Looking at Tai'an from the full moon

"anyone there?"

As soon as Yueying knocked on the door, an old woman's voice came from inside.

"Who is it? Here I come~"

When Xiao Zuoming heard the voice, he couldn't help but frowned and asked in confusion.

"Why would an old woman live in this remote place?"

"Squeak-"

The small wooden door was opened, and an old man with wrinkles on his face was standing there holding a dim lantern. Due to the dim candlelight, the old man's face seemed to be covered with brown spots, and his gray hair was casually tied behind his head. For a moment, it was impossible to tell whether he was a grandfather or an old woman.

The old man opened the door and raised the lantern, and the faint candlelight shone on their faces.

"you..."

As the old man had poor eyesight, he squinted his eyes to look at the beautiful woman in the lead, and then looked at the two richly dressed young men behind them.

Yueying saw that the old man was getting older and his tone became gentler.

"Hello, old man. The three of us passed by here but it was getting late. There were no other taverns or inns nearby, so we wanted to take advantage of this precious place to rest for a night."

"this..."

Seeing that the old man was a little hesitant, Xiao Zuoqing spoke.

"We can give you some money as payment for your room for one night."

Xiao Zuoming heard this from behind and couldn't help but pout and mutter to himself.

"I still have to pay to live in this shabby house."

Fortunately, the old man didn’t hear it. Instead, he was afraid that they would dislike his poor hospitality.

"No need. You three are obviously the sons and daughters of wealthy families. There is nothing good to offer in my shabby little house. Please condescend to stay here."

"It's wrong for us to bother you at night. Sorry for bothering you~"

The old man waved his hand, indicating that it was nothing, and then led them into the house. The house was very simple, with the kitchen at the entrance in the middle and a room on each side.

"I only have two rooms here. One is for me and my old man. But he went to the city to look for his son some time ago and has not been home in recent days..."

The old woman first showed them the room on the left, and then went to the right.

"The other room is occupied by my youngest daughter, but she got married last year. So only two of you three can live together, and the other one can come and squeeze in with me, an old woman."

Finally, the old woman looked at Yueying and the other two and spoke with some confusion.

"You three are...the two young masters living together?"

"Correct!"

Xiao Zuoqing quickly agreed. He didn't want Xiao Zuoming and Yueying to live in the same room, because then he would have to sleep with the old woman.

"Forehead..."

Xiao Zuoming was about to speak, but when he saw that Xiao Zuoqing spoke first, he shut up helplessly.

The old woman saw that he seemed to want to say something, so she looked at him for two seconds. Seeing that he didn't say anything, she looked at Yueying again.

"Little girl, do you agree?"

Yueying was called a little girl for the "first time" and was slightly stunned, then said shyly.

"I'm fine, I'll sleep with you."

The old woman nodded, told them to sit wherever they wanted, and went to get them blankets.

"It's late, you should all go to bed early~ Little girl, I'm going to sleep first~"

"Okay, ma'am. I'll be there in a minute."

The old woman waved her hands and muttered as she walked.

"Alas, I am getting old and can't bear it anymore at this point~"

The old woman went back to the house to sleep first. Yueying looked at the bed of Xiao Zuoming and the others. It was indeed simple, but it was much better than sleeping in the wild.

"If you guys don't have any problems, I'll go over and sleep."

Xiao Zuoming pouted and then shook his head. Yueying chuckled at his aggrieved look and turned to go to another room.

After seeing Yueying leave, Xiao Zuoqing stood up, closed the door, and returned to bed and couldn't help teasing.

"Your eyes are almost on her body, you don't really like her, do you?"

Xiao Zuoqing's eyes widened with curiosity and surprise. Yueying, that "previous incarnation" was a man! Although she is a woman now, she always feels uncomfortable when she thinks of Yuewu. Could Xiao Zuoming be so hungry that he doesn't care about food?

Xiao Zuoming looked at his elder brother's somewhat exaggerated expression and began to stutter for a moment.

"No, no! Isn't this what we agreed on before? I just did it to save my life! Yes, I did it to save my life!"

Xiao Zuoming said stubbornly.

In fact, he didn't know what kind of feelings he had for Yueying. At first, he did it to save his life, but later he thought it was a good thing to have someone watching over him every day, and it gradually became a habit. Later, when he was "forced" to block the sword for Yueying, Yueying became much gentler to him and took better care of him.

Seeing that he was lost in thought, Xiao Zuoqing smiled and shook his head.

"Forget it~ I'm going to sleep first."

Xiao Zuoqing took off his shoes, got into the quilt and went to sleep.

"You're not going to take off your clothes?"

Xiao Zuoming asked.

Xiao Zuoqing tightened the quilt.

"Forget it, you'll get your clothes dirty if you sleep inside. Just go to sleep and don't talk to me."

Xiao Zuoming curled his lips, took off his shoes and went straight into the quilt. He lay flat on his back, put his hands in front of him, stared at the ceiling, and didn't know what he was thinking. Until the second half of the night, he fell into a deep sleep.

......

Xiao Zuoming only felt that he seemed to have a dream. In the dream, someone seemed to throw him into the water, and he had to hold his breath until he woke up.

"what--"

Xiao Zuoming opened his eyes and gasped for air, but before he could catch his breath, he was frightened by the scene in front of him. He saw Yueying and Xiao Zuoqing tied to the pillars on both sides, with water stains on their faces, and they seemed to have just woken up.

Just as Xiao Zuoming was about to walk towards Yueying, he found himself tied to a pillar as well.

"What's happening here?"

Yueying was also confused and didn't know what was happening.

"Are you all awake?"

A rough male voice was heard. The three looked towards the source of the voice and saw a big man with a full beard walking towards them with a big knife on his shoulder. He looked like a bandit.

Xiao Zuoming seemed to be the most sober of the three of them.

"Who are you? Why are you arresting us?"

"Why? I'm a bandit, I kill people and steal goods, there's no need to ask so many whys!"

"you--"

The bandit spoke with confidence, and Xiao Zuoming was speechless. At this time, Yueying finally sobered up a little.

"What's going on? Why are we tied up here?"

Yueying was stunned. Didn’t she remember that they were staying at an old woman’s house?

"Hey? The beauty is awake?"

"Where's the old woman?"

The bandits laughed out loud when they heard this.

"Hahaha, are you asking him?"

A person came up behind the bandits. It was the old woman from last night. But the old woman smiled at them as she approached, then stretched out her hand and started tearing the mask off her face. Under the three people's gazes, a human mask was removed from her face, and under the mask was a fair and flawless face of a young man!

"Are you looking for me~?"