Chapter 13: Investigating the Crime (Part 2)

  Seeing Yiguang, Yang Zilu became even more embarrassed. In fact, at the village entrance, he had already guessed what was going on. Given Zheng Dan and Yiguang's relationship, yesterday's events must have been exposed. As a result, the two of them compared notes and discovered that Yang Zilu had played both sides 'dirty', so the outcome could be easily imagined.

  Actually, Yang Zilu was resentful! Zheng Dan was his own carelessness, of course Yang Zilu also had some responsibility. But where did Yi Guang come from? It was purely an accident. Who knew that Yi Guang would go to the stream to take a bath! If he had known, Yang Zilu would rather not bathe for a day than go to the stream to bathe.

  Zheng Dan clenched her fists and said viciously: "Last night you..."

  Before Zheng Dan finished speaking, Yang Zilu waved her hand and said with a sad face: "A'Dan, do you want me to explain?"

  "Hmph! Let's see what you can come up with!" Zheng Dan slightly hesitated, and coldly snorted. However, it has to be said that some people are beautiful just because they are beautiful, even when they're angry, they still look so beautiful.

  "First of all! Adan, do you think I'm a normal man?" Yang Zilu asked helplessly. In fact, he was just a boy...

  "It's a normal pervert!" Zheng Dan said viciously, without giving Yang Zilu any face.

  Yang Zilu smiled awkwardly and ignored Zheng Dan's response, continuing on his own: "As a normal man, you were dressed so... sexy at the time!"

  "Hmph!" Zheng Dan immediately gave Yang Zilu a stern look, of course, feeling extremely embarrassed in her heart.

  Yang Zilu rubbed his nose helplessly and continued, "If I hadn't looked at that time, I wouldn't be a man! Next time if you dress more conservatively, I absolutely won't look!"

  "How dare you!" Zheng Dan was furious.

  My goodness! What a mentality is this! Yang Zilu cried out in anguish.

  Zheng Dan suddenly came to her senses, her face flushing red, and she quickly moved behind Yi Guang, pushing him forward onto the stage. She changed the subject, saying: "What about Yi Guang?"

  Yang Zilu's transformation of Zheng Dan can only be attributed to the famous saying 'women's hearts are like needles at the bottom of the ocean.' His portrayal is too extreme! It's not right whether you look at it or not, and it's not right whether you don't look at it...

  "Yi Guang! I was asking Addan for directions when I came out! And, I didn't go the wrong way either. Most importantly, I just arrived, how would I know where Yi Guang is taking a bath? Besides, if you check the timing of my exit, you'll know whether I intentionally went to find Yi Guang or not!" Yang Zi Lu said with a bitter smile.

  Atan's face suddenly turned red and he muttered: "This, this is enough for you to pass!"

  Yi Guang heard this, but was so angry that he punched Zheng Dan's shoulder and said, "Ah Dan, you really... This is our special place for the two of us at night! How could you tell..."

  Yang Zilu also roughly understood the situation after hearing this. He bitterly smiled and said, "I didn't see anything either! Besides, you looked at me too!"

  The people of this country have an open attitude towards sex. Yang Zilu has only been here for two days, but he already knows that when it comes to marriage, whether or not one is a virgin doesn't matter, as long as they don't cheat after getting married. Of course, this isn't just referring to women, men are also included. However, men have more leeway in this unwritten policy. So Yang Zilu looked at Yiguang's shoulder, and this issue can be considered either big or small.

  Zheng Dan heard this and suddenly a strange glint flashed in her eyes. She interrogated Yi Guang, "Yi Guang, what did you see?"

  Yi Guang obviously didn't tell the whole story of what happened back then, and in fact, it's not easy to say out loud. When Zheng Dan questioned her, Yi Guang immediately turned bright red and shook her head, saying: "Nothing! I didn't see anything! It was dark at night, how could I have seen anything!"

  Zheng Dan is what kind of person, how could he be deceived by such a clumsy lie? "No! Yi Guang, you must be lying, what did you see?"

  Yi Guang's face turned red as if it was about to bleed, like a ripe peach. He waved his hand and said: "Nothing! There's nothing!"

  Although Zheng Dan clearly knew that Yi Guang was lying, he couldn't do anything about it since Yi Guang stubbornly insisted on the two words "nothing". Zheng Dan could not possibly use severe punishment. After asking three or four times, Zheng Dan quickly and cleverly shifted the focus.

  "Yang, what did you do last night that made Yiguang see you?" Zheng Dan was also clever and didn't ask directly, instead using the timeless beauty trick, with a low brow and downcast eyes, she asked in a soft voice. The sound was so gentle it seemed to make one's bones lighter by three or two.

  Yang Zilu heard this and almost spat it out, but Yang Zilu's stomach growled again. It was already around six o'clock, and Yang Zilu hadn't eaten yet. Hunger immediately brought Yang Zilu back to his senses, and he hastily turned around, threw down an even more awkward phrase than Ye Guang's earlier one, and fled in a hurry. "I'm going to eat!"

  Yang Zilu was afraid! What if he was tempted to spit out the truth, it would not only be embarrassing for Yiguang, but also for this boy!

  Zheng Dan was stunned at first, and then couldn't help but burst out laughing.

  Yi Guang couldn't help but raise her hand and cover her mouth as she burst out laughing.

  Nor did I know what the two girls were laughing about...

  Back at the Zheng's house, Zheng Datian had already returned and dinner was ready, but Yang Zilu's bear meat hadn't been touched. The hunter, Yu Xiang, who wanted to make Yang Zilu his master, was now personally making smoked meat for Yang Zilu, even buying the firewood from Zheng Datian with his own money.

  Yang Zilu felt extremely helpless when he saw Yu Lian. His father, a military man who had participated in the Vietnam War, had not taught him any martial arts. Instead, he had been trained in shooting and running for half a year before being sent to the battlefield. Yang Zilu didn't know any martial arts, relying only on his quick hands and eyes. Yet, Yu Lian trusted him completely.

  Zheng Datian immediately walked over with a smile as soon as he saw Yang Zilu return: "Young master, you're really something! You chopped down a big bear dog with one axe blow! By the way, this is the money from selling your clothes. Although they've been worn by you, the material isn't bad. In total, we sold them for 42 small coins! We spent 14 coins on an axe and a small knife, and 23 coins on a roll of hemp cloth! In total, we spent 37 coins, this is what's left over! As for the hemp cloth, I'll get Ah Dan to help you sew it into clothes tomorrow!"

  Yang Zilu still thought Zheng Datian would buy him clothes, but suddenly remembered that ancient times probably didn't have ready-to-wear shops. To get a set of clothes, one had to go to a pawnshop. However, there was clearly no pawnshop here.

  At this time, Zheng Datian handed over a purse from his waist and said to Yang Zilu: "Young master, take a look if there's anything missing!"

  Yang Zilu took over and said to Zheng Datian, "Thanks, Uncle Zheng. By the way, take two pounds of bear meat, no, three pounds, and cook it for dinner tonight."

  Yang Zilu knew that if he didn't say anything, Zheng Datian wouldn't take his things. People in this era were still relatively simple and unsophisticated. Of course, they were absolutely not so simple when it came to outsiders. This also led to the fact that ancient people had a very strong sense of local identity, and Yang Zilu was able to blend in because he had the relationship with Zheng Dan's family and his noble title.