Jiang Suizhou lowered his head. The light in the bedroom was dim, so Huo Wujiu didn’t notice that he was trying to hide from him.
Huo Wujiu closed the door, and only the two of them were left in the room. He propped himself up from his wheelchair with one hand, stood up straight away, and walked towards Jiang Suizhou’s bedside.
“I heard from Meng Qianshan that you’re getting better,” he paused, then remarked casually, “Why haven’t you gone out?”
Jiang Suizhou replied after a half beat, “…I’m too lazy to move.”
Hearing this, Huo Wujiu asked again, “Aren’t you going to go out again today?”
When Jiang Suizhou heard his question, he couldn’t help but raise his head to look at him. He wondered, “What day is today?”
Huo Wujiu looked at him with downcast eyes, “Don’t you know?”
Only then did Jiang Suizhou notice that Huo Wujiu was dressed in an inconspicuous coarse robe today, which looked a bit like Li Changning’s apprentice’s clothes. He was also holding another robe in his hand. It was sky blue and looked rather rough, resembling commoner clothes.
Before Jiang Suizhou could speak, the robe fell on him.
It was cool, with the clean scent of soap.
“Then change,” he said.
‘
“What?” Jiang Suizhou was bewildered.
Huo Wujiu appeared rather helpless. He stared at him for a moment and raised his hand to press on his crown.
“The fifth of May,” he said. “Change, and I’ll tour you out for sightseeing later.”
After saying that, he seemed not to care whether Jiang Suizhou agreed or not. He headed straight outside, with a domineering attitude, waiting for him to change into the robe.
By the time Jiang Suizhou regained his composure, the man had already sat down outside. Across the screen, he could only make out his shadowy figure.
Even in coarse clothes, such a man looked utterly dashing.
What did he just say?
Jiang Suizhou clutched the robe in his hand and was rendered speechless.
The fifth day of the fifth lunar month was the Dragon Boat Festival. He said … Did he just say he would take him out for sightseeing?
Wasn’t that too foolish! The manor was already heavily guarded, and with Huo Wujiu inside, there were many spies and guards from the Hou Zhu. The manor was guarded like an iron barrel, and it was practically a fantasy to go out through the main entrance openly.
Moreover…
‘
Jiang Suizhou looked outside. Outside the screen, Huo Wujiu poured himself a cup of tea and began to drink it.
…It’s unwise to be with Huo Wujiu in my mental state at this moment.
Meanwhile, Huo Wujiu outside wasn’t as chill as he appeared to be.
Jiang Suizhou had always taken the initiative to seek him out, so today he really made some preparations. After all, for him, there had never been a precedent where he took the initiative to find someone else. What was more, Jiang Suizhou was someone he had hidden thoughts for that made him feel guilty.
Furthermore, he was quite uncertain about the excuse he cooked up to see Jiang Suizhou.
One must always find an excuse to visit someone for no reason. Huo Wujiu didn’t want to talk to Jiang Suizhou about matters related to Pang Shao and Jiang Shunheng, so he came up with such an excuse, taking him out to play. It was also because he was experienced, having always escaped from the Huo Mansion to play. He just didn’t know whether this noble childe who grew up in the imperial city would bite the bait.
His indifferent and relaxed appearance just now was clearly a paper tiger.
At this moment, he sat fixedly in place. He couldn’t even taste the tea in his hand. Both his eyes stayed on a pair of authentic masterpieces that were hanging on the wall.
A few moments later, the sound of footsteps came from behind the screen.
“Huo Wujiu, where are you taking me?” It was Jiang Suizhou’s voice.
‘
“The Jingwang Manor is heavily guarded, so you can’t go in and out covertly. If there is no important matter, we’d better not take this risk…”
Huo Wujiu raised his head.
However, what he saw was Jiang Suizhou standing awkwardly by the screen. His expression stiffened, exuding resistance and hesitation from head to toe.
But…
The azure robe really suited him. Although he was born with a delicate and bewitching look, his dignified and golden princely fashion always cloaked his pristine temperament. Now that he was dressed in that robe and then tied his long hair up, he resembled a scholar with a commoner background.
Huo Wujiu’s heart skipped a beat.
He smiled, stood up and strode to Jiang Suizhou. Before he could hide, he stretched out his hand and captured his wrist.
“Let’s go,” he said.
Jiang Suizhou scrambled backward in an attempt to hide.
But Huo Wujiu’s strength was overpowering, plus he didn’t plan to give Jiang Suizhou the slightest chance to dodge. Hence, Huo Wujiu dragged him along and walked straight to the window behind the room.
‘
“Don’t worry,” Huo Wujiu placated.
“But, if someone finds out that we are not…” Jiang Suizhou still attempted a last ditch struggle.
Then he heard Huo Wujiu speak in a low voice, “It’s all right. I told Meng Qianshan when I came in just now that I have something to do with you, so he must not let anyone enter to disturb us.”
…Isn’t it misleading to put it that way!
However, before Jiang Suizhou could straighten his thoughts, Huo Wujiu’s hand already wrapped around his waist. Immediately after, with the man’s powerful restraint, Jiang Suizhou was tightly bound to his side. What followed next was Jiang Suizhou feeling nothing underfoot.
A head-on gust of wind blew, and the setting sun enveloped him unstintingly.
Before he knew it, they had already jumped out the window of the room.
In a few breaths, Huo Wujiu’s feet tapped the ground. He took him out of the yard and flew onto the roof of the royal residence.
For the very first time, Jiang Suizhou had a panoramic view of the royal residence.
Jiang Suizhou spotted servants moving to and fro in the manor, as well as the guards patrolling in all directions. But Huo Wujiu’s path was quite tricky, all in the blind spot of their vision. Jiang Suizhou could only feel his robe fluttering, as if clutched by a circling eagle, leaping out of the royal residence.
When he finally stepped firmly on the ground and was released by Huo Wujiu, they already landed in a blind corner of a street near the manor.
It was the corner of a narrow alley. The surrounding area was quiet and empty.
