In the line of sight of Liu Qingluo and Xu Chang'an, Gu Qiancheng's expression suddenly stiffened a lot. She swallowed and grabbed the neck of the young man on the ground, awkwardly saying, "Just like that, Sister Liu, I'll leave first... I'll come back to drink with you later."
She initially wanted to tell Liu Qingluo not to be afraid of retaliation and to repair her image in Liu Qingluo's heart, but unexpectedly... she seemed to have really done something wrong and was harshly scolded by her aunt through a voice transmission.
"Miss, go ahead and be busy." Liu Qingluo said.
"Miss Gu."
At this moment, Xu Chang'an suddenly called out to Gu Qiancheng.
"What's wrong?" Gu Qiancheng asked, puzzled, as she turned back.
"Very satisfying," Xu Chang'an said.
Gu Qiancheng was taken aback, looking at the half-dead person in her hand, proudly lifting her head, "Hmph."
She walked out the door and, in the gaze of Yun Qian and the Rowing Maiden, placed the half-dead youth on top of the unconscious guard, then hopped over to Yun Qian's side, lifting her head as she said, "Ms. Yun!"
"Hmm," Yun Qian responded.
"I have something else to attend to, I must leave first." Gu Qiancheng raised her eyebrows and whispered, "Sister, your husband is inside flirting with the ladies... aren't you going to do something?"
The Rowing Maiden next to her wanted to speak but stopped.
Immortal Sect?
The trouble was resolved?
Even if she's from the Immortal Sect like the young master, she can't badmouth the young master in front of Ms. Yun, right?
"Just talking to people normally, is that considered flirting?" Yun Qian asked.
"... Possibly not?" Gu Qiancheng clicked her tongue, then in the Rowing Maiden's shocked gaze, picked her up from the ground in a princess carry and said, "Your class leader asked me to take you to the medical clinic."
"Class leader? Pingniang? I'm not from the Flower Moon Building." The Rowing Maiden was startled, but Gu Qiancheng didn't give her a chance to argue and disappeared swiftly in front of Yun Qian.
Joking aside, even without Zhu Pingniang's instructions, she couldn't bear to see other girls getting close to Yun Qian.
Yun Qian: "..."
In the blink of an eye, only she was left outside the tavern. Yun Qian took a step toward the tavern, then stepped back, standing quietly.
She still remembered, Xu Chang'an asked her to stay here without moving.
"..."
Liu Qingluo saluted and only after Gu Qiancheng left with the young man's body did she stand up.
After standing up, Liu Qingluo's expression returned to its usual state.
Except for the broken window lattice and the blood on the ground, everything seemed as if it had never happened.
She pinched the hem of her skirt and looked carefully, noticing that her light makeup had already melted, her hair was stuck to the side of her ear, and her gaze was resilient, yet her demeanor couldn't suppress a sense of distress.
She looked up to find the room was getting brighter and the warm light outside the window seemed like the temperature of the young master.
"Sorry to have let young master witness such a thing." Liu Qingluo said.
She wanted the young master to have a pleasant day today.
She had no idea why such a thing happened.
"It's not the lady's fault," Xu Chang'an shook his head and said calmly, "I'm here to get some wine."
"Hmm." Liu Qingluo stood up, "What kind do you need?"
Xu Chang'an took out a Storage Pouch and said, "First, twenty jars of Jade Dew."
Yun Qian has a low alcohol tolerance, but she likes the Jade Dew brewed by Liu Qingluo, so it's worth having more on hand.
Liu Qingluo was taken aback, "I don't have that many."
"However many you have, I'll take them all. Give me a few jars of Qingluo's strong liquor as well." Xu Chang'an said, "By the way, if the rice wine the lady gave me before could be a bit lighter, it would suit the men of Beisang City better, and should sell well."
"Is that so..."
Liu Qingluo knew very well that Xu Chang'an didn't understand the significance of the Daughter Red Wine buried by the women before they entered the brothel, but she didn't care about the taste of other men in Beisang City, because there wouldn't be a second jar.
Some things shouldn't be made clear, it would only burden Young Master Xu more.
At this moment, Liu Qingluo realized something, her expression was unstable, her face white, yet she still pretended to remain calm and said, "You want to take them all?"
"Yes." Xu Chang'an nodded, smiling, "After today, the lady will come with me to the mountain... There likely won't be a chance to return here in the future."
"Congratulations, young master." Liu Qingluo smiled, "I'll go prepare the wine, please wait a moment, young master."
Liu Qingluo lifted the hem of her skirt and pushed open the door to the backyard, her vision gradually blurring.
She maintained the demeanor of an artiste-courtesan in front of her heart's desire, without losing her composure.
Liu Qingluo knew very well that Xu Chang'an had never been ambiguously distant with her; from beginning to end, his attitude was very clear, never giving her any sense of ambiguity.
Whether to her or to the other girls in the building, he maintained the same attitude, keeping a distance both physically and emotionally.
Even when receiving a jug of wine, he removed any sentiment before accepting it.
The young master didn't purchase her wine because he liked her, but purely based on Zhu Pingniang's recommendation.
Liu Qingluo clenched her fists, her nails digging into her palm.
These girls loathe nothing more than those who are unaware and clingy clients.
So she didn't plan to do anything.
Expressing her feelings to Xu Chang'an? That would only cause him trouble without any meaning.
Back in the room, after touching up her makeup a little, she went to earnestly prepare the wine, thinking... the silver that the young master brought this time would also be placed in the brocade box as usual, right?
"..."
In the room, Xu Chang'an sat quietly.
He never liked the saying "The hardest thing to endure is a beauty's grace," because it was simply people feigning innocence after gaining advantage.
Did he genuinely make a mistake, and looking down on these girls like those youths was the correct attitude?
"..."
In his previous life combined with this one, Yun Qian was his only wife, so he was a complete novice when it came to relationships.
Otherwise, he wouldn't have expressed his intimacy with his wife like it was an affair.
Should he go ask his family's Miss Yun for her opinion?
"... Joking," Xu Chang'an thought as he pushed the door open, only to see Yun Qian standing alone under a tree.
Upon seeing Yun Qian, Xu Chang'an couldn't help but smile.
He walked over, and before he could say anything, Yun Qian reached out her hand toward him.
As usual, he took Yun Qian's hand.
"Can we enter the tavern now?" Yun Qian asked.
Xu Chang'an knew Yun Qian wouldn't be curious about what happened earlier and nodded.
"Did you buy the wine?"
"Miss Liu is preparing it."
"Let's go inside and wait, I'm tired of standing." Yun Qian said as she wrapped her arms around Xu Chang'an's neck.
"My bad." Xu Chang'an understood Yun Qian's intention and carried her into the tavern, sitting down at a table and chairs.
At this moment, there was still some bloodstain remaining on the floor, but Yun Qian didn't glance at it and yawned as she leaned on Xu Chang'an's shoulder.
"I'm fatigued."
"I told you, wouldn't it be better for Miss to rest at home alone."
Yun Qian thought for a moment, smelling the faint soap scent of Xu Chang'an, and said, "Occasionally I want to go out for a walk and meet the people around you."
At this moment, Liu Qingluo pushed the door open with a bucket of water in hand, saw the woman leaning beside Xu Chang'an, paused in her steps, and then smiled, "The wine young master wanted is ready, help yourself, just remember to pay."