Chapter 31: The Long Way Home
Jing Rou and Sixi have been living in this poor and remote town for half a month.
On weekdays, Jing Rou embroiders some handkerchief clothes at home, and Sixi is also in charge of a well-known local fabric factory.
Although the two of them live a hard and busy life, it is a good thing to be alive, Sixi often says.
On this day, the wind was strong, Sixi was about to wake up Jing Rou, and planned to go out later, but found that a man in black was sitting quietly on the broken stool in the house.
He was dressed in a loose black robe, and his slightly curly black hair hung down very lazily. He stretched out a slender hand, quietly supporting half of his head, his hair was slightly messed up by the wind, and there was a faint smile on his handsome and uncast face.
"Lord Lin? How did you end up here? Sixi said vigilantly.
Childe, he's coming?! When Jing Rou heard this, she felt sleepy, so she hurriedly picked up the quilt and wrapped herself, and only after calming down her excitement did she turn her head shyly to look at Beitang Che.
Returning Jun Mingzhu's tears, he hated to meet when he was not married.
Beitang Che walked in slowly, staring at Jing Rou's increasingly thin figure, frowning slightly.
He didn't ask her for half a word, but just called softly: "Jing Rou." ”
Jing Rou raised her face slowly, forgetting him for a long time.
"Ahem, ahem!" Lao Sixi coughed at the right time, shook his beard, and said in a trembling voice: "Lord Lin, let's talk about something later, Miss, she just woke up, and she hasn't had time to change her clothes yet," he raised his eyebrows, but Beitang Che didn't say a word, and walked straight to Jingrou.
He didn't speak, which made Sixi even more frightened, "Lord Lin, please respect yourself." ”
Jing Rou was stunned there, her eyes widened slightly, and she muttered: "Childe??? ”
Beitang Che suddenly reached out and picked up the woman and lifted her above his head. Jing Rou was stunned: "Hey? ”
Shan Xi jumped even more, and he couldn't speak with his mouth half open. After Beitang Che picked up Jing Rou, he raised the corners of his mouth and turned around. Jing Rou's body danced, and her clothes fluttered. As the two of them turned, the light and shadow slowly moved away from Beitang Che's face, and his expression slowly appeared.
Time seems to be slowing down.
Jing Rou saw his smile, and it fell into her eyes bit by bit, engraved into her heart bit by bit. Childe didn't laugh out loud, just gently raised the corners of his mouth. The noon sun spread all over his body, and the glittering light emitted made everyone look sideways. In everyone's memory, this high-ranking Qianshan Mansion Lord didn't seem to have a smile in the first place, and even if he did, it wasn't full of sunshine.
But now she saw it.
And it was this gentle smile that made Jing Rou remember forever. Even if things are wrong, time has passed, and in the future, she will not be able to take this smile away from her heart.
After a long time, Beitang Che slowly let go of Jing Rou, sighed softly, and said softly: "You are really kind, so that everyone can't bear to be hurt." ”
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“... Maybe that's why you can get away with it."
Beitang Che said to herself, Jing Rou also listened carefully, but she was simple-minded and didn't hear anything else.
But Sixi heard the clue from this sentence, and his face sank unconsciously.
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"Your father really deserves it, he is sorry for the tens of thousands of soldiers in that war, which is why Ning Zhen wanted to harm him."
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"It's just you who shouldn't bear the blame for his crimes."
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"Live well, don't think about revenge."
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"Of course, after three years, you can also take the token I gave you and come to me."
Beitang Che said what was in his heart, but a pair of dark purple pupils stared at Jing Rou for a moment, her cheeks as red as tomatoes, and her shy look made him feel happy.
"So I'm leaving, take care." He said.
"What?" Jing Rou's body tensed, and she asked nervously.
He added, "I'm leaving." ”
Sixi exhaled, but Jing Rou turned her head sideways and blinked, unconsciously with tears.
Beitang Che's hand slowly stroked Jing Rou's forehead, and he gently flicked his forehead: "Take care, girl." So he turned and left, throwing a bulging bag of money on the table.
Sixi also followed out without saying a word.
Childe, next time, we don't know when we will see each other, or if we will never see each other again.
But do you know that you are the only person I have been in love with but can't love in the past ten years.
Jing Rou didn't say this, just swallowed her throat, just looked at Beitang Che's back with red eyes and smiled faintly.
It's just that at this moment, Beitang Che didn't realize how precious this passage was hiding in the bottom of a woman's heart. I can't see it, this girl who can't love, but can't help it, her bitterly hidden affection.
A woman's blush is indeed better than a long confession.
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Beitang Che and Lao Sixi had a tacit understanding and didn't say a word until they walked out of the house far away.
"The affairs of the Dingguo General's Mansion have your participation." Sixi was determined, and he couldn't tell what the expression was on his old face.
Beitang Che turned around indifferently and nodded coldly.
Sixi was not surprised, but said, "We, did you let him put it?" ”
Beitang Che nodded again, but his expression was a little impatient.
It turned out that Ning Zhe was his man.
Sixi sighed, and also knew that Beitang Che had no malicious intentions in this trip, so he hesitated for a moment and said in confusion: "Dare to ask the Lord of the Lin Mansion, you are to my young lady..."
Jing Rou is simple in nature and has not been deeply involved in the world, but even his four joys can see the admiration, how can this Lin Yan not feel it.
"She is very kind, and this seat will treat her as a sister and keep her safe for the rest of her life." He said.
Lao Sixi wanted to say something, but in the end he sighed heavily, "In this way, please ask the Lord of the Forest Mansion." ”
As the sun slanted westward, the sunlight was not as bright and dazzling as before, but slowly became soft and elegant.
The afterglow shone on the town, and an old man walked tremblingly on crutches.
In the opposite direction from him, a beautiful purple-eyed young man stood lightly, and only when the old man walked into the house did the young man turn away.
Ah Zhe, during the days when I am not in Chang'an, you have to take care of yourself, and after three years, I am willing to give you a splendid mountain and river.
Rou'er, although the world is bitter, but after this seat is busy for the past three years, I will definitely use a lifetime to protect you, although it can't give you happiness, but it can also protect you for a lifetime.
That's the promise he made here.
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