At the back of Yang Mansion, all was quiet. Liu Buqun threw a pebble into the courtyard, hearing it land with a “thud.” After a while, with no reaction, he leaped over the wall into the yard. He crept towards the front, where the main hall was brightly lit. Liu Buqun avoided the patrolling guards, peeked through a window hole he made with his saliva, and saw dancing girls in the pond and a man in luxurious attire, surrounded by several women vying for his attention. Not seeing Xu Caihong, Liu Buqun stealthily moved away. He climbed a large tree in the courtyard, then used his lightness skill to reach the roof of a brightly lit building. Through the translucent tiles, he saw an old nanny talking to a beautiful woman.
The woman glared at the old maid and loudly declared, “I am Xu Caihong, the future wife of Liu Bugun.” The maid advised, “Young lady, why do you have to be so stubborn? Following Yang Daguan, you’ll live in luxury, dressed in gold and silver. Which woman wouldn’t want to marry a wealthy man like him?” “If you like him so much, why don’t you marry him?” Xu Caihong retorted coldly. “What kind of talk is that, young lady? I’m old and withered. If I were young, of course, I would choose to marry into a noble family, but alas, I was not destined for such a fate,” the maid replied patiently. “Get out of here!” Xu Caihong shouted angrily.
Seeing his fiancée trapped, Liu Bugun leaped through the open window into the room. The maid, startled by Liu Bugun’s sudden appearance, opened her mouth to scream but was instantly immobilized by Liu Bugun’s pressure point technique. Xu Caihong saw someone jump through the window but hadn’t figured out what was happening when Liu Bugun turned around and embraced her. Unsure of what the man in front of her intended, Xu Caihong struggled desperately, but couldn’t break free from his strong arms. “Let me go!” Xu Caitong exclaimed in frustration. Without responding, Liu Bugun, seeing Xu Caitong’s continued resistance, pressed points on her chest, making her go limp in his embrace. He then lifted her and leaped out of the window.
