When overhearing the conversation between the two in Mu Chen's mansion that day, Qing Ling had heard Chun Yuyan mention condensing smoke.

As always, he has been evasive on the subject. But in the face of friends who have been friends for more than 500 years, after all, they still have to be more honest with Qingling.

It turns out that it's not that I don't like it, and it's not that I don't have the guts to covet "things that shouldn't belong to me".

But I don't want to have to be the enemy of the Baili clan one day, and repeat the mistakes of the royal marquis couple back then.

Qing Ling looked at Chun Yuyan, her clear eyes showed sincerity, "I understand everything about the situation." Her identity is special, her family is special, don't say it's you, in other words, any man in the Eastern Continent would not dare to easily express his willingness to marry her. Now Mu Chen has married the An clan and won over the Mo Nan clan, so in the long run, if he ascends the throne as emperor in the future, it is inevitable that there will be measures to suppress the Baili clan. ”

Seeing a flash of complicated emotions on Yan's face, she smiled a little bitterly, "You don't think I'm so stupid that I can't even understand this, do you?" Actually, if I were Mu Chen, I would probably make the same choice. Bailiyu's father and son are thoughtful, and they don't have any weaknesses to exploit, so it is indeed difficult to control. According to Mu Chen's temperament, I'm afraid I'd rather support the An clan and replace him......"

She raised her head, and her tone was a little lighter, "But even so, he also said that Ning Yan is a woman after all, and no matter how you fight with her father and brother in the future, it will not prevent you from being together." Since Mu Chen doesn't mind, why are you timid? ”

Chun Yuyan was silent for a moment, and then burst into laughter, "If we all fight with her father and brother, do you think she will still be willing to be with me?" Qingling, she is not the one who was in Chongwu back then, and she will not abandon her home without hesitation because of a moment of emotion, and follow me to the end of the world. ”

Qing Ling remembered the past, and unconsciously felt touched in his heart, looking down at the waves surging on the sea, speechless for a while.

Chun Yuyan leaned against the side of the boat, and was silent for a moment, and slowly spoke: "Although you didn't grow up with your biological parents, you have been loved and cared for by your master and brother since you were a child, so you can trust others unconditionally and sincerely. And Ning Yan and I are just the opposite of you, because my parents have been separated since childhood, I have always retained a suspicion of the relationship between men and women, afraid of being hurt and abandoned, and no one wants to be the one who pays more. ”

Qing Ling groaned, his fingertips tapping on the side of the boat rhythmically, and finally said: "You once told me that people from royal families have no choice in terms of relationship and marriage. I didn't believe it before, but I can't believe it now. ”

She raised her head and looked at Yan, "But because of this, I feel that there is nothing in this world that is more precious and worthy of giving up everything than a true heart." After going through so many things, it would be a lie to say that I can still trust others unconditionally and be as sincere as I was at the beginning. But if I'm in your position, don't say that the person I like comes from a family that might be my enemy, even if he is already my enemy, I still have no hesitation. ”

Chun Yuyan looked back at Qing Ling, and the mixed emotions in the phoenix's eyes flashed quickly, and then smiled, pulling the tears under the corners of his eyes, bringing out a bit of cynicism.

He leaned closer to Qing Ling, lowered his voice and quipped, "You are so serious, don't you really like your enemy?" Could it be that it's Mo Nanhao? ”

Qing Ling snorted, "The ghost likes him!" ”

Chun Yuyan laughed, raised his head, and looked over Qing Ling's shoulder, which happened to meet Luo Yao's gaze.

Luo Yao looked at Qing Ling and Chun Yuyan through the crowd, and still maintained a calm smile greeting with the guests beside him, but there was a flash of inquiry in his eyes.

Chun Yuyan lowered his eyes and continued to tease Qing Ling: "If it's not Ning Hao, is it the son of Baili?" I can see that when you are by his side, you speak and act very casually, and you don't have the caution in Lingxiao City at all, don't you feel that he will protect you and spoil you in everything, so he will be so unscrupulous? ”

Qing Ling rolled his eyes, "You're unscrupulous!" You need to be pampered and pampered! I have always done things casually, could it be that I was forced to marry Daze, so I had to be timid and bury my head in life from now on? ”

At this time, a maid came over with all kinds of lanterns for Qingling to choose, so she left Chun Yuyan, turned around and picked up the lanterns on the tray and selected them one by one.

Chun Yuyan raised his eyes and cast his gaze on Luo Yao again, seeing that he was saying something interesting to an elderly elder in the clan, his ink eyebrows were stretched, his red lips were happy, and his expression was extremely focused, and he couldn't see any emotions at all.

Chun Yuyan sighed secretly in his heart, this person's mind is really difficult to guess. Although he set a ban just now, with his cultivation, he should have listened to the conversation between himself and Qing Ling a lot. But the reaction on this face is becoming more and more unpredictable......

Since he was young, Chun Yuyan has been showing people with a prodigal and unruly image, lingering in the place of wind and moon all the year round, sitting and lying between the fat and pink flowers. Among them, there is not only a rebellious psychology born from the background of the biological mother and the abandonment of the father, but also a calculation to restrain the edge and show weakness. It is precisely because of the years of talking and laughing that Chun Yuyan has a sensitivity and insight into the affairs between men and women that men of the same age are far from being able to.

