After returning to the palace, Jiang Muyu felt unwell after lunch.

Yun Yan saw that she was kneading her temples, so she asked, "Are you feeling uncomfortable, Madam? Do you want me to ask Sister Yun Xuan to come over and take a look?"

Jiang Muyu shook her head: "No need, maybe the cold hasn't fully healed yet, I'll go in and take a nap and I'll be fine when I wake up."

"Okay, Madam, you can tell me what to do anytime."

"Um."

Jiang Muyu walked into the inner room, lowered the shutters, took off his outer robe, lay down on the bed and took a nap.

This time she slept very deeply, and in her dream she even returned to her childhood. She was only ten years old at the time, and had just experienced the blow of her parents' death. She was very depressed during that time, and had a very serious illness. She was hospitalized for a year, sleeping every day, and even went to the ICU several times. My aunt said that she thought she would not survive at that time.

Later it seemed like a dream within a dream, with figures interweaving and it was difficult to distinguish the real from the unreal. Someone was talking to her, but she couldn't hear what the other person was saying. She only saw the beautiful thin lips opening and closing.

Then suddenly there was a fire, which burned more and more vigorously. She saw a figure in the flames, but she couldn't see it clearly no matter how hard she tried. The fire was so hot that it almost blinded her pupils.

Jiang Muyu slept until dark before waking up. When she opened her eyes, she met a pair of dark eyes. She clearly saw the tension in his eyes and was stunned for a moment.

"Zhao Zhao, are you awake? Are you okay? Did you have a nightmare?" Liang Qingchen held her hand nervously.

She shook her head without answering, and her eyes slowly moved away from his face.

In fact, she seemed to have lost the ability to dream since she fell ill, and she hadn't had a dream for a long, long time.

But what happened this time?

"Zhao Zhao, what's wrong with you?" Liang Qingchen's voice was a little cautious.

Jiang Muyu propped himself up and slowly sat up, looking at him for a long time, and finally spoke, his voice a little hoarse: "Have we met before?"

Liang Qingchen's pupils trembled and he was completely stunned.

Then, Jiang Muyu shook his head, laughed at himself, and murmured, "You are obviously a character in a novel, how could I have seen you before? You must have been sleeping stupidly."

Liang Qingchen grabbed her wrist, his fingertips trembling a little: "What did you just say?"

"Nothing." She threw back the quilt and prepared to get out of bed. "I'm a little hungry. Is dinner ready?"

Liang Qingchen still held her hand tightly, staring at her closely, and asked again, "What did you mean by that just now?"

"It's nothing. I... I was just half asleep. I just had a very strange dream. I couldn't distinguish reality from dreams." Jiang Muyu blinked and asked in confusion, "What's wrong with you? You look weird."

Liang Qingchen withdrew his hand, his expression returning to its usual calm and cool state. "Nothing, you slept all afternoon, it's time for dinner, I'll go tell them to bring the dishes."

"Yeah." Jiang Muyu put on his shoes and got out of bed, stretching his waist. "I slept so hard that my bones are numb."

She tidied up briefly and walked out of the inner room, where she saw a table full of food. Liang Qingchen and Tangtang were already sitting at the table.

Seeing her coming out, Tangtang said, "Mom, come over for dinner!"

"Hey, what time is it now? It's getting dark outside, why haven't you guys had dinner yet?"

Liang Qingchen said as he served Tangtang some soup: "It's already past the hour of Xu, and we've been waiting for you to have dinner with us."

"It's so late." Jiang Muyu sat down and said embarrassedly: "Actually, you don't have to wait for me. Just eat first if you are hungry."

Tangtang said, "Mom, we are a family, so of course we have to eat together."

She felt a little touched, and if it weren't for the table between them, she would have wanted to kiss this lovely little angel.

Liang Qingchen agreed: "Yes, we are a family."

As he spoke, he also served Jiang Muyu a bowl of soup.

"Thank you." Jiang Muyu took it and thanked him out of habit.

Liang Qingchen said nothing and did not respond.

During the meal, they were still silent while eating and sleeping. After the meal, the three of them walked out of Qingyu Courtyard to take a walk to digest the food.

