Spring outing is nothing more than taking a walk and looking at the flowers and plants.
After sitting down at a pavilion with a good view, Hongyou placed the snacks she brought one by one.
Tong Yan said to them: "You go and look around by yourself, don't worry about me, I will sit here and wait for you."
The two maids were worried and walked away, so they said they would take turns to go out for a walk, but it was not safe for anyone to go out alone.
Gu Yuqi then said, "I'll stay with the lady. You can go shopping together, but I won't go."
In the end, only Tong Yan and Gu Yuqi were left in the pavilion. Li Huwei followed two maids, one to play and the other to protect them.
Although there were only two people left behind, one was a half-grown boy and the other was a delicate young lady who had no ability to protect herself in case of danger.
Therefore, Li Huwei and the others did not dare to go too far. They only walked along the lake next to the pavilion. In these places, they could see what was going on in the pavilion by looking back. If anything happened, they could know it in time.
There were ornamental fish in the lake. Tong Yan went over to them, crushed a piece of pastry into pieces, and slowly fed them to them.
A figure sat down next to her. She knew who it was. She glanced at the hem of her clothes slightly and continued her movements without paying too much attention.
Sure enough, Gu Yuqi simply sat down when he was tired from standing and had no intention of speaking.
After she finished scattering the pastry in her hand, the two of them heard footsteps approaching the pavilion. Tong Yan thought it was Hongyou and they had returned from shopping, but when they looked back, they found it was not.
The people who entered the pavilion were the new neighbors I met this morning, the scholar Shang Xun and his boy.
After he saw that the person in the pavilion was Tong Yan, his smile became gentler, with a bit of surprise in his eyes, "Miss Tong, we meet again."
After the two parties exchanged a few words, the scholar-shang invited her to travel with him. Tong Yan did not refuse and was even a little happy.
She felt that she and Shang Xun felt like old friends at first sight, and couldn't help but want to get closer.
The two had a great time chatting together during their spring outing, and they occasionally met up for outings. After getting to know each other, scholar Shang Xun would always invite Tong Yan out if something happened or if there was something fun to do.
People in the yard said that the lady's peach blossoms are about to bloom, and maybe a happy event will be around the corner soon.
A carriage stopped at the entrance of the courtyard, the curtain was opened, scholar Shang Xun came out first, and then stretched out his hand to help the person behind him.
Tong Yan looked at the big hand in front of him, but instead of grabbing it as usual, he got off the carriage on his own.
"I've arrived. Mr. Shang, please go back."
"I'll live right across the street. I'll wait for you to go in first and then I'll leave."
When Tong Yan saw what he said, he didn't say anything more. After thanking him, he turned around and walked into the yard.
The people and carriage behind her insisted on waiting until she walked through the door before leaving.
As soon as he stepped through the door, he met Gu Yuqi who was about to go out.
He glanced at the carriage leaving the door, his eyes obscure, "Miss is back."
"Well, are you going out?"
"No." He just wanted to come to the door to see if she was back. "I have something to do with you."
Tong Yan asked absentmindedly, "What's the matter? Go in first and don't be blocked at the gate."
Back in the room, Tong Yan sat down and suppressed his thoughts, then asked Gu Yuqi, "What do you want from me?"
Gu Yuqi paused, "I passed the exam, and I can report to Qujiang Academy next month."
It was obviously a good thing, but after seeing the scene just now, for some reason the joy in his heart cooled down a lot.
Tong Yan was stunned. Time passed so fast. Gu Yuqi had actually finished the exam.
"Congratulations, you don't have to worry about the tuition. Just report as usual." Tong Yan gave him a banknote worth one or two hundred.
"This is your reward."
Gu Yuqi glanced at the banknote, pursed his lips and did not take it.
Tong Yan directly stuffed it into his hand, "You will have many uses for money in the future, and I am not short of these one hundred taels, but if you can become a high official in the future, don't forget us."
Gu Yuqi held the banknote and whispered after a while: "No."
