It was noon.
When Luo Qingzhou woke up, the snow was still falling outside.
He opened his eyes, was in a daze for a while, and recalled the vague scenes in his dream before getting out of bed.
As soon as I sat up, I felt a sudden pain in my chest.
He couldn't help but grit his teeth, raised his hand to touch it, and felt another wave of pain.
He quickly lifted his clothes and looked down.
Upon seeing this, his face changed immediately!
There were some bruises on the chest!
And it's swollen!
What's going on
Except for pulling it briefly that night when he was testing the results of his cultivation under the bridge, he never touched this place again.
Every time Xiaodie rubbed his body, she would rub it a few times, but she didn't intentionally hurt it.
What is going on
How could he suddenly be injured so seriously
He just took a nap.
What puzzled him most was that he felt nothing at all during his sleep.
Now he not only practices martial arts, but also cultivates his soul. His perception is different from that of ordinary people. It is impossible for him to be unaware of someone trying to hurt him.
Could it be that he pinched himself in a dream
Thinking of the heart-stirring scene in his dream, he gradually seemed to understand something.
Of course it is.
Apart from himself, who else would be so bored as to secretly pinch him here
Even if you have a deep hatred for him, it is impossible that you would only attack him here, right
What's more, he didn't wake up even though he was injured so badly, and he was now practicing muscle training. There was no other reason except that he hurt himself.
"Hiss..."
He touched it lightly with his fingertips and gasped in pain again.
Can’t touch it, can’t touch it again.
He carefully put down his clothes and got out of bed.
It's really unbelievable that I pinched myself like this in a dream.
never mind.
It seems that I can’t practice today.
It wouldn't matter if other places were injured, but this place just happened to be pressing against the clothes, and it hurts even the slightest movement. How could I dare not do any strenuous exercise
Get dressed and wash up.
He decided to return the silver to Xia Chan first, and then go to Miss Qin Er.
The mother-in-law has already spoken this morning.
If he doesn't go and tell Miss Qin Er a story today, he will be in trouble tonight.
As it was daytime and absolutely safe, he decided to tell Miss Qin Er a few rounds of "A Dream of Red Mansions" and then leave, so as to avoid the embarrassing incident like last night happening again at night.
He walked out of the room, preparing to take two strings of candied haws to give to Xia Chan and Bai Ling when he returned to return the money, but he was stunned when he arrived in the living room.
The five strings of candied haws on the table disappeared!
There were only four empty bamboo sticks left, all smooth and shiny, without even a trace of sugar juice left!
Luo Qingzhou: “…”
Who stole his candied haws
wildcat
mouse
Thief
Obviously neither.
Apart from that clever girl, who else could do such a thing
Even Xia Chan would only take it in front of him when he was around, and would never do such a thing secretly behind his back.
It’s clear at a glance who the thief is!
Luo Qingzhou counted the silver, put it into the small bag Xia Chan gave him, and went out.
He decided to reprimand the cheating girl.
It's okay to eat one or two skewers, but why eat so much? What if my teeth get damaged? In the future, I will...
etc!
He suddenly had an idea.
Since that girl Bailing had come here secretly, could the wound on his chest have also been caused by that girl
With that girl's personality, she would definitely do such a thing!
The more Luo Qingzhou thought about it, the more likely it seemed, and he unconsciously quickened his pace.
When he arrived at Lingchan Moon Palace in the snow and wind, the gate was open.
The front yard is quiet.
He knocked on the door and walked in.
There was no one in the front yard.
He went to the back with ease.
Just as I reached the door to the back garden, I suddenly saw Bai Ling leaning against the door, holding a string of candied haws in her hand, licking them happily with her eyes squinting.
There was only one stick left on the bamboo stick.
It’s indeed her!
There were only four bamboo sticks left on the table, and the last one was now in her hand!
Caught the criminal red-handed!
Luo Qingzhou walked over quickly.
Bai Ling heard the footsteps, turned around and saw him, she was stunned for a moment, then her eyes showed a touch of joy as if a long drought had finally come to an end, and she quickly ate the last candied haws, then threw the bamboo stick into the flowers next to her, puffed her cheeks, and said incoherently: "Gu... Guye, Nilai Le... Wait, wait, um, there's still... and Dengxi in my mouth..."
Luo Qingzhou walked closer and was about to speak when he suddenly saw the cold girl standing next to him, staring at him coldly.
Luo Qingzhou had to put aside the matter of the candied haws for the time being, took out the small bag from his pocket, held it in both hands and handed it to her, and said sincerely: "Miss Xia Chan, this is to pay you back. Thank you for helping me out last time and solving my urgent need."
Xia Chan was slightly startled and looked at the small purse in his hand.
Bai Ling, who was standing by, quickly swallowed the candied haws in her mouth and said in surprise, "Uncle, when did Chanchan help you with her body? Did she even take the initiative to help you solve your urgent need?"
Luo Qingzhou: “…”
"Miss Bailing, don't eat too much and read more."
Luo Qingzhou rolled his eyes at her, then handed the silver in his hand forward and said, "Miss Xia Chan, return your silver."
The bag of change last time must have been saved up bit by bit by the girl with great difficulty.
When I saw her take out the last piece of silver from her pocket, I felt very sad and moved.
So he paid interest today.
