Ren Yaoqi saw the nervous expressions of several maids, and shook his head: "I'm not angry."
She didn't get angry because Xiao Jingxi said a few words to other women, but Yan Ningshuang's behavior made her a little unhappy.
Yan Ningshuang came to the Yanbei Palace in the same car as Zhao Yingqiu. The princess had already sent someone to take them to the car, but now that Zhao Yingqiu and the carriage have left, but Yan Ningshuang has not left yet, it is considered a painstaking effort.
Apple and the others saw that Ren Yaoqi's face was still mild, and they were a little relieved. Seeing that the wedding date is not far away, no one wants anything more to happen.
The carriage slowly drove out of the Yanbei Palace, and Ren Yaoqi was not looking outside the carriage.
But Ren Yaoqi didn't look outside, but the maids were worried. Leshan, who was sitting by the car window, secretly opened the car curtain from time to time to take a look outside, wanting to see if the second son of the Xiao family would throw off the woman Yan Ningshuang and chase after him.
Ren Yaoqi noticed Leshan's actions and didn't say anything, so she went.
After the carriage came out of the Yanbei Wangfu, it went in the direction of Baoping Hutong. In addition to the gentlemen in the academy, the people living in Baoping Hutong were some literati. It is relatively quiet during the day, not as noisy and noisy as other residential alleys. The large streets outside the hutong are basically some brush and ink painting and calligraphy shops, antique seal shops, etc., so it is far less lively and prosperous than Zhengyang Street. .
When their carriage turned into the street in front of Baoping Hutong, Leshan still refused to give up and wanted to look back. Ren Yaoqi sighed and was about to speak, but when he looked up, he saw someone on the other side of the street was stamping a seal from a house. Walking out of the shop, with a startling glance, the tea bowl and bowl lid in Ren Yaoqi's hands suddenly made a crisp sound,
Although the sound was not loud, because the carriage was very quiet, Leshan was so frightened that he hurriedly lowered the curtain of the carriage. She thought Ren Yaoqi was angry, so she hurriedly admitted her mistake and lowered her head to admit her mistake: "Slave knows it's wrong."
Ren Yaoqi didn't seem to hear Leshan's words. She blinked slowly, then suddenly called out "Stop."
The old woman who was driving the car outside heard a sound and started to slow down. The maids didn't know what to do, so they saw Ren Yaoqi move to the car window. The curtain of the carriage was pulled, and the carriage was already a little far away from the seal shop just now.
Ren Yaoqi looked through the car window. She only had time to see a man in a green shirt walking leisurely in the opposite direction to her.
The man was tall and slender, and because his back turned to them, he couldn't see his face or his age. Although he was dressed as a scholar, he looked a little lazy, as if nothing in the world could be seen by the eyes or heart. At this moment, he was slightly tilting his head to talk to his little servant, even if he couldn't see the front, Ren Yaoqi could guess that he must be narrowing his eyes slightly at this moment. There is still a casual smile on the corner of his mouth, as if he will never wake up, you don't know whether he is looking at you or just nothingness.
Ren Yaoqi stared blankly at the man's back, forgetting how to react for a while. Until the figure of the man turned into another street and disappeared.
"Miss? What's the matter with you?" Leshan asked cautiously. She dared to sneak a look outside, but saw nothing. There were only a few pedestrians in this street. And they are strangers they don't know.
Ren Yaoqi gradually came back to her senses, and then realized that she had lost her way. She put down the curtain, pursed her lips, and said softly, "It's okay, I recognized the wrong person."
"Then let's go back now?" Leshan asked.
Ren Yaoqi was silent and did not speak.
Le Shui observed her words and expressions: "Maybe the lady didn't admit the wrong person just now. Why don't you turn around and go back and have a look?"
Ren Yaoqi sighed, looked at the maids and smiled: "Go back, I was wrong."
What if it was right
She remembered that the person was a teacher or a friend, but that person only made her a stranger. Even if they stood together, they were speechless.
The maids didn't say anything else, and Apple told the woman who was driving the car to go on.
When the carriage was about to move, there was a knock on the wall of the carriage.
Ren Yaoqi, who had just calmed down, couldn't help being stunned for a moment. She turned her head to look in the direction of the car window, but her right hand was unconsciously clenched, and she was a little nervous.
Leshan looked at Ren Yaoqi and asked aloud, "Who?"
The people outside seemed to pause for a while, and then a low and hoarse voice sounded outside: "Me."
Ren Yaoqi exhaled slowly and let go of his hands, his palms were actually a little sweaty. How could she forget that there was always only someone who liked to knock on the walls of her carriage.
Ren Yaoqi opened the curtain of the car, looked at Xiao Jingxi who was standing outside the car window, and said softly, "Why are you here?"
Xiao Jingxi came on horseback alone, standing beside the carriage, still holding the reins. He was still wearing the same clothes as when he was standing with Yan Ningshuang before, his deep eyes looked at Ren Yaoqi and didn't speak for a while.
