Chapter 34 Chapter 34 Kiss Her
"I'll block it for you. Stand up and let me see."
After confirming that there was nothing wrong with Xuan Jinyu's face, Su Guanzhang raised his hands, spread out the quilt, and made a safe simple tent for the two of them.
They were in a corner with only one road leading to it, and that was the only place where others could see them.
Xuan Jinyu stood up and couldn't help stretching her lazy body under the cover of the quilt.
Su Guanzhang also slowly stood up.
Xuan Jinyu had been sleeping peacefully in his arms for the past two hours and had not sat on his legs; so his legs were still flexible except for being a little stiff.
The tent was drawn higher, and Xuan Jinyu looked up at Su Guanzhang, who was more than a head taller than her.
"Can I go out and see people?" she asked in a low voice.
Su Guanzhang was attracted by her charm when she just woke up, and was about to do something to her, but he paused when he heard this.
"You can go out and meet people anytime, Jinyu." He was touched by the uneasiness in her words and touched her face. "It's not that complicated." He said gently.
The uneasiness in Xuan Jinyu's eyes immediately disappeared, and the cuteness that Su Guanzhang was very familiar with returned to the corners of her eyes and eyebrows.
There was clearly no light shining down, yet he felt as if she were standing under the warm sun.
Su Guanzhang couldn't help but lower his head and kiss her, passionately and tenderly, taking away her breath and sweeping away her mind.
Xuan Jinyu's breathing became rapid due to his kiss. She subconsciously hugged his thin but strong waist and abdomen, and in the end she couldn't help but respond to him.
After the kiss, she slowly came back to her senses, "I haven't washed up yet!" She covered her red lips and muttered.
Su Guanzhang looked at her, his lips curved slightly as he reminded her, "At home, we often... well." The words died on his lips.
Xuan Jinyu stood on tiptoe and covered his lips to prevent him from finishing his words.
Her face was already red. "Don't say that anymore," she said fiercely.
Like a little kitten, it thinks it is fierce, but in fact its claws are not sharp, which only makes people feel more pity for it.
He kissed the palm of her hand and said, "Okay, I won't say anything."
Xuan Jinyu quickly pulled her hand back as if she had been scalded.
There was something wrong with this man. Early in the morning he was like a captivating male fox, making her completely infatuated with him.
I can't stay here alone with him anymore.
"Okay, check it out for me."
The quilt has been stretched out for quite some time, and soon people around will think they are doing something shameful.
"The skirt was a little wrinkled... Well, it's fine now."
The skirt was made of stretchable fabric, and Xuan Jinyu only shook it once before it became soft again.
There was a water bag on the ground next to him, which contained boiling water that Su Guanzhang had filled before going to bed. It had been there overnight and was still somewhat warm.
Xuan Jinyu simply rinsed her mouth, wet a handkerchief and wiped her face and hands, then looked at Su Guanzhang hesitantly.
He is too tall.
If she let him bend down... She remembered the extremely passionate kiss just now, and her heart trembled.
"I can do it myself." Su Guanzhang put down the quilt, took the water bag she handed over, and quickly finished washing up.
When they propped up the quilt in their corner, not many people looked over there.
If someone's eyes drifted past unconsciously, they would be stepped on by their colleagues and scolded: "What are you looking at? Don't you want these eyes anymore?"
No matter how poor she is, she is still a girl raised in a wealthy family and is spoiled by her family.
Even if the matter is lucky enough not to be known in the capital, they probably cannot afford to offend the people of the Su family, even if they are guilty.
Xuan Jinyu and Su Guanzhang quickly walked out from the corner side by side. The bedding behind them had been put away and properly placed in the corner.
Su Guanzhang held Xuan Jinyu's hand tightly, and glanced casually in the direction where the low scolding voice came from, his eyes cold.
As the two of them walked over, the clothes of the people whose eyes he glanced at were soaked with sweat.
Because the rain kept falling, the group simply ate some dry food as breakfast.
The dry rations consisted of some coarse bread, which was dry and tasteless, and choked the men so much that they had to drink mouthfuls of water.
The women and children, on the other hand, ate something different from everyone else. In front of them was a bowl of steaming hot egg custard, sprinkled with some brown sugar, which tasted sweet.
Su Guanzhang found the eggs in a pheasant's nest when he went hunting in the woods last night, and he used them today.
After dinner, Chen Yang and Wang Hu came over to discuss matters with the men of the Su family.
Li Xiaoming left with his men after lunch yesterday afternoon. Now, the team is still led by Deputy Lieutenant Chen Yang of the Ministry of War and Captain Wang Hu of the Imperial Guard.
Seven people sat together and talked about how to travel in the rainy April.
Chen Yang spoke first, "We only have three empty carriages. If it rains, let the women and children take shelter in the carriages."
Su Guanzhang looked at the carriages and rode in one of them out of the city gate. He said, "Not appropriate."
Everyone looked at him.
Su Guanzhang explained, "The materials used in those carriages are mediocre. If there's a heavy rain, not only will the roof leak, but the body will also be unstable and might crack."
What he said about the materials was generally a bit euphemistic. To be honest, those carriages were obviously made with shoddy materials.
