115 You must be responsible for me
◎ Could it be that you think I'm a prostitute in a brothel?◎
The cave suddenly became quiet. Ye Yunzhao wiped the tears from his face, realizing that what he had just said didn't seem to go down well with his ears. "You...you won't be angry if I say this, will you?"
Out of her sight, Chen Jingshan gritted his teeth, took a deep breath, and managed to curl the corners of his lips: "How could it be."
He was not angry at Ye Yunzhao, but because she was right. She had easily seen through his carefully disguised greed.
Those moments that I thought were tender and romantic before were probably just wishful thinking.
Thinking this through, Chen Jingshan's heart began to beat wildly, but he continued to comfort her with a smile, "Don't drop any more gold beans, or you'll flood the cave."
"What nonsense are you talking about..." Ye Yunzhao smiled through her tears. She raised her hand to wipe away her tears, her voice tinged with melancholy. "Actually—I don't seem to be living a very happy life."
"I'm all ears."
"When I first arrived in Lingnan County, I was at a loss." Ye Yunzhao said, thinking back to when she traveled through time and space and said goodbye to her life completely. She had to quickly adapt to this strange dynasty and strange life. But as a county magistrate, she was also entrusted by her original body. She didn't have even a little time to adapt.
"Because I locked myself in the county office for half a month when I first came to report on my work, the people of Lingnan County don't really trust me."
She said this very tactfully. Chen Jingshan had sent people to Lingnan County to inquire about her. He had heard that her fall from the farmland had become a laughing stock, and that she was the first female county magistrate in Yuezhou. His expression changed slightly, and he looked at her shadow with heartache.
Ah Zhao, you must have heard a lot of rumors at that time.
"To be honest, I'm a second-class Jinshi." Ye Yunzhao raised her voice slightly and fell into endless memories. She had such a hard time helping the poor in her previous life. Although the dynasty she lived in was different from that of her original body, their experiences were almost the same. She naturally understood why her original body wanted to give up.
She looked around and laughed at herself, "A second-class Jinshi was banished to the mountains, while a man inferior to me can serve in the capital. How ridiculous is that?
My ideals are shattered, don't I even have the right to be decadent for a moment? I'm neither greedy nor overbearing, and frankly, I believe I'm doing a better job than many high-ranking officials. But just because I'm a woman, do I deserve to be looked down upon and ridiculed?
There were only sixty-eight second-class Jinshi, only one of whom went to Yuezhou, and only one became the small county magistrate of Lingnan County. The world is so unfair... You know, I'm actually very tired..."
Chen Jingshan was stunned. He had never known about Ye Yunzhao's past. He had never participated in the imperial examination and did not understand much about it. But in the past, when a child passed the imperial examination, they would invite people to set up a stage to perform operas to entertain everyone. Even if he had to guess, he could guess what this second-class Jinshi meant.
She always appeared optimistic and rational, even when she was inexplicably imprisoned. Perhaps she had felt lonely before, but she didn't know it.
When he thought of this, an indescribable pain spread from his chest, surging through his internal organs. Chen Jingshan lowered his gaze, two tears fell from the corners of his eyes, and his heartache turned into a heavy sigh:
"Ah Zhao, why not try to treat this all as a game of chess? The game keeps changing, and you're making risky moves, but don't forget there's a wider world beyond the chessboard. Being a woman has a difficult life. My mother endured countless cold stares when she raised us alone. I know you're not someone who covets official positions. What you resent and blame is simply the word fairness.
And now, aren't you gradually realizing your ambitions in Lingnan County? Sister Cuihua, Aunt Wang, the people of Lingnan County, and even those refugees, you are doing this for them, and they are naturally very grateful to you.
Ah Zhao, you have done very well. "
Hearing this, Ye Yunzhao didn't react for a moment. She stared at the clothes on the tree stand and couldn't see Chen Jingshan on the other side, but these words were enough to shock her heart.
Suddenly, her face flushed, and her expression was somewhat embarrassed and annoyed. She clenched and unclenched her hands, unlike her usual calm demeanor. "You... when you say that, I feel a little ashamed. I haven't done much for Lingnan County..."
Ye Yunzhao paused: "Besides, I just said you were treacherous..."
A low laugh came from the other side, which was not clearly visible. Chen Jingshan's tone was filled with subtle ridicule: "Have you changed your mind about me now?"
"Of course!" she answered hurriedly.
"How is it now?" he pursued.
Ye Yunzhao hesitated: "I don't want to tell you."
Chen Jingshan retracted his smile and pressed the issue word by word, "Is it better? Or worse?"
The corners of her lips and eyebrows were full of smiles, but she didn't notice it. She only whispered: "Of course it's better."
During his previous trip to the capital, he had already noticed the distance between himself and Ye Yunzhao. He felt even more uneasy when he realized that she had no interest in him. But now, the words "Of course it would be better" made the fire in his heart burn more and more fiercely.
Chen Jingshan has never been a person who gives up easily. Life was so difficult and tiring in the past, but he was able to go from being an accountant to being the boss, and he was able to open Ruyi Tower from Lingnan County to Yuezhou City. Now that he knows what he wants, how can he be willing to give up?
Most importantly, he realized that Ye Yunzhao didn't simply dislike or feel indifferent towards him. He smiled and said, "A Zhao, have you ever seen fireworks?"
"Why are you asking this all of a sudden?" She was puzzled, but still answered obediently, "Doctor Li released a lot for Xue Niang on New Year's Eve, so of course I saw it."
