Chapter 219: Evening with Wind (9)

Lin Tingwan felt like she couldn't beat smart people, so she was just too shy.

But she also didn't want to play tricks with him. She just needed to accept his straightforwardness. She was willing to blush and her heart beat fast for her fiancé.

Seeing her staring at him without blinking, Ming Zhouhe lowered his eyes to glance at her hand hooked around his sleeve, smiled silently, and revealed what he had left unsaid on the night of the Lantern Festival: "It seems that the secret glances at me that night were not about curiosity, but about love for me."

Lin Tingwan turned her head away and grasped his sleeves with her fingertips, leaving only a little bit of the pink tips of her ears exposed.

He was like a bad guy, taking advantage of her love for him and saying anything.

Ming Zhouhe felt that if he continued teasing her, she would run away. He used his sleeve to cover her, hooked his index finger with her fingertips, and with a little force pulled her towards the carriage parked. "Didn't you say you were hungry? You don't have to stop to talk, right?"

Lin Tingwan clutched his sleeve tightly, following closely behind her. The fingers in her sleeve gently held his hand, and she gently touched and looked at the profile of his face.

Ming Zhouhe didn't look back, but just silently held her slender white fingers.

After returning to the city, Ming Zhou and Lin Tingwan went to Wuweizhai for lunch, and in the afternoon he followed her and accompanied her for a walk.

When it was almost time, Ming Zhouhe asked her, "What do my future father-in-law and mother-in-law like? Let me cater to their preferences one day."

Lin Tingwan was slightly stunned, then smiled at him and continued, "Your future father-in-law likes strong liquor, and your future mother-in-law likes fine porcelain."

"I understand." Ming Zhouhe paused, raised his hand and touched the corner of her eyes with the back of his finger, which was full of joy. He said, "You smiled like this on the first day I met you."

The warmth touched the corner of Lin Tingwan's eyes, and his eyelashes fluttered twice.

Ming Zhouhe pulled her sleeve and took her to pick out two jars of good wine and two porcelain cups.

After glancing at the sky, it was almost time. Ming Zhouhe sent her back to the Lin Mansion. Seeing that she was still a little reluctant and staring at him eagerly, he teased her, "If you can't bear to leave me, be less shy and come to see me more often."

He pointed out what she was thinking directly. Lin Tingwan's face flushed and her eyebrows were shy, but she nodded excitedly and whispered, "Okay."

Ming Zhou's heart softened suddenly, and he couldn't help but pinch her face, but he quickly retracted it. "Silly, I came to find you. Girls, don't be too proactive."

Although she was obviously very shy, she always suppressed her shyness and looked back warmly, unable to hide the love in her eyes.

Lin Tingwan couldn't help but bite her lower lip lightly, "Then I'll wait for you to come find me."

Ming Zhou curled his fingers together and sighed softly, "How come it's only January now?"

After watching the person enter the door, Ming Zhouhe turned around and got on the carriage.

When they returned to the Anguo Mansion and passed by the window outside the garden, Tianyu and Xianyue saw him about to salute, but Mingzhou raised his hand and the two stopped.

He glanced up and saw the girl, faintly visible beneath the dense lilacs in the window, tilting her head with a smile. She placed her face in the man's broad palm, gently rubbing it against his hand, and said coquettishly, "Do you want to go to my aunt's house for dinner tonight? I'm moving to the Princess's Mansion in two days."

"Okay." Mingzhao stood a little closer to her, completely blocking her figure. He glanced sideways at the gaze that was looking in from outside the garden, and his displeasure eased slightly.

Ming Zhouhe curled his lips, nodded at him, and walked leisurely towards Qionghua Courtyard.

Three or four days later, Ming Zhouhe said goodbye to Ming Zhouqing after finishing his duty, and went directly to the home of his good colleague Lin Tingshen. After visiting Lin Dudu's assistant and Mrs. Lin, he grabbed Lin Tingshen and played chess with him.

The burly Lin Tingshen looked at the disastrous chess game, scratching his head and face. He said with a bitter face, "If you want to come to me, just come to me. Why play chess when there are so many other things to do? Where's the fun in winning by crushing others?"

He just doesn't understand the twists and turns on the chessboard.

Ming Zhou's fingertips were nimble as he picked up the chess pieces one by one and casually threw them into the chess bowl. He chuckled, "Did you really think I came here to play chess with you? Go get your sister and keep her company."

Lin Tingshen: "...it seems I don't understand romance."

This is his house, and this man is so righteous.

Lin Tingshen looked at the servant standing not far away and said, "Go to the second young lady and tell her that her fiancé is looking for her."

Ming Zhouhe tilted his head and smiled.

After the servant left, Lin Ting looked at him intently: "Aren't you afraid that I might trip you up?"

"What kind of trouble can you throw at me?" he replied lazily.

Lin Ting choked, stared at him for a moment, and couldn't help but sigh. None of the Ming brothers were unattractive, and each one was exceptionally talented. They were truly the men that every girl in the capital wanted to marry.

Every time his second sister saw him come back, she was so happy that it was almost unbearable to watch.

Lin Tingwan arrived a little late, and Ming Zhouhe pulled Lin Tingshen to play another round. When the person he wanted to see came in from outside the door, his eyes showed a little tenderness.

Lin Tingwan walked in, first glanced at Ming Zhouhe, opened his mouth, and finally asked Lin Tingshen: "Brother."

Ming Zhou and Chao Linting raised their chins deeply.

Lin Tingshen understood this time and stood up and sat further away: "I'll make room for you."

Lin Tingwan turned his head away embarrassedly.

Ming Zhouhe seemed quite contented. He pointed to his side and said, "A few days ago you said you weren't very good at chess. I'm here to teach you today."

Lin Tingwan pursed her lips and sat happily next to him, yet keeping a polite distance.

He looked at her with a smile and asked her to play a game with him first.

Lin Tingshen lay aside, listening to Ming Zhou's gentle voice when speaking to him, and he hissed.

Ming Zhouhe threw him a military book that was placed aside, "Review the old to learn the new."

Lin Tingshen was a little confused after being hit on the head by the book. Is this right? Is this how this kid should treat his brother-in-law?

It seems that he is too familiar with the military camp, and this kid doesn't even try to please him.

Lin Tingwan glanced at his elder brother who was feeling aggrieved and couldn't help laughing out loud.

It seems that the eldest brother was bullied by his mother and sister-in-law at home, and he still couldn't escape being "bullied" by his colleagues in the military camp.

Listening to Ming Zhou and Lin Tingwan's occasional conversations, Lin Tingshen crossed his legs and flipped through a military book. Finally, he covered his face with the book and fell asleep.

Ming Zhouhe glanced at her future brother-in-law who was obviously asleep, raised his hand to stroke her hair, lowered his voice, and asked with a smile, "Did you dress up before coming to see me?"

Lin Tingwan nodded, "Yeah."

"You look pretty to begin with." He lifted the hair from her cheek and tucked it behind her ear with his fingertips. "You look even better after dressing up to see me."

His low voice seemed to be spoken in her ear, but Lin Tingwan couldn't help blushing and her heart beating fast.

As always, she couldn't help teasing, and Ming Zhouhe's smile became even wider. "How long do you want me to play with you today before you go back?"

Lin Tingwan clenched the chess piece in his hand and asked in response, imitating him: "How long do you want to play with me before going back?"