- The spring in the small courtyard is late, the corrugated is thin and lonely, and the old wine waits in the house all night, but this peace and tranquility will come to an end.

As if it was just a moment when his eyelids opened and closed, when Lin Shan woke up from the drunkenness of the wine at the farewell banquet yesterday, he opened his eyes and saw the morning light outside the door and window, and a long night passed unconsciously.

With his eyes moving slightly, he saw a woman who had fallen asleep on a chair near the bed, leaning back and tilting her head.

The white cheeks of the old wine without a trace of powder and only a thin layer of emollient balm were rubbed, revealing a little unhealthy complexion after staying up all night, and half a circle of bruising could be seen under the gently closed eyes.

Evidently she had been in the room for most of the night, and she did not know how late she would be able to sleep, but what could have kept her eyes closed and she fell asleep was a sharp exhaustion—and no matter how awkward the back of her chair was, she did not even know that the blanket on her shoulders had slipped to her knees.

Lin Shan felt a little sorry for this woman's stupidity, but at the same time he was a little helpless. Since she is an idiot, it is probably a kind of demonic infirmation, this woman is willing to make some compromises for him, but at the same time, there are many things that she insists on, which he can't persuade.

Besides, when he came back from outside yesterday evening, I am afraid that this woman was not the only one who stayed here last night.

As soon as Lin Shan sat up with the quilt in his arms, he had already seen a few familiar faces walking through the half-open door.

The young guards, who were full of energy and energy, but were walking lightly, so they looked a little funny, saw that the sleeping people in the room had woken up. They couldn't help but smile with joy on their faces.

Their joy almost jumped out of their throats, and they were almost swallowed back into their throats under the "restraint" of the two fingers that suddenly raised the person who was sitting on the bed.

Stepping out of bed, Lin Shan gently picked up the blanket that fell to Chen Jiu's knees and covered her again. His fingertips slid over her shoulders, and the touch of his fingertips was so delicate that his pity for her quickly turned into distress. After a moment's hesitation, he stretched out his arms, wrapped her around her through a blanket, and gently laid her down on the bed beside the chair.

-- The woman in his arms was originally tall. The forehead can reach the bridge of your nose. But under this hug, he found that the woman weighed no more than 100 catties, which was too thin.

When Lin Shan pinched the quilt horns to cover the aged wine. While lying flat on the bed. But the old wine, which was still half-seated and curled up, also woke up. She sat up. His expression froze for a moment, and then he looked at Lin Shan and blurted out, "Are you awake?" ”

"Seeing that you slept soundly, I didn't make any noise for you." Lin Shan smiled and bowed. Put your hands flat on the shoulders of the woman on either side of the woman in front of you, and press down slightly, "It's okay, you can go back to sleep for a while." ”

"You really scared me out of a cold sweat yesterday." Chen Jiu muttered. She only slept for a short while, her spirit was still tense in a light sleep, and when she first woke up, the first thing that jumped out of her mind was what worried her the most last night.

According to the guidance of the strength from his shoulder, Chen Jiu finally relaxed a little and lay down again, letting Lin Shan cover her with the quilt again, and listened to him slowly say again: "Actually, you don't have to wait here last night, I'm just a little dizzy, it's no different from drunkenness, and it will naturally get better after a good night's sleep." ”

Chen Jiu moved his lips slightly, and he stopped talking for a while.

Although this bedroom and this bed are all from Lin Shan, Chen Jiu is very familiar with them, because she has eaten and slept with Lin Shan here for nearly two years. But apart from eating and sleeping together, she didn't have a chance to do anything else with Lin Shan in this bedroom. In those two years of the most difficult and painful time for Lin Shan, she stayed on his bed as a pillow.

After Lin Shan's injury recovered, she didn't even have a chance to make him a pillow.

If it weren't for the things that Liao Shi told her for the first time a few days ago, she who had lost a lot of patience because she was tired of staying up late at this time, would probably feel a little resentful because of the identity of her pillow, and even despise herself.

Is his years of hard work still insignificant to the man in front of him?

Is it really time to let go? Continuing to watch may be a hindrance for him, and it is also a kind of torment for himself.

