Seeing that he hadn’t heard his voice, Li Shiyan rushed in and heavily patted his shoulder, urgently saying: “Ziluo, I have something important to tell you.”

Only then did Su Ziluo come back to his senses, reining in his thoughts, looking at Li Shiyan with surprise.

“Why are you here?”

“I have something to tell you. Are your ears not working? I’ve already said it once!”

Su Ziluo wasn’t annoyed: “You just came down from Ning’an Manor. What important matter could you have?”

Li Shiyan licked his lips, lowering his voice: “It’s about Shu’er!”

Shu’er?

Su Ziluo’s brow tightened as he looked at him.

Li Shiyan thought perhaps he had forgotten. So he reminded him: “Ji Yunshu! That young lady we met in Great Lin. I even mentioned at the time that she had a tasseled pendant on her that was exactly the same as the one you’ve worn all these years. Remember?”

“I remember!”

“She’s come to Qujiang!” Li Shiyan said. “And she was also at Ning’an Manor at the time. This case—it was her helping solve it from behind the scenes.”

He tried to see some surprise on Su Ziluo’s face, but Su Ziluo’s expression was too calm.

Calm to an unreasonable degree!

“Why aren’t you surprised at all? No wonder Shu’er told me not to tell you!”

“What exactly happened?” Su Ziluo asked.

Li Shiyan’s breathing was rapid, nervously and frantically saying: “I’ve waited for Shu’er for five years! Finally she’s come! But as soon as I got out, she disappeared, saying she had matters to attend to. I just found out that the reason Shu’er came here… was to find someone! Do you know who she came to find? She came to find that prince of Great Lin. Don’t you think that’s strange? How would a prince of Great Lin be here?”

“Oh!”

“Oh?” Li Shiyan was surprised. “Right now we don’t know where she is. I’m worried sick. Ziluo, you know her too after all. You have to help. Find her quickly—do it for my sake! I can’t watch something happen to her.”

“Nothing will happen to her.”

“You… how do you know?”

Su Ziluo replied lightly: “She’s at my residence right now.”

Uh!

Li Shiyan thought he’d heard wrong.

His mouth gaped wide open.

Unable to believe it!

After a long while, he finally reacted and said: “You’re saying… Shu’er is at your residence?”

“Mm!”

“Is that real or fake? Where is she? I’ll go find her.” Li Shiyan grew anxious.

But Su Ziluo said: “You should go back first. Come again tomorrow!”

“Come again tomorrow? I’m anxious! I’m about to go crazy with worry. I need to see her now, immediately, right away. Quickly tell me—where is she?” Li Shiyan looked around the surroundings.

“Young Master, I said to come again tomorrow. Today won’t do.”

“Why?”

“There is no why!” Su Ziluo was unwilling to say more.

But his attitude was firm!

No compromises whatsoever.

Li Shiyan didn’t care: “Fine, since you won’t say, then I’ll go find her myself. Even if I have to turn your entire residence upside down, I’ll find her.”

After speaking, he was about to leave the pavilion!

Su Ziluo called out softly: “Qi’er.”

Just as Li Shiyan stepped out of the pavilion, Qi’er appeared from who knows where, grabbed Li Shiyan’s wrist, and with a flick, threw him back into the pavilion, blocking his path: “Young Master, you’d better listen to my young master.”

Although Qi’er was a maidservant, her martial arts were not weak. Especially her lightness skill—she had already completely reached the realm of coming and going without a trace.

Li Shiyan turned around and glared angrily: “Ziluo, why exactly! Since Shu’er is at your residence, what’s wrong with letting me see her once?”

Su Ziluo’s eyes turned cold: “I said, come again tomorrow. Today… is not suitable!”

Not suitable?

Li Shiyan’s heart was full of confusion.

Clouds of confusion.

But he was very clear that if Su Ziluo didn’t agree, Qi’er would definitely block his way, and he would have no way of seeing Ji Yunshu no matter what.

Finally, Su Ziluo said again: “If you don’t listen now, then tomorrow I won’t let you see her either.”

“That won’t do! I must see Shu’er.”

“Then go back to your residence first. Come again tomorrow.”

Given the current situation, Li Shiyan had no choice.

Finally, reluctant and unwilling, he left—and Qi’er escorted him all the way out.

