Chapter 15: Strange Things (3)

Xiang Ye drank tea with a smile, turned his head to enjoy the scenery outside the window, and no longer looked at him.

Si Ming watched the two of them sit quietly, for a long time, no one spoke, but the atmosphere was inexplicably good.

She couldn't help but sigh: "In many cases, silence is annoying, because it represents nothing to say, a metaphor for the gap and estrangement between people." But at other times, it is so endearing and enviable that it suddenly becomes thoughtful, as a short break for joy, not only providing a space for reminiscence, but also serving as a touchstone for testing emotions. How sad, aphasia is the normal state of life, comfortable aphasia, but not.

Xiang Ye had three cups of tea, and the heavy rain that had just started outside the window was much smaller, and she turned around and asked Jian Yunzhen: "Ah Zhen, last night, you weren't injured, right?" ”

Jian Yunyun now changed to a comfortable posture and leaned on, his eyes were cast to Xiang Ye's side, a little more merry, and said, "No." But what do you call me? ”

Xiang Ye raised his eyes and said, "Don't you like it?" ”

Jian Yunyun's mouth snorted, and he replied: "It's all called this in the future." ”

Xiang Ye asked him, "Am I the only one who calls you that?" ”

Jian Yunqi replied with a smile: "Yes, Yezi." ”

Xiang Ye smiled slyly and said, "Ye Ye is better." ”

Jian Yunqi said: "But everyone calls you Ye Ye." ”

Xiang Ye replied: "Your name is different." ”

Jian Yunzhen became interested and asked, "What's the difference?" ”

Xiang Ye said: "You are more gentle, I like it more." ”

Jian Yunzhen only smiled and didn't speak.

Xiang Ye glanced at him. When Jian Yunzhen received her eyes, he smiled even more happily and said, "For me, everything is good, it's all my Ye Ye." ”

Xiang Ye's face blushed a little, nodded, and then changed the topic, asking, "Did you get any clues from Guan Yike?" ”

Jian Yunzhen held his head and replied: "Your "Tiger City" map was not stolen by him. ”

Xiang Ye's brows furrowed a little, and he continued: "This matter may be more complicated than we originally thought. This morning, the Yamen sent someone to deliver the news, saying that someone took the initiative to report to the official and found a Tibetan painting. ”

Xiang Ye asked: "Who reported the official?" ”

Jian Yunzhen said: "The housekeeper of the Mei Mansion said that Master Mei was dissatisfied with being impeached by your brother a few days ago, and he had coveted the "Tiger City Map" for a long time, so he bought the thief to steal the painting, and planted it to Guan Yike. The people of the Yamen are now on trial. ”

Xiang Ye was a little surprised, Master Mei is a first-class official, although he is a disciple of Hua Guogong, but above the court, because of the impeachment style, there are almost no people who are planning to retaliate. With his position, it is not necessary to make such a big effort to make a raindrop, unless, he still has a backhand.

She heard Jian Yunzhen say again: "This matter has been involved in Guanyike, and it has spread to the people, and it has made too much trouble. ”

Xiang Ye nodded and said, "Let's wait for the news first." ”

Jian Yunzhen didn't say anything more.

The sky suddenly cleared, and the sky after the rain was as blue as a wash, and the "god worm" appeared. ”

Xiang Ye, like the people on the street, immediately closed his eyes when he saw the "divine insect", lowered his head, and stopped looking up.

Jian Yunzhen looked at her like this, roughly guessed the situation, and said to her: "Ye Ye, it's just a glance, it's okay." ”

Xiang Ye nodded.

In the country of Jian, there is such a legend that after the rain, if a seven-colored "divine worm" appears in the sky, it means that it is going out to forage for food and cannot disturb it.

It does not give people beauty and hope, but rather means calamity and suffering. If you stare at it, you will be considered dissatisfied with its appearance. And you, because you don't respect it enough, will get into trouble and bad luck. Therefore, whenever it appears, people up and down the country of Jian will not look up at the sky.

In Xiang Ye's impression, when she was very young, she didn't know this legend, and once, she sat alone on the steps of the courtyard of her home and quietly admired the "Seven-Colored Divine Insect." ”

At that time, she thought it was beautiful, colorful, like a curved bridge, floating faintly in the sky, just looking at it, she would feel beautiful.

But as she grew up, her grandmother taught her not to look up at insects. She told her grandmother that she had seen it with her eyes open when she was a child, and it was very beautiful and not bad. As a result, her brother happened to be injured at that time, and Mama told her that this was the cause of her disrespect for the "divine worm". She hasn't looked up since.

Sitting with Jian Yunzhen now, she recalled the past, and she still couldn't forget the shock of beauty when she first saw it.

She asked Jian Yunzhen: "Ah Zhen, do you believe it, the legend of that divine worm." ”

Jian Yunzhen replied: "I don't believe it." ”

Xiang Ye looked at the dense pedestrians downstairs, some children were held in their arms by adults with their heads pressed, some people walked with their heads down, and many people even held up umbrellas, she looked back and stopped looking down.

She said to Jian Yunzhen: "But if I raise my head, I will always get into trouble, right?" ”

Jian Yunzhen said: "Yes, but it's not Ye Ye's fault. ”

Xiang Ye's back suddenly straightened, his eyes were firm, and he said: "Ah Zhen, once, when I was a child, I once admired it in the open and bright for an afternoon, it was very beautiful and beautiful, and it was not the same as what everyone said. I think that if it is really a wise worm, it will understand that we stare at it out of appreciation and love, and if it foolishly blames it, then how can it deserve my respect. So, I want to see it, do you mind? ”

Jian Yunqi stood up unhurriedly, walked to the window, opened the window wider, sat back beside her, and said to her gently: "Let's watch it together, see it is so old until it runs away shyly." ”

Xiang Ye smiled softly at him, but the waves in his eyes were not calm.

Jian Yunzhen is not the same as others, she has known it for a long time, but she didn't expect that there would be such a person in the world, again and again, which surprised her.

Jian Yunqi looked far away, quietly looking at the "seven-colored insect", and occasionally looked back at Xiang Ye to help her pick up her wind-blown hair.

He thought, he knew Xiang Ye a little better.

Last night, I thought she would worry about the painting, and hurried all the way back, but I didn't expect that when I climbed over the wall and went in, the lights in her room had been turned off, and I listened to the sound of breathing and fell asleep soundly.

Today, she knew that the idea of seeing insects was weird, and that being seen would cause trouble, but she still chose to stick to her judgment and take a brave step to scratch the beard of the divine worm.

Jian Yunzhen thought that her own appearance was far more "complete" than he imagined.