The rain in Jiangnan is not heavy, but it is long. The town is shrouded in smoke and rain, and at this time, it looks like it has a different flavor.

Ye Xi walked to a bamboo house, hid sideways under the eaves, and reached out to take the umbrella back. She shook the rain off the umbrella and beat the moisture off her body, then pushed open the door and walked in.

The person sitting in the bamboo hut who was bored drawing circles with his hands heard the sound, turned his head and saw the person walking in at the door, and immediately jumped up happily, and the goose-yellow skirt corners flew in the air. The girl, who looked to be in her twentieth year, wore two buns and two goose-yellow headbands each. She ran to Yexi's side, grabbed her arm and said very affectionately: "Sister Yexi, you are finally back, I have been waiting for you for a long time!"

Hearing her words, a smile gradually appeared on the corner of Yexi's mouth. She set the umbrella aside and let someone hold it and walked to the table: "Ah Wan, why do you have time to come to me today?"

Seeing that she was broken by Yexi's words, Su Wan sat down at the table angrily, turned her head and muttered softly: "Who quarreled with him?

Looking at Su Wan's appearance, Yexi shook her head with a smile. She lifted the teapot and poured a cup of tea for herself, and said while watching the crystal waterline accurately fall into the cup painted with blue and white flowers: "Don't you understand Ah Nao's temperament, you and he have been quarreling for so many years since childhood, until now, you should know that he has no ill will towards you." ”

"So what?" Hearing Yexi speak for him, Su Wan pursed her lips and raised her voice and said indignantly, "Sister Yexi, I just hate his temperament to meddle in everything!"

Listen to the night and evening. This girl is really stupid, everyone can see her thoughts, but she herself is still in the dark, and she really hasn't seen it clearly as an outsider. But it's okay to let this kid put a little more effort into it, so that if they are really together in the future, they will know how to cherish it more. As for Awan...... Yexi looked at Su Wan quietly, and couldn't help but feel a little helpless when she saw her angry appearance. As for Ah Wan, Ah Nao's intentions, it is better to wait for her to discover it slowly.

With a mind in his heart, Yexi picked up the cup and took a sip gently. The handkerchief that was casually stuffed in her sleeve showed a corner, and Su Wan, who was looking around, saw the handkerchief in her sleeve sharply, and exclaimed as if she had found something new.

"Ahh

After saying that, she turned over the handkerchief as if she had seen a strange thing, and caught a glimpse of a dignified word under the corner of the handkerchief: "Huh?" Su Wan said "Huh" suspiciously, and looked closer and carefully, "Qing?" She looked up at Yexi, her eyes were puzzled, with a little ambiguity, "Sister Yexi, what does 'Qing' mean?"

Yexi gently put down the cup and glanced at her helplessly: "This handkerchief was given to me by someone else, and my skirt was soiled by them, so he wiped it for me." Yan Yan glanced at her with disgust, "You, don't always think about what you don't have, you have time to do more things." ”

Being seen through her thoughts, Su Wan just touched her head and smiled embarrassedly, "hehe", and then asked as if she remembered something: "Sister Yexi, who is this 'he'~ who?"

Hearing her ask, Yexi didn't think much about it, tilted her head and thought for a while, before she said, "It seems to be called ...... 'Qing Ze', which academy is the master......

Before the words fell, Su Wan slammed the table and stood up, stood up and took the words loudly: "It's Huitong, Tong, Shu, Academy!" She said word by word, and the four words "Huitong Academy" were bitten very hard.

Yexi was taken aback by her big reaction, raised her head and looked her up and down strangely, before slowly speaking: "Why are you so excited......?"

"Of course I know!" Su Wan left the stool, holding a handkerchief with one hand and waving the other hand in the air, looking very excited, "He is our famous master here! He is good-looking, and he teaches well, and he is still a dream qing person of many women who have not yet left the pavilion!" Speaking of this, Su Wan seemed to think of something, and a touch of red gradually flew on her face, looking particularly delicate and lovely.

Seeing this, a flash of clarity flashed in Yexi's eyes, she turned the teacup, as if inadvertently, with a hint of ridicule in her voice: "It seems...... It's not just the dream qing people of many women who haven't left the pavilion, but also ...... It's still our Awan's dream qingren!"

"Oops!" Su Wan stomped her feet in shame when Yexi said the central matter, she ran to Yexi's side, and argued with a red face, "Sister Yexi, what are you talking about......"

"Isn't it?" Ye Xi had a faint smile on the corner of her mouth, and she was completely different from the person with a cold voice who had spoken to Qing Ze before.

"Of course not!" Su Wan stomped her foot again, "Sister Yexi, don't talk nonsense, I only have admiration for him!" After speaking, as if remembering something, he sat down beside Yexi and said in a low voice, "Sister Yexi, how do you feel when you see him today?"

Yexi was asked by her with a puzzled face: "What's the matter?"

"Just how does he look?" Su Wan hated that iron could not be made of steel.

Yexi held her chin and thought about it, remembering the scene when he handed her the handkerchief before, and said intermittently: "Hmm...... People are very polite, very gentle, and ...... It's beautiful. ”

"I'll just say it!" Su Wan slapped the table again, laughed twice, and stopped abruptly as if she remembered something, and leaned in front of Yexi to look her up and down very carefully.

