Chapter 41 Chapter 41 Am I like that dumb guy?

"Meow~ Meow..."

Beiou heard the cat meowing outside and woke up from his dream. He touched the seat next to him and found that no one was there.

"Zhonglang?" She sat up immediately. As soon as she stood up, Zhongxiang pushed the door open and walked in, holding a lamp in his hand.

"Where have you been so late?"

"There was a cat meowing outside, and I was afraid of waking you up, so I went out to look for it. I ended up running into a friend and we chatted for a while." Zhong Xiang said with a smile.

"What kind of friend? I want to chat with you so late at night?" Beiou pulled him back to the bed and covered his cold palms.

"He made a bet with me and now he won, so he came to me to ask for the bet back." Zhong Xiang put his arm around her shoulders and smiled helplessly.

"Oh? What kind of bet is it? Is it worth it for me to come to you so late at night?" Beigu asked curiously.

"Do you know the prince of the Marquisate in the suburbs?"

"I know. He was a bad boy since he was young. He was ruthless and cruel even at a young age. He beat several servants to death. Why are you talking about him?"

"My friend knows someone whose situation is similar to that of the prince of the Marquisate. Our bet is whether he can reform himself. If he can even feel a little guilty about what he has done, he will win."

"But this prince of the Marquisate accidentally killed the son of the Minister and refused to admit his guilt. Even when he was beaten to death, he never changed his words, and he showed no remorse at all." Bei Ou looked at him, "So, you should have won."

"That's why my friend came to show off to me in the middle of the night. That man was much more vicious than the prince of the Marquisate. But he said that the man apologized to him because he got angry at him for no reason."

Beigu was a little surprised: "Your friend is not deliberately deceiving you and wants to take your bet, right?"

Zhong Xiang laughed: "No."

Beigu leaned on his shoulder and wondered, "Why did you take this bet?"

"Because of our differences, I think we should not let the evil person continue to do evil, but my friend said that he had no choice, just because he was born at the wrong time, without parents to discipline him, and without good people under him, he was instilled with malicious murderous thoughts since he was a child. If he had changed his way, he might not have become what he is now."

"I understand. Your friend firmly believes that human nature is good. After learning that the person has changed, he came to you to share his thoughts?"

"Yes." Zhong Xiang smiled and bent down to kiss her forehead.

"What was your bet?" Beigu touched his clothes. "How much silver did you lose?"

"It's not silver, it's just a jug of wine."

Beigu said with a smile: "I thought it was a big bet, worth coming here in the middle of the night to ask for it."

The next day, it snowed heavily.

Wei Xin opened the window, and a few pieces of snow fell from the window frame and hit the kitten on the head.

The kitten immediately shook its head and crawled into his arms.

"Where did you come from?" Wei Xin smiled softly, looked up at the sky, turned over and went to the roof, and sure enough, he saw Yun Du sitting there, covered with a thin layer of snow.

"Why don't you go to your room and rest?"

"I was afraid of waking you up." Yun Du smiled indifferently.

"Is there no other room available in the inn?"

"Lincheng is bustling, and the guest rooms are in short supply."

"Thank goodness you don't mind the cold." Wei Xin couldn't help but brush the snow off his shoulders.

"I'm used to it. When I was young..." Yun Du paused and handed the wine bottle over. "With wine as a companion, it's not cold. I specially left a sip for you. Do you want to taste it?"

Wei Xin saw that his face was calm, but his eyes were full of smiles. He seemed to be in a good mood, which was a little hard to understand.

Wei Xin turned his head and said, "No."

Yun Du tugged at his sleeve and said, "Please give me a sip. After you drink it, we'll go down."

Wei Xin touched the wine bottle, which was still warm. He tilted his head back and drank it all in one gulp. The wine was strong but not burning, and surprisingly tasted good. "Not bad, it's good wine. Any more?"

"No more, just this one pot." Yun Du's smile deepened, and he stretched out his hand, "Hold me, my legs are numb."

Wei Xin naturally didn't believe it, but he reached out his hand subconsciously and pulled him up. He turned his head to look into the distance. The ground in the city was covered with snow, and the undulating roofs looked like they were covered with cotton wool. He really wanted to step on them.

He tiptoed and jumped onto the roof next to him. He ran up and down against the wind and snow. Looking back at the footprints he left behind, the corners of his mouth curled up unconsciously.

"Why are you following me?"

Yundu landed in front of him lightly and said with a smile: "You haven't returned the wine bottle to me yet."

"Want it?" Wei Xin shook the wine pot, turned around and lowered his body, his robes flying, "Then come and get it!"

Yun Du was chasing after him, sometimes in front, sometimes behind.

Wei Xin casually grabbed a ball of snow and threw it behind him. It hit him and he laughed out loud.

Passersby heard the hearty laughter and looked up, only to quickly catch a glimpse of two figures playing and frolicking on the roof. Before they could see their faces clearly, snow was blown all over their faces, and they couldn't help but curse.

The wine girl opened the lid, scooped up a spoonful of wine, and just put it into the pot, when suddenly there was a noise from the straw shed. She raised her head abruptly, and her hands were empty.

