TCN: Mei Gongqing

Chapter 74: Tagging Along

"Aye."

Just then, footsteps sounded outside.

She hadn't entered but her voice was already heard: "Ah Rong, Ah Rong."

Chen Wei strode in and, paying Old Shang and the bowing servants no notice, loudly said to Chen Rong, "Ah Rong, I heard Wang Qilang had gone to Mo'yang and no one knows whether he's alive."

"You already knew?" she asked when she saw no surprise on her cousin's face.

Chen Rong nodded.

Chen Wei came to stand before her, held her hands and sighed. "Don't worry. My father said Wang Qilang is so extraordinary that he won't be met with any danger."

Chen Rong bowed her head and said, "Thank you," before withdrawing her hands.

Chen Wei waved to a servant and ordered, "Bring a seat to the yard. Goodness, when Nurse Ping isn't here, the rest of you don't have any manners."

While she was ordering the servants around, Chen Rong curtsied to her and said, "Forgive me, I must excuse myself for now." She didn't wait for Chen Wei to speak before turning and running into her backyard.

Surprised, Chen Wei watched her, and then heaved and turned around to leave.

After taking a turn in the garden for a couple of hours or so, Chen Rong mounted her carriage and said to Old Shang: "Let's go out."

"Aye."

The carriage moved and headed for town.

The streets had become chaotic, with many nobles urging their carriages here and there like headless flies. Every time they crossed a street, they could hear songs of grief and mourning.

All of a sudden, the entire city of Nan'yang had fallen into panic.

Chen Rong lifted her curtain and watched the city with furrowed brow.

"Ah Rong?" a familiar voice called to her some time later.

Chen Rong turned around. r e a d t h i s @ h a m s t e r 4 2 8

She was facing a pair of glowing thief eyes, their owner being Chen Sanlang. He looked Chen Rong up and down with a flame in his eyes that was different from their previous meetings.

"Third brother." Chen Rong bowed to him from the carriage.

As she bowed to him, his eyes were glued to her slender waist and round buttocks.

He waved his hand and signaled his driver to move closer to Chen Rong.

He poked his head out, looked at Chen Rong and sighed: "Ah Rong, I heard that Wang Qilang had died in Mo'yang." He sounded absolutely certain.

Chen Rong paled but tried to laugh. "That can't be. Haven't the Hu only surrounded Mo'yang?"

"Is that so?" Chen Sanlang gave two hollow laughs.

He looked at Chen Rong and affectedly said, "Murong Ke of the Xianbei tribe is an invincible warlord. Since he has laid Mo'yang under siege, the odds are against the city."

At this juncture, he softly sighed. "It's fortunate that you hadn't been promised to Wang Qilang." He paused, shook his head, and continuously lamented: "But your reputation had regrettably been ruined by him. Otherwise, I would've helped you find another man to marry. But now..."

He drew near, his eyes roaming on Chen Rong's full bosom. "Ah Rong, would you like me to help you?"

Chen Rong retreated to the back, bowed her head and said, "How can I talk of marriage when I don't even know if he's dead or alive?"