Chapter 67: Chapter 65: He Has a Mistress Too?
The black-clad man’s actions left Yun Ran momentarily stunned. She weighed the heavy stack of silver notes in her hand and quickly chased after him.
"Hey, brother, do you know which way to go?"
The man’s steps slightly paused, nonchalantly continuing forward, "Isn’t there just this one road at present? Once we’re ahead, allow the young lady to guide us."
"Also, young lady, you may address me as Young Master."
Yun Ran: [What’s the deal? Is the word ’brother’ poisonous and will kill you?]
"Well then, masked young master, I smell a strong scent of medicine from you. Are you... a healer?"
Yun Ran initially intended to ask if he had a chronic illness.
But thought perhaps that was impolite?
Earlier during their encounter, she had smelled the strong scent of herbs from him, at one point suspecting his cloak had been soaked in medicinal decoction.
If not a person bedridden and soaked in medicine for years, it’s difficult to emit this odor.
"If I must be honest, I work in a pharmacy’s warehouse. Perhaps that’s the reason."
[A pharmacy clerk who casually pulls out silver notes worth five million?]
[This person looks peculiar throughout; he’s probably some affluent young fellow experiencing life.]
"Which pharmacy is it? Are they hiring?"
The man’s steps slightly paused, turning his head to glance at her, "Young lady, are you very short on Silver?"
"Short, indeed!"
[Silver is so adorable, who would ever think there’s too much of it?]
"I was intending to ask you earlier; why are you alone carrying such a heavy load on the street in the dead of night? Aren’t you worried your husband would be concerned?"
Yun Ran was taken aback for a moment, then her eyes shifted and she put on a sad expression, letting out a sigh filled with melancholy, "Don’t mention that unfaithful man!"
The black-clad man paused in disbelief, turning his head to look at her.
"???"
"..."
Yun Ran raised a hand to wipe away nonexistent tears at the corner of her eyes, unable to help her grief, "That heartless and fickle man only knows how to exploit me!"
"I’ve been married to him for three years and haven’t had a single full meal!"
"He even took the silver I painstakingly earned through embroidery to spend on his little lover."
Black-clad man: "..."
Beneath the mask, the man’s attractive thin lips pursed repeatedly, and after a long while, he finally squeezed out a stiff sentence:
"He has a little lover?"
"He does! More than one!"
"..."
"But that’s not all; just a couple of days ago, he ran off with all the family savings and eloped with his lover on a dark and stormy night!"
"..."
"He didn’t even leave me a single copper coin! Truly inhumane!"
"...Oh young lady, you’re really quite pitiable."
"It’s alright, wait until the young lady makes a fortune, then find some people to put that unfaithful man in a sack and beat him up."
Black-clad man: "..."
When they were two turns away from Prince Qin Mansion, Yun Ran called out to the black-clad man, expressed her gratitude, and returned the silver notes to him.
The black-clad man asked her hesitantly, "You, have arrived?"
[Of course not! There’s no way I’d let you know my address!]
"Yes! This is my home!"
Yun Ran went to pick up her sack and casually pointed behind her, with a pure and harmless smile.
"You... live in a doghouse?"
"???"
What?!
Yun Ran abruptly turned back to look, then her face stiffened, with black lines dripping down her forehead.
Acted hastily...
"Ahem! Actually, it’s just temporary! Only temporary!"
The black-clad man didn’t expose her lie either; after handing over the sack to her, he said ’Farewell, until next time’ and started walking in the opposite direction.
Yun Ran only felt at ease going towards Prince Qin Mansion after he left.
However, as soon as she climbed onto Prince Qin Mansion’s wall, she saw below that with bright torches, teams of valiant black-clad guards were running in all directions, shouting sternly:
"Quick! Catch the assassin!"
"The assassin went that way!"
Yun Ran: "???"