Chapter Twenty-Three: Vignette
"Please, things are really urgent!" Li Ruoci clasped her hands together and begged desperately. Pen Γ fun Γ Pavilion www. ο½ο½ο½ο½ο½ο½ γ ο½ο½ο½ο½
Liu Ruoan thought about it, it's okay, I don't know where to go, stay in Dahan, the emperor will definitely send people to look for her everywhere, it is better to send Li Ruoci back to Caojing, and go to the Eastern Tang Dynasty by the way. So, she nodded, "Okay! I will definitely send you back to Caojing safely! β
Li Ruoci gratefully took her hand and said, "Thank you so much!" β
"You don't have to thank me, I just don't know where to go? Maybe I'll trouble you when I get to Caojing! β
"No trouble! You have done me so much, I should repay you no matter how I do! Li Ruoci looked at the transparent bowl that had been examined for a long time suspiciously and asked Liu Ruoan, "That...... Can you eat this noodle just by soaking it in boiling water? Do you really not need to cook it? β
Liu Ruoan was stunned for a moment, "You...... Haven't eaten instant noodles before? β
Li Ruoci shook his head, "It's the first time I've heard of it!" β
"Kusakao doesn't have this thing?"
"I ...... I do not know! Li Ruoci felt as if she had said the wrong thing, and lowered her head with a red face.
Liu Ruoan laughed dryly, thinking: It seems that this is not an ordinary rich person, he has never even eaten such an ordinary thing as instant noodles, how good is it to be pampered? The vegetables and meat eaten at home are specially grown and raised, right?
"Oops, it's a disaster," Liu Ruoan suddenly slapped his thigh and shouted, "If I'm not mistaken, Dongtang seems to be making a coup d'Γ©tat recently, and all countries that go to their destinations pass through Dongtang." All flights and trains to Dongtang have been cancelled. The Eastern Tang Dynasty is now at war in many places. β
"What then?" Li Ruoci thought for a while, and while blowing on the instant noodles on the tips of the chopsticks, she pinned her hair behind her ears, lowered her head and asked pitifully.
At this time, Cao Jinxi took the bone-setting medicine and went downstairs and said, "I'll let Shang Yuan and Yuan'er send you there!" β
"Thank you, master!" Liu Ruoan hugged Cao Jinxi's neck, "It's still the master who loves me the most!" β
"Send this girl back to Caojing, and you will come back with Shang Yuan and Yuan'er!" Cao Jinxi glared at her angrily, "You have been in Dongtang for a few days, I will take the time to go to your parents' side to find out the situation, I will not tell them that you are here with me for the time being!" β
"But ......"
"That's it!" Cao Jinxi lowered his voice, "You guys will leave as soon as dawn tomorrow!" β
Liu Ruoan's mind was still wandering, and he suddenly thought of something, "But, Ruoci's foot is injured......"
"Isn't she going back in a hurry to uncover the conspiracy? After the foot injury is healed, will the daylily be cold? β
Li Ruoci smiled slightly, wiped her mouth after drinking the last mouthful of noodle soup, "It's okay, this injury is not in the way!" He said to Cao Jinxi again, "Thank you, Master Cao!" I'm sorry for the trouble! β
Cao Jinxi said solemnly, "Rest early!" And he went upstairs.
The next day, Lu Shangyuan drove Liu Ruoan, Cao Yuan, and Li Ruoci all the way east.
When Lu Shangyuan drove into Jingyuan Town, a small town in the east of Dahan, Cao Yuan suddenly pointed to the dim sum shop with many people lined up at the door and said: "Senior Sister Wei Chi, I have seen this 'Lin Ji Pastry Shop' on good multimedia, it is said that his dim sum is even praised by the Queen Mother, I have long wanted to eat it, but his family does not open an online store, and he passed by today anyway, let's buy some and try it!" β
"You know how to eat!" Lu Shangyuan pretended to be angry and reprimanded, "The master asked you to accompany Senior Sister Wei Chi out to give it away, you are good, you have been thinking about food all the way!" β
"Senior brother, if you want to lose weight, that's your business, I'll eat mine, it's not illegal!"
Liu Ruoan knew that Cao Yuan was a super foodie and had almost no resistance to food, if she didn't buy it for him, her ears would be calloused along the way, but she still glanced at Li Ruoci a little embarrassed, and the other party immediately understood her intention and said: "Go ahead, anyway, it's not in a hurry at this time!" β
Liu Ruoan looked at Cao Yuan and said, "The old rule, whoever loses will buy it!" β
Cao Yuan very cooperatively turned sideways from the passenger seat and stretched out his hand to play rock-paper-scissors with Liu Ruoan, the two of them first came out of the scissors together, and then out of the rock together, and finally, Liu Ruoan came out of the cloth, and Cao Yuan came out of the scissors to win.
Liu Ruoan took the money and waited at the end of the line.
I waited for a long time before moving two or three steps forward. At this time, suddenly a high-pitched female voice shouted to catch the thief, and the pedestrians on the road not only did not take the initiative to obstruct it, but quickly gave way to the other party when the thief ran towards him. I saw that the thief was desperately running in the direction where Liu Ruoan was. Liu Ruoan just wanted to step forward to stop it, but saw a man wearing a brown windbreaker and a black mask in the queue casually stretching out a leg, and the thief was immediately tripped by him and fell to the ground. The thief fell so that his legs were numb and he wanted to get up and continue running, Liu Ruoan hurriedly stepped forward and grabbed the thief's collar and pulled it back, the thief fell to the ground again, and a red wallet fell out of his jacket pocket. Liu Ruoan bent down and picked up his wallet, patted the soil, glared at the thief and said, "Get out!" Then there will be a next time to chop your hand. β
The thief was so frightened that he crawled away.
The owner, who trotted all the way, took the wallet and thanked him for a long time and walked away. Liu Ruoan raised his head to look at the man whose face was half covered by a black mask, and smiled faintly. The other person nodded in friendship.
After everything returned to calm, the people in the queue turned their heads and enthusiastically made a way, signaling for Liu Ruoan to cut in front of him to buy pastries first.
Liu Ruoan shirked several times, but he couldn't resist everyone's enthusiasm, and was pushed to the counter of the store by pulling and pulling.
"I wasn't the only one who caught the thief just now, if you want to cut in line, you have to count him!" As she spoke, Liu Ruoan moved her gaze back to the crowd to look around, but there was no trace of the man wearing the black mask.
"It's so fragrant...... Liu Ruoan said to himself lightly at the scent that came and went in the air.
After buying the pastries, Liu Ruoan returned to the car, and the four of them got back on the road.
The Qidan Desert is the dividing line between the border between the Han and the Eastern Tang Dynasty, with the Eastern Tang Dynasty to the east and the Han Dynasty to the west, and it is about half a day's drive out of the desert.
Cao Yuan excitedly took out his mobile phone and posed for selfies in various poses, taking photos with Lu Shangyuan from time to time, and taking photos with Liu Ruoan from time to time, Liu Ruoan couldn't help but open his mobile phone to take pictures, only Li Ruoci looked at the vast Gobi with a heavy heart and didn't say a word.
I don't know how long I walked, there was a building similar to an inn standing in the distance, and at Cao Yuan's suggestion, the four of them decided to go in and rest.
The car slowly drove into the courtyard called "Modong Inn", and the vehicles of tourists were parked in front of the inn, and one or two people stood at the door from time to time and smoked cigarettes, made phone calls or took pictures everywhere.