As soon as we walked into the garden, we could smell the fragrance of flowers in the wind. It was August, and the lisianthus, hibiscus and cockscomb in the garden were all in bloom. The sunflowers in the corner were also growing beautifully.

When Jiang Muyu looked over, she had already started thinking about what flavor of melon seeds to make. She didn't like the original flavor. She liked the milky and caramel flavors the most, but she didn't know whether Liang Qingchen and Tangtang would like them.

"Zhao Zhao, Zhao Zhao?"

She didn't respond after being called twice. Liang Qingchen, who was walking in front, turned around to look at her, only to find that she was standing still, her eyes fixed on the row of sunflowers.

He walked back and waved his hand in front of her eyes, "Dudu?"

Jiang Muyu immediately came back to her senses and looked at him, "Didn't I tell you not to call me that?"

"I called you several times just now and you didn't answer."

"Uh... sorry, I was distracted just now."

He frowned, "What are you thinking about that makes you so obsessed?"

"Nothing?" She waved her hand and continued walking forward.

Liang Qingchen quickly caught up with her and walked beside her.

After a while, he asked, "Aren't you renovating your shop recently? Do you want to make a new sign?"

"Yes, I have."

"Have you thought of a name?" Liang Qingchen looked at her intently, with a hint of anticipation in his eyes.

She thought for a moment and said, "I'm not very good at naming, so I thought I'd just use the name of Qingyu Courtyard. How about calling it... Qingyu Pavilion?"

The expectation in his eyes disappeared instantly, and he lowered his eyelids, "Oh, very good."

“I think it’s good too.”

Having said that, she planned to go out and find a shop that specialized in making signboards tomorrow, and replace the signboard with Qingyu Pavilion's once the shop was decorated and repaired.

After walking for a while, Tangtang felt a little tired, so Yunshan carried her downstairs to take a bath.

Jiang Muyu slept a lot in the afternoon and was now very energetic, so he sat down in the pavilion.

The maids hung palace lanterns around the pavilion, and the light was bright enough to illuminate the nearby lotus flowers and lotus leaves, which swayed gently in the night breeze.

"The lotus will wither in a while." Jiang Muyu leaned against the railing, supporting her chin with one hand. The summer breeze blew through her hair and lifted the corner of her skirt.

Liang Qingchen looked at her soft profile, but another childish face flashed through his mind. The same oval face, with chubby cheeks, almond eyes, cherry lips, a small red mole at the corner of the eye, and two cute little canine teeth when she smiled. It was not a particularly stunning appearance, but it was unforgettable.

When she looked up at the sky, the night breeze blew her hair, and her profile was so soft that it seemed as if it was covered with a layer of light.

Gradually, he saw the two faces overlap.

A clear and pleasant voice seemed to ring in my ears, "Hey, Ah Chen!"

"Liang Qingchen? Liang Qingchen?" Jiang Muyu called him several times before he came back to his senses.

He looked at the person in front of him quietly for a moment, then stepped back, "Why are you suddenly so close to me?"

Jiang Muyu said: "I called you several times but you didn't respond, so I came over."

"Oh...what did you call me for?"

"I just noticed that the carps in the lotus pond have become fatter. Why not catch them and kill them on Tangtang's birthday?"

"what ever."

Jiang Muyu sat back down and looked at the water. The fish had already swam away, and the bottom of the water was dark and she couldn't see anything clearly. But she still pointed at the water and counted them carefully: "Braised carp, steamed carp, grilled carp..."

Liang Qingchen stared at her for a while, then suddenly asked, "Don't you have a new dim sum shop? Will it also be called Qingyu Pavilion?"

"No." Jiang Muyu said, "Those shops are the dowry shops my mother gave me. It's okay to let people know that they are mine, but when I open a new shop in the future, I will have to find another official employer. After all, my current identity is too limited."

He nodded in understanding. "Have you decided what to call the new shop?"

She blurted out: "Xia Mu Nansheng."

Liang Qingchen felt as if something exploded in his head, his ears were buzzing, and he couldn't see clearly.

He seemed to lose all his senses in an instant.

That clear and pleasant voice is still in my mind:

"I know, Xia Mu Nan gave birth to Xia."

"Ah Chen, if I open a shop in the future, I will use this name as my signboard. It sounds nice and literary. What do you think?"

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