Under the fiery red hibiscus tree, a man in a black robe stood tall and straight with deep features. His usually cold and sharp eyes reflected the girl he loved, and were instantly filled with light.
He took only two steps with his long legs and came to the girl beside the swing. A smile appeared on his usually stern face: "Then I will put the silver hairpin on for you?"
Although his tone was questioning, his strong fingers had already taken out a smoky blue butterfly silver hairpin from the wooden box. Seeing that Li Sisi did not refuse, he looked for a suitable place on her bun to insert it.
Li Sisi lowered her head with a slight blush on her cheeks, letting him insert a pair of smoky blue butterfly silver hairpins into her hair bun, her fingers nervously pinching the corners of her clothes.
"Okay." Pei Yanli's Adam's apple rolled slightly, and he could clearly feel his heartbeat getting faster and faster.
Li Sisi murmured "Oh" and raised her head to hand him her gift. She said nervously, "Well, this is my gift for your promotion. It's a dagger."
Pei Yanli looked at her fair cheeks flushed with a layer of crimson, his eyes seemed to be attracted to her equally crimson lips. His mind unconsciously recalled the accident, and his heart inexplicably felt numb.
When he took the dagger, his fingertips touched and he felt a tingling sensation again, causing him to lose consciousness for a moment.
His voice was low and questioning, "Does this count as exchanging a token of love?"
"Of course not!" Li Sisi took a half step back, her eyes flickering. "This is my promotion gift to you. As for the pair of silver hairpins you gave me, consider them as a gift from you to pursue me."
She pursed her lips, raised her eyes to look him in the eye, and said boldly: "What happens in the future depends on your performance!"
Hearing this, Pei Yanli's dark eyes flickered with a smile: "Well, I will perform well."
Pei Yu'an stood at the door of his house. He used to be happy that his door could see the hibiscus tree in the side yard.
Now, looking at the man and woman standing opposite each other under the gorgeous blooming hibiscus tree, whispering to each other, one with a blushing face, the other with lowered eyes and a low smile, they look extremely affectionate.
Pei Yu'an's heart was pierced by this heartwarming scene. He took a deep breath and turned away.
If meeting cannot be sought, if meeting cannot happen, then let it go.
Pei Yu'an came to the front yard and saw the drunk Prince Xiao holding Li Nian and refusing to let go under the hibiscus tree in the front yard.
"Nian Nian~ I feel dizzy..."
Several officers nearby looked apologetic: "I didn't expect that Prince Xiao could drink so little. We definitely didn't force him to drink on purpose."
"Yeah, he only drank less than two bowls, which is really not much."
Li Nian sat on the bench, with Xiao Yunyu holding her waist and her legs resting on his pillow, unable to move at all.
The officers in front of him looked guilty, as if they were afraid that Xiao Yunyu would settle the score with them later, and they kept apologizing and explaining.
She had no choice but to sit and talk with them.
Li Nian smiled and said soothingly, "You're not to blame for this. They usually drink low-alcohol liquor in the capital, so they're definitely not used to the strong liquor from the Northwest. It's okay, just go about your business."
Seeing that Xiao Yunyu was extremely drunk, one of the officers suggested, "Do you want us to help escort Prince Xiao back home?"
Li Nian thought that with her own stature, it would be inconvenient to carry the tall drunkard back home.
So he replied, "Then I'll trouble you all."
"No need to trouble you, no need to trouble you." As they said this, they were about to go forward to help Xiao Yunyu.
But then the drunken Prince Xiao suddenly glanced at them sideways. His eyes were sober as could be, how could he look drunk at all?!
Several people paused, and one of them, who was quick to react, said hurriedly, "Ah, I remembered that there is an urgent matter at the government office, and I have to go back quickly."
Hearing this, the others quickly echoed: "I have something to do too!"
"Miss Nian Nian, Prince Xiao will have to be taken back by you."
In a short while, several officers ran away.
Xiao Yunyu let go, and the drunken man, his eyes red, looked at her with burning eyes: "Niannian, let's go home?"
Li Nian was stared at like this by him, and for a moment she didn't care about why those people suddenly changed their minds.
Frowning, he asked worriedly, "Can you still walk home?"
The drunken man nodded obediently: "Sure." He tried to stand up by himself, but before he took a step he staggered and looked like he was about to fall.
Li Nian quickly stepped forward to support him, letting Xiao Yunyu half-hold her shoulders while looking around.
He asked tentatively: "Little White? Little Red? Little Black? Little Green? Little Yellow? Little Blue?"
Xiao Yunyu: ...
Xiaobai and Xiaolu heard Li Nian's shout and quickly hid away.
Seeing that no one could help, Li Nian could only support Xiao Yunyu and go home alone.
Fortunately, although Xiao Yunyu was drunk and unconscious, he still knew how to walk. The weight on her was not light, but fortunately she was strong enough to bear it.
Along the way, Li Nian supported the man's hard and strong chest, letting his hot breath with the smell of alcohol smell on her ears and neck.
"Niannian, is the prince drunk?" On the way home, the woman who had just had a banquet at the Pei family looked at them curiously.
Li Nian smiled politely: "Yes, he can't drink much, he got drunk, I took him home."
The woman came forward with a smile when she heard this: "Oh, your small body can't carry such a big man like him. Come, let me help you."
As she spoke, she had already grabbed Xiao Yunyu's free arm and placed it on her shoulder.
Seeing her enthusiasm, Li Nian smiled shyly and said, "Thank you very much, Auntie."
"Oh, you're welcome!" The woman smiled and glanced at the handsome man beside her.
The originally honest palm was now placed on Xiao Yunyu's back, feeling the man's powerful muscle lines.
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