Chapter 698 His Name
"What's wrong with you guys? You've been dragging your feet for ages. Are you going to pay me or not?" the boss said, growing increasingly impatient after waiting for a while.
“I already said I’d give it to you, why are you rushing me?” Wan Qingzhou held out her hand: “Let me see the bill again.”
The shop owner glanced at him, frowned, and looked down at the bill: "I already told you how much each dish costs, why are you..."
"Run!" Taking advantage of the boss's inattention, Wan Qingzhou grabbed Wen Zhiyi and rushed out.
The boss paused for two seconds before exclaiming, "Damn it!" He then yelled, "You two, stop right there! I knew you two little brats were up to no good. You look all respectable, but you're actually here to dine and dash! Shameless!"
He then shouted to the kitchen, "Ergou, Shidan, come out here! Someone skipped out on the bill, get some guys to chase after them!"
...
Wan Qingzhou pulled Wen Zhiyi along, running wildly, turning left and right.
Wen Zhiyi felt the wind was howling in her ears. She had no idea where she was or where she was going. At one point, she even felt like a kite, flying wildly in the wind, with the only string held in the hand of the man in front of her.
His hands were large and well-defined, and he held her hand with exceptional strength, as if they could run all the way to the sky just by holding each other's hands.
I heard hurried footsteps and curses behind me.
"Stop right there! Stop right there!"
Hearing the voice behind her, she felt no fear, but rather a surge of adrenaline and an indescribable excitement.
She grew up in the Wen family, where there were many rules and restrictions, and she had never been so unrestrained as she was now.
"Hey, are we going to be caught up?" she asked Wan Qingzhou.
"Run faster if you don't want to be caught!" Wan Qingzhou's voice came from ahead.
Wen Zhiyi stopped asking questions and simply followed him around.
After a while, the two entered a low alley. Wan Qingzhou pushed Wen Zhiyi into a narrow crevice and then squeezed in himself.
He stood behind her, her back pressed tightly against his chest.
The alley was so quiet you could hear a pin drop; for a moment, the only sound was each other's heavy breathing.
Before long, the people behind them caught up.
The man glanced at the alley and said, "Brother Tiger, the person isn't here!"
"They must have run ahead. Let's go, chase after them and see! Damn it, they dare to skip out on my bill! If I don't catch those two bastards today, I'm not Fatty Tiger!"
As soon as she finished speaking, Wen Zhiyi almost burst out laughing.
Fortunately, Wan Qingzhou behind her reached out and covered her mouth in time.
The group's voices faded into the distance. Wen Zhiyi mumbled something, and Wan Qingzhou belatedly realized that her hand had been burned, so she quickly let go.
Wen Zhiyi's cheeks felt slightly warm.
They were so close that even when he lowered his hand, they couldn't avoid physical contact.
Wen Zhiyi lowered her head and could clearly feel the heat emanating from the man's chest behind her, which made her back feel faintly burning.
To be honest, this guy must exercise a lot; his chest muscles are quite full.
Wen Zhiyi's mind wandered to distant lands.
Behind her, Wan Qingzhou's heart was pounding just as fast. He was much taller than her, and when he looked down, he could smell the pleasant pear blossom fragrance in her hair.
The girl's body was softer than he had imagined, and her skin was more delicate than he had expected...
His gaze had nowhere to land, so it wandered aimlessly until it finally settled on her fair neck.
There was a red rope hanging from it, and he knew that was the target of his mission—the Wen family's Blood Phoenix Jade Pendant.
In an instant, he brought his thoughts back to the present.
Staring intently at the red rope, he took a deep breath and slowly reached out his hand towards it.
Just as his fingertips were about to touch the rope by a millimeter, Wen Zhiyi suddenly turned her head and said, "You stepped on me and hurt me."
Wan Qingzhou was stunned: "What?"
Wen Zhiyi pointed to her feet.
Wan Qingzhou then realized that his foot had been stepping on her heel the whole time.
He awkwardly pulled his foot back quickly: "I didn't mean to, I'm sorry..."
Before he could finish speaking, Wen Zhiyi interrupted him, her eyes narrowing like a fox's: "What were you trying to do when you reached out your hand just now?"
Wan Qingzhou: "..."
Damn it, she still saw it.
It's his fault, though; it wasn't a good time to strike...
My brain was racing at that moment, but I couldn't come up with a good excuse.
Just as his CPU was about to burn out, Wen Zhiyi suddenly spoke up: "Admit it, do you like me? You just tried to kiss me?"
Wan Qingzhou: "?"
He froze, and as his mouth opened slightly, a gust of wind blew in, causing him to cough uncontrollably.
Is this something a young lady from a wealthy family should say?
Wen Zhiyi raised her eyebrows, a smug look on her face: "Did I hit the nail on the head? Don't be embarrassed, after all, there are already so many people in Kyoto who like me, one more won't make a difference."
Wan Qingzhou coughed for a while before she recovered, her cheeks flushed as she glared at her: "You're supposed to be the 'Number One Talented Woman of the Capital,' how can you be so shameless?!"
"Even if it's thicker, it can't be thicker than yours," Wen Zhiyi retorted, "Who was the one who dared to dine and dash just now!"
After she finished speaking, she changed the subject again: "But I have to say, it was quite exciting just now. When are we going to eat again?"
Wan Qingzhou looked at the girl's expectant gaze: "???"
He'd been constantly pushed to his limits by this girl all day, and now he was almost numb to it.
Looking into her bright eyes, he rolled his eyes and bluntly told her, "Little girl, you should avoid doing things like this, or you might break your legs."
"Hey, we're running so fast, the boss can't catch me!"
Wan Qingzhou thought to himself, "What a sin! I'm really leading people astray."
He took a deep breath and said, "You were lucky this time, being with me. Can you guarantee you'll be this lucky?"
Wen Zhiyi thought about it and agreed: "You're right. If it were just me, I couldn't do such a despicable thing."
Wan Qingzhou was caught in the crossfire again: "..."
Wen Zhiyi looked at him: "You seem so adept at running away. Have you been operating around here all this time? I've never seen you before."
Wan Qingzhou made up a story: "It was just a blind cat catching a dead mouse. I was begging in other places before, and I haven't been in the capital for very long. I mainly came here because I heard there are many rich people in the capital, so I came to try my luck. I just arrived and I met the beautiful and kind Miss Wen. She bought me clothes and took me out to eat. Of course, it would have been even better if she hadn't made me pay..."
Wen Zhiyi snorted, "Why are you so vengeful? Don't worry, I'll definitely treat you to this meal! But you don't have an address or a pager, how am I supposed to contact you in the future?"
Wan Qingzhou was still thinking about how to bring this up, but she brought it up first.
He curled his lips into a smile and pulled a whistle from his pocket: "If you want to find me, just blow this, and I'll come out."
"So amazing?" Wen Zhiyi blinked, then brought it to her lips to blow on it.
Wan Qingzhou stopped her: "I'm right here, what are you bragging about?"
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