Chapter 64: We are friends, let’s say goodbye
At the crowing of cocks in the autumn morning, the Huo Gang's troops left Yancheng in a mighty procession.
Amidst the layers of solemn-looking knife-wielding guards was the carriage and sedan chair of the Huo family's young master, Jintou Quelan, with Buyan driving the horse.
Yun Chen and Xun Yan rode their horses to protect her, and she rode the horse closest to the sedan chair.
As the curtains on the small window fluttered, Huo Gannian could clearly see Yun Chen's silhouette.
In the car, Run He, who was waiting beside him, said with a smile:
"Young Master, you've been in a good mood recently. I thought you would be unhappy about leaving Yancheng."
Huo Gannian raised his eyes calmly, glanced at the back of the woman with high ponytail through the gap in the sedan chair curtain, raised the corners of his lips, but did not speak.
Outside the car, Bu Yan continued:
"I know why the young master is in such a good mood! It's because Achen has taken care of all the matters related to the departure very well, sealing the boxes and escorting them, arranging the guard shifts, patrolling the route... Hey! Don't look at Achen's young age, he is really smart. Brother Ye Yan would praise him when he saw him. We will be able to meet up with Ye Yan and Hua Jue in two days at most. They have probably already arranged everything at the post station ahead, and once we get there we can..."
Buyan kept on chattering away, and Runhe covered his ears with his hands, trying to block out Buyan's "chanting".
As he was reciting the poem, Bu Yan said to Yun Chen who was riding a horse beside him:
"Achen, let's switch. You drive the horse." Buyan pointed to his buttocks. "I feel the pain from my hemorrhoids again. I need to take a break."
"Okay, come and lie on the horse's back for a while." Yun Chen and Buyan exchanged positions.
She sat at the door of the sedan chair and said in an unnatural tone, "Master, it's my turn to drive the horse."
Across the sedan chair curtain, Huo Gannian's voice was filled with a gentle smile:
"good."
Because of Dan Kou's matter, she had been busy with the departure affairs in the mansion for nearly twenty days, and she used various excuses to avoid coming to Huo Gannian.
Huo Gannian didn't call her either. According to Runhe, Huo Gannian was even in a very good mood during the days when Yun Chen deliberately distanced himself from her.
Yun Chen pondered what to say to ease the embarrassment in his heart.
Just as he was about to speak, Xiaoliu ran over from the end of the team and said:
"Brother Yun, a member of the Yan family came over and invited you to meet them at the sunflower garden two miles away. They said they want to practice for you."
Xiaoliu didn't know who Yan Shijiu was, so he just said it so casually.
"Damn it, this guy's face is thicker than the soles of my shoes!" Buyan lay on the horse's back, cursed, and turned his head away.
Yun Chen felt his back tense for some reason and said to Xiao Liu:
"I'm on duty as a guard. How can I leave my post without permission? I won't go."
Xiaoliu ran over to reply, and after a moment he said:
"The Yan family said that if you don't want to go, then he kindly asks to come and see you."
Yan Shijiu is a guy who is good at playing tricks on people. Yun Chen guessed that there was no sunflower garden nearby.
Yan Shijiu said this on purpose because he knew she would definitely not agree. He could then ask for a meeting as a compromise, and she would not be able to refuse.
Yun Chen turned sideways to the car and asked Huo Gannian for his opinion:
"Young Master, I think if I don't see Yan Shijiu, I'm afraid he will follow me, otherwise..."
"Why not? Just ask him to come to the front of the car to meet me. You don't have to go." Huo Gannian said.
Judging from Huo Gannian's voice, he didn't seem unhappy, so Yun Chen felt relieved.
However, Runhe in the sedan was surprised to find that for the first time, Huo Gannian did not instantly turn cold when he heard the three words "Yan Shijiu". Instead, his eyebrows were slightly raised, and he looked like he was waiting at ease.
After a while, a man came riding slowly. His guard uniform of friendly sky blue and white was very eye-catching among the guards of Huo Gang.
Seeing that the person who came was Wan Chen, the personal guard beside Yan Shijiu, and not Yan Shijiu himself, Yun Chen felt relieved.
"Guard Yun, my master has something to tell you." Wan Chen was a serious man. He first bowed to Yun Chen, then his face changed drastically, and he imitated Yan Shijiu's heartless tone and said:
"My dear little Yunyun, are you a little disappointed that it wasn't me who came? We have a long friendship, so we should say goodbye properly. If you don't come to the sunflower garden to meet me, I will chase you to Kyoto, okay?"
Wan Chen is such a serious person, but he imitated Yan Shijiu very well. Yun Chen felt that there was no difference between him and Yan Shijiu standing in front of her and talking to her.
Yun Chen was extremely embarrassed, and Buyan beside him started to retch.
"No, no!" Yun Chen said loudly, but then he thought, if Yan Shijiu really followed him all the way to Kyoto because she didn't go to meet him, wouldn't that be even more troublesome?
Yun Chen hesitated and said, "Young Master, how about I go meet Yan Shijiu, we're friends, and we should go say goodbye."
In the car, Huo Gannian took a sip of tea and said lightly:
"No."
Yun Chen was stunned. She rarely heard these two words from Huo Gannian's mouth. At least he rarely responded to her.
But since the master has spoken, the guards have no choice but to obey, and Yun Chen once again rejected Wan Chen.
Wan Chen seemed to have expected this. He bowed again and imitated Yan Shijiu with his serious and old-fashioned mouth:
"My lovely little Yunyun, if you are willing to come and meet me, it proves that you have me in your heart, and then I will chase you!"
I've been fooled! Yun Chen slapped his thigh and hurriedly said to Wan Chen:
"I just flatly refused. I don't want to go to the sunflower garden! Wanchen, don't say anything nonsense when you go back!"
Wan Chen bowed respectfully and said in a serious tone:
"Guardian Yun just said, 'How about I go meet Yan Shijiu? We're friends, so we can say goodbye.' It's just that Young Master Huo won't let you go. I'll convey this truthfully to the master. As long as the master knows that you're actually willing to go, that's all that's left."
After saying this, Wan Chen turned and left, leaving Yun Chen with a cloud of horse hoof dust.
Bu Yan, Xun Yan, Xiao Liu, and dozens of guards who were nearby... everyone looked at Yun Chen, and the air was filled with an awkward atmosphere.
Yun Chen didn't know what Huo Gannian's expression was behind the curtain, so he cautiously asked:
"Young Master, how about we take a break before we go?"
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