... It was already night when she woke up, and the color of the curtain she saw when she opened her eyes told her that she was now lying on Ruan Ciyi's couch.
Ruan Ciyi and her clothes fell asleep beside the couch, with tears in the corners of her eyes.
Seeing this scene, Qiu Yilan felt a chill in her heart. Regardless of her fatigue, she hurriedly pushed her awake: "Cousin, brother, who is he?!"
Ruan Ciyi said hurriedly before opening her eyes: "The arrows have been pulled out, and now the people are getting hot... General Jiang is personally watching over there, and the Jiang family has sent people over to surround the Ruan family."
Knowing what she was worried about, Ruan Ciyi finished speaking in one breath and then asked with concern, "How are you doing now? Doctor Qi said that both you and Miss Ou have inhaled poisonous mist. Although the poison is not fatal, your bodies... "
Qiu Yilan still feels slightly dizzy, but she has no time to pay attention to it and interrupts: "Brother has a fever? Is there any way to dissipate the heat?!"
"The old doctor prescribed the medicine. General Jiang just went home again and brought two veterans of the Northern Army. It is said that they have great experience in caring for people with trauma." Ruan Ciyi's pale face flashed. Overwhelmingly grateful, "Little General Jiang took all his homework and said he would stay until his brother is out of danger!"
"...Thank God!" Qiu Yilan pressed her chest, exhaled, and said, "I'll go over and take a look!"
Ruan Ciyi hurriedly stopped her: "The old doctor said you have to lie down and rest for a day or two..."
"I can't recuperate if I don't go see him." Qiu Yilan insisted.
Unable to resist her persistence, Ruan Ciyi had to go out and call a sedan to come over and carry her to visit. Because Ruan Ciyi was extremely tired now and walked crookedly, Qiu Yilan refused her request to go with her and asked the maid to drag her to the place quickly.
It was already dark at this time, and the Ruan family, which was noisy during the day, was quiet. Only by concentrating and sleeping can you find the figure lurking behind the wall in the corner. The silent courtyard exudes depression and chill.
The lights had been turned off in Qiu Jinglan's house, but it was still bright outside.
Qiu Yilan walked in and saw Jiang Yashuang drinking strong tea to refresh herself while reading an article on the case by the light. When he noticed the movement of the door opening, he turned around and was surprised: "Why are you here?"
"My brother?" Qiu Yilan looked into the inner room.
"There are people guarding the steps." Jiang Yashuang hurriedly explained, "Originally I said I was here to guard, but my experience in taking care of people is not as good as Uncle Li and Uncle Xu... so I stayed outside."
Qiu Yilan knew that he was making up for it, so she sighed softly and said: "You have to prepare for the provincial examination, so you don't have to come in person. What time has it been? Are you still doing homework?"
"...My grandfather copied other people's articles for me to figure out." Jiang Yashuang heard her concern and felt happy, saying, "I planned to go to bed after reading it - oh, half an hour ago, Ruan... your brother I just passed by and Uncle Xu said that after two or three days, everything will be fine."
Qiu Yilan hesitated: "Can I go in and take a look?"
"This..." Jiang Yashuang thought about her words, "Now your brother has a fever... This bedding and clothes..."
"...I know." Obviously Qiu Jinglan's clothes are not neat and it is inconvenient for her family members to visit nearby. Qiu Yilan frowned and said, "Then I'm going, you should rest early, don't tire yourself out! "
Jiang Yashuang stood up: "I'll see you off."
The two of them went out together. The soft sedan was in the courtyard, but there was one less person carrying the sedan. The one who was still there quickly explained: "He said he had a stomachache just now. He thought the princess would stay inside for a while, so he …”
"It's okay." Qiu Yilan waved her hand and said to Jiang Yashuang, "I will go back to my eldest cousin as soon as I get on the sedan. You can go back inside. I said you don't need to live here, anyway. Uncle Li and Uncle Xu can already take good care of my brother. You are wasting your time here and making your family worried. "
Jiang Yashuang smiled awkwardly: "I... let's talk all the time! Let's talk all the time!" He thought about the things he did when he mistook his brother-in-law for his love rival... Now that his brother-in-law is in trouble, this is an opportunity to build up goodwill and clear up the past feud. How can you let it go? Hard? It takes hard work to show your sincerity, okay!
