CHAPTER 329: CHAPTER 308: NO CAMERAS, DON’T CONFESS

When Teacher Zhao’s poetry gathering finally ended, the sun had already set in the west.

As soon as Feng Suyun and her sister stepped out, a servant with a lantern carefully lit the road ahead, guiding the sisters to the carriage.

Though it wasn’t Yu Xiaolian’s first night walk back in ancient times, she’d never encountered such a dark night before.

The pitch-black sky hid the moon and stars, "Looks like it’s going to snow tomorrow."

Su Jingchen extended his sleeve to Yu Xiaolian, "Scared? Pull on the sleeve!"

Yu Xiaolian gave a sly smile, "Pulling a sleeve makes my hands cold!"

Su Jingchen hesitated slightly, his face turning red, "Otherwise... shall I hold your hand?"

Yu Xiaolian placed her little hand into Su Jingchen’s big hand, chuckling, "That sounds perfect."

Su Jingchen felt his heart pounding rapidly, even making his walk somewhat awkward and clumsy.

Yu Xiaolian, feeling as excited as a cat who’d secretly eaten fish, laughed in the darkness.

"Your hand is so warm!"

Seeing Su Jingchen stiffen, walking like a wooden puppet, Yu Xiaolian secretly giggled to herself. This innocent young man was hers!

Su Jingchen thought, in such cold weather, my forehead is sweating, my palm is damp and hot. How could it not be warm?

He now felt his face heating up even more.

It was burning hot!

"My other hand is cold too!" Yu Xiaolian felt as if she’d broken her singlehood spell, thinking she might have the potential to be a heartbreaker with more practice.

Su Jingchen, having heard Yu Xiaolian say just days ago that she wasn’t afraid of the cold, knew her claim of cold hands was false, but he was happy to play along.

Holding her other hand, Yu Xiaolian’s eyes curved in a smile, "But with you holding both my hands like this, I can’t walk!"

Su Jingchen stopped, very seriously suggesting, "Then should I carry you?"

Yu Xiaolian chuckled, "Didn’t you say your Qinggong skills were good? Can you carry me flying back?"

Su Jingchen was taken aback, surprisedly asking, "Fly to the east of the city? Xiangyang Lane?"

Yu Xiaolian nodded.

The novels always have the male lead tuck the female lead under his arm and then they fly and fly together.

Su Jingchen laughed, "Qinggong requires using nearby structures to jump and spin. Carrying someone, I can’t fly high at all.

Perhaps a reclusive master could fly from the west to the east of the city in one breath, but I can’t do it now."

Yu Xiaolian sighed with mild disappointment, "So the stories in the books are all lies. Flying from one rooftop to another is just deceiving me."

As soon as Yu Xiaolian finished speaking, a pair of strong arms wrapped around her waist. She let out an "ah," and in the next moment, she was stably placed on a rooftop.

"Ah..." Barely managing to praise Su Jingchen, Yu Xiaolian felt the tiles under her feet crack, and in the next second, one of her feet had plunged in.

"Who’s there? Who’s on my rooftop?" A loud male voice of fury came from inside the house.

"Quick... quick, let’s go!" A nervous Yu Xiaolian tugged at Su Jingchen’s sleeve.

Su Jingchen spun with Yu Xiaolian and descended. Upon landing, he staggered slightly but quickly steadied himself and supported Yu Xiaolian.

"Catch them!"

With an angry shout, the household’s gate swung open, and a group of servants holding torches quickly surrounded Su Jingchen and Yu Xiaolian.

Yu Xiaolian sneakily scratched Su Jingchen’s palm, whispering, "Don’t admit it!"

It was too embarrassing. In such darkness, with no surveillance cameras, she refused to confess.

Feigning composed nonchalance, Yu Xiaolian questioned the servants about why they were blocking their path.

The servants had no clue why they were stopping Yu Teacher. It was just that the master had ordered them to catch someone, and as soon as they came out, they saw these two and naturally surrounded them.

After all, they recognized Yu Teacher, and as a female, she didn’t know martial arts and couldn’t be a thief!

But the master said a female thief had come to steal from them, accidentally breaking the tiles and screaming.

Could Yu Teacher be a thief?

Well, let the master decide!

The servants quickly called the master over.

"You’ve caught the thief, for once you did something right. There’ll be rewards when you return..." Following the robust voice, a chubby old man swaggered over.

The chubby old man grabbed the torch from a servant and waved it in front of Yu Xiaolian.

Su Jingchen pulled Yu Xiaolian behind him, about to speak to the chubby old man when Yu Xiaolian tugged on his sleeve.

Yu Xiaolian slipped out from behind Su Jingchen.

This chubby old man was none other than the head of the Bai Family, Lu Manluo’s father-in-law, Bai Shixi’s brother.

Although Yu Xiaolian and the old Bai had never met, they had heard of each other’s names.

As soon as Yu Xiaolian announced her name, the old Bai slapped the head of a servant beside him, who was just as chubby as he was, "I knew you lot were useless!

You’ve caught the wrong person, caught the wrong person, understand?"

The servant, clutching the back of his head, was very aggrieved, "Master, you were the one who said it was a female thief!"

The old Bai, seeing the servant dare to talk back, kicked him on the butt, "What are you saying?

Could Yu Teacher be a thief?

Use your wooden brain and think, could Yu Teacher scale walls?

I might as well kick you to death. What use are any of you?

If a thief really came and carried me away, you wouldn’t even know?

I’ve raised you all in vain, you useless snacks always talking back, can’t do anything right."

The servant stopped holding his head and switched to holding his butt, "Master, you’re so fat, what thief could carry you away? Besides, what would a thief carry you for?"

Fat as a pig, they can’t carry you away. And even if they did, who would buy you outside of Luocheng?

The old Bai’s mustache twitched in anger at the servant’s words, "Pang Hu, you’re mocking me for being fat, no dinner for you tonight!"

Pang Hu was unfazed, "Master, it’s been more than an hour since dinner."

"Then no midnight snack for you!" The old Bai childishly argued with Pang Hu, and quite seriously at that.

Pang Hu nodded, "There won’t be any midnight snack. Lady Lu and the kitchen’s cook said, starting today, no more midnight snacks for you to prevent indigestion."

The old Bai, upon hearing about no midnight snacks, felt terrible, "Hmph, I’ll go talk to Lu Manluo; she can’t just take away my only happiness of a midnight snack."

"Dad..."

Speak of the devil, and the devil appears.

Lu Manluo hurried over.

Hearing that her father-in-law’s courtyard had a thief, Lu Manluo and her husband Bai Maolin quickly dressed and rushed over.

"You came just in time. Why can’t I have midnight snacks?" The old Bai huffed and glared, questioning his eldest daughter-in-law.