Chapter 214 If Ningning needs you, you can come to me

Wen Xingluo was startled and subconsciously closed the "Fire Avoidance Map".

She turned around and looked at the young man who came in through the window in panic, "You...why did you come in without saying hello again?!"

"Haven't you been learning swordsmanship lately? I was planning to teach you three self-defense moves tonight." Xie Guanlan's gaze fell on the pearl dress she was holding. After a moment of silence, he asked, "Do you like wearing this privately?"

“This isn’t mine!”

Wen Xingluo argued in a low voice and hurriedly hid the pearl dress behind her.

In a panic, the "Fire Avoidance Map" fell at her feet.

Xie Guanlan was silent for a moment before he said, "Ningning really does like reading this kind of book."

When I heard the stars fall, I couldn't argue.

She rubbed her head in annoyance, barely suppressing her embarrassment as she spoke seriously, "This pearl dress really isn't mine... As for this book, I just took it out. I don't usually read it, but look at the pages, they're all brand new."

Xie Guanlan looked over.

He gave her this book last year. It seemed that she had hardly read it and it was still as good as new.

He nodded, "I misunderstood you."

Wen Xingluo also breathed a sigh of relief.

She was about to put the pearl dress back to its original place, but unexpectedly she stepped on the "Fire Avoidance Map". Her foot slipped and she fell into the box that Wei Ying gave her.

She frantically flapped her hands and feet, and many things in the box were thrown out.

Xie Guanlan looked over.

In addition to colorful bellybands and underpants, there are also a variety of small gadgets.

When he was on the march and fighting, he heard the soldiers talking dirty at night about these little gadgets, all of which were to be used in the boudoir.

He lowered his eyes and looked quietly at something that rolled to his feet.

Wen Xingluo struggled to climb out of the cage and cleaned up the mess on the floor with a red face.

When she got it to Xie Guanlan's feet, she stared at the thing with a flushed face. She was so embarrassed that she wished she could find a hole to crawl into. She cursed Wei Ying in her heart.

She picked up the thing silently.

He didn't even dare to look up at Xie Guanlan's expression.

She knelt in front of the box, locked it with her face burning hot. She turned her back to Xie Guanlan, her delicate shoulders trembling slightly. "Well... it's not convenient for me to practice sword tonight. Why don't you come and teach me another day?"

After saying that, there was no response from that person for a long time.

She thought Xie Guanlan might have left, so she tentatively turned back slowly.

But unexpectedly, I met his face which was so close to me.

Xie Guanlan knelt behind her, his scarlet brocade robe covering her layered skirt.

He passed one hand over her body and pressed it against the box, trapping her completely between his chest and the box.

His thin lips pressed against the girl's earlobe. He lowered his eyes to look into her panicked and moist almond-shaped eyes. His voice was low and lustful. "Ningning, if you need anything, you can come to me."

Wen Xingluo shuddered all over and subconsciously tried to stand up, but his head suddenly hit his chin.

Xie Guanlan covered his chin and made way for her, still looking at her and smiling. "Although I don't have much experience, I'm willing to put in the effort to learn. I think it should be more useful than those cold, inanimate objects."

"No... I... I don't need it..." Wen Xingluo turned away incoherently, putting one hand between him and herself, "It's getting late, you... you should go back quickly!"

She was like a quail, and all she had to do was bury herself.

Seeing that she was about to faint, Xie Guanlan couldn't help laughing, but he still got up and left.

As he was about to step out of the door, he couldn't help but turn back and remind her, "Be more restrained—"

Wen Xingluo threw a comb at him.

…

For several days, Wen Xingluo avoided Xie Guanlan and even went to Wansongyuan less frequently.

When the west wind blows and the sweet-scented osmanthus smells fragrant, the once-in-three-year autumn examination finally begins.

Xie Shian was going to patrol the academy today and he specially informed Wen Xingluo a day in advance and asked her to accompany him.

Wen Xingluo said, "Everyone sends their brothers to take exams, how can they send their brothers on patrol? Fourth brother, aren't you embarrassed to tell others about it?"

"Why should I be embarrassed? They may not even pass the imperial examination. Although I'm young, I've already become an official. What's wrong with asking my sister to send me off?!" Xie Shian said arrogantly, "Wen Ningning, you should be proud of me!"

"Proud, proud, proud of you." Wen Xingluo replied helplessly.

The next day, Xie Shian came to find Wen Xingluo before dawn.

He showed off his armor to her, "Isn't it handsome?"

The young man was wearing silver-white armor and holding a long spear with a red tassel. He was unruly and heroic, just like a high-spirited young general in a storybook.

He is no longer the gloomy and depressed little guy who could only live in a wheelchair in his previous life.

Wen Xingluo arched his brows, straightened his helmet tassel, and said sincerely, "Fourth brother is so handsome!"

When the brother and sister set out for the Imperial Examination Hall, Wen Rufeng and others also set out on their way to the examination hall.

Arriving at the entrance to the Imperial Examination Hall, Wen Yueyin handed the prepared bamboo basket to Wen Rufeng, "There's three days' worth of dry food in here, and the holy water is also in here. Big brother, remember to drink it before the exam."

Wen Rufeng hesitated. "I've been drinking a few bottles of the holy water lately. Although everything in the books has become effortless after drinking it, and I do have a photographic memory, every next day I always forget what happened the day before, and I can't remember what I read yesterday. Yue Yin, can this holy water really help me get the top score in the exam?"

"Brother, if you don't trust me, don't you trust the person selling the holy water?" Wen Yueyin said angrily, "They said this is a treasure obtained from the feet of the Buddha in India. They only sold it to us for one or two ounces of silver per bottle because you sincerely wanted to buy it. You must not let the Buddha down!"

"Yes, big brother," Wen Ruyun advised, "If you don't drink it, you can only pass the imperial examination. If you drink the holy water, you are destined to be a Jieyuanlang! Is this a difficult choice?"

As they were talking, the carriage from the Zhenbei Palace came over.

Wen Xingluo held Xie Shian's hand and stepped out of the carriage, and happened to bump into Wen Rufeng and his sister.

Wen Ruyun glanced at her and said disdainfully, "Xingluo, you are too unreasonable! My elder brother has an exam today, and you came uninvited to help him take the exam, which is fine, but why are you wearing a white dress?! Don't you know that wearing white clothes is unlucky?!"

Wen Xingluo was stunned.

Today, as autumn deepens and the weather becomes slightly chilly, she put on a newly tailored pear blossom white brocade double-breasted skirt. When she went out, Xie Shian praised her new skirt for being beautiful, but she didn't expect to be slandered by Wen Ruyun.

She gathered her sleeves and said seriously, "I'm not here to help my eldest brother take the exam. I'm here to help my fourth brother go to work."

"Are you sending Xie Shi'an to duty?" Wen Rufeng frowned seriously. "Xingluo, since when did you start lying? The families that came to the Imperial Examination Hall today are all here to send someone to take the exam. I've never seen anyone here to send someone to duty. Your excuse is lame."

Wen Ruyun said impatiently: "Hurry up and change clothes in the carriage, otherwise it will affect big brother's test results."