Chapter 52: The Gift
Back at the Jin family's courtyard, as soon as Qi Niang picked Bai Yuying off the horse, she saw a person hurriedly walking towards them, raised her hand and gave Bai Yuying a slap. This slap was extremely crisp in the night, and the force was not light, Bai Yuying, who had not yet stood firmly, was shaken by this slap, and Qi Niang hurriedly reached out to help her.
Qi Niang looked at Bai Chong in front of her in surprise, only to see him with an angry face, his eyes blazing, and his chest rising and falling violently. Behind him, Bian Che also walked towards them quickly, stopped a few steps away from them, didn't look at Qi Niang, his dark gaze stayed on Bai Yuying, his expression was unpredictable.
"Did you know that everyone is looking for you? Have you ever considered how worried we are! What a hurry! Why are you so willful? Bai Chong's eyes were red, and he scolded Bai Yuying like an elder to a junior.
Bai Yuying seemed to be completely awakened by the slap, she touched her hot face, smiled lightly, and her voice was slightly choked: "Worried? When will you worry about me? When you went out to find Ye Luxin without permission, why didn't you consider whether I was worried about you? You've never only known revenge, revenge, revenge, and never cared about me. Yuan Nishang has long been dead, even if you take revenge, she will never come back! ”
I saw Bai Chong glaring at her in disbelief, raising his hand again, and before the slap fell, he was stopped by Bian Che, who stepped forward quickly. He looked at Bai Chong with a cold face, and said detachedly: "It's good if you find someone, it's late at night, I think Bai Daxia should be tired." I'll talk about that tomorrow. ”
Bai Chong stared at Bian Che for a long time before he took his hand back, then glanced at Bai Yuying, and left the courtyard with a body full of anger.
Qi Niang knew that it was redundant to stay, so she said to Bian Che: "Since the white girl has found it, the subordinates will also retire first." ”
Bian Che set his eyes on Qi Niang at this time, his eyes flashed, and he responded lightly: "Well, the road is rushing, you go back to rest first." ”
Qi Niang lowered her head and left in a hurry, walked a few steps and looked back, and saw Bai Yuying squatting on the ground again and vomiting, while Bian Che was patting her on the back, Qi Niang's heart was sour, so she sped up her pace.
"Are you feeling better?" Bian Che's voice was warm and there was no extra emotion.
Bai Yuying staggered to her feet, looked in the direction Bai Chong left, and said, "I'm sorry for worrying you." ”
Bian Che withdrew his hand, his gaze resting on her face, speechless for a moment. The relationship between Bai Yuying and Bai Chong, he had vaguely guessed it. On Bai Yuying's birthday, Bai Chong was originally only invited, but Bai Chong did not go to the appointment, but told Bian Che. Knowing that Bai Yuying already had a place in his heart, Bian Che was not angry, and since he came back that day, he has been depressed, but just one day, he is like losing a burden. As early as four years ago, he showed his heart to Bai Yuying, and he understood that Bai Yuying had no intention of treating him, although he was resentful and unwilling, he didn't have to be entangled. Now that I think about it, he is more of an attachment to Bai Yuying, or even just a responsibility, habitual care, and nothing to do with love.
