The night is cool and windy.
Luo Qingzhou pulled the cold Miss Xia Chan into the house to talk.
Xiaodie hasn't slept yet.
After hearing the noise, he hurried out to light the oil lamp and make some hot tea.
Then two plates of snacks were brought over.
Then he returned to the room and closed the door.
The lights are dim.
The heat from the stove drifted slowly throughout the room.
The only voice in the room was Luo Qingzhou's.
Xia Chan sat at the table, holding a sword, looking elsewhere, her pretty face still as cold as ice.
After Luo Qingzhou finished speaking, he took a piece of dessert from the plate and handed it to her. Seeing that she didn't take it, he stuffed it directly into her hand and said, "It's very sweet. Have a piece."
Xia Chan looked down, without saying anything or eating.
Of course, I didn't give it back to him.
Just hold it in your hand, motionless.
Luo Qingzhou looked at her still innocent face and said, "Xia Chan, I promised to give you a reward last time. Do you want gold coins or silver?"
Xia Chan clenched the sword in her hand and still said nothing.
Luo Qingzhou took out a small bag of silver from his arms, but before he could hand it to her, she suddenly stood up and looked at him coldly.
Luo Qingzhou was stunned for a moment, and did not dare to hand over the silver again, and asked: "Then what do you want?"
The two looked at each other.
The room fell into silence.
After a long silence, Xia Chan suddenly turned and walked towards the door, the dessert in her hand had shattered into pieces.
When he was about to walk out the door, Luo Qingzhou suddenly said, "Xia Chan, I don't want to give you money either. We are all family, I don't think it's necessary to be so formal. Besides, you and I are more than just a family."
Xia Chan suddenly stopped at the door.
Luo Qingzhou continued, "I am the good brother-in-law who once jumped into the water to save you without hesitation, who once protected you under the bridge on a stormy night, and who once accompanied you in the flower garden in the cold dark night."
"So, it's my duty to order you around, don't you think so, Chanchan?"
"Of course, you should order me around. If you need anything in the future, just come to me. I will do my best to help you."
Xia Chan turned around, looked at him coldly, and finally said, "No, call me... Chanchan."
Luo Qingzhou looked at her dark and cold eyes and delicate face, nodded and said, "Oh, Chanchan."
Xia Chan clenched the sword in her hand.
Luo Qingzhou looked at her calmly and said, "To be honest, I have never heard you call me uncle. Do you not like calling me uncle? Otherwise, why don't you call me something else?"
"Let me think..."
Then he said, "Call me Brother Zhou, okay? In front of others, I'll call you Miss Xia Chan, and you don't have to pay attention to me. When it's just the two of us, I'll call you Chan Chan, and you call me Brother Zhou, okay?"
Xia Chan clenched the sword in her hand, glared at him coldly, then turned around and walked out the door quickly.
Obviously, he no longer wanted to pay attention to this shameless person.
Luo Qingzhou followed her into the courtyard, looked at her thin figure walking away quickly and said, "Chanchan, go to bed early tonight, drink more hot water and cover yourself with more quilts, don't catch a cold, otherwise Brother Zhou will be worried."
Xia Chan paused at the gate of the courtyard, then walked out and quickly disappeared into the night in the distance.
"Sir, you are so brave. How come you dare to tease even Sister Xia Chan?"
Xiaodie came out of the house with an incredible expression on her face.
Luo Qingzhou looked at the door where the figure disappeared for a while before retracting his gaze and looking at her. "It's not flirting, it's teasing. That girl is quite pitiful. No one talks to her, no one plays with her, and her heart is always so calm and lonely. I will often tease her like this in the future, and slowly, she will naturally know what is interesting and fun. Xiaodie, do you believe it, your master will be the first one to make that girl smile?"
Xiaodie was still puzzled and asked, "But sir, I remember that you were very afraid of Sister Xia Chan. Why aren't you afraid now?"
Luo Qingzhou smiled, walked up to her, hugged her petite body, walked into the house and said: "Because the young master has become friends with her, close friends. Just like the young master and you, we have such a good relationship. If the young master strips you naked and bullies you now, will you hit the young master?"
The little girl immediately hugged his neck tightly, tilted her pink face, looked at him shyly and expectantly with her watery eyes, and said, "Sir, if you don't bully me, I will beat you."
"See, that's it. She and I are good friends. If I'm polite and reserved with her, she'll get angry, just like when I wanted to give her money before, she got angry. So, the more casual and relaxed I am in front of her, the happier she is, and the more she feels that I don't treat her as an outsider. Of course, there must be a limit. There are some things and words that cannot be done or said."
"Sir, there is no need for me to have a quarrel with you... If you stop bullying me, I will be really angry..."
Luo Qingzhou carried her into the room, put her on the bed, helped her take off her shoes, socks and outer clothes, and left her with only a small undergarment.