"What a nice wine! It belongs to me!"

A young man in a black robe snatched the wine from her hand, stepped on the stacked wine jars in three or two steps, and flew to the roof.

"Give me back my wine!"

"Find the guy behind to settle the bill!"

As soon as the man finished speaking, a white figure appeared in front of her, dropped a silver ingot, and smiled at her tenderly: "Thank you."

The waitress looked at his fleeting back and shouted, "You overpaid. Come back soon and I'll buy you a drink!"

"It's so lively outside." Beiou finished washing up, listened to the noise outside, walked out the door, saw Zhongxiang standing under the eaves, and walked over with a smile, "Did something happen?"

"Someone is playing on the roof." Zhong Xiang said with a smile.

"Who is so playful that he actually ran to the roof?" Beigu looked up and saw the familiar figure passing by the roof of their gate. He raised his head, drank a few sips of wine, and threw it behind him.

"I'll leave the last bite for you!"

Beiou stared at Wei Xin's cheerful figure in amazement. He didn't look like the man who was so angry that he vomited blood yesterday.

She looked at the person who followed him closely, and only came back to her senses with a dazed look when the two of them disappeared from her sight.

When had the Lord ever laughed so heartily in Xuanji Sect? He just now was like a child, chasing and playing with others, so innocent that she almost didn't recognize him.

In her impression, the Lord had a stern face since childhood in order to maintain his dignity. He did not dare to confide in outsiders, let down his guard easily, or show his weaknesses. Even after going crazy, he gritted his teeth and survived.

Over time, even she got used to the Lord's appearance.

But I never thought that if I had not been born in Xuanji Sect and was not the young master who possessed the Red Blood Pearl, would the Lord also have a happy childhood like other people, two or three close friends, and a lifelong partner?

"What are you thinking about? Why are you so obsessed with it?" Zhong Xiang asked.

"Nothing." Beiou raised his head and smiled, "I just suddenly felt that your friend won the bet."

Zhong Xiang smiled calmly, held her in his arms, and sighed, "Yes, fortunately, he won."

*

Wei Xin did not stop until all the snow on the roof was left with footprints. When he returned to the inn, the waiter saw that his clothes were wet and asked him if he wanted some hot water for a bath and a change of clothes.

There was nothing else to do, so he agreed.

He then asked, "Is there any room available in the inn?"

"Yes, do you want to change rooms?"

"No." Wei Xin turned around and looked at Yun Du, "You lie so easily."

Yun Du smiled awkwardly: "There really was no room available last night."

"Oh, yes, there was no room last night. Two guests left this morning, leaving a room vacant, which is the room next to yours," said the waiter.

"Then I'll take that room." Yun Du was about to take out the money when Wei Xin held his hand.

"You are not allowed to stay in that room."

"Why?"

“Dirty.”

Who knows what those two men did in that room.

Hearing this, the waiter was dissatisfied: "Sir, you are wrong to say this. We are very diligent in cleaning every day. If we, Zuixian, come to clean up, there will be no cleaner inn in Lincheng."

"Stop talking nonsense and prepare your hot water." Wei Xin left the waiter and dragged Yun Du upstairs.

"Then where should I live?" Yun Du asked with a smile.

"Don't you have friends in Lincheng? Why don't you stay at your friend's house? It will be convenient for you to reminisce."

"He has a family, and it's not convenient for me to live there."

"What's the inconvenience? It just so happens that you are a clerk, and you can embroider flowers with his wife and become close friends." Wei Xin teased.

Yun Du: "Axin is too prejudiced. We are not just embroiderers."

"So what else can you do?"

"I can also embroider sparrows and swans." Yun Du said confidently.

"......" Wei Xin laughed, and suddenly became curious, "Are you born like this? How did you know that you are a cut-sleeve?"

Yun Du approached him and pinched his finger bones: "When you dream of me, you will know."

"I'm not a renegade."

"Me neither." Yun Du lifted his hand and kissed the back of his hand. In his panicked eyes, he smiled, "I'm not born like this. I just fell in love with you and became a traitor inexplicably. You have to take responsibility."

"......" Wei Xin immediately pulled his hand back, "What does it have to do with me? Don't blame me!"

Yundu leaned forward, his eyes slightly lowered, lingering on his lips.

Wei Xin paused for a moment and secretly clenched his fists, ready to punch him if he dared to kiss him.

But the other party did not take any action and just approached him vaguely.

After a moment, Yun Du stood up calmly and said with a smile: "You smell too much of alcohol, go take a shower."

Wei Xin soaked in the bathtub, full of questions, but too embarrassed to ask them out loud. He grabbed a handful of water, and it flowed out from between his fingers in a flash.

He leaned against the bathtub, tilted his head back, raised his hand, and looked at the slender back of his hand. There seemed to be some residual warmth where two blue veins were slightly raised.

"Ah... annoying!"

He punched the water and buried his head in it.

“My Lord!” Nan Huang’s voice rang out from outside the door, “We are back!”

"Wait outside." Wei Xin got up, put on his clothes, and unlocked the door from a distance. "Come in."

