Su Baiyi and Nangong Xier looked at each other, wondering what was wrong with this rich young man wearing a silver belt all of a sudden.
But the young man was excited: "Oh my God, I thought this journey west would be extremely boring, but I didn't expect to see such a beauty before I even boarded the ship. I wonder what her name is, where she is from, how old she is, and whether she is married?"
“Sir…” the middle-aged man who was sitting at the entrance collecting tickets called out helplessly.
"I'm talking to a fairy, don't say too much." The rich young man waved his hand impatiently at the middle-aged man, then smiled at Nangong Xier, "Oh, I'm so abrupt, I should have introduced myself first. My name is Mu Nianhua, and I'm ranked seventh in Qingzhou, so the girls like to call me the Seventh Young Master. I'm just beginning to fall in love, and I'm not married yet."
"Oh?" Nangong Xier smiled, "Then the women around you are..."
"Oh, they are brothers and sisters, brothers and sisters." Mu Nianhua didn't even blink, completely ignoring the changed expressions of the women, and his tone remained calm.
"Sir, we want to board a ship, but we have no silver. I wonder if you could lend us some. How about we return it to you when we arrive at Daze Prefecture?" Su Baiyi couldn't help but speak.
Mu Nianhua's eyebrows suddenly twitched, and he took a step back, looking surprised as if he had just realized that there was a big man next to the fairy. He asked, "Who are you?"
"My name is Su Baiyi." Su Baiyi replied.
Mu Nianhua looked Su Baiyi up and down, then looked at Nangong Xier in Su Baiyi's arms, raised his head to look at the sky, and sighed.
"Sir... the time is almost up. Our Mu family has a rule that there can't be any deviation in the time of each departure." The middle-aged man reminded.
Mu Nianhua ignored him completely, lowered his head and looked at Su Baiyi again, and said slowly: "Elope?"
"Ah?" Su Baiyi and Nangong Xier were both stunned.
"That must be the case." Mu Nianhua sighed again, "Looking at the way you two look, you must have fallen in love with the fairy sister, but the fairy sister's family looked down on you, a poor boy. The fairy sister wanted to elope, but her family broke her legs, and you broke in without hesitation and ran away with her."
Su Baiyi and Nangong Xier were speechless at Mu Nianhua's imagination, and they didn't know what to say for a moment, but when it came to Mu Nianhua, it seemed like they had already acquiesced. He shook his head and said, "What a pity, what a pity. Nowadays, a good man should be paired with a gentleman like me. However, all love in the world is worthy of admiration. Although it is a pity, it all comes down to the word love. I should praise it." Mu Nianhua pulled out the night pearl from the hairpin, walked forward, and handed it to Nangong Xier.
The many beauties in white clothes around him all exclaimed in amazement and began to whisper. The middle-aged man said anxiously, "Sir, no! It will be disastrous if the master finds out."
Nangong Xier gently turned the bead and felt it was warm and smooth. It was obvious that it was not an ordinary item. She asked in confusion: "This bead..."
"You and I are not destined to be together, and will soon become strangers to each other. I will give this bead to the girl, so that when she sees this bead in the future, she will always think of me. The lack of destiny will turn into destiny, and there will be fewer regrets." Mu Nianhua smiled slightly.
"What about me?" Su Baiyi smiled cheekily, "Is there anything you can give me?"
"My family is in the medicinal materials business, and I want to give you a piece of Huan Yi Xiang." Mu Nianhua raised his eyebrows.
"It sounds like a good name." Su Baiyi asked curiously, "I wonder what it does?"
"Men who smell this fragrance will not be able to have sex, and women who smell this fragrance for a long time will not be able to have children." Mu Nianhua said quietly, "Every year, those people in the palace will secretly buy a large number of them from our Mu family, and they are not cheap."
"Sir, we really have to get on board." The middle-aged man was sweating anxiously. The Mu family had missed the opportunity to set sail, and his path to becoming a shopkeeper would end here.
"Don't worry, I know the rules." Mu Nianhua turned around and flicked his long sleeves, "Let's go." As soon as he finished speaking, Mu Nianhua took the several beautiful women around him and walked towards the boat.
Su Baiyi hurriedly carried Nangong Xier and was about to walk onto the boat, but was stopped by the middle-aged man again.
"Give the silver and get on board. This is the rule of the Mu family. You can't get on board just by talking to the young master." The middle-aged man said in a deep voice.
"This bead." Nangong Xier raised the bead in her hand, "Is it worth ten taels of silver?"
The middle-aged man licked his lips and felt his throat a little dry. This night pearl was a gift from the Ye family, the largest jeweler in Lingxi, on Mu Nianhua's sixteenth birthday. Mu Nianhua has been wearing it on his head all these years. In terms of value alone, it would be more than enough to sell it to buy a shop on an entire street.
Ten taels of silver
You must be kidding.
But Nangong Xier asked very sincerely.
Su Baiyi sighed softly: "It's just a shining bead, how can it be worth ten taels of silver."
"Okay." The middle-aged man took the bead from Nangong Xier's hand, "There is one room left in the Tianzi layer, and it is named "Fragile", so I will give it to you two. All meals on the boat are free until we dock. Please go in."
"Only one room left?" Su Baiyi blushed slightly.
"Why is your heartbeat suddenly faster?" Nangong Xier, who was being held, clearly felt it.
The middle-aged man's face darkened slightly: "The ground room is full, but there are still some rooms left in the human room, but the human room is a big bunk bed, can you bear to let your young lady live there?"
"Of course not." Su Baiyi shook his head repeatedly.
"Get on board!" The middle-aged man was too lazy to say anything more and turned to board the ship. Su Baiyi and Nangong Xier also hurriedly followed.
Mu Nianhua, who was already on the boat, watched the bead return to him. He opened the folding fan in his hand and waved it gently: "It's not fate, it's not fate after all."
"Sir, there is something wrong with these two people." A beautiful girl in white whispered.
"I have no problem facing such a beauty." Mu Nianhua said with a smile.
"People from Shanglin Palace have been appearing nearby today. Someone even saw killers from Qingming Court on the way here." The beautiful lady in white continued.
"I thought it was a clichéd story about a beautiful woman and a poor scholar, but I didn't expect it to be a story about a killer drawing his sword and a hero saving a beauty. Isn't that more interesting?" Mu Nianhua gently waved his folding fan and watched Su Baiyi board the ship.
"The Lord said not to get involved in anything related to Shanglin Tiangong."
"I gave her the beads, and she returned them to me." Mu Nianhua put away his folding fan, turned around, stretched out his hand and pinched the chin of the beautiful lady in white, "We no longer have any relationship."