If you lose him, you may not be able to live alone......

No...... Wrong......

As soon as Chen Jiu had the idea of leaving, she suddenly felt an irrepressible sourness welling up in her heart, as if the beating heart in her chest was suddenly bound by a belt, and the bundle became tighter and tighter.

In fact, the belt in her heart has always been there, and that is the pressure she brought to herself because she couldn't ask for it, but if she didn't want to continue to fight for the person she couldn't ask for, she seemed to feel more embarrassed and mentally painful.

I don't know when she started to get used to this kind of begging. If you can't ask for it, you can't ask for it! Maybe seeing him every day is already a kind of gain. If he misses the major events that he has been working on for half of his life because of himself, he will be sin on his back and will really lose his choice.

Chen Jiu lay on Lin Shan's bed, curled up in the quilt with her beloved's melt body temperature, the cotton bedding with a slightly rough surface fabric seemed to be as light as a cloud suddenly, carrying her around leisurely, making her extremely fond of wanting to indulge in it all the time.

Between her noses, she could clearly smell the faint medicinal fragrance that he had taken for many years and penetrated his body, and she was already familiar with this kind of smell. Of course, she liked to be close to him, but every time she smelled this medicine, she felt distressed.

She still prefers the original him.

His two favorite liquors are made from glutinous rice and mixed with apricot blossoms. Glutinous rice wine has a mellow taste and great stamina, and after he drinks it, a layer of mist often rises in his eyes. In order to preserve the aroma of petals, the apricot blossom wine is brewed relatively lightly, although it is slightly spicy, but it is not easy to get drunk, so he will drink a few cups of wine every day. He often drinks apricot blossom wine, and when his clothes move in the wind, the smell of apricot will naturally escape.

It's just that it may be difficult for him to come back like that, and there is only a relatively clear smell of medicine left on his body now. Slightly bitter.

She had thought that as long as he recovered from his injury, no matter how bad his physical condition was when he first arrived in the small town of Northland three years ago, Yiqiē would get better soon.

But the facts made her disappointed and extremely helpless. Even if Liao Shi personally treated the whole process, he only barely saved his life and repaired his appearance, but in fact, his physical fitness had deteriorated greatly.

The skin on his back was rugged, and he hadn't grown it since he was thin. If you accidentally get caught in the rain. During the day, there were no signs of his body. At night, you will have a high fever. But even if the skin on the back that was burned by the fire is now healed and reborn, there is no longer the effect of sweating, and the sweat is all poured out of the face, just watching this scene. It makes people's hearts torn.

If it weren't for the dangers. She and the guards who knew about it didn't have to stay here all night last night. Liao Shi is gone. Several people who knew the actual condition of Lin Shan's body were a little suspenseful, because they were not sure whether Lin Shan's fainting was all due to alcohol sickness or some other reason.

For Liao Shi. The symptoms of wind chill and fever are just a minor illness, he casually took out a bottle of medicine from his heavy medicine box, only one pill, although the medicine is too strong, it can make Lin Shan sweat like rain, but the speed of fever is extremely fast, even if it is tossed, it is only an hour or so.

But now Liao Shi is gone.

A little bit of a mistake can make all those in the know worry overnight.

Chen Jiu recalled all the worries he had when he waited for the night last night, and how he would survive in the future, and he couldn't help but grasp the edge of the quilt and squeeze into a crumpled ball.

And just when many thoughts in her heart were colliding like a tide, she saw Lin Shan walk to the small table next to the west wall, pick up the teapot and pour a cup, the tea was already cold, but he didn't care, and drank it as soon as he picked it up.

Chen Jiu suddenly sat up from the bed again.

Hearing the movement, Lin Shan looked sideways, and his hand holding the teacup raised to the air froze slightly.

Seeing the expression on Chen Jiu's face that wanted to stop talking, he smiled slightly and said: "Although I was just drunk last night, I will feel dry when I wake up this morning, which is no different from a hangover, I haven't felt this way for a long time." ”

Because of injuries, Lin Shan has not drunk for at least three years, and when it comes to drunkenness, it seems even more distant.

