For several days, Ling Xi lay on his stomach in the corridor listening to the rain, stretching his neck and looking into the distance. She was waiting for Ginkgo, she asked Ginkgo to guard at the gate of the Hou Mansion, if Ye Muzhi came, Ginkgo would come to inform her immediately. Ling Xi, who never cared about dressing up, had changed her tricks and put on gorgeous clothes these days, and she also deliberately combed a few popular hair accessories for the current Yicheng ladies, wanting to wait for Ye Muzhi to show him when he came to the Hou Mansion, but this Ye Muzhi didn't come to the door for a few days, and Ling Xi and the others were a little upset.

She looked at the innermost corner of Yuzhai, where there was a ladder, usually Ling Xi climbed over the wall to the abandoned courtyard next to it, that courtyard used to be the courtyard of her brother Ling Zhu's biological mother, Aunt Qiuzhu, and there was a small door in the corner of the courtyard that led to the outer street, and after Aunt Qiuzhu died, that courtyard was also deserted. After a long time, the people of the Hou Mansion did not remember that there was such a small secret door.

Ling Xi was also naughty when he was a child, and ran to the courtyard next door to find such a secret door, and since then this has become a place for Ling Xi to enter and leave the Hou Mansion freely. For many years, Ling Fu and Leng Qiuye sent people to stare at them outside the listening rain, and they didn't notice when Ling Xi left the Hou Mansion.

Ling Xi really wanted to go out of the Hou Mansion to find Ye Muzhi, but he was afraid that Ye Muzhi would just come to the Hou Mansion and miss her perfectly, Ling Xi could only sit in this entanglement, listening to Yuzhai and waiting for news. She herself thinks that this stupid way of waiting for the rabbit is both stupid and ridiculous. But she unconsciously sat in the corridor every day and waited, like a little fool.

Ginkgo's figure quickly flashed into Ling Xi's distracted eyes, "He's here?" Ling Xi asked impatiently.

"Ye Gongzi didn't come, just now the third miss returned home, I heard that at the party of the young ladies, the third miss was so scared by Miss Cousin that she couldn't get off the stage, and she went back to the house with an unhappy face, I was afraid that the third miss would see me and come to trouble me, so I came back first."

Ginkgo walked up to Ling Xi's side and said with some unhappiness: "Miss, I am guarding the gate of the Hou Mansion every day, just like a fool. ”

"He's going to be fine." Ling Xi muttered softly thoughtfully.

"Miss, Ye Gongzi probably doesn't have anything, he shouldn't come to the door." Ginkgo told Ling Xi the truth mercilessly,

"Ye Gongzi wants to come to the door, he has already come, anyway, he is a friend of the eldest young master, it is not difficult to come to the Hou Mansion, but Ye Gongzi has never shown up since that day, even if there is something, it is good to send a little servant to report a letter." Ginkgo didn't understand such a simple truth, what was wrong with Ling Xi, she usually had an IQ of 180, but she was almost inferior to her these days.

"How do you know?" Ling Xi pursed her little mouth with some dissatisfaction, and looked at Ginkgo with a resentful expression.

"Miss, how can he be embarrassed to visit every day as a concubine, and the eldest young master is not in the mansion, isn't this gossip."

Ling Xi thought about Ginkgo's words, it seemed to be very reasonable, if Ye Muzhi came to the Hou Mansion often, if she couldn't keep Leng Qiuye in her mind, she didn't want to talk to Ye Muzhi well, she had to talk to Leng Qiuye Zhou Xuan, it was really boring. But if Ye Muzhi doesn't come to the door, she can't be a Miss Hou Fuyan and go to the Shangshu Mansion of the Ministry of War to visit, it will be even more unseemly.

Suddenly, her eyes rolled and a smile leaked from her face, and she trotted back into the house. Ling Xi rummaged through the boxes and cabinets in the room for a long time before she found the folding fan that Ling Zhu had given her the year before.

She gently opened the folding fan, placed it on the desk, picked up the pen and ink on the blank space on one side of the folding fan picture, and wrote a few lines leisurely. Ginkgo stretched out his head to see, the willow tips on the moon, people about after dusk.

"It must be handed over to Ye Muzhi in person." Saying that, Ling Xi handed the folding fan in his hand to Ginkgo and instructed with a little excitement.

In the evening, Ling Xi disguised herself as a man and slipped out of the Hou Mansion, she came to the shore of Mochizuki Lake in Yicheng early, and the folding fan she gave to Ye Muzhi was painted with the scene of her brother and friends swimming in the lake in the spring before last. Even if Ye Muzhi is stupid, she should know that she is waiting for him at Mochizuki Lake.