Only when she saw him board his carriage did she give up!

But—

Who was he, Li Shiyan?

An unkillable fighter!

A born pest!

Naturally he wouldn’t just give up like this.

So after returning to his residence, he immediately had someone prepare a set of night clothes for him.

After Xiao Luzi found the night clothes and held them in his hands, he asked: “Young Master, you just came down from Ning’an Manor and just cleared your name. The master instructed that you should stay properly at the residence these next few days and not go out. Now you’re asking for night clothes… what for?”

“Don’t ask so many questions!” He took those night clothes to change into them.

Xiao Luzi pressed: “Young Master, where exactly are you going?”

“I told you not to ask.”

“How can this servant not ask? If you sneak out and the marquis comes looking for you later, this servant will…”

“If my father is looking for me, just say I’m asleep, won’t that work! So much nagging.”

“But… Young Master, you going out dressed like this at night, this servant is worried. What if something happens? You’d better not go.”

Li Shiyan had already changed clothes and was preparing to leave. Xiao Luzi blocked his path again, pleading: “Young Master, you absolutely cannot go out. If you leave, this servant’s life is over.”

Is it really that exaggerated?

Li Shiyan glanced at him, grabbed him, and pulled him aside. “If you interfere with this young master’s important business again, I’ll cut out your tongue so you can never speak again for the rest of your life.”

Xiao Luzi’s face was full of fear, stammering and trembling: “But it’s already so late. If you’re going somewhere, you should at least tell this servant. Or, take this servant along—at least I can help you somehow!”

Pfft—

Li Shiyan looked him up and down a few times. Skinny as a rail, the kind of guy who’d fall to the ground after two moves with someone. Forget helping him—if he didn’t cause trouble, that would already be a blessing.

“Enough!” Li Shiyan told him. “Right now I’m going to Ziluo’s residence, but he won’t let me in. So I have to sneak in. I’m not going to do anything bad, and there won’t be any danger. Even if I get caught later, at most I’ll be thrown back out. No one’s going to die. You’re acting all pitiful, making it seem like this young master is going to his death.”

Hearing it was to go to that General Su’s residence, Xiao Luzi’s heart finally settled a bit.

Finally, unable to stop him, he could only watch as Li Shiyan quietly left the residence. Worried about being discovered, Xiao Luzi quickly stuffed two pillows onto the bed, covered them with the quilt, then blew out the lamp in the room, closed the door and went out. He told the people in the residence that the Young Master had already retired and was not to be disturbed. Then he silently went to guard the back gate, waiting for Li Shiyan to return so he could open the door for him!

Li Shiyan deliberately tied up a horse at the back gate, rode the horse straight to Su Ziluo’s residence. He circled to the back gate, and taking advantage of no one being around, took out the rope he’d prepared. Then he found a rock nearby to tie to it, held it in his hand and spun it a few circles, throwing it toward the wall. But several times he couldn’t catch the wall ledge. He threw it over and over for a long time before finally catching it.

There was really no other way—his martial arts weren’t good, and worst of all was his lightness skill. If it weren’t for Su Ziluo making him a fan weapon, he didn’t know how many times he would have died at others’ hands.

He pulled hard on the rope, using it to slowly climb up. With great effort, he finally climbed to the top of the wall, already drenched in sweat!

He hadn’t expected the Su residence’s wall to be so high!

And so hard to climb!

He laboriously sprawled on top, looking at the rear courtyard of the Su residence. He had already done his preparation work! He knew that usually no one came to this area of the Su residence, which is why he chose to climb the wall here. He looked around, then jumped down, rolling twice on the grass before getting up.

Fortunately nothing happened!

He covered his face and went around a nearby building, preparing to search room by room for Ji Yunshu!

He didn’t forget to mutter smugly: “You Su Ziluo, you won’t let me come, but I’m coming anyway. I want to see exactly where you’ve hidden Shu’er, and why you won’t let me see her!”

He was still acting all huffy toward Su Ziluo!

The Su residence was after all a general’s residence, so there were people patrolling everywhere. Li Shiyan had just reached the side courtyard when he saw a group of people in plain clothes passing by. He quickly hid behind a large tree, holding his breath. Fortunately he was wearing night clothes, so he easily avoided those people.