The waiter replied, "The young man downstairs claims to be the lady's husband."
My husband?
Is it Pei Yan?
Song Huan's eyes tightened. "Please tell them first, I'll be down right away."
Outside the private room, the waiter answered yes, and then his "thump thump" footsteps were heard gradually moving away until they disappeared.
Song Huan's eyes swept over the four people in the room, and he tapped the table twice with one hand.
"If I go down to the lobby now, will the people around me be in danger?"
"Dear, I'm sorry, this system doesn't know the answer."
Song Huan: “…”
With four lives at stake, she was under a lot of pressure.
But if danger is bound to happen, then it may not be safe for them to stay in the private room on the second floor.
Furthermore, up to now, the system hadn't issued any warning to her that the lifespan of those around her was less than twelve hours, so the four of them...should be safe.
Song Huan paused tapping the tabletop, lowered his eyes, and picked up the teacup: "Let's go."
After he finished speaking, he drank the tea in the cup and stood up.
…
Yuan Mengxian stood by the stairs in the lobby, leaning against the handrail. He looked at the two groups of people standing at the door of Shengyuan Teahouse without any hesitation. There was a light in his eyes, and he thought it was interesting.
He just heard the name of Shengyuan Teahouse by chance and wanted to find out more about it.
I never thought that I could actually see such a good show today.
Moreover, he could make the famous Pei Hou owe him a favor... This trip was really worth it.
Thinking of this, Yuan Mengxian showed a meaningful smile on his face, turned slightly, and kept his eyes on the stairs to the second floor. Why didn't that woman with a face as thick as a city wall come down?
He called to the waiter at the teahouse, "Could you please go and urge my wife again?"
The waiter nodded with a smile, "Of course, I can. I'll charge you one hundred taels for each trip. Would you like cash or banknotes this time?"
Yuan Mengxian: "...Forget it, wait a little longer."
He only brought a little over four hundred taels of silver with him when he went out today, otherwise he would not have stayed in the lobby to drink tea in the first place.
Fortunately, just as he finished speaking, he finally heard footsteps in his ears. They sounded a little messy, but they were indeed approaching the stairs.
Yuan Mengxian finally stood up straight, fanning himself intermittently with his folding fan until Song Huan appeared at the stairs. He stopped fanning, a gentle smile appeared on his lips, and he called out to Song Huan in a clear voice, "My wife."
Song Huan, who was walking down the stairs: "..." Who is this person calling?
She paused and couldn't help but turn her head and look back...
"Madam, are you still angry?"
"Calm down, will your husband come home and apologize to you?"
Seeing this, Yuan Mengxian took two steps up the stairs and came to Song Huan in the blink of an eye. He smiled faintly and opened his folding fan to fan Song Huan.
Fanning himself to block the view of others, Yuan Mengxian's smile instantly vanished as he whispered to Song Huan, "Madam, this is a favor your Lordship has asked me to do. You'd better cooperate."
When Song Huan saw the man in white clothes and with a look that made him want a beating, the mental preparation he had been building for a long time began to collapse... Isn't this the second villain?
What favor did Pei Yan ask him for?
Last time at the Fengyuan Town Inn, their relationship wasn't very good...
"Where is Pei Yan?" Song Huan asked in a low voice.
Yuan Mengxian put away his folding fan, and the fan head seemed to be pointing somewhere unintentionally.
Song Huan's sight was blocked by the stairs, and he couldn't see anything, so he could only say, "Let's go downstairs."
Upon hearing this, Yuan Mengxian thought that Song Huan had agreed to cooperate, so he smiled and said a few flattering words so that other people in the lobby could hear them, and then he and Song Huan walked down the stairs one after the other.
As he went down the stairs, Song Huan caught a glimpse of Pei Yan's back out of the corner of his eye.
He sat there motionless, knowing clearly that she had gone downstairs, but not looking at her.
At another table opposite him, there were three men in black. One of them held a sword in one hand and a dying thin girl in the other.
"Warning: The heroine of the book, Cui Yuning, has appeared before you. A dangerous incident is occurring, and the solution is no longer effective..."
Song Huan paused slightly. Yuan Mengxian saw her movement from the side and instantly put the folding fan in his hand against her waist, urging her to move forward.
Qin Shi and Jin Liu were supposed to help Song Huan, but when they were on the stairs, the lady did not give any orders.
When they arrived at the lobby, they caught a glimpse of their master not far away and immediately understood that this was the Marquis's intention.
…
Outside the teahouse, Pei's army, armed with swords, was confronting a group of men in black who looked like street vendors.
Meanwhile, in the lobby, undercurrents were surging between Pei Yan, Pei Chen, Pei Shen and the three men in black.
At this time, Pei Yan actually thought of finding someone to pretend to be her husband and send her away...
It’s really… painstaking.
Song Huan clenched his fists tightly in his sleeves, feeling complicated.
She didn't want to leave, she wanted to stay and face this guy together...
But she also knew that if she really stayed, not only would she not be able to help, but she might also hinder Pei Yan...
Song Huan controlled himself with reason and did not resist the push of the second villain.
But when she was pushed all the way to the door of Shengyuan Teahouse by Villain No. 2, the system suddenly sounded a prompt, telling her the twentieth dangerous incident.
Song Huan suddenly reached out and grabbed the door panel, as if he was slightly relieved.
Yuan Mengxian was stunned and frowned.
How could Madam Pei be so ungrateful?
If I follow him restlessly at this time, will I stay and wait for death?
Song Huan raised his eyes and looked at Villain No. 2, "Do you think we can be safe if I go out with you?"
"..." The fake smile on Yuan Mengxian's face suddenly froze: "What do you mean?"
Song Huan's lips curled up into a smile, but it was a forced smile.
What else could it mean? Of course there's no way to survive if I go out. Maybe it's better to stay in the inn and have a better chance of survival.
The broken system just told her that if she left with Yuan Mengxian, they would also be besieged and hunted, and there was even a 70% chance that she would be injured.
She looked over Yuan Mengxian's shoulder. From this position, she could already see Pei Yan's profile.
Pei Yan should be able to see her out of the corner of his eye, right?
Song Huan took a step closer to Yuan Mengxian, put one foot on the threshold, lowered his head and whispered to him, "Look at those people outside. Do you think they will really let anyone from Shengyuan Teahouse go today?"
As the voice fell, Song Huan's ears rang with the name of the one hundred and first person whose health value was less than twelve hours, which the system told her was Yuan Mengxian.
Since Song Huan came to the lobby, the first thing she saw was a red frame with a health countdown flashing above the waiter's head.
But at that time she just thought that the waiter of the teahouse was accidentally injured in the fight, until she saw the name of the teahouse owner at the door. Just now, when she stepped tentatively on the door frame with her feet, Yuan Mengxian's health value actually showed a red frame.
Song Huan retracted his foot, and the red frame on the head of Villain No. 2 disappeared.
"If you take me out, you might die." Song Huan's eyes were stern, and he was not joking at all.
Meanwhile, Pei Yan's face in the lobby suddenly became more aggressive.
For a moment, the atmosphere in the lobby became even more solemn.
Song Huan glanced at Pei Yan out of the corner of his eye seemingly unintentionally.
Humph, let’s see if this guy will find another man to take her away in the future!
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