CHAPTER 597: CHAPTER 576 SECOND UPDATE

"Here, this way—" Elder Su immediately took the lead, not allowing his own young master to do so. Glancing at the crowd, he thought about dismissing the guards, but feared it would be difficult. What if the Madam Young Master got upset?

Elder Su tried to send his own people up, but the other party wouldn’t allow it.

Elder Su was just testing the waters. Seeing it was impossible to proceed and having no intention of forcing his way through, he did not show any embarrassment and waved his people down.

"Lord Ju, I was thinking that your men have been on the move for two days and must be tired..." Elder Su looked at Ju Nanyi.

"Elder Su, protecting the lady is our duty. We dare not complain of fatigue," Ju Nanyi replied earnestly.

The youth paid no attention to such nonsense and stood by.

The procession continued, and Ju Nanyi had already guessed where Zheng Nianru would be placed by Young Master Yin He; sure enough, after passing the grand hall, they arrived.

"Young Master Yin He, our lady wishes to rest for a moment." As the carriage entered, Ju Nanyi blocked the entrance, clearly not intending to let the young man in.

Yin He immediately looked displeased. Why couldn’t he enter? He had waited so many days just for this moment.

Ju Nanyi remained immovable, as if he didn’t see the young man’s anger.

The young man took a step forward, suppressing the urge to throw Ju Nanyi out of the way; if Ju dared to block him again, he would definitely strike.

Elder Su’s heart was in his throat, hoping that the young master would continue being firm to show these people, rather than always behaving as if they could annihilate them with just a flick of a feather.

Then, he would deal with the other people here and give that girl a lesson, so she wouldn’t always look down on their young master.

Yin He’s eyes turned cold, and just as he was about to raise his hand, a voice came from the carriage. Nian Xia, who stepped out, glanced over and walked over impatiently.

"Why haven’t you left yet?" The young man suddenly deflated like a punctured balloon, stepped back, and without looking at Ju Nanyi, he nodded to Nian Xia and turned to leave...

Elder Su hadn’t snapped out of his earlier dominant mood yet; half of his face looked fierce, and the other half was nodding and bowing to Nian Xia, as he turned to follow his young master’s steps.

"Young Master, it’s better that we leave. Let Madam Young Master rest, rest..." Elder Su had not finished speaking when he was nearly scared to death by his young master’s suddenly cold gaze, but instinctively started backtracking. "Young Master, I mean, if we want to see Madam Young Master, we don’t necessarily have to do it openly..."

Yin He sensed there was more to Elder Su’s words.

"What do you mean?"

"Young Master, think about it. The entire temple is staffed by our people. You can go wherever you want, and who can stop you, as long as Madam Young Master doesn’t find out," Elder Su quickly spoke, fearing he might not survive the next moment.

"Make sure to watch carefully. You cannot leave for even a moment—" Ju Nanyi, still uneasy, instructed a few of his trusted aides. If possible, he didn’t want to leave at all, but some matters could only be settled by his personal attendance.

Moreover, he had also lured Zong Yunqian here. The next stages had to be handled very delicately to get Zong Yunqian entrapped in this scheme, which would benefit the overall situation.

Ju Nanyi, still uneasy, glanced at the now lit room, then stepped away. He repeatedly told himself that Zheng Nianru was not the cause of today’s situation; she too was caught in a vortex. Only because of a moment’s impulse in such a state of grief and anger had she made such an irrational decision.

Although this decision had alleviated the whole situation, looking at it now, the appearance of Zheng Nianru here was his doing, and therefore, he needed to act quickly.

...

"Is this the method you spoke of?" The sky had completely darkened, and the youth glanced slightly displeased at Elder Su beside him; it was dark and unclear, but Elder Su could still distinctly feel his Young Master’s displeasure.

"Young Master, it is a bit cold, but it’s effective," Elder Su, trembling, lifted a tile, revealing a sliver of light from inside the house, and nodded toward it.

Yin He glanced at the cold moon in the sky and finally shrugged his shoulders, it was indeed very cold, but he was unwilling to just give up.

Elder Su saw someone moving inside the house and couldn’t help but look again,

The area directly below was indeed the main hall of the Cloud Room, the Arhat bed was specially brought in, very similar to that in Prince Duan’s Mansion, and Zheng Nianru seemed to notice this. The bed was now covered with a thick mattress, suddenly looking incredibly luxurious.

Xue Liu finished laying the mattress and then left.

Yin He pulled Elder Su aside, "What are you looking at?" and leaned in himself, instantly spotting Zheng Nianru’s uniquely exquisite cushion, a slow smile beginning to form at the corners of his mouth.

"Madam, why don’t you lie down first; I’ll wring out your hair for you, and then you can have some tea, how about that?" Fu Dong said while coaxing, and the youth’s eyes immediately reflected the familiar figure, his heart seeming to settle at that moment, his body trembling all over, his eyes following the curve of his smile.

She didn’t appear to be angry but rather seemed to still have come here on schedule, perhaps she was no longer angry and wouldn’t blame him.

The youth also had regrets, Zheng Haoyuan, that kid, he had plenty of ways to deal with him, why did he have to act himself, and in front of her. He clearly knew she didn’t want Zheng Haoyuan to die.

Why not treat it as nurturing her amusement? What was wrong with that?

Elder Su didn’t know what his Young Master was thinking, but he already regretted it; how had he thought of such a foolish idea, his whole body felt like it was soaked in ice water.

This was Bu Er Temple, halfway up the mountain. It was midwinter, they were on the roof, it was literally freezing to death, and they couldn’t use spells.

"Young—Young Master—" Elder Su’s lips trembled, but before he could say more, Yin He covered his mouth.

Elder Su hadn’t expected the sudden closeness of the Young Master, and it was too cold, he couldn’t hold on, and his short and plump body suddenly fell towards the roof. By the time the youth felt something was wrong, Elder Su’s body could no longer hold up. He had intended to grab him, but the next moment, he heard the sound of roof tiles breaking underfoot and let go of Elder Su. The next moment, Elder Su uncontrollably rolled off the roof.

The people inside heard a series of crackling sounds above, their expressions weirdly turning towards the roof, not yet guessing whether it was Night Cat fighting or something else, when the next moment they heard a thud, a short, stout figure had already fallen in front of the window.

"Ah—" Guards immediately surrounded Elder Su in the middle.

"It’s one of our own, one of our own—" Elder Su, despite the pain in his body, hurriedly spoke, "I was just worrying about a roof leak, so I came to check it personally—"

The guards already jumped to check, looked all around, and seeing no one else, they suspiciously came down again.

"I was just checking for a leak on the roof; it’s just that my eyes aren’t good anymore, I misstepped," Elder Su stood up, limping.

"Sorry for disturbing Madam’s rest, it was my fault—" Elder Su immediately apologized.