The flower girl is causing trouble again.
Yan Liang was heartbroken and helpless. The girl in yellow in front of him looked embarrassed and annoyed, pouting and shouting, "You still say you don't like men!"
“I don’t like it,” Yan Liang said, distressed. “Miss Hua should know that you are the only one in my heart.”
The young man spoke sweet nothings frankly and without blushing, while the girl in yellow raised her eyebrows and remained unmoved.
"If you weren't the one admiring the moon on the rooftop with that person last night, then who was it?!"
"...You saw it?" Yan Liang was a little surprised, but he didn't take it to heart. Instead, he reached out and held the flower girl's soft hands, smiling as he said, "These days you've been saying I have homosexual tendencies. Flower girl, are you jealous because of me?"
The young woman's expression stiffened almost imperceptibly. She tried to pull her hand away, but couldn't. The gray-clad young man in front of her said softly, "From beginning to end, you have been the only one in my heart."
"Once this matter is settled, the two of us will leave Suzhou and travel all over the world..." he said, "I wonder if Miss Hua would be willing?"
The young woman stared at him blankly. Their eyes met, and the young man's words were sincere and earnest, his eyes bright as stars. She blinked and pursed her lips, remaining silent.
The people outside the courtyard witnessed the scene. Pang Yu was surprised and secretly glanced at the forlorn-looking man in red beside him, his feelings complicated.
Judging from how Hua Guniang went straight to the East yesterday, Pang Yu thought that Hua Guniang and Dongfang were in love... but it seems that it was not as he thought?
Dongfang stood still for a moment, then turned and left, leaving Pang Yu bewildered. He glanced at Fang Yingkan, who was also looking at him, and their eyes met.
The person that Miss Hua was referring to just now... must be Fang Yingkan, right?
Pang Yu thought to himself with mixed feelings.
Bai Yutang appeared silently, patted Pang Yu on the shoulder, and said to him meaningfully, "Some things are better left unsaid."
Pang Yu: ...Why do you seem to have gotten used to it, Fifth Master Bai?
Inside the courtyard, Yan Liang and Wang Lianhua shook hands with each other in disgust after the audience outside the courtyard left.
"Just talk, don't resort to physical violence."
Wang Lianhua looked disgusted.
"Wasn't it all to cooperate with you?" Yan Liang leaned back in his chair with his hands in his pockets. "I paid a heavy price to keep you from being exposed. Now, because of you, my reputation is ruined and I'm completely tarnished."
"Me?" Wang Lianhua scoffed. "You're having a lot of fun yourself, aren't you?"
...This is indeed undeniable.
Yan Liang gazed at the sky.
"Who is that Fang Yingkan?"
Wang Lianhua slept late last night and saw two people sitting cross-legged on the roof from his window. However, Fang Yingkan and Yan Liang did not talk much during the day, so he was a little puzzled about their relationship.
"He's a friend of mine... who doesn't consider me a friend."
Yan Liang concluded.
Wang Lianhua laughed: "You get disliked by people too?"
Yan Liang said lazily, "He didn't look down on me... I can't compare to you, Master Wang, in being annoying."
“…” Wang Lianhua said, “What you just said was quite annoying.”
Yan Liang smiled smugly, looking utterly deserving of a beating.
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Because Pang Yu's eager eyes were so thirsty for knowledge, and Fang Yingkan also looked like he was humbly seeking advice, Bai Yutang briefly told the story of the three people. After he finished speaking, Pang Yu suddenly realized and muttered, "No wonder, no wonder—no wonder Dongfang had that kind of expression."
"...I've only ever seen stories like this in storybooks."
Pang Yu spoke frankly, and his feelings were extremely genuine.
Fang Yingkan was also slightly surprised—back then, Yan Liang was always unmoved and always had a gentle smile when facing all kinds of beauties. He thought that Yan Liang was devoted to the white cat and could not see anyone else... So it turned out that he already had someone else in his heart?
At this moment, Dongfang, who was deeply heartbroken after seeing Yan Liang and Hua Guniang holding hands, threw an unconscious man in black at their feet. Zhan Zhao helplessly held his sword and exchanged a glance with Bai Yutang.
The assassins from Wuyan Pavilion, sent by Tang Yang to watch over Mu Rufeng, also tried intermittently to break into the mansion to rescue him, but the mansion was full of powerful figures, and they repeatedly failed and were always severely beaten.
He would fight one by one, and two by two. Zhan Zhao suspected that the Wuyan Pavilion assassins who had stayed in Gusu that day were probably already covered in wounds and had run out of men. After all, the two people who came today were Wuyan Pavilion assassins he had seen before.
Fang Ying asked with interest, "Are they the assassins from the Smokeless Pavilion?"
Zhan Zhao nodded: "Exactly."
Dongfang Bubai raised his head slightly and glanced at Fang Yingkan, seemingly lost in thought, and said, "Did Yan Liang tell you this last night?"
Fang Ying smiled at him and said, "Yes."
Bai Yutang looked at the two unconscious men in black on the ground, glanced at Fang Yingkan after hearing this, and after thinking for a moment, decided to send the two away first.
Dongfang Bubai was unwilling to do the next task because he had defeated two assassins by himself, so Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao each took a man in black and walked out.
Zhan Zhao gently placed the man in black outside the door, while Bai Yutang ruthlessly tossed him aside, and the two piled on top of each other. The man on the bottom let out a muffled groan while unconscious.