In the courtyard that suddenly became silent, Bai Yuying slowly told her story to Bian Che: "I met Uncle Chong when I was 18 years old, when Hua Nianyun asked me to go out to perform a difficult task, I was seriously injured, I knew that Hua Nianyun had already had a knot in my heart and wanted to take the opportunity to get rid of me. But what she didn't expect was that on the verge of my death, Uncle Chong saved me. At that time, Uncle Chong seemed to be hiding from someone, changing places to live every few days, and he didn't have any friends, I thought it was strange, until one day I found his letter with the valley lord of Phoenix Valley in his room, and I knew that he was Xuanyuan Chong. I thought I had broken his secret and he was going to kill me, but he just watched me quietly. I told him that I would keep it a secret for him. Later, during the period of recuperation, I began to like Uncle Chong, although I knew that Uncle Chong had already had a wife and children, and I had heard that he and Yuan Nishang were in love, but I still desperately fell in love with him, presumably he was already aware of it at that time, so when my injury was almost healed, he said goodbye. Over the years, although I have been by his side, he has always rejected me from thousands of miles away. I wonder if I had known him long before Yuan Nishang, would I have been able to impress him. ”
Bian Che closed his eyes, still unwillingly sullen: "Do you think that if you meet someone first, you will like each other?" I met you before he did, but you never looked at me squarely. You said that you forgot all the things about the Red Lotus Castle, but you only remembered the things about Bai Chong so clearly, so what about me and you, you really can't remember it at all? ”
Bian Che stared at her closely, hoping to hear a little bit about him from her mouth, but Bai Yuying was silent.
Bian Che smiled bitterly, "That's it...... This is what I owe you. I'll send you back to your room to rest, and if you don't want to go back to face him, stay here first, and I'll have your clothes ready. ”
After days of running, it should have been easy to fall asleep, but Qi Niang couldn't sleep when she came back, thinking that when she was in Anle Village, she didn't have to think about anything, but slept more peacefully. She stared at the mask hanging on the wall and stayed awake until morning. I never thought that not long after I got up, Bai Yuying came to thank her.
"Miss Bai doesn't have to be polite, I'm just doing things at the orders of the landlord. I went back to Karshu this time, and brought back a lot of famous local gadgets, if the white girl doesn't dislike it, I'll give this to you. Qi Niang handed a small clay figure to Bai Yuying. That little clay figure was originally bought back and given to Bian Che, but thinking about it, Bian Che would definitely not like this kind of small object, and it might be returned if he gave it away, so it was better not to give it away.
"This little clay figurine is so exquisite, but can I really take it?" Bai Yuying looked at the little clay figurine and seemed to like it very much.
Qi Niang nodded, "Of course you can." ”
"Thank you then."
"Wow! What is it? Xiahou Zhu suddenly poked his head in from outside the door, and saw the clay figure in Bai Yuying's hand, his blue eyes were wide open, and he looked curious.
"Xiahou, you came just in time, and I have something for you." Qi Niang then took out another ceramic doll from the package.
"It's so cute, we don't have such a magical thing there, thank you Qi Niang!" Xiahou Zhu's eyes were bright, and a hint of girlish joy appeared on her face.
Bai Yuying looked at Xiahou Zhu and saw that she had a manly and heroic face, but she spoke in a daughter's voice, and her appearance was far from them, so she asked, "Where are you?" ”
Xiahou Zhu hurriedly said: "Oh, we are in Dongwu, a poor country, and we have never seen such a strange thing. ”
"Dongwu...... I heard that Dongwu is a corner of peace, and rarely interacts with the Central Plains, but I didn't expect to meet Dongwu people here. Bai Yuying glanced at Xiahou Zhu with contempt.
"Uh...... The rumors are not entirely credible, I have admired the culture of the Central Plains since I was a child, so I followed my father and brother to the Central Plains to do business, and by chance I met the master of Jin Da, and there are two young people. Xiahou Zhu said without changing his face.
Bai Yuying didn't see through Xiahou Zhu's lies, and Qi Niang didn't break it. After all, Bai Yuying is still an outsider to Qianjilou, even if it is Bian Che's sweetheart, it is not good to know too much. And Bai Yuying doesn't seem to look down on Dongwu. Dongwu is the same as the Northern Wilderness, because of the sinister climate, the narrow terrain, and the monarchs of the past dynasties are mostly closed to the public, whether it is the people's customs, commerce, and military, they are in a very backward stage, so they have been looked down on by the Central Plains. It is normal for Bai Yuying to look down on Xiahou Zhu.
