The scene was too beautiful for Yu Xiaolian to imagine.
The roof of the carriage was a raised semicircle, and the road wasn’t very smooth, with occasional bumps and slopes.
Yu Xiaolian was puzzled; with such a bumpy road, how was he able to stay seated?
Or was he lying down?
Su Jingchen felt a bit troubled by Yu Xiaolian’s intelligence, "I was sitting in the carriage while you went to relieve yourself."
"What?" Yu Xiaolian was dumbfounded.
"You... you... you..."
Seeing Yu Xiaolian stammering in fear, Su Jingchen quickly said, "Don’t worry, I didn’t peek!"
"So you’re saying, you’ve been sitting in the carriage this whole time?" Yu Xiaolian was quite angry.
She had been working hard at the front driving the carriage, while this guy leisurely sat inside the carriage roof.
Oh dear, an uncle could tolerate this, but an aunt could not.
Yu Xiaolian swung a few punches at Su Jingchen’s back.
Even though Su Jingchen was hit, he wasn’t angry. The slight curve of his lips showed his joy.
"Why didn’t you talk while you were in the carriage? I was bored to death along the way."
Su Jingchen tried not to laugh, "I didn’t feel bored; someone was singing to me the whole time."
"Ah...?" Yu Xiaolian was about to go crazy, "You heard me singing?"
"The king calls you to patrol the mountains, to catch a monk for dinner."
Yu Xiaolian covered her face.
If there had been a crack in the ground at that moment, she would have crawled into it.
With a mischievous smile, Su Jingchen asked, "Is monk meat tasty?"
"Oh, don’t misunderstand, I don’t eat monks. Oh no, I don’t eat people."
Yu Xiaolian felt that Su Jingchen was constantly teasing her on the verge of being mad.
No, she had to seize the initiative and change the topic.
"Did you know I was the one who got the Jiang family father and son to leave River Bend Village?"
Su Jingchen nodded, "That day Jiang Lin left your place, we went back together."
Jiang Lin has such a big mouth, telling Su Jingchen everything.
Yu Xiaolian pursued, "What did he tell you?"
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"Impossible, if he didn’t say anything, how did you know?"
Hmph, these two actually had little secrets between them.
Jiang Lin really hadn’t told Su Jingchen much; he had only mentioned earlier about someone starting to dig up the Grass Ghost Granny’s tomb. Plus, after seeing Yu Xiaolian, Jiang Lin had suddenly decided to leave River Bay Village.
Recently, Su Jingchen had witnessed Yu Zishu pompously looking for Yu Xiaolian with a large group of people, which made him suspicious.
With a few seemingly unintentional questions to Jiang Lin, he nearly guessed right.
Although he didn’t know why those people were after Yu Xiaolian, since he promised Yu Xiaolian that she’d have his support, he wouldn’t let her fall into danger.
"Jiang Lin and the others have already left. Last time I went back to move, I heard something from the Qi family."
Qi family? Isn’t that Yu Changyu’s wife?
Suddenly, Yu Xiaolian noticed that there was a dagger in Su Jingchen’s boot.
"Uh... you carry a dagger? Do you know martial arts too?"
Su Jingchen nodded, "Because of weak health, I’ve practiced martial arts since childhood, but my asthma has worsened in recent years, so I haven’t practiced for a long time."
Yu Xiaolian became interested, "How do you compare to Jiang Lin? Can you beat him?"
"In close combat, I’m no match for him, but my Qinggong is superior."
Su Jingchen recalled when he went to River Bay Village to find Yu Xiaolian and had a fight with Jiang Lin at odds over a few words.
They fought for dozens of rounds. Suddenly, Su Jingchen’s asthma attacked, and he barely avoided getting knocked out by Jiang Lin’s punch, making him a bit sentimental.
"Wow!!!" Yu Xiaolian exclaimed.
What kind of background does Su Jingchen have? He’s definitely the author’s favorite character.
It was enough that he looked handsome, but he also had literary and martial skills.
Although Jun Mobai appeared to be the main character with protagonist vibes, because no one could rival Su Jingchen, he had to be written off?
Perhaps the author meant to convey that talent comes with its risks.
People who are too perfect often only exist in imagination.
Leaning against the carriage, Yu Xiaolian mumbled, "I originally thought I’d recognize Jiang Lin as a big brother for his martial skills. I’d recognize Zheng Yuanfeng as a second brother for his wealth. Recognize you as a third brother because you have power.
Now, it seems you’re both talented and skilled in martial arts. I’m sorry, I underestimated you before, thinking you could only wield a pen like a weak chicken. Don’t be mad."
Su Jingchen frowned, surprisingly finding out Yu Xiaolian planned on recognizing three elder brothers.
No wonder she hinted about recognizing him as a brother at the Mingxiang Pavilion.
"I’m not only talented and skilled but I’ll also be wealthy in the future. I’m better than three."
Su Jingchen said, cracking the whip at the horse’s rump as if venting some discontent.
Yu Xiaolian smiled apologetically, "My third brother is really ambitious, the best!"
Su Jingchen said coldly, "Don’t call me third brother, I’m not your third brother."
Yu Xiaolian didn’t know which words displeased Su Jingchen, making her compliments backfire.
"Then... Master Su? Master Su is the best!"
Usually, he called her Miss Yu, so calling him Master Su should be fine.
For some reason, as soon as she called him Master Su, Yu Xiaolian felt the air around her grow colder.
She wasn’t afraid of the cold!
Yu Xiaolian pulled her autumn clothes tighter and let down the carriage curtain, "Uh... Master Su, I’m sleepy. I’m going to take a nap."
Continuing the conversation might make Su Jingchen even more upset, so Yu Xiaolian wisely chose to be quiet.
Yu Xiaolian hadn’t slept well the previous night; lying in the swaying carriage, she soon dozed off.
How long she slept was unclear, but the carriage hit a sudden bump, waking Yu Xiaolian.
With sleepy eyes, Yu Xiaolian awoke feeling thirsty and hungry.
She took a bottle of mineral water from the supermarket and gulped down a few big sips.
Then she suddenly realized a problem, wondering if Su Jingchen hadn’t eaten or drunk anything since the previous morning?
Look at how careless she was; she claimed she wanted his support, and her flattery wasn’t on point.
In a hurry, she took out a new bottle of water from her space and handed it to Su Jingchen, "Thirsty?"
Su Jingchen was indeed thirsty. When he left yesterday, he only had time to ask Aunt Li to ask for leave at the academy and didn’t prepare water or food.
Yesterday was still manageable; when Yu Xiaolian stopped by the river to water the horse, he drank some upstream without feeling hungry.
But now he was not only thirsty but also starving.
He glanced occasionally at the still soundly sleeping Yu Xiaolian, seeing that she had no intention of waking up, planning to ask for water in the next village ahead.
By coincidence, the road had a protruding rock that caught on the wheel, waking Yu Xiaolian.
With water in sight, there was no reason for Su Jingchen to refuse.
Taking the mineral water bottle, Su Jingchen was first intrigued by its appearance, then started to pull off the cap.
Yu Xiaolian deliberately left the bottle cap for Su Jingchen to open, hoping to see him fail.
To Yu Xiaolian’s surprise, after failing to pull it once, Su Jingchen started to twist it.
Oh my, he didn’t see her twisting the cap earlier, how did he know it needed to be twisted?
Su Jingchen successfully unscrewed the cap and drank more than half the bottle.
"You seem quite disappointed?"