Chapter 102 - I've Never Seen Such a Lazy Boy like You
Living in this kind of small house was not as convenient as living alone in the old days. Zuo Shaoqing followed behind Yinyi, avoiding the guards of the mansion as they climbed over the fence.
The moment Zuo Shaoqing landed on the ground, he found that Yinyi was already over a hundred meters away. He was also sprinting towards a small alley at a fast speed.
The corner of his mouth twitched. Did Yinyi forget that someone was following behind him?
Zuo Shaoqing could not do it. He could not shout nor did he have the ability to transmit sound at a distance. He could only use his inner force to perform his Qing Gong as he quickly caught up.
The cold wind entered his mouth and nose, even his ears were not spared. It simply went through every orifice, and the faster he ran, the colder the wind got. Zuo Shaoqing was completely cold from the inside out.
Zuo Shaoqing was already out of breath after half an hour of running around the chaotic alleyway in the capital. Unfortunately, Yinyi still had no intention of stopping.
He realized that no matter how fast he was, Yinyi would always be able to run far ahead of him. Yinyi would be able to keep up with him, as if he had eyes on the back of his head.
After running for another half an hour, Zuo Shaoqing could only use his mouth to breathe. At this moment, he no longer cared about whether the wind was cold or not, because his chest was filled with a burning dryness. He thought: Two lifetimes together, I'm afraid there aren't as many paths as tonight.
After an hour, Zuo Shaoqing was standing on a piece of barren land. There were a few abandoned thatched cottages not far away and it was eerily quiet. Wu Tie was standing ten steps away from him with his hands behind his back.
“Cough, cough… Yinyi… If I keep running, I'll die!”
Zuo Shaoqing had his hands on his hips, and his chest was heaving violently. Since he's already done it, what should he do next?
“You're too slow!” Yinyi criticized him bluntly, “This will be our training spot from now on.”
“This… That far?” Zuo Shaoqing turned his head to look at the dark sky. He was probably more than five kilometers away from Zuo's Mansion, right?
“This subordinate thinks that no matter how profound your techniques are, it would be better for you to master the skill of escaping first!”
Zuo Shaoqing's face stiffened. This was simply undisguised contempt. However, he had to admit that Yinyi's words were correct.
He was already 14 years old and had already missed the best age to train his martial arts. No matter how hard he trained, he could only reach the level of a second-rate martial art.
“Are we still going to practice?”
Yinyi nodded, “Yes!” He walked towards Zuo Shaoqing and kicked Zuo Shaoqing twice on the inner part of his lower leg, separating his legs. Then, he pressed down on Zuo Shaoqing's shoulder and said casually: “You can do two hours' horse stance tonight.”
Zuo Shaoqing nearly fell to the ground due to the pressure of this continuous movement. Luckily, he held on to his face.
At this moment, his legs were numb. It would be hell if he could maintain this state for two hours.
Yinyi obtained an incense burner from somewhere and placed it under Zuo Shaoqing's butt. Then, he jumped onto a tree branch without a single leaf and rested with his eyes closed.
Zuo Shaoqing clenched his teeth and held onto his legs with all his might. At the same time, he was silently reciting the Heart Cleansing Tactic in his heart, allowing his boiling blood to quickly calm down.
After the incense was burnt down, Zuo Shaoqing was sweating profusely and his legs were trembling slightly.
Yinyi jumped down and lit another incense stick. He adjusted Zuo Shaoqing's posture and told him the gist of the horse stance. Then, under Zuo Shaoqing's pleading gaze, he jumped onto a branch.
Zuo Shaoqing felt that his legs were no longer the same as his. They were shaking like a sieve. Unfortunately, the one facing him was Yinyi and not Lu Zheng, so Zuo Shaoqing didn't even have the mood to act coquettishly and beg for forgiveness.
Luckily, the person who came wasn't Lu Zheng. Otherwise, his sorry state would be ruined by the sight of him.
He muttered in his heart: “When there is a chance in the future, I must make Yinyi suffer a little. I will treat it as revenge for my own legs.”
After enduring for another half an hour, the incense was only half done. Zuo Shaoqing took a deep breath and took another deep breath. He no longer held his hands horizontally and withdrew his waist, saving a bit of energy.
Zuo Shaoqing felt that the short period of two hours had been infinitely extended. He asked a few times: “Are you done burning it?” Unfortunately, the only response he got was Yinyi's silence.
“Yinyi… I'm almost at my limit…” Zuo Shaoqing's knees became more and more bent, his butt became lower and lower, and the trembling of his feet became more and more obvious. He even suspected that if he moved his butt even an inch further, his butt would be burnt.
