Chapter 425: Chapter 401, Men Do Not Stay When They Grow Up – 1
Seeing Defu return, Xiao Yeyang took an antique glass lamp from his hand and handed it to Daohua, “Miss Yan, would you like to check and see if there is any difference between these lamps and the one you have?”
Daohua pursed her lips and diverted her gaze, “I can’t be bothered.”
Xiao Yeyang smiled silently, handing the glass lamp back to Defu and chuckled, “Since we have brought all these lamps here, it wouldn’t be right to take them back now, so keep them to give away.”
Hearing this, Defu immediately smiled and handed the glass lamp to Wang Manman.
Wang Manman glanced at her young lady and, seeing she had no objection, happily accepted, “Thank you, Little Prince.”
Daohua glanced at Xiao Yeyang’s outfit and asked, “Are you travelling far today?”
Xiao Yeyang nodded.
Remembering what Defu had said about them rushing around for two days and a night, Daohua couldn’t help but ask, “Hasn’t the matter from last time been resolved?”
Xiao Yeyang shook his head. “The territory of Zhongzhou is vast, finding someone is not that easy.”
Daohua: “Finding someone? Who?”
Xiao Yeyang smiled, “That… I cannot tell you for now.”
Seeing him say so, Daohua did not press further, only saying, “Do you need help from my family?” After all, her father was the Magistrate of Ningmen Prefecture; he should be able to offer some help.
Xiao Yeyang shook his head with a smile, “No need, this matter should not be made public, please don’t speak of it to anyone.”
Daohua nodded, “Alright, I understand.”
After that, the two of them stood in silence, looking at each other without a word.
After a while, Daohua stretched out her hand, “Don’t you have matters to attend to? Give me back my handkerchief, then you can leave.”
Hearing that, Xiao Yeyang hastily stuffed the handkerchief into his bosom, “Given items should not be taken back, don’t be too stingy.”
Daohua glared, “Stingy? Just say how many handkerchiefs have you taken from me, give them back to me, I’m too lazy to embroider new ones.” Saying so, she reached out, intending to take it from him.
Xiao Yeyang obviously did not want to return them and dodged hastily. Daohua, holding onto his arm and not letting go, caused a piece of white paper to fall out of Xiao Yeyang’s bosom during the scuffle.
“What’s this?”
Curious, Daohua let go of Xiao Yeyang, bent down to pick up the paper, and unfolded it to see a portrait, “Is this the person you’re looking for?”
Xiao Yeyang, seeing her looking at the picture, was not concerned. After securing the handkerchief, he nodded, “Hmm.”
Daohua examined the portrait closely, “Doesn’t look like a good person, fatty with big ears and greasy hair.”
Hearing this, Defu immediately covered his mouth and chuckled, and Xiao Yeyang couldn’t help but smile a bit too, “Indeed, he is not a good person.”
A good person could not become the Chief Eunuch.
It was inappropriate to freely draw a portrait of the Prince’s Uncle, but fortunately, Eunuch An always accompanied him. Finding Eunuch An would lead them to the Prince’s Uncle.
Daohua returned the portrait to Xiao Yeyang, sounding concerned, “Catching someone like this, won’t you be in danger?”
Catch?
Defu thought that the word was used awkwardly and wanted to correct it, but seeing that his master didn’t mind, he swallowed his words.
Xiao Yeyang shook his head and said with a smile, “Don’t worry, there won’t be any trouble, I’ve brought plenty of people with me.” After putting away the portrait and glancing at the sky, he added, “I need to go now, you should head back too.”
Daohua nodded.
Seeing her standing still, Xiao Yeyang smiled, “Go inside, I will leave after you enter.”
Daohua fell silent for a moment, “Be careful, don’t be careless just because you have people with you.”
Xiao Yeyang nodded with a smile.
Daohua looked at him, picked up the glass lamp, and walked back. When she reached the back door, she looked back one more time, paused for a moment, then went inside.
After the back door had closed, Xiao Yeyang stood there for a while before mounting his horse and leaving with Defu.
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When Daohua, with Wang Manman, returned to the courtyard, she found her fourth brother had yet to leave.
“Fourth brother, why are you still here?”
Yan Wenkai didn’t respond, his gaze fixed on the glass lamp in Daohua and Wang Manman’s hands, he laughed, “Big sister, I’ve found that you and the Little Prince having a little conflict isn’t so bad. Not to mention anything else, you definitely end up with a lot of nice things.”
To cheer his little sister up, the Little Prince really hadn’t hesitated to send over nice gifts.
He had just sat in his big sister’s room for a while, glanced at the items around, and thought, every single one was valuable, his monthly allowance might not be enough to afford even one.