Zhao Rong turned around and asked with a smile: "Qingdai, are you used to having someone dominating you?"

Su Qingdai was silent for a while, looking at the Jiyue Mountain in the distance, which was neither too far nor too close, and said, "Whether we are used to it or not, we are born with the sky above our heads. Who can be higher than it? Even if we stand on the top of the highest mountain, the sky is still above our heads."

Zhao Rong smiled and asked, "So, the essence of all this is still 'God's order'. Qingdai fears God, and God is actually greater than me, the cheap 'Son of Fortune', right? Because God can designate Qingdai's Son of Fortune at will."

Su Qingdai shook her head. "It's not designated, it's destined. Everything is destined..."

As if she didn't want to continue this topic, she turned around and asked, "I haven't asked you this before, does Tzuyu want me to go to Duyou City with you?"

Zhao Rong didn't speak immediately.

Su Qingdai glanced at his calm profile, then slowly lowered her eyes and looked at her feet.

The atmosphere gradually quieted down.

The two tall and well-matched people walked side by side for a long time.

Su Qingdai's cold left hand was suddenly taken up by someone, and without giving her time to react or refuse, her five fingers were spread apart and clasped with her ten fingers together.

The woman was stunned.

Zhao Rong quickened his pace and walked in front, and she was led forward by him.

Passing by thin bamboos, clear streams, and dilapidated courtyards.

Su Qingdai didn't even look at the scenery along the road, didn't know where they were going, and forgot to pull her hand back, but she just stood there in a daze as he held her hand.

She looked at Zhao Rong's back and could not see his expression.

This back figure looks like a guide who is breaking through all obstacles and moving forward.

The only thing Su Qingdai could feel was the warmth and strength of the hand that was tightly clasping the five fingers of her left hand.

Zhao Rong suddenly said, "I like your story."

Su Qingdai recalled the night they first met in Xingzi Town. After she said he was her true love, she confided her orphan background to him.

"So... Tzuyu pities Dai'er?" she whispered.

"I don't pity you." Zhao Rong said softly, "In the brothels and painted boats, which of those women who sing and perform for money doesn't have a pitiful life story? Which one doesn't attract the pity of the customers? A sad song plus a tragic life story can win the tears of many people in the room. Then when the song ends and the guests leave, I tune the strings and repeat the process to wait for the next wave of sympathetic and loving customers."

Zhao Rong shook his head, staring ahead, and said word by word: "What I like is your filial piety. Although I am not very good at seeing, I can see the emotion in your eyes when you mentioned your adoptive parents. The most valuable thing is that you don't seem to have any resentment towards your biological father who sold you."

He nodded, "This... is really rare."

Su Qingdai was stunned.

Zhao Rong didn't even turn his head, and only the autumn breeze carried his clear and magnetic voice to Su Qingdai's ears.

"I think that a pure and filial woman can't be that bad no matter what."

Su Qingdai suddenly opened her mouth, then immediately gave up and closed it.

Took a deep breath quietly.

Zhao Rong didn't see her reaction, he just quietly led her forward.

Su Qingdai walked behind.

She looked at his back quietly for a while.

Finally, he silently clasped his five stiff fingers together.

And held his hands.

There were no other superfluous expressions or words.

Just like what my friend once said,

She is a lukewarm woman.

And he just said that she is cold on the outside but warm on the inside.

And she felt that she was both cold and hot.

But there are many more.

Zhao Rong had no idea that Su Qingdai was trying hard to suppress her emotions at this moment.

He liked the current state of walking with the woman, one in front and one behind.

This would give him the feeling that she was very well behaved.

Zhao Rong naturally likes well-behaved and gentle women.

As for Su Qingdai,

She also liked the feeling of being led forward by Zhao Rong.

because,

His heavy back as he walked silently forward looked like the father in my memory.

"Actually, no matter what." Zhao Rong suddenly smiled and spoke, as if he felt that the atmosphere between the two was too silent. He continued, "I never thought of abandoning you. I am of course happy that you can get along with Qingjun Qian'er like sisters and agree to come to Duyou City."

“Really…really?”

"Yeah." Zhao Rong nodded, and then said seriously: "After all, I almost ate you up, how can I just leave you alone? Eating you up and running away... I, Zhao Ziyu, don't have such a thick skin."

Su Qingdai pursed her lips and thought about it.

Nodding, he asked tentatively, "So, Tzuyu has already promised to give four girls a home at such a young age?"

Zhao Rong: “…”

Su Qingdai pursed her lips and smiled.

She glanced at his slightly stiff back, "From what Ziyu just said, it seems that Ziyu is very experienced in listening to music in brothels and sailing on the lake in pleasure boats."

“……???” What experience?

Zhao Rong asked seriously:

"If I say that the trip to Zuixianlou where I met you in Xingzi Town was actually my first time going to a brothel in my previous life and this life, would you believe it?"

Su Qingdai bit her lip and looked at him, "That Ziyu is really amazing. She came back with a lot of results on her first trip."

