Chapter 97 What kind of young lady climbs onto the roof for no reason?
"Miss, it's raining." Taoye took an umbrella and held it for her, looking out into the vast night.
This is a new beginning.
Yao Qingling wanted to be alone for a while, so she took an umbrella and asked Taoye to go inside the post station.
She sat on the steps, doing nothing but quietly watching the rain.
I don't know how long I watched, but I think I saw a figure in the rain.
Yao Qingling suspected she was hallucinating from looking at it for too long, so she blinked, but the figure became clearer and clearer.
Until she could see it clearly.
Yao Qingling stood up, tilting her head slightly as she looked at the man who had walked up to her: "Young Master Lin, what are you doing here?"
Why are you out of town so late?
Lin Shiyuan wore a raincoat, and raindrops dripped down. He glanced at her quietly, said nothing, and stepped inside.
Yao Qingling turned her head to look at his back.
His shoes were completely soaked, leaving footprints and muddy patches on the floor with each step; his robes were also terribly wet.
He seems to be in a bad mood?
Yao Qingling heard the waiter inside the inn say, "Oh, young master, you've been out for so long, have you found someone? You're soaking wet, go and change your clothes..."
When Yao Qingling went inside, she saw Lin Shiyuan take off his raincoat and return it to the waiter before going upstairs.
Confused, Yao Qingling called Lin Qiao over: "He came to see you?"
Lin Qiao was also somewhat bewildered.
She left the city today without telling her brother.
"I'll go ask," Lin Qiao said, running upstairs.
On Yao Qingling's side, Taoye came to ask her, "Miss, shall we eat dinner in the main hall, or should it be sent to our room?"
They arrived rather late, and the inn was past dinner time. Taoye gave them extra money and asked the kitchen to prepare a few simple dishes.
"Lobby bar." She walked to the lobby table and sat down. After thinking for a moment, she asked Taoye to go upstairs and ask.
Lin Qiao was waiting at the door of the guest room when Tao Ye came up and saw her.
Taoye said, "Miss asked me to ask if Young Master Lin has had dinner yet. Since you're here, why don't you ask your brother?"
Inside the room, Lin Shiyuan was taking off his coat when he heard voices at the door and glanced over.
Ignoring it, he draped his soaking wet coat aside.
Based on Yao Qingling's previous probing, Lin Shiyuan wasn't particularly angry, but he was still somewhat resentful.
Once Yao Qingling left the city, he didn't follow her.
But I felt uneasy, as if something was weighing on my mind.
He thought he was only worried about Lin Qiao, and it had nothing to do with certain other people.
He waited at the city gate, knowing that as long as he saw her carriage enter the city, everything would be fine.
But as darkness fell and rain was imminent, he couldn't resist leaving the city.
With the city under tight security, the gatekeepers asked him what he was doing out of the city so late. Lin Shiyuan could only reply that a relative of his had broken his leg in the countryside and he was going to visit him.
After leaving the city, they arrived at the post station, but there was no carriage for Yao Qingling. The waiter said that no lady had come to stay.
Lin Shiyuan's heart tightened, worried that Yao Qingling and the others would turn against the bandits. He immediately borrowed a raincoat from the waiter and headed towards Que'er Mountain to look for them.
We were running the whole way.
On the way, he encountered a carriage whose wheels were stuck in a ditch. The driver asked him for help, but Lin Shiyuan was in no mood to help and ignored him.
A steward-like man got off the carriage, saying he was from the Marquis of Zhongyong's residence, and gave him a silver ingot as a reward.
He looked anxious, saying that if he missed the deadline, he was afraid his master would blame him.
Lin Shiyuan glanced at the emblem on the carriage, and it really was the flying eagle totem of the Marquis of Loyalty and Bravery.
By this time, he had calmed down.
He knew Yao Qingling was about to make a big move, and those pampered people in the Marquis of Zhongyong's mansion wouldn't call for their stewards to come out and do things at this time.
