A life of two souls traveling through time

Night falls

Li Yunye squinted his eyes and lazily soaked in the hot spring pool, continuing to listen to An Ge's science class outside the curtain.

"The current situation in the world is a bit complicated. Ange can only simplify it for you, young master."

"Well, go on." Jiang Siyao nodded, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart: Fortunately, this unlearned Li Yunye has such a caring servant following him since he was a child.

"Our Jingsong Kingdom is firmly located in the Central Plains, connected to the Xiyue Kingdom in the west, the Lang Kingdom in the north, the Liunan Kingdom and the Nanjiang Kingdom in the south, and the Yuhai Kingdom in the east. Although the Lang Kingdom is the most powerful at present, as long as the Jingsong Kingdom and the Xiyue Kingdom unite, they can stop the Lang Kingdom's ambition to continue to expand. However, our Jingsong Kingdom still cannot sleep peacefully. The Lang Kingdom is a jackal, tiger and leopard, but the Xiyue Kingdom is even more cunning and treacherous fox..."

"Alright, alright, your talk is as boring as the teacher's lecture. I'm feeling sleepy listening to it." Jiang Siyao yawned impatiently, feeling as if she had regained the pain of listening to history classes during her student days.

"Sir, it's not like you haven't attended Master Xu's class before. Long-winded lectures are boring!" Hearing that the young master actually disliked her lecture, Ange took a few steps forward unconvinced, but she didn't dare to lift the curtain with her raised hand. She couldn't help but wonder in her heart: since the young master woke up last night, he has developed some inexplicable quirks. He didn't allow the maids to serve him in the inner room, and he hid from people like a young lady after changing clothes and taking a bath...

"Forget it, forget it. I have a general understanding of the current situation. Tell me more about the Li family in front of us, the famous Li family in Jiangnan, which has been a century-old brand."

When Ange was lost in thought, she heard the young master's voice inside. She quickly straightened herself up and raised her voice with a proud look on her face: "Young master, our Jiangnan Mingli is very famous..."

"stop!"

"What's wrong, sir?"

"From your excited tone, I'm afraid you're going to start telling stories again, right?"

Ange pursed her lips in frustration, and was about to speak a few words to argue, but then she heard the young master ask:

"The Jiangnan Li family has a century-old tradition. Their fortune started with Li... my grandfather?"

"That's not the case, sir. The name Li in Jiangnan was established by your great grandfather, Grandfather Li."

"Li Zu...my great grandfather?"

"Back then, Grandpa Li was a little-known worker in a local dyeing workshop. He won the favor of the workshop owner with his extraordinary intelligence and diligence, and was eventually recruited as his son-in-law. From then on, the famous Li from the first cloth shop in Jiangnan came into being in this small dyeing workshop!"

After Ange finished speaking excitedly, the room became unusually quiet.

"Sir, are you listening?"

There was still no sound for a long while. Ange couldn't help but secretly lifted a corner of the curtain and saw Li Yunye dozing off by the pool. He immediately pouted with a look of grievance: "You don't have the patience to listen again..."

"Son!"

Suddenly, a pretty maid walked in lightly.

"Xiaoyue, what are you doing here?" Ange hurried forward to stop her.

"Ange, look at you, don't you know what I'm here for? Of course, I'm here to serve the young master." After saying that, the maid lowered her head shyly.

Ange rolled her eyes: "Didn't the Master give the order? No one will be needed to serve you in the future, including you."

Ange looked down on Xiaoyue from the bottom of her heart. She relied on the fact that she had served the young master for three years and was his exclusive favorite, and she flaunted herself like a hostess in Qingyun Garden all day long. Did she really dream that with her lowly status she could rise to become a phoenix and enter the Li Mansion as a young lady?

"Ange, you must see clearly who I am!"

"Shh, keep your voice down, the young master is sleeping in there."

But Ange's reminder was too late. Jiang Siyao was immediately frightened awake when he heard the woman's voice outside.

"Ange, don't take advantage of the young master's favor and not consider your own worth!" Xiaoyue also took the young master inside into consideration, so she lowered her voice and spoke angrily to Ange.

"What are you yelling about!"

The curtain was opened with great force, and Li Yunye walked out with a stern face, then looked at Ange and muttered:

"Didn't I say that no one is allowed to come in?"

"Sir, she..."

"Sir, why do you hide from Xiaoyue during the day? It makes me so sad..."

Without waiting for Ange to finish, Xiaoyue suddenly threw herself into Li Yunye's arms with tears in her eyes and started to act coquettishly, which scared Jiang Siyao so much that he almost fainted.

"You are so bold, woman!" Jiang Siyao got goosebumps all over his body and pushed the woman in his arms out quickly: "Why are you still standing there, Ange? Tie up this woman who seduced the master and hand her over to the Madam!"