"Is it beautiful?"
"nice."
"Those are the fireworks I set off for you." Chen Jingshan's voice was low, as if it floated from a rainy night, almost seeping into her heart.
"What?" Ye Yunzhao said in disbelief.
"Do you like it?"
She had never encountered such a situation before, and was still reeling from the news that he had set off the New Year's Eve fireworks for her. She didn't know how to respond for a moment.
Chen Jingshan was not in a hurry to get her to answer. After thinking everything through in his mind, he felt that the straw under him was no longer rubbing against him, and the wound on his back was no longer painful. His eyebrows were full of smiles, but he took advantage of Ye Yunzhao's inability to see him and deliberately changed back to his original address in a wronged manner:
"County Magistrate Ye, did you help me take off my clothes?"
She was slightly stunned. Even though she had seen a shirtless man on the phone before, his direct statement still made her cheeks hot and she stammered to explain:
"This, this, this... I helped you take it off, but I didn't look at anything, let alone touch anything! And isn't it because you were injured, you..."
"Didn't see anything?" Chen Jingshan raised his eyebrows.
Ye Yunzhao's mind suddenly flashed with the majestic muscle lines on his body, and he gritted his teeth and lied, "I didn't see anything."
"You didn't touch anything?"
These words coupled with his magnetic voice made her ears numb, and she felt as if she had really "defiled" this good woman in front of her.
"I didn't touch anything."
Chen Jingshan deliberately lowered his voice, making it even more lingering in the narrow cave. "Oh~ County Magistrate Ye, what you're saying is, even though I was unconscious, I was able to cooperate with you in taking off my clothes, even though I was unconscious, I was able to turn over on my own, even though I was unconscious, I was able to apply medicine to the wound on my back. I didn't realize I was so amazing."
He deliberately emphasized a few words, but the redness on Ye Yunzhao's face not only did not fade, but also continued to spread to his ears: "I... I really didn't mean it. If you are angry..."
She pursed her lips, her voice revealing a hint of reluctance: "How about I give you some of my meager salary?"
"Little money-grubber." Chen Jingshan lowered his voice, but he was very glad in his heart that she loved money, and he, a "very cunning and profit-seeking" businessman, had plenty of money.
"What did you say?" The rain outside the cave was so loud that Ye Yunzhao couldn't hear clearly.
"I say..." He pretended to be angry, "Could it be that you think I'm a prostitute in a brothel? You took off my clothes, looked at my body, and just wanted to get rid of me with pornographic things?"
"No, no, no." She grew increasingly nervous, waving her hands repeatedly at the air through her clothes. She felt that Chen Jingshan before her was completely different, and she simply couldn't adapt to his changes. He used to be taciturn, and the few words he occasionally spoke were dull and polite. But today, he looked like a young man who had been abused.
Ye Yunzhao was really speechless at the moment, unable to express her suffering. She was clearly applying medicine on him and was clearly worried that he would catch a cold in his wet clothes. She asked at a loss, "What do I have to do to make you forgive me?"
Chen Jingshan deliberately said: "Of course you have to take responsibility."
"Responsible?" She was stunned, and an absurd idea emerged in her mind. Could it be that he wanted her to marry him? Ye Yunzhao hurriedly shook her head and comforted herself in her heart: Chen Jingshan is the boss of Ruyi Tower. He has always been free and open-minded. How could he marry someone he doesn't like for such a small matter?
She hurriedly asked, "How can I be responsible? If I can do it, then of course I can."
The corners of his mouth raised, and he deliberately kept it a secret: "I'll tell you later."
Before Ye Yunzhao could ask again, Chen Jingshan yawned, pricked up his ears to listen to the sound of wind and rain outside, and said in a muffled voice: "I guess it's almost three o'clock in the morning. The rain will not stop tonight. Let's go to bed early."
Ye Yunzhao yawned as well, and replied, "Okay."
"Would you like to come over here and rest?" Chen Jingshan suggested, without any ill intentions this time. "The entrance to your cave is too tight. If snakes or insects get in at night, it would be dangerous. You sit behind the fire. Even if something comes, they won't dare to come over."
She remembered that he had just asked her to take responsibility for something. Although she was a little worried about the snake and insect incident, she still shook her head repeatedly: "No, no, you're right, men and women shouldn't touch each other."
Seeing her so nervous, Chen Jingshan looked up at the clothes on the tree stand. There were swirling flames underneath, and the clothes were no longer wet. He said, "I think the clothes are almost dry. Just close your eyes and throw them on me."
"This..." She thought for a moment. There were countless poisonous snakes and insects in the deep mountains. She didn't dare to joke with her life. "Okay."
Ye Yunzhao quickly put on his outer clothes, and then collected his clothes while closing his eyes and reminding him: "I'm coming."
Under Chen Jingshan's command, she held the warm clothes in one hand and touched the cave wall with the other, stumbling to his side. She shook the clothes and tried to cover him with them, still keeping her eyes closed. She asked, "How is it? Is it covering you?"
Seeing her like this, Chen Jingshan murmured, "Why are you really closing your eyes? It's not like I haven't seen this before..."
【Author’s words】
Xiaoye County Magistrate: I am a clown [clown] and I took off my clothes wrong [crack]
Chen Jingshan: After seeing someone's body, I must take responsibility! I must pledge my love to her, otherwise how can I live my life in the future? Wuwuwuwuwu (fake crying.gif)
Xiaoye County Magistrate: Ahh ...
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