Xia Chan stared at the small purse in his hand for a while, but did not take it. Instead, she turned and left, walked to the pavilion over there, stood with the sword in her arms, and looked at the lotus leaves in the pond outside the pavilion, motionless.
Luo Qingzhou was stunned for a moment, and had to follow with the silver in his hand, saying, "Miss Xia Chan, I am borrowing this silver from you, not asking you for it, so you must take it."
As he said this, he reached out and tried to put it into her belt.
Xia Chan twisted her body, tightened her grip on the sword, turned sideways to look at him, her eyes cold, and said, "Don't..."
Luo Qingzhou asked in confusion: "Why? You must have saved this money bit by bit with great effort, right? How can you refuse it?"
"Reward, yours."
The girl said coldly, with no expression on her pretty face.
Luo Qingzhou: “???”
"A reward for me?"
He was stunned for a few seconds, and suddenly understood: "Is it because of what happened that night?"
He was talking about what happened that night under the bridge.
Xia Chan's eyes moved and she said, "Yes."
What she answered was actually what happened a few other nights.
"No need. We actually kept each other company that night. It would be hard to endure without each other, so we don't owe each other anything."
Luo Qingzhou put the purse in his hand on the stone table in front of him. Fearing that she would not accept it, he had to say: "If you borrow, you must return. It is not difficult to borrow again. Miss Xia Chan, you should accept it. I may borrow from you again next time. If you don't accept it this time, I won't dare to borrow from you next time."
After hearing this, the girl was silent for a moment, reached out her hand, took the purse on the table, and said nothing more.
Luo Qingzhou smiled, then glanced at someone who was hiding behind a pillar and eavesdropping, and sighed, "Miss Xia Chan, when I first came here, I was going to bring you two strings of candied haws, but the five strings I bought were all eaten by a greedy little cat. I'll buy them for you next time when I go out."
Xia Chan turned sideways and looked at the snowflakes outside the pavilion with a cold expression. The corners of her mouth moved slightly, and she thought to herself: Xiaochan... a cat
Luo Qingzhou bowed and said goodbye, and whispered to Bailing who was hiding behind the pillar: "Come out for a moment, I have something to ask you."
Bai Ling immediately shook her head, hurriedly ran into the pavilion, hid behind Xia Chan, stuck her head out and looked at him and said, "Son-in-law, Chan Chan is here today, don't even think about being naughty with her anymore!"
Xia Chan turned her head and looked at him with cold eyes.
Luo Qingzhou said nothing more and turned to leave.
Never mind, just a few strings of candied haws.
As for the wound on your chest, just think of it as being bitten by a greedy cat. It will heal in two days.
After he left, Bai Lingfang licked the sugar juice on her lips and muttered, "My son-in-law is such a liar. If he really bought some candied haws, he would have brought them here. The kitten would not have stolen his candied haws. By the way, Chanchan, did you buy a whole bunch when you went out just now? You only left one for me. You are so stingy."
Xia Chan ignored her, clenched the purse in her hand, walked out of the pavilion and returned to the room.
Then he closed the door and carefully hid all the silver at the bottom of the clothes in the closet.
He just said that he would come to borrow from her again...
So, she has to continue saving money, save a lot of money.
Then... raise him.
She suddenly thought of something, went over to open the door, walked out, went to the back garden, stopped in front of Bailing, and stretched out her hand.
Bai Ling was stunned for a moment, and asked with a puzzled look on her face: "What?"
"Pay back the money, the money for the Tanghulu..."
She said coldly.
Bai Ling: “…”
After Luo Qingzhou came out of Lingchan Moon Palace, he went to Miss Qin Er.
Just as he reached the door, Zhu'er suddenly came out in a hurry and almost bumped into him. When she saw him, her eyes lit up and she hurriedly said, "Sir, come in quickly. Madam is just asking me to call you over."
"lady?"
When Luo Qingzhou heard this, his heart skipped a beat and he thought to himself that this was not good.
"Zhu'er, Madam...why is she here? Why did she call me over?"
Thinking about what happened last night, Luo Qingzhou wanted to run away and didn't dare to go in.
Zhu Er knew what he was afraid of, and quickly whispered, "Son-in-law, don't be afraid, it's not about last night. Madam doesn't know about what happened last night, and I haven't told you, don't worry. Madam came here to send a gift to the princess, and Miss Meijiao is here too. I heard from Miss Meijiao that the princess likes some heroic and war-themed poems and paintings, and Madam thought that son-in-law might write some, so she prepared to let me call him over."
"Oh, by the way, when Madam came just now, she was still angry, saying that the son-in-law was not trustworthy and had not come to tell my young lady a story today. She also said that if the son-in-law did not come on his own initiative today, she would punish him severely tonight."
When Luo Qingzhou heard this, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
As long as it’s not about what happened last night, I’d let him write a hundred poems.
but…
Is the girl "Cui Yingying" with a whip wrapped around her slender waist here too
"Son-in-law, why are you still in a daze? Come in quickly. Don't be afraid, just behave well later. With the young lady here, she will definitely not let the lady bully you."
Zhu'er urged anxiously.
Luo Qingzhou didn't dare to hesitate any longer and followed her in.
“Bang!”
As soon as I entered the door, I heard a familiar sound of a whip coming from the yard.