Chapter 4: "Night Blindness"
Hearing this answer, Kaoru Yutai was silent, and seemed a little surprised: "I know a doctor who can help you treat it." β
"No need. Ye Chi waved his hand and smiled, "I'm congenital, and I can't cure it." β
She looked down and thought for a moment: "Eat more fish." β
She said it seriously, which made Ye Chi slightly surprised: "You...... Do you know a lot about this disease?"
Kaoru Tandai didn't answer, just stared at his face.
I don't know if it's because it's too late, his eyes do look very dull compared to the day, but his face is still handsome and elegant, so good-looking. I usually can't see it in a wide robe, but now I only wear a single coat, which shows that my figure is a little thin.
"Why are you still here?" asked Kaoru Tandai.
"I was sorting out the files, but the lights ran out, and Changsu ran to add new ones, but he never came back. Ye Chi was puzzled, "It's almost the third shift, aren't you going home?"
"I live here. β
"......?" Ye Chi was stunned for a moment, "...... What?"
Over here...... There's not even a bed here, and she lives here?
No wonder she was the first to arrive every day, he thought she got up very early, but he didn't expect that she just lived in the official mansion.
"Isn't that weird?" Kaoru Tandai's expression remained unchanged, and his eyes were confused, "I've lived here for almost a year. β
Ye Chi was incredulous and incredulous: "You...... Don't you have a home?"
"Yes, I just don't want to go back. β
Her voice was always flat, and the dim light made her face invisible, making her completely undetectable. This silence was a little embarrassing, and Ye Chi was about to turn back, but he was suddenly held by someone's hand.
Kaoru Tantai's hands were cold, small and soft but very powerful. Ye Chi was stunned, and slowly wanted to withdraw his hand, but the other party held it tighter.
"Aren't you blind, I'll send you back. β
After that, she pulled him calmly and was about to go back, Ye Chi wanted to break free, but she had a lot of strength, so she had to say: "I'm not blind, just light the lamp on me." And...... Have you ever heard of 'men and women don't kiss'?"
Kaoru Tandai frowned slightly and let go of his hand.
This person is so troublesome.
Normally, when she knocked the people outside to the ground, no one dared to say anything, and he was only touched twice by her, why did he keep dwelling on it?
"Can't a man's hand be touched?" she asked suddenly.
"No, it should be that a woman's hands can't be ...... casually" Ye Chi didn't continue, unable to imagine what kind of living environment she grew up in, and she didn't have the heart to say it for a while, "It's always inconvenient for you to live here, I'll help you find a place to live tomorrow." β
When Kaoru Tantai heard this, he raised his eyes in some surprise, shook his head and said, "I don't have much money." β
"It's fine, I can pay for you, but you can't live here anymore. Ye Chi said helplessly, "You ...... Where do you usually sleep?"
She said seriously: "In the quilt." β
"Is there a bed?"
"No, there are tables. β
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Although she didn't know exactly where her home was, she ...... I don't seem to feel pathetic at all.
Ye Chi pondered for a moment and said, "That's it, I'll go and ask you where to live, it's really not good...... It's okay for you to come to the state for the time being. β
After hearing this, Kaoru Yutai's expression became rare and gentle, and he responded in a low voice: "Okay." β
In the evening, I don't know if it was because he couldn't see, his hearing would become more sensitive than usual, and he could hear that her feelings were different from before, so he asked, "You...... Laughed?"
"Nope. β
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Just entered the summer, the evening breeze was a little cool, and Ye Chi was wearing relatively little, so I couldn't help but shiver. Kaoru wanted to bring him into the house, but he was so worried that he couldn't touch him, so he took him by the sleeve and led him into the library.
She was a little surprised.
I don't know how long the files of previous years have been piled up here, and there was a way to sort them out, but as there were more and more cases, even she didn't know where to start. Now, it was just over a day, and he had almost finished sorting out more than half of it, and the time and type were clearly marked and neatly arranged, so that the whole room suddenly took on a new look.
"Is Changsu back?"
