Chapter 94 Attitude

  While the Chen brothers were talking in a low voice, General Geng Yinfu, who was originally mixed with the crowd of young people, waved his right hand and ordered: "Slow down, we are ambushing!"

  As soon as he gave the order, thirty riders stopped their horses and responded in unison: "Yes."

  He said he would drop back, but actually wanted to stay in the rear of the team. This reason is sufficient, but isn't it obvious that he doesn't get along with this nobleman?

  The young men held their breath, secretly estimating in their hearts, but their ears perked up to listen to the movements on this side.

  There was no movement here until General Geng and others' figures disappeared in the rolling smoke and dust, appearing far away behind the fleet of cars, that noble person still looked so lazy.

  He only saw him take a few sips of wine and then waved his right hand.

  Very soon, the green-clad guard rode up beside him on horseback.

  The nobleman closed his eyes and said lazily, "Ah, didn't I just take in a new attendant named Lu Shi Aweng? Let him come over and keep me company."

  The guard in blue clothes raised his head and after glancing at his master, cupped his fists and replied: "Yes."

  Before long, he rode his horse towards Lu Yu's donkey cart.

  Lu Xuan was supposed to be reading at this time, but she was just pretending, how could she concentrate? So when the young guard approached, she became alert.

  As expected, under the gaze of everyone and the natural silence around him, the guard came to Lu Yue's side, clasped his fists and said: "Lu Wen, Master is calling for you."

  "Yes."

  Lu Ying responded with a sound and gestured for Yu Fu to come closer.

  That coachman was just a rustic from the countryside of Hanyang, an ordinary carter hired by Lu Xun. What had he ever seen of such people and such scenes? He glanced back at the nobleman, as well as the black-armored, black-gunned, and black-clad soldiers pressing in behind him, and when he heard that they were going to pass through, his legs began to tremble uncontrollably.

  Jian Yu Fu waved the whip a few times, but the donkey cart didn't move. Lu Yue faintly heard some mocking laughter and quietly said: "Alright, stop it, I'll go myself."

  "Yes."

  The donkey cart stopped.

  Lu Yu jumped off the donkey cart and strode towards the nobleman.

  Watching Luoyue walking slowly under the sunlight to catch up with the noble's carriage, the crowd who had just thought that the noble was extremely indulgent towards Luoyue suddenly overturned their own views... With this person's ability, even if he just snapped his fingers, he could make Luoyue enjoy boundless wealth and nobility. But Luoyue was so poor that she couldn't even afford a donkey cart, what kind of relationship did they have? Could it be that they were really master and servant?

  Before long, Lu Xuan caught up with the noble's carriage.

  Fortunately, the team is not moving fast now, and Lu Ying can barely keep up with such a quick pace.

  When she arrived beside the noble's carriage, she made a deep curtsy and called out loudly: "Lu Wen has seen the master."

  It seems this name won't be changed after all.

  The nobleman turned his head and glanced at Lu Yue, who was walking hastily with a red face, and suddenly said: "Lu Wen."

  "In."

  "I'd like to ask, if you see a mountain cat with sharp teeth and long claws, should it be trimmed?"

  In the sunlight, this noble person's slightly narrow and long eyes shone with a hint of a smile.

  He asked very seriously.

  Lu Xuan raised her head and looked at him.

  She also watched seriously.

  But after a moment of contemplation, Lu Xuan replied seriously: "I think it's better to let things take their natural course."

  "Oh, how can I put it?" The man's voice was really pleasant to listen to, every sentence seemed to tickle the heart, making one's heartbeat skip a beat.

  Lu Xuan lowered her eyes and quickly followed his carriage, saying bluntly: "Awen thinks that the mountain cat is a wild animal after all, and it's normal to have some untamed nature. If you really want to clip its nails and pull out its teeth, wouldn't it be just like those domestic chickens everywhere? Aren't there enough of these chickens already? What's the point of adding another one?"

  The nobleman couldn't help but want to smile, he nodded his head and stroked his chin, saying: "I think so too."

  Sure, here is the translation:

  As expected, as soon as he said this, Lu Xuan spat out a mouthful of turbid air.

  Just as she let out a sigh of relief, she heard the noble's command: "Halt."

  The horse carriage came to a sudden stop.

  Then, a gentle and magnetic voice came from above Lu Xuan's head, "As it happens, this trip was rushed, and I brought fewer servants. Fortunately, Ah Wen is here. Come up and pour wine and burn incense for me, you know how to do these small things."

  What?

  Let her attend him personally?

  When everyone knows she is a daughter, let her serve him intimately?

  Suddenly, Lu Yu regretted it. If she had known he would do this, she would have simply met him as a woman and, given his mischievous nature towards her, he would still only think of teasing her to alleviate his boredom, without intending to take her in and turn her from a wild cat into a domesticated chicken.

  This time, she has made a mistake by being too clever.

  Regret is regret, things have come to this, and Lu Xuan will not follow even if she wants to. She stiffened her face and slowly climbed onto the noble's carriage. In the moment she entered the carriage, she clearly heard the cries of surprise from Ati and Wen Qing and others.

