353 Giving Themselves Up
There were not many rooms here. Apart from the lights in the central room and the kitchen, which was a little bright, the other rooms were lit only when he brought them to change.
Shen Yijia tilted her head. When did her beautiful husband instruct South Wind to investigate this? She had clearly been alone with her beautiful husband.
The only communication between the two of them was their gazes.
Shen Yijia rubbed her chin and looked at Mo Yuan.
Mo Yuan looked back expressionlessly.
Shen Yijia blinked. Seeing that Mo Yuan did not react, she blinked again.
Mo Yuan asked, “Miss, do your eyes hurt?”
Shen Yijia cringed.
As expected, she was not Mo Yuan’s real miss, so she could not communicate with Mo Yuan telepathically.
However, Song Jingchen asked with concern, “What happened to your eyes?”
Just now, he was thinking about something and did not notice Shen Yijia’s expression.
Shen Yijia coughed and almost choked to death on her own saliva. She shook her head repeatedly. “I’m fine. Mo Yuan saw wrongly.”
Since she couldn’t communicate telepathically, she could at least take the blame.
Afraid that Song Jingchen wouldn’t believe her, she changed the topic and asked, “Is there a problem here?”
Song Jingchen could tell that she was changing the topic, but after confirming that she was fine, he didn’t expose her. He knocked on the table a few times and pondered for a moment before saying, “I don’t know yet, but it can’t be wrong to be careful.”
Shen Yijia nodded seriously. She was about to say that she should just knock him out later.
In any case, she wasn’t going to kill him directly. He would naturally wake up after they left. They didn’t have to worry about any misunderstandings. At most, they would leave some money behind when they left.
However, before she could say anything, she saw the man walk in, rubbing his hands.
He first carefully glanced at Furball. Seeing that it had not moved from the moment it entered the house, he made sure that it would not suddenly pounce on him before saying, “You haven’t eaten dinner yet, right? If you don’t mind my simple meals, I’ll prepare some food for you.”
He turned to look at the sky outside and said, “It’s probably going to rain next night. Coincidentally, my wife brought a few children to my father-in-law’s house today. There are two empty rooms in the house. I’ll go to my family villa to stay for the night. Three rooms can be vacated. As guests, you can stay in those rooms.”
Shen Yijia’s hair was tied up in a bun. It was not difficult to tell that she and Song Jingchen were husband and wife.
His explanation clarified why he was the only one in the house. This time, without Song Jingchen’s instructions, South Wind took the initiative to take out some silver and handed it over. It was about three taels of silver.
“Then I’ll have to trouble you. Can I borrow your kitchen and the ingredients for the meal? My master is used to his chef’s cooking.”
He pointed at Mo Yuan.
The chef, Mo Yuan, was speechless.
“Sigh, you can’t do that. You’re only staying for a night. Why would you need so much money? Besides, the food at home is grown in our own fields, so it’s not worth much.” The man refused to ask for money. Three taels of silver was not a small amount. Even the best inn in the county city would not cost so much.
“It’s worth it. If Big Brother hadn’t kindly taken us in, my master and I would still be out in the rain.” South Wind exerted more force and stuffed the silver into the man’s hand.
The man still wanted to refuse, but he was not as strong as South Wind.
The two men were pushing at each other. Shen Yijia’s eyes hurt.
If he didn’t want money, he would be a fool.
The furniture in this central room was quite old, which meant that their family was not rich. Wouldn’t it be better to use the silver to improve their lives?
Unsurprisingly, South Wind had the upper hand in the end.
The man introduced the rooms which were habitable and brought Mo Yuan to the kitchen. He said that he was worried that it would be difficult to travel to his other lodgings in the heavy rain, so he left early.
Shen Yijia suspected that he did not want to stay under the same roof as Furball.
“Master, I tested him just now. Unless he was really good at hiding it, he probably doesn’t know martial arts,” South Wind said.
Shen Yijia thought to herself, “So they weren’t pushing and pulling for no reason.”
Song Jingchen nodded. “Tonight, you and Thirty Thousand will take turns keeping watch.”
Emperor Chong’an had summoned him back to the capital. Those who did not want him to go back would definitely not be able to sit still without attacking.
It was better to be safe than sorry. Moreover, he had Shen Yijia by his side, so he had to be even more careful.
South Wind and Thirty Thousand responded, “Yes.”
After making the arrangements, Mo Yuan went to the kitchen to cook. Thirty Thousand and South Wind checked the courtyard again. There were clothes for children and women at home. It seemed that there were indeed women and children in this family.
Because the bedding in the inn might not be clean, their carriage had its own bedding. Song Jingchen accompanied Shen Yijia to take down the bedding and make the bed.
After a simple dinner, they returned to their rooms to rest.
South Wind stood on guard for the first half of the night, while Thirty Thousand guarded for the second half.
The rain became heavier and heavier, and there was no sign of it stopping. The rain sounded like thunder, making people inexplicably feel a little frustrated.
“Hubby.” Shen Yijia pulled Song Jingchen’s hand under her head and whispered in his ear.
When that aura hit his ears, Song Jingchen felt his entire ear burn.
“Yes.”
“I can’t sleep anymore.” Apart from the loud rain, another reason was that she slept too much during the day.
Song Jingchen paused and pulled her into his arms. He covered her ears with one hand and patted Shen Yijia’s back rhythmically with the other.
“Go to sleep.”
Shen Yijia was speechless.
When she stayed in the inn a few days ago, she saw a woman coaxing her child to sleep. This was how she patted the child gently.
Shen Yijia thought to herself, “Does he treat me like a child?”
With her two lifetimes, she was old enough to be Song Jingchen’s mother.
How could she be coaxed to sleep just like that?
Fifteen minutes later, a certain someone, who could not sleep, let out a series of small snores.
In another courtyard under the heavy rain, more than twenty men dressed as villagers gathered in the central room.
“Boss, it’s just as Master instructed. There’s a big creature beside him. Moreover, I’ve seen the duke’s heir Song Jingchen from afar. It can’t be wrong. It should be them.”
If Shen Yijia and the others were here, they would have recognized the man who spoke as the man who had almost peed his pants because of Furball.
“What a waste of time.” The man sitting in the middle sneered.
Two months ago, they had lost track of Young Master Shenzhi and the others in Xunyang City. After knowing that Young Master Shenzhi was Song Jingchen, they had been waiting here.
They waited for more than a month.
The reason why they chose this village was because the official road above was the only way into Anyang County, and they could see the official road from this village.
If they stayed here, they would be able to see anyone enter Anyang County immediately. As for the original villagers, they had long dealt with them.
It was all Song Jingchen and the others’ fault for being unlucky. These people originally wanted to come back and rest because of the rain, but they didn’t expect Song Jingchen and the others to come knocking on their door.
“Go and get ready. We’ll attack at night.”