Chapter 18

A few days after returning to Chongming Hall, Jiang Jingchun still did not look well. Li saw it, but when she asked her what was wrong, she refused to say.

She had no other choice, so she went to Chen's house and asked someone to call Chen Muqing over. They were of similar age and had always gotten along well, so she might be willing to tell her things that she didn't want to tell her.

As soon as Chen Muqing arrived at the Jiang family, he saw Jiang Jingchun's dying appearance and immediately knew what was wrong with her.

The only person who could make her like this was probably Gu Huaisheng.

But when asked what happened, Jiang Jingchun kept saying that she was fine and would not listen to any talk.

Chen Muqing asked him to take a walk outside the Jiang Mansion. If he stayed at the Jiang House all the time, he was afraid that he might develop some kind of problem.

Besides, this time, Li has a back-up, so it doesn't matter even if they return late.

In the carriage, Chen Muqing asked her, "Are you going to Zui Xiang Lou?"

Zui Xiang Lou is a well-known restaurant in the capital. Chen Muqing saw that she was feeling miserable and wanted to take her there to get drunk.

Chen Muqing's family was a military family. Her mother passed away early, and her father and brother were fighting outside. She and her stepmother were the only ones left at home. She and her stepmother did not have a good relationship. After she married into the family, the Chen family was in turmoil every day.

Chen Muqing was not fussy about details and only cared about her own happiness. Since her father and brother were away, she would not listen to her stepmother and she was the boss in the family.

Taverns are usually frequented by men. If women go there, it's inevitable that people will make up stories about them. But Chen Muqing didn't care. There was no sign outside the tavern saying "Men only allowed". If they wanted to go in and drink to drown their sorrows, who cared?

Find a room and drink until you are drunk.

She raised her eyebrows at Jiang Jingchun and asked her, "Are you going or not? If you are going, I will ask the driver to turn around now."

Chen Muqing's way of solving problems is so simple and crude. If he is in a bad mood, he will drink a few bottles of wine and maybe he will feel better.

Perhaps it was because she was in a bad mood for the past few days and was weighed down by her worries, Jiang Jingchun's eyes were a little misty, and the look in her eyes when she looked at Chen Muqing was a little dull. It seemed that she was still hesitating, and she didn't say whether she would go or not.

Seeing her like this, Chen Muqing didn't wait for her to answer. He lifted the curtain and said to the driver outside, "Let's go to Zui Xiang Lou."

The driver received the order and changed direction.

There was always a hood in the box on their carriage, in case of emergency when entering and leaving these places. Now, when they arrived at the restaurant, the two of them and the maid put on the hoods and went inside.

It's not that women can't come to taverns, but for the sake of their own reputation, they'd better stay away from these singing venues crowded with men. Therefore, over the years, few women have set foot in this place.

Two girls wearing hoods came here today. Judging from their appearance and dress, they seemed to be daughters of wealthy families.

As soon as the two appeared here, many people noticed them.

Chen Muqing turned around and asked the waiter to get a private room for them. She didn't take those stares to heart. They couldn't see their faces anyway, so what if they looked at them?

However, she still had some caution and asked someone to go to the Song family and call Song Xuan'an over.

If Song Xuan'an is not allowed to clean up, Jiang Jingchun will pass out from drinking and she won't be able to carry her.

They followed the waiter to the second-floor compartment.

After entering the house, Chen Muqing ordered several jugs of wine.

After the wine was served, she pushed it in front of Jiang Jingchun and said, "Drink it."

Jiang Jingchun didn't hesitate. He looked at the wine in front of him, tilted his head back and took a big gulp.

She couldn't drink much, and after taking a sip, she was choked.

Chen Muqing laughed twice, took the wine bottle from her hand, and replaced it with another one that was not as strong.

"Xiaochun, what bad luck! I picked a fierce one right away."

After taking a sip of the wine, in just a short while, a drunken red appeared on Jiang Jingchun's face.

Before Chen Muqing opened his mouth to ask what had happened, Jiang Jingchun started to tell the whole story.

