After eating the hot pot, it is already time (19:00-20:59).
Although the Gu family is not very strict, but there is no reason for the girl's family to go home late, so after eating the hot pot and drinking a few glasses of wine, Gu Yu, who was a little dizzy, still remembered the time and pulled Gu Wuyou. about to go.
"Be careful." Gu Wuyou carefully supported Gu Yu, fearing that she would fall.
"I, I'm fine." Gu Yu waved her hand, she didn't actually drink a few drinks, but it was too hot in the room, making her a little dizzy, she stretched out her hand and waved the heat in front of her eyes, her face was still red, "Let's go. ."
Yu Guang saw Fu Xian who was so drunk that he didn't know where he was, and sneered, "This drink is not as good as mine." After she finished speaking, she burped herself.
Gu Wuyou was still a little worried about her, so she answered and turned to look at Li Qinyuan. In the white heat of the room, her young man was no different from before, holding a glass of wine in his hand, with a handsome face. , but he could still notice his suddenly tense figure the moment she turned her head.
She felt so soft in her heart, and her voice softened a lot, "Then let's go."
"… Oh."
Li Qinyuan's voice was dry, without a trace of ups and downs. He was actually a little reluctant, but he didn't know why he was so reluctant. He had to lower his head and continue to turn the wine cup in his hand to see the swaying sake.
He usually loves this plum wine, but at this time, the favorite plum wine is not so fragrant.
Jing Yubai, who hadn't had a few drinks, smiled and shook his head when he saw him. When Gu Wuyou was about to take Gu Yu out, he suddenly said, "Qilang, it's dark outside, give them a ride."
"I'm going to the kitchen to make sober soup."
As he spoke, he glanced at Fu Xian, who had already passed out, and said helplessly, "Don't wake up tomorrow, it's time to have a headache again."
After Jing Yubai finished speaking, he stood up, and when passing by Sister Gu Wuyou, he smiled gracefully: "The county master and the seventh girl should pay attention to safety when they go back."
He added, "The driver is trustworthy and won't talk nonsense. You can rest assured."
Gu Wuyou nodded at him, thanked him for his kindness, and after Jing Yubai went out, he turned to look at Li Qinyuan, her eyes were crescent-shaped, and her voice was smiling, "Are you going to send us out?"
"cough."
Li Qinyuan blushed at the sight of others, he put down the wine cup in his hand, stood up, Jun face quietly blushed in the steaming room, "Let's go." After he finished speaking, he took the lead out of the room.
Gu Wuyou looked at his back with even more smile in his eyes.
Follow Li Qinyuan's footsteps to go out, the winter night is cold and the wind is hard, when it hits someone like a knife, Gu Wuyou glanced at Gu Yu, who was still a little dizzy, and put on her pocket thoughtfully. hat, and put it on myself.
The young man in front of her seemed to be deliberately following her steps, walking slowly and slowly.
Gu Wuyou easily followed. She supported her dizzy sister, raised her hooded face, turned her head to look at him, saw that he was still wearing ordinary clothes, and asked in a low voice. :"are not you cold?"
"not cold."
Li Qinyuan shook his head and kept his voice soft. Out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of her worried eyes, and explained in a ghostly way, "I have never been afraid of cold since I was a child, it's like a stove."
This is true.
When she first married Li Qinyuan, she was still very unfamiliar with him. Knowing that he did not have the habit of lighting charcoal fires in winter, she did not dare to speak casually, her lips were purple from the cold at night, but the man beside her was like a stove.
Later, the man found out about this, and thoughtfully put a charcoal basin for her at night.
But no matter how hot the charcoal basin was, it only dissipated some of the cold air in the room. She was still cold. She couldn't sleep, so she carefully rolled over under her quilt, quietly rubbing her hands and breathing in the heat.
I thought I was doing it in a mysterious way, but I didn't expect to hear a sigh in my ear. The warm voice of a mature man sounded in my ear, with a bit of helplessness, "Why are you so stubborn?"
It was the first night when she was pulled into her arms, and it was also the first night she slept so peacefully.
She was about to walk to the door. She recovered from her thoughts. Looking at Li Qinyuan beside her, she couldn't help but say, "Even if you're not afraid of the cold, you can't freeze in the wind at night, otherwise, your head will hurt."
