"But what shall I say?" Qi Lang still had a confused expression on his face, "I should tell her: I'm sorry, Jojo, I may or may not like you? Can you imagine her expression? She will definitely kill me, maybe she will poison my beef burger in a fit of rage! It is scary for her to go crazy, I have seen it." ”

Aunt Dong and Qingguo laughed together, and they didn't know whether they were amused by the burp beaten by Xiao Jila, or they were rejoicing because Qi Lang was helpless.

Zhu Lai stood up, drank all the fruit wine in the cup, and said with a smile that he didn't care about himself: "That's your problem, and these things also give me a headache." I'll let you tell you a secret, I don't really know women. After saying that, he clapped his hands and walked away in a grand manner.

He provoked this topic for no reason, but the problem was not solved, he ran away like nothing, and claimed that he didn't know women at all, who didn't know that he had unclear ambiguities with countless women, if he didn't understand women, there would be no man in the world who understood women!

Qi Lang stared at Zhu Lai's back and was gritting his teeth there, Qingguo had already packed up the dishes and chopsticks.

"Wait, I haven't ...... yet" Qi Lang's chopsticks reached for the second time to the stew that was about to bottom out, but Qingguo withdrew the dish aside and snatched Qi Lang's chopsticks. "We're closed!" she said, turning around and leaving.

"Hey, hey......" Qi Lang looked at Qingguo's back in surprise, he couldn't believe that she was the same person as the gentle and amiable child's mother. He turned his face to look at Dong Hong, the timid and scared guy obviously didn't have enough to eat, but he didn't even dare to look at him, just avoided Qi Lang's eyes, said goodnight to the old lady, and jumped up to the top attic like a rabbit.

Little Jila was still laughing in Aunt Dong's arms, making Qi Lang even more discouraged. He smiled awkwardly, and said to Aunt Dong as if he was self-deprecating: "I didn't expect that you would change this place into a tavern......

"Qingguo, this girl is getting worse and worse, how can she speak to our king with this attitude!" Qi Lang just wanted to persuade a few words generously, but she didn't expect her to change her words: "Even if our king is really a selfish, wolf-hearted, and ungrateful little bastard, he has to allow people to finish the meal-Xiao Jila still has half a bowl of sweet potato porridge left in the afternoon, why don't you deal with it?"

"Uh...... I realized that I seemed to have eaten enough. Qi Lang probably guessed the whole thing, and it is estimated that the ladies should have colluded, and this time it was specifically to fight for Joanna, "Then...... Well, thank you for your hospitality, I won't delay your rest......"

Qi Lang walked out of the door in frustration and heard the snickering of the two girls in the room. "Laugh, laugh, laugh at your selfish, wolf-hearted, and ungrateful king!" Qi Lang muttered to himself hatefully, "You know, the king is majestic, and if you provoke me one day, he will definitely order you to be beaten." ”

Removing the idleness caused by the two of them, Qi Lang's stomach was still nearly three-quarters empty, and in this state there was definitely no way to fall asleep safely, so he decided to try his luck in the barracks pantry, maybe Corporal Linda would prepare a few more burgers there. It was a tradition that Joanna had kept for him, and Joanna had a very precise grasp of the astonishing appetite of Qi Lang and the boys.

The days of midsummer are long, and the time is close to half past six, and the diligent sun is still showing half of its red face among the distant mountains, and it refuses to withdraw the annoying summer power.

Qi Lang had to speed up his pace, because Lamba, who had just walked by to say hello, was chewing steak in his mouth, hoping it wasn't the last. Bypassing a neat row of wooden fences, walking through the green grass at the northeast corner of the lake, the pine nail food room is about fifty meters in front of it.

However, just as Qi Lang was excitedly stepping forward, ready to sprint towards the last hope of filling his stomach, he found that the bad luck of this day was not completely far away—on the grass by the lake, a girl was sitting there, facing the lake and the sunset, quietly in a daze.

This was the second time Qi Lang had seen Joanna sit in a daze with that distracted expression. The last time was on the mountain road east of Xia Qi Town, she said something very strange at the time, which made Qi Lang mistakenly think that she was playing a prank, and everything that happened afterwards proved that she was not playing a prank, but planning a battle. The battle was protracted and not over until now, but it was worth affirming that she had achieved great success, at least for the time being, her enemies were losing and were no longer daring to clash with her on a frontal battlefield, as it was now, and Qi Lang wanted to go back the way he came, even if he would stay hungry all night.

