Huo Yan pinched Su Ruanruan's chin, forcing her to look at him, "So, who exactly are you?"
Su Ruanruan looked at him, her eyes filled with exhaustion. "If I'm not Su Ruanruan... then who am I? As for you, are you really just a constable?"
Yesterday, during the conflict with Bai Yunqi at the braised meat shop, he saw Huo Yan kick Wei Zheng, and Bai Bai stole several glances at Wei Zheng, his eyes filled with awe.
As luck would have it, she ran into Wei Zheng yesterday before the braised meat shop opened, and even accidentally picked up a letter he had dropped.
She pinpointed the exact words, "Young Marquis."
She had always thought Wei Zheng was just a rich kid, but she never imagined he had such a powerful background.
Huo Yan dared to kick him, either because he was of a higher status and not afraid of him, or because he had a good relationship with him.
She can't afford to mess with either of them.
Su Ruanruan closed her eyes. "Never mind, I won't ask you. Who you are has nothing to do with me."
Huo Yan, however, gripped her waist and pulled her into his arms. "How can it be unrelated? I killed that person, and I can't go back to report. Knowing you're alive, how could I let you go..."
Su Ruanruan knew that she had provoked the wrong person today.
Huo Yan buried his head in the crook of her neck and said in a muffled voice, "Sorry I'm late."
After Huo Yan and Jin Yu finished their business, they discovered that something big had happened to Su Ruanruan.
Two unconscious men lay in the courtyard, and inside the house, Zhao Sheng's tongue had been cut out, but Su Ruanruan was nowhere to be found.
Later, his men reported that they had seen Zhao Sheng's underlings driving away in a carriage.
I promised myself I wouldn't bother with her anymore, but when I found out she was in trouble, my heart suddenly tightened.
He knew he really couldn't let her go!
He then asked Zhui Feng to lead him in pursuit. After taking many detours, they finally spotted a parked carriage on a road, surrounded by several people.
Upon closer inspection, he discovered two completely dead bodies lying across the carriage, their throats slit with a single sword stroke—a method he knew all too well…
He's a guard from the Prince of Zhennan's household. His presence here means that person has also come.
That man was always lewd, yet very careful; he would thoroughly examine the women inside and out to ensure they wouldn't endanger his safety.
After succeeding, he said he would compensate them, but then he had them sent away, and later took their lives.
Huo Yan's fists clenched tighter and tighter; he had arrived too late.
He looked at the person in his arms, who had fallen asleep from exhaustion, with curled eyelashes, snow-white skin, and faint red marks on her neck.
He couldn't imagine what lay beneath that thin, sheer fabric.
No matter what happens, she'd be lucky to survive in that situation.
On the other side
Chu Ran lay on the bed, utterly weak, as his concubine performed acupuncture on him.
He lifted his thin eyelids and his gaze fell on her slender waist.
If one were to describe their beloved as a vibrant crabapple blossom, then Su Ruanruan would surely be a fragrant peony.
Before I could even admire her stunning beauty or savor the taste, the duck that was almost in my mouth flew away.
She had been thoroughly examined inside and out since she entered the courtyard, so why was he still unconscious?
He glanced at the dark-faced guard standing beside him, who understood immediately. Soon after, someone brought back the two maids who were guarding the hot spring.
"Have you thoroughly examined Su Ruanruan?" Chu Ran asked.
The maid knelt on the ground, trembling. "Your Highness, I certainly examined it thoroughly. I checked every part of her body, from her hair to the soles of her feet, and even her private parts..."
Another maid recalled, "Even though her little finger was injured, the servants didn't show any mercy. They washed the injured area with strong liquor, and her nails were neatly trimmed without any problems."
"That's really strange. I underestimated her. Get up!"
He waved his hand, and the black-faced guard raised his sword, spraying a bloody mark onto the window frame.
Before the two maids could react, they collapsed to the ground and fell silent.
The concubine glanced at them indifferently and said, "Young Master, don't be angry. Just replace them with some more clever maids."
She gently twisted a silver needle, then slowly pulled it out and wiped it on a white cloth.
He then held the white handkerchief under his nose and sniffed it a few times, and suddenly his eyes lit up.
“Your Highness, this is a secret medicine of my sect. After my master passed away, only I knew how to prepare it.”
"But it's here, unless..."
Chu Ran narrowed his dark eyes. "Unless what?"
"Unless my martial uncle is still alive."
"Are you saying that the poison I was given was prepared by your martial uncle?"
The concubine nodded. "Yes, even if it wasn't him, it was someone related to him who made it."
Chu Ran said, "I still have some impression of your martial uncle. It seems that he was working for my father back then, but he didn't come back to report. I heard that he fell off a cliff and was swept away by the rapids."
"If he's still alive, why is he hiding from his father? Unless there's something going on..."
He said to the dark-faced guard, "Tell this to Father. Whatever the reason, Father should know."
"yes."
Only he and his concubine remained in the room. After Chu Ran removed the needles, he pulled her onto the bed.
The woman's eyes were alluring, and she slightly curled her lips, "I never expected that a country girl could make the young master suffer such a setback."
"She's different. I heard she's really into Huo Yan. Besides, do you know who she used to be with?"
"I have no idea."
Chu Ran smiled and said, "Chu Mu."
The woman exclaimed in surprise, "Just recently..."
Chu Ran said, "Isn't it a coincidence that things happen in this world? If I had known that such a beauty came from the Northwest, I would have come long ago."
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