Zhao Rong was very upset.

“Puff.”

Fairy Su, who was famous for her iceberg on Mount Dali, suddenly smiled and pulled his hand, "Zi Yu, I'm just kidding. Actually, I believe it."

"ah?"

She nodded, "I said, I believe this is the first time Tzuyu has been to such a fireworks place, because..."

Su Qingdai dragged out the last word, looked at him with sharp eyes and said, "I can see it from Ziyu's eyes, too."

Zhao Rong and Su Qingdai looked at each other for a while.

The hands of the two people below tightened almost at the same time.

"Then... okay." Zhao Rong turned back with a calm tone.

Then, from an angle where she couldn't see, he smiled gently.

Zhao Rong, dressed in a blue shirt, continued to lead her, who was in a black skirt, forward.

Soon, the two arrived at the intersection leading to the official road.

Zhao Rong, who was walking in front, suddenly stopped, turned around, and grabbed Su Qingdai's hand.

He took out a package wrapped in ordinary gray cloth.

The small package was stuffed directly into her hands.

"This is..." Su Qingdai was stunned.

Zhao Rong said directly: "I left the academy in a hurry and didn't bring anything down the mountain. Here are two small fruits that taste good. They are quite sweet. You can have them."

He paused, as if remembering something, and added, "I heard that eating one pill seems to increase one's lifespan, maybe a decade or so, I'm not sure. People in the mountains seem to call it the immortality drug."

Then, without waiting for her to hastily refuse the two "hot" Jiazi birthday fruits, he grabbed her other hand, opened it, and placed a letter on it.

Zhao Rong looked into her eyes calmly. "Originally, when the Fengshan ceremony had just ended, I was thinking of taking advantage of the break in the last few days to go to Nanxing County again before returning to the academy to visit your uncle and aunt with you."

"It's a pity that something happened a few days ago. Now the mid-month exam of the academy is approaching, and there is no time to delay. I must return today and continue to complete the next few art exams... time is very tight."

He shook his head. "I can't go with you for now, Qingdai. When you go back, give this letter to your uncle on my behalf. It contains my regards to the old man, and some words I want to say."

After a pause, he smiled again, "Although I have never met my uncle, but after listening to the things you mentioned, I think I should be able to talk to him."

Zhao Rong glanced at Su Qingdai who suddenly stopped talking, patted her hand that was tightly holding the envelope, and said softly:

"Oh, there is a special handwritten letter in here. I mentioned my uncle's story to the little emperor in my spare time before. After hearing it, he praised my uncle's loyalty and patriotism, and wrote a handwritten letter, calling Mr. Su the backbone of the country. You take this letter and the emperor's handwritten letter back to your uncle."

Zhao Rong raised his hand, stroked the black hair that fell on Su Qingdai's temples as she lowered her head, held up her soft cheek, and admonished:

"Although I am leaving, I have made some arrangements before I leave... The Queen Mother, the Little Emperor, and Prince Li Xian will take good care of the Su family in Nanxing County. Besides, the academy is not far from Dali. If we establish good connections, it will be convenient for them to come in time if anything happens."

He spoke softly and slowly, paying attention to every detail.

Su Qingdai still held the envelope in her hand, lowered her head and didn't look him in the eye.

"…So you should listen to Qingjun's arrangement and go back to Taiqing Mansion in Duyou City. You don't have to worry too much about your family. As long as you live well outside, the Shanxia family will actually provide more security."

At this moment, Zhao Rong paused and felt someone grabbing his sleeve tightly.

"Tzuyu, actually I...you, you don't have to be like this..."

Zhao Rong shook his head. "Qingjun, Qian'er, Xiaoxiao, and I don't have any close relatives around us, so your parents are half of our parents. Naturally, I have to take good care of them. It's my responsibility."

He looked at the woman who was about to speak but hesitated, "Okay, don't be touched or anything like that, we are not allowed to have such things between us, it's all natural."

Having said that, Zhao Rong let go of his hand, turned around, and gently waved his hand towards the woman behind him.

"I'll just take you here. I have to go back. Your sister Zhao and sister Qian'er are still waiting for me. I hate parting, so I won't say any more. Let's not be so reluctant and moved. Let's go our separate ways and finish the important things at the moment so that we can meet again next time."

The man walked away without looking back, and a chuckling voice was heard from afar.

"Qingdai, if you really can't bear to leave your parents, just stay in Nanxing County for a while. I will finish the mid-month exam and may come to Dali again when I have nothing else to do. Then I can go to the Su family to pick you up in person. But it's okay if you come to Duyou City in advance. At that time, I will introduce you to Su Fox Fairy, who is as aloof, cold, and smart as you..."

The sound faded away.

The man's tall figure disappeared into the woods.

Only Su Qingdai was left standing there quietly, watching her 'Son of Love' leave.

At a certain moment, the woman withdrew her gaze in astonishment.

The red lips whispered: "Su Fox Fairy... a new sister who is aloof, cold, smart and smart..."

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