Su Fuliu left the city with her bundle slung over her shoulder.
Now that he can't return to the Forget-Worry Tower and is afraid of being found by Feng Muting, he has no choice but to leave the capital.
He just hadn't decided where to go yet.
However, for someone like him who has no ties, it doesn't matter where he goes after leaving the Prince Ting's mansion. It's just unknown whether Feng Muting will be furious when he learns the truth and send people to hunt him down.
After all, Feng Muting is a man whose moods are unpredictable.
A person with his temperament would naturally not accept being deceived, let alone by someone who wants to harm him.
Thinking of this, Su Fuliu couldn't help but feel that although she didn't know where to go, she definitely had to go far away from the capital.
Only if he is far away from the capital can Feng Muting not find him.
His poor little life was saved.
However, when it came to saving his life, Su Fuliu thought of someone else. He had previously spent gold to hire Qin Shi, the head of Xuanyuan Pavilion, to protect his safety.
However, he was driven away by Qin Shi because Qin Shi had killed his patron.
Now that he thinks about it, since he spent gold, he can't just let Qin Shi get away with it so easily. So, he has to go to Xuanyuan Pavilion again and have Qin Shi continue to protect him for a while longer.
Even if Qin Shi is unwilling, he still needs to find someone to protect him.
Anyway, gold shouldn't be wasted!
So he quickly ran back and arrived at Xuanyuan Pavilion.
He was greeted by the same person as last time: "Why are you here again?"
"What do you mean by this? Guests are guests." Su Fuliu snorted. Although he was timid, he was unusually bold at this moment.
"...So, may I ask what brings you here?"
"You're looking for your sect leader. What's the logic behind him taking the gold and not doing anything?" Su Fuliu asked.
"That can't be, right?"
"What do you mean it's impossible? If this hadn't happened, would I dare to come here and argue like this? Anyway, bring your sect leader here right now, I want to argue with him face to face!"
"Then you'll have to wait. Our sect leader isn't here. We need to send someone to inform him."
"Then hurry up, I have important things to do, don't keep me waiting too long," Su Fuliu replied.
He escaped from the Prince Ting's mansion.
What if we delay too long and Feng Muting finds us?
After that person left, Su Fuliu sat in the Xuanyuan Pavilion and waited.
He thought he would have to wait a long time, but in just half an hour, he saw Qin Shi, who was wearing half a golden mask, walking towards him.
And they left in a very hurry.
Qin Shi came up to him, looked him up and down, and then seemed to breathe a sigh of relief.
Su Fuliu found it a little strange, but didn't think much of it.
"Master Qin, you've finally arrived!" he said as he stood up.
Qin Shi stared at him: "You were the one who drove me away back then, so why are you coming to find me again now?"
Su Fuliu pouted: "I was angry when that happened, but you just walked away. You made my wages so easily!"
Qin Shi smiled and said, "Alright, stop teasing me. Let me guess, you called me here specifically because you want me to continue protecting you? Otherwise, you feel like you wasted your money?"
Su Fuliu paused for a moment. Was his mind so easy to guess?
Qin Shi found his expression amusing.
"So, did I guess right?"
Su Fuliu twitched the corners of her mouth, and although she was reluctant, she still nodded honestly: "Well, let's say you guessed right."
To save face, he deliberately added the word "even if".
Qin Shi found it even funnier and deliberately teased him: "What do you mean by 'even if'? If you guessed right, you guessed right; if you didn't guess right, you didn't guess right."
"Alright, alright, you guessed right, you guessed right!" Su Fuliu thought that if he didn't want Qin Shi to continue protecting him, he wouldn't bother talking nonsense with him.
“That’s right, since you guessed correctly, then say you guessed correctly.” Qin Shi found it quite amusing to tease Su Fuliu.
Thinking of this, a smirk appeared on his lips...
Chapter 21 Three Rules
Then, Qin Shi moved closer to Su Fuliu and said, "So, how should we settle the matter since you took advantage of me last time?"
Su Fuliu had completely forgotten about it, but Qin Shi brought it up and he remembered it, feeling ashamed and indignant: "What do you mean by how to calculate it? You clearly took advantage of me!"
He kissed her by accident, but Qin Shi refused to let go!
So isn't it clear who's bullying whom?
Seeing Su Fuliu's anxiety, Qin Shi smiled and said, "What's the rush? Just consider it me taking advantage of you..."
Before he could finish speaking, Su Fuliu immediately said, "What do you mean 'even if'? It's clearly true!"
