"It's so late, why are you here?" Yu Shu looked at the approaching figure and said loudly, Jingchen also turned around, and saw that it was Xue Rui, and was a little surprised.

Xue Rui looked at Jingchen and nodded, the two of them said hello, and then said to Yu Shu: "I want to go out for a few days, I came to you to calculate the itinerary, is it convenient for you to do it now?" ”

Although Yu Shu was strange how the dignified Xue family didn't even have a guest to ask about Master Yi, such daily things still needed him to come to her, but he still responded:

"What's inconvenient, have you had dinner?"

Xue Rui nodded, looked at the two of them with food in their hands, and asked, "You haven't eaten yet?" ”

Yu Shu raised the sugar cake in his hand, "It's too lazy to do it when it's cold, go out to buy and eat, let's go, go back to my house first." ”

Xue Rui glanced at Jing Chen and nodded: "Okay." ”

In the face of Xue Rui's sudden visit, Yu Shu didn't think much about it, and led people home, Yu Xiaoxiu was very happy to see Xue Rui coming, and called Brother Xue in his mouth, without Yu Shu's call, he consciously ran to the kitchen to boil water and make tea.

Jingchen walked behind Yu Shu and Xue Rui, put the food in his hand on the table, originally wanted to go back to the room, but when he walked to the door, he thought about it again, Xiaoyu is now a woman, and it is inconvenient to be with a man, so he stood at the door and didn't go out, turned around to see the two of them talking.

Yu Shu led Xue Rui to sit down at the table and asked, "When do you go out, what do you want me to count?" ”

Xue Rui said: "Early tomorrow morning, you help me calculate the weather in the next few days, you left my eight characters last time, and then test what taboos this line has, whether it is smooth." ”

"Leaving tomorrow morning? Then I'll give you the math now, and you can sit down first. Yu Shu stood up and walked into the house.

Xue Rui stopped her: "Haven't you eaten yet, you eat first, I'm not in a hurry." ”

Yu Shu waved his hand, "It's okay, I just padd my stomach..." Turning his head and seeing that Jingchen was still standing at the door, he said to him: "Jingchen eats first, don't wait for me." ”

After that, she went into the back room, lit the lamp and laid out the paper, and found out the eight-character calculation that Xue Rui left her last time, it was rare for Xue Rui to ask her for help, she must be thoughtful, not to mention that there is Jingchen, I don't know if it will affect him.

There were only two Xue Rui and Jing Chen left in the hall, and after being quiet for a while, Xue Rui stood up, walked around the small living room, looked at Yu Shu, who was immersed in writing and calculating inside, and didn't listen to what was going on outside the window, turned back to Jing Chen, who had been standing at the door since just now and was quietly watching him, and asked:

"Why does Jing Shaoxia look at Xue like this?"

Jingchen thought for a while and said truthfully: "I think you are very familiar, like I've seen you before." ”

Xue Rui smiled, walked back to the table and sat down, shook his head and said, "Jing Shaoxia's demeanor, if I have seen it before, I will not forget it, it's a pity." ”

The implication is that they have never met before.

Xue Rui then pointed to the empty seat across the table: "Sit." ”

Jingchen walked over and sat down, his eyes still fell on Xue Rui's face, if someone else was stared at like this, he would have felt uncomfortable, but Xue Rui looked like nothing happened, and asked:

"You've lived in Anling City for a while, and I heard Ashu say that you came to the capital to do business, so you take the liberty of asking, how are things going?"

Although Yu Shu did not explain Jingchen's origin, Xue Rui interrogated a lot from the case of the Taiheng Chamber of Commerce, so that it was clear that Jingchen was salvaged from the river during the boat, was seriously injured and was taken care of by Yu Shu, and then escaped from the boat with her.

Xue Rui saw that Yu Shu was very close to Jing Chen, and he showed a sense of suffering, but he was worried that people like Jing Chen had a grudge against him, and sooner or later it would be unfavorable to Yu Shu.

Xue Rui also knew that Yu Shu was a person who attached great importance to love, and he was rescued by a killer that night, and he was saved by Jingchen's knife, thinking of this affection, if he warned her to stay away from this person, he would definitely make her unhappy, so he never asked her about Jingchen.

But letting them get along for so long is something Xue Rui doesn't want to see, whether it's out of concern or selfishness.

Jingchen listened to Xue Rui's inquiry, and said in his heart that Yu Shu had deceived people again, so he couldn't help but expose her lies, and thought carefully about how to answer before he spoke:

"There is no progress, maybe we have to wait a little longer."

