Chapter 23 Chapter 23 What interested her was his naked body...
Xue Yuanyin came to her senses in an instant. She actually uttered such outrageous words in front of Zhang Jingxuan!
Her gaze subconsciously fell towards him, but she came to her senses halfway and quickly retracted her gaze, looking up and meeting Zhang Jingxuan opposite her.
He probably didn't expect to hear these words from her. His usually calm face froze for a moment, then he raised his brows slightly, looked at her with his light brown eyes, and said slowly:
"In front...which front are you talking about?"
Xue Yuanyin inexplicably heard a tone of settling accounts. Combined with his cool voice, she inexplicably felt the panic of being caught doing something bad by her own brother. It took her a second to react.
They were no longer the brother-sister relationship they had when they were little! She hadn't called him "brother" for a long time! They even made a bet!
Thinking of this, she recalled the momentary expression of disbelief that appeared on Zhang Jingxuan's face just now. Inexplicably, a secret sense of excitement took over her.
She was a little restless.
Xue Yuanyin glanced at him casually, raised her chin and said provocatively:
"What's wrong? Are you too small to be touched?"
Zhang Jingxuan was so angry that he laughed, and said in a cold tone:
"Xue Yuanyin, who taught you to speak so recklessly to other men?"
Xue Yuanyin snorted softly, "My father has already started looking for a lover for me, so how can I say anything without thinking? Could it be that... Young Master Zhang is so angry because he feels inferior to my lover?"
It must be said that after this set of provocations, Zhang Jingxuan's face became obviously cold and gloomy, and it seemed that he was very angry.
He suddenly curled his lips and spoke slowly and meaningfully:
"Miss Xue is interested in my body?"
In the past, Xue Yuanyin would have strongly denied it immediately and told him not to be so narcissistic, but now she saw other expressions on his calm face and that he was in an excited state, so she wanted to provoke him again.
So she said meaningfully, "I'm only interested in pretty bodies. What do you think, Master Zhang?"
Zhang Jingxuan chuckled and said, "You're quite eloquent. You've definitely improved."
Xue Yuanyin raised her chin slightly and looked at him. Seeing that he didn't say anything else, she knew that she had won this confrontation.
She could actually beat him in verbal battle!
Xue Yuanyin was in a very good mood after finding a way to make Zhang Jingxuan lose face. He even had more energy to work and felt that he could dig three miles of land with one shovel.
However, Zhang Jingxuan didn't take the initiative to talk to her all morning.
Xue Yuanyin unilaterally thought that he was inferior. Perhaps it was because he was small in the front that touched on his sad past!
The famous Master Zhang actually has shortcomings, wow!
Xue Yuanyin also carefully observed Zhang Jingxuan several times in her spare time.
She had only known that he had a good-looking face, and had never paid attention to his figure. Now he was wearing a short cotton shirt, his body was tall and beautiful, revealing his strong arms. She could even see the glistening beads of sweat rolling down his tanned, fair, and reddish skin.
How did Zhang Jingxuan manage to look thin in brocade fur clothes and strong in short cloth clothes?
I never realized he had such a good figure before.
An idea that has never occurred to me before is brewing and taking root in my mind, ready to take shape.
This idea was a bit too shocking, and if someone knew about it, the consequences would be disastrous, so Xue Yuanyin regretfully suppressed it.
Zhang Jingxuan glanced at him indifferently, and Xue Yuanyin was caught in the act of peeking. She coughed lightly and looked away.
After a moment, when he looked away, she looked over again and admired him greedily for a few seconds.
If her father also found a young man to serve her, she would also want a figure like this. At least not much worse than Zhang Jingxuan!
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It was not until noon, after lunch, that Zhang Jingxuan finally came to find her and said his first words of the day:
"After lunch, find an excuse to catch up."
Meeting her expression, Zhang Jingxuan added, "Business."
"oh."
Xue Yuanyin agreed with regret. After everyone who had lunch had left, she waited for a moment, then, avoiding being seen, followed Zhang Jingxuan and asked, "Where are we going?"
Zhang Jingxuan walked forward and said, "Zhang Zimo found a secluded place, away from the stewards and other workers. Let's wait for an opportunity to come over and decipher the clues on the map together."
Xue Yuanyin asked suspiciously, "Is there really a secluded place in this garden?"
Zhang Jingxuan shook his head and said, "Let's see what place he's talking about first."