But Qi Lang still stood still. It wasn't because Qi Lang suddenly had a perfect plan in his head to fight another tough battle with that conspirator, but because he found a change in himself, because he couldn't help but glance at Joanna's back with appreciative eyes as he retreated.

She seemed to be a little thinner, much thinner than the haughty young lady at the Ball of Passage, even compared to the maid a month earlier. She sat there alone, without saying a word, motionless, and although Qi Lang couldn't see her face, he estimated that her white face should be full of faint sadness.

"Let's talk to her. Just like Mr. Zhu Lai suggested, talk to her well. That's not a big deal, as long as she doesn't get angry, the situation is still under control. Qi Lang said to himself in his heart.

Qi Lang walked up slowly, his steps seemed relaxed, and he deliberately adjusted his facial expression to make him look very relaxed, but in fact, if he looked at the shadow reflected in the lake, he would definitely find that the expression was actually called stiffness.

"Hi Jojo. ”

Joanna's shoulders shook violently, as if awakened - it seemed that she had not planned the encounter. She didn't look back, didn't turn that warm and mischievous smile around.

"Hi. She simply replied, still sitting there quietly.

"Uh...... Can I sit down?" Qi Lang asked hesitantly.

"Hmm. She still didn't look back, and her tone was very calm than before.

"Then I'll sit down?" Qi Lang walked over to Joanna and tentatively confirmed.

"Hmm. The answer was still as simple and monotonous, and there was no trace of joy in it.

Qi Lang sat down a little lost and sat side by side with her. But she remained motionless and did not react at all. Qi Lang remembered that in the past, she would definitely be like she had hypochondriasis, and when she tilted her head, she would come over and she couldn't push it away no matter how much she pushed it - did such a change mean anything?

The sun was slowly sinking, and the shadows cast by the distant peaks were developing towards the feet meter by meter. Qi Lang felt that it was definitely not a good way to sit down in silence like this, it would soon be dark, and there was really no point in such a sit-down competition. So he took the lead in breaking the deadlock: "Uh...... What are you thinking?"

Joanna bit her lip slightly, as if hesitating to answer the question.

"If you don't mind, tell me, what are you thinking?" Qi Lang repeated his question. In fact, he just wanted to find a topic, and the current atmosphere made him very unaccustomed.

"I miss home. Her eyes were red, and tears were rolling in them, "I miss Michelle and William, I ...... I don't want to stay here anymore. ”

Qi Lang regretted it so much that he wanted to die. "Uh...... I'm sorry, that's not what I wanted to ask......" he panicked, "I just wanted to ask about your injuries...... Okay, I'll tell you the truth, please control it first, I'll tell you the truth. ”

Joanna was indeed holding back her tears, after all, she remembered the oath, but it should have been difficult, homesickness was easy for even a strong warrior to crush.

"Try to keep your eyes open wide, open them to the maximum, and tilt your head back a little more. In order to avoid the situation from worsening, Qi Lang carefully suggested on the side based on his own experience, "Then the tears will be spread out, and it will be easy to retract." You see, your eyes are so big that they hold more tears. ”

Qi Lang's rush seemed to have had a certain effect, because a slight smile had appeared on the corner of Joanna's mouth, and the long-lost tears were really retracted. Qi Lang let out a sigh of relief, and continued to tell the truth he had just said: "Seriously, Qiaoqiao, I probably ignored you for a while, and I apologize for that." But I've noticed that you seem to be distancing yourself from me now, and I don't know what's wrong with that, because you've always been very direct. Did I hurt you?"

Joanna shook her head, "You didn't. It's my problem......"

Qi Lang scratched his head: "Your question? Are you saying that your injuries are actually not healed? Lu Huan, that little bastard must not be hiding something from me, right?"

Joanna glanced at Qi Lang with strange eyes, and at that moment, Qi Lang really felt as if he had become an idiot. Joanna sighed softly: "Because I know the truth - you are a prince, and in fairy tales, princes end up with princesses ......"

"Qiaoqiao, there is really you!" Qi Lang was stunned by this statement, "We are living in reality, not in some false fairy tale. ”