Did the Seventh Prince attend court today?

In the following days, the group stayed in Cizhou City temporarily, citing their serious illness and inability to continue their journey.

Su Yan'an, using the alias Su An, searched for doctors in the city every day using various methods. Meanwhile, Su Yun'er, using the alias Lu, spent her days in tears, staying by her fiancé's bedside to care for him without ever taking off her clothes.

The most comfortable one was Cang Shuyue, who only needed to lie comfortably in bed and pretend to be sick.

Three days passed quickly, but the kidnappers made no move. Su Yan'an grew anxious, pacing back and forth in the room, wondering, "Could it be that we gave ourselves away, and they're afraid to make a move?"

Their new identities were cleverly arranged: businessmen with some wealth but no power. The composition of the group was also relatively simple, making them seem easy to manipulate. Logically, with such a large lure, the kidnappers shouldn't have been unmoved.

"Could it be that they checked our household registration and found a problem?" he guessed.

The new identity's place of origin is Yongnian County, north of Handan, which is not far from Cizhou. A round trip on a fast horse could be made in a day. If the kidnappers are cautious, they may indeed go to the site to investigate their identities.

Cang Shuyue shook his head. "The travel permit was handled by Yinwu. Although his identity was fabricated, the official seal was genuine, so there won't be any problems. As for Yongnian County, there is indeed a Su family that does business there. I have already sent people to take care of things. Even if someone tries to inquire, they won't find out anything."

You Lu joked, "Maybe she wants to outlive my fiancé before making her move."

Su Yan'an rolled her eyes. "We're being serious."

You Lu shrugged. "That's probably because my fake identity is a bit too old, which doesn't meet their criteria for human trafficking."

That is indeed a possibility.

According to previous reports, the missing girls were mostly in their early teens, with the youngest being under ten years old. Some speculate that the kidnappers targeted girls in this age group because they would need to "train" and control them after taking them back.

Given Lu's height, she couldn't possibly appear that young even if she tried. Therefore, these past few days they've been telling everyone she's seventeen, and because her family couldn't bear to let her go, she didn't marry early, only finding a son-in-law this year.

Su Yan'an concluded, "...Then they must be blind."

With her looks and demeanor, let alone a seventeen or eighteen-year-old girl, even a woman in her prime would be highly sought after.

You Lu was quite philosophical about it, saying, "If we fail this time, we'll just disguise ourselves and try again with a different identity. They can tolerate this kind of easy prey coming to them once or twice, but I don't believe they can tolerate it three or four times."

"That's all we can do." Su Yan'an sighed, sat down wearily at the table, and poured himself a cup of tea.

Out of the corner of his eye, he saw the two people on the bed clinging to each other, oblivious to everyone else, and he felt a pang of jealousy.

He'd been running around these past few days, searching for doctors under the scorching sun, exhausted every day. Meanwhile, those two, using their identities as cover, spent all their time cuddling in their room. It's truly infuriating to compare oneself to others.

He muttered resentfully under his breath, "If I had known, I would have chosen the sickly character. I could just lie in bed all day and not have to worry about anything."

Most importantly, the two of them no longer had an excuse to be affectionate.

Although he had lowered his voice, every word of his complaint, which was barely audible, still reached Cang Shuyue's ears.

"Hmm?" Cang Shuyue frowned suddenly, shooting him a cold glare. He placed his hand on the hilt of the soft sword at his waist, feigning ignorance as he asked, "What did you just say?"

If this kid dares to say he wants to be the baby's fiancé, he'll just kill him with one sword.

Even if it's fake, it's still not acceptable.

Su Yan'an felt a chill run down her spine, realizing he had misunderstood, and quickly forced a dry laugh, "I meant that next time we could change the script. I'll play the sickly older brother, and you can play the father and daughter. A family of three would be nice too."

He swore that he really just wanted to relax and had absolutely no ulterior motives!

