The smile on my face was as quiet as a pool of stagnant water, and I said, "Thank you for the gift." ”

He looked at me and only smiled.

After a while, the wine and food were all on the table, I thought he said that it was better to meet by chance, and it was just a kind word to sit down and talk about something, after all, he had just invited a guest on it, and he shouldn't be able to eat anything, who knew that the wine and food came up, and he really ate with us, and it seemed that he hadn't eaten at all just now.

The wine and dishes sent by the boss are naturally all good things, three sets of duck, sunflower crab roe meatballs, touch bayonet fish, each of which is full of color, flavor and flavor, and a bowl of Wensi tofu soup, which is even more exquisite, thousands of tofu as thin as hair gently ripple in the soup, like clouds, as if there are also a hundred turns of the mind dissolved in it.

Qinghan drank a spoonful and praised it.

Pei Yuanxiu smiled and said to me: "You can also drink a bowl of soup, warm up." ”

I shook my head, he took a closer look at my face, and said softly, "What's wrong?" I don't think you're feeling well? ”

I said softly, "It seems that I had a cold last night and my stomach was upset." ”

"Then I'll take you to the doctor."

"No, you don't." I shook my head and smiled softly, "It's just a small thing, just drink some soju to warm up." ”

As soon as he heard this, he immediately ordered to go down, and after a while, the store sent a pot of warm wine, which was a steamed wine invaded by acacia flowers, and the fragrance was overflowing, and I took a hot sip, and the soju rushed all the way down my throat, and for a while I almost burst into tears, as if a fire had been put in my body, burning my internal organs.

He hurriedly asked, "How's it going?" Isn't it better? ”

I couldn't help but smile faintly.

It's not Lao Jun's elixir, where did it work so quickly, but the feeling of being burned made me feel a little better, looking at his appearance, he probably also cared about it, so he smiled and nodded: "It's much better." ”

"Then you drink some more, and when you feel comfortable, you can eat something light first."

"I know, don't patronize me, eat yours."

He agreed, and watched me take another sip of wine, and then turned his head to continue eating his own, and I held the glass when I heard a dinging sound on the other side.

When I looked up, it was the spoon in Qinghan's hand that touched the edge of the bowl.

He also glanced up at us, the expression on his face was still dazed that he had never seen since the reunion, my heart trembled, and I put down my wine glass: "What's wrong with Lord Liu?" ”

“……”

As if he hadn't heard me, he just sat stunned.

Pei Yuanxiu and I glanced at each other, Pei Yuanxiu poked his head out again and asked, "Lord Liu?" ”

This time, as if he had been suddenly woken up, he suddenly raised his head to look at us, but his eyes were still a little trance: "Huh? ”

"What's wrong with Lord Liu?"

"You, don't look good."

He looked at me, then at Pei Yuanxiu, and then at me.

Pei Yuanxiu also glanced at me, looked at him again, and asked with a smile, "Lord Liu is unwell?" ”

He frowned, shook his head, as if he felt it, and then said, "Maybe - I've been busy with official business lately, and I'm a little tired." As he spoke, he rubbed the bridge of his nose, then looked up at us and said with a smile, "See you." ”

"Where. Lord Liu's hard work is a blessing to the people. ”

"Don't make fun of Childe."

As he spoke, he glanced at us again, and then said, "The official suddenly remembered that there were still some things in the mansion that had not been dealt with, so he took his leave first. ”

When Pei Yuanxiu heard this, he didn't keep him, he just stood up, and Liu Qinghan had already waved towards us: "Don't work to send the two of you." Leave. ”

"Master Liu walks slowly."

I sat in the seat and didn't move, I watched his figure disappear at the staircase, and his footsteps slowly disappeared, Pei Yuanxiu didn't say anything, just sat back to me, glanced at me, and said softly: "Drink a little more, and you'll eat." ”

"Hmm."

I nodded, picked up the glass of wine on the table, and drank it down.

In the following time, neither he nor I spoke again, only the sound of dishes and chopsticks during the banquet, but the traffic downstairs, coupled with the soft and glutinous singing voice of the singer, was not silent.

After eating, he asked me, "What do you think of the food?" ”

"It's better than ours."

"Then I-"

"In my opinion, don't order a banquet, sending it back and forth is inconvenient and tiring. It's better to ask the boss to charter this restaurant for a day and take the chef directly, which is easy and not exciting. ”

He smiled: "In the end, you are careful." That's fine. ”

"Hmm." I nodded: "I still want to sit down, you will pick me up when you are done." ”

"Okay."

He got up and looked at me a little uneasy, I smiled at him and said that I was fine, and he went downstairs with confidence.

As soon as he disappeared at the top of the stairs, the smile on my face slowly faded.

Perhaps, one more moment, even one moment, my smile can no longer hold on.

Against that man, even his breath was enough to break all my peace, not to mention, to see his pale face, his tired expression—I knew that these had nothing to do with me, and that there were other people who were more qualified to feel sorry for him than I did.

I was just...... It's just distressing.

I sat silently at the table, looking at the scenery outside, listening to the noisy sounds that seemed to come from far away, and poured a glass of wine that was already slightly cold, and took a sip gently.

He was hesitating to ask the store to bring another pot up, when there was a sound of footsteps downstairs.

Could it be that Pei Yuanxiu finished dealing with it so quickly and came back to pick me up?

