Chapter Thirty Two hundred taels for an embrace

  Xue Lengyu lowered her head and walked forward with all her might. She only looked at the road under her feet, scolding Li Yan in her heart, but she didn't notice that she had bumped into a wall, and was suddenly knocked out. Just when Xue Lengyu thought she was going to fall heavily to the ground, a strong arm supported her waist.

  Xue Lengyu steadied herself, and when she lifted her head, she saw Shu Li standing in front of her. It turned out that she hadn't bumped into the wall, but had instead collided with Shu Li's body. As someone who practiced martial arts year-round, Shu Li's physique was as solid as a rock, especially when faced with external forces - he unconsciously used a hint of internal energy to defend himself. If he hadn't quickly grabbed onto Xue Lengyu, she would have fallen and gotten hurt badly.

  The words he had originally prepared were left unspoken, as he couldn't bring himself to say them when he saw Xue Lengyu's pitifully raised small face.

  That woman who, even if she was scared to death, could still eat pancakes calmly under his gaze, that woman who could still maintain her composure in front of so many people, had a beautiful smile that was now scrunched up, with red eyes and a dirty face as if something had been smeared on it.

  He almost lifted his hand to wipe away Xue Leng's tears, but instead clenched his fist and restrained himself.

  Xue Lengyu looked up at Shu Li for half a day, seeing that he didn't speak, and she herself wasn't in the mood to make small talk with him. She coldly said: "Shu Li sir, what's the matter?"

  Although she had a much better impression of Shu Li than Li Mu, it could be said that he was one of the people in this palace who made him feel most at ease. However, there was one thing she knew: no matter what the situation, Shu Li's people would never stand on her side.

  Shu Li handed two silver tickets worth 200 taels given by Li Yan to Xue Lengyu: "This is King Yan's reward for you."

  Xue Lengyu took the money and looked at it in front of her eyes, foolishly saying: "How much is this?"

  She stared blankly for a moment, unsure whether Xue Lengyu was pretending to be stupid or really was stupid, but still replied to her: "Don't you know Qian?"

  Xue Lengyu was also stunned for a moment, knowing that she had misspoken, and covered it up by saying: "I'm not from a poor background, haven't I ever seen silver notes?"

  "This is also a reason, Shu Li Dao said: 'This is a two-hundred-tael silver note.'"

  Xue Lengyu thought for a moment: "How much silver is your monthly salary?"

  Xue Lengyu's every question, Shu Li felt unsure how to answer. Although he was following Li Mu's side, nominally as a bodyguard. However, in private, the relationship between the two was more like friends. As for expenses, Li Mu basically wouldn't care how he used them, and even when he needed money, he didn't need to go through Li Mu's approval, he could just go to the accounting room to get it himself.

  Xue Lengyu directly flashed the two silver tickets in front of him: "Two hundred taels of silver, buy you for a while."

  Shu Li furrowed his brow: "What do you want me to do?"

  Could it be that Xue Lengyu had some designs on him?

  "Just stand there and don't do anything." Xue Lengyu said: "Will it work?"

  It's really interesting, and I couldn't help but wonder what Xue Lengyu would do next. My curiosity got the better of me, and I said, "Okay."

  Looking at Xue Lengyu's behavior in the dining hall just now, even if it wasn't that she loved money like her life, at least she was very mindful of it. I don't know what kind of thing could make her willing to spend two hundred taels of silver.

  "Alright, take it." Xue Lengyu unhesitatingly stuffed the silver ticket into Shu Li's hand. Shu Li raised his hand to receive it, and in the next moment, Xue Lengyu opened his arms and wrapped them around Shu Li's waist, holding him tightly and pressing his head against his chest.

  "What are you doing?" Shu's body stiffened, and she let out a loud shout. The silver ticket almost slipped from her hand, and her conditioned reflex made her stretch out her hand to grab onto Xue Lengyu's shoulder, about to push her away.

  "Don't move." Xue Lengyu's voice with a sob came from in front of Shu Li: "You took my money, you can't just not count it."

  Xu Lengyu's movements paused, and he said in a cold voice: "Xue Lengyu, what do you want to do?"

  Does this woman think she can't seduce the king, so she changed her mind to seduce him? But is this method of seduction too direct, too shallow? Does she think that with such a seduction, she will also be moved?

  "I'm sad, I just want to find someone to hug." Xue Lengyu buried her head in Shu Li's clothes, letting her tears pour out, her shoulders shaking.

  Shu Lei was a bit awkward, he wasn't innocent and had no experience with women, but his identity made it so. The women he came into contact with were either scared off by his cold face or clung to him tightly and wouldn't let go.

  Xue Lengyu held him in her arms, but there was no romantic feeling between them. It was just a simple hug, Xue Lengyu holding him and crying heartily, like a child who had been wronged outside and only wanted to find a safe place to vent their emotions.

  Take someone's money and help them spend it. Shu Li looked at the silver ticket in his hand, a bitter smile appeared on his face, but he still didn't push away Xue Lengyu, motionless, letting her hold him. He just couldn't quite figure out why, from their first meeting to now, he hadn't given Xue Lengyu a good look, what reason did she have to think that he could bring her a sense of security?

  Fortunately, this was already at the edge of the flower hall, and there were still some trees around to block it a bit. At this time, there weren't many people passing by either, otherwise, no matter who saw it, it wouldn't be a good thing.

  Xue Lengyu cried comfortably for a while, until she felt that the suppressed anger and grievance in her heart had been released, before lifting her head from his chest. Shu's broad and warm chest was very comforting to lean on.

  Xue Lengyu wiped away the tears from the corner of her eyes, took a deep breath, stepped back and bowed her head saying: "Thank you."

  Xue Lengyu turned around and was about to leave when Shu Li spoke up coldly from behind her, "What's the meaning of this?"

  In this era where men and women do not make physical contact with each other, a girl rushes over and hugs a man she is not familiar with. What is the meaning of this?

  Xue Lengyu's footsteps paused, saying: "Nothing counts, just comfort her as if you had run into a poor little cat or dog."

  "Two hundred taels of silver just to buy a hug from me?" There was a hint of playful tone in Shu Li's voice. He had never been so valuable before.

  "What's wrong?" Xue Lengyu said: "Since this is a reward for me, I should have the right to dispose of it, shouldn't I?"

  "It's yours, you can use it as you like." Shu Li Dao said: "But these two hundred taels of silver are not easy to come by, and you're spending them so lavishly."

  "If I don't vent out a bit, I'm afraid I'll earn money but not be able to spend it. Of course, I don't want to part with it, but just now I was momentarily agitated, never mind...". Xue Lengyu waved her hand: "Now my mood is much better, and it's worth it, thank you anyway."

  Xue Lengyu finished speaking and didn't care how Shu Li looked at her, she turned around and left.

  As for why they found each other, it was just a matter of meeting someone who wasn't too bad at the right time and using them as needed. At least now in the palace, whether it was the king's concubine or the queen's people, even Xiaofeng and the others, they all gave Xue Lengyu a feeling of mutual deception.

  Only Shu Li, although he was cold and distant, had never given him a good face, but looking at it, it seemed that he just didn't bother to put himself in his eyes. In Xue Lengyu's view, such a proud man would not stoop to do something despicable like kicking someone when they're down.