  Lu Xuan got on the horse carriage and moved to the other side of it, pulling open the curtain tightly.

  After the curtains on both sides were lifted up, and her every move was completely exposed to everyone's eyes, Lu Xuan walked to the side of the bed, and began to burn incense and cook wine.

  The fleet advanced at a moderate pace.

  From time to time someone would glance over this way.

  Lu Xuan poured wine with a poker face, secretly thinking: I must appear open and honest.

  Quietly and calmly, she poured a cup of wine for the nobleman. Lu Xuan lowered her eyes, then picked up an empty wine cup from one side and placed it in front of herself, before pouring another cup for herself.

  After filling up the wine, Lu Xuan picked up his own wine cup and slowly took a sip.

  This series of movements, Lu Xuan did slowly and elegantly. That was truly carefree.

  This tone clearly indicates that she is just one of his subordinates, a staff member...

  The nobleman raised an eyebrow and lazily asked, "Lu Shi, what is it that you want?"

  What does she want?

  Lu Xuan raised her head, looked at him with a puzzled expression for a while, took a sip of wine, and said slowly: "I want to live comfortably, I want to control my own life."

  Although these words were low and calm, they were firm and resolute, obviously her inner voice.

  The nobleman opened his eyes and stared at her, after a long while, he raised the corner of his lips and said in a low voice: "Want to take control of your own life?" As if smiling slightly, he slowly said: "Alright, go down."

  Lu Xuan bowed her head and after a respectful bow, she called out to the driver to stop, then slowly backed away.

  Watching Lu Xuan's departing figure, the nobleman seemed to smile but not quite. Before long, that green-clad guard came up and asked in a low voice, "Master, do you want to bestow upon Madam Lu a carriage?"

  The master was clearly interested in her, yet he still allowed her to be pointed at by others...

  "It's fine." The nobleman closed his eyes and smiled, "Let her be a mountain cat if she wants to."

  "Yes."

  "Let's go, we've seen each other."

  "Yes."

  After receiving the noble's command, the green-robed guard shouted towards the rear and in a short while, hundreds of riders accelerated simultaneously. In just one glance, they stirred up clouds of dust, leaving everyone far behind.

  This man, coming with such fanfare, is he just going to stop here?

  Even until the end, everyone still couldn't figure out what attitude he had towards Lu Shi.

  This is forever making people guess his thoughts, really worthy of the reputation of being unpredictable!

  The young men whispered among themselves for a while, then let out a sigh of relief. The man was not as difficult to approach as the rumors had made him out to be, and he even smiled often. However, they were still intimidated by his aura, and didn't dare make a sound, let alone speak.

  Ati was the first to run over, she rushed to Lu Xue's donkey cart, stretched her head and asked: "Lu Xue, what did he say to you?" When Lu Xue turned back, his eyes swept across the crowd, who all pricked up their ears, listening intently.

  Lu Yu's lips curled up slightly as she said in a low voice, "He asked me if I wanted to be a wild cat or a domesticated chicken."

  What?

  The crowd of young people was initially stunned, then suddenly perked up their ears and listened intently.

  Atie hastily asked: "How did you answer?" Her voice was sharp with joyful anticipation, as she had expected too much from her response.

  Luo Ying said faintly: "I told him I think mountain cats are better."

  Ati exclaimed excitedly: "How did he answer?"

  Lu Xuan shook his head and replied honestly: "Then he had the carriage stopped, let me pour wine, and after I drank two mouthfuls of wine, I got down."

  "Didn't he say anything?" Atti was apparently a little disappointed.

  Lu Xuan turned back, smiling at Ati and said: "I've already answered that I want to be a mountain cat, he's also promised, what else is there to say?"

  Ati was stunned, her mouth flat as she said: "But, but this is too..." Too what, she couldn't say it out loud, she just felt that he was even more intimidating than the rumors had described. Then, Ai Yue, who usually didn't have anything to do with him, acted differently in front of him, and she really wanted to know what had happened between them.

  In Ati's gloom, Mo Yuan was the first to ask curiously: "Ati, is it like this every time you get together?" He gestured with both hands and said: "It's all like this, so that outsiders can't understand?"

  Lu Xuan nodded and lowered her eyes.

  She looked cold and obviously didn't want to say anything else, so the young men also felt embarrassed to continue asking.

  Although they didn't ask her, their eyes looking at Luoyue were full of speculation and whispers.

  Lu Xuan knew that everyone here was thinking about the noble's attitude towards her. It could be said that the noble's attitude determined their and their families' attitudes towards her.

  But Lu Xuan was not interested in these things. She only knew that on this trip to Chengdu, she had successfully made these young men and women from Chengdu owe her a favor.

  For her, having this human relationship would allow her to do many things. As for whether or not to get close to the families behind these people, Lu Yue was not very interested. Or rather, although she could easily sense people's emotions and could handle interpersonal relationships well if she wanted to, she just wasn't interested in all the endless socializing, scheming, and preventing being schemed against that came with it.