On the day of Master Du's birthday, Du's mansion was very lively, and the people were busy and had no leisure.

Master Du changed into a new dress early, standing in front of the gate to greet visitors from all over the world, the only fly in the ointment is that his armpits are still inseparable from crutches.

A white and red longevity peach lamp hangs in the sky, the same height as the roof, everyone will talk a few words when they see this, and when they meet unfamiliar people, they will use the topic of peach lantern as an entry point.

Whenever someone asks, Master Du will introduce it proudly, without hesitating words of praise.

This longevity peach lantern was made by his nephew and daughter, his nephew is a famous wolf hero, and her daughter is a blue heart......

"Master Lu, are you awake? The lord called you over."

The maid knocked in front of Lu Jue's door and looked inside through the crack in the door.

After a while, there was finally an echo from inside: "I didn't wake up."

Talking without waking up?

The maid hesitated for a moment, although the master told him to invite Lu Gongzi over, but after all, he was a distinguished guest, and she was not allowed to make a mistake.

In desperation, she could only say, "Then when Lu Gongzi gets up, let's go over, the guests are waiting to see you......

The room was quiet, and there was no reply, so the maid had to leave in a huff.

Luo Chanyi leaned against the pillar under the eaves of the room, bathed in the warm sunlight, and she watched the people coming and going in the courtyard while casually snorting pine nuts.

Until she heard the maid's last words, she couldn't help laughing, the little maid didn't understand Lu Jue after all, she really shouldn't scare him like this, haha.

She walked to the door of Lu Jue's room, Lu Jue lived next door to her, and it was only a few steps away.

"It's me." She knocked on the door twice casually.

Soon, the door opened, and Lu Jue appeared in her field of vision in good clothes.

She said, "You're awake."

"Hmm." He nodded, opening the door for her to enter.

Although he didn't sleep much last night, Lu definitely didn't have the habit of sleeping during the day, and besides, the sound of people coming and going outside was constant, and it was difficult for him to sleep, but he was tired of dealing with those people.

Luo Chanyi walked in the door and saw that on the table was his half-way painting, but she recognized that it was the peach lamp that was painted.

"Why don't you go out and meet those old men?" She asked casually.

Lu Jue: "I don't want to see it."

"I'm guess I'll have to knock on your door again later." She clicked in the direction of the door and smiled, "Maybe those old men will come over directly."

Lu Jue took a deep breath, was silent for a moment, and suddenly said simply, "Lock the door."

The two words that suddenly popped up, which were full of sadness and helplessness, couldn't help but make Luo Chanyi smile.

It's really a little difficult for him to think about it, he doesn't like to send people under the fence, and he doesn't like to be sold like a signboard, and he doesn't like to cater to those shapes and faces every day.

But Luo Chanyi didn't want to leave, so he was forced to stay.

She softened her heart, pondered for a moment, and suddenly looked into his eyes, "Do you want to slip out?"

Lu looked at her puzzled, "Slip out?"

She nodded firmly, raising her hand in one direction.

There is a back door in the backyard of Du Mansion.

Lu Jue still looked at her eyes, but his gaze had already added a little light.

The grass and trees in the backyard are all withered, only the pines and cypresses still have a trace of green, but they are deep green.

Lu Jue and Luo Chanyi inhaled the cold winter air, without saying a word, and walked quickly to the back door.

He still held her wrist through the cuffs, slightly tight.

There were also a lot of people in the backyard, but most of them were busy people, who came and went to prepare the ingredients for the feast, and no one came forward to ask.

And they are like children who sneak out, some of them are weak-hearted, some of them are happy, and they don't look back, and they escape from a noisy field of smoke and miasma.

Breathing in the air outside Du Mansion, it seemed to be clear all of a sudden

There are more, and there are fewer high-sounding noisy voices in my ears, and I hear a lot of the original sounds of this world.

For example, a flock of small sparrows fluttering their wings and rising from the top of a wall, or a stream in front of a courtyard that washes away the thin ice on the water.

They walked aimlessly, through the streets, through the alleys, not knowing where they were going, but with a quiet heart and a faint joy.

All the way out of Du's house, his hand was on her wrist, not loosening or tightening, never letting go, and she didn't want to pull it out.

By the afternoon, the sky was getting cloudier and the wind was wet.

They were sitting at the mouth of a narrow alley, facing each other, each eating hot bean curd in a bowl.

Scoop up half a spoonful of soft and trembling bean curd, with two slices of green onion sticking to it, and gently blow it into your mouth, it is moderately salty, the bean aroma is rich, and the warm feeling extends all the way down from the throat.

This bite is more fragrant than the delicacies of the mountains and seas eaten in Dufu.

Just as they were about to leave, snowflakes began to fall in the sky, not big at first, like grains of rice, but then they became denser and denser, and in the blink of an eye, the snowflakes flew like goose feathers.

"Lu Jue, look." Luo Chanyi became excited and stretched out her hand to take it: "It's a lot of snow."

"yes." He silently tapped the big hat behind her on top of his head.

It didn't take long for everything around her to turn white, and she walked in front, surrounded by snowflakes, and she reached out to grab it, and from time to time she turned around happily, playing like a child.

At this time, the sky was dark, and her face was even as white as the snow, and it was difficult for ordinary people to stay so white as long as they were exposed to the sun, except for her.

For many moments, including this time, Lu Jue felt as if she didn't belong to the same world as herself.

