"No, we met each other before this, sister."
The young boy's sunny and somewhat green voice rang out. Wei Shuxuan looked at the young boy in front of her blankly. Apart from the lingering sleepiness on her face, she really couldn't remember where she had met this young boy.
".... No, I really can't remember where I've met you."
Wei Shuxuan scratched her messy hair from sleeping and looked at the young boy in front of her apologetically. The young boy looked at Wei Shuxuan unhappily. "What? How could you not remember? In the capital city, I remember it was you who saved me! Do you remember now?"
Saved a young boy in the capital city? When was that? Wei Shuxuan still couldn't remember.
".... I'm very sorry, I still can't remember. Could you tell me how I saved you?"
"I remember that day, you were with a very tall and handsome man. I still remember that man. He even said he was a general."
A general? It must be Ge Zian. Thinking carefully, it seemed that she had gone out with Ge Zian that day. She had followed Emperor Jinzheng out, and later changed out of the eunuch's uniform into women's clothes. Then on the street, she saw several bullies bullying a ragged beggar. At that time, she didn't even see the beggar's face clearly. If this young boy said so, it meant...
"Was the beggar I saved that day you?" Wei Shuxuan suddenly sat up and almost bumped into the young boy's nose bridge. Fortunately, she managed to control her body and didn't bump into the young boy in front of her. "Ah, sorry, are you okay?"
"I'm okay. Sister, you must take me with you."
The young boy shook his head and grabbed Wei Shuxuan's hand, pleading with her. She broke free from his hand. "Alright, alright. After I saved you last night, I already planned to do so. But on this journey, you must listen to me. If you don't listen to me, I'll send you away. Do you have any objections?"
"Of course not. I think I won't suffer by following you, sister. Since you saved me, I've thought you were a very kind person."
"You little boy, you're really good at talking. After talking for so long, what's your name?" Wei Shuxuan asked the young boy curiously.
"My name is Sima Yongheng."
Hearing the young boy's name, Wei Shuxuan was stunned for a moment. She thought this young boy had the surname Xin. She didn't expect him to have the surname Sima. Did she recognize the wrong person? She still wanted to get information from this young boy, but considering that their relationship wasn't very familiar yet, she temporarily put this thought aside.
"I'm called Wei... cough cough, my name is Wei Luo."
Wei Shuxuan cleared her throat. She thought it would be better not to use this name when traveling in the jianghu. Her name might already be known to all the citizens of the Yulong Kingdom. It would be better to use her old name.
"Then I'll call you Sister Wei Luo."
"You'd better call me Sister Xuan."
She thought it was better not to let Sima Yongheng call her this fake name directly. It might soon reach Xin Zizhao's ears.
"Why?" Sima Yongheng looked at her strangely.
".... Xuan is my nickname. It sounds more intimate. I'll call you Yongheng from now on. Also, there's a secret guard by my side. He's an elder brother called Wei Wei. You can just call him Brother Wei. He carried you back last night. When you see him later, you must thank him properly. Do you understand?"
".... Alright."
Wei Shuxuan thought the child in front of her was quite obedient, and her favorability towards him suddenly increased.
"Miss, Miss!" Wei Wei's somewhat urgent voice came from outside. He was knocking on the door anxiously.
"Go and open the door for your Brother Wei."
"Yes, Sister Xuan."
Sima Yongheng trotted over and opened the room door. He saw a tall and strong man in front of him. He recognized this man. He had seen this man when he got up this morning.
"Good morning, Brother Wei."
"Why are you here?" Wei Wei looked at Sima Yongheng in surprise.
"I came to find Sister Xuan early this morning."
Hearing Sima Yongheng's address for Wei Shuxuan, Wei Wei didn't expect this young boy to gain his miss's trust so quickly. But was this really okay?
"Miss, I have something to tell you."
After saying that, Wei Wei glanced at Sima Yongheng beside him. Wei Shuxuan understood Wei Wei's silence at this moment. "Yongheng, go and ask the waiter to prepare breakfast for me. Also, fetch a basin of warm water for me to wash my face."
"..... I understand, Sister Xuan."
How could the smart Sima Yongheng not know that although Wei Shuxuan seemed to be asking him to do some work, in fact, she wanted to get rid of him. Before leaving Wei Shuxuan's room, Sima Yongheng thoughtfully closed the room door.
When she heard Sima Yongheng's footsteps gradually fading away, Wei Shuxuan turned to look at Wei Wei standing at the door. "Wei Wei, do you have something to tell me?"
"Miss, if you expose your identity to this kid so quickly, if this kid has evil intentions, we'll be in trouble."
"No, don't worry, Wei Wei. I didn't tell Yongheng about this. I told him my name was Wei Luo, but I asked him to call me Sister Xuan."
"Miss, do you want to keep this kid by your side?" Wei Wei asked nervously.
"Yes, I want to keep him by my side. He's a time bomb. If I don't watch him carefully, he might explode somewhere one day."
Wei Shuxuan kept Sima Yongheng by her side because she wanted to find out what the "great cause" the three men were talking about last night was. Also, she wanted to figure out whether this Sima Yongheng was really Emperor Jinzheng's illegitimate son.
"Your subordinate understands."
After washing her face, Wei Shuxuan changed into a set of clothes and went downstairs with Wei Wei to have breakfast. Sima Yongheng was already waiting for them at a table on one side. He greeted them happily.
"Sister Xuan, Brother Wei, you're down! Let's have breakfast."
Wei Shuxuan and Wei Wei sat down. Wei Shuxuan picked up a steamed bun. "Alright, let's leave here after breakfast."
"Sister Xuan, where are we going next?" Sima Yongheng asked Wei Shuxuan.
"Um... It doesn't matter where we go. Anyway, Wei Wei and I are just wandering in the jianghu. I'll ask you one more time. Do you really want to follow me and leave?"