Xue Rui said: "Is there any difficulty? Xue took the liberty to ask you what was the matter with coming to Anling, and if there was anything that could help, you should help. ”

"One" Jingchen would not have lied, but in the face of Xue Rui's questioning, he couldn't answer, so he fell silent.

Xue Rui continued to ask unhurriedly, "Is there anything inconvenient to talk about?" ”

"I'm looking for someone." Jingchen spoke slowly, although it was hidden, but it was the truth, he lost his memory, and he got a hint in his dream that he went down the mountain this time to find a "lifebreaker", but he didn't know who that person was and where it was.

"Oh?" Xue Rui's eyes flashed, his ten fingers clasped on the table, looked at Jing Chen, and said, "Is it a relative, or a friend?" If you are looking for someone, you might as well tell me about that person's physical characteristics, I have some connections in Beijing, and I can help you inquire. ”

After finishing speaking, I saw Jingchen shake his head, but there was no follow-up.

Xue Rui was pondering what he meant by shaking his head, Yu Xiaoxiu pushed the door with a teapot and walked in, so he closed the topic and said:

"It's not convenient to talk about it, so when the young man needs help, tell me again."

Jingchen nodded, "Thank you." ”

Yu Xiaoxiu poured a cup of hot tea for Xue Rui and Jing Chen, then sat down beside Xue Rui, and asked with a twist, "Brother Xue, how many days have you been out?" ”

He was worried about Xue Rui's promise to take him on horseback, and he was worried that he would not be able to come back when he went out, so the agreement would not be counted.

Yu Shu arrived in the capital, financially independent, Yu Xiaoxiu lost the pressure of the Ji family, played with his peers, and after a while, he became more and more childish, not to mention playful, but it was not like before, he only knew that he could study and do housework alone, and he didn't care about anything else.

Yu Shu wished that his personality could be more cheerful, so he disciplined him less, but fortunately, Yu Xiaoxiu was very obedient and reassuring.

Xue Rui stretched out his hand and touched his head, and said with a smile: "Most of them will come back in six or seven days, aren't you going to be closed on the fifth and sixth days of the first month of next month, and as soon as I come back, I will take you to ride a horse." ”

"Hmm." Yu Xiaoxiu was both shy and a little happy when he said that he was thinking, and his stomach growled twice, so he took apart the cooked food packed on the table, and handed a meat fire to Xue Rui first.

Xue Rui said: "I've had dinner." ”

Yu Xiaoxiu flipped through the oil paper again, pinched up a tea egg, turned his head to Jing Chen, who was inconvenient in his right hand, and said, "Brother Jing, I'll peel an egg for you." ”

"Hmm.

After waiting for about half an hour, Yu Shu came out of the house with a note of various kinds in his hand, handed it to Xue Rui and said: "It's not a big deal, it's just that you may have happened to encounter the first snow in the past few days. ”

In ancient times, the road is not in all directions, not far out of the city is the suburbs, the suburbs are not easy to walk, in the event of heavy rain and snow, the appearance of muddy and slippery, trapping horses and overturning is a common thing.

The deeper the winter, the day is getting colder and colder, Yu Shu is good at the prediction of rain and rain, and has not had a more in-depth study of more complex weather changes, so he can't tell whether there is a snow sign in the rain in this month, but he still specially reminded Xue Rui two sentences.

Xue Rui took note of Yu Shu's advice, folded the note and put it in his sleeve, and saw that it was not too early, so he got up and said goodbye:

"I have to wake up early tomorrow, so I won't stay long."

Seeing that he was leaving, Yu Shu hesitated slightly, then took off the lantern behind the door and said to Xue Rui: "It's dark outside, I'll send you." ”

She is not a person who drags mud and water, since she plans to make her words clear to Xue Rui, seeing you today, it is better to choose a day, and then delay until the start of the Dayan test, which inevitably weighs on her heart and distracts her

Before Xue Rui could say anything, Jing Chen opened his mouth first: "I'll send it." ”

Hearing this, Xue Rui, who had already walked to the door of the house, turned his head to look at him, then looked at Yu Shu again, and said with a smile: "Let's stay, the sedan chair is waiting on the street outside, so that I won't get lost when it's dark." ”

Jingchen's idea is very simple, he used to treat Yu Shu as a man, and occasionally she walked at night, he didn't think there was anything wrong, but after knowing that she was a woman, he inevitably had to think more.

Yu Shu probably guessed Jing Chen's thoughts, and was amused that he suddenly became delicate in his eyes, because he had something to say to Xue Rui, and said to Jing Chen:

"Zang sent him to the mouth of the alley and came back."

Jingchen thought that it was not far from the alley, so he didn't say anything more.

Xue Rui saw that Yu Shu insisted on sending it, and thought that she had something else to say, so he said goodbye to Jingchen Yu Xiaoxiu and went out with her carrying the lantern.

