Tian An became even busier after that. Sometimes she wasn't even around during meal times.
Boom boom boom…
"Miss, it's time to eat." Chun Xi knocked on the door.
After a while, a voice came from inside the house: "You guys eat first, I'll be here for a while and can't leave for the time being."
Chunxi returned to the main hall and told Zhao Yiming and Xiaokang that Tian An was still busy and asked them to eat first.
Although Zhao Yiming was worried about Tian An, he could only ask Mr. Han and Grandma Qin to eat first.
Xiaokang took a mouthful of rice and muttered, "Since my sister has been running the rouge shop, she hasn't had a regular meal in many days. I see she's lost weight."
Han Xun took over the conversation: "Your sister works so hard to support you and your brother Yiming's education. You two must study hard and don't let her down."
Xiaokang nodded heavily: "Yes! I will study harder and let my sister live a good life in the future."
Zhao Yiming touched his head without saying anything, but just looked out the door with something more in his eyes.
Another hour passed before Tian An opened the door, rubbing his aching neck. By then, it was already dark.
Outside the door, Zhao Yiming was leaning against the wall, reading a blue book in the moonlight. When he heard the door open, he turned around.
He glanced at the piled-up table in Tian An's room before saying, "Are you done? Go to my room and wait for me. I'll go to the kitchen and bring you dinner."
After saying that, he put away the book and walked towards the kitchen without waiting for Tian An to speak.
Tian An touched his hungry stomach and walked towards Zhao Yiming's room without saying a word.
As soon as Tian An sat down at the table, Zhao Yiming came in with a tray.
After putting down the tray, he picked up an empty bowl, scooped half a bowl of soup and handed it to Tian An: "Take a couple of sips of this quail soup to moisten your body before eating anything else."
Tian An took the bowl and without even using a spoon, he gulped down two big mouthfuls of soup, then picked up the rice and started eating it.
When Zhao Yiming saw Tian An start eating, he sat aside, took out the book he had been reading and continued reading.
Tian An saw him reading again and frowned, "Brother Yiming, the candlelight in the room is dim, and reading hurts your eyes."
Zhao Yiming was stunned for a moment, then put away the book and teased, "You still know the candlelight in the room is dim! Look at the dark circles under your eyes. Tell me honestly how many days you've been enduring. Don't you want your eyes anymore?"
This time it was Tian An's turn to be stunned. To outsiders, she was just shutting herself in her room, researching how to make moisturizing cream.
But in fact, she entered a space where there was only daylight, and the sufficient light made it more convenient to do things.
But sometimes, when she thought it was getting late, she would light a candle in the room as a cover, so everyone thought she was doing things by candlelight.
The space thing was hard to explain, so Tian An had no choice but to bite the bullet and say, "It hasn't been that long! They're almost done. Once I teach Mangzhong and the others how to do it, I'll let them do it, and I'll just watch from the side."
Tian An said the candlelight was dim, so Zhao Yiming stopped reading and took the chopsticks from Tian An's hand to help her pick bones, fish bones, and pick up food.
Someone helped him pick up the food, and Tian An picked up the spoon beside him and ate the delicious food in the bowl.
Tian An had no time to talk while eating, and Zhao Yiming was also silent, only picking up some food for Tian An from time to time.
After a long while, Zhao Yiming said softly, "I will definitely pass the exam next year."
The room was quiet, and even though Zhao Yiming spoke softly, Tian An heard it.
Without even looking up, she nodded and said, "Yes! You will definitely pass the exam. I believe in you."
As if he felt that Tian An's answer was a bit perfunctory, Zhao Yiming looked at her and said, "If you pass the examination and become a scholar, you will have achieved honors. Next year, we can be exempted from taxes."
Tian An understood. Was Zhao Yiming telling her not to work too hard, so that they would have a good life? That was what he meant, right?
"Brother Yiming, come on! I'm counting on living a good life with you!"
Zhao Yiming blushed and nodded, not saying anything more. After Tian An finished eating, he cleared the dishes and returned them to the kitchen. After Tian An rested for a while, he took her for a walk in the yard to help digest the food.
Seeing that it was almost dark, he sent her to her room and reminded her, "Go to bed early tonight and don't stay up late."
Tian An agreed with a smile on his face: "Okay, I'll go to bed early tonight."
After Tian An entered the house, Zhao Yiming waited outside for a while and left only after seeing the candle in her room go out.
The people who should have been fast asleep in the house had already slipped into the space and started a new round of research.
After returning to the house, Zhao Yiming did not sleep. Instead, he took the book, turned around and went up to the roof to continue reading in the moonlight.
Both of them thought that the other had rested, but they were still working hard in places unknown to each other.
Tian An lost track of time as she got busy, and it was already midnight when she finished. Just as she was about to leave the space and go to sleep, she remembered what Zhao Yiming had said earlier about the black bruise under her eye.
Then he found another eye mask and applied it before leaving the space and going to sleep.
Zhao Yiming on the roof looked at the sky and came down from the roof and went back to his room to rest.
The eye mask was quite effective. When Zhao Yiming had breakfast the next day, he could no longer see the dark circles under Tian An's eyes.
After breakfast, Tian An headed to the cosmetics shop in the county town. The shop's basic renovations were complete, and today they were going to load the containers. She had to watch over it on the first day; if they made a mistake, there wouldn't be time to make corrections later.
Huanyanfang's decoration is mainly white and blue. The whole shop is fresh and bright, and it is definitely the most beautiful shop on this street.
However, the entire shop was now tightly covered with curtains. Outsiders could only see people coming in and out, and heard the sound of hammering and banging from inside, knowing that the shop was being renovated. As for what the shop sold or how it was decorated, no one knew.
In this era, there was no blue or white paint. Naturally, Tian An took the paint out of the space and shamelessly said that she had mixed it herself. To cover up, he also asked Chen Qiang to buy paint and then left it in the space to gather dust.
All the cabinets in the store are made in the style of modern minimalist cabinets, with white cabinet bodies and blue doors, which is consistent with the style of the store.
The curtains, lounge chairs, tablecloths, and even the teacups used for entertaining guests were all in the same color scheme. This was the store where Tian An invested the most in the early stages.
The store has two floors. The first floor is the merchandise area, and there is also a simple reception and rest area.
The second floor is the beauty area, which Tian An has divided into five rooms. One is for member reception, and the other four are furnished with reclining chairs and dressing tables, where guests can wash their faces, apply facial masks, receive facial massages, and even apply makeup. It's like a modern beauty salon.
There is a small courtyard at the back with three rooms. Lan Niang and Miss Dong Wu can live directly in the store.
Tian An planned to transfer Chen Feng over to live with them. She was worried that there was no one in the room who knew martial arts among all the girls in the room.
Chen Feng had been recuperating at home since he was injured, and after so much time he was almost recovered. It just so happened that he could be put to good use.
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