The willow forest is quiet in the winter night, the attic is silent, and the sound of the water flowing of the Huai River is faintly heard in the distance. Xiao Qi walked to the candlestick and lit two candle lamps, the dim light illuminated the large study, and the graceful shadow fell on the floor, looking from behind, it was indescribably seductive.

Xu Buling subconsciously glanced from top to bottom, closed the door with his hand, and plugged in the deadbolt.

Xiao Qi put down the fire fold, heard the sound of bolting the door, turned around, but did not speak.

Although the contact in the capital was short, the impression left on Xiao Qi must be fresh in his memory - he went to the palace to visit his sister who was the queen mother, exchanged identities and then was broken by his sister's face, and later found out that the dead face was actually the prince of the vassal who couldn't move, and inexplicably suffered a big dumb loss, and then the guy who seemed to only please women turned his hand and applauded many forces in the two countries, so that she now reviewed it, and there are many places that she hasn't figured out.

Xiao Qi is extremely calm, and has kept her personal feelings in her heart since she was a child, and will never let them affect her thinking and judgment.

After this happened, there were only two choices. Marrying Xu Buling solves all the problems logically, or if you don't marry, that thing never happened.

In the long run, it must be better to marry with the boat, and for the Xiao family, the disadvantages will not have much impact and the benefits will be endless. Therefore, when Xu Buling was about to propose, Xiao Qi had already made a decision, and it was at that time that Xiao Ting was called back from Chang'an.

From a personal point of view, Xiao Qi is obviously not happy to be so cheap. It's not because of emotional problems, it's normal for couples in this world to not meet before they get married, and most of them are feelings that only get married first. What she is not happy about is what Xu Buling has done to her, she still has to marry honestly to cover it up, and she feels a loss when she thinks about it.

And she is older than Xu Buling, she is an old girl in the boudoir, Xu Buling can't wait to agree as soon as she comes to propose, and outsiders can't think that she has taken a big advantage.

Because of these two reasons, Xiao Qicai has not revealed his tone. If you really don't want to get married, you have already refused when you want to leave. If you don't refuse to let Xu Buling come over, you will agree sooner or later, but the way you agree can't be too casual.

As for whether you like it or not......

Xiao Qi is very sensible, she knows everything about herself from the inside out, and she only looks at Xu Buling differently in her heart, and she has not yet reached the level of admiration. However, she also admits that she was very relaxed that night, and it seemed to release all the pressure accumulated in her life, and she liked that feeling......

If you see everything too clearly, it is not all good.

It is precisely because she knows the future route very well that Xiao Qi is a little entangled now. If it is to deal with normal things and make a trade-off, Xiao Qi will not hesitate at all, and he will agree on the spot. But this matter obviously can't be too decisive, and you have to find ways to make a detour, which is a headache when you think about it......

After thinking about it, Xiao Qi walked to the side of the soft collapse and sat down, her expression was a little different from when she was talking about business, waiting for Xu Buling to speak.

Xu Buling walked up to him and said with a smile:

"Can I sit down?"

The soft collapse is where Xiao Qi usually leans on to read a book, and there is only one soft collapse, and the stool is on the side of the tea sea.

Xiao Qi wanted to get up, but after a little hesitation, he still moved to the side a little:

"Sit down."

Xu Buling sat down next to Xiao Qi, looked at the beautiful woman beside him, and was about to say something, but frowned slightly.

touched the soft collapse of the seat with his hand, with a little warmth, and sniffed the smell in the air, and there was still the smell of incense powder, not Xiao Qi's ......

Xu Buling blinked his eyes and smiled:

"Xiao Qi, I'm here to propose, I don't know what you think?"

Xiao Qi saw that Xu Buling didn't directly say what happened last time, she was a little surprised, and she relaxed a little, and said calmly:

"I don't want to say yes."

"Why?"

Xiao Qi got up and poured two glasses of water next to the sea of tea, glanced at the teacups, there were two less, and touched the kettle with his hand, it was still hot......

"The Xiao Xu family is thousands of miles apart, and the marriage is of no practical use, and it will attract the suspicion of today, which is one of them. Xiao Ting is currently difficult to take charge of the overall situation, I am married to someone The Xiao family has no leader, this is the second. So I don't want to agree to this family business. ”

"Marriage is a matter between men and women, and everything else is for objective reasons, so you shouldn't just think about business."

