Chapter 135 Extra 4
Luo Yuxing took a step back when he heard the voice, his heart tensed. After realizing who was outside, he wanted to move closer to the wall, but then he remembered the unpleasantness of the past six months, so he stepped back and stood there without saying a word.
"Sir?"
"Shh!"
When Luo Yuxing saw the girl rushing towards him, he quickly subdued her.
The girl covered her mouth and lowered her voice: "Is it Master Ruijin?"
Luo Yuxing didn't answer. He glanced at the tall wall. He pinched his index finger, hesitated for a while, and whispered to the girl, "Tell him I'm asleep."
"Oh, oh." The girl nodded foolishly and raised her voice: "Master Ruijin, our master said he has fallen asleep."
Luo Yuxing opened her eyes wide when she heard this. She was at a loss and wanted to cover the girl's mouth. Then Zhang Ruijin's voice came from outside: "Yuxing, can I see you?"
"It's so late, you should go back."
"I won't go back until I see you."
Luo Yuxing bit his lower lip. Why was this man still being stubborn? "Then how are you going to see me? Can you just dig a hole in the wall?"
"There's a ladder in the warehouse."
Luo Yuxing was stunned across the wall, unable to believe that Zhang Ruijin, who was usually well-mannered, would say such a thing as climbing over the human wall late at night. His tone was calm and it sounded so natural.
He pursed his lips: He must have learned bad things in the capital.
"Come back tomorrow."
"I have something important to tell you."
"Why do you have to say it tonight?"
There was silence outside the wall for a while, and then he said, "If you don't want to see me, then I'll talk outside."
Zhang Ruijin looked at the empty and quiet alley and said, "It's just that the night watchman has arrived in the distance. If you don't mind...
Luo Yuxing's expression froze: "Don't, don't talk!"
The girl came up carefully: "Master, do you want to get a ladder for Master Ruijin?"
Luo Yuxing didn't say anything, but he gave the girl a slight nod of his chin. Seeing that she had obeyed his orders, he chased after her and said, "Keep quiet."
Rui Jin stood quietly outside. After a stick of incense had passed, a ladder was slowly handed to him from the wall. For fear of making a noise if dropped, the ladder was half hanging on the wall, so he reached out to take it.
After a while, Luo Yuxing, who was walking around the garden at a loss with his hands in his pockets, saw Ruijin climbing up the wall, wrapped in moonlight, and then jumped down with a thud. He was so scared that his heart skipped a beat, and the little girl hurried forward to put away the ladder.
"You look serious and self-possessed on weekdays, but deep down you're just as playful as Xiaoli." Luo Yuxing looked at the person squatting on the ground and said a few words of scolding.
"If it weren't for some people, I wouldn't have lost my style like this."
Luo Yuxing frowned: "Do you mean to blame me?"
Rui Jin looked at the man's face puffed up because of anger, and his eyes softened: "Why don't you come and help me?"
"Think about it yourself."
"I'm hurt."
Luo Yuxing looked nervous when he heard this, and walked over to help the man up: "Did you fall and hurt your foot?"
"That's not the case."
Luo Yuxing changed his concerned expression and shook the person off.
"I was injured while taking the exam."
Luo Yuxing frowned again: "Where is the injury?"
"It's nothing serious. The horse got frightened and threw me off on the road. I bumped against a rock. It's nothing serious."
"That's not a big deal!" Luo Yuxing's face turned pale: "Why didn't you say so earlier?"
"I can say I can leave again." Rui Jin looked at Luo Yuxing's eyes and suddenly they turned red. He sighed slightly, "Your tears are like free money, they come as soon as you say them. I didn't tell you because I was afraid you would be like this. It's been more than half a year, and there's really nothing wrong with you. If you really don't believe me, I'll show you."
He stretched out his hand to hold Luo Yuxing's hand. When he was sad, he became a little soft boy. He no longer had the temper and was no longer stubborn, so he let him hold his hand.
Ruijin was familiar with the layout of the Luo family. Although he had never been to Luo Yuxing's room, he knew the location of his room. So he led the person there with ease, as if he was leading the person into his own home.
"Who let you in?"
Rui Jin looked at the man who said this after entering the room and pinched his cheek: "Do you want me to sleep outside?"
Luo Yuxing looked at him with eyes wide open: "You, you still want to stay here?"
He quickly stepped back. The girl knew what was going on and didn't follow him in. There were only two people in the room, so he quickly hugged her: "This is against the rules."
Zhang Ruijin sat down on the soft couch beside him and looked at him quietly: "You are really good at catching words."
Luo Yuxing blushed slightly, and Zhang Ruijin waved at him: "Come here quickly."
"I know you could have come to see me these days, but you said you had a cold and stayed indoors. What's the reason?"
Luo Yuxing sat down at one side, feeling aggrieved when talking about these things: "He has been gone for such a long time, and he clearly knew that I would miss him, but he never sent a letter back. After all, the capital city is so good, but I am afraid that it is too dazzling."
"I fell off my horse on the way to the exam and injured my hand. The letter I sent back home was also written by someone else. I was afraid that my family would worry, so I paid extra money to have the letter writer imitate my handwriting." Rui Jin looked at Luo Yuxing: "I have always wanted to write you a letter, but you are well-read and so smart, you must have seen at a glance that it was written by someone else."
"Besides... the words I miss about you are not something that can be read out loud and asked to be written down by others."
