Almost three or two bites, Li Si finished eating the porridge in his bowl, Xu was in a hurry, and he didn't even taste the taste.

At this time, Ning Caihe, who was beside him, had not moved, and was still sitting there stiffly, his face flushed, not knowing what to do.

Yan Ziqing turned his head with a smile, glanced at Li Si, and set his eyes on the empty bowl in his hand.

"It seems that this son likes to eat things from Ziqing. ”

Li Si didn't dare to answer this, and hurriedly waved his hand to deny it.

"Oh no, I just like sweet things. ”

"Huh. Seeing Li Si's somewhat flustered appearance, Yan Ziqing covered his mouth and chuckled twice.

"In this way, that Ziqing will help Gongzi serve a bowl again. ”

After that, she did not shy away from taking the bowl in Li Si's hand and helped him serve another bowl of porridge.

"Speaking of which, I don't know the name of this son. Xiao Cao, Xiao He, Da You, Lao Luo, I've seen them all, Childe, it's new, right?"

"Well, it's true that I've only been here for a few months. Li Siqiang smiled and took the porridge bowl handed over by Yan Ziqing, he always felt that there was something in this girl's words, and the man's intuition told him that it was best not to provoke this person.

Sure enough, I should have said that I was full just now.

"But you don't have to call me Childe, I'm just a runaway, you can just call me by my name. My name is Li Si, Li of Muzi Li, and Four and Five of Four. ”

After saying a word in a jerky tone, Li Si leaned to the right again, hugging Xiaohe tighter, now only this little brother can give him some sense of security.

"That's it. Yan Ziqing helped Li Si finish the porridge and sat down again.

"Then I'll learn from Xiao Cao and call you Brother Si'er. No problem, Brother Si'er?"

For no reason, Li Si shivered again and replied with a dry smile.

"Ah, haha, no problem. ”

He felt that it was getting more and more wrong, this girl, it couldn't be that she already recognized me.

I couldn't help but think of this in my heart, Li Si felt that he shouldn't talk anymore, so he lowered his head and drank the porridge in a sullen voice.

Fortunately, Yan Ziqing didn't say anything to Li Si after that, but turned his head to chat with others.

The atmosphere was quite harmonious, and halfway through, Yan Ziqing pinched Ning Caihe's face, saying that this little Langjun is really getting more and more handsome, and he doesn't know who will eat him in the future, which made Ning Caihe blushful again.

Except for Li Si, no one noticed anything wrong, I have to say that Yan Ziqing is really good at winning people's hearts, and after a meal, everyone's relationship has become a lot closer to her.

But the more this is the case, the more Li Si feels restless, and he always feels that Yan Ziqing's smiling face has a bit of indescribable meaning.

Maybe Mother Liu is right, I'm really in trouble?

The eight-treasure porridge in the bowl also has no taste, what's the situation, is there no sugar, why is it not sweet at all?

Here, Li Si was drinking porridge with tears and laughter.

Over there, Yan Ziqing sat next to Li Si, showing a little of his style from time to time. or gently lifted the hair hanging down his ears, or chatted with Lao Luo about a few words of piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, or chatted with Xiao Cao gently about the gossip of the neighborhood.

As the top brand in Wanhualou, she is indeed very good at taking care of proportions, grasping every word and deed, every smile and smile is just right, provoking people's hearts, but not so as to appear frivolous and cause criticism.

Seeing that everyone was overjoyed by her, Li Si glanced at this person helplessly, and who knew that he happened to meet Yan Ziqing who was also looking at him.

The two looked at each other for a while, Yan Ziqing looked at Li Si deeply, and then pursed his lips and smiled, with a slightly reddish halo on his face, which was bright and moving.

But Li Si just retracted his gaze stupidly, absentmindedly glanced at Ning Caihe, who was still in a daze in his arms, and after a while, his expression moved, and he said out loud.

"Xiaohe, why don't you eat it, otherwise Brother Si will feed you?"

As he spoke, he took the bowl in Ning Caihe's hand, scooped up a spoon, put it to his mouth and blew it, handed it to Xiaohe and said.

"Come on, ah. ”

"Huh, hey?"

Ning Caihe's eyes were already sloppy, and in more figurative terms, his eyes had turned in circles.

He assured that he had no idea what was really going on today.

He only felt that his face was hot, and his brain was a mess.

Looking at the spoon handed in front of him, he thought about all sorts of blank questions.

Brother Si, what's the matter, what does it mean now, do I want to eat, should I eat, do I eat now?

In short, when this weird snack was finished, Ning Caihe staggered and left in a daze.

Looking at his step-by-step swing, it is estimated that it will be difficult to come back to his senses for a while.

Yan Ziqing also helped clean up the dishes and chopsticks, and was ready to go back to Wanhualou.

Li Si breathed a sigh of relief, but at this time, it was raining outside.

The rain came suddenly, and it fell on the ground, wetting the streets and the eaves.

Yan Ziqing stood in front of the door with some trouble, as if he didn't know what to do.

At this time, Zhang Susu walked back to the backyard, took a red umbrella out and stuffed it into Li Si's hand, squeezed his eyes at him and Yan Ziqing and said.

"Xiao Si, you are responsible for sending Ziqing back, but don't let her get wet, otherwise you are the only one who asks. ”

Looking at Zhang Susu's appearance, how could Li Si not know what was going on.

No wonder she felt that Yan Ziqing was smiling all afternoon, thinking that Zhang Susu had already told her her identity.

Shopkeeper, you've really hurt me.

Shaking his head with a wry smile, Li Si thought about it for a while, but he didn't refuse, and took the red umbrella handed by Zhang Susu.

Because after knowing the situation, he was not so panicked.