I smiled a little, and was about to get up to greet him, but I saw a thin figure slowly walking up, dressed in a dark blue robe, not as elegant as Pei Yuanxiu's white clothes, but showing a strange lowness?

At the sight of the emaciated voice, I paused.

As soon as he went upstairs, he immediately saw me standing there, and he was stunned for a moment: "Madame is still here?" ”

I looked at him and didn't speak for a while, only when he approached step by step, did I say with some difficulty: "You, what are you doing here?" ”

Is he ......

I barely had time to "think wildly" when I saw him turn his head to look at the table, immediately smile a little, reach out and pick up something from behind the teacup in the place where he had just sit, and mutter, "It's good to be there." ”

It's only a moment, but I can see it clearly, it's a jade wrench.

He picked it up and put it on his thumb, then pinched it in the palm of his hand, looked up at me, and smiled: "See it, it just fell." ”

I also smiled: "Adults are meticulous people, how can they forget things?" ”

"Maybe I was a little uncomfortable and negligent just now."

I smiled at his mask, which covered almost half of his face: "Is your lord feeling better now?" ”

"Thank you Madame for your concern, I'm getting better."

"Adults should rest more. The second day of the first month of March is not far away, and adults still have to hold such a big banquet, if the body is weak, what can I do? ”

He glanced at me, and his face changed a little, as if he was about to turn away, but after taking a step, he finally seemed to hesitate and turned to look at me.

I looked at him too.

For a while, he didn't speak, and I didn't make a sound, and the two of them just looked at each other calmly.

Perhaps, it is a confrontation.

There was a sudden silence around them.

In fact, downstairs, it is still very noisy, people come and go, and the singing voices of the singers, the shouts of the hawkers, so many sounds come here, but it seems to be the sound of another world, obviously so lively, but it seems that it can't penetrate into our surroundings at all.

I looked at the half of the mask, and I never felt that the winter in Jiangnan was so cold.

He frowned a little unconsciously, and walked over slowly, my heartbeat sank with his footsteps, and the feeling of oppression that almost suffocated me followed.

He walked all the way up to me and looked down at me.

At such a close distance, I also looked at him and saw his mask clearly, simple and cold on his face, although it could cover his hideous scars, but it did not make people feel good, on the contrary, the cold temperature had almost penetrated out of the mask and penetrated into people's hearts.

He was silent for a moment, and then spoke: "Mrs. Qingying, I know that it is a bit inappropriate to ask such a question, but what is the relationship between me and you?" ”

“……”

I couldn't speak, and the voices of the people downstairs were like a needle slamming into my ears at this moment, and suddenly my mind was noisy and noisy, and I couldn't hear anything.

Only the sound of my breathing, dry echoing in my ears.

His face, and the mask, were so strange......

He looked at my wooden appearance, and was a little anxious, and said in a low voice: "Madam! Since you know Zaixia, why don't you recognize Zaixia? ”

His voice is so strange......

"Last time, I asked many people around me, they were all old friends, but they didn't know Mrs. When did Madame meet him? ”

He's so strange......

"Madame, who the hell are you?"

“……”

I looked at him in silence and didn't speak, and when I heard him ask, I looked up and smiled.

He was stunned and looked at me fixedly.

"Lord Liu, do you want to know about your relationship with me so much?"

"Please make it clear, ma'am."

"Well, in fact, I don't have any big entanglements with Lord Liu, it's just that there are some debt disputes."

"Debt...... Dispute? He looked at me with wide eyes in surprise, and I smiled faintly at him, "I am your creditor." ”

"Creditor?"

"Yes."

I nodded, looking at him with a surprised expression: "I am an adult's creditor, but if you forget it, you will forget everything." ”

He glanced at me, was silent for a moment, seemed to be thinking about what to do with me next, and immediately bowed to me: "Rude." ”

I smiled.

"Since Madame is the creditor below, I don't know what I owe Madame below? Is it money? ”

Money?

Hehe, yes, if the relationship between men and women really ends up only on this, it would be better, simple and clean, and innocent.

It's a pity that between me and you, there is really no way to use money to calculate, and it can't be calculated.

I smiled and said, "Don't worry too much, I didn't urge the adults to pay it back, so it doesn't matter." ”

"That's—"

"Still, I have to pay it back."

He listened to my ambiguous, even some inexplicable words, and was slightly at a loss, but he was an official in the end, and soon regained his usual calm, and his gaze at me also revealed a little alienation - an official, naturally he would not let himself be completely passive and inferior under any circumstances, even if he and Pei Yuanxiu were by the Wangjiang Pavilion at the beginning, they could feel his caution and neither humble nor arrogant, and now my actions like this made him erect a thorn on his body, not only his eyes, but even the half of his intact face, It also reveals the same coolness as the mask.

It seems that his way of being an official is not bad.

I...... Really don't worry anymore.

He asked, "Madame, if you want to give anything back, you might as well say it clearly." ”

I smiled and turned to walk towards the staircase, where he followed and said with some displeasure, "Madame? ”

I was already about to go downstairs, but after going down a step, I stopped again, raised my head to look at him with one hand on the wooden railing, and said, "Don't worry, my lord, the debt between you and me, before the banquet, I will ask your lord to recover it." ”

“……”

I saw him standing there, frowning at me slightly, and I glanced at the jade wrench in his hand and left.