Chapter 55: Adding fuel to the fire, the syrup is hot
The weather is still a bit cold these days, and Xiao Qingxu needs to take medicine every day and cannot stop for even once.
Ji Suxian kept thinking about the pharmacy, grabbing the herbs accurately, "If you don't want to follow the princess, why are you here?"
"Bai Xiaoye has almost recovered and can get out of bed. Cheng Yishui is by her side, so there's no need for me to follow her around in such a big way."
Ji Suxian's voice was calm and even. "I have always been a selfish person. Isn't that why you didn't tell me about what Brother Xiao did?"
Ji Suxian put the herbs on the medicine scale and weighed them carefully.
"If I had known the news before Brother Xiao took action, I would not have let him succeed."
"I will never allow my family to do something so irrational for a dead person."
Ji Suxian used a medicine grinder to grind the medicinal herbs carefully. The three hairpins on her head flashed with a cold light, exactly the same as the look in her eyes.
"But he succeeded, and he succeeded before I even heard the news."
"I have no other choice. Brother Xiao can give up everything for her. I don't understand why he can love her so deeply."
"But before Brother Xiao dies, I hope this sweet memory can make his departure a little easier, even if it's just a little bit."
Lu Heying said in a deep voice, "But for her, for someone who has a high chance of continuing to live after taking revenge, it is like a sharp knife dipped in sugar."
Ji Suxian stopped what he was doing and raised his head with a cold face.
"She can commit suicide for love, no one will stop her."
Ji Suxian curled the corners of his mouth. "If you really couldn't bear it, why didn't you say anything just now? Why wait until now to tell me all this nonsense? She and I both know that you were hiding in the dark and listening to our conversation."
"Lu Heying."
His complicated expression was reflected in Ji Suxian's eyes.
"We are all selfish people and we all know who is more important to us."
Lu Heying remained silent.
Ji Suxian's eyebrows were mixed with a bit of indifference, "Life for life sounds good, but it also depends on what kind of person is resurrected."
"Shang Yuwan has a strong personality and took on everything in her previous life. If she knew what Brother Xiao did before she was reborn, even if the hope of revenge was slim, she would never allow Brother Xiao to pay such a painful price for her."
Lu Heying frowned. "So you're behind the scenes fanning the flames, trying to make her fall in love with him? Ah Xu has never even shown his face in front of her."
Their identities are unclear, but the transaction is clear. One wants to help the princess become emperor, while the other bears a deep blood feud. Who would fall in love with the other under such circumstances?
"Do they really only have a pure exchange of interests?"
"Brother Xiao's feelings for her have never changed." Ji Suxian said coldly, "Once her identity is exposed, according to her personality, her feelings for Brother Xiao will only become extremely distorted, torturing Brother Xiao and herself."
"Instead of harboring hatred, it's better to let Shang Yuwan accept the heavy weight of love."
"Even if you can't bear it, you have to accept it. Brother Xiao has done so much for her, she shouldn't be ignorant of it."
"On the day the truth comes out, perhaps her love will make a quicker decision than hate."
Lu Heying: "...Where did you learn that?"
Ji Suxian said, "Don't you read storybooks?"
Lu Heying: “…”
He was really impressed.
“Knock knock.”
A medicine woman knocked on the door and came in.
Ji Suxian looked over and asked, "Any news?"
The medicine girl nodded, "'Shang Yuwan' has appeared in Qu Qi before."
Qu Qiguo?
Ji Suxian looked at Lu Heying, "Is this why you came to me?"
Lu Heying nodded.
It seems that after searching for so long, this is all the information I can find.
Ji Suxian waved her hand to let the medicine girl leave and resumed grinding the herbs. "What did Brother Xiao say?"
"Tell her."
Ji Suxian nodded and said, "Go and do your own thing. Don't be an eyesore here."
Shang Yuwan also bought hawthorn and sugar.
You can buy candied haws, but she thought that just buying them would not show sincerity, so she decided to make a plate of them herself.
Before dinner time, Shang Yuwan hurried back to the City Lord's Mansion, avoiding everyone and tinkering in the small kitchen for a long time.
An hour later, Xiao Qingxu took off his mask, looked at the plate of pitted candied haws, and asked, "Where did it come from?"
Ji Suxian said with a smile: "Shang Yuwan made this for you. Who told you not to see her? She was too embarrassed to ask those grown men, so she had to ask me for help."
