Chapter 37: Knowing the Face
When the night is quiet, the silver moon hangs high, and there is not a trace of clouds in the summer night sky, and the stars are like gold dust sprinkled on gold velvet, flickering and darkening.
The cicadas on the trees are constantly singing, and the most lively green building in Lin'an City, the Red Pavilion, is not as noisy as when the lights are first on, only a few rooms are still lit with candles.
An elegant man sat in the room of the Oiran Chu.
He was dressed in a crescent-colored robe embroidered with blue and white back lines, plus a wide-brimmed waist inlaid with jade, which not only highlighted his heroic figure, but also showed his extraordinary noble status.
His sword eyebrows, which flew obliquely into the sideburns, were slightly raised, as if he was unhappy in his heart, and his dark and deep eyes were stained with a layer of mist because of the wine, but he did not lose the wisdom in his eyes.
The slender fingers took the white jade wine glass and knocked it on the table, indicating that his cup was empty.
Chu Yanran shook her head coquettishly, and gently hid the wine jug behind her bewitchingly: "Yuqing, you drank a little too much today!" ”
The man's brows furrowed even deeper, and he said unhappily: "Pour wine!" ”
The low roar with the smell of sorrow and wine was aggressive, which frightened Chu Yanran a lot, hesitated for a long time, and reluctantly filled the white jade cup in his hand.
Zhao Yuqing was Chu Yanran's guest and the man who bought her for the first night, and he stayed with her for at least twenty days a month.
Almost everyone in Lin'an City knows that Chu Yanran is his confidante, and he never denies it, but only Chu Yanran knows best in his heart that the truth is not as others see.
Although Zhao Yuqing took her over, he has always only come here to listen to her play the piano and drink, and he has never crossed the line with her, and his only requirement is to stay on the couch outside her at night.
This man, since he bought her first night two years ago, has been getting along with her like this, and his attitude towards her has never been deep or shallow.
The girls in the Red Pavilion didn't know the inside story, they were all envious of Chu Yanran, and for the sake of face, she could only smile and agree.
In the eyes of outsiders, he slept all day long, but she thought that was not the case, at least not to her.
Chu Yanran felt that she seemed to know Zhao Yuqing very well, but she felt that she had never been able to see through him, he seemed to be playing the world on the surface, but his heart was full of depression, and people could never guess what he was thinking.
The more Chu Yanran couldn't see through his heart, the more he wanted to get closer, and finally let himself fall into it and couldn't extricate himself.
Although their identities are like mud, Zhao Yuqing stays with her every day regardless of other people's words, and it is hard to believe that he is ruthless to her.
Even Chu Yanran believed that Yuqing loved her, otherwise he wouldn't have respected her so much, and he wouldn't have toyed with her like an ordinary benefactor. He must not be able to marry her into the mansion because of his identity, so he often lingers with her.
Chu Yanran has always said to herself: Yuqing must have thought that one day she would be able to marry her into the door, and then enjoy the beautiful moment of becoming husband and wife with her, so she would never touch her.
Maybe these are just her unrealistic fantasies, but even if it's not true, even if she can't marry Yuqing, she hopes that they can always be like this.
Looking at Zhao Yuqing's deep frown, Chu Yanran was distressed, she knew that a big incident had happened to him recently, and she hadn't seen him for several days.