Two days later, it was finally the day of Master An Huai’s birthday party.
God is not doing his best these days. It rains intermittently, making people feel very wet everywhere.
Near noon, Guan Maochun and Cheng Jiu led a carriage and slowly stopped outside the inn where Chai Yan lived.
As soon as the carriage stopped, Cheng Jiu sneered angrily at Guan Maochun, who immediately entered the inn lobby.
"Here comes Xiaochun..."
As soon as he entered the door, Guan Maochun heard a familiar voice. He turned around and saw Chai Yan sitting at a table in the hall drinking tea and looking at him with a smile.
Sitting at the same table as Chai Yan was a handsome young man. This man was dressed like a scholar and held a folding fan in his hand, but his eyes were tied with a black gauze. The combination of the two looked...
A bit weird.
Guan Maochun had already recognized this person based on the black gauze. She was Mrs. Chai who had changed into men's clothes. Looking at her outfit, she was probably going to a banquet.
Guan Maochun walked to the table, respectfully raised his hands and said: "Master Chai, the carriage is outside, and it's time to set off..."
Chai Yan nodded while looking at Guan Maochun's whole body, and suddenly praised: "Oh! Xiaochun is dressed very smartly today, not bad, not bad..."
When Guan Maochun heard Chai Yan call him that, he always felt weird in his heart, but he didn't dare to say it openly.
Fortunately, Yuan Yuan spoke out what Guan Maochun was thinking: "Can you please stop calling me that? I'm a man, so why call me Xiaochun? Isn't this deliberately trying to be disrespectful to others! I feel uncomfortable hearing it..."
Chai Yan smiled and said, "Since I don't like it, I won't call you that! Uh... Is it okay to call me Xiaoguan instead?"
Yuanyuan nodded, and Guan Maochun also nodded hastily, thinking that it would be fine as long as he didn't call him Xiaochun.
"By the way, why didn't you see Xiaojiu?" Chai Yan asked as he stood up.
Xiaojiu? Guan Maochun was slightly startled, and immediately understood that Chai Yan was asking Cheng Jiu!
Guan Maochun replied: "Fourth brother is outside, he is watching the carriage..."
"Oh!" Chai Yan nodded and said to Yuanyuan: "Please, madam!"
Yuanyuan stopped just as he was about to take a step, frowned and said: "I'm dressed like this, and you still call me ma'am. You mean it, right?"
"What's that called?" Chai Yan asked.
Yuanyuan thought for a while and said: "Call You Gongzi!"
"Okay, Mr. You!" Chai Yan called out hurriedly, and then said to Guan Maochun: "Remember, don't call me by the wrong name later! Also, remind Xiaojiu..."
Guan Maochun nodded quickly: "Remember!"
Afterwards, Chai Yan and Yu Yuan walked out of the inn. Guan Maochun ran out of the inn first and set up the stools on the carriage in advance.
After leaving the inn, Chai Yan saw Cheng Jiu holding the reins of his horse. Like Guan Maochun, he was also dressed energetically today. Judging from his appearance, he was seven or eight points less aggressive than before...
..
When Cheng Jiu saw Chai Yan looking at him, he subconsciously turned his eyes away, pretending not to notice.
But Chai Yan didn't let him go. He raised his chin and shouted: "Xiaojiu, why did you not even say hello when you saw me?"
Cheng Jiu was stunned when he heard the name Xiaojiu, then turned around and said, "What did you call me?"
"Xiaojiu! What's wrong, Xiaojiu? Isn't it right for me to call you Xiaojiu? Do you have any opinion, Xiaojiu?" Chai Yan immediately asked three questions in succession.
Cheng Jiu just wanted to argue for a few words, but Guan Maochun ran to his side and persuaded him: "Forget it, fourth brother, we are the personal followers of Mr. Chai today. It is not wrong to call Mr. Chai that..."
"Lao Wu, where are you from?" Cheng Jiu said unhappy.
Then, Guan Maochun and Cheng Jiu started talking to each other.
Chai Yan was too lazy to pay attention to the two of them. He walked to the back of the car with Yuan Yuan, lifted the curtain of the car with one hand and said: "Please get in the car, my Mr. You!"
Seeing that he seemed to be singing in an opera, Yuan Yuan couldn't help but laugh, then stepped on the stool and entered the carriage.
Then, Chai Yan also stepped on the stool, but he paused before he left.
Chai Yan tilted his body, looked forward, and shouted to the two people who were still arguing about the title: "Xiao Guan, Xiao Jiu, can you please talk while walking?"
Soon, the carriage started slowly and drove slowly towards the Jinyan Tower.
After walking for a short while, Chai Yan opened the curtain in front of the carriage and asked, "Xiaojiu, how is your injury?"
Cheng Jiu turned his head and glanced at Chai Yan, and said angrily: "Master Chai, don't worry, it's just a minor injury. I promise it won't delay the fight!"
Chai Yan smiled and emphasized: "Who told you that we went to fight? We went to have a banquet!"
Cheng Jiu didn't believe what Chai Yan said. If there were no fights or troubles, why would he pick himself and Lao Wu? Just find two random cats and dogs!
While they were talking intermittently, a drizzle suddenly began to fall in the sky, and it became heavier and heavier...
"Oops, fourth brother, I forgot to bring an umbrella when I came out!" Guan Maochun said, covering his head with his hands.
Cheng Jiu looked at the sky and said, "Stop talking and walk faster!"
At this moment, Chai Yan opened the car curtain. He handed two umbrellas out of the car and said, "Here, take them!"
Guan Maochun and Cheng Jiu were both stunned. When they went out just now, they clearly didn't take an umbrella, so why did they conjure two umbrellas out of thin air?
Chai Yan's hands ached after handing him over for a long time, so he urged: "Why are you still standing there? Hold an umbrella! You'll be soaked in the rain for a while. Don't you think it's embarrassing?"
Guan Maochun came to his senses, ran to take the umbrella, opened it and handed it to Cheng Jiu.
Guan Maochun held an umbrella and asked curiously: "Master Chai, where did you get your umbrella? Just now..."
"Shh!" Chai Yan immediately made a silence gesture and said with a mysterious face: "It's better for you to ask less about some things. Knowing too much will not be good for you!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Chai Yan retracted into the carriage and the curtains fell, leaving only Guan Maochun standing in the rain with a look of astonishment on his face.
The carriage was driving slowly, and Yuan Li lifted a corner of the curtains on the carriage, quietly looking at the street scene going backwards.
Chai Yan sat next to Yuan and asked softly: "Madam, what are you thinking about?"
Yuanyuan lowered the curtains, looked at Chai Yan and said, "I miss Qiaoer a little, and I don't know how she is now..."
Chai Yan took Yuan's hand, patted it gently and said, "Don't worry, that Nizi is also a tyrant in the capital. Who dares to bully her?"
Yuan Yuan smiled and nodded, slowly leaning her head on Chai Yan's shoulder...
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PS: I went to spend Children’s Day with my children yesterday, so I had to take a temporary leave. Sorry!