Both of them were shocked by this sudden turn of events, and they didn't react for a long time.
Qi Xiuyao was the first to come to his senses, but he did not make any move, but kept staring closely at Yu Shuyue in a dazed state with a pair of deep black eyes.
"Miss, are you okay? The carriage just passed through a pothole and was a little bumpy."
Shaoyao's concerned voice of inquiry came from outside the carriage, which made Yu Shuyue immediately come back to her senses, and stood up quickly while holding the carriage with her hands.
At this moment, she didn't care to see clearly who the man in black was in front of her. After getting up, she immediately went to a corner and stayed far away from him.
"Miss? Are you okay?"
Shaoyao didn't hear her young lady's voice and asked again worriedly.
"Um, nothing happened."
"Girl, what happened just now is next..."
"Shut up, nothing happened just now. East Street is here, it's time for you to leave."
Yu Shuyue's mind was in a state of confusion at the moment, and she couldn't think of caring about him. When she heard his voice, she started to drive him away.
Qi Xiuyao's dark eyes looked at her steadily for a while, knowing that what had just happened had a strong impact on a girl in her prime, so she pursed her lips under the scarf, and finally listened to her words and left.
After the man left, Yu Shuyue raised her hand involuntarily and put it on her lips.
The warm breath on the man's lips seemed to still linger on it, and she couldn't help but rub her lips.
She quickly realized what she was doing, anger flashed across her face, and then she kept wiping her lips with a handkerchief, as if she wanted to completely wipe away the feeling just now and completely forget about it.
"Miss, what's wrong with your lips?"
Shaoyao and Ziyuan looked at their young lady's red, swollen and scratched lips and asked in shock.
"Um, it's okay. I was bitten by a mosquito just now and it was a little itchy. I accidentally scratched my skin."
A very uncomfortable look flashed across Yu Shuyue's face.
She had just used too much force and scratched her lips. Now it hurts even if she accidentally touches her lips while talking.
"Are there still mosquitoes in such a cold winter? The mosquitoes here in the capital are too powerful. I will go find you medicine and put it on your wound. It will heal faster."
"Um."
Fortunately, her two maids were about the same age as herself. They were simply inexperienced in world affairs and did not think in other directions. Yu Shuyue couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
But she was afraid that her father and brother would also pay attention to her lips, so she did not go to greet her father in person when she came back. She went back to the courtyard first and sent a servant to report to her father and brother that she had returned home.
The Yu family and his son didn't think much about it. They thought she was too tired, so they didn't go to her yard to disturb her.
…
East Palace.
"What's wrong tonight, Master?"
Qi Xiuyao has been back for an hour, but since he came back, he has been sitting there touching his lips, not talking or talking.
Hua An put the big cloak on his body, just in time to see His Royal Highness rubbing his lips with his fingers, lowering his head and smiling.
He was frightened by his master's smile and got goosebumps all over his body. Then he quickly left and came to Yingyi to inquire about the news.
"I don't know, the master went out alone tonight and did not ask the shadow guard to follow him."
"But──"
"But what?"
Hua An heard this and turned to look at him.
"The master's state can only be related to Miss Yu."
Ying Yi has been with Qi Xiuyao for ten years.
His amorous look only appears when the master meets Miss Yu.
"Indeed."
Hua An was awakened by what he said.
Apart from the reason mentioned by Ying Yi, he couldn't think of anything else that could make his master laugh so... ripplingly.
"But didn't the master change his night clothes and go to the countryside? Why did he meet Miss Yu?"
Hua An's question Ying Yike couldn't answer. After all, the master went out alone and didn't take any of them with him, so they had no way of knowing.
However, it is better not to inquire into the master's private affairs.
A gust of cold air blew past, making Qi Xiuyao's heated face sober up.
He was still thinking about that unexpected kiss that wasn't really a kiss.
He even regretted why he was wearing a hijab to cover his mouth tightly.
Although the piece of cloth was so thin that it was almost negligible, it still hindered him.
The corners of Qi Xiuyao's lips raised involuntarily, his dark eyes flashed slightly, and then he waved to Hua An and told him to go down and do something.
"yes."
After hearing his master's instructions, Hua An quickly retreated to do what he asked.
Hua An didn't understand why his master asked him to make a mask out of the blue, and it could only be a half-face mask. It couldn't cover the entire face, and it had to expose everything from the nose to the nose.
However, although he was puzzled, as a subordinate, he could just carry out the things ordered by the prince without knowing why.
…………
Night, Zhenguo General Mansion.
Yu Shuyue washed herself, applied peony to her lips, and then prepared to rest.
But as soon as she closed her eyes, what appeared in her mind was that man's dark eyes that seemed to suck people in.
It was indeed very familiar, as if she had seen it countless times.
But her head ached, and she found nothing in the end.
She took a deep breath and finally decided to put the matter behind her. She couldn't think about it anymore.
If she thinks about it further, she will regret very much why she didn't kill that man just now and let him leave like that.
It was all because of the suddenness of the incident that she panicked for a moment.
If we meet again next time... no, there is no next time, we won't meet again!
Yu Shuyue fell asleep like this with an angry mood.
"Shi'an, this is a gadget I made to... relieve your boredom."
The man said and handed over the bamboo dragonfly in his hand.
When Yu Shuyue heard this familiar voice and name, she knew that she was in a dream again.
She lowered her head slightly and looked at the lifelike bamboo dragonfly on the man's white palm. When she saw the numerous wounds on the man's hand, she suddenly felt depressed.
She knew that this was Shi An's feeling, not hers.
She raised her head and looked up at the man's palm, and her eyes suddenly shrank in the next second.
This face! These eyes!
"Huhuhu──"
Yu Shuyue woke up from her dream. She sat up and gasped for air. The hair on her forehead was wet and sticky to her skin.
She reached out and rubbed her brow, but the scene in her dream was still in her mind.
She suddenly raised her head, with shock and disbelief on her face.
Not only did she see the man's face clearly in her dream this time, but she also remembered it clearly after waking up!
But the smile on her face only lasted less than a moment.