Yu Yuan had an extremely rare morning shift today.
Thinking of Yan Mu waiting for him to go home at the bookstore, Yu Yuan felt warm in his heart.
This was a delusion he never dared to dream of.
Now it has come true.
The corners of Yu Yuan's lips raised slightly.
There were bursts of cries from the street, Yu Yuan tilted his head, and saw the bright red candied haws.
He remembered Qi Er said that most girls like to eat this.
Yu Yuan bought two strings and walked quickly to the bookstore with them in his hand.
Just as soon as he entered the shop, Yu Yuan sensed that something was wrong with the atmosphere.
The guys all lowered their heads and said nothing, and there was no sign of Yan Mu in the yard.
Yu Yuan frowned slightly, and was thinking of going directly to the wing to find Yan Mu, but was dragged by Xiao Qing.
After Yu Yuan's relationship with everyone improved, everyone's attitude towards him became more casual.
"You'd better not go." Xiaoqing lowered his voice and said, "Miss Yan is suffering."
"What's wrong?" Yu Yuan felt something was wrong.
Xiaoqing told Yu Yuan the truth.
Yu Yuan only knew that the emperor was going to reward him today, but he didn't know what the reward was.
As soon as he heard that the emperor had rewarded a woman, Yu Yuan's face turned dark immediately.
"Yu Yuan... what do you think of that girl?" Xiaoqing asked tentatively.
"... What do you think?" Yu Yuan said coldly.
Just now the relaxed and happy mood was swept away, and he twirled the candied haws in his hand a little irritably.
The emperor couldn't even manage his own harem well, and even stuffed people into other people's homes.
Thinking of the cracks in the relationship between himself and Yan Mu, Yu Yuan's eyes were as cold as ice.
"Where is that woman now?" Yu Yuan asked.
"...in Miss Yan's room." Xiaoqing said honestly.
"Nonsense!" Yu Yuan was a little angry, "How can you let someone who doesn't know where he came from be alone with Amu?"
After that, he held the candied haws and walked quickly towards the room.
Pushing the door open all the time, a warm and harmonious breath rushed in.
The expected scene did not appear, but they got along in harmony.
Yan Mu is obsessed with chess pieces and is playing backgammon with a strange woman.
Hearing someone push the door and come in, the two reluctantly looked away from the chessboard.
"Yu Yuan, you're back." Yan Mu wanted to stand up cheerfully, but was pulled back by the woman.
"Miss Yan, you haven't finished playing yet." The woman hugged Yan Mu's arm and said.
Yu Yuan stared at the hand holding Yan Mu, feeling inexplicably uncomfortable.
"Who is she?" Yu Yuan pointed at the woman with candied haws expressionlessly.
"She is Mei Niang, a concubine given to you by the emperor."
Before Mei Niang insisted on asking her to give her a name, she really couldn't figure it out, so she simply asked Mei Niang to use her original name directly.
Seeing that Yu Yuan's eyes were focused on Mei Niang, Yan Mu's eyes suddenly dimmed.
But in order not to be seen as disappointed by Yu Yuan, Yan Mu still cheered up.
"Why is she hugging you?" Yu Yuan was upset.
He stared at Mei Niang's hand holding Yan Mu, his sharp eyes seemed to stare at that arm.
"...then I'll go?" Yan Mu didn't know how to respond.
She is not good at dealing with this kind of scene, probably because of the shadow of her childhood, her subconscious idea is not to communicate peacefully, but to escape.
"No, no!"
Mei Niang was immersed in the chess game just now, when she suddenly heard that Yan Mu was about to leave, she suddenly raised her head.
As soon as she looked up, Mei Niang saw a long and gloomy man staring at her.
"Miss Yan, save me!"
Mei Niang shrank behind Yan Mu in fright, holding Yan Mu desperately and unwilling to come out.
"..."
Seeing that Mei Niang actually hugged Yan Mu, Yu Yuan was so angry that he almost crushed the candied haws in his hands.
"Well, Mei Niang..." Yan Mu turned her head a little embarrassed, "Can you go out and play first? Yu Yuan and I have something to talk about."
"He looks so fierce, will he hit you?" Mei Niang said in a voice that she thought only she and Yan Mu could hear.
Yu Yuan's face turned even darker.
He looked at Mei Niang more and more unkindly.
"No no no."
Yan Mu repeatedly assured that Mei Niang left without turning her head.
Of course, Mei Niang looked back at Yan Mu every step of the way.
Yu Yuan became more and more depressed, and just as Mei Niang stepped out the door, Yu Yuan closed the door with a "bang".
"Why are you not angry?"
Yu Yuan picked up Yan Mu horizontally, and put her on the bed gently while looking fierce.
"Hmm..." Yan Mu fell silent.
Who is Yu Yuan
Although he has been an official for a short time, his insight into people's hearts can be described as extremely keen.
Seeing Yan Mu's appearance, he immediately understood Yan Mu's worry.
Yu Yuan put the candied haws into the pen holder, and lay down beside Yan Mu.
The four eyes meet, Yan Mu's gaze dodges.
"Is Ah Mu so unconfident in me?" Yu Yuan sighed softly.
His sigh is like the first dead leaf falling in autumn, and like the first snow in winter.
Yan Mu's unconfident and wavering heart was displayed in front of Yu Yuan bloody and naked.
Yan Mu hated herself for being so timid and cowardly.
She shrank and buried her head in the quilt.
There was a slight touch on her body, and then she seemed to be pulled into Yu Yuan's arms.
