There Will Always Be Protagonists With Delusions of Starting a Harem

Chapter 78

It takes about a week by carriage or four to five days by horse to travel from the capital to Huzhou. Ye Zhizhou endured the jolting horse ride and laid in Shen Tingwei's arms while calculating the timeline.

The son of the wealthy merchant and his family should have been slaughtered now. At this time, Zhan Xuemi was still in Qianzhou, meeting up with some friends. He meets Zou Lan on his way back to the capital. Right now, it was probably two days since Zou Lan healed from his wounds. Although Zou Lan faked his death, his wounds were not very serious at all, he only needed to rest for about four days before he recovered.

He couldn't help turning his head and urging, "Tingwei, go a bit faster. When we get to Luzhou we can stop for a bit."

Shen Tingwei glanced down at him, tightened his cloak again and then sped up. 

They went as fast as they could. Ye Zhizhou was finally a step ahead of Zhan Xuemi and arrived first at the inn where Zhan Xuemi and the protagonist had sex. He chose the room next to Zhan Xuemi and then collapsed on the bed and began to put plasters on his sore legs. It's precisely this part of the ancient era that sucked—transportation was just too far behind. The tenderness of a ger's skin in this world was also too similar to females' skin, it's such a nuisance. He really preferred the rough and thick body of the first few worlds much more.

Shen Tingwei frowned, sat down next to him and grabbed the plaster. He rubbed it on silently with gentle movements but his expression was scary.

"Angry?" Ye Zhizhou poked him, feeling a little guilty. This trip was his shameless request and Shen Tingwei had pushed a lot of official business aside to make it happen. At first, he wanted to go alone, but with his lover's personality he certainly wouldn't be allowed to go alone, plus he was anxious at that time... He should've just snuck away. Oh well...

"What are you thinking about?"

A chilly voice and a gloomy tone. He was frightened and threw out the idea of sneaking away from his mind. When he saw that the plaster had been put on, he quickly put on his clothes and rushed over to hug and kiss his lover. He assured him, "Don't be angry, I'm just in a hurry because I have something I need to do. It's just this one time, I swear, there won't be another."

Finally, Shen Tingwei's expression improved a bit. He held onto Ye Zhizhou's waist and asked seriously, "What exactly do you need to do? At first, you anxiously wanted to go to Huzhou, but now we stopped in Luzhou. This matter of yours... Is it related to Zou Lan?" He remembered that Zou Lan married the son of a wealthy merchant in the countryside of Huzhou.

Ye Zhizhou hesitated for a moment and then nodded. "It really does have something to do with Zou Lan. If there were no accidents, my father should have received a letter from Huzhou. Two days after Zou Lan's wedding, his husband and his entire family were slaughtered by a gang of bandits." 

"The entire family was slaughtered?" Shen Tingwei's expression was extremely heavy. "Doesn't his husband's family live in Huzhou city? What kind of bandits are so savage that they would sneak into the city and commit such crimes! Are the guards of Huzhou city just there for decoration?"

"I also thought it was strange..." He pondered over the plot during his entire trip here and found many instances that didn't make sense. Firstly, why did the wealthy merchant family suddenly encounter bandits? Moreover, the bandits didn't ask for money and only killed people. There was no trace of them and even the government couldn't find anything. Secondly, there was also that divine doctor who appeared suddenly and disappeared immediately after rescuing Zou Lan, as if he only appeared to save him. Finally, the matter of Zou Lan being registered as deceased by the government. When Zou Lan found out about this, he could've gotten rid of the status simply by appearing at the local government. With Zou Qing's position, Zou Lan didn't have to make the long and exhausting travel to the capital. As long as he revealed his identity, the local government would've surely helped him. He just needed to wait for Zou Qing to send someone to pick him up.