El mundo de las artes marciales es un pozo

Capítulo 59

Seeing her distressed expression, Li You murmured, "She always says I'm stingy, but now that she's being generous, she can't bear to part with it. What a foolish woman..."

Reluctant to part with it?

"Tch, it's not my money. I'd be a fool to refuse a treasure that's been delivered to my door!" Yang Nianqing immediately glared at him and snatched the hairpin from his hand: "Who said I didn't want it? Shopkeeper, I'll take it!"

Fifty taels of silver is no small sum; it's quite heavy to carry. This guy doesn't look like he's carrying much silver at all. Let's see where he got the silver from!

The next moment, a patterned paper ticket appeared on the table.

"How about Tonghai Money Shop?"

The shopkeeper beamed and said happily, "Of course, of course. Since it's Tonghai Money Shop, what's there to worry about? Please make yourself at home, young master."

Is this the paper money from a private money shop in the Song Dynasty? Before Yang Nianqing could even see it clearly, the shopkeeper had already swiftly put away the silver notes, indicating that the transaction was finalized. In his joy, he didn't forget to casually pat her on the back: "Young master is right. Since it's for the lady, even if it costs a thousand taels of gold, it's not expensive."

Her attire makes it difficult to tell whether she is single or married.

Madam? When did I become this playboy's wife? Yang Nianqing realized what was happening and immediately glared at him: "Wait, which eye of yours saw that I'm a madam!"

The shopkeeper was taken aback.

Goodness gracious, she's not the madam, yet she's pulling and tugging at this man, and even dares to be fierce towards him. Could it be that they...? No wonder she gets angry at the word "madam," turns out she's some girl from that building...

Which businessman doesn't know how to read people's expressions? So he immediately put his instincts to good use and smiled obsequiously: "Young master is so attentive to the young lady, even if she is not your wife now, she will be sooner or later."

……

Yang Nianqing walked with her head down for a long time, not saying a word the entire way. She wasn't truly distressed about the money; she was simply frightened by the phrase "sooner or later, she'll be a lady." The conclusion was so decisive. If the shopkeeper ever lost his job, he could probably make a living by fortune-telling or face reading.

Just as she was lost in thought, an arm suddenly reached out from the side and stopped her.

What is he doing?

Before Yang Nianqing could ask, that handsome face slowly leaned down towards her, looking curious. His long eyelashes almost brushed against her forehead, and his bright eyes held a hint of mischief.

What does it mean to be surrounded by beauty?

In an instant, everything she was about to say vanished into thin air. Yang Nianqing felt a momentary mental lapse, and then four words slowly surfaced before her eyes:

It is breathtaking.

However, she quickly came to her senses the next moment—this person's behavior could not be predicted by "taking things for granted." Back then, he had been laughing and playing with her as a hidden weapon!

So she instinctively took a step back and asked warily, "What are you doing?"

Li You straightened up, put his hands behind his back, and said, "Strange, why is my ear so quiet?"

Need some peace and quiet?

Yang Nianqing felt a little guilty, and pretended to be calm, giving him a sidelong glance: "Because I had nothing to say."

"Is that so?" he continued to scrutinize her, speaking in a serious tone, "Miss Yang seems to be blushing?"

You can tell from that?!

Yang Nianqing immediately tensed up and glared at him: "Don't flatter yourself, what do I have to be ashamed of!"

"Shouldn't you be ashamed if you don't know what's good for you?" Li You shook his head and said, "If you say that Miss Yang really wants to save me money, I will never believe it."

Thank goodness, so that's what they were talking about. Although this person is very smart and a playboy, I didn't expect his thoughts to be relatively pure... Yang Nianqing secretly breathed a sigh of relief, but she didn't notice that a smile quickly slipped through his long, bright eyes and disappeared in an instant.

How can a man who qualifies as a playboy be associated with the word "pure"?

Yang Nianqing pondered for a moment, but still couldn't think of a way to cover up her embarrassment. Instead, she remembered the important matter and hurriedly dragged him away, saying, "It's about time now, let's go!"

Li You remained motionless.

She glared at him: "What else do you want to do?"

sigh.

She said impatiently, "It's so late, why aren't you hurrying up? What are you sighing for? Are you standing there?"

Finally, Li You gave a bitter smile.

“I was indeed dumbfounded, a complete idiot who went in the wrong direction,” he pointed behind him. “Miss, if you’re going to be a thief, how can you forget where your master lives? Little Stone Street is over there.”

...

The allure of beauty can indeed make people stupid. After understanding the predicament of ancient emperors, Yang Nianqing was too lazy to feel ashamed: "You know that's enough. Let's go, it's getting late."

Who knew—

"Brother Li!"

Huh? Huh?

Her whole body trembled instinctively. One Brother Nangong wasn't enough, now there's Brother Li? How cheesy! But that voice sounds really nice... Yang Nianqing turned around in confusion, only to see a girl about her age standing not far behind her. She was dressed in flamboyant clothes and was very beautiful, but her features revealed a hint of coquettishness.

Li You was also taken aback for a moment, then smiled wryly: "Ling'er."