"..."
Zhan Zhao glanced at Bai Yutang.
The person being watched raised an eyebrow at him, turned and went into the mansion. Zhan Zhao sighed and said loudly under the eaves, "Gentlemen, you should stop wasting your time. Young Master Mu and his guard are safe and sound. We just want to see Tang Yang. Once we see him, we will return him to your esteemed pavilion master."
A strong wind blew, rustling the leaves, but no one answered.
Bai Yutang poked his head out from behind the door and said, "It's no use talking to them; they never learn."
Zhan Zhao silently walked into the courtyard and closed the door.
Not long after they closed the door, a figure leaped out of the woods outside the mansion, landed under the eaves, and remained silent as he looked at his two unconscious colleagues.
This scene was very familiar; he had been one of them once before.
The assassin sighed for the first time in a long time, but his actions were swift and decisive. He hoisted the two men onto his back and disappeared into the woods in an instant.
Inside the mansion, Pang Yu was hesitantly trying to get information from Dongfang Bubai about his relationship or story with Yan Liang, but he was always the one being tricked into revealing things. His tricks were so crude that not only Dongfang Bubai couldn't stand it, but even Fang Yingkan, who was watching from the side, thought to himself that Pang Yu would be better off just asking directly.
Dongfang Bubai chuckled inwardly, thinking that whether it was Bai Yutang, Zhan Zhao, or Yan Liang, they all treated this young man with an inexplicable kindness, and he found it quite understandable.
After all, people who are endearingly naive are truly rare.
Dongfang Bubai followed Pang Yu's lead and answered. Their story was vulgar and melodramatic, yet it possessed a strange charm that was hard to resist. At least Pang Yu had learned something new.
Fang Yingkan also felt that he had broadened his horizons.
When Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao returned to their original spot, they saw the three of them each carrying a stool and sitting around a table. Pang Yu and Fang Yingkan were listening intently to Dongfang Bubai telling a story.
The two: "..."
Bai Yutang strode forward, first flicking Pang Yu's forehead, then glaring at Dongfang Bubai—he really couldn't understand why Dongfang Bubai was so willing to tell his story...it was clearly a sad story, wasn't it?
Dongfang Bubai remained calm and smiled at him, but Bai Yutang ignored him and looked at Fang Yingkan instead.
The other person was dressed casually, yet possessed an air of refined elegance, unlike ordinary people.
Pang Yu rubbed his forehead and stood up with a pained expression. Although he was simple-minded, he was observant and could tell that Bai Yutang had something to ask Fang Yingkan, so he very attentively offered Bai Wuye a seat.
Master Bai glanced at him, then sat down in the chair without any ceremony, meeting Fang Yingkan's gaze.
Bai Yutang also had many doubts about Fang Yingkan's identity—because Pang Yu only said that Fang Yingkan came from the same place as them, but he and Zhan Zhao could tell at a glance that this person's strength was unfathomable and his origins were extraordinary, and they had never heard of this name in the martial arts world.
Having heard that Yan Liang had spoken to him late at night, Bai Yutang trusted Yan Liang and therefore Fang Yingkan. So he asked directly, "Are you really from the same place as us?"
"Of course." Fang Yingkan replied with a sincere smile.
Bai Yutang frowned slightly and said, "But I've never heard of you."
Fang Yingkan raised an eyebrow: "It seems His Highness didn't tell you about his experiences."
ha?
Your Highness?
Pang Yu stared wide-eyed, dumbfounded.
When did Yan Liang become a prince?
Zhan Zhao's hand trembled, and he gripped his sword tighter; Bai Yutang sat up straighter without making a sound, his eyes fixed on Fang Yingkan, who had just uttered such a startling statement; Dongfang Bubai watched them with great interest.
The expressions on everyone's faces varied, but Fang Yingkan met their gazes with an innocent smile and said, "I am indeed from the same place as the three of you, but it is the Great Song Dynasty a hundred years later. The emperor is not Zhao Zhen, but Zhao Kai."
Zhan Zhao grasped the key point: "Why do you address Yan Liang as Your Highness?"
Fang Yingkan, with a somewhat amused air, said lightly, "He was once the Crown Prince Zhao Huan, who reigned for ten years before abdicating in favor of his younger brother Zhao Kai."
Pang Yu's brain went blank.
Bai Yutang found his voice again: "...And who are you?"
Fang Yingkan smiled and said, "I am the Marquis of Shentong. I have a relationship with Yan Liang as his subject and I also have some connection with Young Marquis Pang."
Upon hearing his own address, Pang Yu blinked and stared blankly at Fang Yingkan.
"The Divine Power Marquis's Mansion that the Emperor bestowed upon me back then seems to be the former Pang Mansion." Fang Ying smiled brightly at him. "I also first met Yan Liang outside the Marquis's Mansion."
...There's so much information here.
Pang Yu couldn't help but ask, "Why didn't you say so sooner?"
Fang Yingkan said without changing his expression, "This matter is strange and unusual. I was afraid you wouldn't believe me if I told you, so I thought I would ask Yan Liang to tell you in person when I met him."
He paused and sighed, "But I never expected that he wouldn't tell Master Bai and Guard Zhan about these things... He was very sad when he learned that you were no longer alive."
The three of them fell silent again.
They were very sad back then too.
Pang Yu couldn't help but think.
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