As the top scholar drew near, the crowd suddenly surged, scattering the four youths who had come out together to watch the excitement.

“Young Master Luo, is that one in the red robe the top scholar?” Xiao Qi, relying on his great strength, squeezed back to Luo Chen’s side and pointed excitedly at Su Yao on the tall horse.

“Mm.” Luo Chen responded coolly, thinking to himself that it was just two eyes and one mouth—he didn’t know what Xiao Qi was so excited about.

Luo Chen had never had any favorable impression of Su Yao.

Xiao Qi laughed foolishly. “I’ve never seen a top scholar before. It’s quite rare. The top scholar is really good-looking—”

A sharp glare shot over, and the dark-faced youth obediently shut his mouth.

Xu Xi had been pushed farther away by the surging crowd. At times like this, the advantage of chopping firewood every day showed itself—he easily pulled aside several people blocking the way and squeezed to Luo Chen and the others’ side.

“You’d better stay close to me. If you get lost, it’ll be too late to cry.” Xu Xi reminded them.

“Just take care of yourself.” Luo Chen replied coolly.

Someone who caused trouble everywhere and nearly turned himself into a male courtesan—how reliable could he be?

Luo Chen’s eyes tightened as he realized a problem: Where was Fuxue?

“Weren’t you together with Fuxue?”

Xu Xi was stunned. “No, after getting separated, I saw you and Xiao Qi so I came over.”

“Then where’s Fuxue?” Luo Chen looked around, his expression gradually becoming serious.

Xiao Qi raised his voice and shouted, “Fuxue, Fuxue, where are you—”

This shout was quickly drowned out by the waves of cheering.

“Fuxue seems to have disappeared. What should we do?” Xiao Qi looked toward Luo Chen.

“Do you even need to ask? Hurry up and split up to search!” Xu Xi said, preparing to squeeze in one direction.

The shadow of being sold to a male courtesan establishment still lingered. Although he didn’t think much of those who served as Miss Luo’s male favorites, Fuxue must have been forced into it. Speaking of which, he was also a pitiable person.

Someone grabbed his wrist.

“We can search, but it’s better not to split up.” Luo Chen said this while continuously observing their surroundings.

A trace of unease rose in his heart.

Just moments ago, the several of them had clearly been together. Even if scattered by the crowd, a living person shouldn’t vanish in the blink of an eye.

And it was specifically Fuxue who had disappeared.

Luo Chen silently glanced at Xiao Qi, thinking to himself: If the dark kid had disappeared, there would be no need for unease at all.

The crowd continued surging forward as the top scholar passed. The three youths searched against the flow for a while, but not only did they fail to find anyone, Xiao Qi even had one shoe trampled off while protecting Luo Chen.

Luo Chen said decisively, “Stop searching. Let’s return to the tavern first.”

Although Xiao Qi was accustomed to listening to Luo Chen, he now showed hesitation. “We came out together. Now that Fuxue has disappeared, we can’t just go back like this.”

Xu Xi agreed. “Right, let’s search a bit more. We’ll all return together once we find him.”

If they lost the she-devil’s male favorite, the she-devil would definitely deal with him when they returned.

“Searching like this probably won’t find him. Let’s go back, gather more people, and search properly.” Luo Chen’s tone was firm.

If they had merely been scattered, Fuxue wasn’t an idiot—he should know to stand somewhere conspicuous and wait.

He suspected something had happened to Fuxue.

In that case, rather than searching randomly like three headless flies, it was better to return and report.

Xu Xi didn’t want to (didn’t dare to) just return like this. “What if we just leave and Fuxue comes looking for us? We’d miss each other. How about this—you two go back and report, and I’ll keep searching.”

Luo Chen thought for a moment and nodded. “Alright.”

Watching Luo Chen and Xiao Qi leave, Xu Xi looked around and began searching through the various alleys and lanes.

From experience, nothing good usually happened in these places.

At this moment, Fuxue was being dragged by Wei Feng into a secluded small alley.

