This time, Chu Yao was the one who couldn't hold back his laughter.
Fanning himself with a cattail fan to ward off the heat, he laughed at him without restraint. "Qi Yuanliang, you actually let an eleven- or twelve-year-old child worm information out of you?"
Qi Shan shot Chu Yao an annoyed glare, his eyes carrying a veiled threat. Unfortunately, the other man wasn't the least bit intimidated and simply continued enjoying the spectacle.
"Young Master Shen, whom did you encounter outside?"
Seeing that his glare had achieved little, Qi Shan decisively changed the subject.
Shen Tang said, "Someone surnamed Gu."
Qi Shan waited for her to describe him in detail, only to be met with a useless sentence.
And Chu Yao had to stick his foot in and stir up trouble, joining Young Master Shen in playing off each other. "Someone surnamed Gu—male or female?"
Shen Tang caught his drift at once and immediately joined in the teasing.
"Ah, could an old flame still be a man?"
Chu Yao teased, "Well, that's hard to say. Places like Moonlit Pavilion, those male courtesan houses, have remained bustling with business and rolling in wealth year after year. That shows this fashion is still quite flourishing at the present. Given Qi Yuanliang's famed romantic exploits in his youth, what if..."
Shen Tang clicked her tongue. "So he really is a man."
Ignoring the look on Qi Shan's face, as if he wanted to overturn the half-woven bamboo strips onto his head, Chu Yao continued courting death. "And what does he look like?"
Qi Shan spoke up, cutting off the master and servant's double act.
He said decisively, "There is no 'what if'!"
The two of them did not dare tease him too far, lest they truly provoke him. Chu Yao kept waving