Tong Yan just said casually that being an official was not that easy, and her cheap father was already an official. She didn't expect Gu Yuqi to remember them if he was not an official. As long as he didn't forget his roots and retaliate against kindness in the future, that would be fine.
After finishing the matter, no one left for a while, so he asked doubtfully, "Do you have anything else?"
"Miss, you..."
After waiting for a long time and not hearing the second half of the sentence, Tong Yan looked at him even more confused, "Huh?"
"...It's okay. Please pay attention to safety when you go out."
"Of course." She smiled slightly.
"Then I'll go down first."
After Gu Yuqi said these words, he turned around and left as if running away.
Now he is just a servant who has received some favors from her, so what right does he have to interfere in her private affairs...
Tong Yan in the room suppressed his smile and asked Tang Ju to go out, saying that he was tired and wanted to take a rest.
Once she was alone in the room, she immediately became sad.
Today, the scholar expressed his intention to marry her, which frightened her greatly.
Not to mention that she didn't want to get married yet, just what he said made her feel inexplicably inconsistent.
It’s not that there’s anything wrong with him, but that Shang Xun is perfect, gentle, careful, and handsome, and is definitely the ideal partner for many girls.
How ideal is it? If a girl quarrels, she will beat herself up.
She also likes such a perfect person.
However, I like it very much, but I can't be tempted.
Later, for almost a month, Tong Yan did not go out again. Scholar Shang Xun declined all invitations due to illness.
Also because she repeatedly refused to see him, on this day, the scholar behaved ungracefully and climbed the high wall of the courtyard of the Tong Mansion.
"Xiaoyan, why don't you want to see me again!" After the helpless scholar climbed up, there was no ladder to get down, so he sat awkwardly on the wall, in a dilemma.
Hongyou quickly went to report to Tong Yan about the scholar climbing on their wall. As soon as he entered the room, he saw Tang Ju supporting Tong Yan.
Immediately, he put the scholar's matter behind him and said worriedly, "Miss fainted again, why don't I go call the doctor first!"
"Come back! No need." Tong Yan opened his eyes and got up from Tang Ju, calling out to Hong You who was about to run out the door.
"But Miss, your body..." Hongyou stopped obediently.
"It's really okay. What did you do to me just now?" Tong Yan asked.
Hongyou: "Master Shang climbed over the wall of the courtyard and said he wanted to see you, Miss!"
Tong Yan frowned slightly and said, "Take me over to see him."
Soon they came to the wall. Shang Xun was still on top. When he saw Tong Yan coming, he was a little at a loss.
"I didn't mean to dig into Xiaoyan's yard, but you always refused to see me, so..." Shang Xun explained in embarrassment, "Does Xiaoyan hate me, or have I done something wrong."
Tong Yan looked at him quietly, and then looked at the people and objects in the yard.
Shang Xun didn't get a response from her, so he continued: "Even if you hate me, you should tell me the reason so that I can remember what I should and shouldn't do. I was too abrupt about what happened before. I'm sorry.
, I’m so impatient, it’s all because I always want to see you every day.”
His words were sincere and shy, like a young man who had just fallen in love, expressing his feelings to the girl he liked.
"That's enough!" Tong Yan suddenly said.
Shang Xun was taken aback by her tone. Tong Yan had always spoken in a gentle and gentle manner. He had never seen her speak in such a commanding tone for so long.
Did he really do something wrong somewhere?
"But what did I do wrong to make you angry?" Shang Xun asked anxiously.
"Yes, you are wrong."
Shang Xun was suddenly shocked by these words, "Wha...what?"
Tong Yan looked at him word by word and said, "You were wrong. You shouldn't have stood in my master's face and done something completely inconsistent with his character!"
"What's wrong with you is that you only steal memories and make up illusions, but you don't understand what a real person is."
As the words fell one by one, the scene she was in gradually stopped, and the expression of 'Shang Xun' in front of her was frozen in surprise.
"It's just an illusion." She whispered.
The still images disappeared like shattered lenses.