After Dabao reminded him, Chu Lingxuan retracted his gaze, suppressed the regret in his heart, and started eating with chopsticks. Her cooking skills were really good, and she could make wontons so delicious. He ate all the chopped green onions without leaving any.
Chu Hanyan smiled and said, "Daddy, aren't the wontons made by Auntie delicious?"
She looked so proud as if the wontons were made by her.
Chu Hanxuan nodded, coughed again, and led the two children to the yard.
Chen Ahfu had trimmed the rose branches and inserted them into a celadon-glazed vase. She held the vase in her hands and admired the colorful clouds with satisfaction. The vase was plain and elegant, and the fragrant and gorgeous roses complemented each other.
This afternoon, when she was tidying up the storeroom, she found this plain, pure-colored vase among several brightly colored vases. It looked like ice and jade, and was very unique. She thought it would look beautiful if it contained bright roses, so she took it out.
Most of the things in the storeroom were sent by Chu Lingxuan, including this vase.
Chu Lingxuan came to her side and sat down on another small stool. He said to her, "Two days ago, I received a letter from my third uncle and my brothers at the border. They searched everywhere but couldn't find any person named Li Gousheng."
Although Chen Ahfu had made all kinds of preparations for Uncle Wang Cheng, he was still very sad when he heard the news. He said softly, "Then my uncle..."
Chu Lingxuan consoled her, "Don't be sad, Miss Ah Fu. Right now, no news may be good news. They checked the list of casualties and didn't find this person, which means he didn't die in battle. They will continue to search to see if there are any missing links."
Chen Ahfu felt relieved again and said with a smile, "Thank you, Master Chu."
"Just a verbal thank you?" Chu Lingxuan said with a playful tone.
"Ah... How do you want to thank me, Lord Chu?" Chen Afu was a little puzzled. His daughter stayed at his house every day, eating and sleeping, and he often came to eat and drink for free. Wasn't his gratitude enough?
Chu Lingxuan pursed his lips and said, "The season is changing. Miss Afu, please make me a summer dress." After saying this, his face blushed a little.
Chen Afu was stunned. He didn't expect him to make such a request. Doesn't this seem unreasonable?
Chu Lingxuan looked at her inquiringly and asked, "Why, no?"
"Oh, no." Chen Afu said quickly, "I'm afraid that my craftsmanship is crude and Lord Chu will dislike it."
Chu Lingxuan took this as her agreement and laughed. "Miss Ah Fu is too modest. I think the clothes you made for Yan'er are more skillful than you. My mother also praised you in this way. She likes you very much...your craftsmanship. You also know my mother's figure, so make her another plain dress." After a pause, he continued, "In a few days, my third aunt will go to the nunnery to see my mother, and she will also come to see you. My third aunt is a very nice person, don't be nervous when you meet her."
Then, he stood up and said to Dabao, "You are going to school now. Come on, Uncle Chu wants to test you to see if you have made any progress."
The one adult and two children went to Dabao's study in the east wing.
Tell her to calm down?
Chen Ahfu was a little stunned, holding the vase and went to the west room of the upper house, and put the vase on the high table. She sat on the brocade stool under the window, without turning on the light, and opened the lattice window to look out.
The sky grew darker, and the red clouds in the west had completely sunk into the foot of the mountain.
Xiayue and Qiuyue opened the birdcage under the corridor, and Jin'er and more than twenty other birds went in. The rest of the birds hid among the branches and leaves of the trees. The yard suddenly became quiet, with only the occasional call of Zhuifeng, Qiqi or Huihui.
She saw the orange-lit window in the east wing, and there were two figures, one big and one small, in front of the window. First, the little person was writing, and then the figures of the adult and the little person overlapped. It should be Chu Lingxuan teaching Dabao to write.
Chen Ahfu had lived two lives, so she certainly saw what Chu Lingxuan meant. He had done so many things for her, and the passion in his eyes was definitely not just a little ambiguity between a superior and a subordinate.
It was really ancient male chauvinism, and he didn't seem to understand women's minds. He expressed his love by asking her to make things for him and his mother. It seemed that being able to make things for them was such an honor.
He also said that his third aunt would come to see her. Could it be that his third aunt would come to see her as an elder?
However, as the daughter of a farmer and the illegitimate daughter of a prefect, how could she dare to marry him!
In his previous life, Liu Xudong was far inferior to Chu Lingxuan in terms of social status. His love was stronger than Chu Lingxuan's faint expression, but she was eventually ruthlessly abandoned...
She was still willing to be his subordinate and Miss Chu's teacher.
Although she also hoped from the bottom of her heart to have a man like Chu Lingxuan who was strong and willing to protect her as a support. When she was tired, she could sleep peacefully without worrying about someone bullying her or coveting her.
However, this man was not only strong and willing to protect her, but also handsome and of noble birth. This last advantage in the eyes of others was the aura that she could not afford the most, which was so hot that it could burn her to death.
She was afraid that he would change his mind due to external forces, or that he would be like Liu Xudong, and all his love was just a facade...
She is confident about almost everything, except love, which she cannot comprehend or understand.
I don’t know how long it took, but the sky was already filled with bright stars, like a dazzling Milky Way lying quietly on the azure sky.
A match made in heaven is like the Milky Way drawn by the Queen Mother with her jade hairpin, which completely separates the high and mighty Prince Charming and Cinderella.
Suddenly, she thought of another kind of creature in this era - if they couldn't be wives, they could be concubines.
He wouldn't let herself be like him, would he? Thinking of this, she felt a chill down her spine.
Damn, if that happens, she will never see him again. Not even Miss Chu, since the little girl's illness has been cured anyway.
However, if she refused, she might lose this powerful backer.
Thinking of the vicious old lady Zhao, and Chen Shiying who only accepted his money but refused his approach to her, Chen Ye and his mother who would never treat her as a relative no matter how much she gave, and all the unknowns, she really didn't want to lose this support.
The best way is to stop him from saying that, and let their relationship return to the previous one of pure superior-subordinate relationship. But the possibility of this is very small.
Just as I was thinking about it, the figure on the window disappeared, and then a group of one adult and two children walked out of the east wing.
Dabao said excitedly in a loud voice, "Mom, Uncle Chu said that my studies are very advanced." Not hearing Chen Afu's voice, he shouted again, "Mom, mom, where are you? Uncle Chu and Sister Yan'er are leaving, we should see them off."
How can this child be smart? He is obviously very stupid.
Chen Afu was so angry that he had to walk out of the room.
The father and daughter walked in front, and Dabao followed behind, holding Chen Afu's hand, as they walked out of the yard.
When Chu Lingxuan walked to the willow tree and stopped, he turned around and saw that the gate of Fuyuan was empty. The two figures that made him stop and look back were gone.
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