The rain wasn't heavy, and Xiao Yunying walked slowly, holding her umbrella.
Actually, she quite likes this kind of weather... if the ground isn't so muddy.
As soon as Xiao Yunying left, Zuo Lanzhi put down the fruit skewer.
She looked at Luo Sheng and saw that he was studying the drawings made by the peasant girl with great concentration. Recalling the familiar and natural discussion between the two of them just now, she felt a strong sense of resentment and anger.
She was so good to Luo Sheng, so enthusiastic, yet he never even glanced at her.
Even Madam Luo and those little brats praised her endlessly, but no matter how much she tried to please them, they just couldn't get close to her.
Yinyu noticed that her young mistress was staring intently at Luo Sheng, seemingly lost in thought, and her expression was growing increasingly grim. She sensed something was wrong.
She bent down and asked in a low voice, "Miss, shall I go and get you a bowl of snow fungus soup?"
Snow fungus soup?
Zuo Lanzhi thought of what she carried with her and thought to herself, "Xiao Yunying, this is the opportunity you gave me."
"No need, you go back to your room, I'll get it myself."
"Miss, you've never been here before..."
Zuo Lanzhi turned to look at Yinyu, knowing that Luo Sheng would not look up at her. Her expression was cold, but her voice was gentle: "I told you to go back and rest. I'll go and serve Brother Luo Sheng some snow fungus soup."
He paused for a moment, then added, "I didn't tell you to come out. No matter what sound you hear, don't come out, understand?"
Yinyu assumed that her young mistress wanted to take the opportunity to be alone with Luo Sheng, so she didn't dare to say anything and withdrew.
Zuo Lanzhi got up, straightened her clothes, and walked to Luo Sheng's side: "Brother Luo Sheng, let me serve you a bowl of snow fungus soup."
Without looking up, Luo Sheng said, "Miss Zuo, please do as you please. Don't worry about me."
If he weren't waiting for Xiao Yunying to return so they could continue their discussions, he wouldn't want to be alone with this young lady from the Minister's mansion.
Zuo Lanzhi was not discouraged by the rejection. She turned around and went to the kitchen, took two spoons and a small bowl from the long table, and found a clay pot to scoop out two bowls of snow fungus soup.
She hesitated in front of the stove, but when she thought about how Madam Luo would set a date for Luo Sheng's marriage to that peasant girl when she returned, she made up her mind, quickly took out the oil paper packet from her bosom, opened it, and poured in half of the white powder.
Remembering that Luo Sheng knew martial arts, she couldn't guarantee the medicine's effectiveness, so she steeled herself and poured in the remaining half as well.
This is her last chance; she must succeed in one fell swoop.
He threw the oil paper containing the medicinal powder into the stove and watched it burn with the embers before getting up and stirring the snow fungus soup with a spoon until the medicinal powder was no longer visible.
Seeing the jar of rock sugar next to me, I suddenly remembered that I didn't know if the medicine powder had any taste. After hesitating for a moment, I put a few more pieces of rock sugar into the bowl.
Once the rock sugar had completely melted and the snow fungus soup was no longer so hot, Zuo Lanzhi stirred it a few times, adjusted her mindset, and carried the two bowls to the living room.
She first put her own bowl on the table, then took the other bowl and placed it in front of Luo Sheng: "Brother Luo Sheng, take a rest for a while and have a bowl of snow fungus soup."
"Just leave it there."
Zuo Lanzhi forced herself to remain calm, put down her bowl, walked to the other side, picked up her own bowl, and ate.
Feeling guilty, she lost all appetite and ate the snow fungus soup bite by bite. Only when the spoon touched the bottom of the bowl did she realize that she had finished eating.
Luo Sheng's bowl remained untouched.
Zuo Lanzhi mustered her courage and asked, "Brother Luo Sheng, why don't you drink the snow fungus soup?"
No rush.
Zuo Lanzhi was a little anxious, not knowing when the peasant girl would return. If she did, she would definitely ruin her plans.
