eurekapd Chapter 110 Meeting at Midnight
Chapter 110 Meeting at Midnight
The next moment, Yun Shang frowned and let out a muffled groan.
Shen and Yunxi immediately noticed and asked in unison, their voices filled with anxiety, "What's wrong?!"
Yun Shang's hands, hanging by his sides, tightened slightly, but his expression remained unchanged.
His tone was calm and indifferent. "It's nothing."
Shen stared at him suspiciously for a while, but couldn't see anything on his face, so she gave up. Still worried, she instructed him, "If you feel uncomfortable, be sure to tell us. Don't try to tough it out on your own."
Yun Shang nodded. "Mm."
As the group walked back to the Yun residence from the Prince Chen's mansion, Madam Shen and Yun Xi kept talking non-stop, while Yun Shang only occasionally chimed in with a word or two.
Neither the mother nor the daughter found it strange.
Before he lost his memory, he wasn't a talkative person.
Compared to Wang Wanshu's flowery descriptions, what he saw today was completely familiar to him.
Yun Shang remained calm and composed throughout the journey until he returned to the Yun family home.
Madam Shen told him to go and rest first, "I'll find a way to tell Yu Niang that you're alright, she'll be overjoyed."
Upon hearing this, Yun Shang nodded slightly, but her gaze remained fixed on the room.
It's almost immediately obvious that two people lived in this house.
The desk placed by the window and the dressing table placed by the bed both suggest that this room belongs to a couple.
So... is Yu Wan really his wife?
Yun Shang silently savored the name on his lips.
At that time, in the Prince Chen's residence, this name suddenly flashed through his blank mind.
Saying "Yu Wan is the wife I will marry" was actually a test.
As he had expected, Wang Wanshu lied to him.
His wife was a woman named Yu Wan, not a princess.
Seeing Yun Shang looking around the room, Madam Shen smiled and said, "I'll go out first, so as not to disturb your rest."
Yun Shang watched Shen leave, stood silently for a while, and then stopped by the bed.
He hesitated for a moment, then took off his outer robe and lay down.
A familiar yet unfamiliar aura instantly enveloped him.
One was a familiar scent, the scent that belonged to him;
Another was an unfamiliar, yet delicate fragrance that he couldn't help but become deeply immersed in.
……
In the evening, Yu Wan learned that Yun Shang had returned home safely.
After hearing what Er Ya said, she still looked bewildered and pinched her own hand blankly.
"Ah, it hurts."
Atana grabbed her, disapprovingly saying, "Why are you pinching yourself?"
Yu Wan chuckled, suppressing the urge to see Yun Shang that had suddenly arisen in her heart.
Atana asked, "Sister Yu, when are you going home?"
Yu Wan pondered for a moment, then hesitated and said, "Let's wait a few more days. Several unusual groups of people have appeared in Huicheng County in the past two days. Let's wait until these people leave before going back."
They have been wearing veils when they go out these past two days to gather information from all sides.
According to the information gathered, the men in black who slaughtered Atana's entire village are not all dead; they are still searching for Atana's whereabouts.
She had promised Zuo Zan that she would do everything in her power to protect Atana, and she could not break her promise.
Atana's mood also dropped when she thought of Yanji Village.
Yu Wan patted her shoulder silently to comfort her.
At night, the three of them slept in one bed.
Once Atana and Er Ya were fast asleep, Yu Wan quietly got up, dressed, and went out.
There is no curfew in Huicheng County, and the streets are still brightly lit and bustling with people even close to midnight.
Yu Wan concealed herself completely and walked along the main street, arriving safely at the entrance of the Yun residence.
The Yun family's gate was tightly shut.
Looking at the red lanterns swaying in the wind at the entrance, Yu Wan belatedly began to blame herself.
Why did she come on such a whim?
Er Ya has already said that Yun Shang is safe and sound, so she shouldn't have come over in the middle of the night.
but……
The thought of Yun Shang pushing her out of the collapsing cave filled Yu Wan with uncontrollable excitement and worry.
She looked up at the lantern for a few seconds, gritted her teeth, and walked towards the side door.
Since she'd already come all this way, she couldn't just leave empty-handed.
Two minutes later, Yu Wan climbed up the wall using the tree.
She was slightly out of breath, straddling the wall as she gasped for air.
I haven't climbed a tree in a long time, I'm rusty.
At that time, Yunxi woke up in the middle of the night because she had drunk too much water.
Her room window faces the tree to the side, and she can see the tree that is taller than the wall as soon as she looks up.
Before getting into bed, Yunxi subconsciously glanced in the direction of the tree.
That one glance almost made her scream.
"what--"
When she saw the figure crouching on the wall, her scream caught in her throat.
He rushed to the window and rubbed his eyes hard a few times. "...Sister-in-law?"
Yu Wan also saw Yun Xi standing by the window, smiled and waved to her, calling softly, "Yun Xi~"
Yunxi was so happy that she was wide awake. She ran out of the house in a few steps and stood under the wall, looking at Yu Wan expectantly. "Why did you climb over the wall to come in, sister-in-law?"
and also?
"Who else has climbed over the wall?"
Yunxi whispered, "Er Ya, the Er Ya who sent a message to my sister-in-law last time also climbed in from here, and I just happened to see her."
As she spoke, Yu Wan had already nimbly climbed down the wall. She patted the dust off her hands and looked at Yun Xi, whose eyes were sparkling.
He reached out and patted her head. "I'm sorry to have worried you these past few days."
Yunxi threw herself into her arms and said in a muffled voice, "My mother and I thought my brother and sister-in-law were already..."
Yu Wan could imagine how heartbroken Shen Shi and Yun Xi would be to learn of her and Yun Shang's deaths.
"It's all alright now." She patted Yunxi's back gently.
Yunxi looked up. "Did you come to see my brother tonight, sister-in-law?"
Her tone was somewhat ambiguous.
Yu Wan felt her cheeks getting hot, her eyes darted away, and she whispered, "...I'll come and take a look."
Yunxi had an "I understand" look on her face and reached out to push Yu Wan towards the main room, "Then sister-in-law, hurry up and go see your brother."
Under Yunxi's ambiguous gaze, Yu Wan walked to the door of the main house.
She raised her hand to knock on the door, but unexpectedly the door creaked open from the inside.
Under the moonlight, a handsome, fair-skinned face appeared before Yu Wan.
The man's features were handsome and aloof, his dark eyes deep and bright, reflecting the moonlight high in the sky like luminous obsidian.
Yu Wan was stunned for a moment before she came to her senses.
Only then did they realize that they were standing too close together.
She quickly took a step back, stealing glances at him as she whispered, "Where have you been all these days...?"
Yun Shang naturally didn't miss her furtive glances.
He was unfamiliar with the face in front of him, but strangely, he found the woman's every move quite interesting, without feeling any resistance or disgust.
Instead, it made him want to explore it further.
He lowered his eyes and carefully examined the person in front of him, trying to recall something.
But to no avail, he couldn't remember anything.
Yun Shang sighed inwardly.
He said, "I was injured and rescued, and I have been staying there to recover."
Yu Wan didn't notice anything amiss. She glanced at her again and again, then whispered, "I heard that you've been spending time with Princess Tianyin these past few days. Is there anything going on between you two...?"
This is why Yu Wan couldn't wait to see Yun Shang tonight.