The man supported his chin, his sleepy eyelashes drooped lazily and were half-closed. His long eyelashes cast a shadow in the candlelight like a small fan, but it was still obvious that he was trying hard to keep his eyes open, but he still couldn't help falling asleep due to sleepiness.
He supported his chin with his hand, and became more and more tired. If he had been more ruthless, he would have probably hit the candle on the table.
Gu Jinke walked slowly and lightly, looking at the scene, he couldn't help laughing, and was a little angry, but he still moved the candle on the table away carefully.
The light and shadow changed, and Li Yuxin suddenly woke up alertly and asked coldly, "Who?"
He raised his eyes and saw Gu Jinke. The cold expression on his face froze for a moment, then quickly faded away and became soft and joyful: "Your Highness is back?"
Gu Jinke nodded. She stood in front of Li Yuxin, and the cold wind at night was blocked. She smiled and asked, "It's cold and dark, why don't you go back to rest? Why do you sleep in the yard with the lights on?"
Li Yuxin smiled and said, "I just wanted to sit in the yard, but I fell asleep."
He used the candlelight in the courtyard to carefully observe the expression on Gu Jinke's face. Seeing that there was a lot of fatigue between her brows and that she had just returned to the mansion at this time, he knew that she was busy today. He couldn't help swallowing back many words and only restrained his concern.
"Your Highness has just returned home at this time. You should take care of your health and rest."
He looked at the sky and couldn't help but ask, "Your Highness, would you like to have more food?"
As he spoke, he pulled his cloak closer, his eyes showing his concern, "The kitchen is always preparing food. As long as Your Highness needs it, the kitchen will always have it ready and it can be served directly."
Ever since Gu Jinke had been busy at the frontier and had not been seen for several days, and when he did come back it was always in the middle of the night, Li Yuxin had been paying close attention to him, and had the kitchen always stewing nourishing soups and warming up snacks, hoping that every time she came back, she wouldn't have to wait if she wanted to eat.
Gu Jinke shook her head. It was too late at night, so she naturally didn't plan to eat anything, for fear that she would disturb people's sleep when she returned home, or alarm the cook and cause a big fuss. She ate the same meals as the soldiers in the barracks before slowly returning to this temporary shelter to rest.
She looked at Li Yuxin and his cloak and smiled: "Yes, I agree, but since you know that you want me to protect my body, shouldn't I set a standard for myself?"
But Li Yuxin was still sleeping in the yard, with a cloak on his head. He was worried, but he couldn't put his heart into it.
Li Yuxin's hands, which were pinching the sides of the cloak, froze, and he was embarrassed. He said in defense, "I was only planning to stay outside for a short while, but I fell asleep."
Gu Jinke hadn't come back for several days. He had been waiting outside with a candle a few days ago, because he knew that the war was tense and she would not come back. She would go back to rest when the night got darker. But today, he seemed to have sensed something and had been waiting here stubbornly. He accidentally fell asleep, but he really waited for her.
His ears turned red with embarrassment, and he quickly reached out and pushed Gu Jinke: "Your Highness, please go back and rest first. I will go down to rest first too."
Gu Jinke was pushed by him and could only walk a few steps into the yard. Not knowing whether to laugh or cry, he agreed, "Okay, go to bed early!"
Li Yuxin watched her back slowly disappearing in the courtyard in front, and then his brows furrowed.
Gu Jinke was so busy, he couldn't pester him to talk about love affairs at this time, it would be bad to delay her. But if he didn't care about anything and did nothing but stayed in this yard, his trip to the frontier would be meaningless.
I always have to do something for her or for Dajin.
His experiences since childhood have taught him that only when a person is valuable can he have the luck to be noticed by others and be "favored".
As for waiting and cooking meals, the servants in the mansion could do it very well, so why would they really need him?
He, Li Yuxin, has never been a coward, and he doesn't want to be a burden to Gu Jinke in this city!
