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to go to the Second branch of the Wei estate. Yan Gen dressed up in a robe that was easy to move to. It's not like he's formally going to visit the Second branch house. He's not going to enter through the main gate anyway, he's going to sneak in. To do that, he dressed in a knee length black robe and a black loose pants, he even covered his face with black cloth to blend in with the night.

Right now, he looks like a thief and an assassin at the same time. He might get slashed in half once the guards saw him, this thought left him a bit scared. Therefore, he removed the black cloth covering his gorgeous face. If he was ever discovereded, he'll quickly turn around and let them see his face, halting them from sending their deadly weapons through her, lest he received an early death.

When he arrived at Wei Yuu's house, he wasn't able to go inside, or rather, he wouldn't dare sneak inside his house. Yan Gen stayed at the side of the street, more than twenty steps away from the gate. Yan Gen is not familiar with the surroundings of the second branch's estate. He has never been there, he merely passed by their gate when Wei Yuu showed him around in the capital and said that it's where he live and Yan Gen threw an uninteresting glance at it.

The second branch isn't as big as the Wei main estate but it was also big and luxurious on its own.

Yan Gen glanced at the tall walls that is surrounding the estate, it has the same height of the wall in the Wei main estate. He won't be able to climb over for sure. He paced around in the same spot for ten minutes now, if he stayed any longer, he'll appear suspicious and the guards might seize him.

Luckily, he saw Wei Yuu's servant boy who's always by his side, he's going out of the estate with a white fur coat in hand while riding a horse. Yan Gen's eyes brighten and he called him out.

The servant boy immediately halted his horse. He looked surprise when he saw him. Getting off his horse, he bowed and greets him "Young miss..."

Yan Gen directly asked him where his master is, what he got was a look of bewilderment from him. "Didn't Young Master go out to meet you?" What? Yan Gen was even more bewildered than him.

Not bothering to say goodbye to him, he turned on his heels to make his way back to the Wei Main estate. Did they walked past one another? Because he didn't bring a horse, he has to rent a carriage outside.

The way to the second branch from the main estate will have to get passed the central market of the capital. There are so many people, similar to the first day of the Spring Festival, the difference is that there are more lanterns. Well... it's called Lantern Festival for a reason.

When the carriage was in the middle of going through the busy street of the market, he was suddenly thrown on the other side. The carriage suddenly stopped, a menacing voice resonantly sounded in his ears.

"Don't you know how to drive? You should slow down when you're driving through a crowded place"

Isn't this voice a bit familiar? Cold and deep. The carriage driver couldn't even talk in fright. Base on their clothings alone, these people he bumped into has a high ranking social status. How could he compare? He's just a mere carriage driver. He could only turn his head around to look for that person in the carriage for help. That young lady in black, although she look a bit suspicious in that outfit, the way she talked and move reminded him of a noble young lady. Even if she isn't a daughter of a high ranking official, with that kind of face, she must be a wife to a wealthy noble man.

Yan Gen pitied the carriage driver, hearing him heavily kowtowed on the ground in apology. Unfortunately, the people he bumped into are hard to appease, so Yan Gen decided to go out himself and probably flaunt his status as a young miss from the Wei clan if they couldn't be appeased through money. That is of course, if the other party is not a prince himself.

Oh. He doesn't know how wrong he was for if he knew who was the man the driver bumped into, he wouldn't even show a strand of his hair.

Seeing the young miss in black robe coming out of the carriage, the carriage driver immediately thought that this young miss has a compassionate heart to save him, his eyes instantly showed a light of hopefulness. Yan Gen's sight fall unto the driver who's staring at her like a hero in a golden light and then to the direction he's kowtowing. Yan Gen completely froze in his track. Not knowing what he should do next, for the one standing in dominance right in front of him is the very man he doesn't want to meet again in his lifetime, Zhu Mingli.

He's been missing in action, atleast in the capital. Who knows? As a male lead, he might be emitting a blinding male lead halo wherever he goes. It was said the last time he heard about him that he was send to another place yet again to investigate an official who's been corrupting the citizens in his place, probably a governor.

As expected of the male lead, it was no surprise that he came back in the capital immediately, having finished a mission that the Emperor gave to him in just a month. What came as a surprise to Yan Gen is that they'll meet again in this kind of situation. If possible, he doesn't want to meet him ever again. The male lead and the villainess cannot be together in one place, if they do, the consequence will be severe and it was always the latter who received most damage. He must escape right away.

Walking out of here as if he didn't know him wouldn't be considered rude or acting as if he didn't know him wouldn't be that obvious, right?

Offending a male god wouldn't do him any good, he might get back at him. Yan Gen doesn't know what to do, he just stood there and stared at Zhu Mingli with a complicated expression.

Zhu Mingli on the other hand, changed his gaze from irritation and anger to an overflowing tender gaze. He was pleasantly surprised to meet her here unexpectedly. Wanting to see her as soon as possible yet unable to do so as there were many obstacles. He's been yearning for her all this time. His dark expression earlier brighten when his eyesight landed on her. How much he wants to pull her into his arms, crushing her into her embrace and resting his head at the crook of her neck to inhale her addicting sweet smile.

Step by step, he walked to her, with the colorful lanterns and the people passing by as background. It was like a slow motion straight out of historical drama. It reminded Yan Gen of the scene in Love in the moonlight where the two main characters went out in a special occasion.

The female lead in that drama was dressed up as a man, or to be more specific, pretending to be a man in the palace with an identity of an eunuch, while the male lead is the crown prince.

What kind of sh*t did he came up with just now? Yan Gen quickly snapped out of it and took a few step backs from the approaching enemy prince to indicate that they must keep distance to each other as it is inappropriate to have a close distance. He followed it with a proper curtsy, putting his hands together next to his right side and lowering himself a bit.

"Greetings to his highness, the fifth prince"

When the carriage driver heard Yan Gen addressed Zhu Mingli as a prince. His face turned pale and he kowtowed on the ground even harder, apologizing profusely. To actually offend a prince, death is the only thing that awaits him. Yan Gen grimaced at the sound of his head knocking on the ground, making his forehead bleed, also staining the ground his forehead repeatedly knocks onto.

Yan Gen sighed in his heart. There are many troublesome things in the ancient times. Offending your superior means death already. He slightly raised his bowed head to take a peek at Zhu Mingli who he successfully stopped from approaching him further.