After sheathing their swords, Li Xingyun and Lu Linxuan walked up to Shen Ye and clasped their hands in thanks again, saying, "Thank you for your help earlier, Brother Shen."

"I told you, it's just a matter of reciprocity. Besides, I've already taken advantage of you a lot," Shen Ye said casually, gesturing meaningfully.

Li Xingyun naturally didn't understand, but he was carefree and didn't bother to think about it. Looking at the corpses all over the ground, he smiled and said, "Speaking of which, it's quite a coincidence that we met like this. How about I treat you to a meal, and we go to Yuzhou City to find a place to have a good drink together?"

“Okay.” Shen Ye nodded.

"Then you go ahead, I have things to do, I need to go back to Fengxiang." Seeing that Shen Ye had agreed to Li Xingyun's invitation, Ji Ruxue's expression darkened, knowing that it was time to part ways.

Upon hearing this, Lu Linxuan said to her, "Sister Xue, why don't we go to Yuzhou together first? It won't make a difference if we go for a day or two."

Ji Ruxue shook her head: "It's been a long time already. If I don't return the things soon, I'll definitely be punished."

Lu Linxuan could only say regretfully, "Alright then, Sister Xue, be careful on your way!"

Ji Ruxue nodded, then walked to the horse that Shen Ye had tied to a tree branch, untied the reins, and was about to mount the horse.

At this moment, Shen Ye called out to her, "Xue'er, wait a moment."

Upon hearing this, Ji Ruxue looked at him and saw that after he spoke a few words to Li Xingyun and Lu Linxuan, the two senior and junior siblings walked away into the distance, while he alone walked towards her.

"Brother Shen, are you going to Fengxiang with me?" Ji Ruxue asked expectantly, her face beaming with joy.

"No, I've come to say goodbye."

Shen Ye slowly shook his head, looking at Ji Ruxue whose eyes had dimmed instantly, and went straight up to hug her, saying in her ear: "Don't worry, this is just a temporary separation. Believe me, you will be back in Yuzhou soon."

And when you return to Chongqing next time, you'll stay by my side for a long time, perhaps even a lifetime.

Hearing this, Ji Ruxue looked at him in disbelief: "Brother Shen, are you so sure I will go back to Yuzhou?"

"Of course." Shen Ye smiled, then whispered something to Ji Ruxue.

“He… he is actually…” After hearing what Shen Ye said, Ji Ruxue looked in the direction where Li Xingyun and Lu Linxuan had left.

Shen Ye nodded: "Yes, it's him. When your empress asks, just tell him. She will definitely send you back to Yuzhou to investigate Li Xingyun."

But Ji Ruxue was still a little worried: "What if the Empress doesn't send me?"

Shen Ye held her tightly in his arms and said firmly, "Then I will go to Fengxiang to find you and personally go to the Empress to ask for you. If she doesn't give it to me, I will beat her until she gives it to me."

"You cannot fight the Empress," Ji Ruxue said urgently.

"Haha, just kidding." Shen Ye laughed and continued, "Anyway, if you don't come, I'll come find you."

Ji Ruxue was relieved and nodded heavily: "Brother Shen, I'll be going now."

"Mmm!" Shen Ye stroked Ji Ruxue's hair, then lowered his head and kissed her lips.

Ji Ruxue, still a young girl, was experiencing kissing for the first time. Being inexperienced, she was no match for Shen Ye, who was already an expert. Shen Ye quickly pried open her teeth and found her little tongue.

After a passionate kiss, Shen Ye finally released the dazed Ji Ruxue, patted her waist, and said, "Let's go, be careful on the road."

"You have to be careful too."

Ji Ruxue looked at him with watery eyes, then mounted her horse, lashed the horse's rump with her sword sheath, and rode away in a cloud of dust.

Watching Ji Ruxue disappear into the distance, Shen Ye sighed and turned to walk towards Li Xingyun and Lu Linxuan.

……

(Everyone knows why I didn't go with Ji Ruxue.)

(Chapter 3 will be updated later)

Chapter 390! Instant Familiarity

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Yuzhou City.

Shen Ye walked side by side with Li Xingyun and Lu Linxuan, the two senior and junior brothers and sisters, on the street.

Because it had been many years since they had come down the mountain, the two siblings, just like when Shen Yechu arrived, were very interested in everything around them.

"Junior sister, look, there are sugar figurines over there."

"Senior brother, can you buy me a hairpin?"

"not good."

"Senior brother, senior brother, there are candied hawthorns over there. If we don't buy hairpins, how about we buy a few skewers to eat?"

“Great, buy a few more skewers. Your senior brother has plenty of money now.”

"Brother Shen, would you like one too?"

"Try one!"

Although Shen Ye is almost thirty years old according to his actual age, being with this young couple makes him feel as if he has returned to when he was seventeen or eighteen.

But... Shen Ye thought about it, and realized that he had already joined the army at that time, and that he had spent his teenage years in the military.

With a slightly regretful sigh, Shen Ye took the candied hawthorn from Lu Linxuan, took a big bite, and then immediately frowned, thinking, "It's so sour. As expected, hawthorns grown without modern technology are far inferior in both taste and texture, and the syrup on top isn't sweet enough either."

However, seeing the two senior and junior disciples enjoying their food so much, he felt a little ridiculous. This was ancient times, after all; why was he asking for so much?

So he took another bite, but it was still so sour that he grimaced.

And so, the three of them continued to stroll around the streets while eating candied hawthorns.

