Fang Chengyin watched him disappear quickly outside the door, lost in thought for a moment until he was no longer visible. She didn't even blink, and it took her a while to come back to her senses.
"What's wrong with me..." Fang Chengyin muttered softly with a red face, then turned her face inside.
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When Kong Wenmin found this small shabby inn panting, Kong Wenjie had just fed Fang Chengyin two bowls of pork bone soup and a large bowl of rice. Fang Chengyin was injured. Kong Wenjie had been feeding her these days, but Fang Chengyin was in a bad mood a few days ago and didn't eat much a day. Today, her appetite was very good. After eating so much, she still felt unsatisfied. Kong Wenjie was worried that she would keep lying like this. She felt uncomfortable after eating too much, so he stopped her from eating anymore. He poured the rice directly into the remaining half bowl of pork bone soup. Then he started to eat with great enthusiasm.
"Did you really make the pork bone soup?" Fang Chengyin watched Kong Wenjie wolfing down the food. She couldn't help but swallow her saliva again. "Can you cook?"
"My parents passed away more than 20 years ago, leaving us two brothers to depend on each other. Naturally, we have to learn how to do everything," Kong Wenjie said vaguely while eating rice. "My brother never wanted to go into the kitchen, so I had to learn how to do it."
"Why haven't I seen you cooking before?" Fang Chengyin asked again.
"There are eight cooks in the prefectural government. Why would I have to cook?" Kong Wenjie looked at Fang Chengyin with a smile.
"But the food they cook is not as delicious as yours?" Fang Chengyin blurted out while tilting her head and looking at Kong Wenjie's bright smiling face, and then she was stunned.
Kong Wenjie was also startled. He lowered his head and took a sip of the soup, then looked at Fang Chengyin again: "Then come to me whenever you want to eat pork bone soup in the future."
"Oh." Fang Chengyin responded softly, while busying herself with her head down. She was wearing Kong Wenjie's undershirt, which was too big and didn't fit her at all. She rolled up her sleeves again and again. Somehow, she felt that the smell of the clothes was nice. Unlike her clothes which were always fumigated with expensive spices, men's clothes had a scent of warm sunshine. She could smell it clearly without having to get close to them, but she still secretly brought her sleeves to her nose.
Kong Wenjie glanced at Fang Chengyin from the corner of his eye. Seeing her rubbing her sleeves like a cat, he felt as if his heart was being scratched by a cat. It was itchy. The kind of itch that was so deep in his bones but could not be scratched was really annoying...
"Wen Jie! Are you in there?"
Suddenly, Kong Wenmin's voice came from outside. For a moment, both people in the room were stunned. Fang Chengyin suddenly looked at Kong Wenjie, and Kong Wenjie was also looking at her. His face was not very good, and his lips trembled as if he wanted to say something to her, but in the end he didn't. He just got up and walked to the bed, pulled the quilt to cover Fang Chengyin tightly, and then hurried out.
"Brother, why are you here?" Kong Wenjie hurried over to meet him. Looking at Kong Wenmin's appearance, he knew that he must have traveled all night, so he was so tired. He suddenly felt guilty and blamed himself. He hurried over to take the bag from Kong Wenmin's hand, and then asked, "Brother, are you tired?"
"You are the one who failed to do your job well." Kong Wenmin glared at Kong Wenjie. Seeing the rice grains stuck to the corners of his mouth, his expression became uglier. "You are not a ten-year-old boy anymore. Can't you be more steady and practical when doing things? Do I have to follow you around and clean up the mess for you?"
"Yes, yes, brother, I know I was wrong," Kong Wenjie hurriedly bowed and admitted his mistake, "I have blamed myself for several days, please stop scolding me."
"I don't want to scold you, you were really careless this time! Lord Fang trusted you and asked you to escort the young lady into the mountains to hunt, but what happened? The young lady was seriously injured just after entering the mountains. What do you think Lord Fang will think? Will he dare to send you out to work in the future?!" Kong Wenmin scolded Kong Wenjie in a low voice, while reaching out to wipe the rice grains from the corners of his mouth and rolling his eyes at him, "Hurry up and get married. With a woman at home, you can restrain your temper and be more down-to-earth."
If Kong Wenmin had said this at other times, Kong Wenjie would have definitely made fun of him, but at this time he just stood there with his head down, staring silently at a gray stone on the ground, and after a while he kicked the stone far away.
Seeing his unteachable look, Kong Wenmin frowned immediately and wanted to scold him again, but after looking around the room, he didn't say anything. He glared at Kong Wenjie, then turned and walked into the house. Kong Wenjie followed him in reluctantly.
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