Chapter 59

He thought to himself that anyone who could say this must have an extraordinary identity.

"Alright then, you direct the way, and we'll set off."

Duan Yu shook the reins in his hand, then took the woman on the ox cart and walked toward the distance of the long street.

Sitting on the side of the ox cart.

Dong Yi stared intently at Duan Yu.

She didn't have the reserve of women of this era.

After the shock had settled, she instead wore a smile and... and appreciation, perhaps.

Duan Yu tentatively compared the woman's gaze to appreciation.

"I still don't know your name," Dong Yi suddenly spoke.

"Duan Yu."

"Yu as in feather."

"Courtesy name Ziyi," Duan Yu said.

"My name is Dong Yi, Yi as in 'Yi suo an ye' (peace and comfort)," Dong Yi looked at Duan Yu generously.

To be honest, if it were in later generations, Duan Yu wouldn't feel surprised to be looked at like this by a woman.

But this is the Eastern Han Dynasty more than two thousand years ago.

Being looked at by a woman with an appreciative gaze all the time, he always felt a bit awkward.

"What are you... looking at?" Duan Yu asked with a bitter smile: "Is there something on my face?"

He originally wanted to change the subject.

But he didn't expect...

Dong Yi nodded with a smile.

"Eh?"

Duan Yu reached out and touched his face: "Where is there something?"

Dong Yi shook her head again with a smile and said: "Cheerful, honest, brave, handsome..."

"These things are all written on your face."

Duan Yu: "..."

Good heavens!

Really good heavens!

He was actually teased by a woman.

And it was more than two thousand years ago.

Duan Yu raised an eyebrow and revealed a wicked smile: "Then didn't you see lust in my eyes?"

"Such a big beauty, sitting on my cart, aren't you afraid I'll take you to a place where no one is around?"

"And do some unspeakable things?"

Dong Yi shook her head with a sweet smile: "I'm just afraid you wouldn't dare. If you dared, I would have my father tie you up and make you my husband!"

Met a rival!

This time he really met a rival.

If Diao Chan was a girl next door, gentle and lovely, obedient and sensible.

Then the beauty named Dong Yi in front of him was generous, bold in personality, and had a bit of the heroism and courage rarely seen in women.

Just a few simple chats were enough to conclude that this woman must have seen the world and had an absolutely extraordinary experience.

Duan Yu was even more convinced that Dong Yi was definitely the daughter of an official family.

However, looking at Dong Yi's age, she should be nearly twenty.

But why, in this era where women generally marry at fourteen or fifteen, is she still not married?