"What should I do? My cousin seems to like someone else. My aunt has started to arrange marriages for him, and he has already started to look for people. Last Dragon Boat Festival, I invited him to watch the lanterns, but he refused to go. But when I was walking down the street, I ran into him with another girl."

The capital city is such a small place and there is only one busy street, so it would be very easy for them to run into each other.

She finally mustered up the courage to ask him if he could go shopping with her, but after waiting for a whole day, she saw him with someone else.

"I asked my cousin if he liked the lady, and he said she was OK."

Jiang Jingchun's voice even had a hint of tears in it.

She said, "I like him so much, but why doesn't he like me? I try to learn the kind of people he likes, but if he doesn't like me, he just doesn't like me..."

I don't like these three words, they are too much of a headache.

If that was the case, it didn't matter who rescued her when she went missing in the suburbs, except for Gu Huaisheng.

Just that one glance delayed her for two whole years.

She has done everything in the past two years, but it is still useless.

It doesn’t matter originally, as long as Gu Huaisheng doesn’t like other people...but what if he wants to get married?

Then it would be completely over between her and him, and there would be no possibility for them to be together anymore.

I have never been so angry in my life. I have been holding it in for so long, and finally I let it all out after drinking a pot of wine.

She pulled Chen Muqing, the more she thought about it, the more upset she felt. She was already crying with snot and tears. "I really like him. What should I do, Ah Qing..."

Chen Muqing held the person in her arms. Seeing her like this, she sighed, but there was nothing she could do. She could only touch her head again and again to comfort her.

Love is a very strange thing, how can she understand it clearly?

At most, she had only read a few romance books, and her understanding of the word "emotion" was limited to this.

She began to recall the things in the storybooks. However, even these love storybooks were read by her to irritate her stepmother. Her stepmother didn't like these things, but she had to fill her room with them to irritate her.

But seeing Jiang Jingchun crying so hard, she felt really bad.

She tried hard to recall and wanted to use what she had learned throughout her life to give Jiang Jingchun some substantive suggestions.

A flash of inspiration came to her, and finally, she seemed to have thought of something.

She sat up straight and said to Jiang Jingchun, "I know. I know what you should do."

Jiang Jingchun was drunk and cried for so long that her thoughts were scattered. She looked at her in confusion and asked, "What...?"

Chen Muqing leaned close to her ear and whispered to her.

It took Jiang Jingchun a long time to realize what she was talking about.

She suspected that she had heard it wrongly, and she even forgot to cry. She said, "Ah Qing, are you kidding me?"

Although Chen Muqing also found it strange, the script was indeed correct. She nodded seriously and said, "Of course I won't lie to you. I've read the script, and it's exactly like that."

Jiang Jingchun also likes to read storybooks, but aren’t the storybooks she reads quite different from those Chen Muqing reads?

Chen Muqing said, "The holy monk who was calm and composed fell deeply in love with the fairy after being kissed by her! I really didn't lie to you. And what's more, even the high and mighty god was kissed by the lowly and despicable mortal in his words, and his mind was filled with her."

There must be some unspeakable magic on this mouth.

Jiang Jingchun made her even more confused.

She thought about it with her dizzy mind, if she gave her cousin a kiss...

She thought he would strangle her to death.

I shuddered just thinking about it, and even sobered myself up a bit.

Jiang Jingchun tilted his head back and took another sip of wine, then put down the wine bottle in his hand and lay on the ground with his head tilted back.

Chen Muqing lay down beside her. She tilted her head and looked at her seriously, "Really? I'm not talking nonsense. Just give it a try. What if? Anyway, it's already like this. Even if it doesn't work, it won't be a loss. If it works, then your wish will come true, right?"

Reason told Jiang Jingchun that this was not the right thing to do, but she thought that what Chen Muqing said seemed to be right.

Even if it doesn't work, will it be worse?

No, now is the worst time.

Jiang Jingchun turned her head and looked at Chen Muqing who was standing beside her. She smiled foolishly twice and then said, "Ah Qing, I think you are right."