“You, you’re Prince Pingnan’s heir.” After seeing the person clearly, Fuxue recognized him.

Da Bai had once bitten this person’s bottom.

Hearing these words “Prince Pingnan’s heir,” a cold gleam flashed in Wei Feng’s eyes.

He had mixed into the crowd wanting to find an opportunity to get close to Fuxue. When the surging crowd suddenly scattered the group, he couldn’t help but make his move.

Coming back to his senses, Fuxue had already been dragged here by him with a hand covering his mouth.

Speaking of it, he had acted impulsively.

But things had come to this point, and regret was useless. Anyway, no one had seen him abduct Fuxue. As long as he hid the person well, from now on—

Thinking of the future scene of having his beloved youth as his companion, Wei Feng couldn’t help but curve his lips.

When he smiled like this, Fuxue was frightened enough to take a step back. “What business do you have with me?”

Although he was innocent, he wasn’t stupid. This person had dragged him here without a word of greeting—he definitely wasn’t a good person.

That made sense. Prince Pingnan’s heir also had designs on Da Bai. That time he saw Da Bai, he wanted to eat an entire goose feast.

Ah, could it be Prince Pingnan’s heir wanted to force him to hand over Da Bai?

Thinking of this, Fuxue’s face flushed red with anger. “I absolutely won’t agree!”

Wei Feng was stunned, then his expression turned cold.

He hadn’t expected Fuxue to actually know his intentions!

He had been afraid Fuxue would have difficulty accepting it at first and had planned to coax him before anything else, but now that wasn’t necessary.

Wei Feng reached out and pinched Fuxue’s chin. “Won’t agree? That’s not up to you. This heir has taken a fancy to you—it’s your honor!”

Fuxue’s eyes widened sharply. “What did you say?”

Taken, taken a fancy to him? Not Da Bai?

The youth vaguely felt something was wrong.

“What, wouldn’t following me be better than following Miss Luo?” Wei Feng looked at the frightened and helpless youth and frowned. “You probably don’t know—Miss Luo plays with snakes. In the future when she tires of you, she’ll just throw you into a snake pit—”

Fuxue’s face turned pale. “Miss would never do that.”

He was so obedient and took such good care of Da Bai—how could Miss tire of him?

Wei Feng felt sour inside. “You certainly have confidence in Miss Luo. But including you, she has three male favorites—”

“Two.” Hearing this, Fuxue hastily clarified.

Just him and Brother Mingzhu—where were there three?

“This heir has long since inquired. There’s you, one at the Grand Marshal’s Manor, and adding the former heir of Marquis Changchun—isn’t that three?”

Xu Xi, who had just found this place, froze in place.

Adding—him?

Wei Feng gently rubbed Fuxue’s chin with his fingertips, his voice softening. “I promise you, from now on I’ll only want you.”

“You, you want me to be a male concubine?” Fuxue finally confirmed the other party’s intentions.

The youth’s small face turned white, moisture vaguely appearing in his eyes, like a lost little deer.

Seeing this, Wei Feng’s heart softened. He said gently, “I’ll treat you well.”

In his eyes, the youth as delicate as a small deer trembled his lashes, then suddenly shouted at the top of his lungs, “Help! Prince Pingnan’s heir is kidnapping someone—”

Wei Feng covered Fuxue’s mouth with his hand and said irritably, “Ungrateful! You can shout until your throat breaks and it won’t help. Everyone has gone to watch the top scholar parade—”

“Who says so!” A voice grinding its teeth came from behind.

Wei Feng instinctively turned his head and took a punch to the face.

“Adding me?” Another punch.

“I’m Miss Luo’s male favorite?” An even more ferocious punch flew over.

Wei Feng wasn’t powerless to fight back. After taking two punches, he quickly reacted, raising his hand to block this punch and smoothly grabbing Xu Xi’s wrist.

“Run quickly!” Xu Xi roared at Fuxue.