"Young Master Li, you are here."
When Li Yi walked into the small courtyard in Yangliu Lane, Xiaocui lowered her head and said, looking listless.
Li Yi looked at her and asked doubtfully, "What's the matter, are you feeling unwell?"
"It's okay." Xiaocui looked at him, parted her lips, and finally shook her head mechanically.
Li Yi looked at her and asked, "Do you have anything to say to me?"
"Miss, don't let me talk." Xiaocui said with her head bowed, and then quickly ran away.
Li Yi froze in place, shook his head, probably knew what she wanted to say, walked across the yard, saw the studio door was open, and walked in.
That familiar figure was painting inside. To be precise, she should be designing ready-to-wear styles. Several people have been hired to do these things, but in a certain way, she and Wan Ruoqing are actually quite similar, belonging to the kind of basic idleness. Those who do not come down.
There was a stove on in the room, but after stretching out her hands for a long time, it was still a bit cold. When Li Yi walked in, she put down her pen, put her hands by her mouth and let out a sigh. Seeing Li Yi walking in, An inexplicable look of panic appeared on his face.
Li Yi walked over, wrapped her hands with his own, and said, "Don't draw anymore in such a cold day. If your hands are frozen, you will have a hard time in the future."
Being held by him like this was very warm and at ease. She struggled a few times, but she didn't break free, so she stopped resisting, lowered her head, and whispered: "I went to your house today, I didn't tell you in advance, I'm sorry, I just thought I should check it out, but I didn’t…”
"I know." Li Yi nodded and said, "Ruyi told me everything."
She raised her head slightly and said, "I, I didn't intend to cause you any trouble."
"I know." Li Yi nodded, and asked again: "At that time, before I went to Qi, did Ruyi come to you?"
Zeng Zuimo's body trembled undetectably, then nodded, and said: "I came here once, she is your wife, and asked about some things about the shop, Mrs. Li is very nice..."
"that's it?"
She nodded and said, "That's all."
"She told me this too." Li Yi let go of her hand, took a deep breath, hugged her in his arms, and whispered, "I'm sorry, I should have said that sentence."
The delicate body in her arms trembled, tears flowed in her eyes, but there was a smile on her face, "It's nothing, don't blame her, I didn't take it seriously anyway, it's nothing, it's really nothing..."
"The last time doesn't count." Li Yi let go of her, held her shoulders, and met her eyes. She hurriedly wiped her face and lowered her head.
"Now let me ask again." Li Yi looked at her and asked, "You... would you like to marry into the Li family?"
Although her heartbeat was chaotic at the moment, she still raised her head, sniffed, and said, "I don't want to."
"If you don't want to, then I'll ask again." Li Yi held her face in his hands and asked again: "Is Miss Zeng willing to marry into the Li family?"
"I don't want to."
"Would the Goddess of Luoshui want to marry into the Li family?"
"I don't want to..."
"Would you like to marry into the Li family?"
"willing!"
Xiao Cui stood at the door, clenched her fists tightly, and said anxiously: "Miss, quickly say you are willing!"
…
Xiao Cui got her butt pumped and went out. Zeng Zuimo sat by the bed, shook her head, and said, "I'm fine here. What are you doing at Li's house? Are you raising me like a canary?" I'm gone, what will Sister Ruoqing do, if we leave, only she and Xiaozhu will be left here..."
In fact, Li Yi had already thought about this issue when he came here. This matter still depends on her choice, and as far as it is concerned, this method should be the most suitable.
The road has to be walked step by step. To reach this step, we have already experienced too many setbacks and tribulations, so we must not be in a hurry...
Xiao Cui poked her head out from the door and said, "Master Li, miss, I know how to solve this matter..."
Li Yi glanced over there, and said, "Xiao Cui, close the door and don't eavesdrop."
The little maid pursed her lips and closed the door sullenly.
Zeng Zuimo looked at him, and suddenly said: "In two days, I want you to accompany me to Zeng's house."
Li Yi frowned, "What are you doing at Zeng's house?"
"Forget it..." Zeng Zuimo shook his head again, and said, "Let's wait a few days."