"Not yet. Kaoru Tandai loosened his sleeve, nodded his shoulder, and motioned for him to come into the house and wait, "I have a candle there, I'll go get it." β
As she spoke, she turned and walked away, holding a candle from the other end of the hallway. The soft candlelight made Ye Chi's eyes gradually clearer, and what caught his eye was Kaoru Yutai's white and beautiful face, and her bright red lips looked very hazy in the candlelight.
"Thank you. β
Ye Chi smiled slightly, and continued to clean up in the house with her. Kaoru Tantai's movements are much slower than his, obviously not very familiar with this, and he has to look up and down carefully before he can write and mark when classifying. But this should be the job of the main bookkeeper, but the people in this yamen are more elusive than the other, and they come and go without a trace, and it is difficult for her.
"I've always been curious. He suddenly spoke, "Apart from you and Master Zheng, are there any other stewards in this mansion?"
"Yes. She nodded, her eyes lowered, "But they've all been removed from their posts by the former state pastors." β
This answer did not surprise Ye Chi.
"Get them all back. He sighed and said, "You may not be able to recruit the right person in a short period of time, and it is best to know the person who knows this job." β
Kaoru Tantai replied in a low voice, a little strange why he didn't ask the reason for the dismissal, but remembering that he might be a lack of heart, coupled with the symptoms of night blindness, he couldn't help but feel sympathy and looked at his back without moving.
Ye Chi's body was thinner than she imagined, she thought it was a common disease of people who didn't know martial arts at first, but later found out that Changsu occasionally went to the pharmacy to get some medicine, but she didn't know what it was to cure.
The night is getting thicker and thicker, and before I know it, three watches have passed. Kaoru Yutai yawned tiredly, noticed that Ye Chi hadn't moved for a long time, and stepped forward with some curiosity to take a look, only to realize that he had fallen asleep leaning against the desk.
The candlelight gradually dimmed, and the room was eerily quiet. He didn't know how long he had been here, he was probably a little overworked, he slept deeply, his eyebrows were distinct, and at this moment, when he looked close, he was more handsome than usual.
Isn't he even more capable of saying that she is capable?
Kaoru Yutai frowned, feeling that it was not appropriate to sleep here, and wanted to carry him outside, but remembered that she couldn't touch him, and couldn't help but feel bored.
β¦β¦ It's troublesome.
She lowered her head and thought for a while, then ran outside to get a quilt and wrapped Ye Chi's whole person tightly. Looking at the burrito-like man, she dusted her hands and walked away contentedly.
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After the heavy rain, Kaoru Yutai took an umbrella and came out of the government and found a stall to eat a bowl of noodles.
She didn't sleep well last night, the quilt was gone, and it was a little cold, so she sat in the court for the night.
Ye Chi didn't mention that Chang Su was actually a typical road idiot, and he was stopped by someone when he ran out of the city, and finally found his way home, lit a lamp for her, and fell asleep after a while.
She was very curious about how the master and servant had come all the way to Qinzhou.
There is a spacious house on a street not far from the Yamen, in which lives a woman surnamed Meng, who has just reconciled with her husband and is the steward of the Yamen, responsible for the daily food of the fast catchers.
When Kaoru arrived, he happened to see a young woman chopping wood, so he walked over: "Sister Meng." β
When Meng Yuqing heard this, she put down the axe in her hand and said with a smile: "Why did Ah Xun come so early?"
"I want fish. β
She was stunned, "...... Fish?"
"It's the kind of fish you made for Yao before. Kaoru added, "Cure the eyes." β
"Yes, do you want to eat?" Meng Yuqing was slightly puzzled, "You...... Will you do it?"
"No, can you help me do it?" Kaoru Yutai shook his head, "It's for Ye Zhoumu, he's blind." β
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After all, she was a person who had watched her grow up since she was a child, and Meng Yuqing was more accustomed to her way of speaking than anyone else, and knew that she was referring to night blindness, but she didn't expect that the new state pastor would also have this disease.
