Chapter 62 Win Back
Chapter 62
It was the first time that Yingji saw such a complicated expression on Kongfan's face. He opened his thin lips slightly, as if he wanted to speak but stopped. He wanted to say something but swallowed it back.
After a long pause, he sighed heavily and frowned, saying, "Yingji, stop using your beauty and body to get what you want."
As soon as the words left his mouth, Kong Fan immediately closed his lips, their lines tightening into a slit. He felt a little regretful, wondering if he had gone a little too far.
He looked at Yingji's expression, but saw that she looked calm and the smile on her lips did not fade at all.
Yingji didn't care at all, saying casually, "As long as it's useful, it's fine. I don't have much, and beauty is a gift from God."
Kong Fan's brows furrowed more and more. He stared at Ying Ji's expression, and the slight regret in his heart became more and more intense.
——The more indifferent she was, the more uncomfortable Kong Fan felt.
Kong Fan suddenly stood up and walked out without looking back. The wide hem of his monk's robe brushed against Yingji's slender arm.
"Kong Fan?" Ying Ji turned around and called him.
Kong Fan ignored him and strode out. In just a few steps, he disappeared into the courtyard and was out of sight.
"Angry?" Ying Ji murmured to herself. She felt confused and didn't quite understand what Kong Fan was angry about.
It is said that monks are free from the four elements and have no emotional fluctuations, but why does she feel that Kong Fan is getting angry more and more for no reason?
Yingji frowned and muttered, "If you keep going like this, you might go crazy!"
Bajiao came in, holding a fruit in each hand. She had taken a bite of one of them. She handed the intact fruit to Yingji, grinning. "I picked it outside. It smells so good! I wonder if it's poisonous. I'll have to ask the princess!"
Yingji glanced at Bajiao's already-bitten fruit and laughed at her, "You've already eaten it before you remember to ask me if it's poisonous?"
Bajiao's eyes narrowed into slits as she smiled. She was so greedy that she couldn't resist. After taking a bite, she remembered Yingji's teaching: if you come across an unfamiliar wild fruit, you should ask if it's okay to eat it.
"Eat it. It's not poisonous." Yingji looked at Basho's smiling face, and her charming eyebrows softened.
Basho happily stuffed the whole fruit into Yingji's hand, and she began to eat it in big bites.
Bajiao ate quickly, and Yingji finished the fruit after only two bites. She sat quietly beside Yingji, fiddling with the silver bell bracelet on Yingji's wrist.
Yingji took two bites of the fruit and gave the rest to Bajiao, who took it with both hands and ate it in big mouthfuls.
Yingji was wearing several bracelets on her wrists. She took off one of them, which was not a spiritual weapon but just a beautiful bracelet, and put it on Bajiao's wrist.
Jianfeng stood leaning against the doorway for a long time. In his eyes, Yingji was shrewd and calculating. Although she always smiled charmingly, she was actually cold and distant. However, when it came to this little tiger spirit, she was very gentle.
Jianfeng said with a smile: "Aying, if you become a mother in the future, you will definitely be a loving mother."
"I have a daughter." Yingji said casually.
"Ah?" Jian Feng was a little unconvinced. "Where is it? The monk's?"
Bajiao had already eaten all the fruit. Yingji took a handkerchief and wiped the fruit stains off her hands. She said, "Bajiao is my daughter. I brought her home when she was born and fed her mouthful by mouthful of goat's milk."
"Ah." Jian Feng curled his lips, "She's too stupid. She hasn't learned any of your cleverness."
Basho opened his mouth, revealing a fang that looked fierce and fierce.
Yingji smiled and touched Bajiao's head, saying, "Do you want to eat more?"
Basho nodded with bright eyes.
Yingji turned her head to look at the sky outside. It was almost dark. She said, "Let's go now and come back quickly. Li Yan is not safe at night. We must be back before dark."
Yingji took Bajiao out, and Jianfeng, who had nothing to do, followed them.
The wild fruits were not far away, and Bajiao quickly led Yingji there and happily picked a bag of them.
Not far away, a group of people passed by. The leader suddenly stopped and stared at Yingji's back.