When Xue Yuanyin arrived at the place, she realized where the secluded place Zhang Zimo was talking about - there was a small lake in the garden, and there was a pavilion in the middle of the lake. Because the wind was too strong and mud and sand were flying everywhere, and it was not within the construction scope of their workers, not many people came here.
Xue Yuanyin opened her mouth and wanted to say something, but as soon as she opened her mouth, it was filled with sand and dust.
"Cough cough cough! Ptah!" She spat out the sand in her mouth, and when she opened her mouth to speak again, her mouth was filled with sand again.
Qin Fang and the other two were already sitting in the pavilion in the middle of the lake waiting for them. Qin Fang waved from afar, but just as he opened his mouth, a gust of wind and sand covered his face.
This went on for three times, and he was a little annoyed. He turned around and wanted to say something to Zhang Zimo. Xue Yuanyin watched helplessly as a strong wind accompanied by mud and sand blew over, blowing Qin Fang's words into pieces. He only heard Qin Fang angrily say:
"Is this... the secluded place you found? This is a place, ugh, you think we can talk about things?"
One sentence made him go to all sorts of twists and turns and his mouth was full of sand.
Xue Yuanyin: “…”
It’s really secluded, but forget it.
In the end, the Lakeside Pavilion naturally failed because it was rejected by Zhang Jingxuan.
Xue Yuanyin strongly suspected that he didn't want to be smeared with dust when he spoke, after all, this person paid so much attention to his appearance and image.
In the next few days, Zhang Zimo found several places away from the sight of others, including some strange nooks and crannies, but none of them were suitable. He even found a small forest, but Zhang Jingxuan ended up getting mosquito bites all over his arms when he went there.
The mosquitoes seemed to have a special preference for him, biting people and sticking to him. Xue Yuanyin took a few glances and felt that Zhang Jingxuan seemed to have a gloomy face when he finally left the grove.
Xue Yuanyin felt a little gloating, and she was now keen on seeing his expression change.
She had been observing Zhang Jingxuan for several days, and she was not mistaken. Zhang Jingxuan did have beautiful thin muscles with smooth and undulating lines, which were hidden under the short cloth clothes.
It was the end of summer, and although the heat had passed, it was still too hot to work from morning to night. The workers here were all shirtless. Even Qin Fang no longer cared about his image and just took off his shirt when he got angry.
But Zhang Jingxuan never did that. Even if it was just a short cloth shirt, he would wear it properly and never take it off no matter how hot it was.
This made Xue Yuanyin feel a little regretful.
After lunch, everyone was sleeping in the shade for a nap. Xue Yuanyin's eyes wandered to Zhang Jingxuan again, vaguely sizing up his tall and handsome figure.
Zhang Jingxuan had initially been resting with his eyes closed against the wall, but suddenly he opened them and looked straight at me, his expression clear and not at all sleepy. He asked, "Why have you been looking at me these past few days?"
Xue Yuanyin was caught first again, but she no longer denied it like before or even jumped in anger. Instead, she met his overly calm gaze, put on a sly smile, and asked in a serious tone:
"Zhang Jingxuan, let me ask you something. How do you usually practice?"
Zhang Jingxuan frowned slightly: "What do you mean?"
Xue Yuanyin's eyes passed over the lines of muscle on his arm, and said meaningfully:
"You're such a picky eater. Not only are you tall, but you also have thin muscles. Have you been secretly training?"
Zhang Jingxuan was completely unaffected by her words. He frowned and said with a half-smile, "Xue Yuanyin, you are doing this purely for the bet..."
He paused, looking directly into her eyes. Although there was a smile in his eyes, it didn't reach his eyes. He said, "Or maybe you are really curious about me?"
Xue Yuanyin's smile paused slightly, and she curled her lips in boredom and said, "I'm asking what's wrong, you're really serious! Young Master Zhang can't take jokes seriously."
"It's not allowed." Zhang Jingxuan raised his brows slightly. "Miss Xue didn't understand before, but now she understands?"
Xue Yuanyin thought of the absurd yet strong thought in her heart, pretending to be disgusted with his meddling, and looked away with a guilty conscience.
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In the end, there was no further development on this topic, as Zhang Zimo excitedly announced that he had found a new location, proudly saying:
"Although the environment and the smell are not good... it is definitely a safe, secluded place where no one will disturb us! It's enough for us to avoid the steward and decipher the map!"
