Ren Yaoqi: "..."
Ren Yaoqi, who thought she understood Xiao Jinglin very well, thought about it all the time but couldn't understand the deep meaning of Xiao Jinglin's words. Ultimately, it was because the two of them had a huge difference in their definitions of "beauty" and "hero".
It took more than half an hour to walk from the southern suburbs to the hot spring villa. After the carriage entered the hot spring villa, the three of them got off the carriage.
Ren Yaoqi looked around and said with a smile, "Isn't it the custom to go hiking on Double Ninth Festival? Where is the highest point in the hot spring villa?"
Xiao Jingxi smiled when he heard this, raised his hand and pointed to the southwest and said, "Isn't it there?"
Ren Yaoqi looked in the direction Xiao Jingxi pointed and was slightly stunned.
To the southwest of the Hot Spring Villa stood a nine-story tower, known to the people of Yunyang City as the "Star Picking Tower," and visible from a great distance. Ren Yaoqi had seen this tower before when he had visited the Hot Spring Villa, but it was said that the "Star Picking Tower" was a forbidden area within the villa, guarded by guards and inaccessible.
Before this, Ren Yaoqi had heard other young ladies and ladies talking about this. Some said that the nine-story pagoda was actually a stupa where the relics of the Buddha were enshrined. Others said that the stupa enshrined the tablets of the Xiao family's ancestors and the military books passed down by the Xiao family. Some even said that the "Zhaixing Tower" actually contained a "national master" of Yanbei who was over a hundred years old. Every time before Yanbei went to war, the King of Yanbei would come to the Zhaixing Tower to ask the "national master" to tell fortunes and predict good or bad luck.
However, judging by Xiao Jingxi and Xiao Jinglin's expressions, it didn't look like there was any big secret in the "Star Picking Tower." It was just that it was a forbidden area, and it didn't seem like a suitable place for climbing during the Double Ninth Festival.
Xiao Jingxi smiled and said nonchalantly, "It's just an empty building. The reason they don't let people in is because they're afraid the tower is too high and it would be dangerous to go up there."
Xiao Jinglin glanced at Xiao Jingxi and said nothing.
Although Ren Yaoqi had some doubts in her heart, since Xiao Jingxi said so, she didn't know what to say.
The three of them were walking southwest while talking when suddenly there was a rustling sound in the grass beside the road. Ren Yaoqi turned around and saw Silly Girl poking her head out from a bush not far away. She wagged her tail briskly and let out a "wooo" as she was about to come out when Tong He appeared out of nowhere and patted her head: "You rolled around in the mud, come take a bath with me!"
Silly Girl paused her happily wagging tail, then turned around and roared ferociously at Tong He. Silly Girl was now almost the size of an adult tiger. The roar scared the birds on the surrounding branches and made them fly away. Most people would be so scared that their legs would tremble after hearing it.
Xiao Jingxi walked over, stretched out his hand and pointed at Silly Girl's forehead, and said with a half-smile: "You look so energetic, why don't you take a few more baths?"
The silly girl who was showing off her tiger power just a moment ago quickly turned her head and stepped back, staring at Xiao Jingxi with her big round eyes, and her tail wagging behind her became more and more flattering, no longer having the demeanor of the king of the forest.
Ren Yaoqi couldn't help laughing while watching from the side.
Tong He laughed and said, "This little guy only takes a bath when the young master is around. He's so arrogant in the garden."
Silly Girl is kept in the hot spring villa most of the time. There are many animals of all sizes in the villa. Silly Girl’s favorite thing to do is to chase chickens and dogs. However, she will not bite them even if she catches them. She just likes to hold other small animals in her mouth and roll around in the grass. When she is happy, she will send the cats and dogs back safely and continue playing the next day. Silly Girl is now considered a bully in the hot spring villa.
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