Chapter 222: An Awkward Encounter

Ever since returning from that night, his master had shut himself inside the study.

Apart from absolutely necessary matters, he could practically be said to never step outside.

Since he couldn’t see the main person, catching a subordinate to serve as extra manpower would have to do.

Thinking this, Yue Mingxuan said to Mo Yi, “Then I’ll have to ask General Mo to help me instead.”

This was the first time Mo Yi had ever been asked so gently by someone of higher status than himself.

His face instantly grew hot.

“If the Fifth Prince has any matters, you can directly give this subordinate instructions.”

“Then please help me copy some books,” Yue Mingxuan stated his purpose succinctly.

Hearing this, Mo Yi replied rather awkwardly, “Well… Fifth Prince, to be honest with you, this subordinate doesn’t recognize many characters to begin with. As for copying books, you’d better seek someone more capable.”

You won’t let me see your master and now when I ask you to copy, you say you can’t, Yue Mingxuan nearly wanted to rush forward and bite Mo Yi.

If this ended up causing him to be fined silver, he would definitely come back and demand compensation from him.

At this moment, Shang Qinghua’s voice came from inside the room: “Mo Yi, let him come in.”

Mo Yi glanced at Yue Mingxuan helplessly and stepped aside to clear the way.

His master was always like this, beforehand he had spoken firmly, insisting that Yue Mingxuan was not to be allowed in, yet in such a short time he had already changed his mind.

Inside the room, when Shang Qinghua saw Yue Mingxuan, a trace of barely perceptible excitement flashed across his face, but he quickly suppress it beneath an air of calm composure. “What business do you have with me?”

For reasons Yue Mingxuan himself could not explain, the moment he saw Shang Qinghua’s face, all the energy he had used outside to argue and throw a tantrum at Mo Yi seemed to vanish completely.

He could only speak softly and somewhat awkwardly say, “Shang Qinghua… is your health a bit better now?”

Shang Qinghua raised an eyebrow.

In fact, he had heard everything Yue Mingxuan said to Mo Yi outside just now.

He had not expected that the first thing Yue Mingxuan would ask upon entering was about his health.

A faint warmth stirred in his heart, yet he still had to put on an indifferent front.

“It’s better than before. You don’t need to concern yourself with it. If there’s nothing else, you may leave.”

Seeing him behave this way, Yue Mingxuan opened his mouth.

The words he wanted to ask for help were right on his lips, yet he did not know how to say them.

In the end, he could only say, “Then I’ll be going. Take good care of yourself.”

Seeing that Yue Mingxuan was about to leave without saying anything further, Shang Qinghua was taken aback.

He did not know how to keep him there and in his moment of panic, he blurted out, “Weren’t you planning to perform the heart surgery on Rong Qinglei? How is that coming along now?”

Yue Mingxuan paused briefly before replying, “His body has more or less recovered. I’ll find an opportunity.”

With that, he walked out and closing the door behind him as he left.

Since he was clearly unwelcome, why should he humiliate himself by staying?

Although there was light in the room, Shang Qinghua felt an indescribable sense of oppression weighing on him.

He rubbed his temples and said, “Find ten people who can read and write, and send them to help the Fifth Prince copy books.”

Upon hearing this order, the hidden guard stationed on the roof let out a helpless sigh and went off to find people.

After leaving Shang Qinghua’s residence, Yue Mingxuan felt deeply unsettled.

He had originally thought that Shang Qinghua would help him as he always had before, yet he had not expected him to be so cold today.

Forget it.

He was not anyone special to him anyway, what right did he have to expect Shang Qinghua to keep helping him all the time?

That kind of thinking as if everyone in the world owed him maternal care really would not do.

Wandering aimlessly, he unknowingly found himself at Gongsun Xing’s residence.

Since he was already there, Yue Mingxuan decided to go in and discuss Rong Qinglei’s physical condition with Gongsun Xing.

Passing through a grove of bamboo, he arrived at Gongsun Xing’s door.

The door was left slightly ajar and from inside came a suspicious breathy sounds…

Although Yue Mingxuan had never experienced such matters himself, he still knew exactly what those sounds meant.

His face instantly flushed crimson.

He retreated all the way back to the edge of the bamboo grove without daring to make a single sound.

Being caught in the middle of something like this was unbearably awkward, for both the people involved and for him.

Casually picking up a stone by the bamboo grove, Yue Mingxuan sat down.

Bored out of his mind, he began counting the segments of the bamboo.

By the time he had counted to roughly ten thousand and eight, Gongsun Xing finally walked out.

“What, you watched a live spring scene and now you want to slip away without paying any silver?”

With his keen hearing, he had long since noticed Yue Mingxuan’s approach.

Unfortunately, at the critical moment, there had been no stopping it, so this little fellow ended up benefiting instead.

Yue Mingxuan shot him an annoyed glance. “Indulging in debauchery in broad daylight, and you still have the nerve to ask me for an entrance fee? Please, don’t forget I’m an unmarried pure young man, all right?”

Gongsun Xing chuckled lightly. “The harmonization of yin and yang is the proper path. What ’debauchery in broad daylight’? That’s just nonsense made up by so called moralists to fool people. Look at some of the great households in Beirong, they host all kinds of indulgent gatherings at home every day and no one interferes with them either.”

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