In the still of the night, a few soft sounds suddenly came from the room next door:
Pop~
Having finished attending to his patron, Xie Jinhuan walked out and looked toward the door with dim yellow lamplight glowing behind it.
Nangong Ye had already bought the medical supplies. Feeling that Manor Lord Ye was looking at him rather strangely, he had stayed out of the room instead of helping, pacing outside with his sword in his arms to keep watch and prevent a certain lecher from peeking. His proud figure, coupled with his aloof, otherworldly bearing, gave him something of the air of a coldly beautiful mother-in-law.
Noticing Xie Jinhuan emerge, Nangong Ye glanced at him casually, then turned and walked back, leaving Xie Jinhuan staring at the back of his head.
But before he had taken two steps, someone hugged him from behind, a man's breath brushing his ear:
"Jealous?"
Nangong Ye's shoulders drew in slightly. He caught the thieving hand that was automatically navigating straight toward Purple Emblem Mountain, his gaze cooling:
"Behave yourself. Heroine Ye and Zisu are still inside."
"Just keep quiet."
Wheedling persistently, Xie Jinhuan slipped his hand inside Nangong Ye's clothes to warm it and peered toward the door:
"How are things inside?"
"After taking Zisu's medicine, she became unbearably hot all over. Zisu's using cupping to draw out the yin poison. Don't go barging in. She isn't dressed."
"Really?"
Xie Jinhuan instinctively looked toward the door, only to receive a vicious pinch on his arm.
Nangong Ye pulled Xie Jinhuan farther away, then looked toward the room behind them:
"Who is that female senior from the Western Regions? What were you two doing just now?"
Xie Jinhuan swayed with Nangong Ye in his arms:
"Just an expert who has some connection to Qixia