She had to find a good opportunity to kiss him.

She smiled. Even though he didn't like her, she would still take advantage of him.

The two of them drank a lot more wine. In the end, Chen Muqing saw that if he drank any more, Jiang Jingchun would pass out, so he finally started to hold the wine.

She snatched the wine bottle from her hand and said, "Okay, okay, you can't drink any more. It's getting late. I'll take you home first."

Chen Muqing was not that drunk, his mind was still somewhat clear.

She wondered why Song Xuan'an hadn't come yet, and guessed that perhaps something happened at home and he was held back and couldn't come.

Well, I can't rely on him, so I have to do it myself.

She put on the hoods of both of them, and then she and Hua Yun helped her up and carried her out.

But just as they were about to go downstairs, they ran into a group of people.

"Are these two ladies leaving?" The question was asked in a frivolous and malicious tone.

Chen Muqing heard the noise and looked out through his hood, and found two or three men standing on the platform where the stairs turned.

They were dressed in brocade clothes and looked quite young. They looked like the sons of some wealthy family who were out for fun together.

However, he should not be from a wealthy family. After all, the young masters of wealthy families are the most proud. How many people can flirt with a woman in a restaurant except for a shameless playboy?

And if they were the top-notch playboys, each of them was "famous", Chen Muqing would not fail to know them.

Perhaps sensing bad intentions, Chen Muqing sobered up a lot. She carried Jiang Jingchun, who was already extremely drunk, and looked at them with a bit of caution.

They were blocking the way here. I think they had noticed them since they arrived. When they saw them as women, they had bad intentions. Now that they were about to leave, they came after them again.

Seeing that she didn't answer, the people went up a few steps. Chen Muqing dragged Jiang Jingchun and couldn't move. He immediately shouted, "Stop! If you dare to take another step forward, I will call for help!"

It was broad daylight and she didn't believe they would dare to do anything.

After hearing this, those people showed no intention of stopping.

The leader said with a smile: "What's the matter? Didn't you come to the restaurant to have fun? You came out so soon. Did you have a good time? If not, we brothers will have some fun with you guys."

In their view, these two people have come to the tavern, aren't they just looking for fun? Which decent girl would go here? If they come here, how can they be good girls? If they are not good girls, what's wrong with playing with them?

They were almost there, and it seemed like they would not stop until they achieved their goal. Chen Muqing then realized that things were about to get a little difficult.

She could have revealed her true identity. Her father was a general, a great general who had won battles all year round and had outstanding military achievements. These people would definitely be wary of her.

But... she went to the restaurant to drink and made a scene that everyone knew about. If her father knew about it, he would definitely beat her when he comes back during the New Year.

But there is really no other way now.

Just when she was about to introduce herself, a cold voice was heard.

"Didn't you hear that she said she didn't want to go?"

Chen Muqing looked in the direction of the person talking on the phone and found that it was Gu Huaisheng.

At this moment, he was walking up the stairs. Today was not a day off, and it was not yet time for him to get off work, but why was he here?

Chen Muqing saw that there was someone following Gu Huaisheng. The two men were wearing official uniforms and seemed to be here on official business.

She didn't expect it to be such a coincidence that they would meet like this. She subconsciously pulled Jiang Jingchun's hood tighter, fearing that he would see her.

Even though she was used to messing around like Jiang Jingchun, she was always a little scared in front of Gu Huaisheng. Besides, if he found out that they came to drink and go to the restaurant, she didn't know what to do.

A person as law-abiding as him must be suffering to death.

Chen Muqing looked at him with some nervousness, afraid of being recognized.

However, as soon as he appeared, the men really behaved themselves.

The leader looked at Gu Huaisheng. They obviously didn't recognize who he was, but were frightened by the domineering aura around him.

Although it was just a simple sentence, it frightened them so much that they didn't dare to move for a moment.

The leader shook his head first, relying on his high position to look down on others, and after puffing up his courage, he shouted at the people below: "Who do you think you are? Why are you meddling in other people's business?!"