Luo Yuxing's face turned even redder. She lowered her eyes and didn't dare to look at Zhang Ruijin. She was silent for a long time before she asked, "Then how did you go to take the exam?"
"Fortunately, I didn't waste too much time on the road. It was still early when I arrived in the capital. I carefully recuperated for more than half a month, taking medicine every day so that I could move when the end came."
"It takes more than half a month to recover from a broken bone."
Luo Yuxing thought that the weather in the capital at that time was not warm enough, and the Examination Hall was not as good as an inn or a restaurant. The conditions were difficult and it must have been cold. Thinking that Ruijin insisted on answering the questions with injuries in such an environment, he felt bad and couldn't imagine how he managed to survive.
"I have failed the Master's expectations and am only ranked second."
"Nonsense, Grandfather is already very satisfied with your ranking. Even in the Imperial College back then, there were many outstanding people, and it was rare to be in the top two."
Rui Jin saw that he was speaking for him, and his expression softened: "As long as you don't mind."
"How could I?"
Rui Jin moved closer to Luo Yuxing. "After the joint examination, I waited for the results, and then the palace examination. In a blink of an eye, a month or two passed. Before I came back, my hands were already flexible. I thought I could finally write you a good letter, but when I picked up the pen, I couldn't put it on paper."
He looked at Luo Yuxing: "I think carefully, I haven't written to you for such a long time, you must miss me all the time. If you miss me so much, then you must not care about other things. It's good for you to miss me like this all the time."
Luo Yuxing glared at him: "You are too cunning."
Zhang Ruijin nodded undeniably: "The Zhang family has always been like this."
After saying that, he took out a stack of envelopes from his chest and said, "Make up for it."
Luo Yuxing's heart moved slightly. He took the envelope carefully and opened it gently. He frowned as he looked at the words on the letter. There was nothing else in the letter except a name written in a monotonous way: Luo Yuxing.
The handwriting in the first few letters was a little stagnant and trembling, then gradually became smooth again, and then to one page it became elegant and free and unrestrained... There were so many letters, and his name appeared thousands of times.
"Ruijin..."
Luo Yuxing's throat tightened: "I..."
Before he finished speaking, he heard hurried footsteps and his personal maid suddenly opened the door and came in, looking panicked and said, "Sir, the master is coming!"
Luo Yuxing was stunned, and stood up in confusion, looking at the tall man who looked like Uncle Zhang sitting on the soft couch. He used to feel at ease when looking at him, but now he was at a loss. He hurriedly pulled Zhang Ruijin up: "Hurry, hide!"
Zhang Ruijin thought that he had nowhere to hide, as he would be in the same room sooner or later. However, he was afraid of scaring the old man by climbing over the wall, so he followed Xiaoxing's suggestion and hid behind the screen. However, the little brother who pulled him actually pushed him onto the bed.
A soft quilt was placed over his head, but perhaps it still wasn't enough, so he threw a cloak over it. If it weren't for the cold nights in autumn, it would have been really unbearable for him to be stuck in there.
But I have to say...Xiao Xing'er's bed is very warm and smells good.
"Why is Grandfather here so late?"
Luo Yan walked into the room and saw Luo Yuxing's eyes were red and he looked a little uneasy. He said, "I washed up and sobered up. I thought you were not in a good mood today, so I came to see you."
"Are you crying again?"
Luo Yuxing quickly shook his head: "Maybe it's because it's late and I haven't slept yet, so my eyes are a little red."
"I don't know yours yet." Luo Yan sighed slightly: "Grandfather will go to talk to Ruijin tomorrow."
Luo Yuxing quickly shook his head: "It's really okay, I'm ready to sleep with grandpa."
"Are you really alright?"
"It's okay." Luo Yuxing stood up and said, "Grandfather drank a lot of wine at night, so he should go back to the house and rest early."
Luo Yan felt that Luo Yuxing was a little strange today, but he couldn't tell what was wrong: "Well, you should go to bed early."
Luo Yuxing nodded and watched Luo Yan leave his yard before turning back. He returned to the room, hurriedly opened the bed curtain, and dug Zhang Ruijin out of the quilt.
"Is it necessary to hide it so carefully?"
Ruijin lay on the bed and looked up at the person standing in front of the bed.
"If Grandfather knew that you came here like this at night, he would probably think that all these years of teaching you etiquette, morality, and honor were in vain."
Ruijin did not answer, but just stared at Luo Yuxing. Suddenly, he stretched out his hand and pulled him forward, and Luo Yuxing fell on the bed.
"What are you doing? Go back now."
"Where can I go back to? You've already pushed me into the bed, so even if I'm not romantic, I should respond."
"I...I didn't mean that."
Before he finished speaking, he saw Rui Jin trying to undress, and he covered his eyes in panic: "It's all about emotion, but it's all about courtesy, don't do that!"
After a long while without any movement, Luo Yuxing slowly loosened his fingers, only to see Rui Jin, neatly dressed, looking at him as if he were watching a big show.
He let go, turned his head away awkwardly, let out a breath, and felt a little disappointed.
"Yuxing."
"Um?"
Zhang Ruijin leaned over and kissed Luo Yuxing on the corner of her mouth: "I have prepared the betrothal gifts. Can I come over to propose marriage tomorrow?"
Luo Yuxing was stunned: "When did you prepare it?"
"A long time."
When I first taught you to ride a horse, I started planning for the future.
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