Under the cover of night.
Su Ni, carrying a basket of clothes, arrived in front of a dilapidated and collapsed dwelling. She pursed her lips and looked around blankly.
Just a moment ago,
She thought she heard someone call her, and the voice was very familiar.
“Young Master Chen, is that you?”
Su Ni, walking towards the sound, murmured suspiciously to herself.
“You recognized me? Indeed, it is I.” A low whisper suddenly came from nearby. The street, still devoid of any visible figures, coupled with this close whisper, made Su Ni instinctively clutch her basket tighter. “You, why can’t I see you?”
Su Ni’s voice trembled.
She was scared.
It wasn’t her fault; on a dark night, in an empty street, to suddenly hear a whisper by one’s ear, anyone would suspect a haunting.
“Don’t be afraid.”
Sensing the fear in Su Ni’s eyes, Chen Yu’s voice murmured, his gaze sweeping over Su Ni.
“I’m wearing a magic cloak, so you can’t see me.”
In a state of disguise.
Chen Yu’s eyes were fixed on Su Ni’s prominent curves.
A divine skill!
He was beginning to feel that the disguise skill was truly divine.
Not only could it be used for sieging cities.
It was also quite useful for… less savory activities.
“Is that so?” Su Ni murmured, clutching her basket. Although she couldn’t see anyone around her, she felt strangely at ease, as if someone were watching her.
She instinctively tightened the collar of her shirt and whispered.
“Young Master Chen, are you looking at me?”
“Ah?!”
Chen Yu, who had been on his tiptoes, froze instantly. He quickly retreated half a meter and coughed lightly.
“What are you saying? How could I, Chen, be such a despicable person.” As he spoke, Chen Yu couldn’t help but stand on his tiptoes again, glancing for a while before noticing the basket in Su Ni’s hand. “What are you preparing to do?”
“I’m preparing to take a bath.” Su Ni whispered.
Hiss!
A bath?
Upon hearing this, Chen Yu and Hei Dou instinctively exchanged a glance, their round eyes gleaming.
A miscalculation, a miscalculation.
If only they had followed Su Ni directly to her bath.
With the magic cloak.
They could have certainly enjoyed a good feast for the eyes.
“Hey, you should remember the purpose of coming here, servant?” A faint whisper came from beside his ear. Chen Yu slightly turned his head and saw the little demon with a somewhat resentful expression.
She was too lazy to call Chen Yu a pervert anymore.
There was no way around it.
She had long grown accustomed to such things.
“You talk too much?” Chen Yu glared at the little demon. Su Ni, however, looked confused. “Young Master Chen, are you speaking to me?”
“No!”
Chen Yu quickly responded.
“Su Ni, there’s something I might need your help with. Do you know the troop deployment of this city-state, and where their mess hall is located?”
“I do.”
Wonderful.
Chen Yu was overjoyed.
In such a large city-state,
It would be quite strenuous for Chen Yu to scout it all in one night.
At this moment,
The importance of an inside source was evident.
“Can you take me to see them?” Chen Yu whispered. Su Ni frowned slightly. “I can take you to the mess hall. I can’t go to other areas. I’m just a slave, and my range of activity is limited.”
“No problem, here~”
With a thought from Chen Yu, dozens of magic cloaks appeared.
From Su Ni’s perspective—
She could only see a few cloaks, as thin as cicada wings, floating in mid-air. The scene was as strange as could be.
“Put this cloak on. The cloak has a built-in disguise skill. Once activated, you can be like this.” Chen Yu whispered softly.
Su Ni, without suspicion, put down her basket and put on the magic cloak.
The disguise was activated.
She didn’t feel anything particularly special.
Only, a figure appeared before her eyes. It was a pair of legs on tiptoe, and looking up bit by bit, she could see Chen Yu and Hei Dou on his shoulder, craning their necks to look inside her collar.
“Chen, Young Master Chen.”
Su Ni, a blush creeping onto her face, whispered softly.
“How is it, have you put it on?” Chen Yu, unaware of the situation, was still craning his neck to look inside. Su Ni, squatting on the ground, pursed her lips. “Mm~”
“Then it’s fine.”
“I, I also wanted to say, that is… I can see you now too.”
“……”
In that instant, Chen Yu, who had been craning his neck, felt as if he had died of embarrassment and froze on the spot.
After a long silence.
He let out a dry laugh, waved his hand, and patted the air aimlessly.
“These darn mosquitoes…” Chen Yu, pretending to swat imaginary mosquitoes, looked down at the blushing Su Ni and coughed lightly. “If I said there were mosquitoes trying to bite you, and I chased them away for you, would you believe me?”
“I believe you.”
Su Ni, wearing the cloak, whispered softly.
“Although there won’t be mosquitoes in this weather, since Young Master Chen said so, I believe everything you say. You are my benefactor, and I believe whatever you say.”
He was speechless.
This was too embarrassing.
His image!
Chen Yu’s painstakingly cultivated gentlemanly image, was it going to be ruined at this moment?
“Serves you right.”
The little demon, floating in the air, spoke sarcastically.
“If you don’t talk, no one will think you’re mute. Believe it or not, I’ll beat you when we get back.” Chen Yu threatened, clenching his fist. Noticing Su Ni’s bewildered expression, Chen Yu grinned. “It’s nothing, I have an annoying pest with me. I was just talking to her. Oh, right, I need to remind you that this disguise skill only lasts for one minute, so you need to remember to change.”
“No problem.”
“Then please lead the way.”
The night was solitary.
Throughout the city-state, the shouts of guards could be heard. Amidst these shouts, two soft footsteps could be heard traversing the city, their steps muffled by the guards’ calls.
“Young Master Chen, my sister she…”
“She is well.” Chen Yu’s eyes were filled with a smile. “She’s currently learning to grow flowers at my camp. In a while, my camp plans to open a school, and I intend to let her study knowledge there.”
“That’s truly wonderful.” Su Ni exclaimed with uncontrollable joy.
Chen Yu, beside her, quickly covered her mouth with his hand, cautiously looking around. Seeing that the guards were not looking in their direction, he breathed a sigh of relief.
“Su Ni, don’t shout, our disguise isn’t soundproof.”
“I’m sorry~” Su Ni immediately looked apologetic. “I, I just couldn’t help myself, and I’ve caused you trouble. I’m truly sorry.”
“It’s alright.”
Chen Yu waved his hand and said softly.
“Don’t worry about your sister, I will definitely treat her well.”
“I believe you.” Su Ni’s face was adorned with a smile. Chen Yu also glanced at the surrounding guards and the patrol officers who occasionally passed by. “Do you have patrols in this city-state at night?”
“There weren’t any before. Only started last night.”
“Oh?”
Chen Yu raised an eyebrow slightly.
“Why?”
This was quite coincidental. Just as he was preparing to attack the city, the city-state started nighttime patrols. It couldn’t be that the people here had sensed his intentions, could it?
“The City Lord has returned.”
Immediately, Chen Yu heard Su Ni whisper.
“City Lord?”
Chen Yu’s eyes widened. Su Ni pursed her lips and nodded slightly.
“Yes, the City Lord returned to the city last night!”