Qiu Yilan didn't know that he was guilty, but she was deeply moved. She took the initiative to hold his hand and said, "I remember that your arm was also injured... How is it?"
"It's just a little flesh wound, it's okay." Jiang Yashuang looked calm and unfazed, but she "inadvertently" let the night wind blow open her wide sleeves, revealing several bandages inside. …
Sure enough, Qiu Yilan's attention was attracted. She hurriedly opened his sleeves and took a closer look, then said anxiously: "They are all bandaged up like this... Why are you still here? You will go back tomorrow! You have servants to take care of you at home, so you can Okay, hurry up, there is nothing you can do directly here, why do you insist on staying here! Fortunately, it’s your left arm. If you had your right arm, you wouldn’t be able to hold the pen now!”
Listening to her nagging complaints, Jiang Yashuang was in a good mood. The corner of her mouth curled up slightly and she whispered, "I feel better when I see you. How can this be compared to the meticulous care of a servant?"
"Glib talk!" Qiu Yilan glared at him. At this time, another gust of night wind blew, and the wind was soft and cool. She felt a little more awake. She suddenly remembered that she had only asked Qiu Jinglan after waking up, and she frowned at this moment. He frowned and asked, "By the way, what's going on today?"
"Those two assassins are both dead soldiers. As for their origins, they are still being investigated - but it must have been done by Queen Mother Gu." Jiang Yashuang pondered for a while, and when she saw that she was silent, she couldn't help but asked, " why did not you tell me?"
Qiu Yilan pursed her lips: "What?"
"Why pretend to be confused?" Jiang Yashuang sighed, "That turned out to be your biological brother... You should have told me earlier... how could I have talked to him like that at Zhuangzi outside the city?"
"This is what my brother meant." Qiu Yilan bit her lip and whispered, "He doesn't want to trouble you too much."
Jiang Yashuang thought for a moment and understood Qiu Jinglan's thoughts, and said a little helplessly: "I can't think of a time when I have been arrogant to you... Oh, forget it, let's not talk about it. The bearer is back, you go and have a rest. Well, let’s talk about it later.”
"Wait!" Qiu Yilan asked, "Miss Ou who passed out before?"
"She's fine." Jiang Yashuang said, "Yongfu is fine too... He's all gone back now. Oh, in the evening, Aunt Lian brought a Miss Wang to visit. You and Miss Ruan were not in good terms at that time. I'll go I met them and asked them to come back in two days—it doesn’t matter, right?”
Qiu Yilan smiled bitterly and said, "It's okay... just them coming over?"
"People from the Xue family also came to express their condolences, but they were just servants. They said that something happened to the Xue family and the family couldn't escape." Now that Jiang Yashuang knew that Ruan Qingyan was actually Qiu Jinglan, how could she react to the Xue family's sudden cold attitude? He still couldn't figure it out, so he said calmly, "Some of your brother's classmates and colleagues are here... Oh, Qiu Hanlin, who was injured by gangsters on the road and asked to be an official, although his sister had to take care of him, she couldn't get away. I also sent a servant to deliver something.”
After a pause, he said, "Your cousin has been here too."
Qiu Yilan listened quietly, and finally sighed: "I know, brother... I don't know very well. I will wait until he wakes up later and ask him how to repay these favors."
Jiang Yashuang consoled her, "Maybe I can ask in two or three days."
"Yes." Qiu Yilan nodded sadly and got into the sedan chair.
Early the next morning, when she got up to wash up, Chunran came in and reported: "Someone from the Jiang family has invited General Jiang back to his home."