Moreover, he seemed to have realized that he was not the only one who had rushed to the border for Gu Jinke. Sometimes he could understand Gu Jinke's hesitation and confusion, but he just didn't want to understand.
He glanced at the cold night, his eyes full of cunning. He pulled his cloak closer, and when he saw that Gu Jinke was no longer in sight, he slowly returned to his residence.
Gu Jinke didn't know what Li Yuxin was thinking. She just asked the people in the mansion, "How long has Master Li been sitting outside today?"
The waiter was an honest man: "It's not even dark yet, and Master Li is already sitting outside."
But now it was late at night. Gu Jinke sighed softly, knuckles bent, and scratched his forehead: "Really!"
There was some helplessness and sigh in his voice.
The servant was new, hired locally to serve. He had only checked her family background and had never been taught the rules, so he was not very considerate and not very smart. He thought she was blaming the servants for not serving well and was angry with Master Li, so he said hurriedly, "Master Li was worried that Your Highness was too tired from the war, so he kept warming up the soup for Your Highness every day in the kitchen. He was also concerned about the war every day, and he would wait at the door for Your Highness to come back every day when it was almost dark. He must have been tired today, so he accidentally fell asleep."
Gu Jinke could only sigh even more deeply in his heart and prepare to have a good talk with Li Yuxin.
But there was no sign of Li Yuxin the next day. Upon asking, he learned that he had left the house before dawn. It would not be appropriate to mobilize a large force to bring him back. Gu Jinke could only suppress his thoughts, rest for a night, and return to the military camp.
Li Yuxin thought about it and felt that he should help Gu Jinke solve his problems when he arrived at the border. After being woken up by Gu Jinke, he went back to his room but tossed and turned and couldn't sleep. After thinking it over, he left early.
Because of the war, the border town has been under martial law to prevent spies or agents from the barbarian countries from sneaking in, so there are fewer people on the streets. Li Yuxin walked slowly in the street with his hands behind his back, wondering if there was anything he could do to help. However, he didn't expect that there was someone who got up early and wandered around in the empty street like him.
Just by looking at that person, Li Yuxin raised her eyes and all the confusion in her heart was instantly resolved.
It’s actually him!
Josh!
Li Yuxin has always been deeply wary of this person, perhaps because of the repulsion between the same sex, or the mutual resistance between the same kind.
Different from being with Jiang Mo and Xue Luan, who are sincere and simple-minded.
When Li Yuxin first met Qiao Xi in Qingcheng Mansion, he was very alert. However, at that time, his identity prevented him from appearing openly, and he was always accompanied by a black cloak every time he appeared. It was also because of the gap in their identities that the two people had never had a direct conflict.
Later, because the relationship between Gu Jinke and Jiang Mo became increasingly close, Gu Jinke was assassinated, and Li Yuxin also had to return to Beijing, a lot of things piled up together. Qiao Xi was a local, and he thought that Qiao Xi should stay in Qingcheng Mansion. He didn't pay attention to Qiao Xi afterwards and ignored this person.
Unexpectedly, when he returned to the capital and reunited with Xue Luan, he learned from Xue Luan that this man had disregarded everything and rode alone to the capital in pursuit of the Princess Royal. Li Yuxin's alarm bells began to ring at that moment. Coupled with the fact that the relationship between Jiang Mo and His Highness had hit a freezing point, Qiao Xi truly became the number one person on his fear list.
But deep down I am probably also shocked and regretful. Before dealing with his mother Li Qi, Li Yuxin had never been so unrestrained and devoted himself so completely. Even when he knew his feelings for the Crown Princess at that time, his mind was not completely pure. He was always tied up by many things, first his mother, then his father, and then Xue Luan.
Therefore, he was wary of this person, but he couldn't help but admire him. He admired his courage and purity in following Her Royal Highness the Crown Princess alone. As for those obvious reasons, enemies understood each other best, and Li Yuxin would not believe a single word of them.