After hearing this, Ange was also frightened:

"Sir, do you really want to leave it to Madam to deal with?"

"Is there something wrong?" Li Yunye's face was full of anger, and he kept shaking his robe with his hands in disgust.

"Sir, Madam hates it most when subordinates seduce their masters. If Madam knew about this, you would... Madam is always strict about such things..."

"Master, Xiaoyue knows she was wrong. Xiaoyue knows she was wrong. Please spare my life, Master!"

Seeing Xiaoyue kneeling down and begging for mercy in fear, with a pale face, and Ange's ambiguous words, Jiang Siyao naturally knew the relationship between Li Yunye and this girl before, and roughly guessed that Madam Li was not as gentle and easy to talk to as she seemed. Fearing that she might be implicated and punished, she had to give up:

"From now on, don't appear in front of me."

"Young Master..." Xiaoyue looked up and begged the Young Master with tears in her eyes, but the coldness in his eyes made her feel more biting than the wind and snow outside.

"There's no use crying, you just take care of yourself." Jiang Siyao said coldly and hurried out of the house.

To be honest, she felt guilty. The poor girl did nothing wrong. The one who was wrong was Li Yunye, the scumbag, who relied on his power to harm an innocent girl (or perhaps more than one). But now it was Jiang Siyao who occupied this body. She didn't have the heart to meddle in other people's business and help Li Yunye clean up his mess. Moreover, in this unfamiliar environment, even she herself was afraid that her future was uncertain.

Ange also hurriedly followed out with a lantern.

"Find a reason to send her out of the house tomorrow. I don't want to see her again."

"Sir, if that happens... her reputation will be..."

"If I don't drive her away, what if she comes to harass me again one day? The Li Mansion is so small, and the Madam must not know about it. Only if she leaves can the problem be solved completely."

At this moment, Ange couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart. Although the young master used to be hot-tempered and amorous, he was at least loyal to every girl. But now, although the young master's temper has become gentler, he has become a little heartless and cold-blooded. He didn't know whether this was a good thing or a bad thing.

"Master, be careful not to slip in the snow." Ange continued to follow her master holding a lantern.

Jiang Siyao's mood was not affected by the incident just now. She walked under the moonlight and admired the huge Li Mansion: This style is worthy of being the mansion of the richest man in Jiangnan...

"Sir, the back door is this way."

"What are you doing at the back door?"

"Didn't you make an appointment with Miss Jin three days ago to go to the theater to see her at this time?"

"Miss Jin...?" Jiang Siyao wished he could strangle this body that attracted so many women.

"You may have forgotten that Miss Jin is the top star of Hexi Garden..."

"Since you've forgotten, let's go back to Qingyun Garden and not go anywhere tonight."

"Sir, that's Miss Jin, the one you hold dear to your heart..."

"The girl that Li Yunye holds dear has to move from this row to the street, right?"

"Ahem, it's not a small amount, but... you are exaggerating, sir."

"Ange, you should know that after last night's disaster, your son's temperament has changed drastically. I am warning you for the last time. From now on, you are not allowed to take me to messy places or meet messy people. If you hinder me from making a new life, I will kick you out as well!"

Ange was so frightened that her hands were shaking and she almost couldn't hold the lantern properly.

"Also, in this mansion, besides being with Xiaoyue, your young master, ahem... do I have any other...?"

"Young Master, you can rest assured. Although you are romantic, you are not vulgar. Besides, you dare not do anything unruly at home with the master and the mistress watching you. Xiaoyue took the initiative to seduce you when you were drunk."

"Huh, that's good, that's good." Jiang Siyao breathed a sigh of relief, finally getting slightly better news.

"Sir, will you not even go to Hongxiang Pavilion from now on?" After following for a few steps, Ange mustered up the courage to ask again.

"Nonsense! You are not allowed to go either!"

"........"

"Why, are you reluctant to part with your lover?"

"Sir, please don't make fun of me..."

"It's okay to have someone you like at the age of sixteen. If you really like her, then work hard to save money so that you can redeem her later..."

"Sir, you promised Miss Xuanyu that you would redeem her."

It was as if another bolt of lightning struck Jiang Siyao's head again.

"Sir, half a month ago you promised Miss Yu that you would redeem her..."

"I don't even remember it, how can it count?"

"But sir, you can't let Miss Yanyu down. She is different from the others in Hongxiang Pavilion..."

"Are you with her or with me? Why do you always speak for her?"

"Sir, to be honest, Ange does admire Miss Yanyu. She is both talented and beautiful, and has an easygoing personality. Although she is a popular courtesan in Hongxiang Pavilion, she never looks down on us servants..."

"She's an otaku? In that case, the ransom should be very expensive, right?"

Ange half opened her mouth, not knowing how to respond for a moment.