The cicadas are noisy on summer nights.

Jiang Shi inexplicably felt dry mouth and tongue. He closed his eyes, opened them again, picked up the teapot on the table, poured a cup of tea, and drank it all in one gulp.

He rarely made such urgent moves, and Yu Tanqi looked up at him.

He poured another cup of tea and drank it all in one gulp.

Yu Tanqi couldn't help but ask, "Zi'an, are you thirsty?"

Jiang Shi pursed his lips, suppressing the restlessness in his body, and smiled at her, saying, "Well, maybe I didn't drink enough water today."

The boy has beautiful lips, and his lip color is still light, shimmering under the light, making him extremely attractive.

Yu Tanqi swallowed and suddenly felt a little thirsty.

Hungry | Thirsty.

She pretended to be calm and looked away, but in fact her eyes were wandering and she didn't know where to look.

The hand on the uninjured shoulder unconsciously played with the long black hair. Under the warm candlelight, the girl's face was soft, and she leaned weakly on the shoulder, her skin as white as snow.

Jiang Shi closed his eyes in silence, restrained himself from getting up, and his gentle voice became a little deeper and hoarse: "It's getting late, I still have things to deal with, so I'll leave first. You should get some rest early."

Yu Tanqi said obediently: "Okay, you too."

Jiang Shi stood up and turned away in a rare hurry.

Yu Tanqi looked at his back and blinked.

Is it her illusion?

Why does it seem like Jiang Shi is walking in a hurry?

Is there something urgent?

Jiang Shi returned to Shaoguangyuan. The young man had a slender and upright figure. He pursed his lips and silently carried a wooden bucket of cold water for himself. He did not look weak at all.

Her jade-white hands undressed quickly but methodically, and her long, muscular legs stepped into the tub. The cool water stimulated her skin, seemingly suppressing some of the restless heat.

Jiang Shi bit his lip slightly and closed his eyes, but the image of the charming girl leaning against the head of the bed in thin clothes inevitably emerged in his mind.

He suddenly opened his eyes and gasped slightly.

However, I still can't help thinking of her.

The sweet and soft voice of a young girl seemed to ring in my ears.

"Zi'an, Zi'an."

"Zi'an, you're so nice."

"Zi'an, you're amazing."

…

She was always generous in praising him, as if in her heart, he was the best and most powerful person.

His heartbeat was as deafening as thunder, and Jiang Shi's body became increasingly hot. The originally cool water seemed to be heated by his body temperature.

Having never experienced such a situation before, Jiang Shi was a little at a loss for a moment.

The sons of powerful and noble families would have their mothers help them with their bedroom affairs when they were eleven or twelve years old, and they would have several maids to serve them.

But Jiang Shi's mother is no longer with us, and his grandmother also died of illness when he was eleven years old.

But his grandmother always taught him that as a man, he must control his desires, whether they were personal desires or romantic desires, and should not vent them at will.

Jiang Shi's father, Wu'an Hou Jiang Chu, never had a maidservant, so Old Lady Jiang did not allow Jiang Shi to have one. She said that this was the family rule of the Jiang family and every descendant of the Jiang family must strictly abide by it. Those who violated it were not worthy of being a member of the Jiang family.

If a man cannot even control his own desires, how can he achieve great things?

Old Madam Jiang was Jiang Shi's most beloved elder and also his most respected teacher. He felt that his grandmother said a lot, and over the years, she had always been selfless and had no selfish desires.

But since meeting Yu Tanqi, Jiang Shi found that he had many greedy desires.

I want to hug her, kiss her, and now I even want to look at her...

Jiang Shi suddenly stood up, the sound of water dripping could be heard. The young man had a thin body with tight and beautiful muscles. He reached out and picked up the clothes beside him and put them on quickly.

It was late at night and the lights in Shaoguangyuan's study were still on.

Jiang Shi was holding a wolf-hair brush, standing in front of the desk, with his head lowered and eyes lowered. He had been writing for almost an hour.

Suddenly, his pupils shrank, and he put down his pen as if waking from a dream, lowered his eyes and rubbed his sore brows.

When he opened his eyes again, his dark eyes calmly looked at the word "Tan Qi" written several times on all the papers. He sorted the papers one by one and finally put them into the box.

He sighed softly.

After a while, he picked up a blank and clean scroll, placed it on the flat table, and started painting.

Simple and delicate ink slowly depicts the girl's soft and sweet face, the hairpins on her temples, and the earrings on her earlobes. Every stroke shows the girl's lively and beautiful demeanor.

After finishing the painting, Jiang Shi looked quietly at Yu Tanqi on the scroll.

I really want to marry her soon.

He pursed his lips, and his long black eyelashes drooped, hiding the emotions in his eyes.

He couldn't wait any longer.

…

Yu Tanqi was injured in his left shoulder, but because the injury was too serious, he could not get out of bed for the time being, so he could not hold a pen to write.

The Xie family received several letters every month. Yu Tanqi didn't want to make them worry, so she asked Jiang Shi to help her conceal the news of her injury and also asked him to write letters for her.

Jiang Shi quickly imitated her handwriting and wrote back to the Xie family one by one. So far, his identity has not been exposed.

After all, although the handwriting was not written by her, the writing style was hers. Unless someone was a master of calligraphy like Mr. Guo, no one would be able to recognize it.

Several more letters from the Xie family arrived today, all asking her whether she would return to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival with them.

Yu Tanqi naturally could not return to the Xie family. Although she was able to get out of bed in August, she was exhausted from the long journey. If the wound split, her shoulder would probably be gone.

So she found Jiang Shi and asked him to reply for her, saying that she would not go back for the Mid-Autumn Festival and would spend it with him.

Jiang Shi's hand holding the pen tightened slightly, and as he listened to what Yu Tanqi said, he quickly and steadily wrote one word after another in the beautiful handwriting of a young girl on the letter paper.

Although she had praised him many times in front of Jiang Shi, it was still embarrassing for Yu Tanqi to write a letter to the Xie family in her own tone, mentioning him and expressing her deep affection for him.

Her face flushed, and she stumbled as she spoke, "I want to spend my first Mid-Autumn Festival with the prince..."

Jiang Shi couldn't help but curl his lips and wrote a line of words.

There were six letters sent by the Xie family, and each letter asked Yu Tanqi whether he would return to the Xie family to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival, so Jiang Shi had to write this line six times.

But because the recipients were different, Yu Tanqi's reply could not be the same, so she had to say her deep love and loyalty to Jiang Shi six more times in person.

She didn't dare look at Jiang Shi's face, for fear of meeting his smiling eyes.

Even though she knew his smile was gentle, she still felt embarrassed.

She is a little girl who gets shy and blushes easily.

After finally finishing the last sentence, Yu Tanqi breathed a sigh of relief and said quickly, "Okay, please help Zi'an. Give the letter to Linlang and let her post it."

Jiang Shi put the letter into the envelope and handed it all to Linlang.

When Linlang went out, she happened to meet Danqing.

Danqing looked at Jiang Shi and said, "Master, I have something to report."