With a crisp, melodious sound, the beautiful woman was already in front of him, pulling on Li You and saying coquettishly, "Brother Li, you secretly ran away after we made the bet last time, and I've been looking for you ever since!"

Yang Nianqing then realized that the beautiful woman was wearing a silver bracelet on each wrist, with several delicate little bells hanging from the bracelets. So that's how the sound came about.

Ling'er? This is the Xiao Ling'er that Tang Kesi mentioned, the playboy's old flame? She suddenly realized, immediately gave Li You a disdainful look, and turned her face away.

Li You smiled and asked, "When did you get back?"

"I heard you were in Tangjiabao!" Xiao Ling'er said coquettishly, then happily added, "So Sisi wasn't lying to me, it really is you!"

Li You let her pull him along, only smiling and remaining silent.

Do you think you're invisible?

Yang Nianqing nudged him with her elbow and said irritably, "Hey, are you going or not?"

Before Li You could answer, Xiao Ling'er spoke again: "Brother Li, I've learned a new piece of music. How about we find a place and I play it for you?"

Li You glanced at Yang Nianqing, then coughed, "This..."

Yang Nianqing finally couldn't help but interrupt him, impatiently saying, "What the hell? Are you going or not? It's getting late!"

If he doesn't go, it's questionable whether he can even jump into the yard by himself.

Upon hearing this, Xiao Ling'er noticed the woman beside her and immediately looked displeased. She tugged at Li You, saying, "Who is she? Her language is truly rude..."

Li You suppressed a laugh, blinked, and remained silent.

Was the language inappropriate?

“My name is Yang Nianqing,” Yang Nianqing rolled her eyes, glanced at Li You, and turned to leave: “Since you two have been apart for so long, let’s do it another day. I’m going back now.”

A hand grabbed her.

To be honest, Yang Nianqing was penniless and really didn't dare to go home alone so late... Suppressing the bitterness in her heart, she looked at Li You: "Are you going or not?"

Li You sighed, "Why don't we go?"

They were engrossed in their conversation, while Xiao Ling'er, standing nearby, was completely bewildered: "Brother Li, what are you going to do?"

Before Li You could answer, Yang Nianqing dragged him away, saying, "Your brother Li has important business to attend to today and can't accompany you. Come find him another day."

This gesture might be inconsequential in modern times, but it was certainly considered somewhat intimate in ancient times.

Xiao Ling'er was initially puzzled, but now she couldn't help but get anxious: "Hey, you shameless woman, pulling and tugging at him like that! Brother Li doesn't want to go with you, so why are you clinging to him like that!"

Keep bothering him?

Yang Nianqing was even more annoyed: "Who's bothering him? I need him today."

After saying that, she looked at Li You and said disdainfully, "I don't care for a playboy like that!"

Use him?

Li You was both amused and exasperated.

Xiao Ling'er was also stunned: "But Brother Li is going to listen to me play the zither now, he won't go with you, aren't you leaving?"

Yang Nianqing sneered.

"Then ask him if he dares to go?" What a shrew.

Xiao Ling'er looked at Li You and smiled sweetly, "Brother Li, let's go."

Yang Nianqing turned her face away from them and said, "Let's go!"

Li You smiled bitterly.

Xiao Ling'er said angrily, "How can you be so shameless!"

This woman's attitude is absolutely awful!

"I'm shameless, so what?" Yang Nianqing retorted angrily, blurting out without thinking, "We'll talk about it after tonight. Your Brother Li is mine tonight, so if you're so capable, take him away right now!"

The character Li You was created purely by Xiao Shu to counter the growing trend of cold, wicked, yet gentle men, hence his many flaws.

Fans of Nangong, don't worry, he'll have important scenes with the female lead later on, as well as the divine doctor and Xiao Tang.

Volume Three: The Mysterious "Lin Daiyu"

silence.

Li You coughed.

"Aaaaah! Help!" Yang Nianqing wanted to crawl into a hole and disappear. Oh no, she was so angry that she said things without thinking. This time, her old habit had really gotten her into trouble!

"Tonight is mine"—why does that phrase evoke so many thoughts? It sounds like...

Looking at the mischievous glint in his eyes beneath those long eyelashes, his handsome face was also full of "smiles"—smiles that were clearly malicious... It was obvious that this man's thoughts were impure! He deserved to be slapped!

But it seems I'm almost the same... *slaps*

In her remorse, Yang Nianqing mentally berated herself twice before falling into a depressed silence.

Xiao Ling'er finally came to her senses, looked at Li You, then at her, her face flushed, and stammered, "You...you said...Brother Li, he...he..."

So this ancient beauty wasn't so innocent after all; she had quite the imagination! Yang Nianqing was overjoyed, but then immediately wanted to slap herself. Was this a time to be happy?

So she began to explain, "I'm not..."

"You're talking nonsense!" Xiao Ling'er interrupted her, her bright eyes fixed on Li You. "Brother Li, is what she said true? Are you going to stay with her?"

Li You smiled wryly and nodded.

Xiao Ling'er stamped her foot: "You actually... What's so good about her! She's not even half as good as Sister Jiang..."