Then, he stood up and followed Qin Shu out.

  Although Long Muyan was a few years older than her, Qin Shu immediately treated him as her younger brother, probably because of his personality.

  “Do you want to eat anything else besides hot

  pot?”


  Long Muyan thought for a long time before saying two words, “Fondant figure.”


  Fondant figure?

  Wasn’t that a popular snack in the Imperial City?

  “There isn’t any fondant figure in Miao City, right? I’ll bring you to look for it later. If not, I’ll treat you to it when you visit Hua Xian in the future.”


  Long Muyan nodded. “Okay.”


  Qin Shu brought Long Muyan along the concrete road out of the bamboo forest, through the Moon Cave Door, and through the long corridor to the blue flagstone road.

  After passing through the blue flagstone road, they reached the main road, which was the road that led directly to the main door.

  Qin Shu asked him, “How long has it been since you left the house?”


  Long Muyan replied, “Three years.”


  Qin Shu looked at Long Muyan in surprise. “Three years without leaving the house? You’re really a homebody.” Long Xiao led Ah Yu out of the Moon Cave Door on the other side and came to the opposite corridor.

  The man followed Long Xiao into the corridor. He heard voices from afar and subconsciously turned his head back. Passing through the Moon Cave Door, he saw a man and a woman walking side by side on the blue flagstone road in the distance. That woman’s figure seemed to be……

  When Long Xiao raised her head to look at Ah Yu, she noticed that he was looking back. She also turned her head around to look curiously but did not see anything, so she asked, “Ah Yu, what are you looking at?”.

  The man withdrew his gaze in puzzlement and shook his head at her. “Nothing.”


  Long Xiao smiled and said, “I don’t know where my parents went. There’s only grandfather and the others left now. Treat this place like your own home. There’s no need to be restrained.”


  “Okay,” the man responded.

  The room that Long Xiao arranged for Ah Yu, the Northen South Square, was an independent courtyard. The signboard on the courtyard door had been torn down.

  Although this courtyard had never been occupied, servants always cleaned it. It was very clean. Long Xiao pulled the man’s arm and walked in. “Ah Yu, what do you think of this courtyard?”


  From the moment they entered, the man had been sizing up the courtyard and the furnishings in the house. The carved solid wood bed was much bigger than his bed. It could fit two people fine even if they rolled on

  it.

  He could not help but think of the woman rolling on it.

  He should earn more money and buy a big house and a big bed. That way, she would be able to live comfortably.

  Long Xiao asked several times. Seeing that the man did not respond, she tugged at his sleeve and asked again, “Ah Yu, do you like this courtyard? I can arrange other courtyards for

  you.”


  The man came back to his senses and turned his head to look at Long Xiao. He then lowered his eyes to look at his sleeve. His two slender fingers were tugging at his sleeve. When he remembered how the woman looked when she was tugging at his sleeve, she smiled at him, and her two small canine teeth were especially bright.

  When he looked at Long Xiao again, she was also smiling at him. Her smile was also very sweet, but it lacked the attractiveness.

  He subconsciously pulled back his sleeves and said, “There’s no need. This place is pretty good.”


  Long Xiao’s hand paused in mid-air. She was a little embarrassed. She smiled and said, “Then you should rest for a while. I’ll get someone to prepare lunch for you.”


  After Long Xiao said that, she turned around and walked out.

  The man still wanted to ask her something, but before he could say anything, she had already left. He would ask her later.

  He retracted his gaze and looked around the courtyard again. It was many times more luxurious than his house in Kua Yi Village.

  He could not let her live in such a shabby house when he married the woman. It would be too much for her.

  The man thought that he should have a decent house since he had decided to get married.

  Buying a house required money.

  He should have gone to find a job a long time ago instead of staying in the village and wasting his time every day. Before he met Babe, she had said to call her Babe. Before he met Babe, he hadn’t given it a thought.

  From the time he decided to marry her that night, he had been thinking a lot.

  He had never paid attention to the village life before.

  Now, when he saw the women in the village, those married women, busy cooking, taking care of the children, going out to work, and being busy every day. Although they were not that old, they looked years older for their age. Sometimes, he would also see couples quarrelling and fighting with the elderly. Women who were not strong would cry so aggrievedly, but they would continue cooking and working after crying. He did not want his woman to be like those women.

  On the dining table, there were six dishes and a soup. It was very sumptuous. Long Xiao ate a few mouthfuls of rice and looked up at the man. She found that he was preoccupied while eating. He chewed on a portion of rice for a long time. He looked like he had a lot on his mind. She stopped eating and could not help but ask, “Ah Yu, what are you thinking about?”


  The man came back to his senses and looked at Long Xiao. After thinking for a while, he asked, “Help me find someone.”


  Find someone?

  Who did Ah Yu want to find?

  Long Xiao pursed her lips and then laughed heartily. “Your business is my business. Who do you want to find?”


  The man replied, “Babe.”


  Babe came out of the man’s mouth. Although it was not addressed to a person, it sounded especially intimate.

  In addition, the man’s voice was deep and magnetic. It sounded more like the address between a loving couple.

  After spending a few days together, he did not even have the time to ask the other party’s name, except for the fact that she said to call her Babe.

  During those days, he kept calling her crazy woman but never called her Babe.

  He also knew that Babe was a nickname. Only very intimate people would call her that.

  If she had not left in a hurry, he would have definitely asked for her name.

  In the beginning, he was a little angry at her sudden departure, but until now, that anger had long been worn away as he missed her.

  It gave him an illusion that a woman did it on purpose. She deliberately stole his heart and then suddenly left, making him angry and in the end, making him miss her desperately.

  When he found her, he should punish her properly. “Babe?” Long Xiao did not react for a moment. She stared at Ah Yu for a long time, not knowing how to answer or how to ask. Her hand was holding her chopsticks tightly, and one could tell that she was a little nervous.

  The man nodded. “Yes, I only know her nickname.”


  Only then did Long Xiao let out a sigh of relief. “Why are you looking for her?” The man’s tone was very firm. “I want to marry her.”


  Although what happened that night was a moment of hot-headedness, it was from the bottom of his heart.

  He had never regretted his actions that night.

  This sentence was just as shocking as a bolt of lightning, it struck Long Xiao so hard that she did not return to her senses for a long time. She had only left for a short while, and he was already thinking of marrying another woman. She asked without batting an eyelid, “Did you just get to know Babe? Why do you want to marry her?”


  The man treated Long Xiao as a friend, so he did not hide it from her. “Yes, I’ve only known her for a few days. I like her. She’s already my woman. I’ve also said that I want to marry her.”


  She had also said that she wanted to marry him. It should be because they were in love.

  They had only known each other for a few days, and she had already become his woman?

  “Who was the woman called Babe?” Long Xiao thought.

  Long Xiao could not quite accept it. Ah Yu had fallen in love with a woman he had only known for a few days. She was the one who had been by his side when he was injured.

  He had never said anything about marrying her.