Chapter 215: Evening with Wind (5)
Xuanyun dodged like a loach, left the study, and closed the door behind him.
On the Lantern Festival, after dinner, when it was getting dark, Ming Zhou and Lin arrived outside the Lin Mansion.
Lin Tingwan had already been waiting in front of the mansion gate, clutching her sleeves with her fingertips, feeling a little nervous.
The carriage stopped in front of the Lin Mansion. Ming Zhouhe lifted the curtain and saw someone standing not far away. He looked at him for a moment but did not get off.
Dressed in crimson with silvery-white light, it is warm in the twilight, and looks like the last ray of afterglow before the golden crow sinks completely.
He tilted his head slightly and said to Lin Tingwan, "Come here?"
Hearing his voice, Lin Tingwan approached the carriage.
Ming Zhouhe reached out his hand to her.
Glancing at his smiling face, Lin Tingwan placed her hand in his palm for the second time.
Ming Zhou and Hui held her hand, exerted force on their wrists, and brought her up.
Lin Tingwan leaned over to get into the carriage. Seeing him sitting next to her, she placed her hands on her knees a little awkwardly. "Why would Third Young Master Ming invite me to enjoy the lanterns during the Lantern Festival?"
A candlelight inside the carriage provided a faint glow, the flame flickering in the lampshade.
Ming Zhou and Wen Yan paused for a moment, then asked, "Why did Miss Lin Er agree to come out to enjoy the lanterns? Are you asking this because you don't want to enjoy the lanterns with me?"
"No, I thought about it." Lin Tingwan quickly denied it, looking at his expression with some anxiety.
He asked her out, so she was naturally happy to go. The question seemed a bit thoughtless.
The young man's eyebrows were bright and elegant, his eyes were usually carefree, and his tone was slightly teasing: "Just kidding, it's the Lantern Festival, and men and women are meeting. Is there anything wrong with me asking my fiancée out?"
Lin Tingwan bit her lower lip, a faint blush appeared on her cheeks, and she couldn't take her eyes off his face.
The corners of his lips raised, he glanced at her expression, tapped his fingertips on his knees, and said again: "Stretch out your hand."
Lin Tingwan obeyed subconsciously, thought for a moment, and stretched out his right hand to him.
A bracelet was tied around her wrist, bringing a little warmth that was not cold, and at the same time, she felt the touch of his fingertips touching her wrist.
Lin Tingwan couldn't help but curl her fingers back, but her eyes were fixed on his slightly drooping eyebrows.
Ming Zhouhe raised his eyes and met her gaze, tilting his head slightly, a hint of smile appearing on his face.
She seemed to be in a trance, but also seemed to be greedy, she did not move her eyes away.
Ming Zhouhe lowered his eyes again and carefully tied the bracelet for her.
After tying the slipknot, he held out his hand and said, "How about exchanging this for a Lantern Festival gift?"
He put his hands back on his knees, his left hand unconsciously touching the jade on his right wrist, which still held his warmth. Lin Tingwan asked, "What are the conditions?"
"Don't call me Mr. Ming San." He then read out her name on the marriage certificate: "Ting Wan."
He felt his chest beating violently. Lin Tingwan's eyes moved and he opened his lips slightly: "Okay, what do you want me to call you?"
She had never thought her name sounded so pleasant, especially when he called it.
"What did you want to call me?"
Not sure if it was nervousness or shyness that took over, she used her fingertips to hook the jade into her palm and rubbed it unconsciously, "Zhuhe?"
He loved to ask her questions in return, and each question seemed to be probing her heart, causing her to reveal her hidden flaws again and again.
"Okay." Ming Zhouhe leaned against the carriage window, looking away from her. He seemed to be unable to hold back his laughter and said, "Don't be nervous. I won't eat people."
Lin Tingwan was a little dissatisfied with being led around by him all the time. She held her breath and said, "You'll see him more often in the future, so you won't be nervous anymore."
"Are you suggesting I ask you out more often, fiancée?"
Lin Tingwan's voice involuntarily became smaller, and he said at a loss, "No."
Facing him, it was a complete defeat.
"You don't sound very confident." Ming Zhou observed her expression with his eyes, thought for a moment, and then withdrew his questioning posture. "It doesn't matter if it's not true. I will ask you out more often in the future. You should agree, right?"
Lin Tingwan opened his mouth, but finally just nodded.
"Did someone prepare some cakes for you when you came out? It's sweet to eat them." Ming Zhouhe took out two plates of cakes from the secret compartment and placed them on the small table.
The portions are not big, just eat for fun and don’t fill up your stomach.
In the reddish candlelight, Lin Tingwan took a look and found that they were all the dishes that Jianli often ate at her birthday party when she went there that day.
Unexpectedly, my heart beat faster, "Okay."
"I heard that you spent the past few years in your hometown accompanying your grandmother to recuperate?"
"Well, my grandmother has always been in poor health. The capital is too cold for her. The climate in Jiangnan is pleasant and very suitable for recuperation. I have been with my grandmother in Jiangnan for seven years." Lin Tingwan relaxed slightly. "I am used to living in Jiangnan and don't want to go back to Beijing."
"But I was already old enough to get married. My mother often wrote to me urging me to return to Beijing, and my grandmother also urged me to come back. I had no choice but to come back. I arrived in Beijing at the end of May."
As she spoke, she couldn't help but glance at Ming Zhouhe.
On the afternoon of May 25th, the carriage had just arrived at the city gate. There were many carriages waiting to enter the city and wait for inspection. She was waiting in front of the city gate.
The moment he lifted the curtain, he rode over, took out the token from his waist, and waved it casually towards the guard. His eyebrows were arrogant and unrestrained, and he smiled sporadically, showing his youthful spirit.
A quick glimpse, an unforgettable sight.
She had been away from the capital for many years, so she had no idea who he was and had no way of finding out about him. Later, during the autumn hunt, Princess Kangning asked her to join a team to play polo, and only then did she learn from Yu Yiluo that he was the third son of the Ming family of the Duke of Anguo.
Pulling her mind away from her brief recollection, she continued, "It's been eight or nine months since I left Jiangnan. I miss my grandmother a lot."
"Are you planning to bring your grandmother to Beijing this year?"
"Yes, this summer my second brother will go back to Jiangnan to pick up Grandma." Lin Tingwan sat upright and added to her fiancé, "Grandma wants to marry me off and has decided to live in Beijing from now on."
After all, she had been alone with her grandmother in Jiangnan for seven years, and had the deepest relationship with her grandmother among her grandchildren, so her grandmother loved her very much.
To be honest, her grandmother wanted to be buried next to her children and grandchildren.
"You have a good relationship with Yu Wu's sister?"
"Yes, I often played with her in Jiangnan." Lin Tingwan nodded, "During the day..."
Still unable to call out the name clearly, she covered it up and asked, "Did Ali and Sister Lin tell you?"
"I asked my second sister." That gossipy girl asked me all sorts of questions.
A guy full of energy, gossiping about his cousin and eldest brother, gossiping about his second brother and Miss Zheng, while also cultivating feelings with Brother Ji, and at the same time not neglecting to eat, drink and have fun with her various sisters. Now she gossiped about him again, and teased him a lot when she asked.
But compared to the cousin who doesn't like gossip and is a bit introverted, the second sister is obviously more suitable for inquiring about news. If you ask one question, she can answer you ten questions.
Lin Tingwan glanced at him secretly, with uncontrollable joy in her eyes.
He took the initiative to ask about her.
Without revealing her obvious expression, Ming Zhouhe smiled cheerfully and changed the subject: "Didn't you prepare a Lantern Festival gift for me?"
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