Chapter 240 Extra if line: Childhood sweethearts 3

That night, Xu Jingyang had dreams one after another, and in every dream she had Qi Yunshen's passionate kiss.

When Xu Jingyang woke up in the morning, he jumped out of bed and looked in the mirror first. Fortunately, there was nothing wrong with his lips.

The maid Murong came in to serve and whispered to Xu Jingyang, "Miss, I sprinkled numbing powder on King Zhou last night as you instructed. He will be in trouble tonight."

Xu Jingyang hummed, looking uninterested.

After the morning class was over, Xu Jingyang and Qi Yanyu went to the princess's residence to have dinner with the eldest princess.

At that time, the eldest princess was looking at a portrait in a side hall.

As soon as Xu Jingyang and the others entered the yard, they heard the eldest princess' voice.

"Mr. Rong's daughter? No, no, Yan Hui is a quiet person, and Miss Rong is reserved. The two of them can stand there for a whole day without saying a word."

"Princess, where is the second daughter of Minister Zhao? She is lively and well-behaved."

"No, I've seen this girl before. She has a very irritable temper."

"What about General Yu's eldest daughter?"

"That won't work either. Miss Yu is almost as tall as a boy. No, no, no."

"Your Highness, I have seen all the girls from these noble families."

The eldest princess said: "Yan Hui is the eldest son. If he doesn't get married, what will happen to Jing Yang?"

Xu Jingyang was inexplicably called, and the next moment he saw the eldest princess coming out.

"You've been waiting for a long time. Are you two little greedy cats starving?"

Qi Yanyu was really hungry. She took the eldest princess's hand and asked, "Mother, are we going to have a sister-in-law?"

Xu Jingyang stood there motionless, the eldest princess' words echoing in his ears.

Is my brother getting married?

The eldest princess stood under the eaves and looked at her: "Jing Yang?"

Xu Jingyang pulled his lips with difficulty, but his feet felt as if they weighed a thousand pounds.

"I am coming."

Xu Jingyang seldom spoke during the meal. The eldest princess touched her forehead and asked, "Are you feeling unwell today?"

Xu Jingyang shook his head and explained, "Maybe I didn't sleep well last night. A short nap after dinner will be fine."

After waking up from his nap, Xu Jingyang went to Doctor Luo's place. Doctor Luo lived in a guest house in the Duke's Mansion. There was a small medicine hall inside, and the yard was full of herbs drying in the sun.

Doctor Luo saw that Xu Jingyang was absent-minded and asked, "Did you have a quarrel with the prince?"

Xu Jingyang paused, "...No, why do you say that?"

Doctor Luo stroked his beard and said, "The only person who can make you lose your appetite and focus on work is your brother."

"That's not the case. Don't think too much about it."

Doctor Luo laughed out loud.

Xu Jingyang put down the silver needle in her hand. The sky was covered with dark clouds and it was about to rain heavily. She hurried to the yard to collect herbs.

The heavy rain finally started.

Half of Xu Jingyang's body was soaked by the rain. The maid hurriedly put a cloak around her and quickly returned to Zhining Courtyard.

In the afternoon, Qi Yunshen came once, and the maid only said that Xu Jingyang was washing up.

When Qi Yunshen came in the evening, Xu Jingyang was already asleep.

First, my body was frozen and I felt a little uncomfortable.

Secondly, Xu Jingyang didn't know how to face his brother for the time being...

She curled up in bed and heard people coming and going in the yard.

Sure enough, Xu Jingyang started to have a fever in the middle of the night.

Xu Jingyang forced himself to get up and wrote a prescription, and asked the maid to boil the medicine.

She was in a daze and had a fever all night. The next morning, when she opened her eyes, she unexpectedly saw her brother first.

Qi Yunshen was holding something in his hand.

Xu Jingyang's voice was hoarse: "Why are you here?"

After a night's sleep, Xu Jingyang's fever was almost gone, but he still had no strength.

As soon as she finished speaking, a palm fell on her forehead.

Xu Jingyang's whole body stiffened, and she remembered the kiss from the day before.

Xu Jingyang only felt that his eyes were not eyes, and his hands and feet were not hands and feet.

The two of them got closer, and Xu Jingyang saw Qi Yunshen's smiling eyes.

He didn't say anything, then lifted a corner of the quilt and put Xu Jingyang's smooth and tender white calves on his legs.

Xu Jingyang was startled and wanted to retract it, but the man was so strong that she couldn't move at all.

"Brother, what are you going to do?"

Qi Yunshen raised his eyelids slightly: "Why are you panicking?"

Xu Jingyang was angry and anxious, "Let me go!"

Xu Jingyang only felt a chill on her feet, and around her ankle... there was a gold chain.

While Qi Yunshen was about to let go, she immediately retracted her feet and hugged her legs. A burst of bell sounds passed by, and the warmth of the man's palm seemed to still remain on her feet.

Her face flushed red, and she pointed at Qi Yunshen with wide eyes: "How could you do such a thing!"

