Les beautés de la dynastie Song

Chapitre 4

"You may all leave now. I'd like to have a word with the Third Young Master."

The two maids looked troubled, but Su Yuyin knew what they were worried about: "Don't worry, he won't do anything to me. You two go and keep watch nearby. If anyone comes, come and tell me immediately!"

"Yes!" The two men respectfully withdrew.

"Sister-in-law, are you sure I won't do anything to you?" Ouyang Tianyu said flippantly, "Those eyes, those lips, make me want to kiss them."

"How about offering your body as well?" Su Yuyin smiled seductively, striking a pose like a vixen, and even pretending to take off her clothes.

"What are you doing?" Ouyang Tianyu looked at her in astonishment. Why would this woman do this?

"Didn't you want it?" Su Yuyin deliberately pulled open her shirt slightly.

"Stop—" He was going crazy. My God, what kind of woman had he run into?

He was a diviner, and the moment he pulled his sister-in-law from the water, he knew she was dead, replaced by the soul of another woman. But he could never figure out where she came from!

Satisfied with Ouyang Tianyu's frantic expression, she smiled and straightened her clothes: "Don't always pretend to be a playboy; sometimes it backfires."

"How did you know?" This woman is no simpleton!

“Intuition,” Su Yuyin said with a smile, taking a sip of her tea. “You’re the one who pulled me out of the water?”

"Fire her up? This woman makes herself sound like a rag." "Yes."

"Then you should know that I'm no longer your sister-in-law." She was certain he understood. He would never treat his sister-in-law like that.

"Why?" How would she know?

"Because you would never make fun of a woman with such a fragile mind, and I guess you've been observing me for several days. Besides, you're a gentleman!"

"You..." What terrifying insight.

"What? Did the cat eat your tongue?"

“Fine, fine, you’re the only one in the world who can see through my true nature.” Ouyang Tianyu said helplessly, his eyes full of admiration. “Can you tell me where you come from? Nothing about you can be seen from the divination.”

"You can read faces?" Su Yuyin asked curiously.

"I know a little." He hesitated for a moment before saying, "Actually, when I rescued my sister-in-law, she had already stopped breathing. I only knew that her life was over, but not long after, her body started moving again. I knew then that this was no longer her. But now your palmistry and facial features are completely unclear, and I can't see your destiny at all."

"Perhaps I am a fairy," she kindly offered as a possible option.

"No, you are human, that's the only thing I can sense from you."

"Where I'm from doesn't matter. What matters is that we're friends now, aren't we?"

"Are you so sure I'll be your friend?" Ouyang Tianyu said with a smile, what a confident woman.

"Don't you want to be friends with me?" Su Yuyin asked back.

“Alright, I’ve decided to be your friend.” Ouyang Tianyu said, a genuine smile playing on his lips. It was a heartfelt smile, not the usual fake one.

Looking at Ouyang Tianyu's sincere smile, Su Yuyin also smiled. She raised her teacup, using tea instead of wine: "To you, my friend!"

"To you too!" Ouyang Tianyu raised his glass in a toast as well. He noticed Su Yuyin looking at him, and the way she seemed to want to see right through him made him feel uncomfortable. "Why are you looking at me like that?"

"I want to know what you do for a living?" Su Yuyin looked directly into his eyes. "I'm guessing... you're a secret agent?"

“You…” Ouyang Tianyu was stunned again. This woman had first seen through his true nature, which he had been hiding very well, and now she had guessed his secret identity, which only three people knew.

Ouyang Tianyu's expression told her that she had guessed correctly!

"Your jaw dropped to the floor," Su Yuyin teased him. "Actually, I wasn't sure at first, but after seeing your expression, I knew I was right."

“I am from the Six Doors,” Ouyang Tianyu revealed his identity to her. “You are the fourth person to know my true identity.”

"You're a constable? Turns out we're in the same line of work!"

"A fellow constable?" Ouyang Tianyu pondered.

“Yes,” Su Yuyin nodded. “You told me all this, so I should give back to you. I am a soul from more than a thousand years in the future. In that era, I was an Interpol agent, which is equivalent to a constable here.”

“No wonder I couldn’t read your face. It’s hard to predict what will happen a thousand years from now,” Ouyang Tianyu said with feeling.

"You believe it?"

“Yes, I have no reason not to believe you, and you have no reason to lie to me.” Ouyang Tianyu’s unconditional trust in her was unbelievable even to himself. What he couldn’t understand was, “Then why did you come here?”

"I don't know. I only know that I was injured that day and lost consciousness. When I woke up, my soul was already in this body." Su Yuyin said helplessly. She suddenly remembered that he seemed to be able to tell fortunes. "Please help me! I want to go home."

Ouyang Tianyu shook his head, saying that he was powerless to do anything about it and that it was all up to fate.

"Women can be constables over there too?" Ouyang Tianyu changed the subject. Send her back? He certainly didn't have that ability!

"In our time, men and women were equal; women could do anything men could do. Do you know what part of my body I'm most dissatisfied with?"

"Where?" Ouyang Tianyu asked with his eyes.

"These damn little feet are so disgustingly bound. Not only are they ugly, but they also prevent me from standing for long periods or traveling far. Otherwise, I could go to the 'Six Doors' with you; maybe I could even be of some help!"

“Although I am a member of the Six Doors, I have never entered the Six Doors’ offices. In this world, besides you, only three people know my identity. Even when exchanging information or passing on intelligence with my companions, I must wear a mask. Only by showing a token can I prove my identity,” Ouyang Tianyu said softly, a faint loneliness in his clear eyes.

“I can understand this loneliness. Although our eras are a thousand years apart, our identities are similar. I was once an undercover agent myself, and to complete my mission, I was abandoned by everyone. Those days were really tough.” Su Yuyin looked up at the sky. “At least you have the Ouyang family as a cover, while I was all alone, trying every means to infiltrate the underworld to obtain evidence of their crimes. There were successes and failures, of course. If my identity was exposed, they would kill me to silence me, and then I had to save myself, using the evidence I had to buy time, trying to escape or notify my companions to rescue me… Ah, I’m sorry, I seem to have said too much.”

Su Yuyin looked at Ouyang Tianyu shyly, but he just smiled slightly.

“It’s alright, you’re absolutely right.” He sighed softly. “It’s such a shame you can’t go to the Six Doors.”