There was obviously some anger in his tone.

Things were about to be done, but what the hell was he mixing in? Why is it so annoying?

Although Gu Huaisheng was standing at the bottom of the stairs, he did not lose out. His aura was so overwhelming that it was hard to breathe. When people heard his words, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. This smile on his face gave him an unusual arrogance of a young man.

But there was only frost in his eyes when he looked at them, and he looked down upon them with contempt and disdain.

It is rare to see such an expression in Gu Huaisheng's eyes. Although he comes from a noble family, he is not one who relies on his integrity.

Now he is obviously angry.

"Who am I?" Gu Huaisheng said with a smile, "I am from the Gu family in the capital, the young marquis of Heyang Marquis's Mansion, and the left assistant historian at the time."

"Why, do you want to cause trouble for me too?"

His tone was calm, and he even said it with a smile.

When those people heard this, they were shocked.

They had never seen Gu Huaisheng, but hadn't they heard of the young marquis's reputation? Didn't they know how powerful a fourth-rank official was?

How come I didn't notice the scarlet official uniform he was wearing just now! Now, after he reminded me, I finally noticed it.

The man in the lead knew that he had hit a wall, but he still insisted, "They came to the restaurant on their own. We just wanted to have fun with them. What's wrong with that?"

Chen Muqing was so angry after hearing this that he was shaking without even looking at what he had.

She was about to speak up to argue with him, but she heard Gu Huaisheng speak first.

"They don't want to." The smile on Gu Huaisheng's face had faded. He said, "Besides, you can do it in a restaurant, but they can't do it in a restaurant. If they come here, they will be entangled with a dirty thing like you?"

The man was called a dirty thing, and his face turned purple with anger. "They are women..."

Gu Huaisheng asked, "So what you mean is that women cannot go to places of entertainment?"

"What else? They are out in the open, not following the rules. Since they are so unruly, why can't I tease them? If they are walking on the street, can I just go up and rob them?"

Such perverse logic came out of his mouth, and it just made sense.

"What the hell are you talking about!" Chen Muqing was so angry that she yelled loudly. Jiang Jingchun, who was lying in her arms, was frightened by her shout and started to wake up. However, Chen Muqing was so angry that she didn't notice him.

After hearing what the man said, Gu Huaisheng laughed instead of getting angry. He nodded, as if he was thinking about whether what he said was correct.

"You're right. They were fine, but you still wanted to rob them. I know now. The problem must be with you. If you weren't around, they wouldn't be in such trouble."

Gu Huaisheng ignored the man. He turned around and called the waiter who had been standing next to him. He asked the waiter, "Did you see them?"

"Don't let them in anymore. I'll have someone send 500 taels to your store later."

The waiter had already recognized Gu Huaisheng, so he didn't dare to ask for money. He also wouldn't offend Gu Huaisheng because of those people. He said hurriedly, "Young Marquis, you are too polite. Since they have offended you, we will not let them come again in the future. We dare not ask for money or anything like that."

Gu Huaisheng continued, "Take it. Please run a few more trips for me and pass on the message."

The waiter lowered his eyebrows, and seeing him being so polite, he was very frightened. He said, "Young Marquis, just give your orders."

"Please find a few people to go to all the wine shops and restaurants in Beijing and tell them not to allow this person to enter."

"What do you rely on?" the man next to him said angrily.

Gu Huaisheng ignored him and said to the waiter calmly, "Just say they offended me."

The implication was that whoever dared to entertain them in the future would be going against him, Gu Huaisheng.

Since they couldn't control themselves, he helped them.

The waiter was stunned for a moment after hearing what Gu Huaisheng said, but after he came to his senses, he immediately agreed.

Their family background and reputation are there. If the news that they have offended Gu Huaisheng spreads out, how can they expect to have a good life in the capital in the future? It can only be said that they deserve it. The young marquis is a man of honor and will not tolerate such a thing of robbing a commoner girl. Now that he has seen it, if they still want to have a good life, I am afraid they will have no chance of getting along in the capital.

