Chapter 385 Baoya?
Unlike the singing and dancing in Chengqian Hall, the night outside was quiet and peaceful.
Yun Ran followed Ye Jingzhen out of the imperial palace, and the eunuch at the door stopped her with a smile.
She thought the eunuch wanted to stop her from going out, but unexpectedly, the eunuch handed her a palace lantern.
"Miss Yin, it's dark outside, please take it."
Yun Ran was a little surprised, but still accepted it: "Thank you."
"Alas," the young eunuch waved his hand, "I don't deserve your thanks, Miss."
"If you want to thank someone, thank Young Prince Jing'an."
The hand holding the palace lantern sank, Yun Ran looked slightly startled, then smiled: "Thank you, eunuch."
Although it was not as bright outside as the main hall, there were lanterns lighting up the road.
Yun Ran walked out of the courtyard and followed the path lined with lanterns. Finally, he arrived at a lake.
The lake is surrounded by trees, making it even quieter.
Yun Ran walked along the path and saw a thin and tall figure standing by the lake.
She was only three or two steps away when she stopped.
After seven years of separation, I don’t know how to say goodbye.
While I was considering it, Ye Jingzhen turned around.
Under the moonlight, the boy has grown into a strong young man.
Perhaps because of his long years of guarding the border, his skin is darker than before, and the contours of his cheeks seem to be tougher after being eroded by wind and sand.
Those clear eyes were as deep and cold as ever, and even without speaking, they gave off an aura of keeping strangers away.
Yun Ran moved his lips, and the four words "Brother Xiaojing" that he could easily blurt out before were rolling on his lips, but he couldn't say it out.
Seeing her stunned, Ye Jingzhen's tightly clenched lips curved slightly.
In a cool and teasing tone, he said, "Baoya?"
Yun Ran: ...
Don't call people by nicknames like that!
She had just created an atmosphere of reunion after a long separation! Her defense was broken.
My face had become hot without me noticing, and it must have been very red.
Yun Ran was somewhat thankful that it was a dark and windy night, so Brother Xiaojing shouldn't be able to see it.
"Well... I'm doing fine now." Her cheeks were burning hot, and she replied randomly without answering the question.
"Why are you coming to the palace today?" Jing Zhen said, pausing for a moment. "Are you here to see me?"
Yun Ran shook his head: "No, I should have forgotten you a long time ago. All I do all day is eat and sleep. I've gained weight."
Ye Jingzhen: ...
"Are you the boss of Shanhailou now?"
Yun Ran looked at him with sparkling eyes and nodded.
"It's been so long, have you missed me?"
Yun Ran: "If you come, I can cook for you myself, and I won't charge you any money."
Ye Jingzhen: ...
"Then I want to eat tofu stew."
Yun Ran nodded: "Okay."
Ye Jingzhen raised his eyebrows: "Then... call me Brother Xiaojing?"
The little girl blushed again and turned away: "We can't make the tofu stew anymore. We are out of tofu in Shanhailou."
"Then I'll go buy it." Ye Jingzhen said seriously.
Seeing Yun Ran was silent, he sighed softly: "I'm sorry, we have been changing positions in the past few years. There are many small tribes on the northwest border, and it will be very troublesome to clear them out."
"I have received all the letters you sent me. I will write back to you and personally deliver it to your Shanhai Tower."
Yun Ran still didn't answer.
Ye Jingzhen's heart sank.
You're still not talking. Are you angry?
If he had known that the little girl was so shy, he shouldn't have made such a joke.
She cautiously turned her head to look, but was suddenly thrown into Yun Ran's arms.
"Brother Xiaojing, you've been gone for a long time, and you're finally back!"
This is his little girl.
Ye Jingzhen's heart finally settled down.
He hugged her tightly, feeling her sweetness and softness, and didn't want to let go for a long time.
Before this, he had thought of countless reunion scenes, afraid that Yun Ran had changed, would become distant from him, forget him, have her own lover, or even get married.
Fortunately, although seven years has been a long time, they are still the same as before, nothing has changed.
"Brother Xiaojing, what happened to your father just now? Is your palace short of cooks?"
Without the previous restraint, Yun Ran finally relaxed a little and remembered what happened in the hall.
Ye Jingzhen reluctantly let her go and reached out to tidy up the loose hair on her forehead.
He replied, "He's just like that. He has a weird personality and likes to do things on a whim. Don't worry, I won't let him get his way."
"That's good." Yun Ran patted his chest and remembered something else, "Oh, that 'Geographical Records'."
"Hmm?" Ye Jingzhen didn't understand for a moment.
Yun Ran pulled his sleeve and led him into a pavilion, where they sat down next to each other.
With the help of the swaying palace lantern in his hand, Yun Ran took out the handwritten book with yellowed edges that he had flipped through from his arms.
"I think I have a copy here too, it's handwritten. I wonder if it's fake?"
She has been reading it for so many years that she has memorized all its contents.
If it was fake, then wouldn't she have been badly cheated by the weird old man who gave her the book?
Ye Jingzhen took the book, flipped through a few pages in the dim light of the palace lantern, and curled the corners of his mouth slightly.
"Where did you get this book?"
"It was given to me by an old man I met on the way to Kuizhou with my parents, brother, and two grandfathers."
"An old man with white hair and a youthful face?" Jing Zhen raised his eyebrows.
Yun Ran nodded: "Yes, Brother Xiao Jing knows him?"
Ye Jingzhen didn't answer, but said, "This book is not fake. If you have memorized everything, find a chance to burn it later."
"Hmm?" This time it was Yun Ran who didn't understand.
Seeing her cute and adorable look, Ye Jingzhen couldn't help but reach out his hand.
He wanted to pinch the little tuft of hair on her head, but when he stretched out his hand, he found that the girl with rosy cheeks and almond eyes in front of him had her hair in a bun, so he couldn't pinch the little tuft of hair anymore.
He couldn't help but chuckle, and his slender white fingers fell on the girl's pink cheek, gently stroking it a few times.
Yun Ran didn't know why he suddenly smiled at her. She tilted her head to look at him and waved her hand in front of him: "Brother Xiao Jing, what's wrong with you?"
Ye Jingzhen shook his head, pinched Yun Ran's hand that was waving in front of him, and said softly: "Ran Ran, you have grown up."
"You've grown up too."
The girl blinked her almond-shaped eyes, pulled out her hand, and then pinched Ye Jingzhen's cheek like she pinched Yun Chengxi, pinching and rubbing it.
He smiled and said, "Brother Xiaojing, you're all tanned. Is the sun in the northwest border very strong? Didn't Master say it's very cold over there?"
"It's cold, but not freezing." Jing Zhen chuckled.
The northwest is very cold in winter, and when he first arrived there, he could hardly hold on.
He survived that long winter thanks to the few pieces of malt sugar that Yun Ran stuffed into his hands before leaving.
From then on, he, who never liked sweet food, began to miss the taste of malt sugar.
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