"Alright, alright, then I'm the one who took advantage of you. I don't like taking advantage of others, so please come back, otherwise I'll feel bad about it," Qin Shi replied.
"Give it back?" Su Fuliu didn't react yet, still thinking about how to return it.
Then Qin Shi came over and said, "You should return the favor I take from you, don't you understand?"
Su Fuliu then realized what was happening and became furious, wanting to slap him, but as one can imagine, he had no chance of hitting him.
The moment he raised his arm, he grabbed it.
"I told you to kiss me, not to hit me. It's not the same thing," Qin Shi said.
Su Fuliu shook off his hand and said angrily, "If I had known you were this shameless, I wouldn't have come looking for you!"
After saying that, he prepared to give up and leave.
He doesn't want to lose his innocence for the sake of safety.
He could try to avoid being caught, but if he kept Qin Shi by his side and Qin Shi had ill intentions, he wouldn't be able to escape.
"Alright, enough joking. Since you've come to me to continue protecting your safety, fine. As I just said, I don't like taking advantage of people. Since I've accepted your gold, I have to get things done for you."
With that, Qin Shi followed.
Su Fuliu glanced at him: "You have to come along, but we need to agree on three rules!"
Qin Shi couldn't help but smile: "You were the one who came to find me, so why does it seem like I'm the one pestering you in the end?"
"If it doesn't work out, then forget it. I'll be leaving now. Goodbye!" Su Fuliu didn't say anything more.
If Qin Shi were to follow him, he would have to agree to three rules with him.
He needs to protect himself.
If Qin Shi is unwilling, then so be it; he'll just consider the hundred taels of gold as a waste.
Anyway, thinking about it, he "cheated" it. He took the gold but didn't do anything for the person.
"Alright, alright, let's make a three-point agreement!" Qin Shi quickly agreed when he saw Su Fuliu was about to leave.
Su Fuliu snorted lightly: "Alright, then let's make a three-point agreement. First, you're not allowed to get too close to me."
"How can I protect you if I don't stay close to you?"
“That’s your problem to consider, not mine,” Su Fuliu replied.
Qin Shi was speechless, not expecting Su Fuliu to answer like that.
Then Su Fuliu added, "Secondly, whatever I say goes, and you're not allowed to object."
"Do I have to listen even if it's wrong?" Qin Shi retorted.
Su Fuliu snorted, "How could I be wrong?"
"...Where do you get your confidence from?" Qin Shi laughed.
Su Fuliu's lips twitched, and she immediately said, "Third, you are not allowed to make fun of me!"
"Yes, yes, I've remembered everything. Can I go with you now?" Qin Shi asked.
“No, you have to swear an oath first. Just verbally agreeing won’t work. You have to make a really vicious oath.” Su Fuliu thought that this was the only way to keep Qin Shi in check.
He's so clever!
Chapter 22 Are you willing to do it?
Qin Shi thought for a moment and then nodded: "Alright, then I'll make a solemn oath, a very, very solemn oath."
Hearing him say that, Su Fuliu became curious. What kind of oath could be so extremely poisonous?
Then, Qin Shi said, "If I break these three points you said, may I, Qin Shi, be childless and without descendants!"
Su Fuliu raised an eyebrow; it was indeed an exceptionally vicious oath.
But then he thought again, didn't Qin Shi have a penchant for homosexuality? In a sense, he was already childless.
So what he called particularly vicious was just an attempt to exploit loopholes.
He immediately objected, saying, "No, this isn't poisonous enough."
"Isn't this poisonous enough? Then tell me, what poisonous you say, and I'll release it." Qin Shi handed the decision over to Su Fuliu.
Su Fuliu thought for a moment, then said, "If you break the agreement, I'll make you a eunuch!"
Upon hearing this, Qin Shi immediately objected, saying, "No, no, this is too poisonous!"
"How is this poisonous? You just said that breaking the agreement would mean you would be childless. I'm turning you into a eunuch, which is the same thing. If you dare to break the agreement, you'll become a eunuch, and you'll be childless in the same way."
Su Fuliu knew he was right; Qin Shi was indeed a homosexual.
It's okay to be childless, but it's not okay to be a eunuch. Isn't that obvious?
"How can that be the same? Being childless is being childless, and becoming a eunuch is becoming a eunuch. If I become a eunuch, how will I ever enjoy myself again?"
Su Fuliu snorted: "Then just don't break the agreement, right? As long as you don't break the agreement, you can still have fun as you please."