Chapter 30 Eavesdropping

"Jealous?"

Ning Yuan imitated his tone and bit out these two words slowly from his lips.

His long feather eyelashes fluttered slowly for a few times, and he said dissatisfiedly: "Why should I be jealous? Can't I just be angry?"

Very good, very hard-mouthed.

He has some style.

Shen Yan took a breath calmly and asked leisurely: "Then tell me, what are you angry about?"

He didn't believe it.

He had asked many difficult people, but there had never been one who could not reveal the flaws in ten sentences.

The voice he heard before was true, how long could she pretend?

Ning Yuan did not think for too long and answered seriously: "I ask you, is our engagement cancelled?"

"No."

Shen Yan closed his eyes slightly and stared at her beautiful profile.

Ning Yuan also looked back at him without giving in.

Although she was a little scared just now and didn't kick the door open and catch them in bed, she heard everything!

"You said, I am a lady from an aristocratic family after all, don't you have the obligation to maintain my reputation in front of outsiders?"

Shen Yan held the cup: "Go on."

"So, in front of everyone, you came to this place, alone with such a charming girl... If it gets out, next time I have a banquet, will I become a laughing stock?"

He seemed to have an epiphany and said: "That makes sense."

"So I'm not jealous, I'm just afraid of losing face."

"Yeah." He nodded thoughtfully.

Ning Yuan saw that he readily agreed, stretched his arms and pushed the cup in front of him a little further away, and breathed a sigh of relief.

"Okay, I'll give you a chance to explain now. If you can say something that you had no choice, I will forgive you and let you go for now."

Shen Yan stared at her, not knowing where to start.

If he hadn't deliberately lied to her that the medicine was a pregnancy-preserving medicine, it would actually be easy to explain.

He could have directly taken credit, saying that he had foresightedly predicted what would happen that night and had changed the medicine in advance, so nothing happened to them.

But now that things have come to this, it seems a little late to talk about this now.

He had to hide that part of the past.

"My family has some connection with that lady. She used to deal with Zhao Zhihuan. I just asked her some questions."

"Because this matter is related to you, I can't help but mention you. She said you are an interesting person, and I agreed with her. That's all."

Ning Yuan pursed her lips.

"Really?"

"If you don't believe me, you can go find her yourself."

"Miss Ning, I didn't do anything to make you a laughing stock."

Seeing her arrogance weaken, Shen Yan kindly reminded her: "Besides, if I really just came here for fun, how could I appear shortly after you sat down?"

"How is it impossible? Didn't you only spend a cup of tea last time?" Ning Yuan said without thinking, "You said it yourself."

"..."

Shen Yan didn't say anything again. In the silence, he found something wrong.

She seemed to think that he had a problem in that aspect.

And she had no doubt that it was her illusion. This book is exclusively compiled for you by the LK team. Shen Yan pursed his lips, with some confusion in his eyes. Do you

judge people by appearance?

Although he is not as strong as Zixing, he has maintained the habit of practicing martial arts all year round.

Besides, she has never tried it, so what right does she have to jump to conclusions?

After a moment, Ning Yuan understood the slight anger in his eyes, cleared her throat awkwardly, and looked away embarrassedly.

"Yes, I'm sorry, I touched your sore spot."

It hurts her.

He had a long-lost feeling of being wronged and then sneering in anger.

"Are you done asking?"

She said "um" briskly.

"Then you've gotten over your anger. Now let's talk about my anger."

She asked in confusion, "What are you angry about?"

"I am a key figure in the court. I don't know how many eyes are staring at me every day. We are still engaged. In front of outsiders, are you going to protect my face?"

... Why does this sound familiar?

The black and white eyes blinked, and there was an innocent look again.

"...I admit that I was a little outspoken just now, but don't worry, I will never tell anyone."

Shen Yan closed his eyes.

"That's not what I'm talking about."

"Then tell me, tell me..."

"You were hugging another man in front of me, in front of everyone. If this gets out, will I become a laughing stock at the next banquet?"

She bit her lip and said, "I had no choice..."

"Wouldn't you take the initiative to find me?" He said indifferently.

"... and then hug you?"

"Why? No?"

Shen Yan still had a cold face.

"I'm a good person, I will never stand by and watch someone die."

"... Shen Yan, it's been so long, why are you still thinking about this?"

Ning Yuan stared at the clear-eyed face and quickly made a conclusion.

"Are you jealous?"