But I didn’t expect that this person had chased me to the capital, and now he has appeared in this border area as well.
Such a love rival is really scary!
Li Yuxin sighed softly, Xue Luan was right, the ancients were also right, a virtuous woman is afraid of being clingy with a man!
What’s even more terrifying is that Chanlang not only has a sincere and passionate heart, but also has the wisdom, means and courage to help this sincere and passionate heart.
The other person probably saw him as well. He was standing at the other end of the street. His eyes were surprised and unfamiliar at first, then he thought for a moment, and then he was calm and composed, as if he understood everything.
He straightened his sleeves, then bowed with a smile and said, "Excuse me, are you Master Li Yuxin?"
Although the words were questioning, his expression was very firm.
Li Yuxin smiled and returned the greeting: "I didn't expect to meet Mr. Qiao Xi here. I am... Li Yuxin!"
Qiao Xi smiled gently and slowly walked closer: "I heard that the young master brought his father back home. Qiao Xi was also surprised to meet the young master here."
The two looked at each other, and a strange magnetic field slowly grew. They both quickly looked at each other, and then the fake smiles in their eyes faded a little.
In the dark night, both of them were wearing cotton-padded robes and thick cloaks to keep warm. Both of their faces were equally outstanding. It was a draw.
The two looked at each other, and in an instant they both understood why the other was here. All those excuses they had used to deceive people outside were no longer valid. They probably realized that the other was the same kind of person. Meeting such a love rival, they really couldn't be happy, so their smiles disappeared.
The two stood in silence for a while, and then they looked at each other at the same time.
"It's a happy thing to meet an old friend in a foreign land. Let's go. The shop on the street is open. How about having breakfast together?"
"It's a happy thing to meet an old friend in a foreign land. Let's go. The shop on the street is open. How about having breakfast together?"
The two spoke the same words in unison. After they finished speaking, they were both stunned for a moment, then smiled and extended their hands to each other: "Please!"
The two of them randomly found a small breakfast shop, ordered some breakfast, found two small stools, set up a table in the corner, and sat opposite each other.
Her appearance was indeed quite eye-catching. After they sat down, the shop owner brought out two trays of buns. They each ate one to warm up their frozen bodies on the street. Then they relaxed a little and started chatting.
Li Yuxin was the first to tease, "I didn't expect that Mr. Qiao and I would have the same interest, wandering around in an empty street?"
They all knew the other party's reasons for coming to the border, and they were too lazy to argue about it at this point. They were all smart people, so they might as well talk about something else.
Qiao Xi paused, his expression becoming more serious: "Your Highness is busy with the border war, and I sit idle in the city all day, feeling uneasy, so I want to find something to do."
As he spoke, he looked at Li Yuxin with a twinkle in his eyes: "We can't put all the burdens on Her Highness. I just want to do something to help her relieve her worries and difficulties."
The smile on Li Yuxin's lips froze slightly, and then he looked at Qiao Xi. The two looked at each other for a moment, and Li Yuxin smiled sincerely: "What I think in my heart... is exactly the same as Mr. Qiao."
He understood Qiao Xi's half-true and half-false test of him. It was probably to measure whether he was only concerned about love in the overall situation, or whether he could think about Gu Jinke for a moment outside of love and want to share her worries and solve her problems.
Qiao Xi got the answer to his tentative question. He should have been happy to have a like-minded friend, but since this person was a love rival, he could only sigh in his heart, and the gentle smile on his face paused for a moment: "I think if I didn't know Your Highness, the young master and I would either be close friends or mortal enemies."
Li Yuxin smiled noncommittally at this, and both of them felt a little complicated for a while. After finishing breakfast, Qiao Xi invited him, "Since you both have the same idea, why don't you come to my humble home and talk about what you think? If you agree, why don't we cooperate?"
The author has something to say:
It’s the beginning of a new month. Let’s be happy, everyone.
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