The burly man cracked his knuckles and grinned with his teeth showing, "You think a Ger like you can beat me? Aiyo, come on, you're such a beautiful ger man. Why don't you come with Laozi instead? We can have some fun."

[Note: Laozi - A term to boast oneself/show swagger.]

'A ger?!' After Huang Shu heard that, he was already clenching his first. 'How could someone hurt a weak ger man?! That's so immoral!"

"I'm sorry, but I don't hang out with filthy mutt," the man in blue hanfu said.

"You call Laozi a filthy mutt?!"

"I don't even want to use my hand for you, filthy mutt," the man in blue hanfu intentionally taunted. And it had successfully ignited the burly man's anger.

The burly man didn't hesitate and punched the young man in the face. The young man dodged to the side and then elegantly kicked the man's leg until he lost his balance, and then, the man in blue hanfu kicked his face.

"Ugh!" The burly man felt as if he just got kicked by a big hammer instead of feet. His cheek was heavily bruised, while the man in blue hanfu still leisurely cupped his hand behind.

The burly man gritted his teeth and got up again. He clenched his fist, was about to attack recklessly for the second time. The man in blue hanfu used a crate near him and jumped high.

He landed on top of the man's back, and with one stomp, the man fell to the ground as if he had been smacked by a big rock instead. His face was red when the man in blue hands intentionally stood at his back, pressing the deeper with his feet, making sure that the burly man suffocated.

"Sor… ry… spare… please spare… me… uhk!"

The man in blue hanfu sighed, and he finally jumped out, sparing the burly man's life, "Seriously, if it's not because of daylight, I would've killed you."

Huang Shu was stunned when he saw this. He never saw someone so effortlessly took a big man down, even him. He would've needed to take some punches from that burly man.

The stunned Huang Shu was jaw-dropped when the man in blue hanfu finally turned his back, facing his direction, but didn't seem to notice Huang Shu from afar.

He just went straight to the little girl hiding behind a tree. He crouched in front of the girl with a smile on his face. With this, Huang Shu could finally see his appearance.

A beautiful ger man, very beautiful in fact, that Huang Shu thought it would be illegal for him to be that beautiful, waking in the street unguarded. But his beauty was also unique because Huang Shu also found masculinity in his face. It made a nice mixture of beautiful peach blossom eyes with a small straight nose and bright red cinnabar mole between his brows. But his brows were straight and quite thick. It made him looked very… comforting. His gaze was so beautiful.

The man in blue hanfu had bow lips with a natural pinkish color, which was seductive enough for Huang Shu's heart to accelerate when he smiled at the little girl.

"Remember your name now?"

"Y—Yes… my name is Meilan…"

"I will treat you nice and give you food, clothing, and shelter. As long as you are willing to be my servant," the man in blue hanfu said.

"M—Master, you're not going to hurt me, right? I just want food…" the little girl said. "A—And shelter… um… clothes as well. I… I want many things…' the little girl said.

"I can give you those. I just need someone who wants to work for me. And I stumble upon you. Don't worry about money. I will give you a monthly salary as well."

"A—Ah… as long as you give me food and shelter, I'm… okay…" the little girl added. She would never expect to find someone as kind and generous as this man.

"Okay, then, come with me. Remember your name?" The man in blue hanfu asked again, and the little girl shook her head gently. "That's understandable, then. Your new name from me will be Meilan. Okay?"

"Meilan…"

The little girl nodded and happily held the man in blue hand's as they walked away. None of them seemed to notice Huang Shu quite far from them. This was understandable since Huang Shu was dressed as a commoner, not a royal prince.

But for Huang Shu, though, he kept staring at the man's back, with his long silky hair waved alongside the pink peony hanging as his hairpin.

Huang Shu put his palm at his heart gently as he tried to feel this crazy feeling. He could sense that his cheek reddened for no reason, and his heart was beating like a drum.

Ba-dump. Ba-dump. Ba-dump!

Huang Shu thought it was utterly ridiculous, but he had to admit that he, the cold Seventh Prince who never cared about love before, might have fallen in love with a random ger he met in the Capital City. No, specifically, in the Red District.

And it was love at first sight.

Huang Shu gulped, he wanted to directly chase the man and grabbed him, but then again, he was still dressed as a commoner right now. If someone caught him dressed like this, he would be in serious trouble back in the Imperial Palace.

Thus Huang Shu followed the man stealthily, wanting to know his address, at least. So at least, Huang Shu could do more research later on…

**

Meanwhile, Bai Yunyu was so happy that he finally found Meilan. in the original story, Bai Yunyu found Meilan when he was seventeen. But Yunyu couldn't wait that long.

How could he let someone as good as Meilan suffer in that red district, seeing so many promiscuous things every day and eating stuff thrown by people?

So it was Yunyu's personal mission to find Meilan!

[Pupaaaa, look at Meilan! Isn't she so cute? Oh my, I feel like I can actually become her adopted dad here! Nyahahaha~]

[Pupa:...]

[Eh, why are you silent?]

[Pupa: It's nothing.]

Pupa wanted to say that it might've sensed Huang Shu around. It turned around and saw obviously Huang Shu who followed them, with his shabby clothing, unfit for a royal prince, and also face full of dirt, quite an exaggeration from a 'peasant' disguise.

What made Pupa surprised was the fact that they could meet Huang Shu so quickly and easily. They were not even two hours in this third timeline, and Huang Shu somehow already found Bai Yunyu and followed him as well.

It made Pupa wonder if it was truly a fated red string of fate between Huang Shu and Bai Yunyu. Because there was no script about this in the original story.

'Should I tell Spicy Chicken Yunyu?' Pupa pondered. Then it decided not to, 'Well, this Spicy Chicken host said that he will rely on fate to guide him and Huang Shu together if they were actually lovers in fate.'

'Heh, I basically confirmed their red string of fate so easily. But I would just sit and watch,' Pupa thought as it disappeared.