Chapter Thirty-Six: Much Guidance

  She was stared at by Mo Yu for a long time with that somewhat strange gaze, before Shen Han found her voice, but she didn't dare to speak too loudly, afraid of being heard by her mother-in-law outside. She could only ask in a low and uncomfortable tone, "How did you end up here?"

  Hearing Shen Huan's originally clear voice become so hoarse, Mu Siyao's slightly furrowed eyebrows became even more tightly knitted. He himself didn't realize that he felt somewhat displeased because of her words. At this moment, he leaned his head closer to the window, not fearing that Shen Huan would get up and close the window, trapping his head!

  Shen Huan actually had thought about it, but... dared to think but not dare to do!

  "Why can't I be here?"

  You're the one who's been following me, right? Shen Han nodded slightly, but could only mutter to herself in her heart. Her face remained unchanged, but this man's sudden appearance had indeed disrupted her calm. They had only met twice... even if she had accidentally overheard something she shouldn't have during their second meeting, she had already distanced herself from him. Why was he still chasing after her?

  "I... I'm asking you what brings you to my home?"

  "It seems I'm not at your place now?"

  Shen Han gritted her teeth and cheered herself up in her heart: I can bear it! I can bear it! I can bear it, bear it, bear it!

  Since he chose to be stubborn, Shen Han simply shut her mouth and said nothing. Aren't you afraid that I'll reveal what happened last time? Will shutting my mouth do?!

  "Hey! What's wrong with you just now?"

  The two of them locked eyes for a moment, and finally, Mu Siyao couldn't help but speak up first. Shen Huan's gaze also shifted slightly from the moment he opened his mouth. For some reason, she would occasionally glance at the woman standing beside him, whose body was filled with a cold aura. Her eyes flickered with something that made Shen Huan feel a slight pressure.

  "Didn't you see? He fainted!"

  “……”

  “……”

  The topic ended there, and Mu Siyao always felt that she was a bit different from the two times they met before, but couldn't quite put her finger on what it was. The scene of her fleeing in a panic that day flashed through his mind again, and he narrowed his eyes slightly as if probing, yet spoke lightly: "You... are afraid of me?"

  This sentence was like a thunderbolt, striking Shen Han's entire body: "Why should I be afraid...afraid of you!"

  "Why are you speaking hesitantly and avoiding eye contact with me?"

  "I'm afraid of dazzling my aluminum alloy dog eyes!"

  "What?"

  Realizing that she had actually spoken out her inner monologue, fortunately in a low voice and the words were probably incomprehensible to him anyway, Shen Huan immediately twisted her neck with a pretentious effort: "I'm out of energy, looking at you from that angle is exhausting for my neck!"

  He used to be a little afraid of him, which came from his own eavesdropping on the other's words and feeling guilty, even thinking too much. Now, after close contact, Shen Han found that the inexplicable panic in his heart had also inexplicably disappeared.

  "Wouldn't it be better this way?"

  Mu Siyao heard this and promptly leaned in closer, not caring if there was dust on the windowsill, and lay down on Shen Han's window frame, smiling at the person lying on the bed with their back to her. She felt an inexplicable sense of joy and had asked Old Man Shen to let her out to find some things for him, mainly because she wanted to get out and clear her mind. Every day was spent following someone around, and saying it wasn't suffocating would be a lie.

  "Hmm, you've come all this way to find me, there must be something on your mind? Whatever it is, just say it quickly, I'm tired and want to rest."

  "It's actually nothing, I just wanted to ask about last time..."

  "Don't worry, last time I didn't hear anything and didn't see anything!"

  Mu Siyao's words were not yet finished, when Shen Huan's heart that had just been put down was suddenly hung up again. In the midst of panic, she directly interrupted his words, indicating that even if she heard or saw something, she would not reveal anything. However, what she didn't know was that Mu Siyao hadn't noticed anyone around him when he spoke that day, because the matter was completely different from what Shen Huan thought.

  "What did you say?"

  "What?"

  "What haven't you heard or seen?"

  "Nothing... nothing at all!"

  Shen Huan's evasive words made Mu Siyao even more puzzled, he thought hard but couldn't figure out what kind of intersection they had between them. He simply put down his own questions and raised his chin with interest, as if to say to Shen Huan, you don't make it clear, you know the consequences!

  "That..."

  "It's okay, she is one of us."

