"The master is talking to Miss Xu, let's not follow him yet." Xiao Qi reminded in a low voice.
If they follow him too early, the distance between Miss Xu and the young master will be greatly shortened.
Sui Jiang glanced at him.
He's not the kind of person who doesn't understand the rules and interrupts without a wink, so what if he follows?
But the smile in Xiao Qi's eyes, as if he already knew everything, made him nod unwilling to admit defeat - he must not let Xiao Qi, the newcomer, think that he didn't understand anything.
Xu Mingyi sent Wu Chao out of Yinxian Tower, and the two walked a short distance in the snow.
"Go in."
Wu Chao stopped and turned to the girl next to him.
"Okay, the snowy road is slippery, please ride more slowly." Xu Mingyi explained.
Wu Chao nodded: "Don't worry——"
He is most cautious when riding horses now.
"etc!"
Wu Chao had just taken a few steps when Xu Mingyi suddenly called him to stop him.
Wu Chao turned around, and before he could ask "What's wrong?", he saw her walking towards him quickly.
"Your cloak—"
Xu Mingyi handed him the cloak in his hand.
This was not the one he took off and put on her today. The one was stained with some mud and water while riding, and she planned to let Ah Zhu wash it off before returning it to him.
And this one was given to her when he sent her back to Yinxian Tower after returning from Xiling Mountain that day.
Wu Chao also recognized the cloak, took it at this time, hung it on his elbow, and urged her: "The snow is too heavy, hurry in."
However, he saw her pulling back the cloak from his elbow——
Wu Chao was a little confused.
The next moment, he saw the girl in front of him shaking the cloak in her hands twice, taking another step closer to him, standing on tiptoes in front of him, and raising her hand to wrap the cloak behind him.
Wu Chao's breath was suffocated, and he stared blankly at the girl's face so close to him.
He could even see that the thick and slightly raised eyelashes were no longer clear due to being wet by the snow, and even the eyes seemed to be stained with a layer of moisture, but they were still black and clear, as if they were covered with a thin film early in the morning.
A deer suddenly appeared in the foggy forest——
Her fingers moved quickly around his neck. Although she never touched him, she still made his body tense.
Under this tension, the boy's beautiful Adam's apple rolled unconsciously.
Xu Mingyi tied the cloak in a few clicks and withdrew his hand.
Wu Chao looked at the girl in front of him who still looked calm.
Their eyes met for a moment, and emotions were surging in the young man's focused eyes. He asked in a low voice: "...Has Miss Xu ever tied a cloak on another man like this?"
"I never did."
Xu Mingyi's eyes were also very serious, and she asked: "Could it be said that Wu Shisun had taken off his cloak several times before and gave it to other girls?"
"Never -" the boy answered quickly and decisively.
After he answered like this, he saw a smile appear in the girl's eyes: "In this case, isn't it appropriate for you and me to reciprocate politely?"
When she came to Ningyang this time, she clearly realized that he was an exception to her——
She has never liked unbalanced relationships.
Therefore, she did not want to let go of this exception, but since she had accepted his exception and never refused, she had to give it back - so she naturally had to treat him differently from others.
Anyway, he can't run away now.
Looking at the eyes in front of him, Wu Chao looked calm on the surface, but in fact his heart was in chaos. He was thinking - with her, can whatever he does be used as a courtesy in return? What if he...
The boy's hand hanging by his side clenched slightly to stop his random thoughts.
"Miss Xu——"
"Um?"
The warm yellow lights on the street reflected the glittering snowflakes falling in front of them, causing her to miss the solemnity and courage in the young man's eyes: "What kind of life do you like?"
This question...
Xu Mingyi thought about it seriously and said sincerely: "Settlement."
She likes a stable life.
Those experiences in her previous life made her truly understand that stability is the most important thing.
Speaking more broadly, she wanted her little town, the Duke's Mansion, to be stable for a long time, and she never wanted to experience the nightmare of her previous family being destroyed.
To put it more broadly, she also hopes that the world will be stable and prosperous, and that the people who have no power to resist will not have to endure the pain of war.
stable……
Wu Chao repeated her answer in his heart.
His guess was indeed correct, what she needed most was a stable and carefree life.
"What about you?" Xu Mingyi asked him: "What do you like?"
Wu Chao shook his head.
"I never thought—"
Although he is still independent-minded, everything he has accepted since childhood has given him a very clear vision of his future life - he clearly knows that the responsibility on his shoulders is the rise and fall of the Wu family.
But these are what he should do.
If he said he liked it, he had never thought about it before.
But now he suddenly seems to have...
What he likes is that she can achieve what she wants——
She likes stability, so he will do his best to make her stable and safe.
But this cannot be done by thinking, it must be done.
This thought made the young man more clear about how he should take the next step.
Therefore, some impulses need to be reconsidered.
"I never thought about it before, but maybe I will know it in the future." Xu Mingyi saw that a thin layer of snow-white had covered his black hair, and urged: "Go back quickly. If you have anything to say, we can talk about it tomorrow -"
"Okay, I'll come see you tomorrow."
Xu Mingyi nodded and watched him get on the horse.
The man rode up and quickly disappeared into the vast snow.
Xu Mingyi turned around and walked into the building, brushing the snow off his body under the eaves, but subconsciously turned his head and looked at where the two of them were standing talking just now.
There are very conspicuous footprints left there.
It's his and hers -
The girl's gaze lingered in that deserted place for a while, then she turned back and walked briskly up the stairs.
…
The next day, Xu Mingyi got up very early as usual.
But there were many people who got up earlier than her.
The aroma of rice could already be heard from the small kitchen in the backyard.
After washing, Xu Mingyi came over smelling the aroma.
Doctor Qiu was busy behind the steaming stove.
Xu Mingyi walked in, saw this scene, and looked at Qin Wu who was sitting there lighting a fire, and couldn't help but feel a little inconsistent.
This violation is not only because Qin Wushu is too tall, so that even if he is sitting there alone, the place behind the stove looks very crowded——
The reason why she felt it was inconsistent was more because in her inherent memory of her previous life, it was Doctor Qiu who cooked the food, but it should not be Uncle Qin who lit the fire.
She was in Yangzhou at that time, but Uncle Qin and his grandfather in the capital were no longer alive.
At this time, Doctor Qiu opened the lid of a pot, and large sheets of white steam carrying the sweet aroma of steamed buns steamed out, making her eyes wet.
Xu Mingyi blinked his eyes and forced back the sudden tears——
This time, she must protect the people around her, even if it is Uncle Qin who is as big as two of her and still has plenty to spare.
"I heard that you are leaving tomorrow?" Doctor Qiu finally found some time and raised his head to ask her.
