Zhao Rong didn't say much. He walked out of the yard as soon as he could follow him. When he passed the caretaker, Zhao Rong turned his face slightly to avoid the mother-in-law seeing the hidden marks on his face.
It's just that the caretaker's mind was not in the courtyard at all at this time. She also wanted to see the excitement of the fourth elder's birthday party. But she didn't know whether the madam would be willing to go directly to watch the excitement. Maybe
I don't have to tell my wife. Anyway, as long as I lock the courtyard door today, there will be nothing else.
Maybe the madam wouldn't know that she was absent without permission. After all, she had gone to chat with her old friends many times before, and the madam didn't know about it. Thinking like this, the madam was certainly absent-minded and didn't pay attention to her young master's face at all.
What's the difference? Instead, she felt that the young master just left the yard on time as usual.
It was very quiet along the way. Zhao Rong thought over and over again in his mind how he should deal with things in the future. The time Xiao Tao and the salesman had set was close to noon. By that time, the birthday banquet had already started.
The servants and guests are at the banquet, so it is the safest time.
This also resulted in Zhao Rong having to stay in the study until almost noon. Of course, Zhao Rong had already thought about this matter. After all, he had to ask for leave from the old gentleman, so he definitely had to wait until the old gentleman arrived in the study.
to be able to leave.
In the past few days, probably because the work of restoring ancient books was really heavy, the old man probably stayed up very late in the study, so these days, the old man came to the study later and later in the morning. Zhao Rong only said
I can think in my heart, I hope the old gentleman will not be too late today. It will be more dangerous if I miss the time.
It's not that Zhao Rong felt that he was late and the Gong Jian brothers would angrily walk away, but that he was afraid that it would delay their meeting. Zhao Rong was afraid that he could not express his meaning clearly and failed to let the Gong Jian brothers know.
What he really thinks in his heart is more troublesome. After all, he and his group have gone through a lot of trouble to create this opportunity to meet. If he messes it up, he will regret it.
Endlessly.
So when Zhao Rong was sitting in the study, he was worried all the time. There was something growing in his heart, and he basically couldn't sit on the chair and kept shaking around. Zhao Rong's mind was thinking about how to pretend.
Sick. For a while, he was thinking about how he should talk when he met the two palace elder brothers. For a while, he thought about how happy it would be if he could leave the Zhao family in the future. For a while, he thought about what would happen if Xiao Tao couldn't leave.
, I can only risk my life to accompany Xiao Tao.
Today's sun seems to be filled with lead, crawling towards the middle of the sky little by little, as slow as a snail. Zhao Rong can no longer remember how many times he turned his head to look at
The sun outside the window is shining brightly. In his opinion, the sun is so lazy that it doesn't want to move at all. Why does time go so slowly? Every second seems to be moving forward bit by bit like reality.
.
Finally, the sun has risen diagonally upward, and Zhao Rong has begun to worry. Why hasn't the old gentleman come today? Usually at this time, the old gentleman should be in the study. Although he has come a little late in the past two days,
But it's not too late.
He was a little worried whether the old gentleman would get up very late today. If the old man came to the study very late, what would happen to him? Should he find someone else? But no, the old man is like this
The other servants in the house have already gone to watch the fun. The ones staying in the yard, that is, in the side room, are the servants behind them.
If he lets these people know that he is not feeling well, they will either rush him back to the yard or rush to find a doctor. No matter what, they will destroy his plan. He is not willing to do this even if he kills himself.
Then the only thing Zhao Rong could do was to wait for him to pray in his heart, thinking about nothing but praying for one thing, hoping that the old gentleman would appear in the study soon.
Maybe God heard the prayer in Zhao Rong's heart, maybe God was still in a happy mood and was still on Zhao Rong's side. In any case, just as Zhao Rong thought, the old gentleman soon appeared at the door of the study.
However, when the old gentleman looked up and saw Zhao Rong as soon as he opened the door, he was obviously stunned and looked at Zhao Rong in surprise, as if he shouldn't be here.
The old gentleman's surprised expression also made everything Zhao Rong wanted to say get stuck in his throat. This pause disrupted the thoughts that Zhao Rong had just sorted out. At this time, he
I knew that it was not the time for me to speak, otherwise who knew what I would say in my chaotic thoughts. I had better wait for the old man to sit down at the desk, and then calm down my thoughts before going to the old man.
It is better to take leave.
Having made up his mind, Zhao Rong still sat at the desk, pretending to look at the book in his hand. When he saw the old gentleman, he only glanced at him and turned back, without standing up to salute.
After all, the old gentleman had said before that there was no need to prevent Zhao Rong from saluting when we met in the morning. Although Zhao Rong had always felt that as a student, he should say hello to his teacher in the morning, but the old gentleman obviously exempted him from these common etiquettes.
This is also because the old gentleman never regards Zhao Rong as his student. In his opinion, this Zhao Rong is just an additional condition for him to be able to see so many precious ancient books. Since it is only an additional condition, Master
The family did not ask him to teach anything, so the best way to deal with Zhao Rong is to ignore him.
Although the old gentleman asked Zhao Rong to stay next to him in the study, he did not need him to make any moves. The old gentleman just regarded him as a prop, a task that he had to complete, nothing more.
Although Zhao Rong looked very calm on the surface, still pretending to read, but in fact, his thoughts were rolling in his heart, and a thought kept coming to him. Why was the old gentleman so surprised to see him? You must know that over the years,
He studied in the study with the old gentleman. Except for the occasional truancy, he sat here every day and watched the old gentleman come in.
When the old man saw him for the first time, he was indifferent, contemptuous, and disgusted, but he was never surprised. This was the first time the old man saw himself, and he showed such an obvious expression.