Seeing that the gang wanted to continue making trouble, the waiter was afraid that they would offend Gu Huaisheng, so he quickly sent someone to drive them out.

After those people were driven away, the place became a lot quieter.

All around was quiet. Chen Muqing's eyes turned complicated when she looked at Gu Huaisheng. She didn't understand why Jiang Jingchun loved Gu Huaisheng so much before, but now, she finally understood a little. *

It was true that they went to the restaurant, but if it got out, everyone would think it was their fault.

But Gu Huaisheng didn't think so...

As she was thinking this, the person lying in her arms suddenly let out a moan. Chen Muqing was startled, and fearing that Gu Huaisheng might hear and recognize them, she hurriedly covered her mouth to prevent her from making any sound.

She looked at Gu Huaisheng, and Gu Huaisheng also looked at them, but there was still no expression on his face. It seemed that he had not heard the sigh just now, but his eyes seemed to fall on Jiang Jingchun.

Gu Huaisheng frowned slightly, as if he was somewhat dissatisfied. He said, "Since you can't handle the alcohol, don't come to places like this next time."

These words seemed to carry some connotations of preaching from the elders in the family. Chen Muqing subconsciously felt that they were not spoken to her, but to the person lying in her arms.

Chen Muqing was afraid of saying too much and making too many mistakes, so he quickly agreed and said, "Okay, I will talk to her when she wakes up. Thank you very much for today, sir. We will leave first."

Having said that, Chen Muqing and Hua Yun carried the people down the stairs.

When she passed by Gu Huaisheng, she did not even dare to stop, and she had to pay attention to Jiang Jingchun's hood from time to time, for fear that it would fall off and she would be in trouble.

Finally getting down the stairs, Chen Muqing breathed a sigh of relief. She turned her head to look at Gu Huaisheng and saw that he had also walked upstairs to the compartment with the person next to him. The person next to him seemed to be chattering about something.

After the matter was resolved, Gu Huaisheng went upstairs with He Chuan. They came today to investigate the Tianlutai corruption case.

Today a spy brought news that the chief judge of the Dali Temple who presided over the case last time will come to Zuixianglou to meet someone today. I think it is the person who bribed him to get the position of Langzhong of the Ministry of Works.

Originally they arrived half an hour earlier in order to hide in the dark earlier and catch the person in the act.

As a result, Gu Huaisheng did this and no one knew if it would alarm the enemy.

He Chuan said beside Gu Huaisheng: "Why do you have to wade through the muddy water? What if they get wind of it? Wouldn't it be a wasted trip?"

Gu Huaisheng went upstairs and said, "No."

He arranged for people to guard outside so that what had just happened could not be spread out.

He Chuan didn't understand why he was so confident, but he was his boss, and since he said so, what else could he say?

He Chuan shut up, but couldn't hold back after a while and said, "Why didn't you just show up and do the easy thing? Why did you delay for so long and make such a fuss?"

Why has it taken so long?

Why make such a big fuss?

He looked really angry just now.

Of course He Chuan couldn't wait for Gu Huaisheng's answer. He looked at Gu Huaisheng's cold eyes, closed his mouth in time, and dared not say another word.

Okay, I can’t say it anymore. I won’t say it anymore.

Just as the two were about to go up to the second floor, they heard a noise coming from downstairs behind them. It sounded a bit noisy, and he couldn't help but turn his head to look.

"No, why don't you wait for me in the room?"

Then a young man came running from the door and headed eagerly towards the direction of the two women.

Chen Muqing quickly told Song Xuan'an to shut up, fearing that Gu Huaisheng would hear him.

"Why don't we wait for you? Wait for you? Even if we wait till the end of the world, we won't be able to see you, a busy man like you. And you still have the nerve to blame us!"

He arrived just in time. He was nowhere to be seen when the incident happened, but he arrived as soon as it was over.

