Chapter 36: Silent Confession

After Ding Ning made up his mind, he returned to Luofu in a carriage accompanied by Cuilan. Ding Ning personally cooked, preparing to prepare a few dishes for Luo Xicheng that she was good at. While Ding Ning was preparing the dishes, he was thinking about how to talk to Luo Xicheng during dinner. She wanted to say, "Luo Xicheng, I promise." "But I feel that it is too straightforward, and it is better to be tactful but I don't know how to speak.

In the past, in the Chunman Pavilion, Ding Ning saw that the girls always put "missing" and "beloved" on their lips, and opened their mouths to the guests who came and went to "not see each other for a day, like every other autumn", "just waiting for the son to come" and other clichΓ©s and straightforward words, Ding Ning once felt that such words were not difficult to say, after all, the girls in the Chunman Pavilion treated the guests like this. But now, when she wants to say such things to Luo Xicheng, she feels that she can't do it, and she is a little embarrassed to speak.

Ding Ning made dinner very early today, Cuilan and Huanxi helped Ding Ning bring the dishes to the table and arrange them neatly, and Ding Ning sat quietly at the table and waited for Luo Xicheng to come back. At this moment, Ding Ning was afraid that Luo Xicheng would sit beside her, she didn't know how to speak, but she was afraid that Luo Xicheng would not come back, so she and Luo Xicheng gradually didn't mention that day's confession.

Just when Ding Ning was thinking nonsense, Luo Xicheng had already walked into the garden and entered the house. Ding Ning was still looking down and worried, and he didn't notice Luo Xicheng coming in. Ding Ning coughed lightly twice before he came back to his senses, and Ding Ning, who came back to his senses, happened to be staring at Luo Xicheng. Luo Xicheng looked at Ding Ning's slightly stunned eyes, sat down beside Ding Ning quietly, and said:

"Today's table is not like the kitchen master's craftsmanship!"

As he spoke, Luo Xicheng looked at Ding Ning suspiciously. Ding Ning looked at Luo Xicheng and knew the question in Luo Xicheng's eyes, so he replied:

"I made a few dishes by myself today, you can taste it!"

Luo Xicheng was sure that the dishes on this table were from Ding Ning's hands, and the troubles caused by the business situation in the shop were also forgotten, Luo Xicheng smiled and picked up the added rice, and ate in a big gulp while picking up the vegetables. Ding Ning watched Luo Xicheng eat so deliciously, and a smile appeared on his face.

Luo Xicheng took two bites, and when he saw that Ding Ning hadn't started to move his chopsticks, he stopped and put the fried vegetables into Ding Ning's bowl, and said with a light smile:

"The taste of your dish is just right for my liking, isn't it to your own liking?"

"I didn't ...... No! "How could Ding Ning be embarrassed to say that she was in a daze watching Luo Xicheng eat a lot! Ding Ning's voice hadn't fallen yet, and his face was red.

Luo Xicheng looked at Ding Ning's blushing appearance, and couldn't help but feel inexplicable joy in his heart, and a suppressed smile appeared on his face. Ding Ning saw Luo Xicheng smiling at her face, and he didn't know how to deal with it in his heart, and his already hot face was already uncontrollably hot.

Ding Ning immediately turned his face away from Luo Xicheng to prevent her from seeing her flushed face, and Luo Xicheng's smile became more presumptuous. Luo Xicheng saw that this meal made Ding Ning's face red, and said with a smile:

"Madame, what's the matter?"

Ding Ning didn't want the scene to continue to be embarrassing, so he raised his head and put the vegetables in Luo Xicheng's bowl, and said seriously:

"The medicine I went to Guan Gongzi to get today may be too strong, so this will be the case now!"

Luo Xicheng knew in his heart that Ding Ning was embarrassed to blush like this when he saw him, and it was not good for him to dismantle it directly, so as not to make Ding Ning even more unable to go down the stairs. He pretended to be serious and said:

"Lu Mo is too much, how can he prescribe you such a heavy amount of medicine! I'm going to talk about him tomorrow. ”

Ding Ning saw that Luo Xicheng looked serious, afraid that Luo Xicheng would find Guan Lu Mo to understand the situation, and Guan Lu Mo said that he had leaked his mouth to inform Luo Xicheng of his conversation with him today, Ding Ning immediately turned around and said:

"It's the cause of my own cough, don't look for him."