At this time, half of the neighborhood closed the door and turned off the lights, washed and slept, the wild cats also found their own corners to avoid the cold, the alley was quiet, only a lantern illuminated the road half a foot ahead, and the two figures walked on the potholed path with an arm's length apart.

"How are you preparing for the exam, I heard Zhao Miao say that you only went to the Taishi Academy twice, and then you didn't go again."

"After reading the files over the years, I just need to know what to do, and then I'm afraid of causing trouble to Feng Gongzi. It's easy to say in other subjects, it's easy to reason, I'm not good at using words to make sentences, I'm afraid that when the time comes, I'll be crooked and the exam will be poor. Yu Shu replied while pondering how to talk to Xue Rui.

"Well, it doesn't matter, just write the words clearly then, remember to keep your test stickers, don't lose them," Xue Rui said a few words, and said:

"By the way, if you don't go out tomorrow, this month Dali Temple will send a confession, and there will be an extra thirty catties of green charcoal, and I will send it to you."

The last time Xue Rui came, I found that Yu Shu's house did not burn charcoal, it was okay a while ago, but today it rained a winter, and it was about to freeze, and then I didn't add a stove to burn charcoal, it was very difficult to survive in winter, and she had to take exams again.

Yu Shu's expression moved, turned her head to look at Xue Rui, her eyes were warm in front of him, and her mood suddenly became a little irritable, she pursed the corners of her mouth, suddenly stopped, and Xue Rui also stopped.

"What's wrong?" At this time, Xue Rui finally found that something was wrong with her.

"Brother Xue," Yu Shu looked away, looked at the hazy light and shadow on the road, and lowered his voice:

"Don't bother with me, I can only be friends with you."

Xue Rui was slightly stunned, and went through Yu Shu's words in his mind, Fang came back to his senses, and then looked at the faint expression on Yu Shu's face, and couldn't help but hook the corners of his mouth, revealing an unknown smile.

He only thought that this girl was born with that tendon, and he didn't want to, it turned out that she knew it in her heart.

Xue Rui was not impatient at this time, but lowered his head and asked her softly: "Since you are a close friend, I care more about you, is there anything wrong?" ”

Sensing his approach, smelling a light scent of books, Yu Shu changed the lantern in his hand to a hand, stepped back half a step without a trace, sighed lightly, and said in a low voice:

"No, I already have someone I like, and I can't accept your kindness anymore."

Yu Shu lowered her head, but she couldn't see Xue Rui's expression at the moment, she sweated nervously in her palms, waiting for his reaction.

In fact, this thing is something she did a little inauthentic, as early as when Xue Rui took over the case of the Taiheng Chamber of Commerce with one arm, she was aware of his thoughts, and later made it clear that it was the day he came to her to take the entrance examination for the Dayan exam, she asked him why he took such good care of herself, he asked rhetorically at the time, she knew it in her heart, but she pretended to be confused with him.

She didn't know what point he liked her, otherwise she really wanted to change to death, and the difference between the identities and status of the two could be taken by him, and she had to say that she had fallen into evil mold.

Now she confessed to him bluntly, if she wants to say that she is not worried about annoying him, it is false, Xue Rui treats her with a good temper, but that day she saw him and the same prince in the Dingbo Pavilion speak coldly, and she knows that he is also a lord who turns his face and does not recognize people

Just in Yu Shu's anxiety, a hand gently fell on her shoulder, and Xue Rui's overly calm voice came from her ear:

"It's not too early, just send it here, you can go back."

After finishing speaking, the hand on his shoulder left, and he didn't stop for a moment, Yu Shu slowly raised his head, he could only see a blurred back in front of him, squeezed the lantern in his hand that flickered and flickered, and swallowed a mouthful of saliva.

It stands to reason that she should breathe a sigh of relief for Xue Rui's tepid reaction, but somehow, she feels that this matter is not over.

Xue Rui left, and Yu Shu stood alone in the alley of the black hole for a long time until Jingchen came out to find her.

"Xiaoyu, what are you doing standing there?"

Yu Shu came back to his senses, Fang felt that his face was blown by the wind, shrunk his neck, turned around and trotted towards Jingchen, handed him the lantern to hold, and raised his hand in front of him:

"I'm freezing to death, go home quickly."

On Huixing Street, a warm sedan chair was lifted, Xue Rui sat in the sedan chair with a dim vision, untied the fox fur collar expressionlessly, loosened the silver wire buttons at the placket, leaned back against the cotton cushion behind him, pinched his eyebrows lightly with one hand, and after a while, a chuckle:

"Someone you like... Hehe. "Min