After the Lantern Festival, things started to get more busy at the Liuxiang Tavern and the government office. Lin Feng still came to see Tang Chen every day, but he usually left before he could even get comfortable. Wang Yanzhou, on the other hand, would come over every now and then to eat and drink, as if checking up on her. However, Tang Chen had a vague idea: whenever Lin Feng was around, Wang Yanzhou would never appear before her.
At about the same time as usual, Lin Feng appeared at Tang Chen's door with a lunch box. When Tang Chen set the table and prepared to eat, Lin Feng stood at the door, looking at her with a worried look on his face.
"What's wrong with you today? You look so worried?"
"Some things require me to be away on business for a while." Lin Feng didn't know what was wrong with him. He had been away on business trips before, but this time, he felt an indescribable discomfort in his heart.
Tang Chen's hand trembled slightly as he took the food box, but the corners of his mouth couldn't help but rise a few degrees: "Be careful on the road, and when you come back, I'll treat you to a delicious meal."
"...Take good care of yourself and remember to change the dressing on time. You're really cruel to this injury of yours, so don't even think about leaving no scars."
Hearing this, Tang Chen quickly put her hands behind her back and tried to hide them. She didn't want to give Lin Feng the impression that she was a self-harming maniac, which would greatly affect her perfect image. "...How did you know?"
"We're old acquaintances, so I know a little bit about your cooking skills. Even if it's not good enough, it won't cut your wrist."
Tang Chen had thought she'd kept it a secret, but she hadn't expected it to be exposed in front of someone who knew her well. Since it had been a while, she decided not to hide it any further. "I'm sorry, I was just afraid he'd done something wrong, that he might be the one you were after, so I didn't dare go see a doctor. I had to resort to this last resort..."
Lin Feng shook his head helplessly, and then said earnestly: "You are too soft-hearted. Sooner or later, you will suffer from this."
"I know, I know. By the way, when are you leaving? I'll come and see you off."
"immediately."
"So soon?"
Originally, Lin Feng had only wanted to see her so he could leave with peace of mind, but seeing her only made him even more worried. People from the Liuxiang Tavern had been hanging around recently, and his instinct told him that the man surnamed Wang must have some ill intentions towards Tang Chen. When he had some free time, he would definitely call him out for a proper chat.
After Lin Feng finished drinking the tea that Tang Chen handed him, he looked at the yamen runners who were already waiting for him outside the courtyard gate and stood up: "Okay, everyone is here, I'm leaving."
"Be careful on the road."
As soon as Lin Feng left the city, a secret sentry reported his whereabouts to Wang Yanzhou: "Master, the person has left the city."
Wang Yanzhou nodded slightly and looked at Chen Xin who was standing beside him: "Where are the things I asked you to prepare before?"
"Everything is ready."
...The day after Lin Feng left, before dawn, Tang Chen, who was half asleep and half awake, was lying on the bed. She always felt that something was strange, but she couldn't tell why. When she was really worried and finally struggled to get up, a terrible scene happened.
“…Fuck, what’s going on!”
The small second-hand wooden bed that Tang Chen had found had suddenly transformed into a double bed with carved patterns, and it was suddenly much larger. If she hadn't checked around to make sure this was still her territory, Tang Chen would have thought that the heavens had heard her wish to change her bed.
Now the question is, this is not a dream, then who was it that quietly changed her bed in the middle of the night while she was sleeping.
While Tang Chen's brain was working frantically and he was trying his best to mobilize the list of all suspicious persons, a ghostly figure floated in with a hint of coolness when the candlelight in the house was lit.
Seeing the person coming, Tang Chen's brain naturally chose to go on strike. No need to guess, it was this person in front of him: "...Brother, are you usually free? I sleep well in my bed, who asked you to change it?"
Wang Yanzhou looked at the new bed he had the carpenter make with great satisfaction, and explained seriously, "It's too hard to sleep on. It hurts my body."
Tang Chen's eyes twitched. He had only slept for less than a month, and he had already moved back to his own Liuxiang Tavern. Besides, as the old saying goes, "A hard bed is good for your back."
Wang Yanzhou raised his eyebrows and said, "Then should I ask someone to tear it down?"
Tang Chen saw that he didn't look like he was joking, so he quickly climbed down from the bed: "...I reluctantly forgive you, I'll just sleep here, goodbye."
Tang Chen was just about to leave in a pretentious manner when he suddenly realized a serious problem: "No, this is my territory. You should be the one saying goodbye. Hurry up, you ran into my room without saying a word, how can I still maintain my dignity? If I didn't have the habit of wearing pajamas, you would marry me, seriously!"
Tang Chen's unintentional second half of the sentence was also taken seriously by the listener, but Wang Yanzhou didn't respond to his next words: "Face? The person who held me tightly and refused to let me go is now talking about face with me. It's really rare."
Although Wang Yanzhou's teasing tone was really asking for a beating, Tang Chen couldn't beat him, and it was also a fact. In desperation, Tang Chen had to play dumb and warn: "...I don't know anything! I'm telling you, I have the right to remain silent. If you dare to say anything, I will, I will! Goodbye!"
Tang Chen stood at the door of the bedroom, looking at the person in the room who was as still as a mountain with a face full of resentment, and completely admitted defeat: "Brother, if you really want me to leave, at least you can step aside and let me change clothes!"
After Wang Yanzhou left, Tang Chen locked the door from the inside, quickly changed his clothes, opened the window, and said goodbye!
"Haha, this female warrior has practiced before, climbing over walls and trees is effortless."
This time Tang Chen had predicted it. Wang Yanzhou actually didn't notice that she had run away. He went to the kitchen to boil water, made a cup of tea, and sat in someone else's house to enjoy this rare sunny day.
According to Tang Chen's Law, as long as she goes out alone, the probability of her having an "accident" will increase by several percentage points compared to usual.
So, Tang Chen, who had just had breakfast at the bun shop, found a few more followers following him on his way home.
Tang Chen originally thought they might be Liang Shuyi's men, so he wasn't too wary. After leading these people around in a winding path and turning into an alley behind the government office, he confronted the people behind him head-on: "Hey everyone, what's going on?"
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