Chapter 125: Pretending to be Drunk
"Perhaps there's some misunderstanding here. Haven't you considered asking further questions?" Qin Xiangnuan could see that Jiang Lin was deeply bothered by this matter. Even if he was trying to suppress it, his sadness still shone through. Unable to find any other suitable words to soothe him, she could only try her best to resolve the situation and comfort Jiang Lin.
Jiang Lin listened to her clumsy tone and shook his head, "I've almost forgotten it now."
"Then I'll have a couple more drinks with you!" Qin Xiangnuan patted Jiang Lin's shoulder with a heroic gesture, holding the jar in her hand and drinking from it. The crystal-clear liquid slid down her cheeks, soaking the front of her shirt. After a few gulps, her face flushed and her sitting body began to sway slowly. Qin Xiangnuan kicked her feet from the cold and nearly fell off the eaves several times.
Jiang Lin supported her with his hands and found her quite interesting at the moment. He bent his fingers and flicked her head twice.
"Who? Who's touching me?" Qin Xiangnuan looked up, staring at the empty space for a long moment, then patted her head with her hand and squinted her eyes. She looked like she was not very smart. Jiang Lin was amused by her, and the corners of his lips curved uncontrollably. He narrowed his eyes, as if thinking of something, and spoke softly, "Who... are you?" Qin Xiangnuan tilted her head, patted her chest, and said, "Don't think I'm drunk and have forgotten myself."
"I am the general's daughter, Qin Xiangnuan!"
Jiang Lin held her arm gently, afraid that she would fall, and expressed his daily doubts: "Where did you find the food and supplies on your way to exile? Did you hide some things on your body?" Qin Xiangnuan's eyes were already hazy, and she looked completely listless.
She raised two fingers with great effort, poked her cheek, and answered with her tongue twitching, "I found them all! My cousin went looking for them but couldn't find them. Only I could find them! I've been lucky since I was a child. Daddy said that I was the little flower girl beside the Bodhisattva. There must be someone who protects and favors me. As long as I want to, I can do it! Gu Mingqi, Gu Mingqi bullied me, betrayed me, and let me down..."
"You want to kill me on the way? Absolutely impossible!"
Qin Xiangnuan waved her arms, stood up suddenly, and said excitedly: "Dad is a general. Since I was very young, I wanted to learn martial arts like him and go to the battlefield to kill the enemy! But they didn't allow me to do these things. My second uncle didn't allow it, and my dad didn't teach me. So I learned it secretly. I'm smart! So I can learn a lot of things just by looking at them. I'm much better than my cousin. Look, isn't this putting it to use?"
"So that's how it is?"
Jiang Lin didn't doubt it. What he said when he was drunk couldn't be false.
His doubts were dispelled, and he supported Qin Xiangnuan and tried to get her off the eaves. But suddenly, Qin Xiangnuan seemed to lose consciousness, and she leaned her head on Jiang Lin's shoulder. The next second, she began to snore softly. When he called her again, there was no response.
Because of the close contact, Jiang Lin's body was a little stiff, and he didn't know what to do while hugging Qin Xiangnuan.
The evening breeze blew for a while before he regained some energy. He hugged Qin Xiangnuan's waist and carefully returned to the ground. Qin Xiangnuan's hair brushed in front of Jiang Lin's nose, making him feel a little itchy, but he didn't dare to sneeze for fear of disturbing the person in his arms.
"If I had a choice, I wouldn't want to involve the General's Mansion."
Jiang Lin looked at Qin Xiangnuan's peaceful sleeping face, muttering softly to himself, and then walked her back to her bed. He sat beside her, tucking her in the quilt until daybreak, then left the room. Unbeknownst to him, the moment he left, Qin Xiangnuan opened her eyes and looked out the window, her gaze clear and bright.
At least when I was making a living in the organization, I had trained my drinking capacity.
Not to mention being able to drink a thousand cups without getting drunk, even if she was given an injection of anesthetic, Qin Xiangnuan was confident that she could withstand the effects of the drug in a short period of time. She knew that last night was a good opportunity to dispel Jiang Lin's suspicions, so she took advantage of the situation and took advantage of Jiang Lin's trick.
"Involving the General's Mansion? What does that mean?"
Qin Xiangnuan turned over and sat up, thinking about it in her mind, secretly taking note but not revealing it.
After last night, the relationship between Qin Xiangnuan and Jiang Lin became somewhat strained. The next morning, Qin Xiangnuan packed up and prepared to head out to the fields for another inspection. As she was leaving, she happened to encounter Jiang Lin discussing something with his secret guards. From a distance, the two of them glanced at each other with an awkward nod, then looked away. Anliu and Anfeng, standing nearby, noticed something was amiss and stared at Jiang Lin with confusion.
Jiang Lin felt a little embarrassed by their stares, frowning and scolding, "What are you looking at me for?"
"You have nothing to do?"
These two or three scoldings had Anliu and Anfeng shaking their heads like rattles, and they hurriedly made excuses to leave. They didn't want to provoke Jiang Lin, who was like a powder keg. As they left side by side, Anfeng, unable to suppress his curiosity and gossip, whispered, "I heard that the Third Young Lady made a bowl of longevity noodles for the master in the kitchen yesterday. Those two shouldn't..." He raised his hands, pointed his thumbs together, and exchanged glances with Anliu.
An Feng pursed his lips and turned to look at Jiang Lin, who was pretending to be serious. "Our master's character is not what he means. Maybe he said something hurtful and let down the Third Miss's kindness. Otherwise, why would he look so guilty and afraid to face her now?"
"That makes sense. Our master is good in every way except his mouth..."
An Feng nodded, the two of them reaching a rare agreement. Meanwhile, Qin Xiangnuan and Qin Feng headed out to the fields. Seeing her uneasy expression, Qin Feng silently speculated, muttering, "Little sister, don't be sad. I know what that old woman said was really annoying, but why don't we just leave this mess behind and head on. The people in the village have nothing to do with us anyway!"
"Cousin, since we have already agreed to this, how can you suddenly stand aside?"
Qin Xiangnuan continued unconcerned, "Besides, letting Hei Da Ge's mother say a few words won't cost me anything. Didn't you and Grandmother refute her on my behalf? She's probably even angrier than me now, but no one else in the village has offended me, so why bother involving them?"
"If you can help, please help."
Qin Xiangnuan looked at the village's terrain and thought to herself that there might be opportunities for them to repay their gratitude in the future. However, she would not talk about this with Qin Feng for the time being. After all, in their minds, she was an unmarried girl, and the strategies and considerations of the court should not appear on her.
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