In his early years, he lived in seclusion in the countryside under a pseudonym, and he was not really a leisure teacher in Lizheng Academy, at that time he had a heavier workload than now, relying on his young and healthy, staying up late to write manuscripts was commonplace, how could he have leisure to get drunk?

At most, I made an appointment with a few friends from the academy during the annual New Year's Festival and found a wine shop to relax. And specifically calculated, the last time he drank with Chai Fuzi of Lizheng Academy until he got drunk was four years ago.

Regarding the feeling of being drunk, Lin Shan seems to be extremely nostalgic, and he also wants to find an opportunity to relive this endless and enjoyable feeling, but it is very dangerous for his body now.

For a person who used to like to drink several times a day, three years without drinking a drop of alcohol is comparable to a prison sentence.

However, Chen Jiu knew very well in his heart that drinking alcohol could cause bad damage to Lin Shan's body.

Therefore, although she is good at winemaking, she often has a thought in her heart, hoping that one day Lin Shan can taste the wine she makes, but at this moment she must correct her attitude and pass this attitude to Lin Shan as a reminder.

"You're really worried about your drunken appearance." Chen Jiu sighed, did not continue to lie down to rest, but got up from the bed, and then took a light green cloth thick robe hanging at the head of the bed, carefully draped it for Lin Shan, and then continued: "Ordinary people only need to sleep for four hours a day, but when you lie down, you have not woken up at all for almost eight hours. Drunk people will talk a lot, and they don't sleep well, but you lie down too steadily, as if you are not drunk, but poisoned. ”

Lin Shan only smiled and said, "It's out of the way." Then he put down the cold tea cup in his hand, clutched the sleeve of his close-fitting midcoat, and probed into the hole in the sleeve of the thick coat that Chen Jiu shook at him.

Chen Jiu smoothed out the wrinkled front neckline for him, and said slowly with a light brow: "Jiang Chao was almost going to take someone out last night to bring back the old pharmacist who had just left." I did it for you and stopped them. This situation may happen from time to time in the future, but we can't tie up the old pharmacist for a lifetime, but the key to this is you, if you can't reassure people. I'm a woman, how can I stop your subordinates every time? ”

Lin Shan's gaze lowered slightly for a while, and soon he raised his eyelids again, looked at Chen Jiu and said seriously: "Then, in the future, I will carry the medicine left by Liao Shi with me." ”

It is not good for him to say more about more persuasion. He always felt that these people around him were a little too anxious, but after living together for so long, he already knew that he couldn't persuade these anxieties, so he could only go with them.

Sure enough, he quickly listened to Chen Jiu's reminder: "What the old pharmacist said just yesterday. Did you forget today? You can't take too much of that medicine. You are temperate. ”

At this point, she could have taken the opportunity to ask him for the bottle of medicine, but she didn't.

After three years of being so close together. Listen carefully to every word he commands. Many things that have been handled. She could sort out his temper. No matter how good her reason was, he couldn't possibly give her the bottle of medicine for safekeeping, not because he was distrustful. Rather, it is his inherent character that demarcates a direction in which he acts.

However, Lin Shan could already see that the woman who was helping him tie the belt around his waist in front of him had the opportunity to ask him for the bottle of medicine, but she chose not to do so, which made him feel grateful, and a smile appeared on his face. He stretched out his arms and smoothed his sleeves, and said gently, "Of course I won't forget." ”

Chen Jiu's fingers skillfully tied the dark ribbon around his waist, but he only let go of one hand, and the palm bone of the other hand was like a crisp, which was soft on his abdomen through the cloth, and he rubbed it lightly on his stomach, and said softly: "After lying down for so long, you must be hungry, right?" What do you want to eat in the morning? ”

Although her words were soft, to this day, every time she touched the two large points in his stomach, she felt nervous.

It's not because of the difference between men and women that she is shy, but a year ago, his injuries had just healed, but in the three months when his body was at its worst, every time she had to reach out and press his two acupuncture points, she was helping him induce vomiting.

During those three months, Liao began to reduce the daily dose of medicine he was taking, and he began to take supplements. But at that time, the result of his strengthening tonic was often to eat something, and it would not take long for him to vomit out.