If Yan Ziqing just wanted to thank himself, then he deserved this eight-treasure porridge, after all, he spent two hundred taels of gold.

Yan Ziqing heard that Zhang Susu was going to let Li Si send him, and lowered his head with a red face, but he didn't say anything.

In the rain, the red umbrella was propped up, and Li Si walked beside Yan Ziqing and sent her towards Wanhualou.

Along the way, the drizzle did not stop, and the raindrops made the umbrella sound sound.

Yan Ziqing walked with his head down while carrying the barrel, and opened his mouth several times, as if he wanted to say something, but he didn't make a sound.

It wasn't until he came to a river embankment that Li Si took the initiative to ask.

"Miss Ziqing, do you have something to say to me?"

When the words fell, Yan Ziqing didn't rush to answer, but stopped slowly.

Seeing this, Li Si also stopped, and the two of them stood by the shallow grass on the river embankment for a while.

In the end, Yan Ziqing smiled and spoke.

"Well, I do have something to say to you. I want to ask, Engong, do you dislike me for being a Qinglou woman. ”

There was a bit of depression in her voice, and there was also a bit of loneliness, which made people listen to it, and they unconsciously sank down.

Sure enough, did she already know.

Listening to the title of Engong, Li Si stood behind Yan Ziqing and thought, and sighed softly.

"Indeed, I dislike you for being a Qinglou woman. After the silence, Li Si replied like this.

This answer made Yan Ziqing stunned for a moment, she thought that Li Si would say that she would not dislike it like most people, whether it was true or false, but at least she would not say it on her lips.

But Li Si's answer was beyond her expectations, and it was also because of this answer that her eyes turned red.

Because no matter what she looks like, her identity will not change after all.

Whether she admits it or not, this is always a heart disease of hers, like a brand on her body, making her feel inferior.

So Yan Ziqing didn't say anything more, just lowered his head and stopped making a sound.

At this time, she only felt that she was really cheap, knowing that a woman like her who was selling her skin and flesh was not worthy of her lover at all, but she still had to go up and entangle, scratch her head and make people laugh.

Well, in the future, don't say goodbye.

Thinking like this, she reluctantly hooked the corners of her mouth, as if she was laughing, but she couldn't laugh.

The redder and redder eyes seemed to reveal her thoughts, and her tearful eyes were kept open as best they could, not letting the tears fall.

She was ready to leave and go back to Wanhua Tower.

But at this time, Li Si continued behind her back.

"So you don't care what I think, I'm just a runaway. A talented and beautiful woman like you will be sought after wherever she goes. I just can't afford to climb high, so I have to dislike your only badness. Go about your own life, don't care what others think, after all, you're able to make your own choices now, aren't you?"

Li Si heard Zhang Susu tell the story of Yan Ziqing, so he knew that this girl had no choice since she was a child, whether it was with her mother's remarriage, or was sold to the Qinglou by her stepfather, or bought by a wealthy businessman.

She never had a choice of her own, so much so that she became what she is now.

It is precisely because of this that Li Si at the moment wants to persuade him by the way.

It may not help, but he just wants to tell her that she can choose the path she wants to take in the future, and she doesn't have to care about what others are thinking.

After saying this, Li Si walked in front of Yan Ziqing, but found that the girl was smiling with red eyes at this time.

She was crying, crying so much that she didn't make a sound, and she didn't raise her hand to wipe away the tears that fell.

But she smiled again, like the bluegrass in the rain, with a little dew and a little beauty.

"Huh. With a wry smile helplessly, Li Si held an umbrella and stood in front of Yan Ziqing.

"A smile of two hundred taels of gold, but it's really not very good-looking. ”

"Poof. Yan Ziqing seemed to be completely amused by his words, and for a while the expression on her face turned red, and she couldn't tell whether she was happy or sad, which was really interesting.

On a spring day in March, the light rain is light, the cool breeze is light, and the shallow grass on the riverside is verdant.

After Yan Ziqing calmed down and wiped the tears off his face, the two walked back beside the river embankment.

Suddenly, Yan Ziqing looked at Li Si again, smiled lightly and said.

"Engong, can you promise me one more thing?"

"Huh?" Li Si turned his head suspiciously: "What's the matter?"

"I want to see what you really look like. Yan Ziqing said this, pursing his mouth.

In fact, when they met for the first time, she had already seen that Li Si's scar was fake.

The reason is very simple, because Liu's mother told her some ways to dress up.

Li Si's scar just deceived ordinary people, and half of it was not serious, although a layman can't see it, but an insider can see the details at a glance.

"Uh. Li Si hesitated for a moment, and secretly scolded in his heart that he was cutting corners, but at the same time, he also looked left and right, and saw that there were no passers-by on either side, so he nodded and said.

"Yes. ”

As he spoke, he hesitated for a moment, then raised his hand to tear off the scar on his face, revealing his original appearance.

It was about a glimpse, and under the red umbrella, Yan Ziqing was a little distracted.

In her eyes, the son in the green rain is like jade, white and flawless, warm and clear.

But it was also in that eye that she knew that when the two were unpleasant, they were affectionate, and the water was unintentional.

When a gust of wind passed, Yan Ziqing came back to his senses, and Li Si had already put on the scar again.

The two didn't speak again, and walked all the way to the door of Wanhualou.

The person was delivered, and Li Si was about to leave, but at this time, Yan Ziqing suddenly stopped him and said.

"Eun Gong, wait a minute. ”

Not knowing what she was going to do, Li Si stopped and turned back in confusion.

The next moment, he felt a warm touch on his face.

He was stunned, while Yan Ziqing put down his padded feet, blushed, and ran back to Wanhualou without looking back.

(End of chapter)