Su Qianle only applied a light layer of makeup today, her slightly drooped eyes were still a little red and swollen, and the smile she managed to pull up at the corners of her lips made people feel even more distressed.
A few strands of the bangs in front of her forehead fell on her eyelashes. As her mist-filled eyes flashed, the ends of the bangs also appeared one after another, with a pitiful charm that made people unable to help but stretch out their hands to want it. Push it aside for her.
"What did Qianle say yesterday?" Zhao Xingwen was the only one at this table who didn't know that Su Qianle liked Xia Chu.
Therefore, he was the only one who was ignorant of current affairs and asked.
After he finished asking, the atmosphere became more and more awkward. Huo Wenshu kicked him under the table. Although his reaction was a little slow, it was obvious that the other people on the table looked at him with angry expressions, and they knew they shouldn't ask. .
Zhao Xingwen sighed again in his heart, there were too many thunders in the Hou Mansion. If he said one wrong thing, he would never want to come to the Hou Mansion for dinner again.
Seeing that Xia Chu was still eating vegetables in a muffled voice, the Marquis couldn't help but pinch his elbow, signaling for him to comfort him.
Although Xia Chu was still upset about Xiao Mubai's upcoming departure from Beijing, he also knew that he had broken the girl's heart after all, so he turned to her and said warmly: "What I said last night was a bit serious. Don't go there." Take it to heart.”
"It's because Qianle was bad and made the young master angry." Su Qianle bit her lip. She was already extremely slender and had a thin frame. Because of a serious illness before, although she had been taking supplements, she was plumper than before. , but Liu Fufeng is still weaker than other women, and has a graceful appearance.
Xia Chu lost his temper after leaving the house last night. Now that he saw her looking aggrieved and apologizing, his heart softened even more. He warned with concern in his tone: "You are already weak, and you are seriously injured after a serious illness." Your vitality, please don’t hurt your spirit in the future.”
Huo Wenshu reached out to smooth the hair from her forehead: "I said that the young Marquis will definitely not get angry with you. Do you think that's right?"
Su Qianle looked shy and gently pulled Huo Wenshu's sleeves.
Huo Wenshu smiled and teased Xia Chu: "She chatted with me all afternoon, worried that you would never pay attention to her again."
Xia Chu smiled: "How could it be? You are the girl I snatched back from the King of Hell."
Su Qianle looked startled, yes, it was really not easy for Xia Chu to heal her.
Seeing her in a daze, Xia Chu was afraid that what he just said might cause her to misunderstand again, so he quickly said, "Don't say anything about what you said last night again in the future."
Su Qianle said meekly, and Xia Chu felt relieved when he saw her expression was as usual.
During the second half of the meal, Su Qianle slowly followed them and spoke a few words, but Zhao Xingwen, on the other hand, had not said a word since being kicked under the table by Huo Wenshu.
Zhao Xingwen finally stayed up until the banquet was over, and Xia Chu suggested to the Marquis: "The blue scented tea is extremely elegant and special."
"Oh?" Mr. Hou raised his eyebrows and looked at Lan Yuying.
Lan Yuying smiled and agreed, and Xu Wenlan naturally had to follow. Huo Wenshu wanted to try it because it was new, and she also wanted to ease the relationship between Su Qianle and Lan Yuying.
Therefore, she asked Su Qianle, "Qianle, let's go together too. You have nothing to do when you go back to Su Yuan."
Su Qianle saw that although Xia Chu was talking to Xiao Mubai, he glanced at her from the corner of his eye, and nodded in agreement.
Xia Chu gave Xiao Mubai a reassuring smile: "I feel relieved if she is willing to go."
Seeing his worried and worried look, Xiao Mubai couldn't help but frowned: "If I just told her the truth directly, there would be so many consequences to worry about."
"I'm afraid that once she knows the truth, she will think that her infatuation is a joke, and she will be devastated." Xia Chu had seen how he bluntly rejected Hu Zhijing, and he really had no sympathy for her at all.
"She will know sooner or later." Xiao Mubai felt that he was worrying too much.
"If I let it go before she knows it, I will only think that I have lived a ridiculous life in the future and will not be depressed." Xia Chu said plausibly.
"What if she can't let it go?" Xiao Mubai raised his eyebrows.
"She promised me during the meal that she would never mention it again. Now she promised her cousin to drink Lan Lan's tea. After a long time, she let it go."
Xiao Mubai shook his head, as if he didn't want to argue with him on this topic anymore.
Xia Chu saw Huo Wenshu holding Su Qianle's hand and following Xu Wenlan and the others towards the garden. Zhao Xingwen also followed. Xia Chu quickly stepped forward and pulled his collar: "Don't drink the scented tea. I'll give it to you." You cook a pot of Pu'er."
Zhao Xingwen had an intuition that nothing good was going to happen, so he struggled and asked, "Can I refuse?"
Xia Chu snorted coldly: "No!"
"Wen Shu, my cousin took me to drink Pu'er..." Zhao Xingwen wailed and called out to Huo Wenshu's back, hoping in his heart that she would ask her to accompany him so that he could have a reason to refuse.
But Nai Huo Wenshu said "Okay" without looking back, and walked to the garden holding hands with Su Qianle, talking and laughing.
Zhao Xingwen's heart was filled with tears and coldness, and he turned his head as if he was resigned to his fate.
Xia Chu took Xiao Mubai and Zhao Xingwen back to Yunqiyuan, ordered Mo Xiang to get the tea set, skillfully pried off the dry tea from the tea cake and put it into the pot to boil, poured the first soup on the tea set, and washed the tea. After taking out the tea set, I added water again, covered the pot and simmered over low heat.
Xiao Mubai saw that he was a little particular about the way he filled the water, and he looked at it with great interest.
When Xia Chu saw him, he knew the secret at a glance, and couldn't help but show off in front of him: "This kind of cooked tea can't be too impactful and tumbling, otherwise the tea soup will be turbid and opaque. Therefore, the angle must be adjusted well, and the speed of filling water must also be high." Slow down."
Zhao Xingwen didn't understand this. He looked at the two of them calmly waiting for the water in the pot to boil again, and he was a little impatient: "If you have anything to do, just say yes. Don't cut the flesh with a dull knife."
Xia Chu ignored him and smelled the odor in the pot disappearing, with the mellow and fragrant aroma overflowing. He just opened the lid and picked it up, poured a cup and gave it to Xiao Mubai, then poured another cup and handed it to him.
Xiao Mubai dusted off the tea, which was refreshing, and then tasted the sweet taste, and a smile of approval appeared on the corners of his lips.
"The cup of tea I owe you is finally cooked for you." Xia Chu held his chin with one hand and watched as he gracefully held the tea cup with three fingers. He tasted it lightly with his thin lips, and there was still a little bit of tea on his lips. Brown tea stains, Xia Chu couldn't help but swallow a mouthful of saliva.
"I haven't mentioned it for so long. I thought you forgot." Xiao Mubai raised his eyes to look at him.
Xia Chu sighed, how could he forget it.
After they played chess in Xiao Mubai's tent that day, Xiao Mubai took out the plum blossom wine from under his bed for the first time and handed it to him. At that time, he jokingly said: "You should drink wine when playing against the moon, but you should drink tea when playing chess."
After he finished speaking, he saw Xiao Mubai's hands behind his back clenched into fists, and he quickly smiled brightly at him:
"I'll cook it for you to drink from now on."
(End of chapter)