Free Web NovelChapter 405: Chapter 405: To Pick You Up
For some reason, Xu Jie was suddenly overcome by a profound sense of humiliation.
The woman’s expression was placid and her eyes were calm, yet he could still sense her complete indifference.
He opened his mouth to speak but found he had nothing to say.
"Hurry up!"
The guard beside him gave him a rough shove, causing him to stumble and nearly fall.
Xu Jie swallowed the coppery taste of blood in his mouth, clenched his jaw, and steadied himself. When he looked up again, the woman had already turned and walked away.
Snowflakes drifted down. Her slender, upright figure was like a delicate, fine-lined painting, blending seamlessly into the wintery landscape.
Xu Jie froze.
A moment ago, he had almost been certain she was waiting for him on purpose. Now, it seemed he had been mistaken.
But whatever he thought no longer mattered.
...
Ye Chutang, of course, hadn’t come specifically for Xu Jie.
She was just passing by.
Though such a spectacle was rare, "spectacles" were the one thing she hadn’t been short of lately.
Her light footsteps landed on the thin layer of snow, making the faintest sound, and the shallow prints were quickly covered over.
Ye Chutang looked up, her eyes narrowing slightly.
’The snow in the Capital City this year has arrived at the perfect time.’
Suddenly, she stopped and looked ahead.
A carriage was slowly rounding the corner.
Seeing the plaque on the front of the carriage, Ye Chutang raised an eyebrow.
The carriage stopped in front of her.
The driver jumped down, smiling as he bowed. "Second Miss Ye, what a coincidence."
Ye Chutang smiled back.
It was a coincidence. In this weather, most people wouldn’t even leave their homes, yet the carriage from the Dingbei Marquis Mansion had arrived right on time.
To "run into" each other in the vast Capital City, of all places.
"Master Yun Cheng, why are you so free today?"
she asked with a light laugh.
Yun Cheng felt as if she could see right through his little scheme.
He cleared his throat. "It started snowing suddenly, making the roads difficult, and it’s gotten cold. I took the liberty of sending the carriage to bring the master back to the mansion."
’Oh.’
’The Young Master Heir is rather delicate, isn’t he.’
Ye Chutang nodded and stepped aside. "Then I won’t keep you. Please—"
The side curtain of the carriage was suddenly lifted by a hand as long and elegant as jade.
An exquisitely handsome face came into view.
Who else could it be but Shen Yanchuan?
Ye Chutang feigned surprise. "Princely Heir? So Master Yun Cheng has already picked you up?"
Shen Yanchuan watched her put on an act.
It would be normal for anyone else not to have sensed his presence, but she was different.
Ever since Shiluan City—no, ever since Jiangling—he had known that this woman, despite having no Inner Strength, possessed an almost frighteningly sharp intuition.
She always seemed to be the first to sense danger.
’Of course she knew I was in the carriage.’
’Acting like this... she’s probably just too lazy to greet me.’
"The morning court session ended long ago," Shen Yanchuan said, indirectly explaining that it wasn’t strange for him to be here. "Unlike Second Miss Ye, who is so busy with various matters."
His meaning was clear—he knew where Ye Chutang had been today and who she had seen.
Ye Chutang let out a soft ’tsk’ in her mind.
’Dealing with this man is truly the most draining thing.’
She lifted her chin, the corners of her red lips curling up. Seemingly too lazy to beat around the bush any longer, she dropped the pretense.
"Not at all. It can’t compare to the trouble the Princely Heir took, crossing half the Capital City just to intercept me."
But Shen Yanchuan didn’t reply.
The young woman stood in the snow, her dark eyes clear and bright, yet filled with a quiet serenity that made her seem out of place with everything around her.
Only the fluffy, snow-white collar of her cloak, setting off the slightly reddened tip of her nose from the cold, added a rare touch of cuteness.
’As if she were within arm’s reach.’
A crystalline snowflake gently landed on her fan-like lashes.
Shen Yanchuan heard it flutter silently in his heart, a gust of wind sweeping through him.
He just watched her quietly, raising an eyebrow.
"It was no trouble."
"I came to get you."