"I'm not jealous, I just want to

save face." ——Unfortunately, before he could refute

her, she quickly agreed: "Okay, I promise you, as long as the engagement is not cancelled, I will never make you jealous in public next time."

Shen Yan opened his mouth and was about to speak again, but Ning Yuan stood up, grabbed his sleeve and ran out.

She stared at the carriage that had already rolled away, stamped her feet and said regretfully: "It's all your fault. You chatted with me for so long that I forgot to follow you for a while."

"What should I do now?"

Shen Yan finally understood what it meant that the only way to defeat martial arts in the world is to be fast.

In fact, it's the same when arguing.

Ning Yuan was a person who relied on her brain to think, but she blocked his mouth and didn't allow him to refute a word.

She kept changing the subject, and if he went back to the past, it would seem that he was saying one thing and thinking another.

He could only continue her words, saying nonchalantly: "Why are you following him? If you just want to avenge that glass of wine, why not find a way from the princess?"

She shook her head: "It's not entirely for revenge."

"I just want to know, his concubines... are they really the foxy women that the princess said, or are they also forced to suffer like me."

Shen Yan was a little surprised and looked down at her.

"Why do you want to care about those people?"

The first thing that caught his eye was the girl's gentle profile.

When she smiled, her round eyes would bend into crescents, and when she didn't smile, her eyes would be gentle, but would reveal a bit of warmth that calmed people's hearts.

Persimmon girl looked a little melancholy at the moment, but when she turned around, she quickly put on her usual smile.

"When in danger, not everyone can wait for someone to save her, and not everyone can save themselves."

"Now I also want to be that person who saves people."

Zhao Zhihuan is a frequent visitor here, and he often spits out a lot of things after being drunk. Shen Yan easily got a lot of information about him from Hua Niang.

But before this, he didn't take this playboy seriously, and naturally ignored the women who were subordinate to him.

There are many people in this world who want to get close to him, and he preconceived that Zhao Zhihuan's women are probably also greedy for power and nobility.

Now after listening to Ning Yuan's words, he suddenly felt that his previous thoughts were too arrogant.

At least in his eyes, Ning Yuan was just greedy for male beauty, not greedy for power and nobility.

Thinking of this, he murmured, "Maybe I have a way to take you there."

"It's faster than his carriage, and there's no need to take a detour."

*

Ning Yuan leaned against the back wall of Zhao Zhihuan's house where his mistress was hidden, her face as pale as paper.

She frowned for a long time, and finally vomited the dinner she didn't eat much of, on the wall.

Shen Yan reached out his hand, hesitated for a few times, and gently covered her back.

"Not that bad, right?"

"Why... not that bad?" She patted her chest to breathe, her legs still shaking a little, "How can you be like this? You want to take me with light skills and you won't say a word..."

At that time, she was suddenly lifted into the air by a burst of force, listening to the roar of the wind in her ears, and closed her eyes quietly.

Just after closing the door, he brought her to a rooftop. Just as her feet were firmly planted, they were empty again.

She looked around in confusion, only to find that she was being held in the air by Shen Yan, walking with him in a hurry.

She almost fainted in the air.

He stroked her back and said disdainfully, "When I was a kid and my master took me to the top of the thirteen-story pagoda for the first time, I didn't vomit as badly as you."

"Do you remember the secret guard who saved you at the Qianqiu Banquet? When she was a beginner, she didn't vomit as badly as you."

Ning Yuan said angrily, "Do you dare to say that it's all my fault? When your master took you to the pagoda, he only held your clothes?"

"Have you ever thought about what to do if your clothes get torn?"

Shen Yan paused, "After all, there is a difference between you and me, men and women."

"I won't ignore your safety."

Ning Yuan rolled her eyes in anger, "We've already slept together, what's wrong with hugging me?"

"This is a special case. I won't blame you."

After saying this, she vomited again. She leaned over against the wall and this time could only spit out some acid.

...Wait, I've already slept.

Ning Yuan remembered the bowl of pregnancy-preserving medicine.

It is said that pregnant women are more likely to feel sick. Could she really be pregnant?

But will pregnancy really make you feel sick so quickly?

Since she had learned a little about human affairs, she had only heard stories in the storybooks about women vomiting and fainting before they showed they were pregnant. When the doctor came, he found out that she was pregnant.

She had never seen a pregnant woman in her house, and she had nothing to refer to. She just vaguely thought that maybe she was really pregnant.

She raised her eyes and glared at Shen Yan beside her.