"I heard that this Lord Ye is not bad, how are you getting along?" Meng Yuqing asked with a smile. She has a knack for detecting the other party's affection from Kaoru Tandai's almost expressionless face, and she has always been proud of it.
At this moment, the curvature of the corners of Kaoru Yutai's mouth shows that she is not unhappy, which proves that she does not have any rejection of Ye Chi for the time being, which is rare.
Kaoru Yutai thought for a while, but did not answer, but asked, "Are all students shy?"
"Why do you ask?"
She didn't know what to say, so she explained the events of the day Ye Chi first arrived in Qinzhou, and the way he would blush every time he approached her vividly and vividly.
"You...... You kissed Lord Ye?" Meng Yuqing was a little incredible, but what was even more incredible was Ye Chi's reaction.
β¦β¦ It's nice to be young.
Kaoru Yutai nodded, originally he didn't think there was anything about it, but every time he saw Ye Chi's red earlobes, he could remember it, "I didn't mean to, but he doesn't seem to think so." β
Meng Yuqing dropped the work in her hand and patted her shoulder, "Since the situation is critical, it would be good to explain the misunderstanding clearly." But...... If you really want to do that, you can also consider appeasing him. β
"How to appease?"
Her thoughts were always straightforward, and it was the first time she had encountered such a thing. Qinzhou is very chaotic, chaotic, nothing cannot happen, and what happens unexpectedly can be laughed at for her.
However, Ye Chi always used his shyness to remind her of this accident.
"Don't you want fish, I'll make you two. Meng Yuqing pondered, "Wouldn't it be good if you sent it directly to the Prefecture Pastoral Mansion and explained the misunderstanding?"
At the mention of the Governor's Mansion, Kaoru Tai suddenly remembered something, lowered his head and pondered for a while, with a faint light in his eyes, as if he had made some decision.
"Do you know what's going β‘β‘on behind the gambling house?"
Although Meng Yuqing is usually just a cook, he is an expert in listening to news, and he also knows Qinzhou City well, so he nodded and said: "The grapevine said that the business house sold the information over there, but the means are very ingenious, and the identity cannot be found for the time being." β
The method of bidding by buyers is tricky, but it is not completely passive, after all, it is people who do business, and the rules are dead, and it is not difficult to exploit loopholes, but loopholes need to be drilled cleverly.
"I ...... Probably know who it is. Inexplicably, he felt that this routine was very familiar, but Kaoru Yutai frowned slightly, but raised his head and said, "But before that, I want fish." β
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The leaf pond was awakened at the end of the day. He slept very deeply and warmly, and lay in a daze for a while, and then realized that he could not get up.
When he looked down, he was wrapped in a quilt, tightly sealed, and only his head was exposed.
He felt like a spring roll.
"Changsu, life-saving ......"
On the other hand, Changsu ran outside for several hours the night before, and finally moved him home, and slept until three o'clock in the morning before he opened his eyes in a daze, and found that his son-in-law was still rolled up in the quilt.
Kaoru Yutai didn't know how to wrap it, so tight that it was almost tied with a rope. Changsu used the strength to eat milk to get Ye Chi out, and sat on the ground panting.
The government is on vacation today, Ye Chi remembered that he had promised to help Kaoru Tai find a house before, and roughly set today's itinerary, he heard someone knocking on the door outside, and when he came out of the house, he realized that Kaoru Tai was coming.
Her appearance today is very curious, holding a teenage child in one hand and a lunch box in the other, wafting out the fragrance of gluttonous fish. She also carried a burden behind her, and it looked like ...... It's like moving.
"You ...... this"
Without waiting for him to ask, Kaoru Yutai handed over the things in his hand to Changsu, stared at him and said, "You said that I can live in the Prefecture Pastoral Mansion temporarily. β
She led the little boy beside her to Ye Chi, and then raised her hand and clenched her fists magnanimously, and said loudly: "Thank you for your hospitality, I'm disturbed." β
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Ye Chi looked at the serious boy, and then at the same serious Kaoru Yutai, and raised his hand to cover his chest.