Xie Tingzhou's lips curled up slightly, but he didn't reply. He simply said, "Alright, you can go back now."
Seeing him like this, Marquis Zhongyong knew everything and patted him hard on the shoulder.
"Well done, kid. You've finally figured it out. I thought you were going to be a bachelor for life."
He then asked curiously, "Who exactly is this deity who has caught your eye?"
How could Xie Tingzhou possibly tell him?
After being rebuffed again, he put his hands behind his back and said, "Fine, I won't say it then."
Even an ugly daughter-in-law will eventually meet her in-laws; he has no worries about not being able to.
As he reached the door, he took a step back and asked, "You must be from a respectable family, right?"
"You didn't bring it from some random place, or did you kidnap it?"
He suddenly realized, why would a girl from a respectable family come to a man's study for a secret rendezvous in the middle of the night?
"I won't interfere with your marriage, but the girl must be innocent and the marriage must be her own choice."
Over the years, this man has become somewhat ruthless, and he's afraid that the man might seize things by force.
Xie Tingzhou almost rolled his eyes at him before shoving him out.
He closed the door and went into the cubicle.
Ye Zhen has already resumed her work.
He explained, "This will prevent him from coming in."
"clear."
Ye Zhen didn't look at him, nor did she allow herself to think too deeply.
She quickened her pace, and half an hour later, as she was about to leave, she heard Fu Guang say, "The Marquis has placed hidden sentries all around the Mo Courtyard."
Now that Ye Zhen has returned to her own courtyard, even if the guards can't see her face clearly, they'll probably still be able to find some clues.
She can't take the risk.
But if we send someone to lure the guards away now, it might only pique the Marquis of Loyalty and Valor's curiosity even more, and he might dig deeper...
In this world, there aren't many things worth scrutinizing.
But she couldn't stay here forever; the managers would be reporting to her tomorrow morning.
She also had to go through the motions at the old lady's place.
Just as he was wondering what to do, a cloak was draped over his shoulders, and Xie Tingzhou said, "Miss Ye, my apologies."
This was the first time he had addressed Ye Zhen in this way, and Ye Zhen was puzzled as to what he was up to.
The man bent down and picked her up horizontally. His arms were long, and when he lifted her up, Ye Zhen's face was just able to be hidden in his chest.
His cloak completely covered his body.
The Marquis of Zhongyong's secret guards only saw Xie Tingzhou carrying someone out of the courtyard, but they couldn't see who the person in his arms was.
They followed Xie Tingzhou all the way out of the Marquis's mansion, but were eventually shaken off by Xie Tingzhou on Tianjie Street, a place teeming with powerful and wealthy people.
Xie Tingzhou put the person down, saying, "I apologize for the abruptness. Now you can go back without being noticed."
Ye Zhen felt that she hadn't done anything wrong, but what happened tonight, and Xie Tingzhou's words, made her feel that she and Xie Tingzhou were doing something shameful.
But I can't quite put my finger on what's wrong with Xie Tingzhou.
If he doesn't admit there's someone in the cubicle, the Marquis of Zhongyong might keep pestering him.
He carried her out of the manor, pretending to take her home, and then she secretly returned to the manor when no one was looking. This way, Marquis Zhongyong would not suspect that the person in Xie Tingzhou's room was her.
This is considered one of the better solutions available at present.
But given their relationship, it doesn't seem like things should be like this.
She looked up at the man and saw that his eyes were open and honest, without any lust. Ye Zhen then realized that she had been overthinking things.
"Thank you, brother."
After thanking her, Ye Zhen sneaked into the general's mansion and saw that She Gu was still the same as before. She then used her light-footed skills to leave.
Lying back on my bed, as I closed my eyes, I couldn't help but think of Xie Tingzhou's broad chest and powerful heartbeat.
This was the second time Ye Zhen had been hugged by a man.
The first time was after she saved that person. The two hid in the temple's storeroom. It was terribly cold at night, and the man, after abruptly saying "I'm sorry for being so abrupt," pulled her into his arms to warm her up.
That person was not even twenty years old, thin and frail, and was seriously injured and had lost a lot of blood, so his embrace was hardly warm.
Ye Zhen had no father, and she had never felt a man's embrace before, which left a deep impression on her.
That year, she was first betrayed and subjected to relentless pursuit, and then she lost her mother and master, which was extremely painful for her.
Willingly remaining a widow for three years was also a form of punishment for her.
Back then, her master was determined to help her mother, but he wouldn't allow her to come along, ordering her to stay in the south and wait for him to return.
Since his mother had won every battle and never lost, Ye Zhen believed his master's words that the battle was not very dangerous and that his master was just itching to go to the battlefield and chop off a few heads.
Ye Zhen's heart was also itching, so he disguised himself and secretly went to the border, but was delayed because of rescuing someone...
She often wondered if she hadn't been so kind as to try to save people, but instead had gone directly to the battlefield to find her mother and aunt, would she have been able to save them in time?
In her extreme moments, she even thought that even if she hadn't been able to save them, it would have been good to die alongside them.
The news that her master was still alive pulled her out of her extreme state.
But she couldn't do anything for her master.
Ye Zhen didn't sleep well that night because her pillow was wet.
Xie Tingzhou followed Ye Zhen to the General's Mansion and returned home a quarter of an hour later than her.
When he learned that Ye Zhen was the one who saved her back then, he connected it with the time when Ye Jinghong and Yin Jiuniang died in battle.
It's speculated that Ye Zhen, a girl raised in the south, disguised herself and went to the border to find those two people.
Because I had guessed it, I felt even more uneasy.
Under the cover of night, he sat on the rooftop for most of the night, gazing in the direction of Ye Zhen Meng Hua Xuan.
The guards, not seeing anyone, returned to the side of the Marquis of Loyalty and Valor, and stopped keeping an eye on the Mo family.
When Marquis Zhongyong learned that the girl had been carried away by Xie Tingzhou, and that the people living on Tianjie Street were all powerful and wealthy families, he was shocked to learn that the girl had been carried away by Xie Tingzhou.
I'm really not at ease.
The Marquis of Zhongyong's heir had a bad reputation and was disfigured. While other young men would have someone wanting to marry them when they were fifteen or sixteen, the heir of the Marquis's mansion was ignored.
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