"Amu, can you... try to trust me?" Yu Yuan said softly, as if he was coaxing a child.
Yan Mu pursed her lips and still did not speak.
Yu Yuan didn't force it either, he just kept quietly hugging Yan Mu.
Yan Mu has always been sunny and warm.
Although it is a small and soft one, it is as bright as the sun.
Yu Yuan rarely saw Yan Mu look so insecure.
With a little force on his arm, he hugged Yan Mu even tighter.
"Mei Niang is very beautiful, don't you like her?"
Yan Mu's voice came through the quilt, and it seemed a little muffled.
"You are the prettiest." Yu Yuan said frankly.
If these words come from someone else's mouth, it will definitely make people think that the speaker is slick.
But the person who said this was Yu Yuan, which made the listeners feel much more sincere.
"Maybe there will be many people in the future. There must be someone who is prettier and younger than me. One day, you will like someone else." Yan Mu whispered.
The quilt was lifted gently.
Yu Yuan's face appeared in front of her.
There seemed to be water in the girl's almond eyes, and her pink lips turned white from being bitten.
"But the first person I met was you." Yu Yuan stared at Yan Mu, and said word by word: "None of them are you."
"Amu, I don't like others, I only like you." Yan Mu heard Yu Yuan say this.
But…
Yan Mu covered her eyes, tears welled up, and her palms were wet.
Once upon a time...
That's what Dad promised to Mom, right
Yan Mu knows that Yin should grasp the present, and not always grasp the things that haven't happened yet.
But she was really scared.
The sound of hysterical quarreling and intermittent crying lingered in my mind.
She was terrified that she would be like her mother too.
Yan Mu was speechless.
A hard object was carefully stuffed into the left hand that was placed on the bed.
Yan Mu opened his eyes and looked through the hazy eyes.
It was a black dagger.
This dagger looks familiar.
Yan Mu recalled that this dagger seemed to have been carried by Yu Yuan in Qingshui Village.
"Do, what to do?" Yan Mu sniffed.
"If one day I change my mind or forget you, you can use this dagger..." Yu Yuan smiled, and continued: "You can use this dagger to dig out my heart."
"Are you crazy?" Yan Mu almost dropped the dagger in fright.
There were mixed feelings in her heart, and her eyes were fixed on Yu Yuan's face.
"I'm not crazy." Yu Yuan leaned over to kiss Yan Mu's hair, his voice restrained and crazy: "This heart was beating because of Ah Mu."
Saying that, Yu Yuan loosened his neckline, grabbed Yan Mu's hand and put it to his heart.
Yan Mu's hands were cold, but Yu Yuan's chest was very hot.
As soon as I touched it, I felt an inexplicable feeling of my hands being burned.
Yan Mu lowered his eyes.
Under the tight muscles is the powerful beating of the heart.
a bit.
a bit.
Again.
"Did you hear that?" Yu Yuan said hoarsely, "Every heartbeat belongs to you."
"Amu, I belong to you alone." Yu Yuan kissed Yan Mu's side face, "If you don't believe me, you can dig out my heart right now."
As Yu Yuan said, he took Yan Mu's hand holding the dagger.
He opened the scabbard with his fingers, held Yan Mu's hand, and stabbed himself in the chest.
Yu Yuan was serious about this.
When Yan Mu reacted, the blade of the dagger had already touched Yu Yuan's skin.
"No!!!" she exclaimed.
The dagger stopped abruptly.
The tip of the knife had already sunk into the flesh, if Yan Mu hadn't shouted to stop, the dagger might have really stuck in his chest.
"Are you an idiot? How can you bet your life!" Yan Mu really cried.
While crying, she used a veil to seal the wound.
"It's not a bet." Yu Yuan said seriously: "It's my fault for making you so sad.
If Yan Mu really wants his life, as long as Yan Mu asks, he can offer it with both hands.
Not to mention this mere wound.
"You..." Yan Mu bit her lip hard.
She knew it wasn't Yu Yuan's fault at all.
It was because of the influence of her native family that she always had a knot in her heart.
But it is also strange.
Although she was shocked and frightened now, the knot in her heart gradually disappeared.
A man who dares to give his life to her should be different, right
Yan Mu wiped away her tears, got up and wanted to get the medicine box.
Unexpectedly, she was dragged down by Yu Yuan as soon as she got up.
The back of the head was fixed, and the young man greeted him enthusiastically.
"I... take the medicine first... um." Yan Mu said vaguely.
"It's good for Amu to kiss." From the corner of Yu Yuan's eyes, he caught a glimpse of the candied haws on the table.
"Want to eat candied haws?" He stretched out his arm and picked up the candied haws.
"Let's take the medicine first..." Yan Mu blushed and whispered.
"It's okay." Yu Yuan unwrapped the greased paper.
But he lowered his title by one.
Yan Mu didn't understand why, until Yu Yuan approached with candied haws in her mouth, she suddenly realized and blushed.
"Very sweet..." Yu Yuan stepped forward.
The sweet icing is melted during the tossing, and the hawthorn is squeezed out of the juice.
"It's so sour." Yan Mujiao said in a low voice.
"The more you kiss, the sweeter it is." Yu Yuan said vaguely.
"...I think you're lying."
"The person who lied the most today is obviously Amu!"
"Woo woo woo..."
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Yu Yuan: What beauty do you give me? Why don't you give me more money (indifferent face)
Yu Yuan's appearance is the kind of sinister and handsome, those who like it will think that this person looks really handsome; those who don't like him will think that this person looks eerie hahahahaha