Wende Bridge and Skywater Bridge, as their names suggested, were both beside the river within Capital City. The difference was that one was upstream and the other downstream, and they were not particularly close.
Ye Jingtang led the horse at a brisk walk, passing through bustling streets and quiet lanes. It took half an hour before he returned to the Pei Family's alley from the Back Street of Skywater Bridge.
Pei Xiangjun sat on the horse. With passersby along the road and some distance between her and Ye Jingtang, casual conversation was inconvenient, so she had been silently thinking about all sorts of things.
When the horse stopped outside the gate hung with a lantern bearing the character "Pei," Pei Xiangjun dismounted and straightened her skirt.
"Jingtang, come inside and sit for a while. I have something to discuss with you."
"Uh..."
Ye Jingtang felt a little heat in his chest and abdomen. For some inexplicable reason, he kept recalling that silly girl's fleshy cannonball strike, Heroine Luo's shy endurance of humiliation, and Third Madam's backward glance with her shoulder exposed...
Hearing Third Madam's voice, Ye Jingtang came to his senses and turned to look.
"What is it? Why don't we talk here?"
Pei Xiangjun had just been about to enter the residence when his words stopped her again. Her gaze turned sour.
"In a hurry to get back and keep Miss Ning'er company?"
Yes.
Ye Jingtang did not know why, but he really wanted to hold Heroine Luo and chat. Seeing Third Madam's reproachful expression, however, he immediately suppressed the thought and followed her up the steps.
"It's already evening. Someone might be listening if we go inside. Let's just talk here."
After some thought, Pei Xiangjun did not insist. She folded her hands at her waist and looked