"Third brother is in such a good mood, aren't you afraid of falling into the water by accident?" Zhao Pei joked with her arms folded.
He finally heard her voice and slowly turned around. Zhao Pei looked at his slightly pale face with a hint of ridicule and resentment, and the smile on her lips gradually disappeared. This was not the third brother, but Xiao Tong.
Damn it. The two brothers looked very similar, and their gestures were even more alike. She actually made a mistake! But it was too late now. Zhao Pei smiled bitterly at his surprised expression and said, "It turned out to be my eldest brother. He was walking on thin ice, but he was calm."
Xiao Tong smiled faintly, and said unintentionally: "I'm used to it."
She felt a sudden sense of loss and heartache. She took a deep breath and looked up at him, but she didn't know what to say. The wind was still blowing, lifting her hair and tangling it.
Xiao Tong smiled and asked, "How is Pepe these days?"
"Yeah. Not bad." Zhao Pei smiled when he called her Pei Pei, "Where's my big brother?"
He turned his eyes away and looked at the clear sky, and replied with a sigh: "Not bad."
There was no conversation for a moment. Zhao Pei had no intention of leaving, and Xiao Tong did not ask her why she was here. The two stood a few steps apart, in silence. She wanted to take a few steps closer, but she resisted the urge.
Like walking on thin ice, like walking on thin ice... Zhao Pei only thought of these four words.
I have thought more than once that he and she are actually so far apart. They are clearly just a stone's throw away, yet destined to be worlds apart.
The green figure broke the hidden sorrow between them. Zhao Pei looked over and saw a young woman she had never seen before. She was dressed like a maid, but she was very pretty.
She walked slowly, like a willow tree, and knelt down to greet Xiao Tong calmly. Then she saw Zhao Pei beside him, and her eyes flashed with surprise, but she still bowed respectfully.
Xiao Tong looked at the fox fur cape in her hand, waved his hand and said, "Qinglan, that's not necessary."
Zhao Pei heard him calling her like this, and suddenly realized that this was Xiao Tong's personal maid, Qingqing's sister. She couldn't help but take a closer look and found that she was also a rare beautiful woman. She had shiny black hair and a pair of bright eyes. The light in her eyes seemed to be able to speak.
Qinglan said nothing, and did not bow to leave, but stood aside holding the cloak. This was her usual trick.
Xiao Tong glanced at Zhao Pei's red face due to the cold, and said calmly, "Seventh sister, you should go back as well. You are wearing thin clothes, don't catch a cold. If you want to find your third brother, he is probably in the herb room."
Zhao Pei listened to his tactful command, stared at him and complained in her heart: No matter how I dress, I can't be as thin as you.
His already thin body looked even thinner in the howling wind. So he said, "Alright. I have something urgent to do to find my third brother. But big brother, can you let Miss Qinglan take me there? I don't know the way."
Xiao Tong nodded and waved to Qinglan. Qinglan seemed a little unwilling, so she didn't say anything. Zhao Pei smiled faintly and said, "But brother, are you going to let Miss Qinglan take me to find this thing? How can this be convenient?"
Xiao Tong looked at her deeply, and finally compromised. He reached out to take the cloak held by Qing Lan, and put it on firmly with his slender fingers in a few strokes. That was it, he looked at her tenderly.
Zhao Pei smiled brightly, and turned away without staying any longer. Qing Lan followed behind, her mind suddenly changing. She looked up at the figure of the woman, her brows slightly furrowed, as if she remembered something and started to worry secretly. (To be continued)