"Okay, let's eat, if you don't eat such a delicious dish, it will be cold!" Luo Xicheng didn't want Ding Ning to even eat dinner, so he deliberately changed the topic. As he spoke, he turned around and began to eat with vegetables. Ding Ning saw that Luo Xicheng had begun to eat normally, and he also began to eat vegetables in small bites with chopsticks for a short time.

The dinner was very long, and Ding Ning and Luo Xicheng did not talk during the meal after that, but unlike usual, Luo Xicheng and Ding Ning would serve each other vegetables from time to time, and when Meimei served each other's dishes, Cuilan and Huanxi, who were waiting on the side, could always see happy smiles on their faces.

During the rest time after dinner, Luo Xicheng had to continue to go back to the study to be busy, Qi Ming and Meng Li were not by his side these days, and many important things needed to be seen by himself. Although the busy Luo Xicheng wanted to take Ding Ning for a while, his many years of work habits still forced him to solve the business matter first.

Luo Xicheng looked at Ding Ning and said in an apologetic tone:

"Madame, forgive me, I still have important things to go back to the study to deal with, Madame doesn't have to wait for me tonight."

Although Ding Ning didn't know what Luo Xicheng was busy with recently, but Qi Ming and Meng Li were not there, Ding Ning wanted to help Luo Xicheng, but he didn't know how to help, so he could only look at Luo Xicheng and ask tentatively:

"Is there anything I can do to help you? I didn't know anything, but I had no problem transcribing or recording it. ”

Luo Xicheng also wanted to accompany Ding Ning, and now that Ding Ning spoke, he thought it was a good idea. Luo Xicheng said:

"Then come with me to the study, help me copy the account book, and if you don't tire of copying, how about playing a song for me?"

Ding Ning looked at Luo Xicheng and nodded at him with a smile.

When he came to the study, Luo Xicheng took the account book he was going to excerpt and transcribe by himself and carefully taught Ding Ning how to transcribe, Ding Ning studied carefully, Luo Xicheng saw that Ding Ning would give it all to her as soon as he said it, and he went to the other side to carefully check the accounts, and carefully annotated and folded some accounts that did not match. Ding Ning copied the accounts that Luo Xicheng had marked early, and from time to time he raised his head to see Luo Xicheng's serious work.

Ding Ning had never been to Luo Xicheng's study before, and she didn't care how much business he had, but now that she saw Luo Xicheng's mountain of accounts, she finally knew what Luo Xicheng was busy with all day and how busy he was. Luo Xicheng's serious work appearance is not the same as what she sees on weekdays, Ding Ning himself can't tell what's different, he just feels that Luo Xicheng looks like him at the moment and wants to continue to watch.

Ding Ning copied almost half of the accounts, and felt that his eyes were a little sore, so he straightened up and stretched. Seeing this, Luo Xicheng asked:

"But tired? When you are tired, rest for a while, I will ask Cuilan or Huanxi to bring you some refreshments, and you will relieve your fatigue. ”

"No, it's late at night, they've been busy all day, let them rest, if I need something, I'll get it myself." Are you tired? Would you like to take a break too? Ding Ning asked.

"No, I have to sort out these things before Qi Ming and the others come back, and then I have to compare them with the accounts they went to get." Luo Xicheng replied seriously.

Ding Ning saw Luo Xicheng's sincere face, and knew that Luo Xicheng didn't laugh with her, so he said:

"When I talked to Mr. Teaching after doing my homework before, he said that he would do the accounting, but I never really tried it, so I can't copy it for you in one breath at this time, you look at the accounts first, and I will continue to copy it slowly."

Luo Xicheng smiled, nodded approvingly at Ding Ning, and continued to look down at his accounts, Ding Ning saw that he sometimes stretched his frowns, and sometimes frowned, and naturally understood that Luo Xicheng had been worried about a lot of things recently. She walked out of the study lightly, went to the small kitchen next door to boil hot water, made a pot of hot tea for Luo Xicheng, and lightly brought it into the study and put it on the small table and stool beside Luo Xicheng, replacing the cup of tea that had been cold.