Qi Yunshen stared at her with a barely perceptible smile on his lips.

Xu Jingyang turned away, not wanting to look at him.

"Return the gift."

Xu Jingyang paused for a moment and said softly, "No need."

As he said that, Xu Jingyang was about to take off the chain.

Qi Yunshen held her wrist, his eyes half-smiling: "If one day I find it missing...sister, you have to think about what is more important?"

Xu Jingyang frowned and looked into Qi Yunshen's dark eyes, and saw the paranoia and ruthlessness deep in them.

Xu Jingyang silently swallowed the words that were about to be said back.

Qi Yunshen touched her hair and said, "Be good."

Xu Jingyang took a deep breath, puffed up her face and didn't want to pay attention to him. She opened the travel notes placed beside the bed and read them.

Qi Yunshen poured her a glass of water.

"Don't want to drink? I'll feed you."

Xu Jingyang took the water and gulped it down. She wiped her mouth with a handkerchief and asked, "You didn't go to the Imperial College today?"

Qi Yunshen remained calm and said, "I'm taking sick leave."

Xu Jingyang: "...The Princess and Grandmother will ask about it."

Qi Yunshen smiled: "I took sick leave, and I didn't say it was because of you, so what are you afraid of."

Xu Jingyang still frowned.

Qi Yunshen rubbed her hair and asked casually, "How are you thinking about it?"

Xu Jingyang quickly replied: "What are you considering——"

Seeing that Qi Yunshen's smile did not reach his eyes, Xu Jingyang immediately changed his tone: "Things like this need to be thought about slowly, don't be impatient."

Qi Yunshen: "Two days."

Xu Jingyang: "Seven days."

Qi Yunshen: "Two days."

Xu Jingyang: "Five days."

Qi Yunshen: "Three days at the latest."

Xu Jingyang felt wronged. She thought of what the eldest princess said yesterday, and her eyes instantly turned red.

"You gave me three days to think about it, but you're already engaged."

Qi Yunshen frowned. He gently stroked the corner of Xu Jingyang's eye and explained, "Mom never told me about the engagement. I don't know anything. Don't cry."

Xu Jingyang took his hand away, like a cat with its fur standing on end: "I'm not crying!"

Qi Yunshen said seriously: "Jingyang, I have never thought about marrying anyone else."

"It has nothing to do with knowledge, status, or identity. All I want is you."

"As long as you are willing, I will take care of everything else."

Xu Jingyang sniffed and said nothing.

Qi Yunshen asked her: "Are you happy staying with me?"

Xu Jingyang bit her lip, her mind filled with images of her brother and her growing up together.

After she was rescued by her brother, she didn't dare to contact others every day. She only dared to follow her brother. She even had to wait outside the screen when her brother took a bath. She didn't dare to go anywhere else. It was not until half a month later that Xu Jingyang became familiar with the guards around Qi Yunshen.

After nearly three years in Fuzhou, my brother learned his lessons quickly, but Xu Jingyang's foundation was weak, so my brother had to give her individual lessons every day and teach her how to do her homework...

She nodded: "Happy."

Qi Yunshen raised his lips and asked, "Are you willing to live with me, my parents, and my grandmother from now on?"

Xu Jingyang nodded again.

Qi Yunshen looked at her deeply and said, "If I asked you to marry another man, have children with him, visit your parents-in-law every morning and evening, and be kept in the backyard like cattle and horses, and unable to continue to study medicine, would you be willing?"

Xu Jingyang shook his head violently.

Xu Jingyang couldn't accept the idea of ​​living with another man.

Qi Yunshen: "Then do you like brother?"

Xu Jingyang kept silence.

Qi Yunshen: ...

He pressed on: "Jingyang, if I let you call my wife sister-in-law in the future, there will be other women living in Luoyaju. Do you mind?"

After saying this, Xu Jingyang pursed his lips.

The hesitant attitude revealed Xu Jingyang's thoughts.

Qi Yunshen's smile deepened, and he reiterated, "Jingyang, I only want your answer. Don't be afraid. I'll leave everything else to you."

He stayed in Zhining Courtyard for the whole morning and left only after having lunch with Xu Jingyang.

As soon as Qi Yunshen left, Xu Jingyang immediately took off the thing on his ankle.

She stuffed it under the pillow, then hugged the quilt and stared at the bed curtains in a daze.

In the evening, Qi Yanyu came to her and said that there would be a horse racing competition in the suburbs of Beijing in five days, and she wanted Xu Jingyang to accompany her to watch it.

Xu Jingyang readily agreed.

It was not until I went to bed at night that I remembered that day was Qi Yunshen's five-day deadline.

In the past few days, Qi Yunshen would send people to deliver some small gadgets every day.

Xu Jingyang lined up the things by the window.

She woke up very early in the morning, lying on the table, staring out the window in a daze.

As dawn broke, Xu Jingyang figured it out.

She sat in front of the dressing table, rarely doing her makeup and drawing her eyebrows. She smiled at herself in the mirror.

Don't be afraid.