To increase credibility, he swore in front of everyone that it must be a perfect place.
So the group followed him to the so-called perfect spot. After a cup of tea, Xue Yuanyin covered his nose, feeling nauseous at the faint stench of the toilet.
Zhang Jingxuan's expression became even uglier. He looked at Zhang Zimo and said calmly:
"This is the perfect place you promised? In the toilet?"
Under everyone's strange gaze, Zhang Zimo vomited and nodded firmly.
Xue Yuanyin let out a breath and looked around the toilet.
Putting aside the facts, this toilet was built for the county magistrate's family. As a toilet used by the master, the environment is naturally impeccable. There are separate small rooms, each of which is very spacious and has a small wooden board placed inside.
The stolen map fragments were placed on the wooden board of the toilet cubicle, and then the door was closed so that no one could see what was happening inside.
Xue Yuanyin recovered and looked at Zhang Jingxuan's unhappy expression, and said abruptly:
"When you were accompanying the emperor on the way to the palace, you and Qin Fang went straight to the toilet. Did you go there to discuss something?"
Zhang Jingxuan glanced at her and didn't answer, but obviously agreed.
Qin Fang came forward to explain, "It wasn't convenient to stay in a carriage the entire time on the road, so we went to the outhouse to discuss the Quanyang County issue. At that time, the outhouse was used by dignitaries. There was no odor, and the environment was very good."
It's nothing like this one. Although it's spacious and bright, there's still a faint stench that reaches my nose.
Perhaps it was because Xue Yuanyin had the experience of digging out dirt in the toilet in the courtyard of Qingxi Town, and he was vaguely accustomed to this smelly environment.
In the final chapter, Jingxuan's expression softened and he said, "Decipher the map as quickly as possible and stop wasting time."
The most difficult part in deciphering a map is not the meaning of those scrawled characters, but first piecing together the messy lines and broken corners.
If one line is wrong, the whole map will be wrong.
It's not too difficult, but it's time-consuming.
The garden has taken shape, and their construction period is almost over, so they must complete the map before then.
Finally, it was agreed that two or three people would come in each time to piece together the map, and the remaining people would take turns next time, and the matter was finalized.
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When Xue Yuanyin came out of the toilet, Zhang Zimo glanced at her and deliberately stopped Zhang Jingxuan, falling behind because of a delay. He found an excuse and said:
"Hey, if we go out like this, what if someone outside finds out we didn't do anything in the toilet? Wouldn't that give us away? I might as well stay and relieve myself so we can complete the whole act."
No one wanted to listen to him peeing here, so everyone just left, and in a blink of an eye, only Zhang Jingxuan was left.
Zhang Jingxuan was forced to stay and accompany Zhang Zimo to the toilet. His patience ran out and his tone was very cold:
"If what you want to talk about is a trivial matter, I will ask my second uncle to punish you when I return to Beijing. Zimo, you are becoming more and more out of line."
Zhang Zimo also thought about it for a long time before deciding to speak openly about this matter. Upon hearing this, he immediately said seriously:
"Cousin, I just feel that you've been a little out of line lately, so I feel I have to tell you - what's going on between you and Xue Ling?"
Zhang Jingxuan raised his eyes slightly and asked, "Why are you asking this?"
Zhang Zimo shook his head and said, "Cousin, you and her have been getting closer and closer. Didn't you even notice? Back then, you were the one who personally promised our grandfather, the elders, and my great uncle in the family ancestral hall that you would abandon all unfavorable factors, help His Royal Highness secure his position as crown prince, and continue the Great Zhou dynasty... All the decisions to distance ourselves from each other were made by you, and you told me it would be good for everyone..."
He asked softly, "Cousin, don't you remember?"
Zhang Jingxuan said calmly, "I don't need you to remind me of this."
Zhang Zimo thought this was a bit absurd and said, "You two have been getting closer lately, even closer than when you were childhood sweethearts and had such a deep friendship. We've all seen it. Who are you trying to fool, cousin?"
Zhang Jingxuan paused for a moment, and finally took the initiative to explain to him:
"I have never done anything out of line, nor have I ever wronged the Zhang family or His Highness."
Except that night, he made an exception and kissed her.
But his idea at that time was just to satisfy her wish and tell her not to have such obsession, that's all.
Zhang Zimo knew that his cousin was not a liar, and frowned when he heard this:
"So Xue Ling really likes you? Her Xue family is the right-hand man of His Royal Highness Prince Yu. Is she crazy?"
