Pest control?
Did she just say it was pest control?
Shi Yi glanced at Chuzheng’s face, which bore a ’don’t wrong me’ kind of calmness, and was momentarily speechless.
"What is this place?"
"Ji City."
Shi Yi frowned, it’s at least a three-day journey from the Imperial City...
"May I ask where Miss Yann found me?"
"Just after leaving the city," Chuzheng answered smoothly.
"..." She really dared to answer.
Shi Yi didn’t expose her, following Chuzheng’s lead: "Since Miss Yann was kind enough to help me, then I..."
Chuzheng interrupted: "Offering yourself in marriage would do."
Shi Yi: "..."
-
The origin of the potion was unknown, it took Shi Yi two days of rest to fully recover.
But...
"Shi Yi, the young lady said you can’t go out?"
"Why?"
"...Um." Ying Xiang looked troubled, biting her lip, and whispered: "The young lady said... she’s afraid you’ll run away."
"..."
Shi Yi hadn’t thought of escaping for the moment, he still needed to escort Chuzheng to the fiefdom.
"I’m just going out for some fresh air." After staying in the room for two days, he just wanted to see what this place was.
"No... no way." Ying Xiang blocked the door, not allowing him: "If you run away, the young lady will punish me."
"..."
Ying Xiang thought for a moment, then had a sudden inspiration: "How about I ask the young lady?"
Shi Yi didn’t want to get physical with Ying Xiang, nodded, and retreated back into the room.
Ying Xiang immediately sent someone to notify Chuzheng.
A few minutes later, Chuzheng appeared leisurely in front of Shi Yi: "Want to go out?"
"Is Miss Yann putting me under soft quarantine?"
"Don’t say that, I’m just protecting you." Chuzheng said seriously: "I’m a good person."
Shi Yi felt Chuzheng was joking.
From the first meeting, he didn’t see her as a good person.
"I don’t need Miss Yann’s protection."
"Why not? Do you want to be kidnapped again, left on the roadside?"
"..."
How can she speak so confidently about such things?
Isn’t it her who knocked me out?!
She really thinks I don’t know?
Chuzheng is the kind of person who acts shamelessly as long as she doesn’t admit it, then it’s not her doing.
Though she often thinks her actions are quite dignified.
A real man doesn’t argue with a woman.
Shi Yi calmed his thoughts, which were churning within: "Miss Yann, I’d like to go out for a bit."
"You can go out if I accompany you." Chuzheng gave this one condition, agree and you can go out, disagree and stay in the room.
Shi Yi was ultimately forced to nod.
The inn had no other guests, just the shop assistant and the shopkeeper, it seemed she had rented it all.
Yi City’s area wasn’t large; due to its location, many merchants came and went, making it bustling and lively.
"Do you want to buy something?" Chuzheng walked alongside Shi Yi among the bustling streets, looking at him expectantly.
Shi Yi shook his head.
He was just habitually checking his surroundings; he didn’t need to buy anything.
"Miss Yann, can I ask you a question?"
Chuzheng was disappointed, absent-mindedly ’hm-ed’.
Shi Yi carefully chose his words: "Why did you leave the Imperial City and choose to go to the fiefdom?"
"..."
Because I want to become the overlord of a region!
"Do you think I shouldn’t choose this way?"
"Most people wouldn’t choose this way." Shi Yi said: "Your brother’s current status is unmatched; you, in the Imperial City, are nearly equal to a Princess."
The glory and wealth of the Imperial City, can a fiefdom compare?
Chuzheng pondered for a few seconds: "What if he falls from power one day?"
Shi Yi: "..." That’s your own brother, do you speak like that?
"Don’t put all your eggs in one basket, you understand this logic, right?" Chuzheng started to talk nonsense.
Shi Yi knew she was speaking nonsense, but he didn’t expose her.
He didn’t know why...
He just couldn’t bear to.
Whatever she said was fine...
"Miss Yann, I will escort you to the fiefdom. If Miss Yann has any needs along the way, please let me know..."
"My need..." Chuzheng pointed at him: "Is you."
This time Shi Yi didn’t evade, seriously asking in the bustling street: "Miss Yann, what exactly do you see in me?"
"You, as a person." You are mine, so of course, I see everything in you.
"What about me attracts Miss Yann?"
Chuzheng replied nonchalantly: "Your head, want to cut it off?"
Shi Yi: "..."
Chuzheng’s gaze slid over Shi Yi’s face, landing on his waist: "Shi Yi, you say you don’t like me, why are you wearing the jade pendant I gave you?"
Shi Yi instinctively reached to press the jade pendant on his waist.
He forgot to take it off...
"I..."
Explain what?
How to explain?
Chuzheng leaned forward slightly, her nose almost touching his.
Shi Yi suddenly held his breath, his heart pounding uncontrollably.
The soft breath of the girl teased his face, a bit ticklish.
He heard her say: "Shi Yi, remember, you are mine."
-
Returning to the inn, Chuzheng knew he wouldn’t run away for now, so she pulled back the people at the door.
Ying Xiang cautiously asked: "Miss, you’re not afraid Shi Yi will run away?"
"Before reaching the fiefdom, he probably won’t run."
"Oh... what about after reaching the fiefdom?"
Chuzheng propped her chin: "How about breaking his legs?"
Ying Xiang shivered slightly, laughing nervously: "M... Miss, this servant thinks maybe that’s not good, if you truly like Shi Yi, you should win his heart."
Chuzheng contemplated.
The King’s Account seemed slightly relieved, at least now she wouldn’t say anything about taking out his heart or digging his lungs.
Chuzheng suddenly interjected: "Can’t I just possess him physically?"
Ying Xiang: "!!!"
Chuzheng continued: "Isn’t the routine of loving after getting married common? Get his body, isn’t his heart also mine?"
Ying Xiang: "????"
Although she didn’t quite understand the young lady’s wording, she grasped the general meaning.
"Miss, this... forcefully twisted melon isn’t sweet. What if Shi Yi ends up hating you? This servant thinks you shouldn’t do that."
"Then add some sugar?" Besides, how is it forcefully twisted? Doesn’t the Good Person Card like me too?
"Um..."
Ying Xiang really didn’t know how to respond, worried for several days, fearing Chuzheng might actually act on it.
However, in the subsequent journey, Chuzheng did nothing.
The most she did was... verbally tease Shi Yi a bit.
-
Half a month later.
The group arrived at the fiefdom, the main body had already arrived previously, Chuzheng’s group was only a small part, so no one greeted them upon entering the city.
The carriage swayed into the city gates, with Shi Yi riding alongside to escort.
"Hyah..."
The sound of horses’ hooves broke the market’s tranquility, chaos ensued ahead, as several horses charged toward them.
The riders showed no intention to slow down, knocking over many things, startling the citizens into screams.
"Make way!!"
On the verge of colliding with Chuzheng’s group, someone shouted from the opposing direction, trying to get Chuzheng’s group to give way.