In the west courtyard, Yu Jiao lazily lay on a lounge chair in the courtyard to bask in the sun, listening to the sound of Fei Ge'er learning carpentry with Yu Mengshan, the sound of knocking on wood, and squinting her eyes in comfort. It can be said that she had stolen a half day of leisure from her busy life.
She was upset for a long time last night and had not had a good rest. She dealt with the matters in the Meng family courtyard early in the morning, and then took Fei Ge'er back to Qingyu Village. Now, she was basking in the sun and was really a little sleepy.
When Yu Jiao was dozing off, she heard voices coming from the yard.
"Fifth Young Madam, a distinguished guest is here to visit." Ping'er stood at the gate of the west wing, poked her head out and looked around. She saw Yu Jiao lying lazily on the recliner. She really didn't have the manners of a young lady from a wealthy family. She thought that the old man was right. After all, she grew up in the countryside. Even if she was lucky enough to be adopted by a wealthy family, she would still be just a wild pheasant that was not presentable.
Yu Jiao was very sleepy. She lifted her eyelids and looked up. When she saw the person standing at the gate, her eyes froze for a moment.
When Cheng Ying saw the person lying on the recliner with sleepy eyes and a lazy expression like a cat, a smile appeared in her narrow and long almond-shaped eyes. In the past, Jiaojiao liked to lie under the tree for a nap, and the teacher always deliberately disturbed her sweet dreams and woke her up with a feather.
Perhaps the scene before her eyes overlapped with her memory. At this moment, Cheng Ying's heart suddenly calmed down, and the anxiety and panic dissipated a little.
Yu Jiao sat up suddenly, almost suspecting that she had seen it wrong.
Why is Cheng Ying here?
She rubbed her eyes, but the man was still standing quietly at the gate, dressed in white with a warm smile.
Yu Jiao even suspected that she was dreaming. How could Cheng Dugong, who was moody and unpredictable, and whose smile made people's scalps tingle, dress like a weak scholar and show such a gentle smile?
Seeing that Yu Jiao had been silent for a long time, Yu Mengshan put down the hammer in his hand, stood up and said, "Come in and sit down." Obviously he recognized Cheng Ying.
Cheng Ying nodded slightly and walked into the courtyard with Cheng Qi.
Seeing that Yu Jiao was still in a daze on the recliner, Yu Mengshan gave up the idea of inviting anyone into the house to sit down. He went into the house, moved the chairs and the tea table, went to the kitchen and asked Song to cook a few more dishes, and made a pot of tea. Then he took Fei Ge'er and said that he wanted to deliver some wooden utensils to someone, and specially made room for them to chat.
Although she still suspected that she was dreaming just now, Yu Jiao woke up when she heard Yu Mengshan's words.
Watching Cheng Ying walk up to her and sit down on the chair, Yu Jiao almost bit her tongue to find her voice and asked, "Foster father, why are you in Changkui?"
Shouldn't he be accompanying the emperor in Fengyang? Others might not know, but Yu Jiao heard about Mingzheng handing over all the affairs of the capital to Yu Qizhe and taking Cheng Ying to Xianyang to take the elixir.
Hearing the word "adoptive father", the smile on Cheng Ying's face froze. He was very reluctant to recall what stupid things he had done after meeting Jiaojiao in this life, especially forcing her to acknowledge him as his adoptive father and sitting in the hall to receive gifts on her wedding day.
Cheng Ying didn't know whether she should take it step by step or meet Jiaojiao directly.
He thought about it all the way, and even though he had thousands of calculations and strategies, he was unwilling and didn't want to use them on Jiaojiao.
"Are you unhappy to see me?" The words of recognition rolled over the tip of his tongue, but he finally swallowed them. Cheng Ying looked at Yu Jiao's face with greed in his eyes and asked.
Yu Jiao had no idea what he was up to. After all, she could never see through Cheng Ying's thoughts. She carefully replied perfunctorily, "How could it be? It's just an accident. Why would you come to such a rural place?" and find Yu's house.
Cheng Ying could naturally tell that Yu Jiao had not smiled since the moment he appeared. There was only confusion in her eyes, which was completely different from the brightness when she looked at Yu Qizhe.
Cheng Ying pinched the beads on her wrist, lowered her eyes and said, "I was here for fun and heard someone say you were back. I happened to be passing by and came to see you."
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