Ye Shiqi had heard the news that the foreign prince’s entourage was staying right here at the Tang Family’s inn and restaurant!
However, they were not dining in the restaurant but had gone to visit that wealthy family on this auspicious day for the formal banquet!
Free to co and go, Ye Shiqi wanted to use her invisibility to sneak into the Landlord’s house to take in the excitent!
Ye Shiqi didn’t need anyone to guide her; the small town wasn’t very big, and one of the wealthy family’s houses on the outskirts was decked out in lights and decorations, with firecrackers being set off during alti!
She just had to make her way in that direction, and she definitely wouldn’t get lost!
Ye Shiqi used her space ability to boldly enter inside!
To avoid detection, once inside this place full of guests, she observed the outside from within her space!
Ye Shiqi noticed that the residents of this small town wore different clothing than in other places, with head coverings and looser fits!
Both n and won were dressed in garb designed to protect against the wind and cold.
They appeared taller and more robust, with skin roughened by the constant blowing of sand, and large pores!
This wasn’t limited to the n, as the won’s skin was also darker and coarser!
Ye Shiqi was quite curious to see how beautiful the rich man’s daughter was, to have won over the foreign family for a marriage alliance!
Among the full house of guests, there was a table where a wealthy-looking man was being served by a maid.
At this table was a young man, sitting next to a boy of about thirteen or fourteen. The young man and the boy both had rugged features, but there was a unique, exotic handsoness about them!
One could tell at a glance that they were from a neighboring country; their attire and their stilted language made it clear they were one of today’s main attractions!
Ye Shiqi found it all quite interesting and seated herself at an unoccupied table next to the one with the fruits!
She continued to observe them, listening to their conversation!
Idly, Ye Shiqi reached for a bunch of grapes and a walnut to snack on while she watched!
The banquet’s young protagonist, as if sensing sothing, looked over with a hawk-like, sharp and murderous gaze fixed directly where Ye Shiqi sat!
Although the table was empty, he felt as if a pair of eyes were watching them!
The boy next to him sensed sothing too, puzzled as to why his elder brother was looking in that direction with no one there. Could it be that his brother wanted so fruit? "Big brother, what’s wrong?" he asked.
The host, the wealthy man, also assud that his son-in-law, who was eating at and drinking wine, simply craved so fruit!
"Chunyan, go get so fruit for our son-in-law!"
"Yes."
The maid picked up a plate of fruit from that table and brought it over, thinking she had made a mistake when the son-in-law continued to stare at that particular table, so she went to get another selection of fruits!
"Big brother, you’ve never liked fruit, why do you want so today?" the boy asked, curious and puzzled.
His elder brother remained silent, still fixing his gaze on that table.
At this mont, Ye Shiqi realized she’d been spotted, and her heart skipped a beat. She used her space to beco invisible again. Sohow, he was able to sense her presence, such sharp eyes, such a perceptive person!
She felt wary facing soone so capable and used her space to quickly head towards the entrance—she couldn’t be found out!
The young man had felt not just a pair of bright eyes on them, eyes devoid of malice, but could sense them because he possessed an innate ability.
He detected a faint floral scent, a mixture of many flowers, not the sll of costics or perfu, but a natural floral fragrance!
Gradually, he felt the floral scent and the feeling of those eyes disappear from the edge of the table and move away towards the entrance.
The young man quickly stood up and chased after the direction of the main gate!
He was chasing after the scent of flowers!
"Big brother..." the young boy beside him felt bewildered. Why did his big brother suddenly run off?
He also chased after him!
The father-in-law, a wealthy man himself, was even more bewildered. His son-in-law had suddenly run off; he worried that he was about to flee!
Scared, he nervously followed in pursuit!
The route they took to exit happened to pass by all the guests, who were sowhat baffled themselves. Why had they dashed off like that?
The bride hadn’t even boarded the palanquin yet!
Today was the day for delivering the bride price. Since the bride was marrying far away, the wealthy father-in-law had given his daughter a house and one or two shops in the small town as a dowry!
Even though the bride was "traveling", she was rely moving to another property!
The father-in-law was reluctant to send his daughter on such a long journey to a neighboring country.
The son-in-law, under the guise of doing business locally, married his daughter, bringing a generous bride price, which was not sothing a single house and two shops could compare to!
The wealthy father-in-law only thought that his son-in-law was the son of a rich man from the neighboring country, based on their years of doing business together!
But he had no idea that his son-in-law had another identity!
The man ran to the main gate and then stood still!
At the entrance, the breeze from outside diluted the scent of the flowers, making it impossible to detect where the fragrance was emanating from.
He stood thoughtfully at the entrance.
"Big brother, what’s going on?" The youth felt his big brother’s actions were utterly baffling!
"Little brother, did you notice the scent of flowers?" The young man turned around to look at his own little brother, as if asking for confirmation of the answer in his heart, while also wanting the other to admit that this answer was correct.
"Scent of flowers? Many people attending the banquet today wear perfus with a floral scent!"
The youth was referring to the fragrance of rouge won wore!
"No, that’s not it, interesting!" the young man uttered mysteriously.
"Son-in-law...?" The wealthy father-in-law chased out and looked at the young man with utmost respect, always feeling an overwhelming presence from him, which even put pressure on him as his father-in-law!
He once thought this man did not seem like a wealthy second-generation, but more like a commanding figure!
"It’s nothing, let’s go back in."
The young man looked down the street one more ti before reentering the interior!
The youth followed his big brother’s gaze down the street. Although people were passing by, there was nothing particularly remarkable about them.
Ye Shiqi had fully entered into her space, sensing the entrance of the wealthy family’s ho from a distant corner.
She heard their conversation clearly!
After they went back inside, Ye Shiqi couldn’t help but pat her chest in relief.
Ever since she had the space, it was the first ti soone had noticed her while she was invisible within her space!
Was the groom in front of her really just a wealthy heir?
Did this person have another identity?
Facing this situation, she could not simply escape and leave. She needed to thoroughly investigate the other party’s background.
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