Suddenly, she heard a "squeak" beside her.

He picked her up, swept past her, and landed in the gap between the rear window and the outer wall that was slightly letting in light.

Ning Yuan lowered her eyes and saw that his arm was still on her waist, and the warmth of his palm came through the thin summer shirt.

The chirping of crickets outside the wall added some ambiguity to the two people hiding in the gap, which was almost like an affair.

She looked up in panic, just to meet his amber eyes that were as calm as water. The dim candlelight reflected on Shen Yan's face, like a tiger lurking in the dark night.

"Shen Yan." She said softly.

The man frowned slightly, put his slender fingers on his lips, and shook his head at her.

But she would really die if she didn't say this.

Her face flushed, and she leaned closer to him, trying to distance herself from the big hand behind her waist.

"Don't push it any further."

Shen Yan:?

He lowered his eyes to look at the girl who was almost lying in front of him, and said in a low voice: "Do you want to see what you are doing?"

What could she do?

She just wanted to stay away from his hand.

He weakly grabbed her lower back, which made her feel a little itchy.

Soon, the sound of a carriage stopping outside the courtyard was heard, followed by the sound of a door being kicked open, and then a drunken voice rang out.

"I finally see you, come and give me a kiss!"

It seemed that a woman was desperately dodging.

"Don't... don't be like this... I'll help you take a bath, okay?"

"What bath? I'm clean..."

The man in the house was eagerly tearing off the woman's outer shirt, mixed with some of the woman's low resistance.

After that, the woman's resistance was completely swallowed up, and only some grumbling sounds came out of the window.

...

Compared with the excitement in the house, the two people trapped in the gap of the wall were silent.

The reason why Shen Yan put his hands on her lower back after he put her down was because the back wall was surrounded by dried straw, and there was only this small space for the two of them to hide.

If she took a step back without knowing it, it would be easy to make a strange noise in such a quiet night.

Unfortunately, the girl in front of him might have seen this rare opportunity to take advantage of him, so she stuck to him openly and had no intention of moving. She just tilted her ears and listened to the movements in the room.

This book is exclusively compiled for you by the LK team. He couldn't take his hand away, nor did he put it back on her waist. He had to let it hang in the air, recalling the thin stroke in his palm before, and subconsciously squeezed it.

The two people in the room were kissing.

The noise was quite loud, and she could hear the sound of lips and teeth colliding clearly from outside.

It seemed that the woman in the room was not willing now. If she had to use the plot in the script to summarize it, she was probably being raped.

But she didn't know the ins and outs of it. She didn't know whether the woman's reluctance was because she was pregnant and wanted to protect the baby, or because she hated Zhao Zhihuan touching her.

She couldn't act rashly.

If she alarmed the snake, not only would she fail, but it would also affect the reputation of both of them.

Ning Yuan didn't like this disgusting kissing technique with saliva all over her face. She raised her eyes again, and her gaze unconsciously fell on the man's thin lips, and naturally thought of the dream.

That was the only time she tried to kiss.

"...What are you looking at?"

The man lowered his voice, his face a little impatient.

"No, I didn't see anything."

She looked away guiltily and moved uneasily.

Shen Yan knew her thoughts, how could he not know what was in her mind just now.

He really didn't understand Ning Yuan sometimes.

If she said she liked him, she would like to compare him with Zixing in her heart, and then come to the conclusion that he was not as good as Zixing.

If she said she didn't like him, she would kiss him, take the initiative to ask him to be intimate with her, and even secretly fantasize about him.

She was almost leaning against him now, with only a few layers of thin summer clothes between her skin.

He could even feel the considerable elasticity.

He subconsciously frowned, lowered his head, and looked uncontrollably at the source of the strange feeling.

The air was humid, the light was dim, and the tall white hair hidden under the open collar seemed particularly deep.

When he realized what he was looking at, he quickly turned his face to the wall, with deep self-doubt in his usually calm eyes.

And behind him, separated by a wall, some sounds that he didn't quite understand gradually came.

It seemed that the table was hitting the wall again and again, accompanied by the creaking sound of disrepair and almost falling apart.

Zhao Zhihuan seemed to be slapping the woman in the face, and he slapped her to tears.

The woman sobbed softly, as if she didn't want such a sad sound to come out of this small house.

He secretly clenched his palms.

He always looked down on men who laid hands on women, let alone a pregnant woman in the room.