Without thinking too much, Youlu readily agreed, "Okay!"

Cang Shuyue suddenly frowned and clenched his hand tightly.

Youlu was both amused and exasperated. Goodness, why is she jealous again?

She squeezed his hand in return, thinking to herself, "Brother Su has indeed been working very hard these past few days, running around everywhere. If we were to do it all over again, it would be right to let him relax a bit."

However, Cang Shuyue remained unmoved, staring coldly at Su Yan'an with a sullen expression.

Su Yan'an immediately sensed something was wrong and said, "I'll go check if the medicine is ready." He quickly made an excuse and slipped out of the room.

Only after the door closed did the death stare behind him disappear. Su Yan'an patted his chest in lingering fear and exclaimed, "This is terrible! The Duke of Zhenguo is far too jealous. It seems I need to think carefully before speaking to Xiao Lu in the future."

As soon as he left, Youlu kicked off her embroidered shoes, climbed onto the bed, cupped the man's gloomy face in her hands, and rubbed it gently. She then spoke in a soft, coquettish voice, "What's wrong? That stern face is scary. He didn't mean anything by it. Why take it so seriously, younger man? Don't be angry, okay?"

Cang Shuyue gave him a resentful look and said sullenly, "You speak up for him."

"I didn't!" Youlu shouted, accusing himself of wrongdoing.

"He asked us to pretend to be father and daughter, and you agreed." Cang Shuyue's tone became increasingly resentful, filled with pent-up resentment.

You Lu was completely baffled. Was it because of this?

He tried to explain, "It's just acting!"

"No!" Cang Shuyue said firmly, grabbing his waist and making him straddle her lap. Looking into his eyes, she said in an unyielding tone, "We can only be husband and wife. No other relationship is allowed, not even acting."

Her heart was instantly filled with sweetness, and Youlu smirked softly, "Okay, I was wrong."

Cang Shuyue's expression softened slightly. As if punishing him, she bit his tender lips and said in a hoarse voice, "Since you were wrong, how will you make it up to me, baby?"

Her bright black eyes darted around, and a deer wrapped its arms around his neck, softly calling out, "Husband~~ don't be angry~~".

Cang Shuyue's breath hitched, and her heart almost stopped beating.

He grabbed the slender waist of the person on top of him and murmured in a hoarse voice, "Do you want to kill me?"

Youlu hooked her hand around the man's collar, pulling him closer. Her slender fingers traced his large Adam's apple, then slid down to his strong pectoral muscles. Pouting, she spoke domineeringly, "Wasn't he always mine?"

The rising intonation at the end of the note carried a deadly hook, as if it were dragging one into hell.

This person, this heart, all belong to him, and naturally, his life too.

Their breaths mingled, the sweet scent intoxicating their senses. Cang Shuyue stared blankly at the person before him, his heart trembling.

His Adam's apple bobbed as he whispered, as if making a vow: "It's yours, all of it is yours!"

His overflowing emotions and desires consumed his reason, and he eagerly pulled the person into his arms.

After a thoroughly enjoyable time of mutual help, the two embraced, savoring the lingering afterglow.

Lu was tightly held by the waist, his collar pulled open. Cang Shuyue lay on his fair and delicate back with eyes full of infatuation, kissing his exquisite and beautiful butterfly bones, turning them into red plum blossoms.

Hot breath sprayed onto her sensitive skin, and Youlu couldn't help but tremble slightly. She said with a wry smile, "I think you've been too idle at the inn these past few days, which is why you have so much energy. We really should find you something to do."

Cang Shuyue ignored him, buried her face in his neck and sniffed softly, saying in a hoarse voice, "I just want to get married to the baby as soon as possible, have our wedding night, and enjoy the pleasures of love."

You rolled your eyes, "You're really not even going to act anymore."

The old house was completely engulfed in flames.

"Why isn't he acting at all? What has he been doing?" Pixiu's excited voice suddenly rang out.