After I traveled through the book, I fought back in the Hou Mansion

You know, in the original novel, Ye Yunzhou didn't marry until the end, let alone have a concubine. A large number of people in the comment section at the time thought that he liked the heroine, but he didn't dare to show any affection because the heroine had no interest in him.

Luo Shuiyao is one of them. She always thought that Ye Yunzhou was the second male lead in the original novel. After all, no novel would focus so much on a supporting male character.

Another thing is that Luo Shuiyao has been extremely slow in terms of emotions since childhood.

When she was in college, an older student came to ask her to join their club every day. Luo Shuiyao agreed, and she stayed in that club for a year. Later, the older student found a girlfriend, and her roommate called that man a bastard, but Luo Shuiyao was still confused.

Later she found out that the boy and her roommate thought they were in a relationship, but she was the only one who had no idea. It was no wonder that the senior complained to others that she was pretending.

At that time, she thought that the senior was crazy and wanted to touch her at any time. After she realized it, she avoided him and forced him to unilaterally announce his breakup with her.

So from then on, whenever a boy approached her, she would back away, for fear that she would be dumped again.

At this time, the atmosphere in the carriage became a little subtle. Both of them were silent, and no one spoke first.

Luo Shuiyao felt a little annoyed. Was she too aggressive just now? Would she anger the big boss?

Ye Yunzhou was filled with panic. He didn't know why he reacted like that.

After a while, Luo Shuiyao tidied herself up and tilted her head slightly to check on Ye Yunzhou. However, in the dim light, she could only see a vague outline.

The atmosphere was a bit awkward. She thought for a while before finding a topic. She sat next to Ye Yunzhou and asked, "Can you show me your dagger? I also want to find a dagger for self-defense."

Ye Yunzhou was trying hard to calm himself down at this moment. He didn't dare to look at Luo Shuiyao, for fear that she would discover his abnormality. His heart was still beating fast, and the scene just now kept appearing in his mind.

But suddenly hearing him say such words, his eyebrows twitched wildly, his tone was full of disbelief, and he rarely lost his usual calmness: "What did you say?"

Luo Shuiyao was puzzled by his reaction. "This... can't I even take a look? If it's too valuable, then I won't look at it."

Ye Yunzhou didn't care about the shame he had just felt. He was speechless for a moment and didn't know how to answer.

Seeing that he stopped talking, Luo Shuiyao really thought he was so stingy that he didn't even want her to take a look at it, and muttered softly, "How stingy! He won't even let anyone take a look at a broken dagger.

Ye Yunzhou had excellent hearing, so he naturally heard her muttering. He was a little amused and helpless.

He had been in the army for many years, and the soldiers were all rough men. He had heard all kinds of dirty talk, so it would be easy for him to reply to her, but he inexplicably didn't want her to be involved in any of it.

Ye Yunzhou moved closer to her, looked her in the eyes, and said, "If you want to see it, you can. You can only see it after I get married."

Luo Shuiyao “…”

She rolled her eyes at him, not wanting to even look at him again, secretly criticizing him in her heart: Everyone knows that you will never marry, who are you trying to fool around with here? And you are being so solemn.

Ye Yunzhou: “…” He didn’t know why he became annoying again.

The carriage continued to move forward, and the sound of the wheels rolling was particularly clear in the silent carriage. For the rest of the journey, the two of them tacitly did not speak again, and they arrived at the door of the escort agency.

The driver stopped the carriage by the roadside and called out to the two people inside: "Sir, Miss, we're here."

Luo Shuiyao breathed a sigh of relief when she heard the driver's voice. The awkward atmosphere could finally be broken.

She pushed open the door and got out of the carriage first. The sunlight outside shone on her, making her feel warm. Looking around, she found that the place was very shabby and did not look like an escort agency at all.

Ye Yunzhou also got off the carriage. His face had returned to normal, but there was still a hint of unnaturalness in his eyes. He looked at Luo Shuiyao, his eyes dodging, as if he was about to speak but stopped.

Luo Shuiyao was completely unaware of this. She simply turned to look at Ye Yunzhou, her tone puzzled: "Is this really where we're going? Why is it so dilapidated?"

Ye Yunzhou was silent for a moment, "You'll know when you go in and take a look."

Luo Shuiyao glanced at him puzzledly, then nodded obediently, "Okay."

Then she looked at the driver, Yang Hua, and said, "It's still quite sunny outside. Why don't you come in with us?"

Hearing her say this, Yang Hua grinned, revealing his big white teeth. "Miss, you and the young master can go in. I won't go. It's not convenient for me."

As he said this, he patted his legs.

Luo Shuiyao looked down along his hand and found that he only had one leg, and his left leg was broken at the knee. No wonder he sat there without moving.

A wave of pity welled up in her heart, and she said softly, "Then you go into the car and wait for us. If anything happens, just shout loudly."

Yang Hua nodded and said, "Don't worry, Miss. Don't look at me like this. I'm in good health."

Luo Shuiyao smiled at him and said nothing more. She turned and looked at Ye Yunzhou, "Let's go in quickly."

Luo Shuiyao nodded at him, and then the two of them walked together into the depths of the alley.

Luo Shuiyao looked around curiously as she walked. She found that this seemed to be an alley where ordinary people lived, so she looked at Ye Yunzhou and asked with confusion in her eyes, "What is this place?"

Ye Yunzhou slowed down his pace to accommodate her. After hearing her question, he simply replied, "This is Osmanthus Alley."

Luo Shuiyao stared at him with eyes wide open: "This is Osmanthus Alley."

Ye Yunzhou heard the surprise in her tone. He turned his head to glance at Luo Shuiyao and nodded: "Well, have you been here?"

Luo Shuiyao shook her head: "How could I have been here? I haven't been here, but I heard from the maid that this is where the most civilians live in Kyoto. But the streets over there are very luxurious, why is this place so shabby?"

Ye Yunzhou was silent for a moment, then replied, "This is the most dilapidated part of Guihua Lane."

Luo Shuiyao understood that this should be the slums in the ancient city. She looked around at the slightly dilapidated houses and the people in simple clothes walking in groups of three or two.

Most of these houses are built of mud, and the walls are covered with traces of erosion over time, with cracks even appearing in some places.

The clothes people wore were not very good, but they were washed clean.

This shows that the emperor of the time was quite wise. Although the common people had difficult lives, they could at least have enough food and clothing.

Luo Shuiyao sighed secretly in her heart. It seemed that there were always poor people no matter where they were. A set of jewelry for a rich family was worth nearly a thousand taels of silver, while for a poor family, a few taels of silver might mean the difference between life and death.