The Red Mansion Big Liar.

Chapter 460 Twists and turns

"Grandma is out for a walk to digest her food. Is there anything important for you, young lady?"

After hearing this, Tanchun in Daoxiang Village actually felt a little relieved.

"Nothing... nothing, I just came to chat with my sister-in-law!"

The secretary looked at her young lady with admiration. When they left Daoxiang Village, she said, "Young lady is really thoughtful. She guessed that the master must have run into the eldest lady and was tripped by her, so he couldn't go to our place!"

At this point, she couldn't wait to say, "Let's go look for it along the way!"

Tanchun nodded. Because she didn't ask in detail, she didn't know that Suyun had been sent away by Li Wan in advance, but she couldn't rule out the possibility that they happened to meet.

Just as they turned to Nuanxiangwu, they heard a voice calling from behind: "Is that the third sister in front?"

"Miss Bao...Miss Bao!" The maid was like a child who had made a mistake, and seemed a little flustered. "It's my fault. I shouldn't have come out with this lantern!"

She also had good intentions and wanted to meet Zhang Yunyi, so she brought the glass lantern he gave her during the Lantern Festival, and her intention was seen through at a glance.

Tanchun gave her a reassuring look, turned around, and said, "The rehearsal isn't over yet, why is Sister Bao back?"

Baochai did not answer but asked, "Didn't you say you were a little tired? Why don't you go back to your room and rest?"

Tanchun glanced at Baochai and her servant, her eyes lingering on the glass lantern in Ying'er's hand, and then smiled and said, "After taking these two steps, I feel better, so I thought of finding my sister-in-law to have a chat!"

"Then what?" Baochai walked closer, with a puzzled look on her face.

Baochai was observant and saw the maid passing by the door.

Knowing that Tanchun is now in charge of the access control, he had more speculations about her departure and wanted to find out the truth.

I originally thought that I would stop by Qiu Shuang Zhai under the pretext of concern, but I didn't expect that I would see the eye-catching glass lantern just after crossing the Fengyao Bridge.

Tanchun smiled and said, "The maid in the courtyard said that the eldest sister-in-law went out for a walk. I thought she was nearby, so I looked around."

"I'm just on my way, why don't you help your sister look for it?"

Without waiting for Tanchun's response, she pretended to shout, "Sister-in-law...Sister-in-law..."

Tanchun pursed her lips and smiled, "Sister Bao knows that a lot of things have happened at home recently. I'm just feeling depressed. It's the same if I go to Sister Bao to talk."

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In the dark night, there was suddenly a noisy noise and swaying lights.

The short and messy footsteps swung the glass lantern in the hand around, making a tinkling sound and dragging the figure on the ground.

The sudden shouts and lights scared Li Wan who was peeking out.

“It’s… it’s the third girl and the precious girl… hurry… hurry, they seem to be coming for me, don’t let them find me!”

The two shouts and the conversation also reached Zhang Yunyi's ears.

However, compared to the frightened Li Wan, he was still calm.

"There's nowhere to hide nearby. If we rush around randomly, we'll be easily seen..."

This sentence woke Li Wan up immediately. She twisted Zhang Yunyi's hand around her waist and said anxiously, "Yes! Mountain... cave! There is a cave at the Liaoting Huashu rockery. They won't be able to find it there!"

"Don't move!" Zhang Yunyi raised his hand and patted Li Wan's plump breasts, then turned her over to face him. He held her pink back with one hand and picked up the scattered clothes on the ground with the other hand and threw them to the distraught Li Wan.

"Take my robe and wrap us up tightly. Don't shake it off!"

Fortunately, he was traveling at night in fine clothes and chose dark-colored clothes.

Seeing that he was still unwilling to withdraw, Li Wan had no choice but to sandwich their clothes in between and put her robe around his neck.

Zhang Yunyi bent his back and got out of the grape trellis before the footsteps got closer.

After leaving the grape trellis, he looked back and saw that the angle of the lights on the road in front of Nuanxiangwu was gradually getting bigger. He couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

He held Li Wan in his arms, bent over, and tried to get as close to the side as possible, using the trees to cover his tracks as he moved toward the flowers in the reed garden. He half-jokingly asked, "Sister-in-law, how did you know there was a cave nearby?"

