If he said he was just here to see her, she wouldn’t believe it. She lowered her head and took a sip of water, about to ask about his plans for the next few days when she heard Meng Qing yawn. She couldn’t help but smile lightly, “It’s indeed quite late. Young Master Meng, you should go rest.”
Meng Qing stood up, “Which way to the side courtyard?”
Yu Yi decided, “I’ll accompany Young Master Meng there.”
The night was deep, and Meng Qing held a lantern to light the way. Yu Yi walked slightly ahead of him. When they reached the side courtyard, there was a section of road that was uneven and hadn’t been leveled yet. Yu Yi reminded him, “It’s not very flat here. Young Master Meng, please be careful.” As soon as she finished speaking, she stepped on a protruding stone and stumbled forward.
Meng Qing quickly reached out his right hand and caught her: “Careful!”
Yu Yi felt embarrassed and tried to pull her hand away, but he held it tightly and wouldn’t let go. Her heart began to beat rapidly. At times she wanted to ask him to let go, but at other times she didn’t want to speak to him that way. Her mind was in chaos, not knowing what to do.
Seeing that she wasn’t trying to pull away again, Meng Qing pulled her closer and slowly lowered his head towards her.
Yu Yi vaguely guessed what he was about to do and blushed, tucking her head into her chest and not daring to look up. Meng Qing was already half a head taller than her. With her head tucked, he had to bend down, tilting his head to reach her lips. He gently kissed her lips and then said softly, “This is tiring. Won’t you look up?
Yu Yi chuckled softly, then slightly raised her chin while bashfully closing her eyes. He gently kissed her lips, softly pecking, and after a moment, he slipped his tongue tip between her lips. She parted her lips, letting him enter, but he lingered only between her lips and teeth.
Meng Qing, unable to hold the lamp with his left hand, wrapped his right arm around Yu Yi’s back, pressing her against his chest. After kissing shallowly for a while, he deeply inserted his tongue, curling her tongue and guiding her tongue into his mouth.
Yu Yi softly leaned against him, kissing for quite a while. Meng Qing finally released her lips, slightly raising his head while tightly holding her back.
He asked in a low, passionate voice: “Will you be my girlfriend?”
Yu Yi suddenly calmed down. After spending a few months in Feng Li’s world, she understood what he meant by “girlfriend.”
Indeed, having lived in the brothel, and Meng Qing having helped install surveillance there, he naturally knew about such matters. That’s why he made this request – he didn’t want to marry her, just wanted this level of intimate contact.
Yu Yi understood her own feelings. She did like him, but was this type of relationship without marriage what she wanted?
She didn’t know if she could be as casual as people in Feng Li’s world, breaking up if incompatible. Moreover, Meng Qing wasn’t from this time and space. If she wanted to settle down in a few years, living filially with her mother and caring for her sister, it would be better to marry a honest, steady man into her family.
She could never be with Meng Qing.
Yet, despite clearly understanding the contradiction between her emotions and reality, she found it difficult to decide.
Just as Yu Yi hesitated, her personal terminal vibrated lightly. She opened it to see a red dot indicating Guan Yue had arrived at the brothel. Her expression tightened, and she immediately opened the surveillance of Madam Wang’s room, transmitting the sound to her earpiece.
Meng Qing twisted his mouth, thinking this Chief Guan was truly ruining the mood!
The earpiece carried Madam Wang’s voice: “What a rare visitor! How did Chief Guan decide to grace us today? Since it’s your first time, there are no familiar girls. Feng’er and Yun are both free now. Would Chief Guan like to drink and listen to music or…
“I’m here on official business, with matters to inquire about,” Guan Yue somewhat uncomfortably interrupted Madam Wang’s enthusiastic recommendations.
“Please ask, Chief Guan,” Madam Wang thought to herself that Yu Yi’s prediction was accurate – she had mentioned this morning that Guan Yue would come tonight.
Guan Yue indeed inquired about Yu Yi’s redemption situation.
Madam Wang, fearing Yu Yi might be watching, answered exactly as instructed that morning. Guan Yue, having already believed most of the story after meeting Meng Qing, had stopped by after completing his duties, and now with confirmation from Madam Wang, he let the matter rest.
Yu Yi only relaxed after seeing Guan Yue’s red dot leave the brothel. She couldn’t help but marvel that today had been quite eventful, and everything had gone smoothly. Soon, her father’s unjust conviction would be cleared, right?
She pointed to the courtyard gate meters away: “Young Master Meng, that’s the side courtyard. Please rest early.” Unlike Meng Qing, she felt Guan Yue’s appearance was perfectly timed.
Boss did not respond immediately.
She leaned against the wall, wondering why she had never thought of this before?!
Perhaps hatred had blinded her reason, and she was only thinking about revenge and grievance, so she had not considered this before.
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Also, because Boss had previously said that she could not change events that had already occurred in her own time and space, and time reversal was absolutely not allowed.
“Yu Yi, what can I do for you?” Boss asked.
Yu Yi took a deep breath, trying to calm herself: “Boss, I want to commission an executor to go back one year ago and stop Chen Gao from framing my father.”
Boss remained silent.
Yu Yi waited for a while, asking confusedly, “Boss?”
Boss said in a low voice: “This won’t work.”
“Why?” Yu Yi asked, disappointed and uncomprehending.
Boss sighed and explained: “If I really find an executor to complete this mission, it would change many things in this time and space. Setting aside other changes, for you personally, a major change would be that you would not enter the courtesan house, and you would not want to commit suicide by poison, nor would you be desperate enough to seek death. The system would not choose you.”
Yu Yi listened in a daze.
Boss asked: “Do you understand? This is a time paradox.
That’s why I told you before that you cannot change events that have already occurred in your own time and space. If it were truly possible to change the tragedy of your family, I would have reminded you long ago.”
After her massive hope was shattered, intense disappointment followed. Yu Yi slowly slid down along the wall, curling up on the ground, burying her face in her palms and softly crying.
Chapter 66 Yu Yi’s Time and Space (16)
The fire at Chen’s mansion was not extinguished until late at night, with Chen Gao and the white concubine discovered burned to death in the small building. The Chen Madam was grief-stricken. After hearing what Chen Gao said before his death, she strictly ordered the household servants not to spread the news to avoid affecting the official careers of Chen Gao’s sons.
When a court official dies unexpectedly, the capital prefecture routinely comes to investigate. Guan Yue learned early about the burning death of Chen Shangshu and rushed to Chen’s mansion. He first went to the fire scene and discovered a burnt lock and chains in the building’s ruins, which puzzled him. After asking the servants, he learned that the white concubine had gone mad and had been locked in the small building.
But it was strange how Chen Shangshu would burn to death in a locked building with his mad concubine. Guan Yue’s intuition told him this matter was not simple, and he carefully examined the scene.
