Chapter 56: Embroidery “Seeing something can also remind you of someone.”
After Xiao Yunqi left, he didn't know that Xue Zhiying tossed and turned on the couch for a long time, regretting what she had said under the influence of the atmosphere.
Most of them are shy.
Even with her eyes closed, the intriguing expression on Xiao Yunqi's face after he heard this still surfaced in her mind.
He couldn't be making fun of her!
After feeling embarrassed and angry for a while, Xue Zhiying still fell asleep hugging the quilt.
After waking up at dawn, the encounter with Xiao Yunqi last night seemed like a dream, leaving no trace. The bright morning light dispersed the memories in my heart, making me feel a little unreal.
But when I think about what I said again, the reality comes back to me.
Xue Zhiying was getting dressed and washing up in the house early in the morning with a slightly blushing face, but she had never thought about when the next meeting would be.
It was not until mid-afternoon, not long after work began, that Yunniang unexpectedly came to the embroidery room, waved to Xue Zhiying, and called her out.
Xue Zhiying had only threaded less than ten stitches when she put down her needle and thread in confusion, then followed Yunniang out of the room.
"Yunniang, what's going on today? Are you going out?"
Yunniang cast an ambiguous look at him. After a moment's silence, she said seriously, "No, your guest has asked to see you."
Xue Zhiying's eyes lit up when he heard this.
According to the plan Yunniang had envisioned for her before, if any powerful person in the capital took a liking to her skills, she would be able to get high-priced orders in the future.
But this requires not only skills, but also opportunities.
Xue Zhiying missed the previous opportunity, and there has been no progress in the matter in the past half month. How could she not be excited when she heard such news?
But before she could get too excited, she had just followed Yunniang into the front hall when she saw a familiar figure not far away.
Mu Yan bowed slightly to her and smiled slightly.
Xue Zhiying: “…”
At this time, Yunniang held her hand.
"I asked before I came here. Young Master Xiao's attitude wasn't forceful, but he was persistent. He specifically asked to buy your embroidery. If it were someone else, I would have just taken the initiative and agreed to it for you. But I didn't agree to it for you. It's up to you to decide."
Xue Zhiying shook her head: "Yunniang, the eldest master is not here to take me back."
"I think so. If it's just to take you back, there's no need to go through so much trouble. He's in the private room on the second floor. If you'd like, go up and talk to him."
There is nothing to be shy about when it comes to making money, but Xue Zhiying didn't expect that the man she said yesterday didn't need to come secretly anymore would come so openly today, and in this way.
The excitement just now suddenly turned into other complicated emotions.
It's not that she resisted, after all, after yesterday's realization, she realized that now she would secretly miss Xiao Yunqi when she didn't see him, but she couldn't say she was happy either, after all, the big business that was about to be successful suddenly became a deal with someone she was familiar with.
This feels weird.
Xue Zhiying pursed her lips and stepped onto the stairs leading to the second floor.
She knocked on the door of the private room.
A familiar man's voice came from inside the room: "Come in."
As soon as he entered the room, Xue Zhiying first smelled a rich and refreshing tea fragrance, and then smelled a bit of sweetness in the tea fragrance.
It was not the usual smell of the private room in the embroidery workshop, nor was it the same as the scent of books and ink in the room where Xiao Yunqi had stayed before.
Xue Zhiying looked up in confusion and saw Xiao Yunqi sitting upright in front of the desk.
The two looked at each other in silence.
Xue Zhiying was the first to look away and walked towards him quickly.
"sit."
When Xue Zhiying moved to sit down, she saw that there were several plates of cakes of different shapes on the table, accompanied by brewed tea. No wonder there was such a smell in the room.
She was just thinking that although Yunniang said that she didn't care much about the distinguished guest Xiao Yunqi, the tea and snacks she served were completely different from those for other guests and were very rich.
Xiao Yunqi said, "I ordered someone to buy the crispy cake you said you wanted to try on the road. I brought it along with me today so you can try it."
Xue Zhiying was stunned. Following the direction of Xiao Yunqi's finger, she saw a plate of three stacked crispy cakes.
She didn't recognize it at first glance, but when she looked at it again, she realized that it was a special crispy cake sold in a town where she and Xiao Yunqi passed by on their way back to Beijing. It was fragrant and rich, and the aroma could be smelled from a long distance away.
At that time, Xue Zhiying was thinking about the problem that she had not been able to figure out along the way.
He was absent-minded and ignored Xiao Yunqi.
Seeing that her eyes were always drifting in that direction, Xiao Yunqi asked her if she wanted to eat. She casually answered that she wanted to eat.
So they stopped the carriage and sent someone to buy it, but unfortunately, there was a long queue at the pastry stall, and by the time their line arrived, the portion for that day had just been sold out.
It was just a small matter, and Xue Zhiying had no appetite at that time and didn't really want to eat, so she shook her head and told Xiao Yunqi to continue on his journey without delay.
Later she forgot about it, but when she smelled the fragrance again, she felt a little greedy for no reason.
She didn't bother to ask why he came to buy embroidery today, but asked in surprise, "You sent someone to Dongcheng specifically to buy this pastry? When?"
Xiao Yunqi didn't care about her surprise.
"I asked Mu Yan to go. It would only take a few hours to go back and forth by galloping. I asked him to go last night after I got back. He bought it from the stall before dawn this morning. Now is the perfect time."