Zhang Jingxuan was silent for a moment.
He had once believed so, and that was why he did something that night without knowing right from wrong. But now it seemed that her thoughts might be slightly different from what he thought.
In the end, Zhang Jingxuan simply said calmly, "She's just used to competing with me. She wants to see me lower my back, abandon my dignity, and tame myself."
And he had an even more absurd inference - perhaps what Xue Yuanyin was interested in was not him, but his body after he stripped off his clothes.
Zhang Zimo didn't know why he didn't believe what his cousin said, but he was still worried. However, seeing that his cousin didn't want to talk much, he didn't ask any more questions and sighed and said:
"As my cousin said... I hope so."
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The county magistrate and his family finally returned home. Upon hearing that the mansion had been robbed, the county magistrate was furious.
After a thorough search, nothing was found.
Ten days passed in a flash.
The garden was about to be completed and they had to leave, and time was running out.
During the time when the map was being deciphered, Xue Yuanyin learned from Luo Changfeng that after the garden was built and he received his wages, he wanted to try to apply for a job mining in the mountains.
Under Xue Yuanyin's deliberate inquiries, Luo Changfeng said with a silly smile: "Not everyone is qualified to do mining work. I was weak before, so the manager didn't like me. Now that I'm much stronger, I should be able to apply!"
Xue Yuanyin thought that after the garden was built, they should also try the mining business.
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Although the summer heat was fading and the weather was turning cooler, the autumn heat was still there, and since the work in the garden was almost done, everyone was feeling a bit lazy.
Xue Yuanyin was also feeling a bit lazy because she had her period.
There was nothing wrong with her menstruation before. She was in good health and had no abdominal pain. It was convenient for her to change her menstrual belt in her own toilet.
But now she was in the garden of the county magistrate's house. After changing her menstrual belt, she had to use a bucket to collect water to wash away the dirty blood, and she also had to destroy the dirty menstrual belt... It was very tedious.
She had rested more these days and looked at Zhang Jingxuan with a bit of envy.
It’s good to be a man. You don’t have to worry about menstruation.
Zhang Jingxuan's physical strength was much stronger than she had imagined. He seemed tireless. Every day at noon she was extremely sleepy, but he still had energy.
As Xue Yuanyin glanced at him from under the tree, Zhang Jingxuan's gaze suddenly swept over with a somewhat cold scrutiny.
He had been inexplicably cold towards her these past few days, not even glancing at her when he passed by. She was not feeling well, and was too lazy to ask why, nor did she want to play Tai Chi with him, so she just said bluntly:
"I'm very annoyed, don't mess with me."
Zhang Jingxuan glanced at her, bent down, picked up a water bag from the wall, threw it over, and it fell into the grass at her feet.
Xue Yuanyin picked up the water bag and looked at him in confusion. He said concisely:
"Hot."
After a pause, he added, "I haven't used it."
Xue Yuanyin raised her eyebrows slightly, but didn't ask him how he knew it. Maybe it was because the dog's nose was very sharp... She took it and drank a few sips. The warm water flowed into her stomach, which soothed her a lot.
She closed the water bag and thanked him: "Thanks. Where did you get the hot water?"
He didn't answer, but leaned against the wall and closed his eyes.
"Li Dazhu!"
Xue Yuanyin called him, and when he opened his eyes, she beckoned him and said with a smile:
"Come here, I have something to say."
Zhang Jingxuan looked at her for a moment, clearly unwilling to grant her wish. But after a while, he still walked over and said calmly:
"explain."
Xue Yuanyin didn't know if his inexplicably cold attitude was intentional, but she pretended not to notice and returned the water bag to him. She mentioned Luo Changfeng's plan to go mining in the mountains, and finally said:
"Should we go mining too?"
Zhang Jingxuan glanced at her and asked, "Are you addicted to working for others?"
Xue Yuanyin gave him an unpleasant look.
Zhang Jingxuan said, "The construction period is too long. If we don't go mining, we have to stay in the county town."
Xue Yuanyin was silent for a moment, then said, "It's too expensive to stay in the county. We still have to pay Granny Chen a monthly salary, and we have to pay for our daily expenses."
Zhang Zimo and his friends have folding fans to sell, and they can't possibly rob them of their folding fans.