It's all his fault. If he had come earlier, they wouldn't have been entangled with that group of people, and they wouldn't have run into Gu Huaisheng later.

She looked at him and said hatefully, "You are incapable of accomplishing anything, but you are more than capable of causing trouble!"

Song Xuanan knew that he had been delayed for a long time. He touched his nose awkwardly and explained, "I was just listening to my mother's nagging at home. When I came out, I found out that you had sent someone to deliver the message."

He didn't say anything else. He looked at Jiang Jingchun who was already somewhat unconscious. He asked in shock: "How much did you drink? How did you become like this?"

Chen Muqing gestured a number with his hands.

Song Xuan'an's eyes went dark.

He asked again, "Just a drink?"

Chen Muqing nodded.

Song Xuan'an was so angry at this that he said, "Didn't I tell you before that you should eat something to fill your stomach before drinking? If you do that now, you will hurt your spleen and brain. You will feel very uncomfortable tomorrow."

Chen Muqing said: "I know, I know, she just felt bad, so she drank a little more."

Song Xuan'an looked unhappy, but he said nothing more. He took the person from her arms and made a gesture to pick him up horizontally.

Chen Muqing hesitated and said, "How about carrying it on your back?"

This is not good for people to see.

Song Xuanan asked, "You want this hat to kill me, right?"

Okay, yes.

Song Xuan'an simply grabbed Jiang Jingchun by the waist and held her in his arms. She was tilted in his arms, her head tilted to one side, the white gauze slid across her cheeks, her hair hung loosely on the sides of her face, and two blushes appeared on her fair little face.

Chen Muqing was not careful and her face was exposed. Unfortunately, her head still tilted towards the stairs.

She was startled and quickly covered it back for her.

She looked up and saw Gu Huaisheng also looking in their direction.

Chen Muqing didn't know whether he saw it or not, but he still felt guilty for no reason and urged Song Xuan'an to leave as soon as possible.

"Go, go, we shouldn't stay here for long."

Their figures just disappeared here.

He Chuan retracted his gaze.

Last time, on Mrs. Jiang’s 60th birthday, he also went to the Jiang family and met Jiang Jingchun. The look he gave her just now clearly showed that he recognized her.

He hesitated and said, "This Miss Jiang is really too bold."

I dare not imagine what kind of mess it would have been if something had happened just now.

Seeing that Gu Huaisheng had not spoken for a long time, he turned his head to look, only to see that his gaze was still on the place where those people left. His jaw seemed to be tied into a line, and his cold, flawless face was expressionless.

Wait...He Chuan suddenly understood something.

"So, you already knew she was your cousin?"

No wonder I was so angry just now.

My younger sister was molested in a restaurant, and I couldn't help but get angry.

But why did he look even angrier now? Gu Huaisheng was a man who never showed his emotions. If anyone could tell, it was obvious that he was really angry.

Gu Huaisheng did not answer him, but remained silent for a moment, then said, "Don't tell anyone about this."

“It’s disreputable.”

In this state, she fell drunk in a man's arms...

Gu Huaisheng's mind was still filled with the side of Jiang Jingchun that had just been inadvertently revealed. That rosy face was even more gorgeous than the blooming peach blossoms.

He frowned even more tightly, trying to drive the image out of his mind, but he couldn't.

Jiang Jingchun's figure was easy to recognize, and he had also heard Chen Muqing's voice, so he recognized them both from the beginning. He didn't think much about her drinking. Although he valued etiquette, he didn't rigidly think that alcohol was only for men.

He didn't care much about these things, but now, seeing her drunk in another man's arms, he only felt his forehead throbbing violently.

Just like the last time, I saw her bright red lips.

He is like that too.

Too casual, he thought.

How could she do such a thing with someone so casually?

"Oh."

Gu Huaisheng sneered.

Children's love comes and goes quickly.

He rubbed his brows which were a little painful from the twisting and looked away.

*

Jiang Jingchun was dizzy, so Song Xuan'an and Chen Muqing quickly sent him back to Jiang's house.