Thinking of this, Ling Xi couldn't help but bow her head and smile, she hadn't seen Ye Muzhi for several days, and she didn't know if he was like herself, and she missed herself a little, suddenly Ling Xi felt that her face was red, she walked to the lake and looked at herself in the water, her face was almost red like a monkey's ass, and she was indeed not looking good in the men's clothes in the water.

If only she could wear women's clothes today, dress up carefully, in fact, her appearance is still okay, at least it has nothing to do with ugliness, but it is not too stunning. It's a pity that in order to sneak out of the Hou Mansion, she can only wear this white man's clothes, anyway, Ye Muzhi has seen it, so she probably won't think she looks unbearable.

I don't know when, Ye Muzhi has quietly walked behind Ling Xi, and Ling Xi, who has been looking at himself in the water, didn't notice it at all.

Ling Xi inadvertently turned around, but found that Ye Muzhi was already standing behind her, she didn't stand still without paying attention, her body fell towards the lake, Ye Muyi grabbed Ling Xi's arm and pulled her to his chest with all his might.

Ling Xi was in a panic, her body was close to Ye Muzhi's chest, it was so close that she could almost hear Ye Muzhi's heartbeat, fluttering, she could even feel Ye Muzhi's heavy breathing floating over her face, the air around her seemed to be condensed, only Ye Muzhi's deep eyes were deep in Ling Xi's eyes.

Ling Xi's face was instantly covered with red light, which was particularly eye-catching on her fair little face, and suddenly Ye Muzhi swallowed a mouthful of saliva in his throat, he quickly put down Ling Xi's arm and took two steps back slightly, he deliberately distanced himself from Ling Xi.

"When did you come?" Ling Xi also lowered his red face as if he was a monkey's butt a little embarrassed. Ye Muzhi coughed lightly and said in his slightly hoarse voice, "It's been a while." ”

The close contact between Ling Xi and Ye Muzhi just now also filled the air with an aura of embarrassment and ambiguity, and the somewhat unnatural Ling Xi began to pace by the lake. Ye Muzhi followed closely behind Ling Xi, he didn't say a word, but he followed him like a bodyguard, as if he was afraid that Ling Xi would have any accidents.

"You said you would visit again, but you haven't been to the Hou Mansion for many days." Ling Xi said in a slightly resentful tone.

She thought that Ye Muzhi would explain, maybe he really had something, and he didn't want to come like Ginkgo said, as long as he said a reason, Ling Xi was willing to believe him. But she waited for a long time, Ye Muzhi still followed her like a log, and without saying a word, Ling Xi couldn't help but feel a little angry.

"Ye Gongzi is afraid that he is not busy falling in love with a young lady, and he has no time to deal with other idlers." After saying that, Ling Xi didn't forget to turn around to see Ye Muzhi's reaction, Ye Muzhi lowered his head and was silent, under the gray moonlight, Ling Xi couldn't see Ye Muzhi's expression clearly, and thought of what Ginkgo said was really blind for a few days of tossing and turning, and the daring lover didn't take it seriously at all, that is, she was like a fool. The more he thought about it, the more angry Ling Xi became, and he was suddenly angry, and he was about to leave with a brisk walk.

Suddenly, Ye Muzhi's tall body quickly blocked in front of her, and he whispered: "I'll send you back, it's too late, it won't be safe." ”

"Don't dare to have Lao Ye Gongzi, Ye Gongzi should hurry up to the appointment of other beauties." After speaking, Ling Xi angrily passed past Ye Muzhi.

Suddenly, there was a strong force from her wrist, and I saw Ye Muzhi holding her left hand, Ling Xi struggled from Ye Muzhi's hand, but Ye Muzhi's strength was too great, Ling Xi felt a burst of pain in her wrist, and she was still in place.

"You are the only one who meets in private outside in disregard of etiquette." As soon as Ling Xi heard Ye Muzhi's words, a wave of joy suddenly welled up from the bottom of his heart, and he couldn't help but have a shallow smile on his face.

"Really?"

"Yes"

"Then why don't you come to the Hou Mansion to find me."

"I'm afraid it will affect your reputation." Ye Muzhi said in a low voice, with a slight hint of humility in his tone, as if he had jumped out of his hoarse throat. His hand was still tightly clasped on Ling Xi's wrist, as if he was afraid that Ling Xi would disappear before his eyes.

A fresh breeze blew, ripples rippled in the water, and the leaves on the edge of the lake rustled, as if time had stood still. Ling Xi couldn't tell if it was the breeze that stirred the frantic heartbeat at this time, or the sound of the leaves that quieted the restless heart, the wind blew and the trees moved, who knocked each other's hearts.

"I'm not afraid." Ling Xi said faintly.

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