Chapter 297 Contact

Chen Shiyi felt a little uncomfortable.

She takes everything too simply and for granted.

The hardest bone to chew, now even the bone is gone.

It wasn't that she didn't want to chase him, but the bone was covered with scars and she couldn't bring herself to do it.

Seeing that she looked very dejected, Jing Ran took the hot tea that had been warming on the charcoal fire, poured a bowl and handed it to her.

"Boss, don't think too much. We are in business. You know, if you do your job well, money will chase you. If you spend too much time and effort, you will end up losing more than you gain."

Chen Shiyi smiled.

"Jingran, you seem to be happier in Qingzhou. You say this more and more often, and your temperament is becoming more and more humble."

"Um."

Chen Shiyi asked with a smile.

"In Anzhou, who made you feel wronged? No, you have always been cold and aloof, and it only changed after you came to Qingzhou. Could it be that you fell in love with a girl in Qingzhou?"

Jing Ran was dumbfounded.

"Boss, we seem to be discussing serious matters, but you are beating around the bush. Where are you going with this?"

Chen Shiyi was about to say something when he heard laughter from outside the door.

"Everyone outside can hear what you are talking about."

Wen Zhirou pushed the door open, took a chair, sat next to the charcoal fire, put down the things in her hands, and warmed herself by the fire.

"The weather here is so cold that it chills your bones. It's cold even if you curl up in your quilt."

Chen Shiyi asked with a smile.

"Didn't you go into the mountains with your old Chu to collect herbs? Why are you back now?"

"It's too cold. I won't go next time."

Chen Shiyi poured a bowl of tea for Wen Zhirou and asked her to hold it in her palm and drink it to warm herself.

"Oh, yes."

Wen Zhirou handed the things she had just brought to Chen Shiyi.

"For you."

Chen Shiyi opened the cloth bag and found orange letters inside.

"What is this?"

"A letter from my brother."

Chen Shiyi was stunned for a moment.

"He, how did he write to me?"

Wen Zhirou said.

"He also wrote to me, a lot of them. I was out with Old Chu some time ago, and I left the letters at the post station. I brought them back with me."

Wen Zhirou looked at Chen Shiyi's uncomfortable expression and smiled.

"Why, will reading a few letters cost you your life?"

Chen Shiyi hurriedly explained.

"No, I was just a little surprised. It was so unexpected that he wrote to me."

Wen Zhirou said hurriedly.

"Is it something important? Has your boyfriend sent you any letters recently?"

Chen Shiyi shook his head.

"No."

She then continued.

"He has been very busy recently, probably because he just finished the autumn examination."

Wen Zhirou nodded.

"He must be very busy, with so many things to do every day. Naturally, he can take care of one thing but not the other."

Chen Shiyi affirmed this statement.

"Yes, I went to see him on his birthday and he had lost a lot of weight."

Wen Zhirou patted her shoulder.

"Come to my place for dinner tonight. Old Chu's rabbit meat is absolutely amazing. He insisted that you come over so he could show off his cooking skills."

"OK."

Chen Shiyi returned to the study and opened the letters one by one.

There are five letters in total, and the thickness of each letter is different.

She opened three of the thicker ones.

One of the letters was a painting of the eighteen-year-old flower that Situ Yu had previously raised. The flower in the painting was even more daring, and he had taken very good care of it.

The second letter was also a painting, which showed a trumpet creeper. It was early winter now, and the trumpet creeper in the painting had withered and died, leaving only gray-brown branches, waiting to bloom again next year.

The third letter was about the goldfish. It was still fat, its tail was like colorful wings, and it looked free and leisurely.

Chen Shiyi couldn't help but smile.

The fourth letter, between the lines, is all about Pei Luoshu's affairs.

After the autumn examination, Pei Luoshu held a grand Qionglin Banquet to announce the rankings of successful candidates and recruit talented people.

The students on the list that Chen Shiyi had previously given to Pei Luo have now quietly infiltrated every corner of the court.

Wen Zhiheng said that he was doing very well, and he was becoming more and more adept at using political tactics and imperial skills.

She opened the fifth one with a smile, huh?

There are no words or pictures, just a blank piece of paper.

Chen Shiyi thought he had something confidential to tell him, but after pondering for a long time, he realized that it was really just a blank piece of paper.

She couldn't figure it out.

Doctor Chu's braised rabbit meat is truly amazing. No wonder Wen Zhirou insisted on showing him off in front of everyone.

“Is it delicious?”

"tasty."

"How do you eat it?"

“Crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, with just the right amount of freshness and flavor.”

"What else?"

"It tastes like Sichuan peppercorns, and the spiciness is very strong."

Wen Zhirou added a lot of meat to Chen Shiyi's bowl, her eyes sparkling. After Chen Shiyi took a bite, she forced Chen Shiyi to say something nice, which she could not repeat.

Well, that's really asking too much.

Fuda interrupted.

"Who dares to come to your place for dinner from now on? You better think of a good way to address them before you come, or you won't be able to afford this meal."

Jing Ran also agreed with a smile.

"Yes, yes. I was trembling while eating this meal. I am good at business and eating, but I am not good at making it delicious."

Wen Zhirou glanced at the two of them and asked Chen Shiyi again.

"I wrote back to my brother. What about you? Do you want to send it together?"

After hearing this, Chen Shiyi quickly put down the bowl and chopsticks in his hands.

"No need, he didn't let me go back."

Wen Zhirou looked at her deeply.

"Okay, I'll send it first."

It was fifteen days later that I received another letter from Wen Zhiheng.

As usual, it was sent together with Wen Zhirou's letter.

Only one.

The letter said that the court had been in a state of panic recently. Pei Luo had written a memorial in the Purple Palace, denouncing officials for their laziness and negligence in their duties. One person had been sentenced to death and many others had been dismissed. The struggle between the poor and the wealthy was becoming more and more intense.

Two months later, Chen Shiyi never received any more letters from Wen Zhiheng.

Once, Wen Zhirou came to talk to her.

"Are you going back to Kyoto for the New Year?"

Chen Shiyi sighed.

"I don't know. He didn't write to me. I guess he's not free during the Chinese New Year."

Wen Zhirou said "oh".

"My brother wrote to me and told me to go back to Kyoto to celebrate the New Year. So, if you spend the New Year in Qingzhou this year, I won't be able to accompany you."

Chen Shiyi was stunned for a moment.

"Has your brother been writing to you?"

"Well, I don't know if it's because I'm getting older, but now I always like to nag me."

Chen Shiyi said "Oh".

"When you go back, please bring a letter back for me and give it to Pei Luoshu when you get the chance, okay?"

Wen Zhirou nodded.

"Okay, sure."

Pei Luoshu was reviewing memorials in Yu's study when he heard Yue Zhi asking to see him outside, so he immediately invited someone in.

"Why, has the message been delivered?"

Yue just shook his head.

"There is only one line of communication with the queen, but one of the guards died in the middle, and we haven't found a replacement yet. In addition, my subordinates have been targeted recently, so I can't move at all."

Pei Luoshu closed his eyes slightly and calmed down the anger in his heart.