Rouyao immediately straightened her expression, "Oh, right, I came here specifically for Xiyuan's matter. Did something happen in Xiyuan? When I was waiting for Gao Fengtian at the city gate, I saw Ajing riding his horse out of the city. He ran so fast that he disappeared in the blink of an eye."
Zi'an exclaimed, "A Jing ran out of the city?"
"Yes, it's almost time. I asked Aju to go to Xiyuan to ask, and she said that there was nothing wrong in Xiyuan, but I don't know why he left the city so quickly." Rouyao said curiously.
Zi'an and Murong Jie looked at each other. Murong Jie said with a stern face, "It's your fault!"
"What?" Rouyao asked.
"I can't find a wife."
Rouyao sneered, "He is a serious man, how come he can't find a wife? Cousin, don't look down on him."
Zi'an said very seriously: "This time, I agree with what Lao Qi said."
Rouyao looked at them strangely, "How can you say that he can't find a wife just because he left the city? Should we go to Xiyuan to have a look? Maybe something really happened in Xiyuan."
"That's not necessary. If something really happened, Ajing would not have left the city, but would have come to find me," said Murong Jie.
Rouyao nodded, "I think so too. Maybe he went out of town on business. It should be Qin Zhou who sent him to do the work. He is a man who is honest and steady in his work. Qin Zhou is really more powerful with his help."
Zi'an looked at her serious face and said jokingly, "You have a very positive opinion of Jing."
Rouyao said, "Of course, he is my savior. When I was escaping, I told him that if I could survive, I would come back to open a clinic and sell the medicine I developed. I would give him half of the profit as a reward."
"He is not short of money. Ajing's family is a military family in the Northern Desert and should not be underestimated. After all, they are not short of money." Zi An paused and hinted, "I heard from Qin Zhou that Ajing's family has been worried about his marriage. If you want to repay them, why not find him a wife."
Rouyao waved her hands and said with a smile: "I can't help you find a wife. He is very picky and not every woman is to his liking."
"Has he told you his criteria for choosing a wife?" Zi'an asked.
Rouyao shook her head. "I didn't say that. It's just that when we arrived in Nanjun, Tianjizi sent some pretty girls to serve us, but he didn't even look at them. I told him a few times that he didn't know how to be gentle with women."
Murong Jie continued calmly: "He is honest, but a little stupid."
"I don't agree with what my cousin said. A Jing is not stupid. On the contrary, he is very smart. It is thanks to him that we have been able to avoid being tracked down and killed time and time again."
Zi'an didn't know what to say. He thought this carefully planned drama would have some results, but it ended up saying goodbye in such a passing manner.
However, Zi'an didn't say anything, but Murong Jie told him everything, "A Jing left the city, not because Qin Zhou asked him to do an errand, but because he went to look for you."
Rouyao was startled. "Looking for me? I'm at the city gate. Why would he go out of the city?"
"Silly!"
Rouyao looked at Zi'an, who was smiling, and said, "What's going on? Could it be that you deliberately sent me to the city gate?"
Zi'an pointed at Murong Jie and said, "It was all his fault. He was the one who came up with this evil idea."
Rouyao's face darkened. "What did you tell him?"
Zi'an stood up and took Rouyao's hand, "Let's go out for a walk."
Murong Jie stood up and pulled back the quilt. "You stay here. What does it have to do with you if these two women talk?"
Murong Jie's two black eyes suddenly became round, and he said angrily: "Cross the bridge and pull the plank out."
The two of them walked into the garden. Rouyao had no interest in looking at the flowers. She just asked, "What's going on with Ajing?"
Zi'an pulled her to sit down in the pavilion and said sincerely, "First of all, I want to say sorry to you."
Rouyao looked at her, her pretty face full of confusion, "What do you mean?"
Zi'an tried his best to look particularly guilty, "Actually, there are no guests from Beimo today. It was Lao Qi... No, it was us who asked you to go to the city gate and tell Ajing that you were leaving the capital, so Ajing went after you."
"Ah?" Rouyao stood up and looked at her in surprise. "Why...cousin too, why is he fooling around with you? Why would you lie to him? He treats me...well, it's nothing."
Zi'an said, "We went to Xiyuan yesterday and talked to Qin Zhou about this. Qin Zhou also found out that he had some thoughts in his mind, but he just refused to admit it. Qin Zhou really loves A Jing and hopes that A Jing can find a good woman. I know it's wrong to lie to you like this, but we also hope that you can get over it sooner. It's always better to have someone accompany you than to be alone."
Rouyao said helplessly: "I should be very angry. You actually tricked me into staying at the city gate for two hours and tricked Ah Jing into running out of the city. Now I don't know where he will chase me. Sigh, but it's okay. It's better to have someone care about me than no one."
Zi'an held her hand and said, "Rouyao, you are so nice, really nice, really nice."
Rouyao smiled bitterly, "What's the use of you knowing that I'm good? The person I like doesn't know how good I am."
"It's not that I don't know, but feelings are strange. It doesn't mean that if a person is good, she will definitely get the feelings she wants. Su Qing and Lingli..."
Zi'an told Lingli's life story.
After hearing this, Rouyao was shocked. "I didn't expect Lingli to have suffered so much in her early years. Did Su Qing know that she was his former fiancée?"
"Su Qing should have seen something, but he's not sure."
Rouyao was silent for a moment, then said softly: "Su Qing is a good man, I hope he can be happy."
Zi'an was moved. Rouyao's mind was unmatched by any man, let alone a woman.
She has seen too many women who are crazy about love, and too many women who feel justified in hurting others because of what they think is love.
Rouyao looked at her and smiled, her face a little sad. "In fact, love is not about hitting the wall and not turning back. Over the years, I have always protected myself. If the other party doesn't love me, I will withdraw. I have tried my best, and the ultimate goal is not to get hurt. In fact, I knew that Su Qing's heart was not with me, but I thought that I gave up my feelings for my cousin too easily before, and thought that if I persisted with Su Qing, maybe it would work. But it turned out that my original intention was right. I didn't cling to it, didn't compromise, didn't force myself and the other party, and let go and started again."
Zi'an felt very sad, "Rouyao, I don't know how to comfort you. I am an idiot when it comes to feelings."
Rouyao sighed, "It's easy for me to say, but it's hard to do. But if I don't do it, I will be stuck in it for the rest of my life, like Sun Fang'er, who keeps digging into a dead end and forces herself into a dilemma. What's wrong with that?"
Yes, if you can’t get it, just walk away with ease. At least, let yourself go.
(End of this chapter)