Chapter 53 His Zhang Meng Should Be Carefree

“Lu Cha, you chat with Zi Yi for a while, I’ll go back first,” Zhang Meng said to Xu Lu Cha.

“Alright,” Xu Lu Cha replied softly.

After watching Zhang Meng leave, Xu Lu Cha withdrew his gaze. The beautiful eyes that were just filled with tenderness gradually became calm.

“What’s the matter, Zi Yi?”

Zi Yi said urgently: “Young master, Miss Qin sent this thing to the lady.” He took out a wooden Guanyin statue from his sleeve.

Xu Lu Cha took the wooden Guanyin, his delicate hand lightly pressed an inconspicuous protrusion at the bottom of the carving, and sure enough, a small roll of paper fell out from inside.

Unfolding the note, Xu Lu Cha’s face slowly turned cold.

“Young master, what should we do? Miss Qin, she…”

Xu Lu Cha crumpled the note and threw it into his sleeve, giving the wooden Guanyin back to Zi Yi: “Did anyone else know you took the wooden Guanyin?”

“No one knows. The lady received the wooden Guanyin, not knowing there was something inside, and casually put it in the warehouse. Zi Yi secretly took it out from the warehouse.”

“Put it back,” Xu Lu Cha said coldly. “Xu Hong doesn’t know there’s something inside, but that old hag will certainly suspect there’s something odd about the wooden Guanyin, and will definitely send someone to check the warehouse.”

Zi Yi kept the wooden Guanyin and bowed his head, responding: “Yes.”

“As for Miss Qin’s side…” Xu Lu Cha frowned, “Zi Yi, have her come see me tomorrow.”

Zi Yi hesitated: “But young master, Zi Yi fears Miss Qin may not be willing to come.”

Qin Long and Xu Lu Cha had been cooperating in business for a long time. It was because of Xu Lu Cha’s advice that her business could be revived. But now that her business is developing better and better, she no longer wants to be manipulated by Xu Lu Cha, and even wants to team up with Chen Yue to deal with Xu Lu Cha.

Xu Lu Cha sneered: “She has no choice but to come. I’d like to see how long she can last without me, Xu Lu Cha.”

Qin Long has indeed become smarter. To avoid his ears and eyes, she gave the wooden Guanyin containing the note to Xu Hong. Xu Hong is an honest person and won’t think much of it, but Chen Yue has a clever mind, and will certainly know that Qin Long, who usually doesn’t interfere with the Xu family, suddenly sending gifts to Xu Hong must have some hidden agenda.

If he hadn’t taught Zi Yi the art of mechanisms before, Zi Yi wouldn’t have known that there was a note hidden inside an ordinary wooden Guanyin to deal with him.

But Qin Long’s cleverness is only this much. To fight against him, Xu Lu Cha, she’s not qualified yet.

Xu Lu Cha thought for a moment, took out a small pouch from his sleeve, and handed it to Zi Yi.

“Give this to Qin Long. After she sees it, she will naturally come to see me.”

“Yes, young master.”

Zi Yi took the pouch. Just as he was about to leave, he caught sight of the mutton-fat jade pendant at Xu Lu Cha’s waist, and his heart trembled.

“Young master! This jade pendant…”

Zi Yi suddenly stopped, quickly turned around, and grabbed the jade pendant at Xu Lu Cha’s waist: “Young master, where did you get this jade pendant from?”

The token of love given by Zhang Meng was tightly grabbed by another man. Xu Lu Cha frowned in displeasure, raised his folding fan, and hit Zi Yi’s hand hard: “Zi Yi, let go!”

Zi Yi withdrew his hand, anxiously saying: “Young master, please let Zi Yi look at this jade pendant first!”

Seeing Zi Yi so anxious that his face turned pale, Xu Lu Cha felt a vague uneasiness in his heart. He untied the jade pendant and placed it in front of Zi Yi: “You can look but not touch.”

But Zi Yi didn’t listen to him, took the jade pendant, and felt it all over. When he touched the engraving inside the inner ring of the jade pendant, he was as if scalded, almost throwing the jade pendant to the ground.

“Zi Yi!” Xu Lu Cha snatched back the jade pendant, wiping it carefully with a handkerchief with a displeased expression, as if Zi Yi had defiled his jade pendant.

Zi Yi was still in shock: “Young master, quickly put away the jade pendant. If someone with ill intentions sees it, you will lose your life.”

Ten years ago, before Xu Lu Cha was brought back to the Xu mansion, Zi Yi was still serving Chen Yue.

Chen Yue was the young master of an official family, and he could know many things about the officialdom. At that time, someone in the court rebelled, and the Empress was furious, sentencing all the rebels to death.

The Princess Ming was the leader of the rebellion. She knew her plan had been exposed and tried to escape with her entire family, but was eventually caught by people sent by the Empress. Not long after, more than a hundred members of Princess Ming’s family were beheaded.