"This is what it should be." Qiu Yilan had long known that it was absolutely impossible for Jiang Yashuang to personally take care of Qiu Jinglan until she escaped danger. Not to mention others, Qin Guogong, who expected him to jump into high school, was the first to refuse - how could his precious grandson, whom he had carefully trained, waste precious time taking care of others before he was dismissed
Neither can my future grandson-in-law’s biological brother!
Besides, Jiang Yashuang, a kind of caretaker with a golden spoon in her mouth... Qiu Yilan felt that she could do better than him.
So she immediately tidied up, rushed over to help the housekeeper who came to invite people from the Jiang family, and gave Jiang Yashuang a reluctant push out.
The housekeeper saw something strange in her eyes, and he didn't know if he had received advice from someone in the Jiang family. His eyes looked very appraising.
Because she had to rely on the Jiang family to protect the safety of her two siblings in the future, Qiu Yilan pretended not to notice at this moment - she sent Jiang Yashuang to the gate, watched him get on his horse, and ordered the door to be closed. Unexpectedly, the door As soon as he closed it, he was hit with a loud bang again!
I thought Jiang Yashuang had forgotten something, and wondered why he was so impatient
Unexpectedly, the door was just opened a crack, but Ling Zui squeezed in, holding a riding whip in his hand. Seeing Qiu Yilan behind the door, he immediately asked: "Where is Chunjun?! How is he!?"
Qiu Yilan said quickly: "The inner room is still hot."
After hearing this, Ling Zui walked back without saying a word - he had known Qiu Jinglan for several years, so he naturally didn't need anyone to guide him to Qiu Jinglan's residence.
Upon seeing this, Qiu Yilan was about to follow when she suddenly heard a quarrel coming from outside the gate!
"Why are you stopping me? This is not your home!" This voice sounded strangely familiar, but Qiu Yilan couldn't remember who it was for a while.
Then came Jiang Yashuang's displeased reprimand: "Stop making such nonsense! Don't you know the Ruan family is busy now? How can I have time to entertain you!"
"Then why didn't you care when Ling Zui went in just now?"
Jiang Yashuang was obviously a little annoyed: "He's here to visit!"
However, the person who was arguing with him was also angry: "I'm here to visit too! I also want to thank Mr. Ruan for saving his life!"
A life-saving grace
Qiu Yilan was stunned - Jiang Yashuang outside the door was also very surprised: "What kind of life-saving grace?"
"If Mr. Ruan hadn't thrown me out of the poisonous mist yesterday..."
Jiang Yashuang interrupted in surprise: "Wait! I threw you out!"
"Nonsense!" After hearing this, Qiu Yilan finally remembered that this was Miss Ou who wanted to be her sister-in-law yesterday. She retorted angrily, "I feel it clearly! It's definitely Mr. Ruan... You and I I don’t know yet! You must worry about your sweetheart and Princess Yongfu first, how can you miss me!”
Jiang Yashuang said angrily: "I want to leave you alone, but how will I explain it to Bicheng later!"
"What are you afraid of confessing? He can't beat you anyway!"
Hearing that they were likely to keep arguing outside, Qiu Yilan had to go out: "Miss Ou, may I ask you what this is?"
"I came here to say thank you." When Ou Qinglan saw her, her eyes suddenly lit up, she ran around Jiang Yashuang, grabbed her hand, and asked enthusiastically, "Are you okay? You were scared yesterday. ? Don’t worry, the two assassins are dead, and they are being traced from top to bottom..."
Qiu Yilan couldn't bear it and withdrew her hand: "I'm fine. Miss Ou..."
"Sister Lan, what are you doing out there like this?" Ou Qinglan said familiarly, "You've already told me to call me Sister Lan!"
"Miss Ou, you..."
"Go in and talk, you were frightened yesterday, don't get caught in the wind!" Seeing that she didn't change her address, Ou Qinglan rolled her eyes, and simply relied on her strength to push her towards the door, and followed her. He ran through the door and happily ordered around, "Quick! Close the door and don't let random people come in and disturb you!"