Peaceful Farm Life-Chapter 2003 - 2004: I Thought I Had Smiled

Su Yixing said: "He won’t be calling out anymore."

Huo Qingyi immediately breathed a long sigh of relief and then smiled: "As long as the Building Master doesn’t make me leave again, even if I die, I’ll die beside the Young Master."

Her smile, her words, her attitude—all of these satisfied Su Yixing greatly. Except for one thing: "Now on this road, besides the two of us traveling, there’s no one else here, why call me Young Master?"

Huo Qingyi immediately corrected herself: "Husband."

Su Yixing couldn’t be more satisfied with that. Suddenly, he remembered something: "I heard from the people at the inn that you never laughed there."

"Really?"

Seeing Huo Qingyi with a look of complete unawareness, Su Yixing was amused but still gave her a definite answer: "Yes."

Only then did Huo Qingyi say: "Then I probably haven’t laughed."

Su Yixing quickly asked: "Why not laugh?"

Huo Qingyi shook her head: "I don’t know." Pausing for a moment, "I thought I did laugh."

Su Yixing burst into laughter but didn’t say anything more. In front of him, she didn’t laugh much, but not too little either.

If it weren’t for those people saying so, he wouldn’t have known she was so aloof.

Regardless if it’s because she sees him as the master or for other reasons, at least in this regard, she’s very different with him.

"So, my husband, are we going back to the Slayer Tower’s main base now?"

"No, let’s go to the Imperial City first, I haven’t seen my fourth brother for several months now, and I’m worried about his health. I’d better go check on him personally."

"Okay."

...

Here, Su Yixing is traveling from Nan Chi back to Xiyun with Huo Qingyi, while on the other side, An Yiqing, Gong Le, An Yiqi, An Yilin, and An Yizhi are already in the Imperial City.

At night, An Yiqing is taking a bath in the pool.

The pool is large, the water is misty, like a fairyland on earth.

"Big Brother Qing! Big Brother Qing!" Suddenly, Gong Le happily rushed in.

An Yiqing silently submerged a bit more in the water before saying: "We’re not married yet, be mindful."

"What’s the big deal? You’ll see me anyway in the future. You bathe, I’ll talk."

Seeing Gong Le, a young lady, not minding, if he continued to hide wouldn’t he be less than a lady? So, An Yiqing stopped hiding in the water and continued bathing openly. 𝘧𝓇ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝘣𝓃ℴ𝓋𝑒𝑙.𝑐𝘰𝑚

"Go ahead, what’s up?" An Yiqing asked while bathing.

Gong Le leaned on the edge of the pool, giggling: "I heard from A Qi that you’re going to the gambling den tomorrow, take me with you."

"Why do you want to go? Want to gamble?"

"Just to have fun, not necessarily gambling."

"I’m going for business."

"But once there, you don’t have to mind me, you do your business, I’ll enjoy myself in there."

"You’re a young lady; what are you doing mixing in with men? Gambling dens are full of men."

Gong Le immediately puffed up with anger: "If you don’t agree, I’ll just jump in and bathe with you now!"

She even pretended to jump into the pool.

An Yiqing was both amused and helpless, but he quickly agreed, fearing Gong Le might indeed jump.

Seeing An Yiqing agree, Gong Le became cheerful and chatted with him for quite a while before being sent back to her residence by the freshly bathed An Yiqing.

...

The next day, An Yiqing really did as promised and took Gong Le to the gambling den.

Since the gambling den is quite a distance from the Royal Palace, An Yiqing and Gong Le traveled by carriage.