No matter how finely those precious supplements were boiled by the old wine, he seemed to be unable to bear it. Sometimes he couldn't vomit out, hoarded in his stomach, and his face was so uncomfortable that his face was sallow, so he relied on old wine to rub his stomach to induce vomiting.

At the farewell banquet for Liao Shi just now, Chen Jiu said that he wanted to punch Liao Shi and vomit what he ate, which was actually quite bitter.

But when she thinks about the new round of suffering in the three months a year ago, even if she is happy in the midst of suffering, in fact the suffering is still greater than the happiness.

A faint warmth came from the back of his hand, Chen Jiu raised his eyes slightly, and his wet eyes met a beam of equally warm eyes.

"Leave me alone." Lin Shan raised his hand and put it on the slender jade finger in front of his abdomen, and couldn't help rubbing it slightly, and when he lowered his eyes, there was tenderness in his eyes, "After staying up all night, my complexion is a little burned, you have to rest." ”

At this moment, the two of them may not have noticed that in the early morning, in the same room in such an intimate posture, looking at each other with such a slightly hot gaze, he and her with five fingers folded are like a newlywed Yan'er, a couple who have just gotten up after being obsessed all night.

But the facts are not only negative, but also some of the onlookers sigh and sigh.

Last night, Lin Shan just fell asleep as if his body and mind had fallen into a deep pool, and he sat on the chair, opened his eyes and worried all night, and only tilted his head back on the back of the chair and fell asleep on the eve of dawn when he was most sleepy.

The warm comfort that the beloved man can give her is also in this moment, precious and short-lived, like a meteor gliding across the sky, and I don't know when she will wait until the next time this happiness will come.

At this time, Chen Jiu really wanted to lean into the warm embrace in front of her, she was extremely attached to this familiar breath, if she wanted to rest, she just wanted to fall asleep in this kind of warm warmth, and then she could dream of what she wanted about her beloved man.

But before her wish could be further extended, she could only be declared broken.

Chen Jiu stood in front of Lin Shan in a very close position, and her line of sight could easily see the movement outside the door.

Lin Shan, who was facing away from the door, may not have noticed it, and a few close guards outside the door had already walked back and forth several times, but Chen Jiu, who obviously saw the word "something" in the eyes of these people, no matter how obsessed she was with the precious warmth of this moment, she had already recovered some reason and was also reminding her. It had to be retreated.

"Then I'll go rest for a while." Chen Jiu let go of the hand that caressed the fragile stomach of the beloved man, and said something against his will.

- She did not want to leave his side at all, and though she felt tired, she was in fact mentally clear as a vast sandy field swept by a strong wind, and all the distractions had been swept away, and that little sleepiness had long since dissipated.

Turning around and walking out of the door, when he reached the door, Chen Jiu turned around again, pointed to the cold tea on the table and said, "You don't want others to worry, you have to take care of yourself." Don't forget. No matter how thirsty you are. You are also not allowed to drink cold tea overnight. Wait a while, I'll call someone to make tea and bring it over. ”

After Chen Jiu said this, he walked out of the door and said a few words to a certain guard outside the door. Soon someone came in. Took away all the tea sets.

Lin Shan watched this scene silently. Because he was overly taken care of, there was a faint helplessness in his eyes, but his heart was warm.

A while passed after the wine was gone. Lin Shan also walked out of the bedroom, his face was calm as usual, and his eyes changed to a sense of purity.

Nowadays, his hearing is abnormal, although it is caused by illness, but not all of the five senses are troubled by him, and sometimes it can also play some beneficial roles. For example, just now, he had already heard the sound of footsteps going back and forth outside the door, which was actually from a person. This man waited for a long time, obviously having something to tell.

Just now he just didn't say anything to Chen Jiu, in fact, he was also a little attached to the warmth at that time.

After cleaning up that little bit of warmth and returning to his usual rational and meticulous state, Lin Shan walked out of the bedroom, saw Jiang Chao pacing back and forth, and asked directly, "Did something happen yesterday?" ”

In the days when Lin Shan lived in the small town of Northland, he was still dressed as he used to teach at Lizheng Academy, wearing a cloth shirt, and he did not wear a high crown, but only wrapped his hair with a cloth belt, and his outfit was very low-key.

