—Why do all the girls in Nandu like my third brother? You will understand after you see it.
Duan Jingyuan was right. The polo field was Duan Xu's world. He was like a fish in water here and moved everyone's hearts. As long as he was on the field, it was not just him who was hitting the ball, but others' eyes could not leave him. His purple figure on the white horse's back was like a flash of lightning.
He attracted the enemy to surround him and passed the ball to his teammate, who took the first place. In the second round, the opponent dared not defend him alone, so Duan Xu felt much more comfortable and took the second place in a short time.
There were warm cheers from the sidelines again, and He Simu also joined the cheering crowd, cheering for him.
After being hit twice in a row, the opponent was obviously a little impatient, and wanted to suppress Duan Xu's momentum. A young man swung the club and passed the ball vigorously, but the ball deviated from the expected position and hit the head of his teammate's horse. The horse was immediately frightened by the sudden and powerful hit, neighing and running around uncontrollably on the field.
In order to have both speed and endurance, the horses on the polo field are all fierce without exception. Once frightened, they are difficult to tame. Therefore, people often fall off their horses and get seriously injured or even die. Seeing that Master Gu was about to fall on the horse's back, half of his body flew out but his feet were still hanging on the stirrups, and he was about to fall to the ground and be dragged away.
Duan Xu rode away and stretched out his bat to grab Gu Gongzi's back. At the same time, he took out the dagger from his boot and cut off the stirrup. He grabbed Gu Gongzi's collar and brought him to his horse. Gu Gongzi escaped the fate of being dragged away. He grabbed Duan Xu's clothes on his back with lingering fear and panted quickly.
The wild horse, which had no one on its back, was still running wildly in the field, and even crashed into the guardrail on the side of the field, and ran straight towards the audience. The audience immediately scattered and fled. Duan Jingyuan was wearing too complicated clothes, and she stepped on the corner of her clothes in panic and fell to the ground. When she raised her eyes, she saw the wild horse rushing towards her. She was pale and had no time to react. Suddenly, a stone blue collar appeared in front of her, and someone protected her head and held her in his arms. She was stunned and saw a flying scarlet corner of clothes.
That piece of red clothing belongs to He Simu.
The time that seemed like the beginning of the universe to Duan Jingyuan was actually only a short moment, and He Simu stood in front of Liema.
The frightened and mad horse suddenly stopped abruptly, raising a cloud of dust and stopping just three feet away from He Simu. It stared at He Simu's eyes in horror, its whole body began to tremble, and then suddenly took three steps back and knelt on the ground.
Even if the Ghost King had lost his magic power, he could still recognize her breath. In this regard, livestock were much more sensitive than humans.
The whole place was in uproar, and the audience was looking at this scene in surprise. Immediately, a security guard ran over and held the horse that had calmed down.
Duan Jingyuan escaped the disaster and slowly came to her senses. She looked up. The sunlight was so strong that she couldn't see the man who was hugging her against the light, but he looked very familiar. The man let go of her and took a step back. She could see his features clearly. It was Fang Xianye whom she had met when they were taking shelter from the rain that day.
He was wearing a stone-blue round-necked robe, and his eyes were calm like mist.
"Is your spine harder than the hooves of a wild horse? You're just a scholar, don't show off." He Simu turned around and said to Fang Xianye.
She walked over to Fang Xianye and helped Duan Jingyuan up from the ground. Fang Xianye did not react to what He Simu had just said. He just glanced at her and then turned his gaze to Duan Jingyuan, asking calmly, "Are you okay?"
Duan Jingyuan nodded in astonishment. She pulled He Simu's sleeve tightly and said, "Thank you, Lord Fang, for saving me."
Fang Xianye shook his head, his expression was calm, and he patted the dust off his body as if nothing had happened and walked away. When he was patting the dust off, Duan Jingyuan saw that his wrist was red and swollen, probably because of the friction with the ground in a hurry just now.
She thought she didn't even notice that Fang Xianye was there. When everyone was running away, he rushed over to protect her at the first moment and was almost seriously injured.
Do they have such a deep friendship
The polo match was suspended because of this sudden incident. Duan Jingyuan was just frightened and was not seriously injured. The maid helped her back to the table to rest. Wu Qingwan stroked Duan Jingyuan's back and said with lingering fear: "You scared me to death. If anything happens to you, how can I explain to my father? You are not allowed to go downstairs to watch the game in the future. Just sit here and watch!"