Yexi quietly let her watch, and it took a long time before she said, "Have you finished reading?"

Su Wan didn't answer her words, she just touched her chin and straightened up, but her eyes still fell on her, and she asked for a long time: "Sister Yexi, should you be...... Never knew there was such a person, did you?"

"Should I know?" Ye Xi replied unabashedly, which made Su Wan choke.

Su Wan looked at Yexi's appearance, held her head and sighed helplessly: "Okay, okay, let's not talk about this." If I keep talking to you, I'll probably be!"

Yexi shook her head a little after hearing her words, but did not speak again.

"That's right!" Su Wan said suddenly, "Sister Yexi, I came today to want you to accompany me to Xuanhua Temple tomorrow." ”

The person who said this sentence had no intention of listening, and Yexi's originally smiling face suddenly stiffened, and even looked a little pale. It took her a long time before she asked, "What are you doing in Xuanhua Temple?"

"Of course it's a wish and a blessing!" Su Wan didn't notice the sudden change in Yexi's face, and replied naturally.

Yexi suddenly fell silent, her hand hidden under the long water-colored sleeves gradually clenched, she lowered her head slightly, and the broken hair on her forehead covered her face, making it impossible to see her expression at the moment.

Su Wan didn't hear the sound for a long time after answering, but she turned her head to look at Yexi but found that she lowered her head, and couldn't help but be a little puzzled: "Sister Yexi?" After calling out, she found that she didn't hear it, and still maintained her original movements, so she reached out and gently pushed her, "Sister Yexi, what's wrong with you?"

was pushed by Su Wan like this, and Ye Xi slowly came back to his senses. She looked up and saw Su Wan's worried look, and a smile gradually appeared on the corner of her mouth: "It's okay...... What did you just say?"

Su Wan repeated again without the slightest doubt: "I said, Sister Yexi, let's go to Xuanhua Temple tomorrow to pray for blessings!

Yexi smiled: "Why don't you go with you to find Ah Xuan, but you want to come to me?"

Su Wan's face changed instantly after hearing this, and she snorted softly: "I don't want to go with him, it's annoying!" After speaking, she looked at Yexi again, her eyes opened wide, and she pleaded in a pitiful tone, "Sister Yexi, you can go with me!

Yexi thought about it, and her tone was a little hesitant: "But tomorrow I have to go to the south of the city, I heard that the osmanthus there has opened, I want to pick some back......" After saying that, he was afraid that Su Wan would be sad, and hurriedly said, "You better look for Ah Nao, he will definitely not bother you." ”

"No, no, no, I don't want to look for him!" Su Wan hurriedly waved her hand as if she heard the name of the plague god, and after waving her hand, she hugged Yexi's arm and shook it coquettishly, "Sister Yexi, you can go with me! Let's go for a trip for a long time, and then you can also go to the south of the city to pick cinnamon! I can also help you pick it! Two people and two parts, Sister Yexi, you promise me!"

Yexi is a person who eats soft and not hard, and at this time, seeing Su Wan begging her in a low voice like this, she also had a headache. After thinking carefully and hesitating for a long time, she nodded as if she had made up her mind and said, "Okay." But let's say it first, I won't go in tomorrow, I don't have anything to ask for, so I'll wait for you outside the temple to come out. ”

"Okay! Then it's decided!" Su Wan smiled happily. Although she didn't agree to go in with her, it would be nice to have her agree to go with her. After all, he had asked her to accompany him to the temple to pray for blessings before, but she was refused, and this time the agreement was unexpected.

Thinking of this, Su Wan muttered in a puzzled voice: "I really don't know why Sister Yexi always doesn't go to the temple, like a beast to avoid flood......s."

However, as soon as she finished muttering this, a voice came from outside the door: "Awan!

When Su Wan heard this voice, her face suddenly drooped. Yexi looked at her appearance and laughed out loud, and teased: "Why don't people call you?"

Seeing Yexi's ridiculous appearance, Su Wan snorted softly: "It's really annoying, I've come here......" Although she said so, she still stood up resignedly, and when she walked to the door, she looked back and instructed, "Sister Yexi, don't forget to accompany me to Xuanhua Temple tomorrow!"

"Yes, yes, I know!" Yexi replied with a crying smile, "Go back quickly, I will definitely go tomorrow." ”

"That's good!" Su Wan smiled, opened the door and stepped out with one foot, raising her voice and shouting, "What are you shouting? I'm here!"

Yexi shook her head helplessly, picked up the cup and took a shallow sip. Sure enough, as soon as Su Wan's words fell, she heard a clear male voice say, "I know you're here, otherwise I wouldn't have shouted." ”

Su Wan snorted softly.

"But what did you say to Sister Yexi? I just called you so loudly, and you didn't answer me until now. A clear male voice came from afar.

"I won't tell you!"

"Tell me what's the matter?"

"If you don't tell you, if you don't tell you, if you don't tell you, you don't tell you!

"You ......"

"Humph......"

……

The sound of the two bickering came from afar, and Yexi slowly put down the cup, and the smile on the corner of her mouth gradually faded.

She stretched out her right hand, and a faint white light suddenly lingered. She looked at the white mang in her hand and was silent for a moment, then clenched her hand, and the white mang suddenly dissipated.

In the bamboo house, the silence of the past has returned.

This book was first published in Reading Rim