...After her windfall, Tang Chen took the money and headed straight for the tavern. To her surprise, she found a bag of gold leaves in her purse. After ordering and paying the bill, she realized the leaves were indeed gold and incredibly valuable. She'd eaten a large meal, yet he'd only paid with one leaf and even given her a good amount in change. Sure enough, that man was the landlord's idiot son. Who knows, he might be the one proposing to marry Miss Su at the Su family banquet today?
Tang Chen used all the change the innkeeper gave her for her stay. Luckily, it was enough for three to five days. Sitting in her inn room, clutching her pouch of gold leaves, she counted them one by one. "That jerk is so generous! I didn't expect that small bag could be exchanged for so many things. Wait, now's not the time to relax. I have to find a way back first."
She remembered that after leaving the dormitory, she inexplicably ended up in the Su family's back garden. The way back was most likely there.
Well, next, she had to find a way to sneak into the Su Mansion. Wasn't there supposed to be a banquet today? Judging by the grandness of it, it shouldn't have ended yet, otherwise how would Miss Su have the time to play the piano in the garden? Very good, since it was a banquet, she could just pretend to be a guest and buy some things to sneak in. If anyone asked, she could just say she was Miss Su's friend. Probably, no one would care enough to investigate. Ah, she, Tang Chen, is indeed a genius that is rarely seen in a century!
...Tang Chen breathed a sigh of relief as he watched the female guests coming and going around him. He hadn't expected her to actually sneak in. As expected, they say one should respect the clothes first and then the person; the servants who received the gifts looked at her clothes and didn't suspect anything.
However, although the gift was casually bought and packaged, it was not convenient for the other party to open it in front of her; but this dress cost her a lot of money, and she felt painful!
After the maid welcomed Tang Chen to the back garden where female guests were entertained, she only said that Miss Su was busy at the moment and would come over in person to apologize to everyone, and then left.
Tang Chen wouldn't actually wait for Su Zhirou to come over. It would be bad if he bumped into her and was misunderstood as having bad intentions. The ladies present all knew someone, so no one paid much attention to Tang Chen. Tang Chen found an opportunity and quietly left the reception hall.
Everything about the Su Mansion was good except that the garden was incredibly large. After Tang Chen found the garden based on his memory, as expected, he got lost among the rockery and flowers.
Tang Chen was a little tired from walking, but he was not in a hurry. After finding a place to sit down, he began to carefully look at the place he was in. When he looked back inadvertently, Tang Chen saw something interesting.
"Hey, that's strange. Why does this flower seem to be blooming in a strange way?"
The surrounding shrubs were all covered in lush green leaves, but this one actually had a small, pure white flower. Tang Chen looked around and tried to touch it lightly, but just as he reached out to the branch, the small, white flower fell heavily into his hand.
The flower was like the palm of your hand. Tang Chen realized that it was not a real flower, but a jade flower that was carved to look like a real life. Looking closely at the jade flower, it looked like someone's ornament.
Tang Chen thought the flower was so beautiful that she thought it would be fine to take it in her hands and admire it carefully before putting it back. Unexpectedly, before she could appreciate it carefully, the owner of the flower seemed to come to her door.
"So it's here. I've been looking for it for a long time."
When Tang Chen heard the voice behind him, his heart started beating wildly: What should I do? What if people think I stole it? Will I be beaten?
As he turned around with the jade flower in his hand, Tang Chen tried hard to pretend nothing had happened and asked, "Is this yours?"
"...", when the man who came to look for something saw Tang Chen's appearance, he was obviously stunned for a moment. He was very familiar with this face, but he didn't expect that there was actually someone in the world with such a face.
Tang Chen saw that the man was well-dressed, but the way he looked at her as if she were prey made her feel a little uneasy: "What's wrong? Is there something wrong with my outfit?"
The man opened and closed his folding fan and couldn't help but smile: "Nothing, just a bet with someone. I didn't expect that I forgot where I put it."
"Then I'll give it back to you..." As he spoke, Tang Chen suddenly realized something and pulled his hand back. He asked with a mixture of doubt and curiosity, "Bet? In that case, are you the Tang Chen?"
The man raised his eyebrows. This woman had a face so similar to his mask. Judging from this, Yan Shaoqing must have met her before. "Really? Miss, have you heard of my name?"
Tang Chen did not directly answer "Tang Chen"'s question. He just carefully took the jade flower in his hand and asked very seriously: "Do you think we look alike?"
"No."
Tang Chen nodded thoughtfully, a sly smile curling up at the corner of his mouth. "I also think we are different. Hehe, let me teach you. Hide this thing on a girl, and the person you made the bet with will definitely not be able to find it."
"oh?"
Tang Chen explained: "Although that man was a bit impatient and reckless, he seemed to be a gentleman."
"Tang Chen" said he didn't know if he was a gentleman. However, since they were destined to be together, and she had already entered the game, why not join in? "Since we are destined to be together, why don't you keep it for me for a while?"
Tang Chen quickly declined, "No, no, no, I have something important to do. I can't play with you."
"That's a shame."
Tang Chen smiled and said, "It's not a pity, it's not a pity. Actually, my name is Tang Chen too. But I don't know if it's the same Chen. My Chen is the one with the house."
"Tang Chen" closed the folding fan in his hand and looked at the woman in front of him with interest. In such a big world, could there really be such a coincidence?
"They are the same, but it's not my real name."
Tang Chen's face lit up when she heard this. A pseudonym, she understood. Powerful people usually use a pseudonym, and sometimes people don't like to call someone by their real name. It's the way it's played out in martial arts novels. Like Qingxiang Bailian, Beifang Xiu, Xiaodangjia, Shan Laoshu, and so on. "Oh, I get it. A pseudonym, a code name!"
"Tang Chen" nodded slightly and said, "Miss Tang, since you have something important to do, I won't bother you any more. This flower is an important bet, can you please return it?"
"Well, I'll return the flowers to you. By the way, can I discuss something with you?"
Tang Chen saw that the man didn't say yes or no after collecting the flowers, so he acquiesced. "Can we change our nicknames? I'm easily misunderstood. And from what that stinky scoundrel said, you must be very good at the legendary disguise technique. You can make your face look like mine, and we have the same name, so it's easy for people to misunderstand you."
"I'll think about it. See you again if fate permits."
"Goodbye."
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