Chapter 1167 - He Knew Nothing at All (1/2)

With his memories keeping him awake, Xin Lan only fell asleep in the early hours of the morning. Soon after, Hua Lin Yu actually opened his eyes. He gave a hum, stretched and snuggled up back against Xin Lan.

This way of waking up really seemed too beautiful. When he thought back to how he had always woken up alone back at the Jian Yi Sect, he could hardly believe that he had such luck. Actually, he wondered just how long they would have to travel before his father would allow them to get married. Right now, looking at Xin Lan's sleeping face, he felt that he would be prepared to do it right now.

Hua Lin Yu propped himself up on his elbows and then rested his chin on his hands, peering at Xin Lan's face. His lover seemed a little tired. But thinking about it, it probably wasn't strange either. He was the one with the responsibility for the two of them so he might be worried a little. Even if he didn't show it too openly, Hua Lin Yu was sure that Xin Lan cared about him.

He leaned forward and then gently kissed Xin Lan's forehead before he scrambled over him as carefully as he could and picked up his outer robe, putting it on. He went outside to not disturb Xin Lan and went to the next room to get his older brother.

Anyway, people had seen them come together with Xin Lan yesterday so most likely, nobody would have a problem with it if they went to scout out the palace a bit on their own. And even if someone didn't know them, he didn't believe that the people of the dragon race would be so unreasonable to just take offense at their presence.

He knocked on the door of Hua Lin Rong but there was no response. Hua Lin Yu sighed. So much for that. It seemed that if he wanted to explore, then he could only go out on his own. He turned in both directions, trying to figure out where to go. Unfortunately, he knew nobody else so …

Hua Lin Yu stopped at that thought and then glanced back at the room he had just come from, slowly raising his brows. Well, while he didn't know anyone, he did know that there was somebody close by that Xin Lan knew at least.

He turned back around and then looked at the doors around him, trying to figure out which one was the room that that so-called 'nobody' had come from yesterday. It should have been on the other side of the corridor from the sounds of it. So that didn't leave too many options. Most likely … it wouldn't be a problem to just knock on all of them?

Hua Lin Yu's gaze slipped from one side to the other but he finally still went up to the door just right across the corridor and knocked. There was the sound of mumbled voices from the other side and then the rustling of clothes before the door was opened by a man with flaming red hair. Needless to say, that person was Fu Heng, one of Qiu Ling's advisers. And in his typical fashion, he just looked at Hua Lin Yu, not even bothering to speak up.

Hua Lin Yu blinked his eyes at him, wondering what to say. ”Uh … Hello there.” Unfortunately, he really hadn't thought this through. If he got the right person, it would be great but he didn't even know how the person in question looked. He might recognize the voice but for that, the other person needed to speak up. Otherwise … Well, it wasn't like he could of them if they were 'nobody', right?

Since all of that didn't work, he could only start with the one thing he knew about the person: the fact that they knew Xin Lan. ”I'm sorry for disturbing you. I'm Hua Lin Yu and I just arrived here yesterday with Xin Lan.”

Before he could say anything else, Fu Min appeared behind Fu Heng, his head popping out behind his shoulder. ”Did you just say Xin Lan?”

Fu Heng furrowed his brows and looked at his husband with some displeasure. Hadn't they been over this already?

Hua Lin Yu wasn't quite sure what was going on since he had seen neither of these two before but he just nodded. ”Yeah.”

Fu Min looked at him, slightly squinting his eyes. ”Why did you come here with him?”