“Sorry, honored guest. The last room was just reserved. Please look elsewhere.”

“We’ve searched two places—both said they were full. What bad luck.”

“Young master, young master, young madam says she’s hungry.”

“Innkeeper, what light and non-greasy dishes do you have here? Hurry up and prepare them. My wife is with child and truly can’t be hungry for even a moment. Quickly now.”

Having said this, without waiting for the innkeeper to respond, he clomp-clomped out again.

Yan Sanhe turned her head, only catching a glimpse of a blue-gray clothing hem.

Just as she reached the room, two attendants carried in hot water. In no time at all, food was also brought up.

Just then, Li Buyan returned from feeding the horses. Yan Sanhe had her go behind the screen to wash first while she sat down to eat.

After Li Buyan finished washing, Yan Sanhe had just finished eating.

Using the lukewarm water, Yan Sanhe also simply washed up. Without waiting for her hair to dry, she collapsed onto the bed.

Not knowing how long she’d slept, she heard a clamoring sound in her ear. Groggily opening her eyes, she asked, “Who’s making all that noise outside?”

“Who else? That idiot young master.”

Li Buyan’s eyes were red, already angry enough to explode like a firecracker—just needing one spark.

“Turns out the whole world only has him with a wife, and only his wife is most precious. One moment complaining the food’s too oily, next moment complaining the rice is too hard. Just now his wife vomited, and he’s blaming the tea water for being unclean.”

“He does dote on her!”

“Dote my ass!”

Li Buyan’s hand moved to her soft sword at the side, thinking this kind of loud-mouthed man should be finished off with one stroke.

Just then, suddenly another commotion came from outside.

“Aiya, something’s wrong, young master—young madam vomited again!”

“I said this tea water wasn’t clean!”

“…”

“Innkeeper, if my wife vomits up anything serious, I’ll fight you to the death!”

“…”

“Wife, wife, how are you!”

“…”

“Is there clean water? Where’s the clean water…”

“…”

“Quick, rub young madam’s back!”

“…”

“Aiya aiya, you bunch of idiots, move aside. I’ll do it…”

Li Buyan shot up with a whoosh.

Can’t stand it anymore—first I’ll cut out that person’s tongue.

A hand wrapped around her waist, then Yan Sanhe’s head leaned over. “The noise is a bit much, but his nature has some truth. Let him be.”

“He’s being truthful, but this grandaunt can’t sleep.”

People who practice martial arts sleep lightly to begin with. Every little rustle of wind and grass outside, she could hear clearly. Couldn’t this idiot speak a bit more quietly?

At this moment, someone knocked on the door.

Li Buyan’s brows furrowed as she wrapped her soft sword around herself, lit the candle, threw on a garment, and went to open the door.

Door opens—

Hey!

It was precisely the person whose tongue she wanted to cut out.

“Miss, miss.”

That person rubbed his hands with a constipated expression. “My wife is somewhat uncomfortable. Could she come into your room to rest a while?”

“Can you just go die?”

Li Buyan’s willow-leaf eyebrows shot up.

“I’ll pay silver. I’ll pay double, triple.”

That person started clamoring. “My wife is a very good person and won’t disturb you, miss. If it weren’t that the whole inn only has this one room with two young ladies staying in it, I wouldn’t have this idea either.”

You’re sick!

Li Buyan said nothing and was about to close the door.

The idiot had a loud voice but his feet weren’t slow either. One long leg crossed in to block the door. “Miss, miss, have mercy. My wife…”

“Having silver is so great? Stop the nonsense and prattle. This grandaunt I…”

“Buyan.”

Yan Sanhe was disturbed enough that her head ached. Unable to sleep anyway, she simply said, “Check out and continue on the road. Consider it accumulating good deeds for the other guests in this inn.”

“Good, good. Then you check out.”

That person was delighted and danced with joy. Then he turned his head, clomp-clomped down the stairs while running and shouting, “Wife, wife, guests are checking out! We have a room now!”

Li Buyan: “…” Really can’t stand it!

Yan Sanhe: “…” My mouth was a bit loose just now!