Li Qinyuan felt that the little girl sometimes cries with a little crying bag, cries at every turn, sheds a few tears when she has nothing to do, and sometimes she is a worried old mother who has to take care of everything.
Since his mother went away, only his grandmother and grandmother would tell him this.
This girl who is younger than him is more worried than others. Li Qinyuan is a little helpless. In fact, at his age, he can't listen to such words, and sometimes it is estimated that he has to do the opposite.
Especially with his temperament, he doesn't like to be controlled by others.
But looking at the clear and concerned eyes of Xiao Chili under the moonlight, he pursed his lips, and he was a little speechless when he refused, but he finally agreed, "...I see."
Seeing that Gu Wuyou agreed, the smile on his face brightened a bit.
As they approached the carriage, the dozing driver saw them coming out and hurried over to salute.
Li Qinyuan saw that the outsiders were back to their usual appearance, and when they got up, he instructed lightly, "Send them back to Dingguo Gong's mansion, and then go back and say to your master, your young master will stay with me today, Qi Qi. The family and the Fu family have also asked someone to speak."
This is a common occurrence, and the driver naturally didn't talk too much. He replied softly with "yes" and stepped aside.
"Ayu, you get in the carriage first." Gu Wuyou patted the back of Gu Yu's hand lightly, then helped her onto the carriage. Seeing that she got into the carriage in a daze, he leaned on the carriage with a "uh" sound. closed eyes.
She was sure that Gu Yu would not fall before turning to look at Li Qinyuan.
The coachmen of these big families were not very clever. He lowered his head and pulled the carriage a few steps forward, and then only Li Qinyuan and Gu Wuyou were left in the original open space.
There are no lanterns hanging in front of the door, only the faint moonlight.
Li Qinyuan lowered her head and lowered her eyes to look at Gu Wuyou in the moonlight. She looked a little more gentle and gentle, like a Qinglian swaying in the wind in a summer pool, without her usual cry.
Especially the pair of almond eyes, without the detachment and brilliance in the daytime, with a little gentleness, even the most impetuous person will be able to calm down immediately when they see such a pair of eyes.
But in a moment of silence, his heart inexplicably quickened again, faster than ever, with indescribable palpitations, making him turn his head awkwardly, "Why don't you leave?"
"You, will you come to the academy tomorrow?" Gu Wuyou finally asked this question.
Hearing the hope in the girl's words, Li Qinyuan seemed to be drunk. He turned his head to look at her and asked, "Do you want me to go to the academy so much?" Waiting for the answer, he quickly replied, "I will go."
As he spoke, he clenched his hand quietly.
Fortunately, it was night, otherwise the little girl would definitely be able to see the strangeness on his face at this time.
Gu Wuyou didn't notice anything unusual about him, and after hearing his answer, he quietly breathed a sigh of relief. The tight little face just now also loosened up, and a bright smile rose again on his face, "Then, see you in the academy tomorrow."
As she spoke, she stepped back and raised her hand, as if she was about to wave goodbye to someone.
"correct--"
She remembered something, suddenly stopped, and said to someone, "I won't go to Aunt Lan tomorrow."
Hearing this, Li Qinyuan frowned. He didn't care if she would see the strangeness on her face, so he turned to ask, "Why?" In the morning, he insisted that he would take her there tomorrow. When Aunt Lan was eating meatloaf, he almost made him swear on the spot.
Why don't you go now
"Well."
This is what Gu Wuyou decided in the kitchen just now. She didn't plan to tell the general now, so she had to say, "I have something to do tomorrow, we will go together next time." After saying that, seeing that he was still unhappy, she turned towards the general. The man took a few steps closer, raised his head in front of him, and softened his voice, "Are you okay?"
Li Qinyuan said that he didn't want to deal with this little pepper who went back on his word.
But looking at the sweet little face in front of her, she couldn't say what she said, her ears blushed and she turned her head, instead of looking at her clear eyes, she still groaned: "Next time if you If you go back on your word, don't ask me to lead the way."
In the end, remembering that it was cold outside, Yu Guang also caught a glimpse of her blushing face from the wind, and softened her voice again, "Okay, you go back first."
Gu Wuyou nodded obediently, and when he was leaving, he still remembered to tell people, "It's windy outside, you should go in too."