The noise in the room became more and more intense. Ning Yuan heard a muffled "dong" sound and subconsciously grabbed Shen Yan's arm, only to find that his hand was secretly exerting force.

Then the sound of the wooden bed shaking came out.

Ning Yuan thought that it was probably Zhao Zhihuan who threw the woman onto the bed.

When she looked at Shen Yan again, she saw that his face was very solemn.

She began to think silently, if Shen Yan had not helped her to get rid of the love potion that day, would she be the one who was bullied in the remote room of the princess's mansion?

Although her brain was still working well, she was a rich lady who was raised in the mansion after all, and the most laborious work she did on weekdays was to grow vegetables and cook.

She couldn't let herself, who was dizzy and limp from the drugs, fight against such a beast.

She frowned and trembled slightly.

Shen Yan's mood was slightly relieved by her inner voice. He glanced at her soothingly and said softly: "Don't be afraid, he doesn't dare to hit you."

"And it's over, you will be fine."

...Hit?

Ning Yuan was stunned for a moment, thinking that he was probably talking about Zhao Zhihuan's brutal behavior of robbing women without regard for their wishes.

She nodded gently: "Yes, I know."

She pinched his arm and said softly: "Are you nervous?"

Shen Yan didn't answer her.

In fact, he didn't know what the source of his nervousness was.

Was it anger at the bad behavior of the man in the house, or was it helplessness that she had taken the initiative to break the usual distance, or was it these rather strange noises.

He always felt that Zhao Zhihuan kissed and beat him, and it was not as simple as just finding a weak woman to vent his anger.

The creaking of the wooden bed became more and more intense, and when the woman's soft moan broke through the night sky, Ning Yuan suddenly pinched his arm.

He lowered his eyes and looked at her.

The persimmon girl's cheeks were bright red.

"Yes, yes, I'm sorry."

She didn't want to.

But she had only read these things in the storybooks before, and although she had experienced them once in person, she was dizzy at that time. Now was the first time she heard these things in reality with a clear mind.

Then look at Shen Yan, who remained calm, with a handsome face and a cold pale expression. He looked like a veteran who had experienced many battles. But he

was not very good.

The man raised his eyelids and glanced at her: "What kind of mess are you thinking about?"

She raised her hand and touched her flushed face.

Was it so obvious what she was thinking?

How could he know everything?

Yes, facing a man like him, the thoughts of an innocent girl like her were almost transparent.

But she was just thinking about it, and he didn't know how many times he had done it.

She snorted in dissatisfaction and said, "For a hypocritical pervert like you, what I think is nothing."

"What did you say?"

Ning Yuan raised her eyebrows and turned her head away as if nothing had happened.

The noise in the house did not decrease, but was supplemented by the panting of men and women mixed together.

Rao Shenyan was no longer in the mood, and he also knew what such lewd music meant.

Was Zhao Zhihuan's venting of anger finally going to turn into venting of desire?

He suddenly regretted agreeing to bring Ning Yuan with him.

She was already obsessed with male beauty, and now after hearing all this, what if she learns bad habits again?

Suddenly, the woman screamed. The

man in the room said drunkenly: "You are so coquettish, don't hide... It's so swollen, isn't it for your husband to pinch?"

Ning Yuan's hand, which was already pinching his arm, tightened again, and her toes curled up in embarrassment, tapping the ground.

Damn it, if she spends her life with a man like this, she might as well hit her head against a wall.

She straightened her clothes with some fear.

Shen Yan was already upset, and she always pinched him. Although it didn't hurt, it was even a little itchy. In this narrow space, it made him feel several times more painful, as if she was taking advantage of him.

"Miss Ning..."

He frowned and glanced at her with a cold look. Just as he was about to ask her to let go, he saw that she was holding her collar. This book is exclusively compiled by the LK team for you. In fact, she was wearing men's clothes today.

If she hadn't deliberately held up her collar, it would be difficult to see its complete shape.

Now that the belt is tied and her bare hands are clenched, the impressive appearance underneath is completely outlined.

His gaze lingered for a moment longer.

But just at this moment, Ning Yuan happened to look up at him, and subconsciously followed his gaze. Suddenly, her head buzzed, and she took a step back, trying to distance herself from him: "You, you, you..."

At the same time, there was a crisp "click" sound of straw.

——"You don't want to do the same to me, do you?"

This was what she didn't finish.

The next moment, Shen Yan covered her mouth, grabbed her waist, and pressed her to the roof.