A life of two souls traveling through time

Chapter 488: Hypocritical man, why are you pretending

"I've been using the facial cream that Sister Si Yao gave me these past few days and it's really effective. My tanned face is gradually getting whiter."

In the small courtyard of Sanxiu Pharmacy, Honghua sat in front of a bronze mirror, stroking her gradually recovering face and was pleasantly surprised. However, as her face had not yet fully recovered, it was inconvenient for her to go out and see people, so she had to stay in her room every day. She even asked her sister to convey Mr. Sanxiu's questions.

"This is the facial cream that Si Yao specially prepared for you to treat sunburn. You must go and thank her in person when you recover." Xuanyu, who was accompanying her sister, was very pleased to see her sister's face getting better day by day, and she did not forget to remind her.

"I know, I know. I will definitely thank Sister Siyao in the future!" Honghua immediately raised her hand and hooked her sister's chin, saying with a smile.

Seeing her sister still acting so unruly, Yan Yu shook her head helplessly, drank the warm tea in her hand, and then said, "Mr. Zhou hasn't come since he left that day. I'm afraid he's still looking for you out there because he's worried about you. Do you really plan to stay away from him?"

"What does it have to do with me if he's asking for trouble? Besides, I haven't been hiding these days anymore. Doesn't the entire pharmacy know that I'm back?" Honghua felt very annoyed when she saw her sister mention the drunkard again for no reason, but she couldn't lose her temper with her sister, so she just snorted and curled her lips.

"Since sister doesn't intend to continue to be entangled with Mr. Zhou, she should make it clear to him and let him give up this idea. Then he can go back to Jingsong Kingdom." Ran Xuanyu didn't intend to give up and continued to persuade.

Honghua was stunned for a moment after hearing what her sister said. Although she knew that she had to harden her heart and ignore the drunkard, she felt reluctant when she thought about never having anything to do with him again.

After some time, after searching for Honghua outside in vain, Lao Zhou hurried back to Sanxiu Pharmacy without stopping. He happened to run into Yan Zong who had just got off the carriage outside the pharmacy. Lao Zhou looked the man up and down. He was dressed in noble attire and was protected by several followers. He guessed that he was of a noble identity. He didn't think much about it and went into the pharmacy.

Yan Zong saw that although Old Zhou had a dark complexion and was dressed in rags, he walked as fast as the wind and had an extraordinary figure, especially his eyes that were as bright as a diamond, which made him curious, so he followed him quickly.

"This person...I seem to have seen him somewhere before?" Yu Cheng, who was following behind Yan Zong, also stared at Lao Zhou's figure and muttered.

It was almost three o'clock in the afternoon, and because it was winter, the sky had already darkened. Xiaolu was just coming out to close the gate when he saw Mr. Zhou and His Highness appear together. He could not help but be secretly surprised.

"Mr. Zhou, you are here again?"

Because Lao Zhou was in front, Xiao Lu hurriedly greeted him before quickly walking to the back in front of Yan Zong and bowing, "Zong Wang is here too?"

Old Zhou wanted to ask Xiaolu about Honghua, but he saw that the boy went to greet the people behind him without waiting for him to speak. He was feeling dissatisfied when he heard the word "Zong Wang" and his eyes widened: Zong Wang? The archer Zong Wang of Xiyue Kingdom?

"Is your Miss Yao here?" Yan Zong nodded and asked in a calm voice. In front of others, he naturally treated Xiaolu as a medicine boy.

"Yes, Miss Yao should be in the study room now."

After hearing Xiaolu's answer, Yan Zong strode straight to the backyard, and his curiosity about Lao Zhou disappeared.

"Is this the prince of Xiyue Kingdom?" After Yan Zong left, Lao Zhou hurriedly asked Xiaolu.

"How many princes can Xiyue Kingdom have?" Xiaolu nodded and smiled.

"What does he want to do with Miss Si Yao?"

"Mr. Zhou, you don't know that the prince and Sister Si Yao are in love with each other..."

"What?" Old Zhou was shocked and turned and ran towards the backyard.

"Didn't he come here to look for Madam Honghua? Why is he asking about Sister Siyao again?" Xiaolu was naturally confused by Lao Zhou's sudden surprise and stood there muttering.

