will all do me the honor of having a drink."
After greeting them, he cheerfully said to Sanzhou Jinse, "Son-in-law, please too? Let's have a good drink together today."
Sanzhou Jinse refused outright: "I have other things to do, I'll take my leave first."
After saying that, he leaped onto the rooftop with his toes, and without looking back, he flew away, still holding Mu Yulu's embroidered ball in his arms.
Mu Yugang stared blankly at the air on the rooftop for a long time, then turned to glare at Mu Yulu in disbelief: "He just left like that?"
Mu Yulu nodded: "Yes, he's gone."
Mu Yugang immediately jumped up and said, "What kind of behavior is this? They didn't even drink a cup of wine, and they didn't even tell us where they were going before they just left like that?"
He grew angrier as he spoke: "You two aren't even married yet, and he dares to be so presumptuous? Does he even respect his father-in-law?"
Seeing that Mu Yugang was about to go crazy again, Mu Yulu quickly comforted him: "Actually, he came to see me last night and told me that he had an important matter to attend to today and needed to leave the Vermilion Bird Kingdom. Coming to snatch the embroidered ball today had already delayed his schedule, so it's understandable that he was a little anxious."
Mu Yugang snorted coldly: "According to you, he still cares about you quite a bit?"
Mu Yulu nodded again: "Of course, otherwise he wouldn't have put down what he was doing and wasted time to snatch the embroidered ball."
Mu Yugang snorted coldly again: "Did he ever tell you when he would come back to marry you?"
When will you come back to marry her?
He will never come back to marry her.
Mu Yulu was already quite annoyed, but she still had to politely reply to Mu Yugang: "He'll come back to marry me once he finishes what he's doing. It'll only be a few months, it won't take much time. Besides, the Mu family needs time to prepare wedding dresses and dowries when a daughter gets married, it's not like she can be married off immediately, is it?"
"Alright, alright, you always have so many reasons to give." Mu Yugang wanted to say something more, but was stopped by Mu Zhaoshi, who came out of the building.
“Master, this girl is very stubborn and won’t listen to reason. She’ll learn her lesson when she suffers.” She pulled Mu Yugang into the restaurant with some anxiety: “Let’s not waste time with her here. The distinguished guests in the restaurant are waiting to drink with you.”
Everyone in the restaurant was waiting to congratulate Mu Yugang. Mu Zhaoshi was indeed overwhelmed. Mu Yugang, however, quickly adjusted his emotions. One second he was furious at Mu Yulu, and the next he was smiling and raising his wine cup to offer a toast.
Mu Yulu breathed a sigh of relief behind them.
Fortunately, Sanzhou Jinse kept her word, and in any case, she managed to get through this ordeal safely.
Whether or not Sanzhou Jinse will come back to marry her is completely unimportant.
If she waits just two more months, she can sell all the shops she owns to the imperial court and get a large sum of money. Then she can take that money and fly away.
As she happily made her plans in her mind, she pulled Xinyun, who had finally squeezed through the crowd to her side, and stepped into the restaurant.
Just then, she heard someone behind her call her "Miss".
It was Feng Wentang's voice.
She turned to look at him and saw him standing behind her with a sword in his hand. His ponytail, which had been tied up high, was now a little messy and his hair ribbon was loose.
She opened her mouth in surprise, about to ask him how he ended up here and in this state, but realized what was happening the moment she opened her mouth.
Feng Wentang had been following Mu Yugang closely, and given Mu Yugang's high level of martial arts, he must have tried to save him when he fell from the building. However, he didn't expect Mu Qinhan and Sanzhou Jinse to also make their move at the same time, and they even exchanged a few blows in mid-air. At that time, everyone's attention was focused on those two, so no one noticed him.
He gazed at her quietly, his eyes filled with complex emotions, as if he had many things he wanted to say to her. But after hesitating for a long time, he simply asked, "Are you alright?"
Mu Yulu smiled at him: "Your arms and legs are still intact, and your brain isn't damaged, so don't worry."
Feng Wentang smiled and shut his mouth, saying nothing more.
Mu Yulu could tell that he had many questions for her, so she said directly, "If you have any questions for me, just ask. I think we're friends now, so there's no need to hold back."
Feng Wentang seemed surprised by Mu Yulu's directness. After hesitating for a moment, he finally asked, "How did you and Sanzhou Jinse meet?"
Mu Yulu has a consistent answer to this familiar question: "He came to our rooftop to look at the moon at night, and that's when I fell in love with him at first sight."
Feng Wentang was somewhat incredulous: "That's it?"
Mu Yulu nodded: "That's settled."
He hesitated for a while before carefully choosing his words: "Although Sanzhou Jinse is highly skilled in martial arts, he lives a life of danger in the martial world. Moreover, I don't know if he has told you that he belongs to a mysterious assassin organization and has many enemies in the martial world. If you choose to marry him, you will be putting yourself in a dangerous situation."
Mu Yulu looked at Feng Wentang with some surprise; she hadn't expected him to say these things to her.
Seeing that Mu Yulu remained silent, he quickly explained, "I'm telling you all this because I hope you'll reconsider. The martial world is dangerous. The fact that Sanzhou Jinse has made such a name for himself is enough to prove that he's no good. I'm worried..."
"Thank you for telling me all this." Mu Yulu asked him, "So, do you mean you want me to give up Sanzhou Jinse and marry Mu Qinhan?"
Feng Wentang was taken aback.
From his perspective, Mu Qinhan was actually much more reliable than Sanzhou Jinse. At least she could live a life of luxury in the royal palace, instead of living a life of wandering and hardship with Sanzhou Jinse in the martial world.
But does he really want her to marry Mu Qinhan?
He asked himself this question, but the answer was no, so for a moment he didn't know what he was thinking.
Seeing his bewildered expression, Mu Yulu smiled reassuringly: "I truly love Sanzhou Jinse, and I am willing to marry him. You can rest assured."
She silently told herself that although she already considered him a friend, and she herself said that friends shouldn't hide things from each other, she still had to tell the lies that needed to be told.
After all, freedom was within reach, and she couldn't afford any mishaps at this time. Even Xin Yun didn't know about her plan, so it was even less likely that she would tell Feng Wentang at this moment.
She should wait until the plan succeeds before writing him a letter to tell him the truth. Of course, she could never marry Sanzhou Jinse, but for now, she had to appear as if she was deeply in love with Sanzhou Jinse.
Seeing Mu Yulu's resolute attitude, Feng Wentang said nothing more, but simply pursed his lips and nodded at her.
The wind made his headband float in the air, and his dark hair brushed against his lips, making him look somewhat broken.
Unable to bear looking directly into his eyes any longer, Mu Yulu turned around and stepped into the restaurant with Xinyun.
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