Then he took off his clothes, shoes and socks, got on the bed and got under the quilt.
The little girl's petite and smooth body immediately pressed against his arms, her face burning hot, her voice trembling as she said, "Sir, I want to..."
"You're dreaming."
"Wow... Chinese New Year is only a dozen days away, young master... can't you be flexible?"
"cannot."
"Woo woo, I want to, sir, tonight..."
“Snoring…Snoring…”
"Young Master..."
"Hulu...Hulu, hiss...little girl, what are you doing?"
"Sir, please continue snoring. Don't bother me. I want to study for a while..."
"… "
Outside the window, the moonlight is cold.
The entire mansion was silent.
The girl came out of the yard, holding a sword, and walked silently in the dark.
After walking for a while, she stopped, raised her hand and spread out her palm.
The dessert had already been crushed into powder.
She looked dazed for a moment, then slowly lowered her head and began to eat in small bites.
Then she stuck out her pink little tongue and licked all the crumbs in her palm clean, leaving not a single grain behind.
She never wastes any food.
Besides, he gave it to...
He didn't lie to her.
Really... so sweet.
She stood in the moonlight, stunned for a moment, then murmured something in a low voice, then clenched the sword in her hand and walked away quickly.
Her hair is swaying and her steps are light.
The night is silent.
It seemed that only the passing wind could hear her soft whispers.
Go back inside.
She lit a candle and lay down on the bed.
Even though I can't sleep, I still have to lie down and cover myself with a blanket.
That's right.
She got up again, drank some hot water, then went back to the room, lay down again, and covered herself with the quilt.
She wants to be an... obedient... Chanchan.
He would need her tomorrow.
Outside the window, the moonlight is bright and gently falls on the windowsill.
Her originally dark heart seemed to be filled with brightness at this moment.
She closed her eyes, her long eyelashes trembling slightly, and she murmured softly: "Zhou, brother..."
In front of the stone table in the courtyard.
A girl in a pink dress sat there, holding a flower that she had just picked in someone's backyard, sniffing it gently with her eyes narrowed.
Under the moonlight, she looked calm and her face was as beautiful as a flower.
"I want to be a pure and tender flower forever, I don't want to be dirty by you, humph, stinky brother..."
She whispered softly.
The night passed quietly.
It's just dawn.
Luo Qingzhou said something to Xiaodie and left the house through the back door.
Put on the mask in the deserted alley behind.
Suddenly, he became a stranger.
Then he walked onto the street and went to a grocery store near the outer city and bought a lot of things.
Five large bags of lime powder, five large bags of flour, and a lot of other miscellaneous things.
All put into the storage bag.
Then he went to the warrior shop and bought a few books.
It was almost noon.
He bought a few strings of candied haws and returned to the Qin Mansion.
As soon as I returned to the courtyard, Mei'er followed me and said, "Son-in-law, the master and the mistress asked you to go to the hall. The second son of Chengguo Mansion and Butler Wang are here. They just gave us an invitation to tonight's dinner and said they wanted to meet you, son-in-law."
Luo Qingzhou frowned when he heard this.
Mei'er took a look at his face and quickly explained, "Madam originally refused, but the second young master of Chengguo Mansion hinted that you will need proof of your household registration or identity for the autumn exam next year, so he wanted to talk to you, and he also wanted to invite you to a banquet at Chengguo Mansion tonight, saying that he would help you get this done."
Before Luo Qingzhou could reply, a cold voice suddenly came from outside the door: "No!"
Then, Bai Ling, wearing a pink dress, walked in coquettishly and said coldly, "The son-in-law is now a member of our Qin Mansion. They have no right to manipulate him. If they want to manipulate him, it should be our young lady. Mei'er, just refuse directly and tell the villain in Chengguo Mansion that it was me, no, it was Chanchan who said it. I don't believe that they really dare to stop the son-in-law from going to the autumn exam!"
Mei Er looked embarrassed: "Sister Bailing, it was the master and the mistress who asked me to call you uncle."
Bai Ling frowned and said unhappily, "Mei'er, you should learn more etiquette from Butler Zhou. If an outsider wants to see our son-in-law, you should inform our young lady first, instead of trying to take the son-in-law away privately. The son-in-law belongs to our young lady, don't you know?"
Mei'er's face changed, and she hurriedly bowed her head to admit her mistake: "Sister Bailing, I... I was wrong..."
At the same time, the girl was secretly wondering, Sister Bailing was always easy to talk to, always smiling and very friendly, why did she look so scary today
Bailing looked at someone and said expressionlessly, "Son-in-law, do you want to go? If you don't want to go, Mei'er and I will go and tell the master and the mistress."
Luo Qingzhou was silent for a moment, then said, "Let's go and see what he wants to say. Tonight..."
Of course he has to go to the dinner tonight.
Moreover, he will bring them a very valuable gift!