Chapter 43 Indulgence

Shen Yu sat up with the quilt in her arms and whispered, "I heard that the brothel on the Yi'an pleasure boat is particularly famous, with various beauties. Your Highness has been wronged all the way, so it is natural for you to have some fun in Yi'an."

Xie Tingzhou narrowed his eyes, "You are good at analysis."

"Your Highness is too flattering," Shen Yu said with a smile, "I only know a little about Your Highness."

Xie Tingzhou: "You have been calling Your Highness frequently tonight. What bad things have you done?"

"Of course not," Shen Yu said seriously, "But if you speculate on Your Highness's private affairs, you should be more polite."

Xie Tingzhou snorted and laughed, lay down with clothes on, and closed his eyes.

Shen Yu followed and lay down. After a while, he couldn't help asking, "Your Highness, is the brothel in Yi'an really as rumored, with all kinds of beauties?"

Xie Tingzhou asked back, "What do you think?"

Shen Yu thought about it, and the clappers outside just struck the fifth watch.

A light bulb suddenly lit up her head, "It shouldn't be that good, otherwise His Highness wouldn't have come back at five o'clock. How long has it been? If there were so many beauties, he would have to stay up until dawn--"

The quilt covered her face completely. Shen Yu slowly pulled the quilt down, not daring to speak, fearing that the prince who was moody and weak and unable to take care of himself would suddenly turn hostile.

The wound on Shen Yu's arm had scabbed over, and the wound on Xie Tingzhou's back was more serious, and he needed to recuperate for some time.

Change the dressing as usual in the morning.

The escort agency came to wake the two of them up, and they would set off after breakfast.

When they walked to the door and were about to knock, they heard a soft cry from the room.

"Hiss--, be gentler."

"Does it hurt? How about this?"

"It's a little tight, relax a little."

Shen Yu loosened the bandage a little and pouted where Xie Tingzhou couldn't see.

How come this prince became more and more delicate after living in the open air all the way?

When he was just injured, he was still able to keep his face calm even though his flesh was bloody. Now he is still groaning and crying in pain even though his flesh has scabbed over.

Shen Yu thought about it and suddenly said, "Who told you to be too indulgent last night--"

"Shut up." Xie Tingzhou said coldly.

The people from the escort agency were stunned when they heard it outside, but they didn't disturb them after thinking about it.

Shen Yu bandaged Xie Tingzhou's wound and went downstairs. The people from the escort agency were having dinner downstairs.

After the two sat down, they always felt that the atmosphere seemed a little wrong. Several escorts kept peeking at the two of them. When Shen Yu looked over, they hurriedly avoided her gaze.

After dinner, they got on the carriage. Shen Yu pressed the curtain and whispered, "Something is wrong. We have to be more vigilant today. I suspect they have found out that I am rich and want to kill me for money."

Xie Tingzhou looked at Shi Yu speechlessly.

He also felt very strange. Didn't know if he was discovered when he went out last night?

But he quickly gave up the idea.

Just looking at the looks of those escorts, they didn't look like they had any intention to harm others, but more like they were curious.

What were they curious about?

The escort team continued to move towards Shengjing, and walked for another day on the road, and rested in an inn.

The place they stopped tonight was a small town, and the inn was far inferior to Yi'an in terms of conditions. Even the kettle in the guest room was empty.

Xie Tingzhou looked at Shi Yu who had fallen asleep, and really didn't know where he got so much sleep in a day.

He was obviously his guard, but now it seemed like he was keeping watch for him.

Xie Tingzhou picked up the kettle and went downstairs. As soon as he went out, the "asleep" Shen Yu opened his eyes.

I didn't catch where he went last night, and I must not miss it tonight.

Shen Yu quietly got up and followed him, opening and closing the door very carefully. She looked around and touched the direction Xie Tingzhou left.

Just after turning the corner, she almost collided with someone coming towards her.

Xie Tingzhou looked down at him, "You are pretending to sleep very well."

Shen Yu was caught in the act, and said, "It's not to protect you."

Xie Tingzhou didn't let him go, "Then who are you protecting?"

"Of course, the people from the escort agency."

"Oh, you are so confident."

As soon as he finished speaking, his lips were suddenly covered.

Xie Tingzhou was stunned. No one had ever been so brave to cover his mouth.

Shi Yu covered his mouth and listened attentively. There were footsteps coming towards this side.

Xie Tingzhou forgot to react for a moment, his footsteps were messy, and Shi Yu covered his mouth and pushed him into the woodshed behind.

The group of people stopped in the kitchen next door.

"Hiss, it's so cold. I have to boil hot water for this broken inn myself."

"Stop talking nonsense, boil it first, the young lady is still waiting."

It was the voice of the escorts.

One person said, "I said that the two of you don't look like brothers at all, and it really is not."

Shen Yu let go of her hand and looked at Xie Tingzhou. The two read the same idea in each other's eyes.

Their identities were exposed?

Then someone answered, "I never thought that the two of them were in that kind of relationship."

Shen Yu asked with her mouth: "What kind of relationship?"

Xie Tingzhou glanced at him and motioned him to continue listening.

"Look at the tall one, how can a man be born like that? I think it's normal for a man to lose control."

Hearing this, Shen Yu still had a vague understanding.

"That's not necessarily true. At that time, Mr. Shi was also very handsome. The two of them had such a big difference in physique. Maybe Mr. Shi was the one at the bottom."

Shen Yu instantly understood what they were talking about. She opened her mouth, but before she could say anything, she was covered by Xie Tingzhou.

Revenge!

It was definitely revenge for her covering her mouth just now.

Shen Yu reached out to pry his hand apart, but she didn't expect that Xie Tingzhou, who was weak and unable to take care of himself, had such great strength that he didn't move at all.

She didn't dare to use too much force, fearing that she would break his fingers, so she could only let him cover them and stare at him.

Xie Tingzhou smiled slightly, lowered his head and whispered in his ear: "What should I do? It seems that I have been misunderstood."

Shen Yu pointed to her mouth to signal him to let go, and Xie Tingzhou let go.

She was much shorter than Xie Tingzhou, and couldn't speak loudly, so she could only tiptoe to his ear and say: "It means they don't want my money."

Her light breath slid past his ears, bringing an inexplicable tingling feeling.

Xie Tingzhou frowned slightly and avoided to the side, and wanted to say something but pursed his lips again.

The chat next door continued.

"In fact, I should have seen the clues earlier. The eldest lady is always courteous to Mr. Shi, but he doesn't even look at her. He only has that man in his eyes."

Shen Yu looked at Xie Tingzhou, and by chance, Xie Tingzhou lowered his eyes, and their eyes met.

A sly smile suddenly flashed in Xie Tingzhou's eyes, and he had the intention of teasing him, "I'm also curious, can you control yourself?"

Shen Yu understood instantly, wanting to pretend to be gay to disgust her? She was not afraid, she was not a man.

Shen Yu held his hand and said sincerely: "To be honest, I have been very hard to endure these days. If it weren't for my strong self-control, I'm afraid I would have forced myself on you long ago."

Xie Tingzhou's eyebrows twitched, and he was disgusted by him.

As expected, a shameless person is invincible.

Compared to Shi Yu, he lost in face.