"... snarling."
Li Qinyuan said in a low voice, but the corners of his mouth hidden in the shadow couldn't help but curl up a little, and his voice became softer, "Got it."
Gu Wuyou finally felt relieved, she waved at the person, turned around and walked towards the carriage.
The night road was very dark, and the bluestone slabs underneath were shattered. There were many small pits, and it was easy to fall down. In normal times, she would definitely not dare to take such a road alone.
But she knew that her general, her young man was watching her from behind.
so--
The only fear was gone.
She walked forward step by step like this, her heart was full of excitement, and her steps were very easy, like a little yellow warbler jumping around. He just stopped and turned to look behind him.
"Li Qinyuan." Gu Wuyou suddenly called him.
"What, what?"
Li Qinyuan didn't expect that he would turn his head, and when he didn't have time to look back, the situation became a little embarrassing, as if to disguise his awkward and proud self-esteem, and he didn't want to let others know his worries and concerns, so he could only use a hard tone to cover up Own.
Gu Wuyou didn't say anything. She stood under the moonlight and stared at the young man under the moonlight for a moment. She frowned before she said with a smile, "I really hope you go back to the academy, a special hope."
She came into this world.
All I want to do is meet him.
Li Qinyuan was stunned by this endless sentence. He was stunned for a while, until he realized which question she was answering, but the little girl in red beside the carriage had already gotten into the carriage, and he looked at the blue The veiled carriage moved forward slowly in the darkness, but a hand quietly stretched out from the dancing curtain, and under the moonlight, it gently waved in his direction.
Li Qinyuan seemed to be stunned. He stood there, even if he couldn't see the carriage, he didn't look back until a voice came from beside him, "Going?"
He only reacted with hindsight, and hoarsely said "um".
"Where are Axian and the others?" he asked Jing Yubai.
"I drank the hangover soup and fell asleep." Jing Yubai stood beside him, just like him, looking at the long and deep dark alley, there was no trace of the carriage, he looked for a while. He looked back and said to Li Qinyuan, "Let's go, let's go in."
Li Qinyuan nodded and said nothing.
The two closed the door and entered the courtyard. Just as Li Qinyuan was about to step into the main hall to clean up, Jing Yubai suddenly said, "Qilang, sit outside for a meeting."
Li Qinyuan stopped and turned to look at him. Seeing Jing Yubai standing under the moon, his expression was gentle, as usual, so he nodded.
There were already chairs in the yard, but it was dewy in the middle of the night, and there was a thin layer of water droplets on the top. Li Qinyuan was not so particular, and sat down with a casual wipe.
He put his legs on the stone table in front of him and leaned against the plum tree behind him. When he saw Jing Yubai coming out, he felt helpless with two bowls of tea soup in his hand. He put his fingers on his forehead and sighed, "Dabai, you are young. Oh, how did you learn all these old men's ways?"
When Jing Yubai heard the words, he just smiled, "Knowing that you don't like hangover soup, I made tea to soothe the nerves, not bitter."
He said and handed it to someone.
Li Qinyuan didn't say anything else, took the tea cup and took a sip, but just one sip, he held the celadon tea cup in his hand, the yard was quiet, he looked up at the moon above his head and the stars were thin, and he said after a while "It took a lot of effort for her to investigate this matter."
Originally, I wanted to ask that girl face to face, but when I looked at her, my mind was dizzy, and I couldn't think of anything. Axian and Xiaoxu were unreliable, so what they could ask would be obvious.
Jing Yubai sat in the chair, and seemed to have thought that he would ask such a question for a long time, there was no difference at all, and he spoke slowly and slowly, "In the beginning, I asked the waitresses and servants who passed by there. After calling it, she seemed to have thought of something, so she ran out to check by herself."
"I didn't bring anyone, I didn't even eat lunch." When he said this, Jing Yubai lowered his eyes and took a sip of tea.
Li Qinyuan was stunned. When the big guy was eating hot pot just now, he found that the little girl ate a lot, like a little rabbit who couldn't get enough, her mouth was still bulging, and the chopsticks were caught in the meat again.
At that time, he was still laughing at her in his heart, thinking that the little girl didn't look fat at all, and he didn't expect to eat so much.
turn out to be--
Did she run out to check this without even having lunch
This, fool.
