Chapter 437 Yun Ting Returns
"No, Xiao Yan, hahahaha——"
Lu Qiniang was overjoyed.
Xiao Yan was a little panicked, "Stop laughing, stop laughing."
She's laughing like that, I'm really afraid she'll squeeze the baby out.
Lu Qiniang took the opportunity to reach out and touch him.
Huh?
It seems there is no need to trouble Lao Hu.
Xiao Yan looked at her and quickly ran away to urinate.
If he can't do it, just assume he can't do it.
Anyway, he would never do anything wrong while Lu Qin's mother was pregnant.
Xiao Yan stayed in the toilet for so long that Lu Qiniang figured it out.
——He is in the toilet, this is not a good thing!
She was dying of laughter.
Why is Xiao Yan so funny?
But if the cow doesn't drink the water, you can't force it, so she stopped teasing him.
After all, he should be feeling more uncomfortable.
A few days later, Chang Hui found Erya and expressed his willingness.
Then Xiao Yan went to talk to Manager Chang, saying that they would discuss marriage after Erya came of age at the end of next year.
Manager Chang naturally agreed and was eager to announce it to the world.
But Xiao Yan said to keep a low profile, so he didn't dare to do anything rash, but he walked with his back straighter.
His son will become successful in the future.
After a few days, it was the day for the Fifth Young Master and Jiang Yi to get married.
Yun Ting is back.
When Yun Ting entered, it was a grand ceremony.
Lu Qiniang watched helplessly as the yard was instantly filled with the things he brought back.
"Slow down, put it here, put it all here—" Yun Ting, wearing a brand new seventh-grade official robe with a brocade patch, greeted Lu Qiniang in a high-spirited manner, "Long time no see!"
"Have you just returned to Beijing? Stop moving things downstairs. Go home first and meet your grandmother and your father. Then you have to go to the palace to meet the empress dowager." Lu Qiniang said.
Why would I come to her first?
"They're all gone."
Yun Ting personally watched over people as they unloaded things from the carriage one by one.
"Secret sauced duck! We use ducks raised on river shrimp. The sauce has been kept for over ten years, and the aroma spreads ten miles away. I had someone pick out the fattest ones for me. Here are twelve. It's so hot, they won't keep well. Aunt Sang, please take a look and decide which families we know should share some with. Keeping two for yourself will be enough."
"Look at this. A delicacy from the mountains, tiger paw mushrooms. You haven't seen them before, right? They're only found on that mountain in Yongji County. Look at the flesh, how thick and tender! Yesterday morning, before daybreak, I personally watched the mountain folks gather them from the old camphor woods. They packed them into baskets while still wet with dew and used them to make soup. They're incredibly delicious."
“…”
Yun Ting hardly stopped and introduced all the local specialties he brought in one breath.
Lu Qiniang didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "Are you going to move Yongji County back to the capital?"
"I haven't been back for a long time, and I missed you guys. Plus, we have a lot of family connections, so I'll give some to everyone and let them try something new."
"You've grown up and become more thoughtful." Lu Qin's mother praised him, "Come in and cool down. There's ice in the house!"
Yun Ting's forehead and nose were covered in sweat, but his eyes were sparkling with joy.
"No, I'm not hot," he said. "Where's Zhuozhuo? Oh, and Jiaojiao."
After he said that, he felt that it would be inappropriate to ask Erya alone, so he brought Sanya along.
"Er Ya is busy in the shop, you don't need to go. Aunt Sang, please ask someone to call her back. Yun Ting, come in and talk."
Lu Qiniang knew that San Ya was just a foil, so she didn't even mention that the little thing had gone outside the city to race horses.
Yes, she can’t be locked up in the palace.
She has to ask for leave from time to time to go out and get some fresh air.
Xiao Yan always sent two guards to accompany her, so he was not worried about her safety.
But she rode too fast, often making the guards sweat profusely from chasing her.
"No, I'll go find her. She's busy and doesn't want to waste time." Yun Ting smiled and said, "I'll go home with her for dinner later."
"Okay, go ahead. I'll ask Daya to come back early and cook you some of your favorite dishes."
"Don't bother, I like to eat everything. Let's go." Yun Ting left happily.
Lu Qiniang looked at his back and suddenly sighed.
The young man’s likes and joys are so pure.
But in this life, there are not always so many things that go as planned.
Erya was also very happy to see Yunting come back.
However, she was still worried about him, so she asked him again whether he had returned home or entered the palace.
“I’ve been to all of them.”
He stood a few steps away from the counter, his eyes fixed on her rouge-stained fingers, but other thoughts were swirling in his mind: If he didn't care and went straight to her rouge shop without even setting foot at home, that would be a real harm to her.
Reckless enthusiasm can turn into a deadly fire in this capital city in an instant.
In fact, I have a lot of things to say to her in my heart.
But Xiao Yan was right.
He still has the burden of an arranged marriage on his shoulders, and he shouldn't drag Arya into this until it's resolved.
He can wait.
He took a deep breath. The air was filled with the unique sweet and warm fragrance of powder, but it couldn't suppress the heaviness in his heart. He couldn't. He could wait. Wait until the day he could stand before her with dignity.
Erya didn't ask any more questions and just arranged the small rouge boxes neatly on the counter.
She leaned over to reach for the jasmine powder high on the shelf, her sleeve slipping down, revealing a fair wrist. Sunlight filtered through the carved window lattices of the shop, dancing in her hair.
Yun Ting stopped talking and just stood quietly by her side, his eyes following her busy figure. He watched her wipe the porcelain bottle with a flannel cloth, watched her carefully weigh the spices, watched her occasionally raise her hand to tuck a strand of hair behind her ear.
The dense fragrance in the shop enveloped him, and this person was the only one left in his eyes, as if time had slowed down at this moment. He just watched, guarding this brief, silent approach, his heart full of thoughts, yet strangely at peace.
"Second Miss—" Chang Hui lifted the thin bamboo curtain hanging at the door of the shop and stepped in with a dusty and summer-weary look.
Unexpectedly seeing Yun Ting, he was stunned for a moment, then bowed and saluted, "Greetings, Prince."
"Chang Hui, you're here." Erya said with a smile, "Come quickly, my account for this month doesn't add up. Come and check it for me."
She walked to the counter and pushed the open account book aside to make room. Her gesture was natural and familiar.
Chang Hui smiled and nodded as he stepped forward.
Erya even subconsciously moved aside, and the two of them stood side by side in front of the account book, their heads almost touching.
Chang Hui asked something in a low voice. Erya frowned and pointed at the account page to explain. The scene was... very dazzling.
Yun Ting stood there, as if he had become an abrupt decoration in the fragrant room.
An indescribable feeling of sourness suddenly surged up from the bottom of my heart, blocking my throat, making it stuffy and astringent.
Isn’t Erya the best friend to me?
Now it seems that someone has taken his place.
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