Chapter 9: Overboard
It's an unceremonious question.
Ye Lingyi was sleepy, startled by this sudden voice, and her sleepiness instantly dissipated.
Just like the embarrassment of being lazy at work and being caught by the boss on the spot, Ye Lingyi immediately sat up, but forgot for a moment that she was on the wall, or that her movements were too large, which made this "new driver" who had just learned to control an unfamiliar body forget her sense of proportion for a while, and her body lost her center of gravity when she tilted.
In the pavilion, a young man dressed in a crescent-colored brocade robe stood in place, watching the thin girl on the wall dancing in the air for a long time.
In the end, it fell into the small lake under the wall with a "plop".
The vision instantly fell into a blur, and the smelly sewage poured all over Ye Lingyi's mouth, nose, and ears......
Ye Lingyi held back her strong nausea, and desperately slapped the water and struggled: "Help!" Save ......"
Before the cries for help could be heard, she sank into the weight and drank several more sips of dirty water.
She doesn't seem to be a swimmer.
The young man in the pavilion raised his eyebrows slightly, took two steps closer and looked at the girl who kept beating the water in the lake, acting like a clumsy duck, but he just watched so quietly, and there was even a hint of schadenfreude in his dark eyes.
He didn't seem to have any intention of saving her.
On the other side, Ye Lingyi, whose vision was blurred by the water, tried his best to widen his eyes, and finally saw the person standing in the pavilion clearly.
Isn't that the masked boy Helian Che?
He just stood there calmly watching her drown? Why didn't you come to her rescue?
Could it be that the hearts of the people in this world have become so cold?
Also, could she be sure she didn't dazzle herself to see a faint smile on the corner of this man's mouth?
What is he laughing at? Is it stupid to laugh at her?
At this time, Ye Lingyi couldn't take care of three seven twenty-one, after all, her life was at stake, seeing that Helian Che had no intention of saving her, Ye Lingyi had no choice but to call Helian Che's name in a hurry: "Save me!" Save me, Helian Che! ”
Helian Che in the pavilion was very surprised, such as the bright eyes printed with stars and moons, there was a trace of incredible, and at the same time he thought that this woman didn't know what serious crime she had committed, and dared to call her master's name.
Seeing her struggling comically for a long time, Helian Che said slowly: "The dog slave knows how to die, why is he stupid to kill himself?" ”
"What?"
Ye Lingyi only felt inexplicable, and her heart was very angry.
Helian Che raised his lips and smiled meaningfully, as if he was determined to make her suffer, and deliberately waited for a long time, seeing that she was struggling and couldn't move, he raised his noble feet and approached, and casually threw a branch to pull her up.
Ye Lingyi, who was rescued, was relieved, and as soon as she landed on the ground, she coughed a few times on the ground regardless of her image, and then opened her mouth wide to vomit out all the dirty water she drank in.
But he couldn't vomit anything, and in the end he was really angry, so he didn't think of any bullshit rules, and sat up and glared at Helian Che who was dressed in crescent-colored clothes.
At this time, although I can't look at the face behind the mask, I have to say that Helian Che's body proportions are really speechless, especially those long legs, if you don't go to be a model in modern times, it is really tyrannical, especially the crescent-colored dress he is wearing today, which really holds up his slender body proportions to the extreme.
But then again, a good figure is a good figure, as long as you think about it, this is an eighteen or nineteen-year-old kid......
Ye Lingyi was angry, and his tone became heavier: "I said Young Master Helian, the two of us seem to have no grievances in the past, and we have no enemies in the near future, how can you watch me drown?" ”
Helian Che looked at her from top to bottom, and finally said in an extremely brisk tone: "Drowned?" Who did I save just now? And also...... Are you questioning me in this tone? Do I have to save you? ”
"I ......"
Ye Lingyi was suddenly speechless.
Who knew that Helian Che, who had already won, did not intend to stop talking, and continued: "And I remember that there was a slave who did not follow the rules and did not work hard, and climbed on the wall to sleep lazily, and finally fell into this pool, do you think she deserves it?" ”
"I ......"
Ye Lingyi was full of grievances, thinking that it was obviously Danqing who disappeared first, everyone in this mansion has their own duties, where is her place as an outsider?
In addition to being wronged, Ye Lingyi, who is well versed in arms and thighs, also understands that now she is in a different world but a humble existence that everyone can trample on, and she needs to be cautious if she wants to live a stable life, and the other party is the master she can't provoke, so she has already committed a crime by calling her name, and now she must not talk back, so as not to cause another incident.
After thinking about it, Ye Lingyi's whole face turned red, and she didn't say half a word again.
Looking at her appearance, Helian Che's thin lips pulled up a scornful smile, and his expression was indifferent as usual: "By the way, if you want to stay in this mansion...... There are a few things I think it's better for the dog slave who doesn't know whether to live or die to understand it clearly, first, call the master's name and confess the crime of death! Second, it is a capital crime to be lazy and slippery! Third, you must know everything well when you are on an errand in the house, otherwise you will be guilty of a capital crime. For example, just now, everyone in the house knew that it had rained heavily a few days ago, and the lake here had only risen a little, and the place where you fell into the water was originally a pedestrian path, which means that you had no worries about your life...... It's only to blame that you were born too short and your feet don't touch the ground! ”
What the?
