Chapter 29: Accident

After work, Yan Luoying returned home.

To her surprise, she found a man standing outside her house.

She knew this man. He was once a general in the Northern Borders. They had even worked together on the battlefield.

Wu Lie? This man was the son of the famous general of Great Zhou, Wu Kunhu, Wu Lie.

Yan Luoying furrowed her brows when she saw Wu Lie.

Sure enough, the moment Wu Lie saw Yan Luoying, he immediately beamed with joy. He came up to her and said, Luoying! I accompanied my father on his tour of the armies a few days ago and just returned to the capital! If not, I would have personally gone to pick you up.

Yan Luoying said calmly, Brother Wu, you dont have to do this.

She knew Wu Lies feelings for her. In reality, Wu Lie had proposed marriage to her father back when they were in the Northern Border.

However, Yan Luoying rejected the marriage.

Even now, Yan Luoying did not want to be too involved with him.

Yan Luoying entered the door and Wu Lie followed her. He smiled and said, I heard that you refused to marry Su Wen in front of His Majesty. In a few days, Ill get my father to talk to His Majesty and ask His Majesty to bestow us a marriage instead.

This guys matter-of-fact tone made Yan Luoying extremely uncomfortable.

She immediately stopped in her tracks and turned around to look at Wu Lie. She spoke through gritted teeth, Wu Lie, Im telling you. Dont have any ideas about me. I wont marry you!

Wu Lie roared angrily, Why! What exactly do I have that youre not satisfied with? Am I ugly? Am I short? Am I weak in martial arts? Or what? For you, I can restrain my temper. Why cant you give me a chance?

Yan Luoying felt a headache coming on. She looked at Wu Lie and said seriously, I dont like you, do you understand? I just dont like you! It has nothing to do with your qualifications. Why do you have to talk about these things? Youre very tall, good-looking, good at martial arts, and your family background is not bad. But I dont like you! Theres no other reason!

Would you rather marry Su Wen?

Wu Lie said, His Majesty definitely wants you to marry someone from the capital city. How long can you delay it? When the time comes, His Majesty might force you to marry him!

Yan Luoying was even more displeased when she heard this. To put it bluntly, he was just kicking her when she had fallen down.

The corners of her mouth rose up in a cold smirk as she looked at Wu Lie. She snapped, Even if I marry him, I would rather do that than marry you. Are you satisfied?

Huh?!

Wu Lie punched out angrily. The violent force produced by his fist broke a large tree in the yard!

What are you doing!

Yan Luoying was furious!

At that moment, Old Zhou appeared. He stepped forward and supported the fallen tree with one hand, adjusting its angle and slowly lowered it so it would not damage anything. Then, he turned to face Wu Lie.

His eyes were filled with murderous intent.

Old Zhou coldly spoke out, Youre going too far. On the account that your father is General Wu, I wont do anything this time. If you dare to step into this courtyard again, Ill kill you!

At this moment, Wu Lies eyes were completely bloodshot, making him look like a ferocious beast that was about to devour someone.

He stared straight back at Old Zhou. He naturally recognized him.

Furthermore, he knew that this man would definitely do as he had claimed.

After staring at Old Zhou for a while, Wu Lie turned to look at Yan Luoying. He gritted his teeth and hissed, Yan Luoying, I dont care. I must have you! Even if you dont like me, I will marry you. No one can stop me!

With that said, Wu Lie turned around and left.

Yan Luoying looked at Old Zhou and said, Uncle Zhou, dont be angry. This guy is Wu Kunhus son. If you kill him, both Wu Kunhu and His Majesty will not let you off.

Old Zhou glanced at her before saying, The general asked me to accompany you to protect you. How can I let you be bullied by this brat? Hes putting on airs in our family. If he dares to take half a step into the house next time, Ill definitely kill him! At most, Ill give up my life. When have I ever been afraid of death?

This was the fourth night since Su Wen got appointed to the patrolling office.

But this was the first time he brought people out to patrol the streets.

Behind him were two guards as well as He Pingan.

Su Wen had lived in the capital for many years and was naturally familiar with this place.

He asked one of the guards, Do we usually just patrol around the East District?

The guard nodded and replied, Yes, we patrol like this every day. If anything happens, we have to deal with it. After all, the east district is so big and there are all sorts of people mixed in. Its inevi