"If you like it, then you can stay here."
Su Fuliu nodded in satisfaction, then walked to the bedside and flopped onto it: "Thank you, Qin Shi, I didn't expect you to find such a good place for me."
"Are you planning to stay here indefinitely?" Qin Shi walked over and sat down next to Su Fuliu, looking at him lying down.
"If I could, I would definitely like to live here forever."
"Don't you have any intention of going back at all?"
Su Fuliu was stunned for a moment, then his mind was filled with Feng Muting's image. He shook his head and sat up: "Since I've already planned to run away, there's no way I can go back. If I go back, won't the prince break my legs?"
"No, it won't happen." Qin Shi gazed at him.
Su Fuliu paused for a moment, then turned to look at Qin Shi, narrowing his eyes as he said, "Qin Shi, something's wrong with you!"
Qin Shi's eyes flickered slightly: "What... something's not right?"
"I understand!" Su Fuliu suddenly looked as if she had learned the truth.
Qin Shi suddenly felt a little nervous: "What exactly are you trying to say?"
Su Fuliu moved closer to him and said, "So, you like the prince!"
Upon hearing this, Qin Shi's eyebrows nearly flew off, and he immediately retorted angrily, "Nonsense! This is utterly absurd!"
"You're the type to react like this when someone hits the nail on the head, so don't bother explaining. Explaining is just covering up. Actually, it's nothing. Your subordinates said it themselves: men liking men is commonplace. Before, I was worried you were after me, but now it seems you're trying to use me to get your hands on our Prince, aren't you?!"
"absurd!"
"Don't deny it. Then tell me, why do you keep mentioning our Prince? You even tried to persuade me to go back and speak well of him. If you don't like our Prince, how come you know him so well?"
"absurd!"
"Look at you, you're so excited! If you like him, just like him. I won't laugh at you. It's just that our prince has a bad temper and is hard to win over. But I believe you can do it! If it doesn't work, you can force him. You're the head of the Xuanyuan Pavilion, so your martial arts are definitely better than our prince's. Once we've made it a done deal, our prince will naturally have to give in to you!"
"absurd!"
Chapter 125 My reputation is completely ruined.
Qin Shi was about to explode with anger at Su Fuliu.
Seeing Su Fuliu still rambling on and on, he reached out and pushed him down onto the bed: "Even if I like men, I like men like you. If you keep talking nonsense, believe me, I'll do you right now!"
Su Fuliu was initially delighted at having discovered something new, but upon hearing Qin Shi's words, she immediately covered her mouth with her hand and shook her head, indicating that she would no longer talk nonsense.
Qin Shi then released him.
Su Fuliu sat up with lingering fear, then silently moved to the side, distancing herself from Qin Shi.
The way Qin Shi acted just now gave him the feeling that Qin Shi was possessed by Feng Muting; the way these two people acted when they were fierce was too similar.
It scared him quite a bit.
It seems that Feng Muting has left a very deep shadow on him.
He sees everyone as Feng Muting now.
Qin Shi looked at Su Fuliu, who had secretly moved aside, and said, "Weren't you supposed to be fierce and ruthless? You just chickened out after being scared like that?"
"I can't be a coward, I can't beat you. What if I anger you and you really do something to me? Who am I going to cry to?" Su Fuliu felt a headache coming on.
He escaped from the Prince's mansion to preserve his innocence, but he ended up in Qin Shi's hands and still couldn't keep it.
Then all his efforts were in vain.
"What are you crying for? If I really do something to you, you'll just stay here and become my husband!" Qin Shi said.
"If that's what you think, then we should part ways. I won't stay here anymore. Give me back my little gold, and I'll go wander on my own!"
Su Fuliu felt somewhat upset.
What kind of evil spirit has bewitched him? Ever since he accepted the mission of five hundred taels of gold, how did his "woman-attracting" constitution turn into a "man-attracting" constitution!
Is this gold poisonous?
Seeing that Su Fuliu was thinking of leaving again, Qin Shi said, "I'm just annoyed by you. You keep saying that I like Prince Ting, and it's never going to end. I have to think of a way to scare you!"
Su Fuliu glanced at him: "So that means you're normal, right?"
"nonsense."
"No, I should ask this: You don't like men, right?"
Qin Shi's eyes flickered: "Yes, I, Qin Shi, don't like men."
"Swear it!"
"Alright, I swear, I, Qin Shi, do not like men. If this is false, may I, Qin Shi, never be able to find a wife!"
Su Fuliu was relieved. If Qin Shi dared to make an oath, and even swore he wouldn't be able to find a wife, then there was definitely no problem.
Qin Shi secretly breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that the man believed him. Luckily, he had been coaxed, otherwise the man would have run away again.
At this moment, Su Fuliu yawned and said, "I'm a little sleepy. We've been traveling all night, and I need to sleep for a while. You should also go back to your room and get some sleep; you must be tired too."
After saying that, he collapsed onto the bed.
But Qin Shi also collapsed, saying, "This is my room, where do you want me to go?"