At this time, I saw Lin Shan, who had been sleeping all night, and his hair was still as neat as when he went out yesterday, which showed that he slept last night like a stone that had not moved a bit.

Just smelling some wine made him sleepy like this, and thinking about it only made people feel shocked.

Jiang Chao couldn't help but be slightly stunned.

Lin Shan rolled up his sleeves, folded his arms in front of him, and said, "Go to the study and say." ”

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After leaving Lin Shan's bedroom, Chen Jiu was about to ask the maid to go to the kitchen to make some refreshments, when he saw the maidservant Lan Ya coming over.

Yesterday, Lan Ya was unpleasant when she was cleaning up the dining room with a few other maids, and those maids only conveyed a few words to Chen Jiu. They thought that if Lan Ya had said the original words, if they had told the old wine, they would probably make their eldest sister unhappy for several days, so they made some concealments. Besides, Lan Ya doesn't chew these rotten gossips every day, and occasionally makes mistakes, and everyone tolerates it and it passes.

Last night was also because Lin Shan's condition was different, and Chen Jiu had no patience and spirit for anything else. As for what her little sisters told her yesterday, when she saw Lan Ya at this moment, she remembered something, but she didn't care. Lanya is still one of her clever little sisters.

Lin Shan is not strict with the servant girls in the residence, in fact, his daily life is carefully taken care of by Chen Jiu, and there are very few places where other maidservants can be called. At this time, it was still early, except for the maid who happened to be on duty today, the rest of the maidservants had either not gotten up yet, or were still washing.

Seeing Lan Ya in neat clothes at this time, Chen Jiu no longer had other thoughts, and after a word or two of greetings, she ordered Lin Shan's morning refreshments.

Lan Ya seemed to be very happy to agree, and when Chen Jiu left with confidence, countless pores seemed to suddenly appear on her face, absorbing all the joyful smiles, and her eyes gradually deepened.

――――

In the study.

After listening to Jiang Chao's report on the strange scene seen by a team of subordinates yesterday evening, Lin Shan also began to ponder.

Looking at Lin Shan, whose eyes were slightly lowered and silently pondering, Jiang Chao hesitated for a moment, and finally couldn't help but prompt: "If you want to track down the true traces of Liao Shi, those short-tailed foxes in the corner courtyard of your residence can come in handy." ”

Lin Shan was still pondering, and when he heard this, he just said casually: "How to use it?" ”

"Although the guards who followed Liao Shi yesterday evening didn't last long and lost it, a few of them saw Liao Shi sitting on the frame that was flying close to the ground, unscrewing the gourd and drinking the old wine." Jiang Chao explained slowly. At the end, he said his own idea, "Although the clay pot of the wine sister is empty, with the special domestication that those short-tailed foxes have received, as long as they sniff the empty wine pot again, they will definitely be rewarded." ”

"Then ......" Lin Shan was about to agree with Jiang Chao's construction, but when the words came to his lips, he hesitated slightly.

After a pause, he beckoned, and Jiang Chao approached the table and bowed to his ears. Listen to him say a few words in a very slight voice.

When it's time to stand up straight. Jiang Chao's face was obviously puzzled, and he asked hesitantly: "Adults are always going to cut the edges clean up, why do you want to arrange it like this this time?" ”

Lin Shan stared at Jiang Chao for a moment, but still did not answer. Just said lightly: "If I don't explain this matter anymore." Those arrangements that were just ordered. Will you still do it? ”

Jiang Chao no longer hesitated when he heard this, and immediately replied respectfully: "Don't dare to disobey." ”

Lin Shan really didn't explain anything, just raised his sleeve and said, "Then let's go." ”

Jiang Chao took the order. He arched his hand to Lin Shan, who was sitting behind the desk, and then exited the study.

Lan Ya, the maidservant who had been waiting outside the study for a while, saw the door open and Jiang Chao walked out, as if the discussion in the study had ended, so she walked towards the study with the hot soup and snacks that had been prepared.