This time Zhang Jingxuan also fell silent, pressed his forehead, and said:
"I'll take care of the money, you don't need to worry about it."
Xue Yuanyin suddenly remembered something and asked, "So, what did you say before about teaching me painting? Does that still count?"
Zhang Jingxuan said: "If you want to learn, then do it."
Xue Yuanyin knew that Zhang Jingxuan was not the kind of person who would break his promise. She smiled with her lips curved, and a cunning look flashed in her dark, round, litchi-shaped eyes:
"Then I would like to thank Master Zhang in advance for teaching me everything he knows! When I have mastered the art of painting, I will create a work that will shock the world and scare the hell out of you!"
Zhang Jingxuan looked at her and said calmly:
"You once said you wanted to paint a portrait. Have you thought about it?"
Xue Yuanyin actually started thinking seriously, circling around him, holding her chin as she walked and said:
"I'm looking for a model, preferably someone beautiful, and someone with a wider range of options, but who should I ask to be the model?"
She squinted at him and said, "Do you have any suggestions?"
Having said that, she actually had a vague idea in her mind, but it was too shocking, so she was trying her best to suppress it.
Zhang Jingxuan's expression did not change, as if he did not understand what she meant, and said:
"In that case, you should practice your lousy painting skills."
Xue Yuanyin also nodded in agreement.
You have to practice, otherwise if you draw a beautiful model with crooked eyes, a slanted mouth, and ugly appearance, it will not be beautiful.
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On the last day of the garden construction, the messy lines on the map were deciphered.
Chen Su was an expert in this field. He specially made five clearer and more vivid copies on soft linen paper, one on one scale, and gave one to each student.
I don't know how he managed it, but the copy of the map was covered with a thin layer of mulberry bark, which is soft and resistant to folding, and much better than the original map that would be easily broken if not handled with care.
Xue Yuanyin took it and looked at it. It was indeed a route map. After studying it for a long time, she frowned and said:
"Where does the route on this map lead to?"
Even though I've deciphered the map, I still can't understand it! What should I do?
Zhang Jingxuan looked at it for a while, rolled up the map and put it away, saying, "We need to make a compass to see where the map points."
Only Chen Lu knew how to make a compass, so he was very self-aware: "I know."
At this time, several women dressed in silk and satin came to the entrance of the garden. The one leading them was about thirty years old, wearing a pearl hairpin on her head and a jade pendant on her waist, and walked gracefully.
The women following behind her were also elegant and graceful. They took her as their priority and talked in low voices and giggles.
The steward warmly welcomed them in and led them into the newly built pavilion.
The group of rough workers had never seen such a distinguished person before, and they all avoided him at a loss.
Xue Yuanyin had already explored the county magistrate's residence early in the morning and whispered, "The one leading the group is the county magistrate's wife."
This was the first time they saw the owner of the county magistrate's mansion come to visit the garden.
The steward was worried that other workers would offend the distinguished guest, so he scolded them and told them to stay away, then went into the pavilion to serve tea and water.
Xue Yuanyin wanted to hear what they were talking about, so she looked up absentmindedly.
Qin Fang was driven into a corner. He looked at the beautiful woman in the distant waterside pavilion, frowning anxiously:
"It's too far away, I can't hear what they are talking about."
Xue Yuanyin looked at Qin Fang and said, "You're too big, too obvious. I'll go over and take a look."
Qin Fang shook his head: "If you don't know Qinggong, how can you detect it?"
Xue Yuanyin was about to say that she had her own way, but Zhang Jingxuan suddenly stopped her from getting up, calmly pointed at his ears, and then at his lips.
She understood what Zhang Jingxuan meant and asked in surprise, "You can also read lips?"
Zhang Jingxuan looked at it intently for a while, then said in a flat voice:
"The magistrate's wife invited the sisters for tea and took the opportunity to complain about the backyard. She said the magistrate's bedtime was less than half a cup of tea. That was not enough, but he not only visited the vixens in the backyard from time to time, but also often went out to linger in the brothels. It was not enough for everyone to share the love, and he felt really empty."
Xue Yuanyin: “…”
Xue Yuanyin: "There's no need to transliterate this, listen to see if there's anything important—"
Zhang Jingxuan signaled her to remain silent. After a while, he continued to lip-read and transliterate:
"The other women agreed and complained that their own men always followed the county magistrate to the brothel. It's true that men forget their roots when they get rich. In the past two years, the county has become rich, and they are almost living in the brothel instead of going home. I wonder what little goblins outside have stripped their belts and seduced them away."
