You really went through a dog hole.
Zhu Zan didn't hear her mumbling, nor did he react to her conclusion.
After all, his "None of your business" was also an implicit admission.
Zhu Zan still didn't respond, and turned around.
"Anyway, since you're so willing to give up the title of the Heir's Wife, I'll thank you for that," he said. "If you have any requests, just let me know."
Miss Jun walked over to him.
"There's that look again." Zhu Zan took a step back, frowning. "Talk business, don't mention anything improper."
Miss Jun ignored him.
"I want to hear the story of you going through the dog hole," she said.
Zhu Zan stared at her.
"Don't waste it." He said, "This is your only request."
Miss Jun nodded seriously.
"I just want to know about this," she said.
Thinking this was an embarrassing story, she probably wanted to see him humiliated. Zhu Zan snorted.
"It's nothing much," he said, as he started walking forward. "Just something I did when I was young, which wasn't really wrong, but that kid was too pathetic, got a beating and went to complain."
"Was it that time you all beat Prince Xian?" Miss Jun asked.
Zhu Zan acknowledged.
"Can't say we beat him, he was asking for it himself," he said. "He thought he was so tough and didn't use his status to press others, but after getting beaten, he went to complain."
Miss Jun pursed her lips, smiling.
Saying you don't use your status to press others and you really dare to hit him, you are something else.
"Who wouldn't pretend to be pitiful when complaining," Zhu Zan continued, "so I pretended too."
Miss Jun laughed again, she had heard about it at that time, but hearing Zhu Zan recount it in person now made it more interesting, or perhaps she never thought she'd have the chance to hear the firsthand account someone from over ten years ago.
"Turns out it was really unfortunate, at that time some divine doctor came to the capital, no idea who gave Prince Xian the idea to bring that divine doctor for my treatment." Zhu Zan said.
Divine doctor.
Yes, that was when Master went to Duke of Chengguo's residence to treat Zhu Zan's illness.
Miss Jun's smile deepened.
"That divine doctor, was he impressive?" she asked.
"I don't know, I didn't see," Zhu Zan replied.
Didn't see? Miss Jun was taken aback.
"The divine doctor was speaking with my father, only the doctor's attendant came to see me, I couldn't be bothered to pay attention to him," Zhu Zan said, looking at the sky, "That person was quite shameless, even asked me for money, saying if I paid him, he'd let the divine doctor not expose my fake illness."
Miss Jun laughed heartily.
No attendant, only her master could pull off such a thing.
While laughing, she also felt a bit nasal.
"Then what?" she asked.
"I wasn't stupid, I couldn't be bothered with him," Zhu Zan said, looking at the sky, seemingly reminiscing, "Later, that person started trying to please me, set up a game of chess, told me how to play..."
"Oh!" Miss Jun pointed at him.
Zhu Zan responded with an "oh," raising his eyebrows at her.
"Idiot," he said with a toothy grin.
Talking about this brought up the encounter in Runan, and the never-met dealings in Yangcheng.
Thinking about it is quite amusing.
Miss Jun also laughed.
Is it destiny or meant to be?
"Hey, hey, hey, this was just a coincidence," Zhu Zan immediately said, eyes wide and with a hint of warning, "Don't overthink, you women just love to overthink."
"Zhu Zan, I haven't even said anything yet," Miss Jun laughed exasperatedly.
"Your eyes said it," Zhu Zan pointed at her eyes.
Miss Jun made a sound.
"Go on, talk more about that person," she urged.
"I've told you that you know each other, all are improper people," Zhu Zan said, "but that's it, I didn't have time to amuse that guy, I sent him away, and then I prepared to leave the capital to find my mother, there were many in the residence, so I went to crawl through the dog hole, but just as I was about to go through, I was interrupted by someone..."
Miss Jun laughed.
Turns out it wasn't any planned ambush, but he was trying to run, and she was coming in, collided and both ended up disrupted.
This really is...
Miss Jun laughed heartily.
Zhu Zan didn't laugh, looked back, at this point they had already left the courtyard wall, from afar the scenery remained the same, but everything had changed.
"Hey, the one who disrupted was Princess Jiuli."
Miss Jun's voice sounded in his ear.
This time Zhu Zan didn't stay silent or change the topic, he just made a sound, and after that gave a start, snapping back to reality.
"How do you know?" he asked warily.
Oh right, not many people know about this.
"Did Prince Xian say it?" Zhu Zan pursued.
Miss Jun pursed her lips in a smile.
"No," she said, then paused, "Jiuli said it."
However, Zhu Zan didn't have the expected reaction of pursuing when Jiuli said it, nor was there any curiosity; his gaze was calm.
"Miss Jun, I don't know you, I only know her, and what connection you have with her is none of my business," he said, "I'm not interested, so you don't need to keep mentioning her to probe something."
He only acknowledges her, other people don't matter? Miss Jun was momentarily stunned.
Zhu Zan strode past her.
Miss Jun followed him.
"I wasn't probing anything, I was just asking," she said with a smile.
Zhu Zan strode forward, eyes focused ahead.
"You've asked what you should," he said.
Miss Jun made a sound and stopped.
"Then from now on I'm a guest of your family," she said.
The term guest was mentioned by him that time, and Zhu Zan paused, slightly turned his head, the corner of his eye catching sight of the girl standing behind him, her summer clothes thin, and she appeared thin as well.
"Of course, guests and guests are not all the same," he said.
Miss Jun smiled but remained in place.
"How are they different?" she asked.
Zhu Zan exhaled.
"Alright, meeting one more of your conditions," he said, turning around, "today you can stay overnight in my room."
Miss Jun stared, then burst into laughter.
What kind of condition is this?
Meeting it?
In the end, he never forgets to praise himself.
Her laughter gradually softened, pleased to meet him over ten years later, but he was right, in the future she'd be a guest, it'd be unrelated to the Princess Jiuli of the past, in the future those he knows and their guest will be Miss Jun.
So let this be the last time for old acquaintances and old tales.
"Alright," she said, raising her eyebrows again, "together?"
Zhu Zan made a sound of disdain and strode away.
Miss Jun laughed as she followed him.
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.....
As night fell, Zhu Zan stood at the door and surveyed the room.
"Hey," he said to Miss Jun who was curiously looking around inside, "don't touch my stuff."
He said while gesturing to the side.
"You sleep here."
"Today this place is mine, you have no say," Miss Jun said.
Zhu Zan snorted and turned around, a smug smile reappearing on his face.
Silly or not, this Duke of Chengguo's residence is all his, he can just find another place to stay, it isn't any loss, so only these women get entangled in illusions.
Zhu Zan's little smugness was ignored by Miss Jun, wherever she stayed in this Duke of Chengguo's residence was all the same, just nostalgia.
Footsteps sounded inside the room.
"Miss, you can wash up now," a maid said respectfully.
Sitting on the bedside, Miss Jun came to her senses, nodded and stood up, following the two maids to the Castration Room. Inside, two labor maids carrying wooden buckets lowered their heads to make way, Miss Jun walked past them, and suddenly stopped.
She.
"Xue'er," she turned abruptly to call.
"Yes."
One of the maids carrying the wooden buckets outward instinctively stood straight and answered, also turning around.
The candles flickered, the Castration Room silent, and Miss Jun felt a chill on her scalp, her mind roaring to blankness.
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(That's it, go to sleep, see what's left in the morning as usual, hehe, hehe, hahahahaha)