He didn't know what her world was like, but he would be desperate to blend in.

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When they returned to Dufu, it was already close to evening, and the snow was still falling, but it was already much lighter.

The huge peach lamp was covered with a thick layer of snow, and the original peach color could no longer be seen, and the guests had already dispersed at this time, except for the smell of the banquet in the air.

As soon as the butler saw them, he patted his thigh excitedly and shouted, "Two ancestors, when did you go out, why don't you say hello, we are all about to turn the house upside down!" The old man is even more anxious."

Lu Jue and Luo Chanyi didn't speak.

While leading the way in front, the butler said, "The lord will be in the front hall, there are too many gifts today, the lord is not at ease, count it himself."

You can't count it in person, if there is no Lu Jue in the future, I'm afraid he won't be able to receive so many birthday gifts.

Luo Chanyi was sneering in her abdomen, and suddenly stepped on something, like a stone, covered by the snow, she didn't notice it at all, and twisted her feet defenselessly, only to hear a "click", and then there was a sharp pain in her ankle.

"Oops!"

She screamed in pain, if it wasn't for Lu Jue to hold her, she would have fallen to the ground.

Lu Jue saw the black and slimy round stone that showed the snow, kicked it into the bushes, and looked at her face nervously: "How are you?"

Finding that her face was wrong, he immediately lowered down and hugged her horizontally, and didn't go to the front hall, turned around and walked to the bedroom, and shouted to the person behind him, "Go find Langzhong!"

Seeing this, the housekeeper pushed the family next to him: "Go, go!"

Lu Jue walked quickly, lowered his head to look at Luo Chanyi's face, and frowned worriedly: "Is your foot hurting?"

Luo Chanyi barely squeezed out a wry smile: "I'm fine, it's really nothing......

In fact, not only is there something, but the problem is also very big, she just made an inch, and actually twisted the ankle bone, and at that moment she was sweating in pain.

If it were someone else, she would have cried and cried at this time, but she was different, not long after it was broken, she used a spell to connect it

It's as good as new! Active and lively!

If it weren't for Lu Absolutely having to carry her back to the room at this time, she would even be able to run around Du Mansion a few times and have a snowball fight.

"You don't have to hold on, just cry out in pain." Lu Jue looked at her strong expression, his eyes full of distress.

Forehead...... The key is that she doesn't hurt, why should she moan without illness.

She tried to explain to him, "I'm really fine, didn't I just fall!"

Lu Jue entered the room and gently put her on the bed, extremely careful, as if she were a fragile vase.

He sat on the edge of the bed, holding her right calf with one hand, not daring to let her ankle hold a little force, and kept comforting her: "Don't be afraid, Lang Zhong will be here in a while, and you will cry out if you are in pain."

She didn't have anything to be afraid of, but Lu Jue's posture was quite scary.

Anyway, he didn't believe what she said, and he would wait for Lang Zhong to come later, and he would know after the diagnosis.

Finally, the housekeeper came in with Lang Zhong who was snoring and panting, and then Master Du also came in on crutches, all kinds of sighing greetings, and specially brought two little maids in case of emergency.

"My ankle is broken, and it will take three or two months to say it, just like my leg ......" Master Du looked over with a probe in his head, and kept sighing in his mouth.

What's angry is that Luo Chanyi also heard a hint of happiness from his tone, now her ankle is broken, and she can't leave if she wants to, at least she has to stay for two or three months, then he can continue to collect money.

She unceremoniously punctured his hopes: "My ankle is not broken, it's okay." He moved his ankle as he spoke.

But Lu Jue instantly clenched her calves, and his expression became even more nervous: "Don't move."

"How can it not be broken, I heard it so really, click, it is a broken bone." The housekeeper on the side testified.

Master Du nodded: "Yes, when my leg is broken, it is also clicking."

Luo Chanyi sat up suddenly: "What's the sound, why didn't I hear it?"

The butler was a little surprised: "Why not? It's so loud, it's because you're in too much pain, you didn't hear it, Ah Fu also heard it, and Lu Gongzi, I don't believe you asked them."

Luo Chanyi looked at Lu Jue, his expression was very serious at this time, his eyes were slightly drooping, and his brows were tightly locked.

Luo Chanyi didn't speak anymore.

Yes, Lu Jue is not deaf, how can he not hear. In his mind, he had already decided that her foot was broken.

"Okay, the maid stays to help, and the others go out." Lang Zhong had already prepared the tools for treatment at this time and walked to Luo Chanyi's bedside.

Lu Jue was a little uneasy and handed Luo Chanyi's calf to the maid, and instructed several times: "Be careful."

"All out, all out! Strap the door and take off your shoes and socks!"

After Lang Zhong finished speaking, he looked at Luo Chanyi's face, and saw that her eyes were looking at the ceiling, like a nobody, and he couldn't help but be surprised in his heart: "Good girl, you can really bear it."

Luo Chanyi didn't react, she was thinking about it at this time, if the diagnosis found that there was no problem, how should she explain it.

Lang Zhong lowered his head and looked at the snow-white and delicate ankles, which were not twisted, not even red and swollen at all, and looked like they were broken.

He was about to reach out and try it, but the girl somehow suddenly let out a terrible cry, which frightened him to retreat at once.

"I haven't touched you yet." He couldn't help but cry out.

Looking at the girl's face again, I saw a thin bead of sweat on her forehead, and her expression was extremely painful.