C7

The West Lake of Yangzhou — — Tian Xin Building

When Lu Haoran received the jasmine tea brewed by Quan Er, he was slightly stunned. The refreshing fragrance of the tea made him feel as if he was dreaming. It was a familiar scene, as if he had sat on the same bamboo stool and drunk the same tea long ago. The only difference was that the tea drinkers on the opposite side of the table had their blurry smile replaced by Qian Piaoxue's peerless beauty, making it hard for people to distinguish between reality and dreams.

Quan Er said, "My family's young master will be here shortly. Young Master Lu, please have some tea first."

Lu Haoran nodded and asked, "Can we send Lady Piao Xue in to rest first? I'm afraid she won't be able to last much longer with the journey."

Quan Er clapped her hands and called over a maid to help Qian Piaoxue, who looked tired, into the inner room. Lu Haoran was left alone to size up the bamboo house.

The more he looked, the more familiar he felt. There was a voice in Lu Haoran's heart that kept telling him that he remembered that he had been here before. Unfortunately, memories answered him. He had never been to Yangzhou, let alone the West Lake.

Without even drinking the tea, Lu Haoran lightly tapped his head in an attempt to shake off that blurry image. As he was trying his best, a delicate fragrance drifted by. Lu Haoran raised his head and saw Young Master Youxiang's elegant smile.

Yue Zijun cupped his hands and smiled, "Young Master Lu, thank you for your hard work."

Lu Haoran felt powerless, and angrily asked: "You trust me that much? Aren't you afraid that I'll change my mind midway? "

"I, Yue, wish to believe in Gentleman's Blade's abilities. Young Master Lu is indeed worthy of being a gentleman. I, Yue, have not misjudged him."

That's why you set me up? He was being chased all the way back. If he didn't have a strong foundation in martial arts and his luck wasn't good, he would have already ascended to heaven.

Thinking about that, he threw Yue Zijun a resentful look and said: "Young Master Youxiang is indeed Young Master Youxiang, he has already been arranged beforehand. Even without my escort, there are already people on the way to meet Miss Qian.

Yue Zijun smiled lightly and said: "I, Yue Feng, have indeed made some arrangements to prevent myself from being separated from Miss Qian while escaping, but it is not foolproof. With Young Master Lu's protection, Miss Qian will be safe here. Isn't it? "

Lu Haoran was speechless. He wanted to retort, but he couldn't find the right words to say. In the end, he had to compromise, "Anyway, as long as Miss Qian is safe, it's fine."

Yue Zijun said: "I, Yue, didn't say that Miss Qian would be safe once she reaches Tian Xin Building!"

"Huh?"

"If Young Master Lu really is as rumored in the outside world to be a responsible person …" Yue Zijun bent down and whispered into Lu Haoran's ear, "Please..."

Lu Haoran's expression gradually turned ugly as he listened to Yue Zijun's words …

That night, Yue Zijun kept Lu Haoran as a guest at Tian Xin Building, and Lu Haoran happily accepted it. When they went to the back of the house, he coincidentally saw a bunch of flowers growing in the backyard with numerous flower buds, so he asked, "What kind of flowers are these?"

Quan Er answered, "Jasmine!"

"Jasmine?" Lu Haoran was stunned and could not help but ask: "These are all planted by your Young Master? Now it's bud setting? "

Quan Er smiled, "Mn, other places will only blossom in May at the earliest, and our Tian Xin Building's jasmine flowers can bloom in April, continuously all the way until September!"

No wonder he smells so good. If Young Master Youxiang spent all day with the fragrant flowers in the garden, Wu thought, it would not be strange for him to have a fragrant smell.

"Young Master Lu, this is your bedroom." Quan Er brought Lu Haoran out of the room, pushed open the door and said, "My Young Master lives over there. Miss Qian lives in the small yard on the right. It is the place where the servants live. If Young Master has any instructions, just say them. "

"Thank you."

"Then, young master, rest well. I'll go down first."

After sending Quan Er off, Lu Haoran walked into the room. Looking at the simple and elegant decorations in the room, he felt a familiar throbbing sensation.

He held his head with one hand as he slowly sat down, attempting to grab onto that faint shadow. However, in the end, it all ended in failure.

What was wrong with him?

Why did his memories become so strange the moment he stepped into the Tian Xin Building?

Lu Haoran was lying on his bed, unable to sleep. Suddenly, he heard a flute outside the room and thought: Who is still awake in the middle of the night?

