Chu Tao and Shi Li walked around in this fairly large courtyard.

"Momoko, what's wrong with you? Looks preoccupied. Shi Li said with concern.

Chu Tao reluctantly smiled: "Actually, it's okay, it's all my own sentimentality and thinking too much." ”

Although he was with Shi Li, Chu Tao still thought about Xue Congjia all the time, and Xue Congjia's appearance kept appearing in front of him.

"Oh...... Well, you've been okay lately, how's your hand. "Shi Li is not good at talking to girls, but he likes to talk to Chu Tao very much, because what Chu Tao says is very interesting and lively, and he talks a lot.

Chu Tao was silent at first glance, which made Shi Li very unaccustomed.

"I'm rough-skinned and thick-skinned, and my hands have long been healed." Chu Tao stared at the scar left on her hand, a little uncomfortable, and remembered the way Xue Congjia stood up for her that day.

Thinking about it this way, Xue Congjia has done many things for her.

Alas, how could she forget him?

"Nonsense, a little girl with fine skin and tender meat is so old-fashioned."

"Actually, I think you are quite brave, in Xinyang, you were so seriously injured, you didn't cry, and it didn't take long to heal." Shi Li smiled slightly.

Chu Tao said: "Actually, I have lived for seventeen years, and it has always been smooth sailing, until I went to Xinyang and was tied up by Xie Caiwei, I can be regarded as encountering some setbacks." ”

"Those days were really difficult, I was locked up in the house, and I couldn't tell the difference between day and night, but Brother Shi, I still can't figure it out, why Xie Caiwei's master and servant want to tie me up? Why don't you tie up Zhao Tieniu or you? Chu Tao said.

"What do you think?" Shi Li asked rhetorically.

"Probably because...... They were anxious to find a breakthrough and ask Xue Congjia's true identity, and I pretended to be his maidservant again...... But I seem to know a lot! I don't look very smart! Xiaohong said! Chu Tao said.

"Hehe, the maid you pretend to be the most fake I have ever seen, how can there be a maid like you."

Even if you deliberately paint yourself yellow with potion, your eyes are still clear and charming, even if you deliberately dress plainly, you still have that kind of confident and arrogant temperament, even if you pretend to be weak and humble, you still maintain self-esteem and pride. This kind of temperament engraved in the bones, how can she be a servant girl?

"Ah, I thought it was very similar, I'm going to learn more from Xiaohong, she looks like everything." Hatsu Tao said embarrassedly.

"Therefore, everyone can see at a glance that your identity is not ordinary, and she dares to tie you up, probably because of ...... Maybe it's jealousy, maybe it's boldness, maybe she can see that Brother Xue is actually very protective of you. Shi Li said.

"Protect me? Maybe, but Xue Congjia protects me like a kitten and a puppy. How do you say that, it depends on the owner to beat the dog? Chu Tao said.

"Do you think Xue Congjia looks at you like a puppy?" Shi Li swallowed hard.

Chu Tao, this girl, what is going on in her head?

"Uh...... Almost, whoever moved his dog, of course he was not happy. Chu Tao said.

"Have you ever thought that Xue Congjia cares about you very much, and even likes you?"

"During the days when you were kidnapped, each of us blamed ourselves, although he was not as obvious as Zhao Tieniu, but we all know that at that time, he was not as strong as he looked, he refused to sleep, forced himself to cheer up, and tried his best to find your whereabouts."

Later, he couldn't hold it anymore, and he fell asleep on the seat. Really, I don't lie to you. Shi Li said.

Chu Tao's mood is very complicated, although she believes that Xue Congjia has the ability to find her, but she didn't expect the process of finding her to be so difficult, is it really as Shi Li said, Xue Congjia likes herself a little bit?

Chu Tao thinks that it is more reliable for sows to go up trees.

Why did Shi Li tell himself this?

The breeze blows, the Han Lian sings in a low voice with the wind, and the dew rolls back and forth on the lotus leaves like jade plates. Chu Tao and Shi Li looked into the distance, the lotus flowers in their eyes were slim, and the wind was like gurgling water, as if they were talking.

The scenery of this courtyard is just right, and as Zhao Tieniu said, this is a suitable place for falling in love.

The flowers are not very large, and they are dotted with stars from a distance, and there are two colors, red and white, exuding a burst of fragrance. There is a small forest with bamboo, apricot trees, peach trees and hemlock trees in the north, which is the best place to shelter from the heat in summer.

Chu Tao bent down and pinched two red flowers. This flower is so special, the flowers bloom like flames, but there is no green leaf to accompany it.

"Do you know why it's called the Flower of the Other Side?"

"Legend has it that once upon a time there were two people named Peter and An, and Heaven decreed that the two of them should never see each other. But they cherished each other and admired each other. Finally, one day, they met secretly despite the rules. After they met, he saw that the shore was a beautiful woman, and the shore also saw that he was a young man with a jade tree in the wind, they fell in love at first sight, and they fell in love with each other for a hundred years, and decided to stay together for the rest of their lives. ”

However, it was difficult to disobey the will of God, because it violated the rules of heaven, and this emotion was ruthlessly wiped out in the end. God sent down heavenly punishment and gave them a poisonous curse, since they went on a private date in disregard of the rules of heaven, they let them become the petals and leaves of a flower, but this flower is very unique, the flower does not see the leaf, the leaf does not see the flower, and the flower and leaf are wrong. ”

Shi Li's voice trembled a little.