How could Xiao Qingxu not see what she wanted to do: "Little sister, don't do anything unnecessary."
Ji Suxian spread his hands innocently: "I bought the hawthorns and sugar myself. Do you know how expensive sugar is? I made syrup and my hands were blistered. I'm just a deliveryman. What does it have to do with me?"
"After you finish eating, go talk to her. You can talk about anything. Brother Xiao, we are not children anymore. Can you two really never see each other again?"
Xiao Qingxu was silent for a moment, "It's not that I don't want to see her."
Ji Suxian uttered an "oh," "Have you not figured out how to get along with her in the future? Or do you want to become strangers to her? I'm wondering why you're still so nagging. Isn't it enough to just be the same as before?"
Ji Suxian patted his shoulder and said, "Let's go. After you finish eating, go check on the girl. The little girl's hands have been blown to pieces."
Xiao Qingxu: "......"
Although he knew that Ji Suxian's words when he was not serious were exaggerated, he still finished his dinner as quickly as possible and knocked on Shang Yuwan's door.
"who?"
"It's me."
"Come in."
Xiao Qingxu pushed the door open and walked in, his eyes sweeping over Shang Yuwan's whole body. The first thing he saw was the back of her left hand wrapped in gauze, and the second time he saw that Xiao Qinggu and Twelve were there too.
"Oh~ The person who burned your hand with syrup is here~"
Shang Yuwan: “…”
Xiao Qingxu: "......"
Twelve's face was slightly gloomy, and it was obvious that he was not in a good mood towards Xiao Qingxu.
Xiao Qinggu affectionately pulled Twelve away, "You guys chat, we'll leave first."
Twelve was dragged out by Xiao Qinggu like a piece of wood.
Xiao Qinggu had just closed the door, and before Twelve could take a step forward to go back in, Ji Suxian, who had hurried over, grabbed his arm around the waist and took him away.
"Have you been having trouble sleeping recently? Lord Shang doesn't seem to be sleeping well either. I've changed the tranquilizer I've given you. Can you help me try it?"
The two people who heard it clearly in the house: "......"
Shang Yuwan always felt that the atmosphere became particularly weird after Xiao Qingxu came.
Did she apologize in the wrong way? There seemed to be some misunderstanding between them.
Xiao Qingxu sat opposite Shang Yuwan and twitched his fingers on his knees.
"Is your hand okay?"
Shang Yuwan raised his left hand, "This?"
"It's just a minor injury, it's okay."
She hadn't done these things for a long time and was a little rusty. It didn't matter if she got burned because she wasn't paying attention. Compared with the fighting, it didn't feel like much at all.
"How about you, Tanghulu? Are you okay? Are you still angry?"
Xiao Qingxu met Shang Yuwan's serious gaze, and unconsciously avoided it slightly, his eyes falling on her newly grown white hair.
"It's delicious, thank you very much. I, I'm not mad at you."
Shang Yuwan nodded, "That's good, please go back."
Xiao Qingxu: "......"
Xiao Qingxu: “?”
"What did you say?"
"Hmm?" Shang Yuwan tilted her head. "Is there anything else? Did something happen in Kyoto or Yanmen?"
Xiao Qingxu shook his head blankly, "No."
Shang Yuwan hummed, "Then the host..."
"have!"
Xiao Qingxu suddenly emphasized his tone. Shang Yuwan was startled. "What's the matter?"
Xiao Qingxu pursed his lips and clutched the hem of his clothes with both hands, "I... I asked someone to check..."
Shang Yuwan's heart sank, and he could tell he was hesitant to speak. "What did the host find out?"
Xiao Qingxu hesitated for a while, but finally confessed: "I only found out that you appeared in Qu Qiguo before."
Shang Yuwan's heart suddenly relaxed. "Is that all?"
"Yes, that's all."
The two fell silent for a moment.
"You should have a good rest."
At this time, Xiao Qingxu no longer had the calm and composed look he usually had when playing chess and chatting with her, and he left as if he was running for his life.
Shang Yuwan looked at his guilty and flustered back and smiled helplessly.
They had never really confessed their feelings to each other. It was understandable that the OP had someone investigate her for the sake of so many people in Baijialou. Why did she react so strongly just now?
But the ice has finally been broken. I shouldn't be hiding from her tomorrow morning.
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