When she passed by Jiang Chao, she was suddenly stopped again.

Stretched out his finger and probed the sand pottery soup urn, glanced at the two pastries on the tray again, and then said with a slight smile: "Please don't mind, Miss Lanya, Jiang may be a little too cautious in doing this, but now that the old pharmacist has left here, Lord Lin had a strange situation yesterday evening, and I have to pay careful attention today and in the future." ”

"Well, this Lanya knows, she will pay more attention." Lan Ya replied softly, a gentle smile on her face, not showing any hint of affection.

Jiang Chao thought for a while and then said, "Usually, Lord Lin is taken care of by Sister Jiu every day for food and drink, and there is no need for a rough man like me to ask. However, Sister Wine will occasionally be delayed by some affairs, so she needs the help of a clever girl like you. In the future, if you encounter something like today, you can make it clear to the inside, no matter how busy Lord Lin is, you will not keep you waiting outside. ”

Jiang Chao was stating a practical situation, but he didn't want Lan Ya to draw another meaning from his words.

She hurriedly squatted down to salute, apologized and said, "It's Lanya who did something wrong, and she shouldn't just know how to wait." Wait any longer, and the soup will be cold. If it warms up, even the taste will be lost. ”

Jiang Chao hurriedly helped her up, and said warmly: "Don't be so polite, Jiang didn't mean to blame you, you can go in." ”

Walking into the study with a tray and a slight bowed head, Lan Ya raised her eyes to look behind the desk, and saw that Lord Lin, who was extremely respected by everyone in the residence, was sitting on the chair, and seemed to lean all the weight of his body on the back of the chair. He tilted his head slightly, not knowing where his gaze had stopped on the roof of the study, and he didn't know what he was pondering at the moment.

Lan Ya put down the tray on another small table against the wall in the study, then opened the lid of the soup urn and scooped out a small bowl of warm and incomparably light mushroom and yam soup with a soup spoon.

Hearing the soft sound of the bowl clattering, Lin Shan put away the question in his mind, got up from the chair, and walked to the small table to sit down. Under normal circumstances, he rarely dined at the desk, which was clearly a bit long and wide.

His fingertips pinched the handle of the narrow porcelain spoon, lowered his head slightly and tasted the warm clear soup, and when he raised his head, he stood aside with his hands tied, and Lan Ya, who was a little nervous, heard him ask slowly: "Is this soup your craft?" ”

Lan Ya's heart became even more nervous.

Outside just now, Jiang Chao's words were very tactful. Lin Shan's meals have always been taken care of by Chen Jiu, which is true, but Chen Jiu has not been able to take care of this side as Jiang Chao said occasionally. Although Chen Jiu opened a winery in the town, the business of the winery gradually prospered, but she did not have the intention of expanding the store, because the focus of her daily affairs has always been on Lin Shan's side.

Chen Jiu almost never neglected the affairs of Lin Shan's side, and to be precise, today was the first time that Lan Ya had the opportunity to cook Lin Shan's breakfast.

Nervousness is a feeling that she can't avoid in her heart at this time, her sensitive nerves are worried, I don't know if Lin Shan will ask this, is it because she has done something wrong.

However, she was not nervous for long, because before she could open her mouth to answer this very simple question, Lin Shan, who had already noticed that her hands that were naturally hanging down at her side began to clench slowly, and said, "This soup tastes good. It's very comfortable to drink, thank you for your craftsmanship. In the past, it has always been aged sake to do these things, and it is actually good to change the taste once in a while. ”

Although he was praised, looking at the expression on Lan Ya's face at the moment, it seemed that he was more surprised than happy.

No one has ever complimented her on the soup she makes.

Because she really doesn't have the talent to cook soup, and the food she cooks tastes mediocre, about the same as when she heard those mothers-in-law say when she was in General Mu's mansion before, her cooking level is enough to cook raw food and eat the dead.

At this time, Master Lin, who heard everyone in the residence respecting and obedient, praised the delicious soup she cooked. She wondered if she was still dreaming. Another thing I immediately wanted to do was to taste the soup in this urn myself, did my craft really improve a lot before I knew it?