It turned out to be Kou Yuze.
Kou Yuze happened to pass by this place and met Yingji. His legs felt like lead and he froze in place, unable to move forward. Although he did not leave, he did not intend to show up either.
Yingji was completely unaware of Kou Yuze's appearance, but Jianfeng keenly sensed the presence of a stranger. He looked back and only saw a group of people hurriedly leaving.
"Are you passing by?" Jianfeng was not sure where this group of people came from, and he didn't tell Yingji for the time being, but he was much more alert in his heart.
Bajiao quickly gathered enough fruit, and Yingji led her back. Jianfeng withdrew his gaze and followed her back.
Kong Fan did not come back that night.
Yingji stood outside the courtyard, looking at the endless grassland outside, waiting for Kongfan to come back.
The night was vast and pitch black, and she could not find the figure she wanted to see.
Jianfeng floated silently to Yingji's side and said with a smile: "Did you have a fight? Did you lose your temper?"
Ying Ji wore a look of disdain on her face, glared at him, and said coldly, "Jian Feng, were you dumb when you were alive, and now you talk too much because you've been stifled, or are you born a frog, croaking all the time?"
"You really don't have a single nice word to say." Jian Feng crossed his arms. "You don't even know how to care about others? Do you know the ways of the world? How did you grow up? Didn't your parents, siblings, teach you how to get along with others?"
Yingji smiled at him, but her tone was indifferent and revealing: "It's just that we haven't been to the Ghost Market yet, and you're worried that I won't take you there. No need to pretend to be understanding."
Yingji patted Jianfeng's shoulder, yawned, and went back to her room to sleep.
She really shouldn't have been waiting for Kong Fan in the cold wind. Why did he need her to wait? Why did he need her to worry? Even if something happened to him, she couldn't help.
She rubbed her arms to relieve the coldness.
The next morning, Yingji woke up and went to the next room immediately, only to find that Kongfan had not returned yet.
She frowned and turned to walk towards the small kitchen in the yard - to cook a pot of sticky red date porridge.
It takes a long time to cook porridge, and the thicker you want the porridge to be, the longer it takes. Yingji stood in front of the pot, stirring the porridge in circles with a large spoon in her hand.
In the courtyard, Basho sat on the steps, hugging his knees, muttering, "Why haven't you set off yet?"
Jianfeng turned around and glanced at Yingji who was busy in the kitchen, and said meaningfully: "Only when you are full can you have the energy to steal things."
Bajiao turned to look at Jianfeng and asked, "When can we set off?"
Jianfeng held a piece of dogtail grass in his mouth, leaned back, and supported his hands behind his back. He smiled and said, "That depends on when Kongfan comes back."
"But will he accompany us to steal things when he comes back?" Basho frowned. "He will give us a lot of lectures to stop us from stealing!"
Jian Feng didn't explain, because he didn't know either. He smiled and said, "Just wait. Anyway, there are people who are more anxious than us."
There was a sudden knock on the gate.
The people in the courtyard immediately looked in the direction of the sound.
"Kongfan is back!" Basho stood up happily and went to open the door.
Jianfeng held her back and looked towards the courtyard door warily. If Kongfan came back, he wouldn't knock on the door.
Yingji came out of the kitchen, stood by the kitchen door, and said, "Bajiao, go open the door."
No matter who it is, we will fight against the enemy with our soldiers and block the water with earth.
Bajiao had just taken two steps when the gate was pushed open by someone outside.
Seeing Kou Yuze appear outside the courtyard gate, Yingji's eyes flashed with surprise and panic - Oh no, is he here to ask for the Phoenix Coronet? Now that the Blazing Fire Jade is in her hands, she will never hand it over.
However, for a man who can ignore the revenge for his father's murder and whose mind is full of love, it seems that there is nothing to worry about.
Yingji quickly regained her charming and gentle smile and looked at Kou Yuze with a smile. She looked at Kou Yuze from afar, as if she had a thousand words to say, and all these words were condensed into this gentle smile.
