"What's wrong, Ruyi? Why is your face all red? Who made you angry?" Huo Xiaolong hadn't even wiped his mouth clean when he saw Ruyi storming downstairs. The little dumpling quickly ran over and asked.
"Look at the mouth you've been eating. Come here, let me rub it for you." Ruyi's handkerchief was still upstairs. She picked up Huo Xiaolong and wiped the sesame paste from the corners of his mouth with the back of her hand, then went to the backyard to fetch water to wash her hands.
"Is it clean yet, sis?"
"It's clean now."
"What's wrong with you just now? Who made you angry? I'll take care of them for you."
"You're not even as tall as a kitchen knife, who can you beat? Just stay home and play." Ruyi pinched her cheek, and the girl felt more comfortable as her fair skin was rubbed until it turned a little red.
The little dumpling nestled in its special spot, watching the white jade plate hanging in the night sky with Ruyi on the rooftop.
"The head of the Xu family has arrived. He just said that he wants to marry me as Mrs. Xu, on the condition that I give him the papermaking formula."
"And then what?" Huo Xiaolong took out a handful of sunflower seeds from his bag and cracked them open while listening, the crunching sound like a little mouse.
"And then I refused."
"Sis, if you like him, that's fine too. It's just a recipe, give it to him."
"I don't care about him at all. All businessmen are cunning. If you compare a cunning businessman to a fox, he is the ringleader of the cunning businessmen, the kind of fox that has become a spirit after a thousand years."
"Hahahahaha." The moonlight shone on the two sisters, and starlight twinkled on the black screen. Huo Xiaolong listened quietly to Ruyi's complaints.
"Later, Marshal Xiao somehow came in and said he wanted to marry me too."
When Xiao Lanyi was mentioned, Sister Ruyi's accent lessened, and her face softened with a smile. Huo Xiaolong raised his chin and looked up at the young woman, who chuckled twice in response.
"Sis, if you like him, just agree. Date him for a few days, and if it doesn't work out, then break up with him."
Ruyi poked the head of the dumpling in her arms.
"You're so cunning. He's a marshal, you know? A marshal! A second-rank official in the court. He can't be like your sister Mantuo and sister Zhihua. If I agree to him, I'll leave you."
"But my sister's happiness is more important."
Hearing Huo Xiaolong blurt out those words, Ruyi's nose tingled, and her voice became slightly hoarse. She said...
“Those moments of happiness did make me happy, but they weren’t enough compared to the days I spent in the brothel.”
The girl gazed tenderly at the top of the baby's head in her arms. How well they had raised the child! He was intelligent, good-looking, and capable; even his hair was black and smooth.
Ruyi felt a great sense of accomplishment, as she was partly responsible for it.
"If you don't want to leave the brothel, that's fine too, it'll be a bit difficult, but not impossible."
Suddenly, a man's voice came from behind the two sisters. Xiao Lanyi, clad in silver armor, had climbed onto the roof at some point, startling the two sisters.
"Marshal Xiao, please don't joke with me."
Xiao Lanyi didn't know why he just liked her. He liked her when she was gentle and considerate, and he also liked her when she was bold and decisive like a woman from a border town.
Perhaps it was the wind that brushed against the girl's hair on the city wall that day that touched his heart, but when Xiao Lanyi led his team over, he saw an arrow heading straight for the girl's face. She dodged slightly, and the sharp sword grazed her hair.
The ribbon snapped, and her jet-black hair cascaded down like a waterfall. Paired with her pale face splattered with a few drops of blood, she resembled a celestial maiden who had entered General Xiao's heart and Marshal Xiao's dreams.
During the few days he stayed at the prefectural government office, Xiao's family guards went to buy him new quilts almost every day, which made him feel a little embarrassed.
He's lived for almost thirty years and he's never done anything like this before.
“My mother died when I was very young. My sister was too young to remember anything back then, and my father was busy fighting every day,” Xiao Lanyi said, climbing onto the roof and pointing to the few stars in the darkness.
“When I was little, I lied to my sister and said, ‘Our mother is that star. She’s a fairy. She has to go back after giving birth to you.’”
"Later, I went to the battlefield with my father and my sister, who was also very good at martial arts."
"Then, my father went to find my mother. He missed her so much that he fell ill. At that time, my father told me on his sickbed that he was sorry to me and my sister, but there was nothing he could do. He missed my mother too much."
"The Xiao family is invincible on the battlefield and has made great military achievements. My troops are also growing more and more, and my sister has entered the palace to put the emperor at ease."
“Miss Ruyi, my family doesn’t have any concubines or maids, nor do we have any of those messy things in the capital. If you like to stay at the brothel, I will find a way to make your wish come true.”
He was confessing his love to her. Ruyi suddenly came to her senses. She was still holding Huo Xiaolong in her arms. She glared at Xiao Lanyi with some resentment. Didn't he see the child was like this? He just blurted out whatever came to mind.
But the little dumpling didn't think so. She listened with great interest. Even without a cell phone, if she had recorded the highs and lows, she could play it on a loop at Xiao Lanyi's wedding. She wouldn't pause it unless she received a red envelope containing several hundred taels of silver.
"As long as the girl has me in her heart, that's enough."
The girl patted Huo Xiaolong, signaling her to go down first. Usually, the little dumpling was the most clever, but today, for some reason, she snuggled into Ruyi's arms again and again, and covered herself up completely with the wide sleeves of her plain clothes.
Ruyi had no choice but to speak to Xiao Lanyi.
"Marshal Xiao, I am the woman in our Fengyue Pavilion who loves power and money the most. I admit that I like you, but this liking and affection are all... all because of your power and your status, understand?"
The man nodded and smiled with relief.
“I understand. I should thank my dad. Luckily, I have him.”
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