Seeing that Ren Yaoqi didn't say anything, he was about to put down the curtain when Xiao Jingxi whispered, "I have something to tell you, I will wait for you at the Dongsheng Teahouse in front." He turned his horse and left first.
Ren Yaoqi held his chin and blinked, thinking for a while, but didn't move for a long time.
She didn't speak, no one of the maids dared to move, and the carriage was still parked on the side of the road.
"Go out of the alley in front and go to the back door of Dongsheng Tea House." After a while, Ren Yaoqi instructed in a low voice.
The old woman who was driving the carriage got the order and drove the carriage up again.
Leshan has a lively temperament and couldn't help but dare to ask: "Miss, what were you thinking just now?" Leshui gave Leshui a warning stare.
Ren Yaoqi glanced at Leshan, smiled and said nothing.
What she just thought was that although Second Young Master Xiao didn't like to ride horses, he looked pretty good when he got on the horse, and it looked like that. Of course, Ren Yaoqi wouldn't tell his maidservant about this kind of thing.
Xiao Jingxi may have made arrangements before coming to find her. When Ren Yaoqi's carriage drove into the back door of Dongsheng Teahouse, Tong He had already stood there waiting for her for a while.
Tong He led Ren Yaoqi to the box on the second floor, and Xiao Jingxi was already waiting inside.
The maids and entourage were all guarding the outside, Ren Yaoqi looked at Xiao Jingxi who was standing in front of him half-truth and said, "Mr. Xiao, does this seem unreasonable?" Although she had met with Xiao Jingxi in private before. , but it was all things that needed to be discussed with him. At that time, Ren Yaoqi was all about getting out of the predicament and protecting his family, so he had time to pay attention to fame and fame.
"You and I have a marriage contract, which is different from ordinary people." Xiao Jingxi thought of Ren Yaoqi seeing him and Yan Ningshuang talking together before. He didn't know if Ren Yaoqi said that on purpose, and he couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed, but Still pretending to be calm is very confident.
The folk customs here in Yanbei are more open than those in the south, and they are a lot more tolerant towards men and women who have a marriage contract. As long as they don't do things that go beyond the norm, they are not taboo to meet with maids and old ladies. Especially when it comes to Shangsi Festival, Huachao Festival, and Lantern Festival, they will also be allowed to travel together.
Ren Yaoqi glanced at him with a half-smile but didn't say anything to refute him.
"I just wanted to go back to see you..." Xiao Jingxi looked at Ren Yaoqi, and suddenly muttered in a low voice, showing a bit of grievance and annoyance.
Ren Yaoqi was a little dumbfounded, but the unpleasantness that she tried to ignore in her heart was dissipated a lot.
Xiao Jingxi took a step forward and stood a little closer to Ren Yaoqi.
Ren Yaoqi was about to step back, but Xiao Jingxi reached out and hugged her first.
Ren Yaoqi blushed, struggled for a while and was afraid that people outside would hear the movement, so he could only whisper: "Let me go!"
"Don't let it go..." Xiao Jingxi whispered in Ren Yaoqi's ear with a low, hoarse voice with a smile, which made her heart tremble, and her hands and feet suddenly became weak.
"I just wanted to see you in a hurry, I didn't avoid her for a while, don't be angry with me for an irrelevant life, okay?" Xiao Jingxi whispered in Ren Yaoqi's ear.
Xiao Jingxi's fresh and pleasant smell surrounded Ren Yaoqi everywhere, her heartbeat seemed to burst out of her chest, and even the echoes of "bang bang" echoed in her mind, Ren Yaoqi couldn't help but feel ashamed and embarrassed angry.
She tried hard to calm herself down, and was about to use all her strength to push him away so that she could breathe smoothly, when she saw Xiao Jingxi's ears that were holding her were very suspicious pink, she paused. After a pause, he found that Xiao Jingxi's heartbeat was also very fast, even more so than her, even though he still had a calm look on his face.
Ren Yaoqi wanted to laugh again, she sighed, and then said coldly: "Xiao Jingxi, if you don't let go, I will be angry."
This was the first time she called Xiao Jingxi with her first name and surname. Xiao Jingxi was stunned for a while, and then let go of her obediently, but she refused to look away.
Ren Yaoqi did not avoid Xiao Jingxi's gaze this time, but looked at him seriously for a while, until she realized that Second Young Master Xiao's calm appearance was indeed nervous, and then she said seriously, "I'm not angry with you. "
Xiao Jingxi looked at her and did not speak.
Ren Yaoqi sighed, and then said, "Because I know that with your temperament, if you don't want to, even if Yan Ningshuang resorts to drastic means, she will not be able to do so."
Yan Ningshuang didn't know, but Ren Yaoqi knew very well that if Xiao Jingxi really didn't want to marry Yan Ningshuang, and if Yan Ningshuang still had a scheming on him, Xiao Jingxi wouldn't mind letting her disappear in this world.
Xiao Jingxi's appearance of grievance, rogue or domineering just now was not the real him.
Although he would still be nervous and blush in front of her.