Ye Lingyi forcibly suppressed the anger in his heart, and before he could reply to him with a schipstick, he saw someone limping over from outside the pavilion.
Look closely, my good ......
Isn't this person in front of him the missing Danqing?
"Young Master!"
Danqing walked over with a serious expression and bowed respectfully to Helian Che.
Helian Che looked back, his brows hidden behind the mask suddenly furrowed, and the temperature in his tone dropped by several points: "What's wrong with you?" ”
Danqing was silent for a while.
Ye Lingyi looked curiously, only to see that the face of the white-looking young man in front of him suddenly turned blue and purple, and a pair of delicate eyes directly swollen into walnuts.
Looking at it like this, it's obvious that he was beaten up by someone, how many people did this young man offend before he was beaten like this?
But...... With the identity of the second young master of Helian Mansion's personal confidant, his level is much higher than that of ordinary subordinates, who dares to do this?
Noticing Ye Lingyi, who was wet behind Helian Che, Danqing's eyes began to dodge a little.
Then she didn't know if it was dazzling, she actually felt that in addition to the bruises and purple wounds on the young man's face, there was also some strange redness?
Got a fever?
Helian Che frowned, and seeing that Danqing didn't speak, his tone became heavier: "Danqing, didn't you hear me ask you?" Who did it? ”
Danqing knew that he had made Helian Che unhappy, and he also knew the weight of Helian Che's words, so his eyes turned red and he knelt on the ground: "Young Master, Danqing begs the young master not to ask, the slave has a thin life, it is not worth the young master to make such a big fuss, the reason why the slave dragged this body to see you is actually to remind you to be careful of the third young master." ”
"Helian Tu ......"
Helian Che's eyelids moved slightly, and his inky eyes were dark.
Danqing glanced at Helian Che's face, lowered his head and continued: "Leng Yuexuan's master is seriously ill, Lao Qiu went over to see it, and said that it was ......"
Danqing looked at Ye Lingyi, who was looking at him with concern, and his face was full of curiosity.
Helian Che understood his intentions and waved his hand at Ye Lingyi to signal her to retreat.
Ye Lingyi was stunned for a moment, and finally rolled her eyes secretly, and dragged her wet body out of the pavilion with an expression that was not uncommon to know their secrets.
After she left, Dan Qing said: "Yesterday, the slave went to the bamboo courtyard to deliver brocade silk for Uncle Song of the dyeing room, and accidentally overheard Lao Qiu diagnosing Leng Yuexuan's wife, saying that the illness had entered the five, and the medicine stone was hopeless, and the time was running out. ”
Danqing knelt on the ground, looking very guilty.
Helian Che didn't care about the first half of what he said, but asked him, "So Helian Tu beat you like this?" ”
At the mention of this, Danqing was slightly stunned, and after a while, he lowered his head and said: "A dignified seven-foot man, but he suffers from the pain of flesh and skin, and it is not in the way, in fact, Helian Tu is not sure what I heard, so he just detained me and let me come back after I suffered some hardships." ”
Helian Che didn't speak, but his face hidden behind the mask was extremely indifferent, as if he was pondering something, and only said lightly after a while: "Okay, I know everything, you go down." ”
"But the young master ......"
Danqing wanted to say something, but Helian Che seemed to be able to guess what he was going to say next, so he raised his hand to stop him from speaking before he could speak.
Danqing was slightly stunned, knelt on the ground and looked at Helian Che for a while before standing up and limping away from the pavilion.
Helian Che still stood upright, letting the swaying waves of the lake distort his crescent-colored reflection......
At this time, the wind began to blow on the surface of the lake, and the breeze carried the smell of light water to the pavilion, so that a bamboo curtain hanging in the pavilion suddenly became chaotic, swaying and knocking on the red stone pillar, making a "da-da" soft sound, and then as the sound intensified, the red tassels falling under the bamboo curtain were blown off, and happened to fall on the wooden tea table in the center of the pavilion.
Helian Che walked slowly closer, looking at the bright red on the brown tea case, and inadvertently seemed to recall something, which made his originally somewhat sharp eyes soften a lot, and his slender fingers gently stroked the faded tree rings along the desk one after another, and many dusty memories instantly poured into his mind like a spring with the touch of his fingertips......
I still remember that he was a child at the time, and he always loved to pester his mother.
His mother is a foreigner, born with a pair of skillful hands, not only can make delicious snacks in his hometown, but even the level of making all kinds of snacks in the Western Dynasty is not inferior to that of famous chefs.
It's just that the mother who has such a pair of skillful hands has not been favored by the god of fate.
In his memory, although his mother's face was extremely beautiful, but in front of him and his father on weekdays, his mother rarely showed a smile, and since his father was ordered to go on the expedition, his mother had completely lost her smile, and she would often stay alone in this pavilion for most of the day.
He was too young to understand why his mother was here so often, so he secretly followed her, but the end result was confusing to him.
In his eyes, his mother stayed in the gazebo all day long, first for a while she just looked at the sky in a sad daze, and then she began to divide the beans, carefully sorting the red and mung beans mixed together one by one on this tea table, and after returning the last red bean, she would scramble the beans of these two colors again, and finally carefully sort them again.
The mother repeated the same action over and over again, as if she was stunned, trapped in a never-ending cycle of death.
He couldn't understand it.