After hearing these words, Wenren Yuebai was stunned. His eyes turned slightly red for a moment and he even forgot what he was going to say.
Qiao Youyou had never seen him with such an expression before. She felt a sudden pain in her heart and regretted speaking like that.
She had known Wenren Yuebai for several years, so she naturally believed in his character and knew that there must be something hidden behind what happened today.
It was just that after seeing what happened just now and thinking about how he had concealed his whereabouts and caused him to worry for days, he felt a little angry and spoke so harshly.
Her tone softened a bit, but she still said stubbornly:
"Well, then you explain it, I want to listen first."
"I..." Wenren Yuebai was about to speak when the beautiful woman behind him suddenly laughed.
"Miss Qiao, I haven't seen you for several years, but you are still as good-tempered as ever."
After that, she looked at Zhu Lan again and nodded: "Miss Zhu, how are you?"
Zhu Lan felt that the voice sounded familiar. He searched his mind for a moment and said uncertainly:
"You are... Miss Shi Yan?"
Distant memories came to her mind. At that time, she had just passed the imperial examination and entered the officialdom. He Fang once brought her, Youyou, Wenren Yuebai, and Lin Xiaoqi, who used the alias Chu Xin, to visit Ziyan Lake, and they even competed in poetry with others on a flower boat.
The grand event on Ziyan Lake that day was held to get a glimpse of the true appearance of the rumored Miss Shi Yan.
However, after resolving the He family's issues, Shi Yan left the capital and never showed up again.
Qiao Youyou recognized the voice and stared at Shi Yan's face strangely for a long while:
"The voice sounds right... but, I remember you didn't look like this before, otherwise Lanlan would definitely recognize you."
"It's just a disguise technique used in the martial arts world." Shi Yan smiled and said, "My master has developed a method that can make a mask that looks realistic without taking the skin from a real person."
"That's what it is." Qiao Youyou nodded and looked at Wenren Yuebai, "Then you guys——"
Shi Yan smiled slightly.
"Do you still remember that I mentioned that my master is an expert in both medicine and poison?
Two years ago, I found her whereabouts. She had been wandering around the world for many years and was determined to find a place to settle down. So I brought her to the capital and opened this Chunyi Tower. By chance, I met Master Wenren.
My master has a way to treat the bone poison in his legs."
Qiao Youyou's eyes sparkled with a strange light: "Really!?"
"Yes." Shi Yan nodded, "But before we can completely remove the remaining poison, we need to do a lot of preparation, so Master Wenren must come here every day this month."
"Okay, I'll bring him here tomorrow!" Qiao Youyou said immediately, but did not notice the slight strangeness in Wenren Yuebai and Shi Yan's expressions.
The Pipa girl came up with a smile, squatted beside Wenren Yuebai, and said in a cute voice:
"Brother Wenren, I just said that you come here every day to look for flowers and ask willows, and this sister is very angry!"
"Xiaowu, don't make trouble."
Shi Yan lightly rebuked him and said to Qiao Youyou with a smile:
"This is my girl. She is young and likes to talk nonsense and play tricks on people. Don't take it seriously.
My Chunyi Building is a clean business. All the weak women in the world learn a skill to make a living. The guests who come here are to listen to the zither or read poems. There is no such thing as unorthodox practices. "
Zhu Lan smiled and said, "Miss Shi Yan is still as elegant as she was on Ziyan Lake back then."
After chatting for a while, the misunderstanding was cleared up, and they agreed on a time for tomorrow and then went their separate ways.
Qiao Youyou brought Wenren Yuebai back to Jinxiao Pavilion. Zhu Lan naturally would not be a light bulb and found an excuse to slip away.
After she left, there was still a hint of worry in her heart.
If just coming here every day could cure Wenren Yuebai's long-standing leg disease, it would be so easy, so why would he go to so much trouble to hide it from Youyou?
And the sense of embarrassment that had just been inadvertently revealed between him and Shi Yan's expressions.
Zhu Lan always felt that things were not that simple.
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