However, although she was skeptical, she did not have the opportunity to verify it immediately. But in her opinion. There was really no need for the adult sitting in front of her to pretend to praise her. And his next move also proved once again that the praise he just made was his true feeling.

Lin Shan put down the porcelain spoon he was holding in his fingertips, and picked up the small soup bowl that was no more than the size of a palm with one hand. Like drinking tea, drink the bowl of lightly boiled warm soup in three or two sips.

If anyone was holding a large bowl of soup in both hands, the posture would definitely look a little rude, but at this time, the small soup bowl in Lin Shan's hand was not much bigger than an ordinary tea cup, and the temperature of the clear soup was indeed not suitable for a thin spoon to taste slowly, and the way he drank the soup like this was a little more casual in the eyes of Lan Ya, who saw this scene for the first time.

What's more, from a certain point of view, this is undoubtedly the most honest compliment to Tang Hao.

Seeing Lin Shan put down the small soup bowl, Lan Ya hurriedly took a step closer and asked softly, "Sir, do you still need the maidservant to serve you another bowl?" Although the voice was soft, the meaning was full of joy.

But to Lanya's surprise and disappointment, Lin Shan shook his head.

In fact, he had drunk a bowl of soup so quickly, not necessarily because he thought the soup tasted delicious, and half of the reason was that his keen and sick sense of hearing had already heard another guard coming towards him, and his footsteps were in such a hurry that he was obviously coming with something.

Last night's long hibernation did make some things pile up to today, and I had to put in a little more energy and be patient.

It didn't take long for the guards who were hurrying towards this side to enter the study, and they had reported something yesterday evening, and then went to look for Shanliang in a circle of forest cedars outside the town.

Shan Liang saw that the maidservant girl he had only seen yesterday was also in the study, and when he swept his eyes on the table, he knew what she was doing here. Nodding at her, as if he had said hello, Shan Liang moved his gaze back to Lin Shan's face, walked to a very close distance and whispered a few words, Lin Shan stood up after hearing this, and walked out of the study with Shan Liang.

After walking a few steps away, Lin Shan suddenly stopped, remembering that whenever he left, his study would inevitably be locked. And just now he was in a hurry, neglected this, and left a maidservant in the study.

But he didn't turn around and go back to lock the door, only paused for a moment. In recent days, he has begun to clean up the drafts in his study, and the important parts of the manuscripts that were originally piled up on the shelves have been cleaned up first, leaving only a few fragments of the manuscripts. Therefore, even if the study was burned to ashes by a fire, it would not cause him any loss.

As for the servant girl who cooked the soup deliciously, she was not the object of his questioning.

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Seeing Lin Shan and his guards walking away, the maid Lanya retracted her gaze, and was about to pack up the dishes and leave, but when her eyes touched the soup urn with the clay lid open, looking at the urn and the wisps of hot soup wafting out, she suddenly had another thought in her heart.

He walked to the inside of the study door, and at a very fast speed, he peered out to the left and right, and saw that there was only one guard standing outside the door. It was no different from the situation just now when he was standing outside with a tray in his hand, this guard was still standing a little farther away, and it was probably because Lin Shan didn't want anyone to hear what he was talking in the study just now, so he lined up the guards first.

Lan Ya retracted her gaze, walked back to the small dining table, no longer hesitated, picked up the big spoon she had just used to scoop the soup and stirred it into the soup urn, then tilted her neck and swallowed half a spoonful of clear soup.

Immediately after, she almost spit out the mushroom and yam soup she had just swallowed in her throat.

Sure enough, it is worthy of the soup that I boiled, but it is still so unpalatable.

Lan Ya pursed her lips and tried to swallow back the clear soup that had been halfway pouring from her throat to her mouth. She took out the handkerchief from her sleeve and wiped the dripping soup that had accidentally spilled from the corner of her mouth, and the expression on her face gradually sank.

It's not because the soup is too unpalatable, but the fruits of one's labor, no matter how bad they are, will never make them too disgusting, just as people will always tolerate their shortcomings.

She felt a little resentful because she felt that the adult had just deceived her.

(To be continued......)