However, since a few years ago, the Dongwu Kingdom annexed the White Night City in the Northern Wilderness with the cooperation of the Four Princes Xiyang, it has been thriving, although it is still not as good as the Southern Barbarians and the Western Regions, but it is surprising that there can be such a huge change in just a few years.
Bai Yuying saw that Xiahou Zhu was present, and the three of them were bored, so she thanked Qi Niang again and left. Xiahou Zhu looked at Bai Yuying's back and quietly asked Qi Niang: "Who is she, why is she so high-eyed?" ”
Qi Niang didn't know how to explain Bai Yuying's identity to her, so she said casually: "She is the future landlord's wife." ”
Xiahou Zhu opened his mouth wide in surprise, and then asked, "But isn't Bian Che's lover you?" ”
This went until Qi Niang glared, "Xiahou, don't talk nonsense, I'm just a subordinate of the landlord, but I often stay by his side, so outsiders may look more ...... Intimate. "How could she be Bian Che's lover? She was just Bian Che's whim who regarded her as Bai Yuying's shadow.
Xiahou Zhu scratched his head, "No, I obviously saw your landlord kiss you last time, and my master told me that only close lovers will kiss you." Unless your landlord is a big carrot and likes to see beautiful women! ”
Qi Niang hurriedly covered Xiahou Zhu's mouth and glanced at her, but Xia Hou Zhu seemed to be the kind of person who couldn't stop before she finished speaking, she thought that Qi Niang just didn't want to listen to what she said about Bian Che, so she took Qi Niang's hand away and continued: "My master said that Yingying Yanyan next to your landlord also told me not to move my mind when I saw him good-looking, so as not to be deceived, could it be that I was really said by me, right?" Not...... Qi Niang, you ......" Qi Niang once again tightly covered Xiahou Zhu's mouth.
“…… What are you talking about? A deep and mellow voice sounded behind Xiahou Zhu, and Bian Che was standing at the door at the moment.
Xiahou Zhu shuddered suddenly, and as soon as she stood up, her sleeves lifted to the porcelain doll on the table, and seeing that the porcelain doll was about to fall to the ground, Qi Niang hurriedly stretched out her hand. Who knew that Xiahou Zhu accidentally tripped over Qi Niang. The two men lunged forward in both directions.
Bian Che had a look of surprise on his face, and subconsciously stretched out his hands. With two pops in a row, Xiahou Zhu fell to the ground, and when he looked up, Qi Niang was falling into Bian Che's arms, and Bian Che was sitting on the ground, holding the ground with one hand and Qi Niang's waist with the other, frowning and looking at the things in Qi Niang's hands.
Bian Che, who was knocked down by Lian, did not get up immediately, but turned his face and asked Qi Niang: "Are you okay?" ”
Qi Niang, who was shocked that she was pressing on Bian Che's body, quickly stood up, "Landlord, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to." ”
Bian Che sighed slightly, quickly stood up, and pointed to the thing in her hand, "It's okay, what is this?" ”
"This is a small object I brought back from Kaozhou, and it was given to Xiahou ......" Qi Niang turned around and looked, where could she still see Xiahou Zhu's figure, she might have slipped away for fear of being blamed by Bian Che.
Bian Che frowned and said, "Gift? I just saw that Yu'er was also holding a small clay figure, so you bought things for everyone, what about mine? ”
"Huh?" Qi Niang looked at him stunned.
Bian Che raised his eyebrows, "No?" ”
Qi Niang hurriedly lowered her head and said, "I thought the landlord wouldn't be rare with this kind of thing......"
"That's what you think, that's it, I care more about whether you get back on time than those that don't work. Did the trip go well? Bian Che looked at her fixedly, with a gentle smile on his face.
"Well, everything is fine." Qi Niang lowered her eyes.
“…… The hand is almost good, too. Bian Che suddenly picked up her injured hand and looked at him carefully, and she looked at him a little stunned.