Their eyes met, and Kou Yuze looked at the charming smile on Yingji's face and slowly let out a long breath. A smile also appeared on his face, which was full of worry. He watched Yingji step into the courtyard and walked towards Yingji.
"It smells so good, what are you cooking?" Kou Yuze asked.
"This red date porridge has some vanilla added to it, so it smells a little bit of elegant fragrance. You came at the right time, it's just cooked." Yingji turned and walked into the kitchen to serve the porridge.
Kou Yuze followed in and stepped over the threshold.
Yingji turned around and smiled at him: "It's a small place here, just wait outside."
Kou Yuze originally wanted to go in to accompany and help, but Ying Ji's words seemed to have a kind of magic. He instinctively obeyed her words, subconsciously turned around and walked into the courtyard and sat down at the stone table.
Yingji looked at the red date porridge and frowned - a bowl was going to be wasted.
When she went out with two bowls of red date porridge, a gentle smile appeared on her face again.
Kou Yuze stood up and waited until Yingji put down the red date porridge and sat down before he sat down again.
Yingji handed him a spoon, and Kou Yuze took it obediently, eating bite after bite, praising the food for being delicious with every bite.
Not far away, Jianfeng and Bajiao were still sitting on the steps.
Jianfeng looked at Kou Yuze's figure and vaguely recognized him as the person who had appeared earlier. He nudged Bajiao with his elbow, spat out the dogtail grass in his mouth, and asked quietly, "Who is he?"
Basho tilted his head and thought for a long time before saying, "The princess's old lover?"
Jianfeng thought, needless to say, the way this man stared at Yingji was incredibly passionate, reeking of a man's infatuation. He was a little surprised, though, that Bajiao addressed Yingji as "Princess." After a moment's reflection, he decided now wasn't the time to ask further questions, so he kept quiet.
Yingji and Kou Yuze sat opposite each other. Kou Yuze had a big appetite, but Yingji had no appetite at all. All she could think about was how she would respond if Kou Yuze asked her for the Phoenix Coronet inlaid with Blazing Jade.
She took the initiative to chat with Kou Yuze, asking him about the war in Beicang and showing concern for his food and accommodation during this period.
Kou Yuze was a little dazed, as if the two of them were still in the same relationship as before, and he would soon marry her home.
After Yingji finished eating, Kou Yuze stood up and cleared the dishes and went to the kitchen. He carried the dishes into the kitchen, but did not come out immediately. Instead, he washed them clumsily.
How could a king of a country know these things?
Kong Fan came back at this time.
He was still the same, tall and straight, dressed in a neat snow-white monk's robe, with an elegant and gentle appearance.
Yingji stood up and stared at his face, but vaguely felt that something was wrong with him.
Was she mistaken? Why did Kong Fan look a little pale?
"Kong Fan?" Ying Ji called softly. She walked towards him and subconsciously raised her hand to place it on his forearm, her palm feeling damp.
Ying Ji was startled, and looking down, she opened her hand and saw blood on her palm. Kong Fan Xuejie's sleeve was quietly soaked with blood.
Ying Ji was stunned, the gentle smile on her face disappeared, she raised her eyes to stare at Kong Fan, and asked nervously: "Are you hurt?"
"It's okay." Kong Fan's tone was as gentle as usual.
He grabbed Yingji's wrist and stuffed a jade gourd into Yingji's hand.
Her palm felt cold. Yingji glanced at it, then immediately looked up at him and asked, "What?"
"Water of Beautiful Flame." Kong Fan smiled.
Yingji's eyes widened slightly as she stared at Kongfan in disbelief, her tone unable to conceal her astonishment: "You went to rob?"
How could he do such a thing.
Kong Fan shook his head and said, "I won it back."
He couldn't bear to watch Yingji stealing with Bajiao and Jianfeng, nor could he bear to watch Yingji use herself as bait to exchange for the Liyan Water.
The Water of Beautiful Flame was what she needed. Although he didn't know what she wanted it for, since she needed it, he would just get it back for her.
"I'm done washing!" Kou Yuze came out from the kitchen.
Kou Yuze and Kong Fan were both stunned when they saw each other.
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