The words had been spoken—taking them back had no meaning. The two gathered their things and walked downstairs.

At this time, that person had already come upstairs, hand supporting a young woman.

As they passed each other, the young woman bowed deeply to Yan Sanhe and the others. “Many thanks to the two young ladies for your righteous assistance. Please accept my courtesy.”

The young woman had a face full of heroic spirit, with curved eyebrows that were quite likable—only her complexion looked somewhat poor.

Her husband looked fairly gentle and refined, with a slight smile—completely unable to tell from looking that when he opened his mouth he was a loud-mouthed person.

Forget it, forget it!

Yan Sanhe was too lazy to say anything more. She pulled Li Buyan downstairs.

The two went to the counter to check out, retrieved their two taels deposit, turned and walked out of the inn.

Looking up, they saw four horses standing at the inn entrance, with four people sitting on the horses.

The leader wore a scholar’s robe. That handsome face was sullen as Guan Yu, his peach blossom eyes unable to hide his towering rage.

How did he follow here?

Yan Sanhe couldn’t help but furrow her brows.

She still had the face to furrow her brows?

Xie Zhifei dismounted and strode before Yan Sanhe. “The words I said—did you treat them as wind past your ears?”

“No!”

Late at night, Yan Sanhe decided to resolve this matter calmly. “I left word with Tangyuan.”

“So you planned to play the ‘act first, report later’ card?”

“No.”

“Since not, why did you still sneak away?”

“Didn’t want you two dragging behind.”

Xie Zhifei pointed at Young Master Pei. “The one dragging behind is him, not me!”

“…I…”

Young Master Pei truly felt wronged. This trip he neither had diarrhea nor a sore backside—where did he drag behind?

“You’re no better!”

“Yan Sanhe, you’re making excuses.”

“Knowing that, why ask?”

Xie Zhifei’s jaw tightened. “So what’s the real reason?”

Yan Sanhe was annoyed by the questioning. “Third Master, stop haunting me and interrogating to the end. Know when to stop, understand?”

The words “haunting me” ignited all of Xie Zhifei’s anger. “I’m exactly going to haunt you and interrogate to the end. What about it!”

Don’t you know what’s good for you?

Yan Sanhe’s chest rose and fell several times as she forcefully suppressed her anger. “Move aside.”

“Try leaving if you dare?”

“Try blocking me once if you dare?”

Xie Zhifei stretched out his hand, blocking the way. “Try it then.”

Yan Sanhe had never seen such a person. “You’re acting like a hooligan!”

Xie Zhifei: “Right!”

Yan Sanhe’s eyes suddenly turned ice-cold.

Li Buyan saw the situation turning bad and quickly tried to mediate. “I say, Third Master…”

“You troublemaking stick, shut the hell up!”

Li Buyan pointed at her own nose: “…I’m stirring shit again…”

“The one who should shut up is you, Xie Zhifei!”

Yan Sanhe laughed coldly. “Think about the people behind you.”

Xie Zhifei followed with a cold laugh. “I thank you for considering so carefully for me. I fucking don’t need it.”

This person ate explosives today?

Yan Sanhe bit out two words through her teeth: “You’re sick!”

“Right!”

Xie Zhifei roared, “And the sickness isn’t light!”

“Crack!”

A window opened and a cloth shoe flew down, immediately followed by a head poking out.

“What are you shouting about in the middle of the night? Do you have any sense of public decency? My wife is still pregnant. All of you shut the hell up.”

Between heaven and earth, instantly silent as chickens.

Li Buyan: “…” This bastard still has the face to mention public decency?

Huang Qi: “…” This bastard nearly hit me!

Young Master Pei: “…” This bastard dares to shout at my Sanhe?

Zhu Qing: “…” This bastard ate a bear’s heart and leopard’s gall?

“Crack!”

The window fell shut. That certain bastard’s voice came through clearly.

“Wife, don’t worry. It’s just a young couple quarreling. Neither will give in to the other.”

Xie Zhifei: “…”

Yan Sanhe: “…”

Between heaven and earth, silent without a trace of sound.