Si Yao, who was just coming out of the study, was surprised to see Yan Zong suddenly appear in front of her in the corridor. She was immediately delighted. They looked at each other and smiled for a moment. He took two steps forward and pulled her into his arms. He narrowed his eyes and quietly sniffed the medicinal scent in her hair. He suddenly felt no longer tired from the journey.

"Just arrived? Can you have dinner?" Si Yao also raised her hands and hugged his back, asking gently.

"Not yet. I just came to see you first. There are many things to do in Xuancheng at the end of the year, so I was delayed for a few days." Yan Zong still squinted his eyes and whispered with a smile in her ear.

"Cough cough!"

A sudden cough separated the two people who were hugging each other. Yan Zong's eyebrows turned cold when he saw that it was the old man from before. Just as he was on guard, he heard Si Yao say:

"Mr. Zhou, are you here again?"

As Old Zhou appeared in the corridor, Yu Cheng and others followed. Old Zhou ignored them and just smiled and bowed to Si Yao, saying:

"Hehe, please forgive me, Miss Siyao. Last time I was in a hurry and saw that Miss Siyao was busy, so I didn't bother her and left without saying goodbye. Today I come here to apologize to Miss Siyao."

"You're welcome, Mr. Zhou." Si Yao also returned the greeting.

"Miss Si Yao, you don't know that Master Li has been thinking about you every day since he received your handwritten letter!" Old Zhou deliberately glanced at Yan Zong beside Si Yao and continued with a smile, but after he finished speaking, he saw that there was no jealousy on the prince's face and he couldn't help but feel disappointed.

"If Madam Honghua can successfully find the purple pig flower in the East China Sea next year, the poison in Xuanyu's body can be eliminated. Then, I can go to Qile City to see her with peace of mind." Upon hearing this, Si Yao lowered her eyes helplessly and sighed. Xuanyu was poisoned by a strange poison that even the master had never seen, so she had to stay and help the master no matter what.

"She is also going to the East China Sea to look for purple pig flowers?" After hearing Si Yao's words, Old Zhou was immediately shocked and angry. He turned around and went downstairs and went to the courtyard without saying anything more.

"Who is he?" Yan Zong looked at Lao Zhou's departing figure and asked curiously again.

"He seems to be a man of the Jianghu, but he has a close relationship with the Jiangnan famous Li. I told you before that I met some people from Jiangnan named Li in Lianzhou, and he was among them." Si Yao didn't know Mr. Zhou's true identity. Seeing that he and Master Mu Liang didn't seem like master and servant, she only knew that he was good at martial arts, so she made this guess.

"No wonder, I saw him in Qile City of Jingsong Kingdom!" When Yu Cheng mentioned the famous Li from Jiangnan, he suddenly remembered.

"Why does she want me to go to the inn to see her instead of staying in the pharmacy? What is this woman trying to do?" In the courtyard, Lao Zhou learned from Yan Yu that Hong Hua was waiting for him in the inn. He was surprised and happy in his heart, but he pretended to be angry on his face.

"Mr. Zhou, do you want what happened between you to be publicized in this pharmacy?" Yan Yu looked up at him with a smile.

Old Zhou was speechless for a moment, and when he saw that Yan Yu already knew about what happened between her sister and him, he was so ashamed that he left quickly.

In order to see Honghua, Lao Zhou specially bought a set of clean and decent clothes and tidied up his face. He was so nervous that he wanted to drink a few more sips of wine, but then he remembered that the woman often called him a drunkard, so he had to give up.

Honghua sat in the inn with a sad face and sighed. In order to prevent Lao Zhou from being dragged down by her in the future, she followed her sister's suggestion and planned to break up with him. But if she saw him, could she really say it out loud? She was not sure.

Dong dong dong

The knock on the door outside the room startled Honghua. After she calmed down, she got up and opened the door. She was delighted to see that Lao Zhou, who had cleaned up the room, exuded a heroic spirit, which made her heart beat fast. How could she bear to break up with this man?

"Oh, you are such a mean woman. We both got sunburned in the desert. Why did you hide it from me since you had a good remedy?" Old Zhou couldn't help but joked when he saw that Honghua's originally tanned face had recovered 70% to 80%. Her charm made his eyes sparkle.

"Who knows where you've gone?" Honghua smiled coquettishly, and then dragged him into the room. As the door closed, Lao Zhou's panicked voice rang out again:

"Hey, hey, hey, what are you going to do now, woman?"

"Hypocritical man, why are you pretending!"