They waited at the back door and let Hua Yun go in and call Mrs. Jiang out.

Chen Muqing reminded Song Xuanan, "Put the man down and support him, otherwise Aunt Jiang will be unhappy if she sees him."

Song Xuanan didn't understand, "What's wrong?"

Which adult likes to see their daughter being hugged by another man? In their eyes, it is extremely inappropriate and if it gets out, it will be bad luck.

But looking at Song Xuan'an's expression, Chen Muqing was too lazy to explain to him and just asked him to listen to her.

Li came and saw Jiang Jingchun's state. She was shocked and said, "Oh my God, how much did he drink? How did he become like this?"

There was a hint of reproach in his tone.

Chen Muqing touched her nose feeling a little guilty when she heard this. Song Xuan'an glared at her and also blamed her.

After the two men sent the person back, they did not stay any longer. They watched Li take the person back and then left.

Li was helping the person back to the house and happened to run into Jiang Nan.

Jiang Nan smelled the alcohol on her body and saw how drunk she was. He frowned and started to scold her, "Where have you been again, you idiot? You've been wandering around like a horse without a bridle. How can you be willing to stay at home for a day?"

Li sneered at him, "It's not the middle of the night, so what if you drink a little? Why? You are the only one who can drink, but she can't? Don't impose your rules on her."

Jiang Nan choked her up and wanted to say more, but suddenly a guard came in from outside and spoke into his ear.

No one knew what was said, but Jiang Nan's expression changed drastically, and he showed joy on his face. He even didn't have time to continue talking to Li before he ran out in a hurry.

Before Li had the chance to ask him what he was going out for, he had disappeared.

She muttered "what a bummer" and without thinking any more, she helped Jiang Jingchun into the house.

*

Jiang Jingchun slept until noon the next day after he lay down on the bed after returning yesterday.

She woke up from her daze. After the hangover, her head really hurt. She looked out the window. The sun was high in the sky. The sunlight shone through the window lattice onto the floor inside the house. It was getting late.

Hua Yun, who was standing by, saw that she had woken up, so she hurriedly helped her up, let her sit against the head of the bed, and handed her a bowl of sobering soup.

Jiang Jingchun took it and drank it, then rubbed his swollen and painful temples and asked, "What time is it now?"

"It's already past noon. My wife came to see you just now, but when she saw you were asleep, she left again."

Jiang Jingchun didn't expect that he had slept for so long. He nodded, indicating that he understood.

She looked outside the house. The summer sun was scorching and blinding. Looking at this scene, her mind gradually became active.

How long did you drink yesterday? How much did you drink?

She could hardly remember anything, but she just remembered that she drank one pot of wine after another, and then she could no longer hold on and fell unconscious.

After drinking the sobering soup, her head still hurt a little. She hit her head twice, but she still felt like there was something she hadn't remembered.

She vaguely remembered that she seemed to have heard Gu Huaisheng's voice yesterday, but how could he have gone into the restaurant?

Is this a dream?

She doesn't know.

But thinking of Gu Huaisheng, she finally remembered what she had forgotten.

The Holy Monk and the Witch...

Chen Muqing told her that the witch kissed the holy monk, and the monk's heart was moved.

It always sounds like a bluff.

But this thought seemed to have taken root in my heart and wouldn't go away from my mind.

Gu Huaisheng had almost become her obsession when she was young. She was saved by him when she was fourteen, and then she began to have feelings for him. Now she was sixteen, and it had been two years.

Although Chen Muqing's words didn't sound very reliable, Jiang Jingchun had already reached the end of her rope. No matter what she did, her cousin would not smile at her or like her.

Kiss him?

Give it a try.

She thought.

She turned around and asked, "Hua Yun, what day is today?"

"It's the tenth day of the lunar year. What's wrong, Miss?"

On the tenth day, Gu Huaisheng did not go on duty.

Jiang Jingchun was silent for a moment, then stood up and went to the desk. She said to Hua Yun, "Please ask someone to send a letter to my cousin. I want to invite him out this afternoon."