Woof woof
Later, when Cui Zhijun emerged from the bathroom and headed to the west room, Taishi Zheng had already left. They stood there in silence. Cui Zhijun gazed at the untouched traces of the antique display case, and for some reason, a knowing smile crossed his face. He turned and exited the room.
An ordinary day is as short but brilliant as the flow of stars.
Cui Zhiyun was reading in the west room, while Tai Shizheng was playing with the puppy in the east room. The young couple didn't seem awkward or nervous about what had happened yesterday, but they also didn't make any unnecessary changes. They just lived in harmony as usual.
Take a nap, drink tea, and eat.
Our eyes accidentally met, then quickly looked away.
It wasn't until the evening after dinner that Zheng, her dog, and she sat on the porch, lost in thought. Cui Zhijun finally pushed the door open and asked softly, "Madam, what are you looking at?"
Upon hearing this, Taishi Zheng shifted her gaze, illuminated by the setting sun, to Cui Zhijun. Her vision of Cui Zhijun's face blurred in the backlight, but his clear image remained in her mind. Cui Zhijun, why do I sometimes feel...that you're the most unpredictable person in this world?
Zheng smiled silently, and she replied, "I'm looking at you."
Cui Zhijun was speechless for a moment. He hid his trembling Adam's apple and walked down the stairs. He lowered his eyes, but Cuo Cuo raised her little paws and ran towards him.
A man and a dog met in the yard, and Cui Zhijun stroked the dog's head lovingly.
He was puzzled by the change in himself.
Thinking back, Cui Zhijun went to the left corridor that day to buy the dog for Taishi Zheng, driven purely by impulse. Otherwise, he would never have approached them. But who would have thought that this impulse would actually allow him to no longer be afraid of the creature before him.
Cui Zhijun felt that fate was truly wonderful. Just like the marriage between them...
Cui Zhijun's thoughts wandered. He scratched Cuo Cuo's chin and said something that struck him as incomprehensible: "You have nothing to do. Madam, do you want to take Cuo Cuo for a walk?"
"Okay, okay—"
“Woof woof woof—”
Taishi Zheng jumped up with joy as Cui Zhijun finished speaking. Cuo Cuo also wagged his tail at Cui Zhijun's feet. Cui Zhijun stared blankly at the people in the corridor. He really didn't expect that his invitation for a walk would cause such a big reaction from these "mother and daughter"...
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Then, when it was getting dark, the young couple took the puppy and walked towards the path leading to the small garden.
Cuo Cuo seemed to be curious about everything in the Bo's Mansion. It couldn't help sniffing around and moving around along the way, causing the weak Tai Shi Zheng to be dragged around by it.
So, it's not her walking the dog, it's clearly the dog walking her!
But that’s not all. Zheng also has to worry about this curious little guy like an old nanny.
But Cuocuo was seen heading east when a small bird suddenly flew out of the woods and startled her. She backed away but continued to bark. Tai Shi Zheng looked at the two black footprints on the white surface of her shoes and said soothingly with a pout, "Don't be afraid, Cuocuo. It's just a bird."
After finally turning west, Cuo Cuo picked up a chicken bone someone had thrown away and started eating it. Zheng quickly raised her hand to stop him, "Smelly little treasure! Didn't your daddy feed you enough? Spit it out!"
Before finally reaching their destination, the three of them passed by a familiar pond. This time, Cuo Cuo was about to head for the dark pond. Tai Shi Zheng suddenly stopped, grabbed a crooked tree beside the pond, and shouted, "Little Ancestor, you can't go here! It's dangerous! There are big fish in the water that will eat you!"
So, by the quiet pond, the excited puppy and the tenacious girl on the shore formed a straight line.
Neither of these two women was willing to take a step back.
Fortunately, my father is still here.
Just as the stalemate was about to end, Zheng suddenly realized that her dog, which was about to cling to the crooked tree, was suddenly grabbed by a soft hand. Then, with a strong pull, both she and the dog easily left the dangerous pond.
Zheng fell into Cui Zhiyun's arms and blinked. She had no idea how she got here.
She just felt that this embrace was extremely warm.
Cui Zhijun looked at the person in his arms in surprise, thinking that he clearly wasn't that strong, so how did this person slip into his arms like a gust of wind? He had never expected Taishi Zheng to be so light and agile. How would this end...
But the young couple is being ambiguous here.
On the other side of the crooked tree, the dog leash on Cuo Cuo was wrapped around the bottom of the tree twice.
Now he was in a dilemma and kept whining.
Tai Shi Zheng didn't care to stay in Cui Zhijun's arms for too long. She shyly stood up and ran to the crooked tree and said, "Cuocuo, little treasure, don't worry. Mother is here to save you——"
Unexpectedly, Zheng was pulling Cuo Cuo's rope in the right direction, but Cuo Cuo kept chasing her. In this way, the "mother and daughter" circled around the crooked tree for a long time, but the rope did not untie, but became tighter and tighter.
Taishi Zheng stopped, and Cuo Cuo also stopped.
"..." Zheng silently lowered her eyes to look at this knot of problems, unable to figure it out.
At that time, Cui Zhijun, who was watching the whole situation, couldn't help laughing and laughed out loud for the first time in front of Tai Shi Zheng.
Zheng turned her head in disbelief, and Cuo Cuo also tilted her head.
In the dim light, Taishi Zheng looked at Cui Zhijun and pinched her waist, "Cui Zhijun, you were laughing just now, right? Were you laughing at me——"
Cui Zhijun shook his head, trying to get away with it. Zheng, however, took the opportunity to threaten Xunfu, saying, "I don't care, you just laughed. Here, this rope is for you to work with. Cui Erlang, if you can't untie it tonight, we'll sleep here together!"
