Traveling to ancient times, with space

Chapter 204 Gu Yuan

The innkeeper nodded hurriedly and replied, "Yes, yes. Waiter, come quickly and help this customer lead the mule to our stable. Make sure to feed it well."

At his call, a young waiter came out and quickly walked to the cart outside the door.

Then, the innkeeper took out two wooden plaques from the counter, handed them to Su Yue, and instructed her, "Sir, your room is on the third floor. Just follow the numbers written on these plaques and you will find it easily."

After Dali entered the inn, the two of them slowly walked up the stairs together.

After washing up, Dali went to Su Yue's room. By then, night had fallen outside, and it was pitch black all around.

The streets have lost their daytime hustle and bustle. No matter how lively it is during the day, this is ultimately just a small town on the outskirts of the city.

The windows of their room faced the backyard, offering a clear view of the mules in the stables.

The two leaned against the window, cracking sunflower seeds as they watched with great interest the busy figures of people in the backyard.

Suddenly, Su Yue pointed to a carriage and asked Dali curiously, "Look, isn't that the carriage we saw when we were queuing to enter the city?"

Dali replied absentmindedly, "Hmm... I guess so." Her mind was completely occupied by Su Yue all day long.

They had no time or inclination to pay attention to their surroundings, and naturally had no recollection of the carriage.

"Oh my, what a coincidence!" Su Yue had just finished speaking when she saw a young man being helped out of the carriage.

The boy was rather thin, with a face as pale as paper, giving him an impression of being sickly and frail.

Just as Su Yue gently spat out the sunflower seed shells from her mouth, she inadvertently looked up and happened to meet the gaze of the young man.

For a moment, time seemed to stand still as the two stared at each other silently, neither looking away first.

Su Yue gave an awkward smile and quickly turned her head away, looking elsewhere.

Su Yue showed absolutely no shame at being caught red-handed.

After waiting for a while, Su Yue took Dali's hand and they went downstairs to have dinner.

After all, people from all over the world live here, and by communicating with them, you might be able to get all sorts of information about this country.

As newcomers to the area, the two women are completely unfamiliar with their surroundings, so their immediate priority is to understand the current situation as soon as possible.

As soon as they sat down, the enthusiastic waiter immediately came over, asking with a beaming smile, "What would you two gentlemen like to eat?"

Su Yue rested her hands on the table and supported her head, saying, "What delicious food do you have here?"

Seeing this, the waiter quickly introduced, "Sir, our mutton is famous! How about I serve you two dishes each?"

Upon hearing this, Su Yue readily nodded and replied, "Okay, then let's have two dishes." She didn't seem coy or pretentious at all.

Just as the two were patiently waiting for the food to be served, the young man who had just made eye contact with Su Yue slowly walked down the stairs and went straight to the table directly opposite where Su Yue was sitting and sat down.

A boy of similar age was always closely following the young man. Judging from his appearance and behavior, he must be the young master's personal servant.

Besides the young boy, there was also a slightly older man.

This man had a weathered face, a full beard, and a gleaming sword at his waist, giving him the air of a chivalrous knight-errant.

After the two sat down, the boy beside them quickly poured them tea, then stood quietly behind the boy with his hands at his sides.

Before long, the waiter swiftly brought the dishes Su Yue had ordered to the table.

First came a plate of freshly sliced, tender mutton, as thin as cicada wings with clearly defined marbling; next was a plate of stir-fried mutton. In addition, there was a large bowl of hot mutton soup, and finally four large steamed buns.

"Please enjoy your meal, sir." The waiter bowed slightly before turning and leaving.

After the waiter left, Dali picked up a spoon first, and Su Yue ladled out a bowl of mutton soup, saying softly, "Drink it quickly."

Su Yue took the bowl and took a small sip. She found the mutton soup delicious, but it seemed slightly inferior to the soup she had when she first entered the town.

Just then, the middle-aged man at the next table, who had a long sword at his waist, took a sip of tea and let out a long sigh.

Then he slowly spoke to the boy beside him, saying, "Yuan'er, I'm afraid your journey back to Shangdu will be fraught with danger and difficulties!"

"Third Uncle, things have come to this, and we must go back eventually. I swear I will not be a man if I do not avenge my mother's death! Even if Father remains obstinate and favors that wicked woman, don't blame me for disregarding our father-son relationship."

Back then, he actually believed that wicked woman's sweet talk and, completely disregarding my young age, cruelly sent me back to my uncle's house.

The journey was fraught with danger. If it weren't for my second uncle and you arriving in time to rescue me, I probably would have perished long ago and gone to the underworld to reunite with my poor mother.

Young Gu Yuan's face appeared calm as still water, but deep in his eyes burned a raging fire, mixed with a trace of resentment and boundless ambition.

Upon hearing this, Wang Baiyuan couldn't help but sigh deeply and said with concern, "Alas! It's one thing for them to ignore us all these years, but now they've suddenly sent someone to invite you back. I really don't know if this is a blessing or a curse."

After a brief pause, he continued, "So, what should we do with those two guys in the backyard?"

Gu Yuan pondered for a moment, then decisively replied, "Third Uncle, in my opinion, you should set off for your return first thing tomorrow morning. After all, those two were sent by Father, so you shouldn't encounter too many obstacles on your way back to Shangdu."

Just then, the waiter came over with a bowl of hot food in both hands and placed it on the table.

Upon seeing this, the two tacitly stopped talking and remained silent.

However, what they did not expect was that although the two of them had tried to keep their voices down during their conversation, Su Yue, who was sitting at the next table, could easily hear the entire conversation if she wanted to listen.

Su Yue thought to herself, "Wow! I never expected that there would be such a complicated and bizarre story at the next table."

Su Yue felt she should stay away from these people. She liked gossip, but she didn't like trouble.

After finishing our meal, I quickly pulled Dali upstairs to rest.