"Brother Shi wants to tell me that if two people who shouldn't be together have to be together, there won't be a good ending, right?" Chu Tao asked rhetorically.

"No, I want to tell you, what if you love each other, what if you go against the rules of heaven? What about breaking with the world? The worst result is just like the flowers on the other side, the flowers bloom and fall again in another year. Shi Li said.

Chu Tao was a little stunned, didn't she say that Shi Li liked her? How do you feel that Shi Li is encouraging himself to be brave and be with Xue Congjia?

Did he take the wrong medicine or get the wrong script?

"Uh...... Brother Shi, why are you telling me this? Chu Tao said entangledly.

She wanted to test Shi Li's attitude towards her, why he was both storytelling and reasoning, so Chu Tao didn't know how to answer......

"Peaches, my mother said that I am a very kind person, in fact, I just want everyone to be happy, I know that I can't give you what you want, you always treat me as a brother in your heart, I don't want you to ......" Shi Li was interrupted before he could speak.

"What if I want?" Chu Tao was moved by Shi Li's words, and looked at Shi Li with tears in her eyes.

She's really tired, so tired.

It's so tiring to like Xue Congjia, she works very hard to like him, and she works very hard to make him like her, but there is no response so far.

If he doesn't reply to the letter, he shouldn't be invited, and he is invulnerable.

And Hatsumo's sword made of wood is now falling all over the ground, and he no longer has the courage to capture his Chi City.

"Are you really?" Shi Li seemed to hear that the door of happiness was opening towards him.

The diners of Tongqinglou still didn't look at the first beauty of Jinling through the gap in the window, but they saw her chatting with an elegantly dressed man while walking, which was very familiar.

"Who's that? Why is you so familiar with Miss Jiang? "A diner was a little too drunk and spoke with his tongue wide open.

"You don't even know this, this is Lord Shi Lishi, haha I didn't expect it, I sat in the position of the household servant at such a young age, this is a fat difference." Another said.

"It was unknown before, why did it rise so much all of a sudden? The ancestral grave is smoking, right? ”

"I heard that he helped the three kings to investigate the case and made meritorious contributions, the three kings carried him, and the emperor also appreciated him, and it is said that the prince also had some intention to win him over. is so young, and he will rise in the future. So, these days, the matchmaker who proposed to Master Shi is about to break his house! ”

"Then why did you get involved with this Miss Jiang San?"

The word "engage" is intriguing, it is enough to see these men's disrespect for Chu Tao, they all feel that Master Shi is willing to talk to her, it must be Chu Tao who seduced her, who let her have a precedent and behave inappropriately!

Otherwise, how could he be divorced by the Sun family!

"The hero is sad to pass the beauty pass, you see, Master Shi looked at Miss Jiang's eyes, tsk, like being immersed in honey, so gentle that it was about to drip water."

There were a few men sitting in this private room, and after talking about the topic, they began to drink and brag.

In the adjacent private room sat Zhang Xi'an and her good sister Wang Wan, both of whom were slowly eating the sauerkraut fish in the bowl.

"Really...... A few big men are also so broken-mouthed. Zhang Xi'an took the handkerchief, carefully wiped his mouth, and frowned.

Wang Wan straightened her back and said softly: "Although Master Shi is excellent, Sister Jiang is not a high climber. She's a nice person. ”

Zhang Xi'an looked at this transparent white sister and said, "There are so many of us, you think she is good, she has such a temperament, I can't like it." No skin and no face. ”

"You don't like her character, but most of the sisters don't like her because of her looks. Anyone who stands with her will be used as a foil, and it is also a sin to be too beautiful. Wang Wan said softly.

"What you said makes sense, just like that Xi Shi, who is red-faced and troubled, Wu Wangfu is poor because of her destruction of the country! There is also the Oiran of Tianxianglou, who dared to assassinate the emperor, and hundreds of people in Tianxianglou were buried with her. Zhang Xi'an whispered.

Wang Wan shook her head: "Isn't it ridiculous that I can't govern the country well by being mediocre, but instead blames all the sins on a woman?" Su Daji and Xi Shi are like this, and Yang Yuhuan is also like this, but it is just an incompetent person who makes a high-sounding excuse for himself. ”

"Wan'er, I found that what you said has a little meaning." Zhang Xi'an said.

"Huh? Didn't you come to see Xue Congjia? Are you sure he's here today? I haven't seen anyone else for a long time. Zhang Xi'an said again.

"yes, I paid for the news, that ...... What's it called, what's it called, Fang Ah Niu? He is a person from the Three Kings' Mansion, and he will definitely not lie to me. Wang Wan said.

Zhao Tieniu's real name can no longer be used, and he can't have the same surname as the three kings, so he has to make a nonsense and follow the surname of the shopkeeper Fang.

Just because this shopkeeper always jokes with him, he calls his son for fun from time to time.

When someone asked him if Xue Congjia would come to Tongqinglou and when he would come, Zhao Tieniu did not hesitate to extort a sum of money from the other party.

Wang Wan was the one who was blackmailed.

"It seems that I'm going to go to Fang Aniu again, he won't want to add money, right?" Wang Wan was uneasy.

Xue Congjia sat alone in a private room, staring at the wine cup in front of him in a daze.