Xue Yuanyin suddenly realized something. Are all the men in government offices going to brothels?
Could it be that the brothel is a stronghold?
Her heart was pounding as she asked Zhang Jingxuan:
"Can you tell me when they'll be there next?"
Zhang Jingxuan knew this was a clue, so he translated it. He looked at it intently for a while and said:
"On the fifteenth day of the month, the night of the temple fair, they will go to Yixianglou."
Qin put aside his consciousness and said, "Then we will go to Yixianglou and eavesdrop on the corner to see if it is their base."
He suddenly remembered something and his face fell: "No! We don't have money to buy clothes and dress up, let alone money to give tips!"
This sentence was like a wake-up call, and the group squatted in the corner and fell into silence.
Since they were going to Yixianglou, they had to dress up as rich kids. Ordinary outfits couldn't fool the madam. If they wanted to pretend to be real, they had to wear real brocade clothes, and accessorize them with feather crowns, sashes, jade pendants, etc.
If one wants to get close to the county magistrate and pretend to be a guest who comes to enjoy himself, he will have to act conspicuously and order a few beauties and entertainers to reward him.
However, the five of them were penniless, with only the folding fans in their bundles being of any value. A set of splendid clothes plus a tip would cost at least several taels of silver, so how could they possibly afford it?
Zhang Jingxuan pressed his forehead and said calmly:
"How much can you sell the folding fans in your bag for?"
Qin Fang estimated: "I can only get ten taels of silver at most, which is enough to buy two sets of clothes."
He looked at Zhang Jingxuan and asked for his advice: "I know martial arts, and you have strategy, how about I go to Yixianglou with you?"
Zhang Jingxuan thought for a moment and shook his head:
"Xue Yuanyin and I will go."
This was unexpected, and Xue Yuanyin herself didn't expect it. She pointed at herself in surprise:
"Me? A woman followed you to a brothel?"
Zhang Zimo's eyes shone over like kerosene lamps, moving back and forth between the two of them.
Amidst everyone's questioning gazes, Zhang Jingxuan slowly explained:
"The three of you have been chased by the patrol for so long. If you were to show up in the streets, you would be easily identified. Xue Yuanyin and I have been hiding well from the beginning, so it would be most appropriate for her and me to go. Moreover, Xue Yuanyin is the only woman. Compared to two men sneaking in, having her go with us might be more effective than expected."
After a pause, he said calmly:
"I have some doubts about the composition of that mountain mine. It is very likely to implicate a wide range of people. I need you to find an opportunity to escape Quanyang County soon and send a message to the Holy Lord as soon as possible so that we can discuss countermeasures."
After hearing what he said, Xue Yuanyin suddenly guessed what Zhang Jingxuan was suspicious of.
Mountain mines... Mountain mines with extremely high profits are probably iron mines!
Iron ore is closely related to weapons, and this place is very close to the Western Regions. What can it be used for?
Xue Yuanyin didn't even dare to think about it further.
Qin Fang immediately understood what Zhang Jingxuan meant and said:
"Then we'll split into two groups. We'll prepare the compass, and you'll sneak into Yixiang Tower. Once we've uncovered the map's secrets, the three of us will seize the clues and flee. You'll hide here and await our message."
Zhang Jingxuan nodded slightly: "That's right."
After discussing the plan, Qin Fang and the other two went to the manager to collect their wages. Today was the last day, and the work would end tomorrow.
Xue Yuanyin was not in a hurry to collect her wages, but asked Zhang Jingxuan:
"Then we don't need to come to work tomorrow. What are you going to do? Paint to make money? Or go to a brothel?"
Zhang Jingxuan shook his head: "Neither."
Xue Yuanyin asked in surprise: "Do you have any other plans?"
Zhang Jingxuan glanced at her and said calmly, "Tomorrow we'll take our savings and go to the shop to find some presentable clothes. That way, we won't be chased out by the madam of Yixianglou like a beggar."
Xue Yuanyin looked at the coarse gray linen clothes on his body and was silent for a while.
Having been away from the bustling capital for too long, they seemed to have become a little too down and out.
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The author has something to say: In case you didn’t understand, let me tell you in advance what kind of character the heroine wants to draw. She has thought about asking Zhang Jingxuan to be her nude model.
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