Su Fuliu, who had just fallen down, sat up again: "What did you say? This is your room?"
He said, "How could the rooms of ordinary villagers be so nice? It turns out they belong to the village chief."
"Hmm." Qin Shi lay back on the bed, looking at Su Fuliu's surprised expression.
Su Fuliu thought for a moment, then stood up: "Since this is your room, I definitely can't stay here. Is there anywhere else I can stay?"
"Why can't you stay here? This bed is so big, isn't it big enough for you?" Qin Shi retorted.
"There's room for me to sleep, but this is your room."
"What's wrong with my room? When you came in, didn't you praise it as a room that you loved?"
"That's true, but we can't just squeeze into one bed to sleep. It's awkward, and if someone sees us, my reputation will be completely ruined!"
This is the problem that Su Fuliu is most worried about.
"Then I'll have someone prepare a small bed. I'll sleep in the small bed, and you can sleep in the big bed." Qin Shi made the arrangements perfectly.
However, Su Fuliu still felt that this was not quite appropriate, so he said, "This is too much trouble. Forget it, I'll go stay in another room. This place is so big, it shouldn't be that it's hard to find a room for me to sleep in, right?"
Are you sure?
"Yes, I'm sure. What's wrong?"
Qin Shi pursed his lips and shook his head: "I was hired by you to protect you. If you send me away, how am I supposed to protect you? Oh, there's something else I think I need to tell you."
Chapter 126 Would you cling to your prince like this?
Seeing Qin Shi's slightly serious expression, Su Fuliu couldn't help but feel nervous: "What is it?"
“This is in the mountains, where there are many wild animals, especially at night. Wild animals often come out and sometimes they may break into the village. People with delicate skin like you are the perfect prey for those wild animals.”
Qin Shi's eyes were filled with a sinister light.
It made Su Fuliu's scalp tingle.
The images of those ferocious beasts were already etched in my mind.
Seeing that Su Fuliu was already a little scared, Qin Shi continued, "So, it's dangerous for you to sleep alone. Are you sure you don't want me to stay here to protect you?"
"I……"
Seeing that Su Fuliu was still hesitant, Qin Shi stood up and made a move to leave: "Since you are unwilling, I... will not force you. You can stay in this room, and I will go somewhere else."
Su Fuliu's mind was filled with the terrifying image of wild beasts howling, and she didn't notice the repeated slips of the tongue by someone.
Of course, it was also because even though someone let it slip, they acted very naturally, making it even harder for Su Fuliu, whose attention wasn't on it at all, to notice.
And so, Su Fuliu perfectly missed the opportunity to expose someone's true colors.
Instead, just as Qin Shi was about to leave, he quickly reached out and grabbed his sleeve: "Why don't you stay?"
"Didn't you refuse to sleep in the same room as me because you were afraid of being seen and it would damage your reputation?" Qin Shi said.
“How could it be bad for two grown men to sleep in the same room?”
“But now I don’t want to sleep in the crib anymore,” Qin Shi said again.
"It's alright, it's alright, I'll sleep in the small bed," Su Fuliu quickly said.
Qin Shi shook his head: "What I mean is, I don't want to prepare a small bed."
"Sure, sure, if you don't want to prepare, then don't. This bed is so big, isn't it big enough for both of us?"
The thought of being carried off by wild animals made Su Fuliu realize that he wouldn't mind sleeping in the same bed as Qin Shi, or even sleeping on top of Qin Shi.
With Qin Shi, a martial arts master, around, any wild beast that comes will surely be kicked away.
Qin Shi smiled with satisfaction and then sat down again.
Su Fuliu breathed a sigh of relief when she saw him sit down: "You're not leaving, are you?"
"If I still leave after you've said that, am I even human?" Qin Shi laughed.
"Do wild animals really get into your village?" Su Fuliu asked again.
Qin Shi nodded: "Yes, but don't worry, with me here, I will absolutely not let any wild beasts harm you in the slightest."
"Hmm!" Su Fuliu had been sitting a distance away from Qin Shi, but now, the thought of wild beasts made him a little uneasy, so he moved back and snuggled closer to Qin Shi. "Didn't it happen during the day?"
"You'll almost never see them during the day, but you never know when you might run into them at night," Qin Shi said with an air of certainty.
"Has anything happened in the village?" Su Fuliu asked curiously.
Qin Shi nodded: "Yes, it has happened before. A young man from the village was carried away by a wild beast and eaten, leaving not even bones. Speaking of which, that young man was about your age and had delicate skin, just like you. That's why I said wild beasts like people like you."
Su Fuliu swallowed hard, silently reached out and took Qin Shi's arm: "Okay, okay, let's not talk about it anymore, I'm feeling really uneasy right now."
"Don't be afraid, I'm here, you don't need to be afraid of anything!" Qin Shi took Su Fuliu's hand and comforted her.
When evening came, Su Fuliu lay down on the bed and, seeing that Qin Shi hadn't come over yet, called out, "Come and sleep! What are you busy with?"
Qin Shi then walked over: "Shouldn't I check what's going on outside before locking the door?"