Duan Jingyuan stroked her chest and tried to argue that it was just an accident. Before Wu Wanqing could continue to lecture her, the bamboo curtain was lifted and Master Wang walked to their table holding a white porcelain bottle.
This young master Wang is Wang Suyi's brother Wang Qi, who is addicted to sex and not doing his job. Duan Jingyuan is also a famous beauty in Nandu. After the Wang and Duan families got married, Wang Qi always used this relationship to go to the Duan residence and show his courtesy to Duan Jingyuan, implying that he wanted to strengthen the relationship.
Duan Jingyuan naturally looked down on such a good-for-nothing, but at this moment the person who came said that he had brought some tranquilizing pills and asked Duan Jingyuan to take them to calm her down, and he looked like he had good intentions, so she couldn't refuse the other person's face.
Duan Jingyuan took the medicine bottle with a typical smile. Wang Qi took the opportunity to touch the back of her hand, which made her shiver with disgust.
"Thank you, Prince Wang." She gritted her teeth.
Wang Qi seemed to be completely unaware of the disgust hidden in Duan Jingyuan's expression. He actually lifted up his coat and sat down at their table. He began to strike up a conversation with Duan Jingyuan, and seemed to think he was very humorous.
Duan Jingyuan and Wu Wanqing exchanged glances. They had never seen such a frivolous and shameless guy.
But the Duan and Wang families are in-laws after all, and they have to maintain superficial harmony. Duan Jingyuan reluctantly responded to Wang Qi's topic appropriately, but she felt that as long as he stood in front of her, she would not be able to calm down even if she swallowed a bottle of Qingxin Pills, but would only feel sick.
As she was dealing with the matter, she caught a glimpse of a stone-blue figure on the observation deck below. When she turned her gaze there, her eyes met Fang Xianye's.
The polo match started again and people's attention was focused on the field. He stood in the excited crowd and looked back at her quietly, not knowing what he was thinking.
"Miss Duan?"
The noisy Prince Wang on the opposite side saw that she was distracted and called her. Duan Jingyuan had no choice but to look away and deal with Wang Qi for a while. When she found time to look over there, she found that Fang Xianye was gone.
Somehow, at that moment, she felt a little lost.
Just as Wang Qi's noise was getting more and more intense, suddenly a voice sounded from behind the bamboo curtain, as if a breeze was blowing through Duan Jingyuan's restless heart.
"Miss Duan, you seemed to have dropped something when you were avoiding the fierce horse just now. I picked it up and put it on my table. Please see if you have lost anything. If so, I will bring it to you."
Fang Xianye bowed and spoke across the bamboo curtain.
Duan Jingyuan immediately stood up, walked over, lifted the bamboo curtain and said anxiously: "Why bother you, sir? I will get it myself."
As long as she can stay away from Wang Qi, it would be good even if she goes to Fang Xianye. After all, Fang Xianye is very handsome and doesn't talk much. What's more, this person... just tried to save her.
Fang Xianye's eyes swept across the face of the prince who was glaring at him with a red face at the table, and he smiled faintly and said, "Miss, please."
Duan Jingyuan took her maid and went to Fang Xianye's table while holding her skirt.
Wang Qi's face was stiff, but when his eyes fell on He Simu, his face relaxed a little. He said in a low voice, "There really is a beauty like Ruyun in the Duan Mansion. Who is this beauty?"
He Simu withdrew his gaze from the field, glanced at him, and said sparingly, "Get lost."
"You!" "Miss He!"
Wang Qi and Wu Wanqing's voices rang out at the same time. Wang Qi slammed the table and stood up. Seeing that He Simu ignored her, she glared at Wu Wanqing, said something sarcastic, and then walked away. Wu Wanqing pressed her temples because of the headache.
On the other side, Duan Jingyuan followed Fang Xianye to his dining room. His seat was decorated simply and elegantly. The location was naturally not as good as the Duan family's, but the view was not bad. After all, although he had no family background, he had a high position and was the top scholar.