Closing his eyes, Zuo Shaoqing tried not to think about how much time he had left. Instead, he thought back to the recent events in his head and sorted out his thoughts.
Now, Zuo Family thought that they were in the darkness before dawn, waiting for Duke Zhen's family to propose marriage. From then on, they would be on the golden path, and chickens and dogs would rise to the sky.
Zuo Shaoqing's revenge plan was very simple. All he had to do was close their door, extinguish their hope, and push them back into the darkness.
What Mrs. Xue wanted was obvious at a glance. It was simply the future of her children. Now that Zuo Shaoling was out of luck, he only needed to act against Zuo Shaoyan and his sister.
Zuo Shaoyan wanted to be an official in the imperial court the most, but he wanted to make it so that he wouldn't be able to enter the Academic Institution door for the rest of his life.
What Zuo Shuhui wanted the most was to marry a good family, to live a life of superiority. She wanted to ruin her reputation, and when the time came, he would find a good man to be her match.
He definitely had to let them have a taste of their despair. That kind of lifeless, lifeless numbness that was worse than death itself.
With less than ten days until Conference Test, he guessed that Mrs. Hoe would make her move one day before Conference Test. After all, there were too many unforeseen events early, so it didn't matter if Mrs. Hoe couldn't make her move in the end.
A cold wind brushed past Zuo Shaoqing's ears, and Yinyi's cold voice interrupted Zuo Shaoqing's train of thought: “Time is up.”
Zuo Shaoqing could not hold on any longer, so he fell forward while worrying about the incense burner under his butt. “Pa!” He made a real contact with the ground and even bit into the mud.
“Pah pah…” He turned his body with difficulty and stretched out his hand towards Yinyi, “Help me, help me up!”
Yinyi's gaze paused on that sparkling white palm for a moment. Instead of advancing, he retreated and shook his head in refusal.
If Zuo Shaoqing was just an ordinary man, it wouldn't be a big deal to pull him back. Unfortunately, he was the future wife of the Wu Steel Manor, so even if he was of the same sex, he should still avoid attracting the attention of his family's master.
Zuo Shaoqing twitched his mouth and lay on the ground for a while. Later on, because the ground was too cold and it was freezing to the point that his bones hurt, he got up on both feet.
As soon as he stood firm, Yinyi flew far away like the wind in the blink of an eye, leaving only two words in Zuo Shaoqing's ears: “Time to go back.”
Zuo Shaoqing cried out in grief. He couldn't move his feet. His legs could barely support his body, yet he still wanted to run?
He wanted to rest for a while before leaving, but it was dark and quiet all around him. There weren't even the sounds of the bugs. It was fine when they were together, but standing alone would give people a creepy feeling of dread.
Seeing that Yinyi was about to disappear from his sight, Zuo Shaoqing had no choice but to follow him. Not only was it scary in the wilderness, but he also didn't know the way back.
It took Zuo Shaoqing twice as long to get back to his room. When the door closed, he collapsed on the floor and didn't even bother to move a finger. Luckily, the charcoal brazier in the room was still burning and he didn't feel cold.
The sky outside was already starting to brighten up. Zuo Shaoqing was tired and sleepy, so he closed his eyes and wanted to sleep.
Yinyi stood beside Luo Xiaoliu for a while, then walked to him who was sleeping like a dead pig. He lifted his blanket and picked him up from the bed.
“Ahhh… Who… Ugh…” Yinyi covered his screaming mouth and threw him off the bed. He kicked him and ordered: “Get up and go heat up the water for San Ye!”
Luo Xiaoliu opened his eyes in a daze. The first thing he saw was a tall person standing in front of him like a pine tree, looking down on him.
“Who are you? What are you planning to do by sneaking into San Ye's room in the middle of the night?” Luo Xiaoliu was confused.
Yinyi's paralyzed face twitched, and he smacked his forehead, repeating: “Go heat up the water!”
“Ah…” Luo Xiaoliu was stunned for a moment as he held his forehead. Then, he snapped out of his daze, pointed his finger at Yinyi and scolded, “How can you be like this? You're not letting me sleep even in the middle of the night?”
Yinyi grabbed him and threw him out the door, letting him look at the sky outside and ridiculed, “I've never seen a lazy attendant like you! If it was at Duke Zhen Manor, his legs would definitely be broken!”
Luo Xiaoliu was afraid of Lu Zheng and Zuo Shaoqing, but he was not afraid of Yinyi. From his point of view, Yinyi was only a guard, one who could not see the light of day.
“This is the Zuo's Mansion after all, it's not up to you to act mighty!”
Yinyi pointed at Zuo Shaoqing, who was lying paralyzed on the ground, “Do you want your master to sleep on the floor like this?”
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