Xue Zhiying's eyes widened: "Why are you tormenting him like this?"
"It's not a big deal. This trip will earn him half the monthly salary. He's happy with it."
“…”
Xue Zhiying thought of Mu Yan's smiling face when he saw her just now, and she actually sensed some different meaning in it.
No wonder he didn't look tired at all after running around all night.
"Don't you want to eat?"
Of course I have to eat it. Xue Zhiying was almost overwhelmed by the delicious smell.
She slowly reached out her hand, picked up a piece of crispy cake, and before putting it into her mouth, she asked, "Yunniang said, you want to buy my embroidery?"
"May I?"
"Why did you buy my embroidery? That's not what I meant when I said yesterday that there was no need to sneak around."
"That has nothing to do with what I said. I just want to buy some embroidery, but I don't like other people's embroidery."
Xue Zhiying had just taken a bite of the pastry when she was almost choked by Xiao Yunqi's words.
But when she looked up, she saw that he looked very serious, as if he didn't think he had said anything exaggerated.
She frowned slightly, swallowed the cake, and whispered, "Why did you want to buy embroidery? My embroidery is not suitable for you."
"Very suitable." Xiao Yunqi quickly responded.
"The house is empty, I want to buy some to decorate it."
Finally, he said slowly, "It can also remind you of someone when you see something."
What's wrong with him!
He has been saying corny things like this without batting an eyelid since yesterday.
Xue Zhiying felt herself blushing again, and could only mutter softly, "Your room isn't empty."
Xiao Yunqi said, "It's true that the house in the other courtyard is not empty. Your things are still in our house, but now I am mostly in the Xiao Mansion. You know that Yingfeng Courtyard is deserted."
Hearing him talk about this, Xue Zhiying remembered the day when Chuntao was first sent here. At night, in her bed, she was still muttering that the servant had failed to protect the girl's things, and the eldest master still wouldn't let her take them away.
Xue Zhiying was at a loss whether to laugh or cry when she heard this. In fact, she already had too much luggage, so when she was about to leave, she was not sure whether she would be caught or not. Even if she was not caught, she did not want to take anything with her.
But Chuntao said that Xiao Yunqi took out all the clothes in her bag and put them in the closet together with his clothes. Her accessories were placed on the dressing table, and even the supplies in the bedroom were for two people.
So when others said that her cousin had run away again, Chuntao didn't believe it. After all, no one took her or any luggage with them until she was sent to Xue Zhiying by Xiao Yunqi.
Xue Zhiying felt guilty towards Chuntao about this and coaxed her for a long time.
Back to the bedroom in Yingfengyuan, it was not empty, but Xue Zhiying already knew that Xiao Yunqi just wanted to buy her embroidery.
At this time, the people from the embroidery workshop had brought some of Xue Zhiying's recent embroidery works into the private room.
For the first time, Xue Zhiying felt ashamed to show her embroidery in front of others.
She could only look around and say, "Then take a look and see if there's anything you like."
After saying that, she became a little worried that Xiao Yunqi was rich and might ask for all of them.
This is no different from taking money directly from him.
Xue Zhiying didn't know why she was being so pretentious.
However, Xiao Yunqi did not speak immediately.
There was silence in the room for a moment, and Xue Zhiying couldn't help but look up.
Xiao Yunqi held a silk handkerchief in his hand, stroking the outside of the embroidery with his thumb. His eyes seemed to be examining the embroidery, yet one could inexplicably pay attention to the place where his fingers had touched.
He turned it over and said, "Your name is not embroidered on it."
"This is a silk handkerchief for sale. Why is my name embroidered on it?"
Moreover, Xiao Yunqi is a man and buys embroidery for decoration. Why did they bring women's items like handkerchiefs for him to choose from?
Xue Zhiying reached out to take the handkerchief back, but then showed him something else.
She suddenly thought of something else: "How did you know my name was embroidered on my handkerchief?"
"I have picked it up and I have seen it."
"When did you pick it up?"
As soon as he asked, Xue Zhiying remembered something.
Xiao Yunqi also admitted generously: "Outside Cuihua Courtyard."
"But, didn't they say it was someone from the second house..."
Xue Zhiying pursed her lips halfway through her words.
He had simply picked it up, and made her think that her efforts at that time were in vain.
Xue Zhiying reached out and took the handkerchief: "Look at something else."
"Well, I don't need a silk handkerchief. I have one at home."
"……What?"
"There is a silk handkerchief embroidered with your name at home. I brought it from the other courtyard to the Xiao Mansion."
Xue Zhiying's voice tightened: "Why did you take my handkerchief? Don't..."
Xiao Yunqi raised his eyes to look at her and said slowly, "What else?"
Xue Zhiying's face turned red immediately.
But Xiao Yunqi saw it and said directly: "Why are you blushing? What are you thinking about?"
"I didn't mean anything, don't take my handkerchief!"
"I've already taken it. Do you want me to return it to you? I'll bring it to you next time."
"you……"
She can't ask if it's been used.
If she has used it, why would you give it back to her? She doesn't want it!
Because she was too embarrassed to ask, she finally said briefly: "No need to return it."
Xiao Yunqi raised the corner of his lips and responded happily: "Okay, then I'll keep it for myself."
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