Cui Zhiyun did not answer.
He was not afraid of sleeping here tonight, he was afraid that the two of them would sleep here tonight.
Lifting his foot to Taishi Zheng's side, Cui Zhijun calmly bent down and squatted, holding Cuo Cuo with one hand and untying the knot on it with the other. Then Cui Zhijun held Cuo Cuo, who was freed from the rope, and was about to pull the whole rope out of the crooked tree, but suddenly stopped.
An idea suddenly came to his mind, and he picked up Cuo Cuo and pretended to turn around.
Cui Zhijun actually wanted to tease her.
As expected, when Taishi Zheng saw that the "father and daughter" were about to slip away, he quickly said, "Hey, Cui Erlang, where are you going with Cuo Cuo——"
"Go back and get the bedding for Madam to use tonight." Cui Zhijun remained calm.
Zheng forgot what she had just said. She looked puzzled and asked, "What are you doing with the quilt?"
Cui Zhijun turned around and said, "Of course, I'm preparing to sleep here tonight."
"Well, Cui Erlang, you dare to tease me now!" Zheng finally reacted and threw away the rope in her hand and walked towards Cui Zhijun. When Cui Zhijun saw her coming, he stuffed the puppy into her arms, then said "don't dare" and returned to the crooked tree.
With a few fiddles, the knot came undone.
Cui Zhijun turned around and took the dog leash back. Taishi Zheng immediately smiled happily and said, "Look, our daddy is still the best!"
Taishi Zheng was really decent in big matters but confused in small matters. Suddenly, a strange thought flashed through Cui Zhijun's mind. He looked at Taishi Zheng and suddenly felt that if they really had a child in the future, it would be best if it could follow his own intelligence and talent.
Cui Zhijun was so shocked that he shook his head. He didn't know why he had such a strange idea. Thinking about this now was really too far away.
Although he is already twenty years old...
Cui Zhijun wordlessly tied the dog leash back on Cuo Cuo in Taishi Zheng's arms. When Cuo Cuo got off the ground again, he offered himself, "Why don't I lead it?"
Zheng curled her lips and said, "If you lead it, who will lead me? It's lonely to walk alone. I don't want to."
“…” Cui Zhiyun remained silent.
But seeing how things had gone, he really wanted to share the burden with Taishi Zheng, as it would be safer for him to lead the dog. However, Taishi Zheng, seeing how he acted, felt that Cui Zhijun would not choose to lead the dog again, so she prepared to walk towards the small garden without waiting for his response.
Unexpectedly, Cui Zhijun would also surprise her.
Tai Shi Zheng saw Cui Zhijun walking towards him in a muffled voice, and without saying a word, he reached out and took the dog leash from his hand.
Zheng couldn't help but exclaimed, "Huh? Cui Zhijun, are you robbing me?"
But the next moment, Tai Shi Zheng felt guilty about her misunderstanding of Cui Zhijun, but she saw that the dog leash fell into Cui Zhijun's palm, along with her soft palm. Their palms met, and they were holding the same dog leash.
"Is this feasible?" Cui Zhijun's calm words were reassuring.
Zheng looked at him in surprise and joy, "It...it works."
There was a reason for this hand-holding. The young couple held hands tightly and walked along the path of the small garden until it was completely dark. The stone lanterns in the garden had been lit one by one by those who came to light them, and now the lights were warm and welcoming. Even in winter, everything around them no longer seemed desolate.
With the strength of two people, Cuo Cuo no longer went out to have fun. The two of them and the dog just walked around peacefully.
Cui Zhijun no longer avoided contact with Taishi Zheng. He pressed his hand against hers, recalling the day before his meeting with the sage, when he and Qinghou had weaved through the crowds along the left corridor of the Imperial Street. The bustling, clamorous atmosphere was filled with the myriad manifestations of human nature.
Cui Zhijun thought that days like these would be as reassuring as today.
This was a time he had never had or touched in the past twenty years.
Suddenly, at the end of the pine forest, several human figures swayed in the wind.
I heard someone shouting in the distance, "Cui Laosan, are you really going to do this here in the middle of the night? No matter how I think about it, it's inappropriate. If others see this, who knows how much talk will spread in the mansion tomorrow. Don't scare anyone, I don't want to be embarrassed!"
"Song Laoliu, this is a great place I carefully selected. I promise that no one will know about it unless you spread it around. If you don't cooperate, leave now—"
As soon as he finished speaking, there was a rustling in the forest.
Taishi Zheng looked at Cui Zhijun in astonishment, while Cui Zhijun, looking off into the distance, also had a somewhat surprised look on his face. It was clear that the voices belonged to the third brother and his wife, but who would go into these woods so late at night for no reason? Furthermore, their vague words only made one's suspicions run wild.
The young couple stood there in a daze and couldn't help but gasp.
Zheng felt embarrassed, afraid of running into something she shouldn't have, so she quickly lowered her voice and tugged at Cui Zhijun's hand, "My dear, let's... let's go."
Cui Zhijun nodded and was about to leave with the zheng before alerting the people in the forest.
However, just as the young couple was about to turn around on tiptoe, a strange noise in the woods aroused their vigilance. But in the darkness, a few childish barks rang out, completely alarming the people in the woods.
The hands that Cui Zhijun and Tai Shizheng were holding suddenly froze.
The two of them lowered their eyes and remained silent.
It’s over, I can’t leave, how could I have forgotten it…
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