Chapter 171

"No, I didn't, you're talking nonsense!"

Princess Yunluo denied it in a small voice, but she clearly lacked conviction.

"Alright, drink some tea and let's continue on our way!"

Lin Fan brought over a fresh pot of tea that hadn't been drugged and called the women over to drink.

"Okay, okay! Let's hit the road after we finish our tea!"

Princess Yunluo's eyes shone, and she said happily.

"It's 'us,' not including you. You should head back to the palace early!"

"I won't! I'm going to follow you!"

Princess Yunluo's face fell, and she insisted.

"Those who follow me are either my women or my sisters-in-law. Which one do you want to be?"

Lin Fan said casually, wanting to scare Princess Yunluo off.

"I don't have any sisters, so I'll be your woman!"

Princess Yunluo blushed for a long time upon hearing this, then said timidly.

"Cough, cough..."

Lin Fan, who was drinking tea, choked. Although he prided himself on being dashing, romantic, and handsome, he hadn't expected Princess Yunluo to agree to be his woman upon their first meeting.

"You don't have a fever, so why are you talking nonsense?"

Lin Fan touched Princess Yunluo's forehead and muttered to himself.

"You, you touched my head, you have to take responsibility for me!"

Princess Yunluo suddenly said shyly.

"No way, you want me to take responsibility just for touching you? Is it really that exaggerated?"

Lin Fan felt a bit awkward.

"I am a princess, a daughter of nobility. If you touch me, you have to take responsibility."

Princess Yunluo said relentlessly.

"Husband, how can you not eat the meat that's been delivered to your mouth? Just eat her and be done with it!"

Li Li Mochou suddenly said.

"Li Mochou, you're making trouble too!"

Lin Fan shook his head, then drank his tea and said no more.

"Lin Fan, just let me stay. I promise I'll be obedient. You even said my martial arts are amateur; you wouldn't want me to have an accident while traveling the Jianghu, would you?"

Princess Yunluo continued to pester him, wanting to stay.

"Lin Fan, just let her stay!"

The Little Dragon Maiden suddenly spoke up. She thought that as a princess, Princess Yunluo must have many subordinates and could obtain a lot of intelligence; perhaps she could find the whereabouts of Zhang Zhang Sanfeng.

If she helped Princess Yunluo stay, Princess Yunluo would help her find the person—a fair trade.

"If you beg me, I'll let her stay!"

The Little Dragon Maiden speaking up was something Lin Fan hadn't expected. He felt that the Little Dragon Maiden's temperament was becoming somewhat unfamiliar to him, so he wanted to test her.

"I don't know how to beg people!"

The Little Dragon Maiden said indifferently.

"Then giving me a kiss will do too!"

The Little Dragon Maiden not knowing how to beg was normal, so Lin Fan changed his request.

"You! You lecher! Senior Sister, look at him!"

The Little Dragon Maiden was speechless and immediately complained to Li Li Mochou.

"Junior Sister, just give in to him. He thinks of you every night until he can't sleep!"

Li Li Mochou didn't help her; instead, she spoke well of Lin Fan.

"Pah! Senior Sister isn't a good person either!"

The Little Dragon Maiden couldn't help but spit.

"Fine, you can stay for now. But once you stay, you have to say goodbye to your life as a princess. We don't have anyone here to serve you!"

"It doesn't matter, I don't need anyone to serve me. I can take care of myself."

Princess Yunluo was instantly overjoyed and began serving tea and water to Lin Fan like a lackey.

"We've had enough tea, let's go! It's just a pity about this tea stall; the original shopkeeper and waiter were probably dealt with, and who knows if this place will be abandoned."

After resting for a while, Lin Fan and the others mounted their horses. Lin Fan sighed as he looked at the tea stall, then led the women away.

A quarter of an hour later, a group of people arrived. Seeing the people lying all over the ground, their expressions changed. Someone carefully checked and reported to the leader: "My lord, they are all dead. It looks like their heads were crushed in an instant."

"It seems to be an expert. I wonder if Princess Princess Yunluo was saved by him. We'd better wait for the leader to arrive!"

The leader confirmed that his group was no match for the killer and decided to give up the pursuit and wait for reinforcements.

Lin Fan didn't know that the trouble Princess Yunluo brought was just beginning.

Because the horse Princess Yunluo was riding, while a good horse, was far inferior to the Night-Shining Jade Lion and the others, they stopped and went along the way and didn't encounter a small town until noon.

"Let's go, let's enter the town and find a restaurant for lunch before setting off again."

Lin Fan led the women into the town and found a restaurant to rest for a while.

"Oh, Hua Hua Manlou, Lu Lu Xiaofeng!"

"Lin Fan!"

Lin Fan hadn't expected to run into the two of them in this remote town.

Lu Lu Xiaofeng and his companion were even more surprised to meet Lin Fan here.

"Hua Hua Manlou, how does it feel to have your sight restored?"

Lin Fan led the women to Lu Lu Xiaofeng's table and asked Hua Hua Manlou.

"After the world turned colorful, I've seen many beautiful landscapes, but I've also witnessed many sinister human hearts."

Hua Hua Manlou bowed to Lin Fan and said with a smile.

"Human hearts have always been sinister; they won't change just because you can see or cannot see. Restoring your sight was to let you appreciate the beauty of the world, not to dwell on those ugly faces."

Lin Fan sat down and spoke freely.

"That makes sense. Hua Hua Manlou has learned something today!"

Hua Hua Manlou hadn't expected Lin Fan to say that, and he felt relieved. He had lived in darkness for so long, and after regaining his sight, seeing the world's sinister nature had left him at a loss. Lin Fan's words had awakened him from his dream.

"Hua Hua Manlou just thinks too much; he's not as carefree as I am!"

Lu Lu Xiaofeng poured a cup of wine for Lin Fan and said with a smile.

"Is 'Four-Eyebrow' Lu Lu Xiaofeng carefree, or is he just heartless?"

Lin Fan looked at Lu Lu Xiaofeng playfully.

"Lin Fan, we are friends; you can't undermine me. Besides, have you changed your confidante again? I remember it wasn't these ladies last time."

Since Lin Fan undermined him, Lu Lu Xiaofeng naturally wouldn't be outdone and poked at Lin Fan's heart as well.

"I have many women; I'll introduce them to you when I have the chance!"

Lin Fan didn't care at all. His women all knew about each other, so he wasn't afraid of Lu Lu Xiaofeng sowing discord.

"Better not. Your standards are too high; the beauties around you are all peerless. I'm afraid I'll end up imitating you without realizing it and end up alone for the rest of my life."

"You, Lu Lu Xiaofeng, lacking women? That's truly a strange tale in the world."

"Lin Fan, you don't know this, but when Lu Lu Xiaofeng goes to the brothel for wine, he even needs me to pay his tab. He's a wanderer of the Jianghu; who would ever fall in love with him?"

Hua Hua Manlou also said with a smile.

"What are you doing in this remote town? Is the fake silver case over?"

Lin Fan stopped mocking Lu Lu Xiaofeng; everyone was a wanderer of the Jianghu, so why should a man make things difficult for another man?

"We're going to Shangjing City to visit a friend."

"You're going to Shangjing City too?"

Lin Fan was a bit surprised. He was going to Shangjing, Princess Yunluo was going to Shangjing, and Lu Lu Xiaofeng and his friend were going to Shangjing. It was a gathering of winds and clouds in Shangjing City.

"Also? Are you going to Shangjing too?"

Lu Lu Xiaofeng looked at Lin Fan curiously.

"Yes, I'm going to kill Qin Gui to liven things up!"

Lin Fan said casually.