It's late August, but the wooden hydrangea in the courtyard doesn't look like it's going to be thankful, goose yellow, light blue, lotus root powder, intertwined with a lush sea of flowers. Sometimes, Lin Wanjing will feel compassionately that this is probably because the flower fairy is reluctant to leave her alone in this cold room, so she is reluctant to go.

Today's Yukuntai is indeed like a cold palace.

It was still early, Liu Jin's car had stopped in front of the porch of the Imperial Kuntai, and it had been some time since he returned to Luzhou, but today was his first time home. After explaining not to wake Lin Wanjing, he went straight to the study, the sandalwood door opened, and the study was still neat and tidy in his memory, even the tiny sculpture in the sand table under the corner of the wall was also spotless.

The old butler opened the curtains for him, and the morning sun shone into the room through the huge glass window, which was scattered on the chaise longue near the window, and was reflected in the gilded words on the book cover.

"The young lady has to read here every day until late at night, so she shouldn't have time to tidy ......up," the old housekeeper explained while hurriedly cleaning up the slightly messy chaise longue, "The little ones in your study don't dare to come in, and the young lady does the cleaning and tidying on weekdays herself......

"I see."

Hearing Liu Jin say this, the old housekeeper didn't say anything more, and retreated with interest.

Why should anyone else tell him these things? This room is full of the breath he is most familiar with, in those days when he can't come back, this breath is like the breeze that he can't bear to give up in the summer night, lingering in his heart, together with the smile imprinted in the depths of his soul, accumulating and precipitating, condensing into the most persistent concern in his heart.

In a trance, the sunlight thrown into the window seemed to outline the haunting figure, and he thought that when he first entered the Yukuntai, he was as strange as her, and he couldn't tell the difference between the north and the south. The girls said that she insisted that she could see his returning battleship in front of the large glass window of the study, so she waited in the study every day, but she never saw the imaginary picture every day.

Occasionally, he returned early, quietly entered the study, and really saw her standing by the window, looking at the bay outside the window. He couldn't help but be moved, and locked her firmly into his arms from behind:

"What are you thinking?"

"Thinking... Think about when you'll be back. ”

"Then why are you standing here thinking?"

"I guess I can see you from here." Her slender fingertips pointed out the window to the harbor, and it was sunset, and there was a dazzling light spread on the surface of the sea, and the light shone into the window, and Yingying wrapped around her fingertips.

He smiled dumbly: how could you see it? The Kuntai is safe because it faces a reef cliff that is inaccessible to ships, and beneath the rolling waves is a solid rocky beach that can grind through the ship's cabins.

But he couldn't bear to break her illusion of beauty, so he changed the route of the cruise.

He will probably never forget the joy on her face when she saw the battleship, her cheeks flushed with excitement, and her pure and happy expression like that of a child who knows no world.

Thinking of these, a smile inadvertently climbed onto his face, Liu Jin was intoxicated, and when he heard the footsteps, the footsteps had stopped outside the door, and the door opened, he turned around, but what he saw was Lin Wanjing's helpless expression - she didn't expect him to come back suddenly, so that look was full of unadorned surprises, but the surprise was just a flash, and it was replaced by panic in an instant.

He waited for her to speak, but saw her throat move slightly, her lips pursed tightly, and her timid gaze met with him for a moment before turning to the ground again, and the next second, she had already turned back, and was about to leave.

"Wait." He quickly called out to her.

Lin Wanjing froze her footsteps, slowly turned back to face him, her eyebrows still drooping, and waited quietly for his next step.

"You ......" Liu Jin paused, and then said, "Are you all okay?" ”

Lin Wanjing nodded: "It's all good." I was worried that someone would take advantage of the opportunity to make trouble, so I sent Chen'er to my mother, after all, it was the British Concession......"

"That'...... What about you? ”

The slender figure trembled in response, but the eyes that should have been looking forward to the brilliance drooped lower, and the hand on the chest slowly moved to the pendant around the neck, clenching it tightly, so tight that you could almost see the lines of the blood vessels on the back of the hand. Liu Jin saw these actions in his eyes, and he knew that this was her subconscious action when she was afraid of anxiety.

"What's wrong?" He asked, reaching out to touch her, but she closed her eyes and flinched back for a moment.

She's scared of him! She hadn't seen him for a few days, and she was afraid of him to this point.

After holding each other for a moment, Lin Wanjing finally nodded, which was the answer to his previous question, and she seemed to feel that it was a little inappropriate to only give this answer, and after hesitating for a moment, she asked:

"What about you?"

The trembling two words, softly, carried all kinds of emotions that she tried so hard to suppress.

"I've worked hard for you in the days I'm away."

