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The applause receded, the music stopped, the crowd gradually dispersed, and Haiyu also came bouncing over from the other end of the circle: "When did you learn this?"
"It's okay to be idle at sea, an old sailor taught me." Hailian glanced at the mud spots on her skirt, "Is it okay if the skirt is dirty?"
"It's okay, just go back and wash up," Hai Yu looked away, and then showed a polite and friendly smile to Fang Tinglan, "Are you ... my brother's friend?"
"yes."
"yes."
The two spoke in unison, Fang Tinglan couldn't help but look at Hailian more.
Haiyu bowed to Fang Tinglan: "Then...you can call me Xiaoyu just like your brother, what should I call you?"
They are indeed brothers and sisters. At first glance, Fang Tinglan thought her face was familiar, but now that she looked closely, it was just that she was actually a little similar. The girl's facial features are not as thin as his brother's, which seems to be broken at the touch of a touch. On the contrary, she has a kind of beauty that is rare in Dongzhou people. It is only because of lack of nutrition when she was a child that she always loses her color. Now the girl's complexion is ruddy and her eyes are bright. Given time, she will be a beauty in the future.
Fang Tinglan returned the salute with a smile: "Just call me Fang—"
"Okay," Hai Lian interrupted him, obviously unwilling to let his sister have more contact with Fang Tinglan, he grabbed Hai Yu's wrist, "It's getting late, I'll take you back."
"But I..."
"Even before, this is when you go home." Hai Lian said.
Haiyu looked at the sunset in the distance, and nodded in disappointment. She took two steps forward, then suddenly turned around and said, "I want to eat the pie from Qiaotou, and I want to add mashed radish." She paused, and said emphatically, "I really want it."
This reason for the delay is quite a coincidence, Hailian said helplessly, "Then wait for me here." He turned his head to the other party and said, "Take care of her, I'll be right back."
"Don't worry." Fang Tinglan agreed with a smile.
Seeing Hailian leave, Fang Tinglan continued the previous topic: "I'm sorry, I was interrupted by your brother before I finished the introduction. My surname is Fang. You can call me Brother Fang."
Hai Yu obediently responded, she looked at the man, and suddenly frowned slightly: "Brother Fang, did you just come out of the theater too?"
Fang Tinglan was startled. Haiyu continued: "Although it has faded a lot, I can still smell the scent on your body, which is only found in the VIP box, and it also has a hint of orange blossom and cedar, which is the fragrance that Her Royal Highness would smoke. The fragrance is the only one in the Dream City for a long time—you are one of the two guests from Dongzhou that Her Royal Highness said?"
Fang Tinglan was dumb for a while. He was surprised by the girl's sensitivity, so he put away his underestimation and replied seriously, "Yes, I am indeed the one who accompanied the sixth prince Nanhong to visit His Royal Highness."
"Then why are you here?" Hai Yu raised his chin reservedly, "Please forgive me for asking this question, because my brother is too confident in his knife, so he doesn't care about anything, and I don't have a knife, so I have to care for him .”
The girl's voice was soft and her words were as polite as any noble lady in the Shiratori district, but her eyes were full of fearless sternness. The obedience in front of his elder brother and the quietness in front of the princess have all faded away, revealing the vigilance that has rolled in the mud of the slum for twelve years. Fang Tinglan was sure that if there were any loopholes in her answer, she would swing out her sharp claws like a dormant little beast.
"Please answer me." Hai Yu said word by word.
While meditating, Fang Tinglan looked away from the crowd from the corner of his eye, and looked at the young pirate standing in front of the pie shop in the distance. goods. Suddenly he had an answer.
"If I said..." the man dragged on, "I had a crush on your brother and mistakenly thought you were my rival in love, so I followed him involuntarily like a kid who lost his mind, would you Do you believe it?"
These words were too honest, but it had the opposite effect. The girl who was staring at her just now blushed instantly, and her almond eyes rounded: "You, you just said...you..."
"Me what?"
"You just said... said..."
"Tell me that I like your brother, Hailian." Fang Tinglan took it as a matter of course.
The little girl stammered for a long time, and finally choked out a sentence: "—You lied!!"
Fang Tinglan laughed: "It's rare in my life to tell the truth, and I'm still treated as a liar. I'm so sad."
Hai Yu's hand holding the ribbon on the skirt tightened again and again, grinding his white teeth back and forth, and asked again: "...then does he know?"
"There's no rush to talk about love."
The girl said angrily, "Stop wishful thinking, my brother won't like you."
"why?"
"You are the kind of aristocrat he hates the most. You are putting on airs and hypocrisy, but you actually look down on us at all in your heart."
Fang Tinglan spread his hands: "But we both drank Jinghua wine at Beidou Tavern together. I know Tisu's saying that as long as we drink Jinghua together, we will be friends for life."
Haiyu was at a loss for words immediately, she was especially unconvinced, and warned: "You better just tell the truth and sincerity, otherwise...or I won't let you go!"
Now the Hai language not only lost the honorifics, but also used the nasty pronunciation unique to children who grew up in the muddy area for some words.
They are indeed brothers and sisters. Fang Tinglan thought of this sentence again.
He nodded with this smile, and Haiyu snorted. The two of them stopped talking, and watched Hailian come back from across the street holding a grease-paper bag together: "What were you talking about just now?"
"Talk about the wine we drank on the Valerian Moon Festival before." Fang Tinglan said with a smile.
Hai Lian looked puzzled: "How did you talk about that matter? Here, you two each have one, just out of the oven, be careful of burning."
After eating the pie, the two sent Haiyu back to Chuizhi Court before heading to Anwana District. Hailian's mind was filled with the awkward and silent atmosphere in the carriage just now. He glanced at the man walking side by side, and explained to him rarely: "Something happened to Xiaoyu when he was a child, and he was more..."
"Alienated?"
"Well, alienation, don't take offense."
"Why?" Fang Tinglan smiled, "She has a bit of a temper like you."
"Like it?" Hailian frowned.
The two walked for a while, Hailian said again: "You didn't come today."
"Actually, I'm here to do business in the boxes of the richest people above you." Fang Tinglan said, "I saw you too."
"..." Hailian pouted, "Why did you suddenly become honest at night and stop fooling me?"
"Ah, isn't it usually the time for the lady to check her husband's whereabouts at night? Of course I have to tell the truth."
"Are you courting death?"
Fang Tinglan raised the corner of his mouth.
Hailian kicked the broken cinders on the Reflecting Bridge: "Hey, since you've gone, tell me if the fifth act is good, and what is it about?"
"You didn't see it?"
"I don't understand, I fell asleep." Hai Lian said confidently.
"O'Brien will be sad if he hears this. Speaking of it, the fifth act is really good. If your writer neighbor can continue to write it, he will become a big hit in the future." Fang Tinglan frowned, "Since You fell asleep, then I will tell you from the first scene... "
From Yuechui Dongzhi to Yupandangkong, Mrs. Jinlinghua's site is still always lively. The story of the theater has been told, and there is no need for more politeness. One person climbs the ladder and the other knocks on the door. A nod is the way But after Hailian got on the roof, Fang Tinglan downstairs suddenly called his name. The young man poked his head out from the eaves, his hair full of silver light.
"The next time we meet is at Sand Ghost Bay." Fang Tinglan raised his head and waved at him, "Be careful all the way."
Hailian raised her eyebrows: "You should take care of yourself."