With no other options, she could only use that annoying person as a reason to persuade him: "This was carefully stewed by Miss Xiao, Brother Luo Sheng, please try it, it's delicious."
Luo Sheng, whose thoughts were constantly interrupted, looked up and said, "I will eat when I'm done. If Miss Zuo wants to eat, she can get herself a bowl. There's no need to keep an eye on me. If there's nothing else, you can go back and rest. Talking to me all the time will disturb my thinking."
Zuo Lanzhi's cheeks flushed as she was told: "I'm sorry, Brother Luo Sheng, I didn't mean it."
Luo Sheng did not answer, so Zuo Lanzhi had no choice but to put her bowl into the sink in the kitchen.
Seeing that the rain outside was getting heavier again, she felt a little relieved, thinking that Xiao Yunying probably wouldn't be back for a while.
When she came out, she saw Luo Sheng still studying the blueprints seriously, and whispered, "Brother Luo Sheng, I won't disturb you anymore. I'll go back to my room first. Don't forget to eat snow fungus soup when you're done."
Luo Sheng gave a perfunctory "hmm," and Zuo Lanzhi slowly moved back to her room, anxiously waiting for the result.
She didn't expect that Luo Sheng, because he was drawing and writing, ran out of white paper, so he took his inkstone and brush back to his room, found some white paper and continued to study various cold weapons according to Xiao Yunying's ideas, completely ignoring the bowl of snow fungus soup.
Xiao Yunying did not wait for the rain to stop before returning, as she had expected.
Hearing her older brother say that the rain was likely to continue until night, and knowing that her shoes were already soaked, she decided to run back in the pouring rain.
After closing the front door, Xiao Yunying ran into the reception room, put the oil-paper umbrella aside to dry, and patted the water droplets off her body as she walked inside.
The living room was empty except for a bowl of snow fungus soup sitting alone on the table.
Xiao Yunying took the bowl with a puzzled look. It was full of snow fungus soup and didn't look like it had been eaten by anyone.
Moreover, both Luo Sheng and Yin Yu are people who know how to collect the dishes; they wouldn't just leave the leftovers there.
"Could it be that Luo Sheng specially served it to me and left it here to please me?"
This is quite possible. Luo Sheng occasionally does things that are surprisingly insightful, which she's used to.
Xiao Yunying sat down and scooped a little with a spoon into her mouth.
"It's a bit too sweet, isn't it? How much rock sugar did this straight man put in?"
I don't know if it's because my tongue was too sweet, but I could taste a little bit of bitterness. However, when I tried to savor it, I couldn't taste that bitterness anymore.
Adhering to the principle of not wasting anything, Xiao Yunying finished the bowl of snow fungus soup.
Just as she got up to take the bowl to wash, a surprised, sharp female voice came from the doorway: "Xiao Yunying, what are you doing here? Where is Brother Luo Sheng?"
Xiao Yunying shrugged: "I just got back, I don't know."
Zuo Lanzhi jogged in: "You drank this bowl of snow fungus soup? Don't you only use your own bowl?!"
Xiao Yunying was startled by her appearance and took a few steps back: "Luo Sheng probably took the wrong bowl..."
Seeing that Zuo Lanzhi's expression was off, she realized what was going on: "Ah... this is what you gave to Luo Shengsheng."
Zuo Lanzhi was extremely anxious: "If you want to eat, why don't you serve yourself? Why do you want to eat this bowl!"
Xiao Yunying didn't understand why Zuo Lanzhi was so agitated: "I didn't do it on purpose. When I came back, there was no one here except for a bowl of snow fungus soup. I thought I shouldn't waste it, so I ate it... I stewed so much, why don't you give him another bowl? It's no big deal, what's there to be angry about?"
Zuo Lanzhi was both angry and anxious: "Why...why did you come back so early?"
Xiao Yunying was speechless: "This is my home. I can come back whenever I want. Is it any of your business?"
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