Xiao Qi walked back and handed Xu Buling a glass of water, and his voice was flat: "You broke the game in Chang'an City, it is really eye-catching, and your poetry, martial arts, and appearance are all unbeatable, but I am different from Xiang'er, behind it is the entire Xiao family, and it is impossible to think about the love between men and women." ”

Xu Buling took the teacup, shook his head and smiled: "People carry things on their shoulders, and if they just think about business and don't think about themselves, they will be pressed down sooner or later." In fact, when you were in Chang'an, it was much more interesting than now......"

Xiao Qi didn't think it was funny, and said softly:

"I won't marry you, you die of this heart."

“……”

Xu Buling didn't expect Xiao Qi's attitude to be so resolute, and they didn't hate each other, they were coming to propose marriage, except for solving the problem of making mistakes, there was no other way, which directly made him die, which was too direct.

The room fell silent, except for two figures sitting side by side.

Xu Buling couldn't leave the table because Xiao Qi's words were unkind, frowning and thinking about it with a teacup as if provoking the conversation and touching the heart of the beauty.

And Xiao Qi had a tough attitude on her lips, but her expression and movements were diametrically opposite, she raised her hand and hooked the hair hanging down her ears, and glanced at Xu Buling a little shyly.

！！

Men understand what this action means.

Xu Buling was stunned for a moment, looking at the beauty under the lamp beside him, but saw Xiao Qi looking down at the tip of his shoes again, biting his thin lips, his legs together a little, and his hands seemed to have nowhere to put them.

？？

This is to ......

Could it be that the last time I performed too well, I know the taste of the marrow......

"Ahem......"

Xu Buling's face was a little unnatural, put down the teacup, and tidied up his clothes.

Xiao Qi tightened her tight-fitting skirt, her fair cheeks showed a faint flush, she secretly glanced at Xu Buling, and coughed lightly.

The hints are so obvious, I can't understand that I really don't deserve to be a man.

Xu Buling's heart fluttered slightly, but at the same time, he also had a little headache - Aunt Lu and the baby seemed to be listening to the room next door, if this was pushed down the river, it would inevitably be broken by Aunt Baobao......

If it is broken, it will be broken, anyway, Xiao Qi is voluntary, and it is just natural to talk about marriage when he is discovered, what is his family afraid of......

Thinking of this, Xu Buling hooked the corners of his mouth slightly, raised his hand and stroked Xiao Qi's waist, and moved a little closer.

Xiao Qi shook slightly, did not dodge, but looked left and right in a little panic, and the standard desire to refuse was welcome.

Xu Buling comprehended, raised his hand and hugged Xiao Qi tightly in his arms. Xiao Qi's face was slightly red, and her hands curled up in front of her and gently pushed, wanting to push away Xu Buling's hands, but her eyes dodged left and right.

Seeing that Xiao Qi was so cooperative, Xu Buling pressed Xiao Qi on the soft couch, skillfully untied the tie of the skirt, and prepared to wait for Mrs. Lu and the baby to come out to catch the current and break the personal relationship between him and Xiao Qi.

Unexpectedly, at this moment, Xiao Qi trembled violently, his hand slapped weakly on Xu Buling's back, tilted his head hard, and reprimanded in a coquettish voice:

"Xu Buling, what are you doing!? Let go of my ......"

His voice trembled with anger, suppressing the anger and incredulity that came from the bottom of his heart.

Xu Buling was caught off guard, but he didn't expect the eldest lady under him to turn her face faster than turning a book, and this reaction was too big.

He secretly turned over and tried to cover up, but unfortunately it was too late.

In the room where the maid was, Mrs. Lu and Xiao Xiang'er, who heard Xiao Qi's scream, rushed out, and when they saw the tall Xu Buling, who was tall, pressing Xiao Qi on the soft couch and rubbing it indiscriminately, most of the black skirts were untied, revealing a piece of white flowers.

"Xu Buling!"

Mrs. Lu's eyes were full of incredulity, and she almost fainted, she never expected that Xu Buling would do such a conscientious thing because Xiao Qi did not agree.

Xiao Xiang'er was on fire in her eyes, looking around for scissors and other objects.

That's her own sister, the bastard......