Standing face to face when Lin Bozhou apologized, You Jin gave him a startled look as if puzzled how these three words could come out of Lin Bozhou’s mouth, but he still hung his head respectfully.
Meng Huan was slightly at a loss for words.
He was a soft-hearted person, and when others apologized to him, it was easy to touch the softness of his heart. So when he heard the words “sorry,” Meng Huan’s first reaction was to remember his own desire to try to assassinate him previously.
At that time, they were wary of each other, and it seemed reasonable that he would not be allowed to leave the house, but it was only two months long. Moreover, Meng Huan also had evil intentions, although he did not really assassinate him. However, when he heard Lin Bozhou’s sincere words, he felt a sense of indescribable shame.
Meng Huan pinched his earlobe, feeling extremely embarrassed. “It’s okay……”
Lin Bozhou said warmly, “This husband did something wrong. This husband acknowledges his mistakes. Huan Huan just needs to accept the apology, no need to be soft-hearted.”
Meng Huan still stood dazed in the same place.
Probably because he was orphaned as a child, Meng Huan was the kind of person who would offer all his heart if others gave him a little bit of kindness. Hearing Lin Bozhou apologize, his tone of shame, his heart felt inexplicably entangled.
After a long time, he said, “Actually, I—”
—I didn’t have a good impression of you at first.
But halfway through his sentence, Chen An approached and called, “Your Highness.”
His standing action meant to urge Lin Bozhou to discuss political matters. Meng Huan closed his open mouth.
Lin Bozhou answered and turned towards Meng Huan, smiling and said, “Huan Huan can go play and come back to tell this husband after having fun, okay?”
Meng Huan pursed his lips and nodded.
Lin Bozhou was supported to leave, leaving Meng Huan standing under the corridor.
Looking at Lin Bozhou’s back for a while, he walked slowly because of his blindness, and his clothes brushed against the wooden threshold. Meng Huan’s heart inexplicably thought…… this should be when Lin Bozhou was most insecure, right?
But he was willing to let himself out of the house.
Thinking of his own initiative last night, Meng Huan’s heart surged with complex and mysterious emotions. Did Lin Bozhou believe that he would not leave him?
The always paranoid Lin Bozhou surprisingly trusted him.
Beside him, You Jin asked, “Does Your Highness want to go for a walk?”
Meng Huan was silent and raised his eyes. “Let’s go.”
He went out of the residence by the side door. No matter which official residence, the main gate would be monitored by people to keep track of the arrival and departure of the people inside the residence. Thus, Meng Huan usually traveled by dressing up as an ordinary young master and going through the side door was much safer.
The weather was hot and dry, so You Jin held an umbrella for him. This poor eunuch kept pulling out a handkerchief to wipe his sweat from the heat, and his face already lost a layer of powder.
“So hot, huh? Then let’s take a break.” Meng Huan was amused. He didn’t hurry but went to the roadside teahouse to rest and drink tea.
The teahouse’s atmosphere was very good. A storyteller was holding an allegro, and his mouth was talking endlessly about something: the story of a man who became rich by sea.
Meng Huan felt drowsy as he listened to it. Then, a crisp sound suddenly rang out, and it seemed that a Sichuan opera’s face-changing performer came in, holding a fan in one hand, with the sound of resounding gongs and drums, lightly spinning on his feet before the table, changing the expression on his face.
He finished singing and revealed a teenager’s face.
Everyone roared, “Good!”
“One more!”
The teenager bowed and held a basin. “Everyone, please reward money.”
When he approached, Meng Huan took out a few copper coins and threw them into his basin. At the bottom of the basin, his hand was suddenly pressed against something warm—
“………………”
Meng Huan’s expression didn’t change, and he looked calm. The teenager respectfully said, “Thank you for Young Master’s reward, wishing Young Master peace and prosperity and steady ascent.”
He left, and the familiar feel of the hand told Meng Huan:
That’s right, another letter.
qwq.
Why is there no end to it?
Now, Meng Huan dreaded the sight of a letter. He gently flicked it with his fingertips and put the letter into his sleeve. Turning his head, You Jin lowered his head into his pocket to pull out the reward money and should not have noticed.
Meng Huan tried to look at the upstairs and downstairs seats without moving his head. There was no familiar figure; it seemed that this person was also afraid of being discovered by Lin Bozhou, so he secretly handed it to him.
Meng Huan was now in a unstable state.
…… Another letter.
…… What mysterious plot would unfold in this letter?
…… But he no longer had much enthusiasm for going with the plot.
He had to sneak the letter into his pocket and wait to read it when no one was back in the residence.
The weather gradually cooled down, and the night vendors set out. The street was much more crowded than before, and a few cool breezes occasionally blew in.
Meng Huan left the teahouse and turned around in the street until the sky gradually darkened.
You Jin beside him looked tense, and his expression was full of alertness. “When does Young Master plan to return to the residence?”
Now that it was almost dark, Meng Huan still refused to return to the residence but looked around in the crowd, seemingly looking for something. It was hard not to make people think that he was looking for a friend to find an opportunity to escape.
The prince had instructed that Meng Huan could go anywhere he wanted and would not be stopped or pursued if he wanted to go farther away.
—This way, the chances of the princess escaping were also quite high.
Meng Huan was distracted. “I saw a marinated goose for sale here earlier. I thought it tasted pretty good and wanted some more.”
“Young Master—” You Jin wanted to say something but hesitated.
“Oh, it’s across the bridge. Wait for me here. I’ll be right back.” Meng Huan ran out with big steps.
