A pause ensued, then I heard his slow voice
"I can only repay the kindness with my body."
Ji Yu smiled gently, his clothes rustling in the cool night breeze.
The two of them standing under the willow tree appeared particularly harmonious.
His words, when first spoken, left Su Yan unresponsive.
Huh?
Repay kindness with one’s body?
Ji Yu held Su Yan’s hand, and as he continued to wipe it, sohow they ended up very close to each other.
His throat moved, and he murmured softly,
"The Marquis has never had Ji Yu serve him in bed before."
In Su Yan’s mind, Xiao Hua’s voice echoed,
"Host, he wants you to sleep with him."
The matter-of-fact tone made Su Yan look up at Ji Yu again.
Was this a blatant request for affection?
She suddenly didn’t know what to say.
At that mont, Lanzhi ca over with the house servants from afar.
"Marquis!"
Lanzhi hurried over anxiously,
"Are you alright?"
Su Yan shook her head.
"I’m fine."
Lanzhi sighed in relief.
"I was just stopped on the road by a stranger who said soone ant you harm. So I quickly returned to call the house servants."
As she spoke, she looked at the bloodied person lying on the ground behind Su Yan.
Her voice beca suddenly serious,
"Was this person trying to kill you?"
Su Yan nodded and said,
"First, take him back."
Lanzhi nodded,
"Yes!"
After responding, the house servants behind her lifted the person from the ground and dragged him in the direction of the Marquis Mansion.
Because of this incident during the Qiqiao Festival, Lanzhi insisted that Su Yan not act alone anymore.
With the house servants protecting her, it indeed drew too much attention.
In the end, she could only return early to the Marquis Mansion.
Back at the Marquis Mansion, it was only then discovered that Ji Yu had not spoken a word all the way.
He just quietly followed along.
Once in the room, he only poured a cup of tea for Su Yan and then sat there without saying a word.
After Lanzhi left to deal with the stranger’s assassination attempt, only Su Yan and he were left in the room.
As Su Yan drank her tea, she looked up,
"Clean up, let’s sleep."
Ji Yu’s body stiffened slightly.
He looked up at Su Yan, his voice unable to hide the disappointnt,
"If the Marquis doesn’t like Ji Yu, you can send away; there’s no need to accommodate like this."
Su Yan was taken aback.
How did he beco so upset just from returning ho for a mont?
She said earnestly,
"I’ve never said I don’t like you."
Ji Yu looked at Su Yan, visibly clutching his sleeves, unsure if it was out of nervousness or sothing else.
"Why is it that the Marquis is unwilling to let Ji Yu serve you?"
As he spoke, Ji Yu stood up and walked over to Su Yan.
His voice seed to carry a faint glow, but an even more apparent disappointnt overshadowed his eyes as if reminded of sothing.
"Could it be that the Marquis despises Ji Yu’s background? Thinks Ji Yu is unclean and unworthy of serving the Marquis?"
Su Yan reached out to hold him and sighed,
"I do not."
How does one care for a self-doubting male pet who easily feels inferior?
Waiting online urgently.
Su Yan’s denial seed ineffective in resolving the issue.
Instead, it made Ji Yu hang his head even lower.
Listening to his soft murmurs,
"Ji Yu’s status is lowly, unworthy of the Marquis. It was delusional of ."
The forlorn expression and the murmured, despondent voice.
Enough to almost break one’s heart listening to it.
Su Yan found herself at a loss for words to bring him out of his emotions.
She closed her eyes slightly.
Stood up and walked towards the door.
With a bang, she shut the door tight.
Then, grabbing Ji Yu’s arm, she dragged him towards the bed.
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