Haitang suddenly felt a sense of crisis, grabbed Yu Chen's arm, and asked softly, "Brother Yu Chen, who is this?"
Nan Yu's gaze fell on Haitang. Her skin was fair and she was pretty. She was more than half a head shorter than Yu Chen. The word "delicate" popped into Deng Xin's mind.
So it turns out Yu Chen likes this type.
Yu Chen introduced: "He was my childhood playmate. His surname was Qi, his courtesy name was Buyi, and he was the son of the Minister of the Imperial Secretariat."
He then introduced Haitang to Nanyu, saying, "His name is Haitang. He was a doctor in the army who treated the wounded. I was injured before, and it was Haitang who took care of me so that I was able to recover quickly."
Nan Yu: "Oh."
With a beaming smile, like a harmless little animal, Haitang greeted Nanyu, "Young Master Qi."
Nan Yu smiled slightly at him, but there wasn't much of a smile in her eyes.
Yu Chen looked around and asked, "You, alone?"
Nan Yu was too lazy to pay attention and gave a perfunctory "hmm," hoping they would know when to leave, since no one wants to be snubbed.
Besides, ever since the original owner confessed to him, Yu Chen has wanted to stay as far away from him as possible. It's estimated that they haven't seen each other or even said hello in two years.
Haitang tilted her little head up to look at Yu Chen and smiled, "Since Brother Yu Chen and Brother Buyi are old acquaintances, why don't we go together?"
Those who are close to each other are addressed by their given names, while those who are less close are addressed by their courtesy names.
Their relationship is clearly unusual, as can be discerned from the way they address each other.
Nan Yu: "Sorry, I forgot to mention, someone will be here soon."
Yu Chen frowned. Perhaps because he was used to the original owner's adoration, he suddenly turned cold, which made him uncomfortable even after two years.
He parted his thin lips slightly and asked, "Whom did you make an appointment with, without knowing the truth?"
Nan Yu didn't want to answer, so she took a sip of tea to moisten her throat. However, she drank too quickly and choked on the water, coughing repeatedly.
Her lips were wet with tea, glistening with moisture, like delicate, dewy flower petals. So much tea gathered that a single drop slid down the corner of her mouth, into her collar, and stained a small patch of dark color.
Yu Chen glanced at them casually, but was drawn to their pink and full lips, as if he had been frozen in place, and was slightly stunned.
Two years have passed, and I have no doubt that... things have changed.
Finally, after coughing enough, Dengxin rubbed his face haphazardly. A man doesn't wear makeup, and after a couple of rubs, his face turned red, as if he had applied rouge, making him even more attractive.
Yu Chen's eyes deepened.
Nanyu: "Shen Qichuan."
Haitang frowned. As the personal military doctor, he certainly knew General Shen. The general was aloof in the military camp, but he was also very good to his soldiers, which made everyone both love and fear him.
What impressed Haitang the most was when the general was injured on the battlefield and almost died. When others applied medicine to him, he was fierce and even scolded her. Yu Chen was also injured in that battle, and he took over taking care of Yu Chen. Later, their feelings for each other gradually warmed up.
In any case, General Shen is not easy to get along with.
Being the son of the Minister of the Imperial Secretariat is truly advantageous; everyone can chime in with his words. Haitang felt a little jealous, perhaps due to a shared intuition. At first glance, he sensed that Qi Buyi might not be interested in women.
She looked up at Yu Chen with concern.
Seeing that there was no fear in the other person's eyes, he breathed a sigh of relief.
Yu Chen frowned as well, "When did you become acquainted with Shen Qichuan?"
Nan Yu asked impatiently, "Is there something you need?"
Yu Chen's face grew increasingly grim, as if an inexplicable fire was burning within him. He couldn't quite describe his feelings at that moment—was it the inexplicable jealousy between men, or the anger of being betrayed? He didn't know.
After all, the boy only had eyes for him before. After two years of not seeing each other, could he really let go of that relationship?
No, he should be thankful that he only treated him like a younger brother. It was perfectly normal for him to interact with others. The more he told himself this, the more violently his chest heaved, as if something was about to be taken away from him.
Yu Chen is probably the kind of person who can give up something, but he can't let his things belong to others. Once someone else has them, he... he doesn't know what to do. He just gets very annoyed and restless.
"Why would Shen Qichuan dine with you? His Majesty is hosting a banquet; he should be in the Hall of Supreme Harmony right now."
Since he wouldn't answer, Yu Chen tried to approach the issue from other angles.
Haitang also found it strange. General Shen was a great contributor to the successful return of the army. His Majesty was happy and held a banquet. As the host, it was impossible for him to leave the banquet to dine with the son of a Minister.
Nan Yu was annoyed.
Why is this going on and on? Instead of eating, you keep nagging. What time is it?
His voice also deepened slightly:
"What's it to you? What's it to you? What's it to you? I can eat with whoever I want! It's not Shenqichuan, it's Shenqihai, Shenqihe, Shenqishui! But you are!"
She stopped abruptly, her beautiful, bright eyes sweeping over the man with a hint of mockery. "You haven't forgotten what happened two years ago, have you?"
The boy's anger actually made Yu Chen feel a bit better. He only gets angry when he cares. He must know that Yu Chen went out with Haitang today and deliberately came to Zuixianlou to bump into him.
The "Chen Xichuan" thing was just something I said on purpose to annoy him.
He pulled Haitang over and introduced her carefully once again: "Without a doubt, I really only treat you as a younger brother. Haitang has taken care of me these past few years on the frontier. I have consummated my marriage with him, so you shouldn't wait any longer."
Nan Yu was so angry she almost coughed.
Are you crazy?
Knowing full well that the original owner liked him, why did he deliberately bring people to provoke him? It's a good thing he got a different soul; if it were the original owner, I can't even imagine how heartbroken he would be.
Shameless slut!
"Who's waiting for you? I'm sitting here waiting for someone. It's not that you shamelessly came here."
Haitang's heart skipped a beat when she heard Yu Chen's words. What? Did they have a past relationship?
In this era, it was normal to have many wives and concubines, but Haitang felt that she was different from Yu Chen. They had shared life and death on the battlefield, a bond that no young master in the capital could compare to. Yu Chen had also promised her on the way back to the capital that he would only treat her well in this life.
When he was rebuked, Yu Chen simply assumed the other person was jealous.
The harsher Nan Yu's scolding, the better he felt.
“If you are alone, we will go together. It has been two years since we last saw Uncle Qi. We will go to the Minister’s residence tonight to pay our respects.”
The lamp wick called out, "Little brother!"
The waiter rushed over, bowing and scraping, his face full of ingratiating smiles: "What are your orders, young master?"
Lampwick: "There are two flies buzzing around my ear, it's so annoying, I need to get rid of them!"
All who come are guests, and those who can come to Zuixianlou are not lacking in money and power. They can only try to reconcile them, not drive them away. They can only try to persuade Yu Chen and his companion.
Seeing that Dengxin's face was truly unpleasant, and glancing at Haitang beside him, Yu Chen thought that he must know his attitude, and said, "Alright, we'll visit Uncle another day."
He then looked at the junior medic beside him and said, "Haitang, let's go to the private room."
Haitang vaguely understood the situation: Qi Buyi liked Yu Chen, but Yu Chen had no feelings for him. He was relentlessly pursuing Yu Chen. When Yu Chen returned, he was eager to see him, but he didn't want to lower himself by going to the General's Mansion, which led to their chance encounter today.
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