After returning home, Lu Yanchen locked the gate of the yard, went to the backyard of the main house to take a shower before entering his own room.
He glanced at Song Chi who was sleeping soundly on the bed, covered Song Chi's belly button, and then took Song Chi's dirty clothes to the well to wash.
It just so happened that Gu Chen was also sitting by the well washing clothes, smoking and scrubbing the clothes with a washboard, looking both manly and unruly.
Lu Yanchen put down the basin and glanced at Gu Chen, then calmly threw the bucket into the well to draw water. He was not surprised at all that Gu Chen was washing clothes.
Although he had only known Gu Chen for a short time, he could see that Gu Chen loved Song Yan very much and would never let Song Yan do work like cleaning clothes.
In the past two nights, Gu Chen had been boiling water for Song Yan's bath in the kitchen himself. Because they were all asleep, Gu Chen had to fend for himself.
He could still hear movement in the kitchen late in the morning. He got up and saw Gu Chen coughing while making a fire. When he asked, he found out that he was cooking a midnight snack for Song Yan.
If Gu Chen was hungry, he would probably wait until dawn. But as soon as Song Yan said he was hungry, even if he was extremely sleepy and didn't know how to light a fire, he would still get up and figure it out himself, and would never let Song Yan down in the slightest.
"I'll return the camera if you use it well."
Lu Yanchen, who had filled some water and sat down to wash clothes, spoke.
Gu Chen blew out the smoke from the cigarette, "Keep it for yourself. It's the same if you buy me a new one when we get back to Kyoto."
Lu Yanchen paused in washing clothes and looked up at Gu Chen who was sitting opposite him.
He didn't think Gu Chen was the kind of person who would talk nonsense, but what did he mean by suddenly mentioning Kyoto?
Gu Chen, who was washing clothes, knew without raising his head that Lu Yanchen was examining him. He did not offer any explanation, but instead asked, "Have you ever thought of overturning your father's verdict?"
Lu Yanchen instantly clenched the wet clothes in his hands, and his eyes staring at Gu Chen became sharper, "Do you know something?"
His father's case could be described as an accidental homicide, which legally did not warrant the death penalty, but his father was indeed sentenced to death.
He was too young at the time and had no way to find out if there was any hidden secret behind the case. When he grew up and investigated again, the previous clues had long been erased, and he still doesn't know how his father was sentenced to death.
"There are six major families in Kyoto now, and the Song family is one of them. According to the temperament of the Song family, it is impossible for them to let Song Chi fall in love with someone without status, let alone that person is a man."
Gu Chen, who was washing clothes without raising his head, spoke to himself, obviously reminding Lu Yanchen that if he did not have another identity, he would not even be qualified to stand with Song Chi, let alone marry Song Chi.
How could Lu Yanchen not know that he was not worthy of Song Chi? He lowered his eyes and looked at the clothes in the basin with a dim look.
Gu Chen stood up and poured water into the basin, then continued, "Your uncle is still alive. I don't know his current name. If he's out of danger, he would probably come looking for your family. But he's no doubt a fugitive now. Even if he finds you, you're not someone you can show yourselves in public with, and he might even drag you down with him."
Lu Yanchen's eyes tightened. He had always known that his uncle was still alive and had been on the run. It was his uncle who secretly helped his family avoid starvation during the first few years his father was in prison.
But eight years ago, his uncle suddenly lost contact and he couldn't find him.
It was also from that time that he organized his own team and fought fiercely in the nearby black market to seize territory, just to find out the whereabouts of his uncle.
To this day, he still has no news of his uncle, as if his uncle has disappeared from the face of the earth.
"Your uncle's approach is not feasible at the moment. If you use his identity to return to Kyoto, you might commit a crime. I suggest you start with your father." Gu Chen stopped there.
Lu Yanchen is so sharp. Gu Chen has been emphasizing his father, which means that his father is not an ordinary person.
He looked directly into Gu Chen's eyes, "Is Ouyang Bin related to my father?"
Gu Chen was surprised by Lu Yanchen's insight. Just by mentioning it, he could associate it with Ouyang Bin.
The flash of surprise in Gu Chen's eyes did not escape Lu Yanchen's eyes, "Or, is my father a member of the Ouyang family?"
Gu Chen wanted to applaud Lu Yanchen. He really was worthy of being the son of the Fourth Master Ouyang. He had such a smart brain.
When others were only twelve years old and ignorant, the Fourth Master Ouyang already had a business mind. He expanded the Ouyang family, which was originally a small family, and made it famous. At the age of eighteen, he pushed the Ouyang family into the circle of wealthy families. At the age of twenty, he successfully squeezed into the ranks of the six major families in Kyoto. He can be said to be a very legendary figure, and everyone in Kyoto knows him.
"Why do you suspect that Ouyang Bin has a relationship with your father?" Gu Chen asked curiously.
"A few days ago, the Seventh Brigade was caught by patrols for speculation and profiteering, but I escaped unscathed. And then not long after, this happened again today, and the man behind it is Ouyang Bin again. There's no reason for me not to suspect him."
There was one thing that Lu Yanchen concealed, which was that Song Chi had asked him if he knew Ouyang Bin, and also mentioned whether his father had ever mentioned the surname Ouyang to him. Taken together, this meant that his father had a close relationship with the Ouyang family.
Ever since he met Song Chi, he didn't know what was going on. He always felt that something was quietly changing, as if it had gone off track.
If Song Chi hadn't reminded him that night, he might have been caught by the patrol and everything would have turned out differently.
Lu Yanchen suddenly thought of the words "traveling through a book" that Song Chi had mentioned, and tentatively asked Gu Chen, "The way you look at Song Chi lately seems to be full of inquiry and doubt."
"He has changed quite a lot, which surprised us a little."
"How is this transformation?"
Gu Chen thought Lu Yanchen simply wanted to understand Song Chi, so he answered him without reservation, "He's not as willful or overbearing as before, and his temper has improved. I almost thought he wasn't the same person anymore."
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