This clandestine approach made Lin Shiyuan even more calm and rational.
He helped push the carriage out of the mud pit, accepted the silver ingots, and after the steward thanked him, he quickly drove the carriage away.
They ran very fast, as if afraid of falling behind, and mud and water flew out from under the wheels.
Lin Shiyuan did not head towards Que'er Mountain again; nor did he immediately return to the post station.
I'll just wait by the roadside.
After a while, a group of people came over.
The carriage was in the lead, followed by about a hundred people. Lin Shiyuan recognized it almost immediately as Yao Qingling's carriage.
At that moment, an indescribable emotion welled up inside him, a feeling that was like relief, happiness, and a touch of anger.
He couldn't tell what it was, he just felt unhappy.
He watched as the men and horses passed by, but none of them came out.
Then he came back alone.
When I returned, I was surprised to see Yao Qingling sitting alone on the steps.
Are you waiting for him?
Did she see him?
But what she asked was, "What are you doing here?"
At that moment, Lin Shiyuan looked at her, unable to express his feelings, and simply didn't want to speak.
Lin Qiao knocked on the door: "Brother, I'm coming in."
Without waiting for a response from inside, she pushed the door open and went in.
Seeing the man wearing only an undergarment pouring water for her, Lin Qiao asked, "Brother, did you come to see me?"
Lin Shiyuan glanced at her, lowered his eyelids, and gave a faint "hmm".
Lin Qiao pouted, "Brother, I am Miss's bodyguard. What's the meaning of you following me around like this? If Miss sees you, she'll doubt my ability to protect her."
Today is different from the past. When Lin Qiao saw so many people following Yao Qingling down the mountain, she felt a great sense of crisis, fearing that someone would take her place.
Lin Shiyuan put down his cup: "Then I'll tell Madam Yao that you're no longer working as a guard."
Lin Qiao glared at him, walked over and took down the dirty clothes hanging on the rack, saying, "If I don't work as a guard, who will support you?"
Her earnest expression made it seem as if the younger sister was truly working herself to the bone to support her older brother.
Lin Shiyuan: "..."
Lin Qiao then said, "Brother, Miss asked if you want to have dinner. If you're hungry—"
Before she could finish speaking, the man interrupted her: "I'm not hungry."
Lin Qiao turned to look at him, wondering why his face was so long.
She pouted and said, "If I'm not hungry, I'm not hungry. Who cares about you?"
Without saying anything more, I took his clothes to wash.
When they came downstairs, Yao Qingling and Tao Ye were waiting; the coachman was eating at another table.
Lin Qiao sat down and said, "My brother's clothes are dirty and he hasn't changed them. He can't come down easily, so I'll bring them to him in a bit."
Yao Qingling nodded.
There were few complaints at the inn tonight, and the lobby was quiet. Lin Qiao's deliberately amplified voice carried to the second floor.
Lin Shiyuan, who had just finished drinking water and filling his stomach in the room, looked down at himself and was speechless.
After dinner, Yao Qingling went back to her room to rest.
But she woke up suddenly in the middle of the night.
After waking up, I couldn't fall back asleep.
The rain outside has stopped, the moon is shining through, and everything is peaceful and serene.
Yao Qingling wore an overcoat, leaned against the window and looked at the night scene, a slight smile playing on her lips.
Suddenly, a deep male voice came from outside the window.
"How can you laugh while supporting so many people?"
Yao Qingling was startled. She leaned out of the window, her hands braced against the window frame, and saw Lin Shiyuan leaning against the wall, calmly gazing at the night scene in front of him.
Yao Qingling: "It's so late, aren't you going to sleep?"
Lin Shiyuan glanced at her, turned his head away slightly, and said, "Want to go up to the roof to see the moonlight?"
Yao Qingling pursed her lips and hesitated.
She had never been on a roof.
What kind of young lady climbs onto the roof for no reason?
No, she has been on the roof, and more than once.
It was this man who carried him up there to spy on others.
But I've never gone to admire the moon.
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