It is said that the descendants of Princess Ming escaped the pursuit of the court and have since disappeared. Now the court is still looking for the descendants of Princess Ming, wanting to eliminate them completely.

Now that Xu Lu Cha was holding the token of Princess Ming, Zi Yi was naturally frightened out of his wits.

After listening to Zi Yi’s intermittent account of Princess Ming’s affair, Xu Lu Cha’s handsome face slowly sank.

His delicate hand tightly gripped the white jade pendant, and after a long silence, he said in a deep voice: “Zi Yi, don’t tell anyone about this matter.”

Zi Yi quickly nodded: “But, young master, where did you get this jade pendant…”

“You don’t need to worry about this,” Xu Lu Cha said coldly.

After Zi Yi left, Xu Lu Cha lowered his eyes, looking at the jade pendant in his hand with a complex gaze.

After a long time, he gently caressed the delicate mutton-fat jade pendant with affection.

“Lu Cha? Why are you standing at the door and not coming in?”

Zhang Meng saw that Xu Lu Cha hadn’t come in for a long time and came out to check on him. Seeing him standing alone in a daze, she asked puzzledly.

“Lu Cha, has Zi Yi gone back?”

Xu Lu Cha put away the gloom on his face and turned to smile at Zhang Meng: “Mm, he went back first.”

He walked to Zhang Meng’s side and reached out to hold her hand.

“Zhang Meng, let’s go back.”

“Alright,” Zhang Meng smiled at him.

Looking at Zhang Meng’s eyes curved into crescents when she smiled, Xu Lu Cha’s beautiful eyes softened like water.

No matter what her identity is, she is his wife-master, the person he cares about the most.

So, he hopes Zhang Meng can live happily without worries forever.

He will bear all the dangerous things for her.

“Zhang Meng, I’ll dance for you tonight,” Xu Lu Cha said softly.

“Okay,” Zhang Meng smiled in response.

Seeing Xu Lu Cha’s jade-like ears turn red, Zhang Meng couldn’t help but ruffle his hair.

The more she understands Xu Lu Cha, the more she can discover his cuteness. Before, she thought Xu Lu Cha was selfish and ruthless, but now she finds that Xu Lu Cha can be softer and more adorable than anyone.

After dinner, Xu Lu Cha pulled Zhang Meng back to the courtyard.

Before Zhang Meng could steady herself, Xu Lu Cha had already locked the door of the courtyard.

“Lu Cha, what are you doing?” Seeing Xu Lu Cha’s nervous appearance, Zhang Meng also became nervous.

Xu Lu Cha’s handsome face was slightly red, he pursed his thin lips without speaking, and pulled Zhang Meng’s hand towards the room.

The room was also locked by Xu Lu Cha. Zhang Meng sat at the table, feeling vaguely uneasy.

Xu Lu Cha took out an exquisite wooden carved box from the wardrobe, his face red as he said to Zhang Meng: “You just wait here, don’t leave.” After saying this, he quickly walked behind the screen.

Behind the screen was a pool. Xu Lu Cha has always loved cleanliness, and he doesn’t like bathing in a bathtub, so before he married over, he spent a lot of money to have people dig a water channel, connecting to the small waterfall behind the government office mountain, bringing the spring water into Zhang Meng’s room, creating a pool.

Xu Lu Cha had been bathing in the pool these past two days.

“Lu Cha, are you going to bathe?” Zhang Meng asked puzzledly.

A low response came from behind the screen: “Mm.”

At this time, the sun had not yet set, and the sunset glow shone through the window cracks, casting Xu Lu Cha’s slender shadow on the screen.

Xu Lu Cha’s clothes quickly fell off, and he walked into the pool naked.

His skin was as white and delicate as white jade, with a slim waist, perky buttocks, and long legs. Because of frequent dance practice, his muscles were beautifully proportioned.

The surface of the pool was covered with fiery petals, half-concealing his snow-white body.

After bathing, he lifted his leg out of the pool, but instead of drying his body, he directly put on the soft white gauze.

The gauze became transparent instantly upon contact with water, clinging tightly to his snow-white skin.

His long hair was half wet and half dry, with a few strands of wet hair clinging tightly to his delicate jade-like face.

His snow-white hands and feet were all adorned with silver rings, with small bells attached to the rings, making tinkling sounds with the slightest movement.

He took a red string strung with white jade bells and gently tied it down there.

He looked at himself in the mirror, his beautiful eyes misty, his red lips like fire.

Slowly stretching out his body, he turned around in front of the mirror, the bells tinkling.

The current Xu Lu Cha had completely shed his usual fresh and otherworldly appearance, exuding deadly allure from head to toe.

“Zhang Meng,” he said hoarsely, “I’m going to dance for you now.”

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