Ding Ning's movements were very light, and they did not disturb Luo Xicheng on the side. She changed the hot tea for Luo Xicheng and returned to her place to copy the accounts. Until Ding Ning finished copying, Luo Xicheng didn't raise his head to speak again, just looked at those account books vigorously, turning them over for a while, turning them over for a while, and back and forth several times. Ding Ning knew from the accounts he copied that Luo Xicheng was not looking at recent accounts, but accounts from recent years. So she deduced that Luo Xicheng had a lot of problems in business.

In fact, Ding Ning really wanted to ask Luo Xicheng what was going on, could she use her current identity as Baili Wanting to help him find Baili Xi to help solve it. But Ding Ning looked at Luo Xicheng's focused look, and there was an atmosphere that could not be disturbed. Ding Ning thought to himself in his heart, and waited for Luo Xicheng to finish reading the accounts before asking.

Ding Ning, who has already copied the accounts, doesn't even dare to play the piano now, although Luo Xicheng said that he wants her to play a song after copying the accounts, but at present, Luo Xicheng is in a state of being bent on the accounts, Ding Ning is afraid that the sound of the piano will also disturb him, interrupt his train of thought, and make him misread and miss important information.

Ding Ning finally decided to go to the couch in the study and wait for Luo Xicheng. So Ding Ning leaned on the couch until dawn. Ding Ning woke up when Luo Xicheng was about to pick her up. The first thing Luo Xicheng said when he saw Ding Ning open his eyes was:

"I didn't pay attention to the time, I didn't notice that you fell asleep here, did you sleep here cold? Go back to your room and sleep, I won't go to say hello to my grandmother today, my name is Cuilan, and I have already gone to tell my grandmother. ”

"I'm fine, didn't you close your eyes all night?" Ding Ning sat up and said.

Luo Xicheng saw Ding Ning sit up, so he sat next to Ding Ning and said:

"As soon as I didn't pay attention, the time passed. After reading the accounts, I looked up and found that the sky was already dark. ”

"Have you read it all? Have you come up with any countermeasures? Ding Ning asked.

"What countermeasures?" Luo Xicheng didn't know that Ding Ning had copied an account and saw the problem, so he wondered.

"The accounts I copied are not recent, and I saw that you didn't look right when you looked at the accounts, so I guessed that there was a problem in the shop. So I wanted to ask you, how is it? I wanted to ask last night, but I couldn't bear to disturb you when I saw that you were fascinated by the accounts. Ding Ning replied.

"Madame said this, I remembered. Didn't you ask your wife to play a song last night after copying the accounts? Was it because I was too focused to hear? Luo Xicheng didn't want Ding Ning to worry about his affairs, so he tried to change the topic.

"No, I was afraid that the sound of the piano would disturb you, so I didn't play the piano." Ding Ning immediately explained.

"I thought that when Madame finished copying the piano, I would know that Madame had finished copying, so that I could accompany Madame back to her room to rest. After all, a study is different from a bedroom, and I'm afraid you'll be uncomfortable here. Luo Xicheng said.

"You haven't answered my question yet, have you come up with a solution? Do you need help from Bailixi? Ding Ning was a little anxious, he didn't want to talk to Luo Xicheng about what happened last night, he just wanted to know the countermeasures now.

Luo Xicheng saw that Ding Ning was really worried about him, and he was afraid that she would be even more worried, so he comforted:

"I have been able to expand my business to this scale over the years, and my wife should be reassuring of me. Naturally, I have my own way of dealing with these issues. ”

Ding Ning saw Luo Xicheng's confident appearance when he said this, and knew that Luo Xicheng was sure, so he felt a little relieved.

Seeing Ding Ning's expression of gradual relaxation and no longer so worried, Luo Xicheng smiled and asked:

"Madame is so worried about my appearance, is she ready to be white-headed with me?"

"Huh?" Ding Ning didn't expect the topic to turn to this matter again. She looked at Luo Xicheng's slightly ruffian appearance at this time, and secretly wondered in her heart what kind of structure Luo Xicheng had in his mind that could change the topic so untraceably and clearly.