When Tang Chen woke up in the middle of the night due to the heat, Wang Yanzhou was half asleep on the edge of the bed, leaning on her shoulder. Tang Chen pulled her hand out of his, wiped the sweat on her hand on the quilt twice, and gently patted his head and said, "Hey, wake up..."
As soon as Tang Chen made a move, Wang Yanzhou jumped up suddenly, as if frightened. After looking around to make sure it was safe, Wang Yanzhou rubbed his forehead to sober himself up. Just as he was about to check on Tang Chen, he found that she was smiling at him with her eyes wide open, looking at his stupid look.
"Are you awake?"
Tang Chen rolled his eyes at him and said, "No, he's not awake yet, he's still sleepwalking. Where are the others?"
Wang Yanzhou touched her forehead and saw that the fever had subsided. He removed the quilt covering Tang Chen while speaking and said, "Everyone go and rest. We will take over the shift later."
Covered with so many blankets in the middle of summer, Tang Chen finally knew why he woke up. The extra blankets were taken away by Wang Yanzhou, and Tang Chen simply threw the blanket over his upper body as well: "Where's the eldest brother, you didn't hit me, did you?"
When Wang Yanzhou mentioned Mo Yu, his expression turned like a black-faced god. He didn't want to fight, but when he saw Tang Chen fall, he just wanted to kill her. If he hadn't woken up and everyone had told him that she had been rescued and specifically told him not to embarrass Mo Yu, he would have torn him into pieces in a matter of minutes. He had protected his wife so carefully, never letting her suffer any grievances; but this newcomer almost killed her.
Wang Yanzhou noticed Tang Chen seemed a bit overheated, so he covered her with the quilt. Just as he wet a towel with hot water and wanted to wipe her, she turned around and pulled the quilt back. After she lifted it and he covered it, Tang Chen gave up struggling completely. She felt pain in her waist when she moved.
After Tang Chen calmed down, Wang Yanzhou carefully wiped the sweat off her body. Tang Chen, feeling refreshed after a good sleep, started chatting with him: "By the way, have you ever been to the bottom of a cliff?"
Wang Yanzhou's face darkened again as he watched Tang Chen speak so innocently. He had never been to the bottom of the cliff; he only knew that she had nearly died there. It was not easy to save her life now. Was she trying to discuss her inner journey with him?
Tang Chen looked at him with a dark face and didn't say anything, then realized that her words seemed to have some ambiguity: "Oh, that's not what I meant. When I was hanging there, I vaguely saw that there seemed to be a hole in the stone wall. Do you think there is a treasure in it?"
Wang Yanzhou sighed slightly and said, "...Maybe there is no treasure in Qingliang Valley at all."
Tang Chen looked at him bewilderedly. Hadn't he told him before that there was a treasure? Why did he suddenly change his mind? Could it be that the treasure had been stolen?
Wang Yanzhou explained calmly, "The previous dynasty was turbulent. My father married my mother for her wealth. My mother didn't like him at the time, but for various reasons, she entered the palace."
Tang Chen nodded thoughtfully. When he first arrived, he had heard that the Su family of Jiangdu and the Ouyang family of Qinghe were also very prosperous in the previous dynasty. "I've heard about this. Everyone seems to say so."
Wang Yanzhou continued, "My mother fulfilled her responsibilities and obligations as the mother of a country and turned over most of her savings to the national treasury. The rumor of treasure in Qingliang Valley was probably the idea of some uncles. If we hadn't made such an announcement at the time, perhaps you wouldn't be seeing me today."
Tang Chen was slightly taken aback. She knew that Emperor Gan Zhao had a grudge against him, but she had never expected that he would actually attack a child who had just lost his parents. He was truly cruel and ruthless. As expected, emperors have always been ruthless. "Alas, you people have so many things to do."
Wang Yanzhou only smiled faintly upon hearing this. Fortunately, his mother seemed to have foreseen that something like this would happen long ago, and had the late emperor leave a will and send it back to Qingliang Valley. Otherwise, how could he have lived like this now? "Alright, enough talking. Clean up, I'll go get you some clothes. Your clothes reek of sweat, and they're probably uncomfortable to wear."
Wang Yanzhou had just helped Tang Chen change his clothes when someone came outside. Hei Ya heard the noise inside and hurried in. He happened to see the two of them talking, so he quietly retreated outside. Tang Chen had already seen him, and seeing that it was almost dawn, he urged Wang Yanzhou to go to bed: "Oh, the replacement is here. I slept for a long time, and your eyes are dark. Go to bed first."
Wang Yanzhou held Tang Chen's dirty clothes, kissed her forehead lightly, and said, "I'm outside, call me if you need anything."
"Um."
After Wang Yanzhou came out and let Heiya in, he yawned and finally went to sleep with peace of mind. As soon as his head touched the pillow, he fell asleep instantly, holding Tang Chen's changed clothes in his arms.
As soon as Hei Ya entered the room, Tang Chen hurriedly asked, "What's the situation with your senior brother? It's time to tell him everything. He can bewitch people with just a few words, and his martial arts style is quite different from yours. Don't tell me he is your master's illegitimate son."
Black Crow said apologetically, "I don't know where Senior Brother came from, but Master once warned me not to let him go down the mountain if possible. And if he does, don't let him go alone."
Tang Chen coughed twice, sweating profusely. His face turned pale from the pain of his wound. "Ahem, he's a human being and needs to socialize. I'm afraid he's been holding it in for too long. Do you know why he's taking me around?"
Seeing her like this, Black Crow felt even worse: "Did he tell you that he was looking for treasure?"
Tang Chen smiled and said, "Yes, he said he wanted to repair the house on the mountain and build a road down the mountain."
Black Crow sighed helplessly. Mo Yu, though he sometimes appeared as innocent as a child, was simply faking it. He was completely black. "...He says that to everyone. Just don't trust him easily."
Tang Chen dragged out his words meaningfully, "But I see, he treats you very well."
Black Crow patted her forehead gently. He had always thought Tang Chen was a serious person. He never expected that she would think of anything in those few words. "I saw a hint of deceit in your eyes."
Tang Chen said with a smirk, "Hehehe, there's no way I can just look at someone gay. Xihe has gone back anyway, so why don't you consider taking away your senior brother's magical powers? That way, you won't have to worry about him causing trouble for others, right?"
However, Tang Chen's words, spoken with a look of watching a show, were completely useless. Hei Ya pretended he hadn't heard her, and after helping her smooth out the corner of the quilt, he asked in a serious tone, "Aren't you tired? It's still early, go back to sleep. I saw that you seemed to have been talking to Yan Zhou for quite a while, and now your face is pale."
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