  Seeing Shen Huan's timid and shrinking eyes, he seemed to glance at Qian Shui behind him, and he couldn't help but slightly curl up the corners of his mouth. He casually said a sentence, but it made Shen Huan stunned for an instant, and suddenly there were 10,000 grass mud horses roaring in his heart!

  You look good with your long hair, but dare you stop smiling at me so flirtatiously?

  "I knew she was... one of us." The three words got stuck in Shen Huan's throat, after all, that woman was his own kind, but had no relation to him whatsoever. He nodded and continued: "That day by the river, I didn't intentionally eavesdrop on your conversation, when I sat down at the pavilion, I didn't see you..."

  "Oh? So you were there at that time too!"

  Mo Si Yao's suddenly enlightened expression made Shen Huan feel a bit stifled, although he had indeed not paid attention to the environment in which he and Qian Fan spoke that day. Now that he knew Shen Huan was also present, his tone of voice took on a somewhat knowing and tacit meaning in Shen Huan's ears.

  "So don't worry about it, I've already forgotten what you guys said that day."

  "Huh? What did we say that day?"

  "It's not you who is in charge telling me: if one person doesn't get dealt with..."

  It's too late to take back what she said, Shen Huan herself also realized that she had misspoken. She bit her lower lip and looked at the man who was still leaning on the windowsill with a pleased smile, only to see him raise an eyebrow as if he didn't care at all and ask in response: "Huh, didn't you say you didn't remember?"

  "So you're afraid of me because of this?"

  Shen Han fell silent for a moment, and Mu Siyao also followed suit. He finally figured out where Shen Han's evasive tone came from when speaking, and that sentence indeed left room for imagination. He didn't mind explaining again: "You wouldn't think I'm some kind of ruthless killer, would you?"

  His tone was still somewhat aggrieved, but it was all an act, which made Qian Shui, who was standing behind him, stifle a laugh. Shen Huan felt even more embarrassed and thought to herself that she might have really misunderstood the situation. To think that this man was supposed to be some kind of murderer - there wasn't even a hint of killing intent on him. All she could do was awkwardly say: "I..."

  There was no follow-up, and Mu Siyao also intentionally misunderstood her, and a rare good mood continued to explain: "Actually, it's just that my dad asked me to come out and help him find someone. Later, I found that the person didn't meet Dad's conditions at all, so the candidate fell through, which is why there was such a conversation. And Qianfan... is her brother, and she's called Qianshui."

  By the way, Mu Siyao took the opportunity to introduce the people who often appeared around her, although she didn't know if Shen Huan was willing to meet them. Mu Siyao thought that she and Shen Huan couldn't just cut off their connection like this.

  "Isn't that the kid who bumped into you on the street for the first time and got excited and yelled at you, Thousand Rolls? You should remember him, right?"

  She was not quite used to his enthusiasm, recalling the two times they met before, he was always so indifferent and distant, but this time why did he become... like a next-door kid who wouldn't leave her windowsill, even with a somewhat playful feeling, what kind of man was he?

  "What's wrong?"

  "Huh? Ah! I remember... How did you know my name?"

  Only after asking did she feel that her question was simply stupid, Shen Huan bluntly averted her gaze and didn't look at Mu Siyao anymore. However, this time it was beyond her expectation, he not only didn't reveal any meaningful smile, but instead spoke extremely seriously: "I can know where you live, knowing your name isn't surprising either, right?"

  Seeing Shen Huan's face, he couldn't help but feel a little excited and formally introduced himself: "I'm Mu Siyao, please guide me more in the future!"

  "What?!"

  Shen Han was shocked today, first because of the birth and fainting, then being shaken awake, after waking up and finally getting rid of everyone in the house, now she has to face this man who was once misunderstood as a murderer, but he is now speaking as if nothing happened, saying that he will teach her more in the future?

  Teach you? I don't even know you, what's there to teach?!

  But in that case, she just vented her anger in her heart, and if she really wanted to say it out loud, she didn't have the courage to do so yet, unless she had really decided to go all out!

  "My old man is also a medical enthusiast and likes to study medicine, this time I came out not for anything big, just to help him find some folk remedies, capable people."

  Mu Siyao's words were like a thunderclap, leaving Shen Huan with a feeling of being in the clouds and fog... What is this thing about folk medicine... Folk... Folk...

  These two words kept swirling in Shen Huan's mind, why did this sentence sound so awkward? Was he...

  "My father is the imperial physician Mu Baiyu!"