Duan Jingyuan suddenly remembered the announcement of the results that year. Because she said that the person she wanted to marry in the future could at least not be worse than her third brother, Duan Xu pointed to the name of the person on the list and said to her - if he is not worse than your third brother, then he can only be the top scorer. This guy named Fang Xianye, do you want him
That was the first time she heard Fang Xianye's name.
Duan Jingyuan blushed for some reason. She cleared her throat, turned around and looked at Fang Xianye, and asked, "Master Fang, what did I leave behind?"
Fang Xianye shook his head: "That was a lie I made up. I didn't see you drop anything. I just saw you looking embarrassed over there, so I thought maybe you needed to find an excuse to leave."
Duan Jingyuan's heart was moved, but he still pretended to be strong and said, "How can you tell that I'm embarrassed?"
Fang Xianye was silent for a moment, then said, "Aren't you going to cry?"
Seeing Duan Jingyuan's puzzled expression, he pointed at his own eyes and prompted, "Here."
Duan Jingyuan was stunned for a moment, she touched her eyes, and it took her a long time to understand what was going on. She was so angry that she came to Fang Xianye and pointed at her eyes and said: "Look, this is the most popular tear makeup now! It's tear makeup! I'm not crying!"
Anyone in this world who questions her makeup, clothing and perfume is her biggest enemy!
After she said this, she realized that she and Fang Xianye were too close. He looked into her eyes seriously. When her ears began to turn red, Fang Xianye took a step back and said with a faint smile: "Why do you want to draw a crying face for no reason? Smiling is always much better than crying."
"What do you know? This kind of makeup has a kind of pitiful beauty." Duan Jingyuan said.
Fang Xianye glanced at her and said, "I really don't understand. I thought a woman as dazzling as Miss Duan's didn't need sympathy."
Duan Jingyuan was choked by his words. She wanted to say that of course she didn't need pity, but saying so seemed contradictory, and she didn't know what to say for a moment.
"Miss Duan, do you want to go back now?" Fang Xianye lifted his skirt, sat upright in his seat, and changed the subject.
Duan Jingyuan stood on tiptoe and looked around, and saw that Prince Wang was no longer at their table. She hesitated for a moment, cleared her throat and said, "I don't know if he will come back. I will stay at your table for a while."
Fang Xianye agreed calmly.
Duan Jingyuan sat down next to him, and He Zhi immediately poured her tea. While she was drinking the tea, she saw Fang Xianye's eyes on her purse. Thinking of the scene where Fang Xianye risked his life to save her on the field just now, she suddenly felt enlightened and thought she had discovered a big secret - could Fang Xianye be in love with her
She said alertly: "Master Fang, I am very grateful for your saving me on the field just now. But... I will not give you a purse if you look at it again."
In Daliang, when a woman gives a purse to a man, it means she expresses her love.
Fang Xianye seemed to find it funny. He said, "No, I just think the knot on the purse looks very nice."
"Six-petal flower knot, my third brother taught me how to make it." Duan Jingyuan felt proud after receiving the compliment. She was always very childish in this regard.
"oh."
Fang Xianye shifted his gaze and turned toward the center of the field.
Duan Xu came to see him a few days ago. After they had discussed all the important matters, he suddenly sighed and asked him if he knew how to tie a six-petal flower knot.
-Jingyuan said that I had taught her before in Daizhou, but she has forgotten it now and insisted that I teach her again.
—Fang Ji, how much have you taught him
Now she has learned it and has learned it very well.
This summer wild play, which had some mistakes but was still exciting, ended after a fierce battle for a whole morning. As expected, Duan Xu's team won the game by taking the first five goals. What was even more surprising was that these five goals were scored by five different people, who, except Duan Xu, were all participating in the summer wild play for the first time. People who knew about it said that Duan Xu won by tactics. The ability of Duan Sangongzi's troop deployment at the border can be seen from the layout of the court.
Not long after the summer play ended, He Xiaoxiao said goodbye and left Duan's house. Duan Jingyuan was surprised at her hasty coming and going, and even more surprised at Duan Xu and Chen Ying's carefree attitude. You know, Duan Xu seemed to be inseparable from He Xiaoxiao before, but now he didn't seem to miss her at all, as if He Xiaoxiao had never left.
Not only that, her brother started going in and out of Yumo Tower again to look for his confidante Miss Luo Xian. Duan Jingyuan felt sadly that maybe there was no such thing as a good man in the world, and the same was true for her third brother.