"No need to wait, I'll go in two days." Li Yi shook his head and said, "Since it's about my daughter, I have to go even if it's going up the mountain of swords and down into the sea of fire. Even if the Zeng family is a dragon's lake and a tiger's den, I have to make a dash for it..."
"It's not in the right shape." Zeng Zuimo rolled his eyes at him, and said: "What kind of swords and fires, dragons and tigers' lairs, I just want to take over the spiritual seat of my parents, last time I went there with Sister Ruoqing..."
When she said this, she stopped abruptly.
Li Yi frowned and asked, "You two have been there before, didn't the Zeng family give it?"
Zeng Zuimo nodded and said, "It's the beginning of the year..."
Li Yi patted her hand and said, "Don't worry, Mr. Zeng is a person who knows the general situation, so he will give it to you."
"It's not because of him..." Zeng Zuimo shook his head and said, "Let's talk about this matter in a few days."
Li Yi nodded, thought of something, and asked suddenly: "I have a question, if Master Zeng and I fall into the water at the same time, you can only save one, who will you save?"
After Zeng Zuimo was stunned, he shook his head and said, "I don't know how to swim, so..."
She thought for a while, as if she had thought of something, looked at Li Yi, and asked, "If it was Mrs. Li and I who fell into the water, who would you save?"
Li Yi's expression froze instantly.
Don't talk too much, don't talk too much!
Too much talk is bound to fail, this is an eternal truth.
Looking at the look in the eyes of Goddess Luoshui, Li Yi thought for a while and said, "Don't worry, Ruyi will save you. She is very skilled in martial arts and can fly by stepping on water. She even said she likes you this morning. I won't die without help..."
…
"My lord, is what you said this morning true?" In the carriage, Lao Fang couldn't help the doubts in his heart and asked as he opened the curtain.
Li Yi glanced at him and asked, "Why, what do you think?"
"No." Lao Fang shook his head and said, "What can I think..."
The whole journey was silent, watching my uncle enter the mansion, and when Lao Fang returned home, sitting at the table, just in time to see his mother-in-law and aunt coming out of the kitchen with a tray.
He shook his head and sighed: "It's all said, our family is not short of money now, cooking and cleaning these tasks, just hire a few maids to do it..."
Of course, the reason for hiring a maid is not just for cleaning, after decades of rough food, even if it is a change of tricks every two days...
"What's the matter with the money? If you have money, you can mess around. You forgot the hard life you lived in the past, but I haven't forgotten it. Please invite the maid..." The sister-in-law of the Fang family scolded him a few words, as if thinking of something, her brows immediately frowned. Twist it up, "Please maid, please invite a few more, tell me, did you have some crooked thoughts again..."
"Okay, please don't invite me..." Seeing that his mother-in-law was showing signs of having an attack again, Lao Fang hurriedly changed the subject and asked, "What's for dinner today?"
Fang's sister-in-law glared at him and said, "Porridge with wild vegetables."
Lao Fang suddenly made a bitter face, "Ah, it's wild vegetable porridge again..."
"What's wrong with the wild vegetable porridge? This is the wild vegetable I picked out of the city on purpose, just to let you know that the hard days before have not passed for a few years..."
"But didn't you just eat it once the day before yesterday..." The old man showed bitterness, and said, "I've eaten it all my life, can you change it, for example, the white fungus and lotus seed porridge I drank a few days ago, just..."
"That's the wild vegetables left over from the day before yesterday. Wait a minute... I've eaten them all my life and I don't want to eat them. Then I've been with you all my life, so you've already been bored..." The sister-in-law of the Fang family put down the bowls and chopsticks and picked them up. A broom, pointing at him from a distance: "Say, who made you the white fungus and lotus seed porridge, do you have someone outside... Well, I have heard that when you are outside, you go to Qunyu all day Yard running, did you raise a woman outside..."
Lao Fang blushed, pointed at her, and stammered, "You, you spitting blood!"
"I'm spitting blood, tell me, tell me, who made you white fungus and lotus seed porridge!"
"You, you can't learn more from other young ladies..."
"Okay, okay, you've got a lot of skills, you have moved out the young lady... If you don't tell the truth today, you will have a hard time living!"
…
A moment later, the man who ran out of the house alone stood on the street, rubbed his sore buttocks from the broom, sighed a long time, and said to the sky: "It's unreasonable..."