Li Qinyuan was in a complicated mood, and he no longer knew what to say.
Jing Yubai finished tasting the sip of tea and let the fragrance of the tea linger. Then, like Li Qinyuan, he looked up at the moonlight above his head and said with a smile, "How much effort she put into this matter, I really I don't know, all I know is that for this matter, she almost offended the entire academy."
"What do you mean?" Li Qinyuan frowned.
Jing Yubai seemed to be stunned for a while, turned his head in surprise and looked at her, "She didn't tell you anything?" After speaking, he smiled first, "That's a bit unexpected."
He told people what happened in the academy over the past two days, including how she defended Li Qinyuan in front of everyone, and she swore to guarantee Li Qinyuan, and asked everyone to apologize to him.
"Qilang, you didn't see it, that girl was really majestic when she raised her face to train people."
"I originally thought she was the kind of person who does things recklessly and wants to be happy and satisfied, but now that she hides this matter so strictly and doesn't reveal a word to you, I know that I'm wrong. ."
Jing Yubai's voice sounded on this quiet and cool night, with a tenderness like jade, "She should have thought about all the consequences and knew what she would face, but she still did it."
"Regardless of the consequences." Jing Yubai said these four words looking at Li Qinyuan.
- "She thought of everything."
- "She knew what she was going to face, but she did it anyway."
- "Reckless."
These words echoed in Li Qinyuan's mind. His slender fingers clasped the tea cup in his hand, and his usual indifferent expression could not be maintained for a long time. All the viscera and six viscera were pulling a tingling pain.
He was panting low, a little hurried and a little chaotic.
Until the breathing gradually became steady and could no longer be heard, Li Qinyuan also closed his eyes.
The night is cold as water.
The two people in the courtyard did not speak any more, only the boundless wind still lingering.
I don't know how long it took before he opened his eyes and opened his mouth, his voice was hoarse, but he said something completely unrelated to the previous article, "It's late at night, go in and rest." After Li Qinyuan finished speaking, he first stood with a teacup up.
Jing Yubai didn't move behind him, just looked at his back, and suddenly said, "Qilang, you know what? I'm very happy today, and it's been a long time since we were so happy."
He rarely showed his emotions like this. Because of the rush, his tone was a little excited. He paused for a while, and waited until his emotions became calm again.
He just followed up, "Me too, I haven't seen you as happy as you are today."
Li Qinyuan's footsteps paused for a while, he didn't look back, he just made a light "um".
He was also very happy, no, not very happy, but very happy and very happy. He still remembered the scene when a group of people were eating hot pot at night. It was a hilarity he had not experienced for a long time.
"after--"
Jing Yubai stood up behind him, but this time he hesitated and hesitated, "Is there any more?"
Li Qinyuan's slender fingers were still holding the cold tea. He stood in the brightly lit yard and lowered his head.
He could hear the sound of the cold wind beating on the branches, and he could also hear the sound of the cold wind blowing past his ears. He knew what Jing Yubai was referring to. He didn't speak and stood quietly for a long time.
I don't know how long it took before he turned to look behind him.
The usually calm and steady youth in green clothes was still standing behind him.
Li Qinyuan looked at him for a long time, and then he remembered that in the long alley, the girl in red raised her head, with the brightest smile in the world on her bright face, and said those words when she looked at him.
- "Li Qinyuan, I believe in you."
- "Even if the rest of the world doesn't believe in you, I will always believe in you."
At that moment, a feeling suddenly appeared in his mind, everything in this world is full of darkness and darkness, only that person dressed in red stepped through the broken darkness and walked into his eyes.
The cold wind is still there.
But in this winter, he raised his head, opened his eyes, and looked at the sky above his head seriously for the first time.
The night is always there.
But in the dark night, there is also light that guides people forward, maybe a lantern, maybe a bright moon, maybe a few stars, or maybe... In the dark night, someone stretched out a hand to you.
He suddenly felt that the world was actually not that bad, at least by his side, there were many, many people worth cherishing.
The dark night made his whole body more restrained and calm, making Li Qinyuan less unrestrained and more calm than his age.
He looked at Jing Yubai and finally said, "Yes."
After so many years, he was finally willing to let someone hold his sleeve and wake him up.