Nan Huang and Xi Que walked in side by side and knelt down together.

“My Lord, we didn’t find the Mingyu Grass. Please punish us!” Nan Huang lowered his head and said.

"It's normal that you can't find it. It has already been picked by Yundu." Wei Xin said.

"What?"

The two looked up in surprise and saw a plant of Mingyu grass placed in front of the bronze mirror. Nan Huang said incredulously, "Why didn't he tell us in advance? It made it so difficult for us to find it."

This could not be informed in advance. After all, Yun Du went to Guanfeng Ridge after he was driven out, and Nan Huang and the others listened to him and went to Chongchuan Gorge first, which was why they missed Yun Du.

"Has Dumb been found? How is he doing?" he asked.

Nan Huang lowered his head again: "My Lord, please punish us."

"What?" Wei Xin frowned at their heavy expressions and stood up in disbelief. "He... died?"

Nan Huang shook his head: "My Lord, we didn't find Dumb."

"That place is remote and dangerous. Have you searched it carefully?" Wei Xin asked.

"We not only went to Chongchuan Gorge, but also searched every corner of the surrounding villages and Guanfeng Ridge, but no one had ever seen a dumb creature. The villagers said that there has never been a dumb creature in Chongchuan Gorge." Nan Huang replied.

"Then isn't it in Chongchuan Gorge?" Wei Xin carefully recalled the conversation at that time. He vaguely remembered that the peddler said that the terrain in Chongchuan Gorge was difficult to travel, so the tofu pudding had to be sold at a higher price than elsewhere.

"That's right, it should be in Chongchuan Gorge, how could it be gone?" he muttered.

“My Lord, are you sure he is dumb? Dumbness can be pretended.” Nan Huang reminded.

Wei Xin was stunned: "Why does he have to pretend to be dumb? He takes good care of me every day and doesn't want to harm me. What's the point of pretending to be deaf and dumb?"

Nan Huang couldn't figure it out either.

Xique suddenly asked, "Could he be someone from the world of immortal cultivation? Is he pretending to be dumb in order to gain favors and seek personal gain?"

"In all these years, he has never asked me for anything. Moreover, he must be a mortal. I felt his pulse and there was not a trace of true energy in him." Wei Xin said.

Xique was also confused.

The three of them were silent for a while, and Wei Xin said, "Maybe he was too embarrassed to see people, so he hid somewhere else. He's old, and the villagers who knew him might have died. Forget it, after I finish the things here, I will go to Chongchuan Gorge myself to see if there are any clues."

Nan Huang and Xique breathed a sigh of relief. They had not completed either of the two tasks assigned to them, and they had thought they would be severely punished when they returned.

"It's almost noon, let's go downstairs and have lunch first." Wei Xin led them downstairs and asked, "Did Guan Fengling and his group encounter any danger?"

The two were flattered, and Nan Huang nodded repeatedly: "No, we had a smooth journey. We did encounter the corpses of several ferocious beasts, but they have been dealt with. We were still guessing who did it, but now it seems that it can only be Master Yundu."

Wei Xin blinked and just as he walked into the lobby, he saw Yun Du sitting on one side.

When their eyes met, Yun Du smiled and said, "Ah Xin, would you be willing to have dinner with me?"

Wei Xin coughed, but didn't know what he was coughing for, so he could only sit down opposite him in a dignified manner.

Nan Huang and Xi Que sat on opposite sides, and immediately asked Yun Du about the ferocious beasts in Guan Fengling. After listening to him talk about how to deal with the ferocious beasts, Nan Huang admired him in her heart, and secretly glanced at Wei Xin.

Although the master looked calm and pretended not to care, he was drinking from an empty teacup.

Nan Huang suppressed his laughter and asked Yun Du, "Master Yun Du, have you ever seen a dumb person in Guanfeng Ridge?"

"Dumb? What dumb are you looking for?" Yun Du asked.

Nan Huang: "This Dumb is the Lord's benefactor. He is now seriously ill. The Lord really wants to find him."

Yun Du pondered and said, "What happens after we find it?"

"Of course, it's to save his life."

Yun Du raised his eyes to look at Wei Xin and asked with a smile: "Is it just to save my life? Will you pledge your love to me?"

Wei Xin paused and glanced at him: "What's wrong with you? Just tell me whether you have seen it or not, why should I care?"

"Okay, I..." Yundu suddenly pointed at himself, "Do you think I look like that dumb guy?"

Wei Xin: “…”

Nan Huang: “…”

Xique: “…”

"......You look like a fool to me!" Veins appeared on Wei Xin's forehead. He put down his teacup, stood up and went back to his room.

“Master Yundu, even though you may be jealous of this dumb guy, this trick is really not very smart.” Nan Huang clicked his tongue and shook his head, then left with Wei Xin.

"Indeed, the Lord cares a lot about that dumb guy. Young Master Yundu, please don't make such jokes again. Be careful or the Lord will really be angry with you." Xique also left in a hurry.

Yun Du held his forehead and shook his head with a smile: "Who looks like a fool......"