When he joked about Qing Ling just now that he liked his enemy, the glance that Luo Yao threw at him, Chun Yuyan saw it very clearly. That kind of concern, mixed with the emotion of expectation and worry, is fleeting, but it is extremely real, and it is clearly the eyebrows of the secret love temptation. But when he deliberately lured Qingling to express his thoughts, and when he looked at it again, the person was flawless, just like when he listened to them discuss the political situation before, he was indifferent to the parts that should have reacted to them.

Such a person......

Chun Yuyan looked at Luo Yao again, but this time, he met Baili Ningyan's gaze.

In the night breeze, she was dressed in a snow-colored dress fluttering like a fairy, like smoke and fog, lining the whole person more and more ice muscles, jade cheeks and red lips. Crossing the crowd, the eyes of the two converged for a moment, and then Chun Yuyan smiled lightly and bowed respectfully, while Ning Yan looked away coldly, as if he hadn't seen it, but the slightly bitten lip line finally leaked his heart for no reason.

After choosing the lanterns, Qing Ling got into the boat with the other ladies on the boat, and the servants slowly sailed to the front of the boat with the oars and put the lanterns into the sea.

Luo Yao and Ning Yan took another small boat and slowly followed. The people of Windy City recognized the prince and young lady of the Baili family, and while cheering and saluting, they consciously made way for a passage in the crowded boat flow.

Their dinghy quickly reached the side of the green spirit.

Luo Yao flew to the side of Qing Ling in a dashing manner, and saw that she had just put down a lotus lantern and was standing up, so he smiled and said, "You move fast." I wanted to rush over to remind you that this lotus lantern is the most waterless, and it will be extinguished when a wave hits, so it is best to freeze it with a spell before putting it. ”

Qing Ling looked at the surface of the water and saw that his lotus lantern was fluttering into the brilliant sea of lights, and shook his head, "It doesn't matter. Anyway, my wish will not come true, and it doesn't matter when the lights go out. ”

Luo Yao moved his lips, and suddenly remembered something, the expression in his eyes gradually darkened, and he was silent and no longer spoke.

It was back in the house that night, because at the beginning of the month, Luo Yao stayed in the Qingling room as usual.

The two of them were wrapped in satin jackets and lay with their backs to each other.

The lights and candles in the room had been extinguished, and only the luminous beads on the top of the tent shone with a thin and hazy sheen.

Qing Ling had long been accustomed to sleeping in the same bed with Luo Yao, but tonight she tossed and turned again, twisting the quilt corners, and couldn't sleep for a long time.

She habitually groped for a purple jade ring on her chest, which was put on her finger and rubbed gently.

The ring made of the Dream Stone connects with the master's consciousness, calming the mind during his sleep and insulating him from nightmares. So over the years, even if she has experienced a life-and-death crisis, she has never had a nightmare. But dreams are too beautiful, and when people wake up, they feel empty and lost, and sometimes, they are a little disgusted with the paralysis and falsehood of dreams.

Qing Ling quietly leaned down and looked at Luo Yao's back, only to see the slender figure under the satin, the shoulders and the back of the sturdy back, and unconsciously the scene he saw in the Fuyu Hot Spring that day appeared in his mind, his heart pounded, and then he closed his eyes fiercely.

But Chun Yuyan's words began to echo in his ears again.

"When you are by his side, you speak and act very casually, and you don't have the caution in Lingxiao City at all, don't you feel that he will protect you and spoil you in everything, so he will be so unscrupulous?"

She denied it in front of Chun Yuyan, but deep down, she was not untouched.

In fact, after she couldn't hold her breath and went to make trouble with Mo Nanhao that day, she had doubts in her heart. Why was it that I could endure it in the past, but now I can't bear it when I get to Daze?

Before marrying here, she had put up the most cautious guard and defense, and was fully prepared to treat the Barrys as a formidable enemy.

But since when did she gradually let down her vigilance, and even began to have the kind of pampering and arrogance she used to have in Chongwu Mountain?

When he was in Fuyu Shuize, why did he tell himself about his deal with the people of Lieyang? Why do you believe so much that she won't tell Emperor Hao this secret that is related to life and death? Why was he so sure that he knew her thoughts and her weaknesses perfectly?

Why......

Always be that good to her? It always makes her feel rare and relaxed when she is with him.

She only made a hint, and he left home for ten days, giving her plenty of time to adjust. She didn't care about his face at all, and expelled Mo Ninghao from the mansion in disguise, but he was not angry or annoyed, and deliberately said some jokes to make her laugh.

Like, that's how he treated her from a very early age......

Are those gentle and considerate sacrifices to protect each other really just a means of acting in front of people?

Is it really just, the friendship of the same family?

Qing Ling's thoughts were mixed in his mind, tangled and tangled into threads, which were involved in his heart, and he pulled out a faint suffocation.

She let out a long sigh and slowly opened her eyes, only to see that Luo Yao had also turned around at some point, and his eyes were also open, looking at her side by the same as he was.

The two of them were so close, but their eyes were hidden in the shadows cast by the pearl light on the top of the tent, and they couldn't see each other's eyes clearly, only feeling the soft and warm breath on their faces, blending and disappearing into the small space opposite each other.