Li Wan buried her head in his shoulder, revealing half of her head, and looked in the direction of Nuanxiangwu. She answered casually, "I took Lan'er to play in the garden once, and I saw him crawling out from there!" "Lan'er crawled out?" Zhang Yunyi laughed, "Wasn't I in there?"

"It's already this late, and you still have the mind to tease others, hurry up!"

Li Wan raised her hand to slap him, but was afraid of making a noise, so she clenched her fist and hit him lightly.

However, when she loosened her grip, a corner of the robe fell off her hand, and she reached out to grab it again in a hurry.

When she covered herself with the robe again, she was about to take a breath, but she couldn't help but let out a series of exclamations: "Oh...oh...slow...slow down!"

Fortunately, the drums and music in the Grand View Tower covered up their whereabouts, otherwise, this sound would have revealed their whereabouts.

It turned out that during this interruption, Zhang Yun逸 had already entered the rockery of Liaoting Huashu. With the cover of rocks, he no longer had to bend over, and his pace could not help but quicken.

"Sister-in-law, do you want me to go faster or slower?"

Without the risk of being exposed, Zhang Yun逸 had the leisure time to continue teasing Li Wan.

"Hurry... hurry up, we're still on the top of the mountain, don't shake too hard!"

Zhang Yunyi patted Li Wan's buttocks and said with a smile: "Then sister-in-law, you must hold on tight, don't let it fall out!"

After saying that, he carried her in his arms and ran straight to the top of the mountain.

Li Wan rolled back and forth in his arms, afraid of slipping off, so she hugged his neck tightly with her arms and wrapped her legs tightly around his waist.

Noticing that Li Wan's legs were getting tighter and tighter as if they were bound by a magic hoop, Zhang Yunyi deliberately shook her in his arms, causing Li Wan to let out a long sigh.

Finally reaching the top of the mountain, Zhang Yunyi looked around but did not find any cave.

Just as he was wondering, he saw Li Wan pointing at a rock and saying incoherently, "This... this place is a bit remote, no one takes care of it, and the weeds are lush. Push aside the weeds and you'll see it!"

Zhang Yunyi followed the direction of her finger, walked through the half-man-high weeds, and indeed saw a cave.

He frowned slightly and said with a double meaning: "Sister-in-law! This cave Lan'er can get out, but I may not be able to get in!"

The bumpy ride had already broken Li Wan's heart, and she felt like she was sitting on pins and needles. Under the double torture from inside and outside, she did not react to the ambiguity in his words, and said in a daze, "Well... although it's a little narrow, you can squeeze in!"

This place is located in the northwest corner of the Grand View Garden. The sounds of drums and music gradually faded away. Lights flickering could be vaguely seen on the rocky road. Zhang Yunyi was also worried that his conversation would be heard by Baochai and Tanchun who were getting closer and closer, so he stopped joking with Li Wan, and quickly bent down and buried his head in the cave.

A feeling of crampedness and dampness hit me in the face. The cave was long and narrow, and could only barely accommodate Zhang Yunyi through.

After walking a distance of a person's length, there was a different world inside. Water droplets slowly slid down the cracks in the cave and dripped onto the ground, making a subtle but continuous sound, like a long-lost whisper, echoing in this small space.

The air was difficult to circulate, and the cave was filled with a musty smell mixed with the scent of grass and trees, which made Zhang Yunyi's breathing become heavy as he was immersed in the scene.

In such an environment, even the slightest sound will be infinitely amplified; footsteps, breathing, and even heartbeats all appear exceptionally clear, making people feel an inexplicable tension and excitement.

Time here seems to have lost its meaning, becoming slow and heavy, and every second seems to be stretched.

"Hmm!~" Li Wan couldn't help but let out a soft moan, but quickly covered her mouth.

The sound of footsteps came closer and closer, and Baochai asked from outside: "Could it be possible that my sister has made a mistake?"

"It's okay. Since we're already here, it's the same if we go talk to Sister Bao."

Baochai half-jokingly said, "I don't think my sister is looking for my eldest sister-in-law, but seems to be waiting for me!"

"Sister Bao, you're joking! I didn't know that Sister Bao would come back early. I just wanted to find someone to talk to and relieve my boredom..."

The sound of conversation outside gradually faded away and finally disappeared into the quiet night.

Li Wan in the cave finally couldn't hold it back any longer and let out a series of heavy gasps in retaliation.

Finally, it converged into a hearty shout.

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(End of this chapter)