It hadn't rained in the past few days, so there was no one in the carriage. An empty carriage seemed safer. Otherwise, even in a light rain, he wouldn't dare let his family get in.
Yesterday, when he came back from hunting and passed by those carriages, he found that the windows of the carriage loaded with luggage had some cracks.
Listening to Su Guanzhang's story, Chen Yang recalled what his subordinates had reported to him last night. He had personally gone to verify it at the time and could not help but nod.
Su Guanzhang looked calm, while the others had different expressions.
The four members of the Su family, Su Sheng, Su Guanyu, Su Guanwen and Su Guanwu, were fine. They only looked slightly surprised for a moment and then quickly calmed down.
Wang Hu, however, did not have the ability to conceal his emotions so quickly, and subconsciously looked at Chen Yang.
The carriage was sent by the Ministry of War, and the carriages brought by several families who came to see him off were all sent back in the same condition.
Isn't the Ministry of War on the Su family's side? Why did they send such a low-quality carriage?
Chen Yang was embarrassed by his gaze and smiled to hide it, "Our masters just found a few empty carriages at random, and we rough people can't see that there is anything wrong with the carriages."
He did not mean to excuse Yue Feng or himself, but the military men in the Ministry of War were indeed not thoughtful enough.
"The third brother of the Xuan family has prepared a carriage."
Su Sheng recalled what his father-in-law Xuan Zhao had said to them when they were in the death row of the Ministry of Justice.
His mother-in-law Lin Qingwan also mentioned this to Xuan Jinyu at Shili Pavilion. He was not far away at the time and took it to heart.
Su Guanzhang nodded, "Yes, but my mother-in-law and my third brother agreed to meet at Yu'an Mansion. At our current pace, it will take us another ten days to get there."
Especially with the heavy rain today, we will have to delay for at least another day.
If they had set out from the west of Shengjing City and taken a carriage to Yu'an Prefecture, it would only have taken one day.
Lin Qingwan's arrangement was very safe, and neither Xuan Wensheng nor they had to rush on their journey.
However, the Ministry of War and the Emperor joined forces to disrupt their plans without any consultation.
This time, Wang Hu and Chen Yang laughed awkwardly together - they were both in the wrong.
Those who are in the wrong will subconsciously make attempts to make amends or please others.
Chen Yang took the initiative to suggest, "Why don't we take a detour and go into the village to buy some rainproof tarpaulin to cover the carriage?"
The route was originally decided by their Ministry of War, and he was the first person to propose changes, but he had no choice.
Wang Hu touched his nose and offered a suggestion, "Why not send the carriage to the carpenter to have it repaired directly?"
"Can the surrounding towns be repaired?" Chen Yang asked him.
"The carriage is of poor quality. If it's not repaired, it will fall apart after rolling through a few more muddy puddles on the road." Wang Hu was not convinced by Chen Yang's rebuttal and said with his neck stiff.
Are they arguing now?
Su Guanyu, Su Guanwen and Su Guanwu had only been with these two people for a short time and did not understand their temperaments.
They hadn't said a word just now. Now, seeing the two of them staring at each other, they couldn't help but look at each other in confusion.
If we continue talking, even if we don't start a fight, it will at least damage the relationship.
Su Guanzhang interrupted the verbal attacks between Chen Yang and Wang Hu in time, "When the weather clears up, let's go to the nearest town to buy some oilcloth and reinforce the carriage."
Protection from the rain was important, but ensuring that the carriage did not fall apart was even more important.
The brief meeting ended in a bad mood.
The two team leaders had an unpleasant quarrel, causing their subordinates to dislike each other as well.
Even though the raindrops splashed everywhere, they could not dispel the tense atmosphere in the abandoned temple.
It wasn't until someone started laughing "Hahaha" first, and then the two groups of men looked at each other, and then couldn't help laughing, that the inexplicable dislike for each other was dispelled.
The atmosphere finally returned to its former peace.
"They are all laughing, so funny!" Mu Ge'er whispered to his elder sister Yan Jie'er.
Yan Jieer agreed with her brother, "Adults are just so weird sometimes," she said.
Xuan Jinyu was sitting next to the brother and sister and heard everything.
She was amused. She first rubbed Yan Jie'er's little head, and then pinched Mu Ge'er's chubby cheeks.
"That's absolutely right," she praised.
The children were playing by themselves just now and had no time to pay attention to the twists and turns between the adults. Now when they hear the laughter in the room, they feel confused.
But she listened to the whole thing and knew that it was because of the unpleasantness between Chen Yang and Wang Hu that caused the people in the abandoned temple to dislike each other.
She thought a fight was about to break out.
Su Guanzhang listened to her analysis and laughed, "How could they fight?"
"Why won't they fight?" Xuan Jinyu muttered softly, "I think there must be some conflict between the two teams."
These days she mostly stayed on Su Guanzhang's back and had a lot of free time, so she observed the two teams and found that they rarely spoke to each other.
The two bosses, Chen Yang and Wang Hu, were discussing serious matters, and the others basically didn't know each other.
Even when Chen Yang and Wang Hu disagreed, it was usually the good-tempered Chen Yang who gave in. However, Chen Yang was shrewd and didn't let Wang Hu gain much advantage.
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