After walking for a while, Li Xingyun finished his candied hawthorn. Perhaps it was because the pickled mustard greens were so appetizing, he clutched his stomach and said to Shen Ye, "Brother Shen, do you know where I can find good food? I'm starving."

Shen Ye shook his head: "I've only been in Yuzhou for a few days and I'm not very familiar with this place. I only know that there's an inn with nice rooms that are very comfortable, but the food is a bit lacking, though it's still edible. If you don't mind, I can take you there, and you can also stay there."

"Alright then, we've finally made it down the mountain, we should definitely eat something good." Li Xingyun had suffered too much these past few years, so he wanted to eat something nice to change things up.

Just then, Lu Linxuan suddenly noticed a large crowd gathered in front of a restaurant called Shengyun Pavilion in the distance, and said, "Senior Brother, Brother Shen, there's a restaurant over there with a lot of people at the entrance. It looks very lively. Shall we go there?"

After saying that, without waiting for Shen Ye and Li Xingyun's response, he walked over there on his own.

Seeing Lu Linxuan walk over, Shen Ye asked Li Xingyun, "Brother Li, shall we go and take a look?"

Li Xingyun immediately waved his hand and said, "Brother Shen, please."

The two then smiled at each other and followed behind Lu Linxuan.

At this moment, the entrance of the restaurant called Shengyun Pavilion was crowded with people. It was unclear whether they were having a commotion or doing something else. Lu Linxuan, who had arrived a step ahead of the two, carefully passed through the crowd. Just as she was about to look inside, a white-haired man was suddenly thrown out of the restaurant and happened to pounce on her.

Lu Linxuan had no time to react. Just as she was about to be pounced on by that figure, a large hand suddenly appeared behind her, twisted her delicate arm and pulled her back, narrowly avoiding being hit.

Then, with a thud, the white-haired man fell straight to the ground.

Still shaken, Lu Linxuan patted her small, delicate chest, then turned around and saw that the person who had pulled her was Shen Ye.

"Thank you, Brother Shen." She smiled sweetly at Shen Ye.

"It's nothing." Shen Ye shook his head and looked down at the white-haired man who was struggling to get up from the ground. The strong smell of alcohol on him made him frown.

At this moment, Li Xingyun also squeezed in. He glanced at the white-haired man standing unsteadily in front of him, then turned to ask Shen Ye and Lu Linxuan, "Brother Shen, Junior Sister, what happened?"

Shen Ye shook his head and said, "It's nothing, just a drunkard who was thrown out and almost hit Miss Lu."

"It was Brother Shen who gave me a hand, otherwise I would have been taken advantage of," Lu Linxuan said with lingering fear.

"It's good that you're alright." Li Xingyun breathed a sigh of relief, then looked at the swaying white-haired man in front of him and asked in confusion, "How many dishes did you have to drink like this? Is the food here meant to be enjoyed with alcohol?"

To everyone's surprise, the drunken white-haired man in front of him immediately said, "The wine and food at Shengyun Pavilion are truly exceptional. The food is delicious and the wine is excellent. If I hadn't run out of money, I would have loved to stay here for ten days or half a month."

Li Xingyun's thought process was indeed extraordinary; he immediately asked, "Really?"

"Go ahead and try it if you don't believe me." The white-haired man turned around and pointed to Shengyun Pavilion.

“In that case, Brother Shen, let’s eat here,” Li Xingyun said to Shen Ye.

"Okay, this will do," Shen Ye replied.

The three then walked into the restaurant, but after only a few steps, the drunkard suddenly grabbed Li Xingyun's arm and said, "Brother, as the saying goes, you should always help those in need. I answered your question, so it wouldn't be right for you not to treat me to a meal."

A normal person would probably refuse outright, but Li Xingyun's thinking was different from that of ordinary people. After listening to the drunkard's words, he actually felt that there was some truth to them, so he grabbed the drunkard's arm and said, "Why bother with past acquaintances? Meeting is fate. Come on, let's go in and have a few more drinks."

"Senior brother..." Lu Linxuan was a little unhappy when he saw that Li Xingyun had invited that drunkard again.

But Li Xingyun seemed not to hear, and entered Shengyun Pavilion with his arm around the drunkard's shoulder.

Lu Linxuan stomped his feet in anger and turned to Shen Ye to complain, "Brother Shen, why didn't you stop my senior brother? That drunkard doesn't look like a good person."

The plot is shrinking... Shen Ye thought to himself. Of course he knew who the drunk white-haired man was; it was none other than Zhang Zifan, the second male lead of Bad Guys.

He then smiled and said to Lu Linxuan, "Brother Li is a man of strong character. He will naturally take a liking to people who are to his liking. There's no stopping him. Let him be."

"Hmph!" Lu Linxuan pouted and snorted, but didn't say anything more, and followed Shen Ye into the Shengyun Pavilion.

As soon as the two entered, they saw that Li Xingyun and Zhang Zifan had already found their spots, and Li Xingyun was waving at them.

Zhang Zifan slammed his hand on the table and shouted, "Waiter, a table of top-quality food! My brother said he's got plenty of money. Right, brother?" He was referring to Li Xingyun with the last sentence.

Li Xingyun patted his chest and nodded: "Order whatever you want, I can afford any amount of money. Even if it's not enough, my brother Shen is here."

"Brother Shen, why don't we go to another place? Let these two guys who hit it off immediately stay together."

Seeing her senior brother and that drunkard in such a state, Lu Linxuan really wanted to turn around and leave. She felt it was too embarrassing.

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