He got up and opened the window, only to see a dashing young master standing amidst the jasmine flowers. His goose-yellow robe shone with a faint pearly white under the moonlight, and the ribbons in his hair fluttered in the night wind. His hands were as thin as porcelain, and each of his knuckles looked slender and perfect.

A thought flashed across Lu Haoran's mind — a gentleman under the moon.

And this person was none other than Yue Zijun.

"Young Master Yue is so elegant." At the end of the song, Lu Haoran clapped his hands and praised, "A song about Wen Jun. It could be said that wind was blowing in my armpits. I almost ran away to the moon."

"Young Master Lu must be joking." Yue Zijun looked back and smiled humbly.

That smile was even brighter than the moon at the horizon. It suddenly hit Lu Haoran's heart, making his heart beat twice as fast as usual.

Yue Zijun asked, "Young Master Lu, why aren't you sleeping this late?"

Lu Haoran was still at a loss for words due to his palpitation.

"Young Master Lu?"

"Huh?"

"What's the matter with you?"

"I …" Lu Haoran held his heart and couldn't tell what it felt like. He stared at Yue Zijun for a long time and suddenly asked, "Have we really not met before?"

A look of surprise flashed across Yue Zijun's face, and he said indifferently: "Yue, before Heaven Vanishing Valley, I really didn't have any relationship with Young Master Lu. As for whether or not I have met him before … I'm not sure. "

"Is that so …" Feeling a little disappointed, Lu Haoran went back into the house and said, "It's getting late. I won't be accompanying you. Young Master Yue should get some rest as well!" He closed the window.

Lu Haoran lay on the bed, his heart was still filled with unspeakable melancholy from the answer.

Did they really have no relationship at all?

Strange …

He only asked if they had seen him, but Yue Zijun insisted that they were not friends.

This Yue Zijun... It always felt weird.

Yue Zijun saw Lu Haoran shut off the window lights also turned back to the room.

Inside the room, Quan Er was dozing off with the lantern in her hand. She woke up when she heard the Young Master coming in and stood up to greet him. "Young Master."

"Mm, it's getting late. You should go and sleep!"

"I will wait upon young master to change."

"No, I don't want to sleep yet."

Quan Er sighed and said, "Is it because Young Master Lu is sleeping in the opposite door that he can't sleep?"

Yue Zijun glared at Quan Er and scolded, "How do I usually teach you? "He's becoming more and more impudent."

Quan Er pouted and replied, "How could I dare to say anything to Young Master! But Quan Er has a question for Young Master. "

"What is it?"

"Does Young Master really plan to travel with Young Master Lu?"

"So what?"

"Young master!" Quan Er fumed, "Who swore to the heavens that they would never get involved with Young Master Lu again? Who said that if I see him again, I will die a horrible death? Young master! The first three feet of the head is filled with a god. If you go back on your word, you will be punished! "

"Are you hoping that this young master will receive his retribution?"

Quan Er stomped her feet and said anxiously, "Young master! "You!"

Yue Zijun smiled and patted Quan Er's head, "Okay, okay, I know you care about me, but I didn't look for him this time. He came to find me himself."

"However, the matter of escorting Miss Qian to the north was Young Noble Lu's request."

"There's nothing I can do about it. There are so many people chasing after Qian Piaoxue in the martial arts world. How can I protect her by myself?"

"But Young Master also said that he was destined to go against the righteous path of martial arts. Wouldn't that implicate Young Master Lu?"

"Quan Er!" Yue Zijun sighed, "I knew it was because of this that I couldn't let him go …" He looked in the direction of Lu Haoran's house and said, "This time, I saw Qian Piaoxue off. I'm afraid I won't be able to stay in the Central Plains Martial Arts Forest. I won't have the chance to see Haoran again in the future.

Seeing the sadness in Yue Zijun's eyes, Quan Er could not bear to see it anymore. She softened her tone, "Quan Er didn't mean to blame Young Master, Quan Er just …" "But …"

"I understand. You are doing this for my own good."

"There's also Young Master Lu! I'm afraid that even if you do that, he won't be able to stand up in the Central Plains martial arts Lin. "

"Silly Quan Er, since I've decided to do this, I naturally have a way to help Haoran wash. These so-called righteous martial artists are actually very easy to fool." Yue Zijun Lu smiled confidently, causing Quan Er to shake her head.

Young master, oh young master! You're too smart! But he didn't know that sometimes, he would be tricked by his own intelligence!

— — The content is from [Mick Read]