When Lin Wanjing heard this, she raised her head suddenly-he didn't blame her, she thought he should ask her why she was meddling in diplomatic affairs, and he would definitely severely reprimand her and reprimand her, and she dared to interfere in diplomatic affairs? ! But he didn't, and his tone was calm, even with a little gratitude and love. The panic and fear in her eyes faded away, and finally replaced by a relieved smile and a faint tear, she shook her head vigorously, a slight smile between her pursed lips, and the dimples on her cheeks were faintly exposed. Liu Jin couldn't help but be intoxicated, reached out and took her into his arms, stroked her long soft hair, and didn't say a word.

Protect this smile.

Never before has this thought been stronger than it is now.

"Wan Jing......" he whispered to her in her ear, "for the time being...... Get out of here......

Wen Cun dissipated in an instant, Lin Wanjing broke away from the embrace she had been looking forward to for a long time, her eyes full of doubts looking for answers in his eyes, but he avoided her gaze.

"So...... What about you? She asked, but not why.

In the corridor, the sound of brisk footsteps in women's boots came straight to the study, and immediately arrived at the door.

"Brother Yun Rou! Didn't you say that you would go to the West Mountain Horse Farm today to select the war horses that will be allocated to each battalion in the next season! I've been waiting for you for a long time! ”

Ye Qiuluo pushed the door in, but he didn't expect such a scene, and he was stunned in place. Liu Jin didn't expect Ye Qiuluo to come to the door, and then looked at Lin Wanjing, who was close at hand, but saw that her face that had just been raised lowered again, and her smile disappeared, for a long time, but it was more obvious, but it was full of bitter arcs - she knew the answer a long time ago, since she already knew, why bother asking such a superfluous question in humiliation.

The smile was like a knife on his heart, and he reached out to touch her, but she seemed to have expected it, and before he could raise his hand, she dodged away.

"Evening Jing ......"

He wanted to explain, but Ye Qiuluo had already jumped to his side, and naturally grabbed his arm:

"Brother Yun Rou, why are you talking so much nonsense with this woman? Let's go, don't make my dad wait too long~"

"Do you want to go together?" Liu Jin asked, obviously asking Lin Wanjing, but Ye Qiuluo snatched the white:

"What did you ask her for? Does she dare to approach the horse? ”

Lin Wanjing didn't intend to respond to her disdain and shook her head.

"Oh well. If you are free, go and talk to Li Lingrui. He should have been able to convince her to leave this land of right and wrong.

But Lin Wanjing didn't know this original intention, and this unexplained sentence only made her feel more and more cold.

Once upon a time, how he had been jealous of the friendship of this childhood sweetheart, like a vigilant lion, guarded against every contact between them that might threaten him, and in those days, his jealousy almost put her under house arrest in the cage he had forged with strength and pampering. But now, he took the initiative to let her go to Lan Yan's confidante, she didn't know if he wanted to torture himself because he felt guilty, or if he already knew that she would have nothing to rely on, so he couldn't wait to return her......

The footsteps of the two gradually disappeared outside the door, and Ye Qiuluo was vaguely heard coquettishly asking Liu Jin to change the decoration of the staircase and the layout of the living room, and even to change the windows, as for whether Liu Jin had answered, she didn't seem to hear it, and she didn't want to hear it.

Ah Ling came to invite her downstairs for breakfast, and saw her standing alone in the empty study in a distraction, with a clear tear stain on the front of the purple cheongsam, Ah Ling blurted out Miss and couldn't say a word of comfort anymore - she could piece together the scene in this study, so whatever she said at this moment was particularly cruel.

After a long time, I only heard Lin Wanjing whispering:

"Ah Ling, after breakfast in a while, dress up for me."

"Huh?!" Ah Ling was taken aback, "Miss, are you going out?" ”

Since leading the British ambassador to intervene in the opening of the port that day, Lin Wanjing has closed the door and never stepped out of the Yukuntai for half a step.

"Hmm." Lin Wanjing raised her head, raised her hand to wipe away the undried tears on her cheeks, sighed, and laughed, "When did I become like this, I don't look like myself at all." ”

This smile is so bright, but in Ah Ling's opinion, it is weird and frightening:

"Miss......... What are you talking about........."

"Go and ask Uncle Fu to find out all my clothes and burn them." Lin Wanjing said this, suddenly remembered something, and added, "It's too hot, let's prepare that mint green first." ”

How long has it been since Lin Wanjing has worn a dress? She couldn't answer this question herself, so much so that Ah Ling even needed to recall for a while before she could remember what she was talking about.

"But Miss, the skirt ......"

The skirt had a large straight neckline, and although the neckline was trimmed with cascading cream waves, it still showed the scars on her shoulders.

"I know." Lin Wanjing smiled with relief, "It's there, why hide it?" Just get ready. ”

"Good. That...... Miss, where are we going today? ”

Where to? She hasn't thought about it yet, she just doesn't want to wait stupidly in this cold house anymore, and she doesn't want to be wishful thinking about the hope of the moon in the water.

"Miss?"

"You just have to let Ah Biao prepare the car, and we can count wherever we go."