Noticing her gaze, Changsun Lingsi didn't want to be looked down upon by her, so he deliberately straightened his back, looking ready to die, which was quite cute.
Qu Li withdrew his gaze and said to Changsun Lingrui, "If there's any news over there, I'll let you know! Don't act rashly during this period."
"Okay." Changsun Lingrui hesitated for a moment: "Cousin!"
Qu Li glanced sideways, waiting for him to continue.
"Nothing." He swallowed the words that were on the tip of his tongue.
Changsun Lingyue has been acting indifferent recently, and he doesn't know what she is thinking.
If he pleaded for her rashly and ended up hurting his cousin, he would become the sinner instead.
"For Changsun Lingyue?"
Changsun Lingrui was stunned.
How could his cousin guess what he was thinking?
"I don't really care about her."
She will naturally be good to those who are good to her.
Likewise, she will not continue to indulge those who hate her, dislike her, or even plot against her just because of their blood relationship.
"After all, she is your relative and the biological daughter of your second cousin. You don't have to consider my feelings too much about what you want to do."
"But Ling Yue before..."
"After all, she is just unwilling to accept it, and it is also because you protected her too well before!" Qu Li's expression was indifferent, and it was obvious that she didn't want to continue talking to him.
"Then I'll talk to Uncle San and see what to do."
"Um."
Qu Li passed by Changsun Lingsi and curled the corners of his mouth coldly.
This smile made Changsun Lingsi feel uncomfortable all over.
"I'm sorry." He shouted at her back.
Qu Li walked out of the courtyard without stopping.
After returning to the high priest's mansion, Tianqing waited for a long time. When he saw her coming out, he immediately went to greet her.
"Ms. Qu, you are finally awake!"
"Did you find out anything?"
"I heard there was a happy event in the mansion, but no one knows what it is."
Qu Li nodded.
The more the high priest deliberately concealed the truth, the more abnormal it was.
Maybe her previous guess was right.
However, she still needed to investigate further what he wanted to do with the wedding.
That evening, the high priest appeared in Lanyuan and had dinner with Qu Li.
Qu Li observed his expression calmly, "Zhenniang came to take my measurements today, are you planning on adding some clothes?"
The high priest's expression remained calm: "That's right."
"I heard that Nishang Pavilion is most famous for making wedding gowns!"
I thought I could see something strange on the high priest's face, but he remained calm.
He ate with such elegance and dignity that it was impossible to guess what he was thinking.
"Yes, if you like, you can wait for her to come over to try on clothes for you and ask her to make your wedding gown."
Qu Li put down his chopsticks and looked at him intently.
He raised an eyebrow: "Is there something dirty on my face?"
"No, I just think that although you are quite old, you have maintained yourself well and are quite handsome."
The high priest's smile deepened, "Thank you for the compliment."
There is absolutely nothing unusual!
No matter how Qu Li tried, he always failed, and he couldn't help feeling a little frustrated.
After dinner, the high priest stayed in the Orchid Garden for a while and even asked Qu Li to play chess with him.
It is said that one can understand a person's heart by watching chess. Qu Li also wants to use the game to find out whether the high priest's current mood is just a disguise of calmness.
The two of them fought back and forth. Unlike Qu Li's decisive and aggressive approach, the high priest took every step very cautiously.
She looked at the black piece on the chessboard that she had almost forced into a dead end, raised an eyebrow and asked, "Are you still not admitting defeat?"
"You think I'm the kind of person who would admit defeat?"
Qu Li sneered: "It certainly doesn't look like it, but struggling to survive and being stubborn will only lead to a more miserable death in the end."
As she spoke, she pinched a white piece between her index and middle fingers.
With a "clang" sound, the chess pieces fell, and most of the black pieces were eaten by her again.
The high priest curled his lips, picked up a black piece, and placed it down under Qu Li's smiling gaze.
"Put yourself in a desperate situation and then you can survive!"
Qu Li was amazed.
Originally, the two of them were using the chess game to test each other, and their words were full of meaning.
Qu Li's heart became more and more uneasy.
The high priest seems to be playing a big game this time.
No one knows where he will place the chess piece now.
All he threw out was fog, which would only let her see what he wanted her to see.
Those things hidden behind all the chess pieces, one after another, were completely shrouded in fog.
This feeling... is terrible!
The high priest's smile deepened. "It's getting late. Go to bed early."
He stood up and looked at Qu Li with a very gentle gaze.
Such a gentle look made Qu Li feel like being stared at by a poisonous snake.
Watching the high priest walking further and further away, his back gradually blending into the night, she let out a deep breath.
Tianqing wanted to come in and ask her if she wanted to take a shower, but when he saw her playing double-handed chess with a serious look on her face, he could only wait quietly by the side.
When the last black piece fell, Qu Li was so frightened that he broke out in a cold sweat.
She thought that the White piece had a very good situation, but it turned out to be a losing situation after the Black piece fought back from the brink of death.
In the end, Black won by half a piece.
She clenched her fingers tightly, pursed her lips, and even her breathing became disordered.
Tianqing noticed that something was wrong with her and immediately walked over.
"Ms. Qu, are you okay?"
Qu Li finally came back to his senses from his daze.
There was fatigue in her eyes and brows, as if she had walked thousands of miles with a heavy load.
"I'm fine." Her voice was hoarse. "Please prepare the bath for me."
Soaking in the warm water, Qu Li felt his mind was in a mess, and finally he simply sank into the water.
Tianqing asked her outside if she wanted more hot water, but there was no response from Qu Li for a long time. Thinking that her mood was a little strange just now, he was worried that something might happen to her, so he hurriedly pushed the door open and went in.
"Ms. Qu, what are you doing?"
She was so frightened that she grabbed Qu Li's arm and pulled her out of the water.
Qu Li was stunned for a moment, looking at the little girl's eyes that were red because of worrying about her, and a faint curve appeared on her face that was purple due to holding her breath.
He reached out and pinched her cheek, the corners of his mouth raised: "I'm fine! I'm just practicing holding my breath."
Tian Qing was skeptical, "Miss Qu, my mother said that no matter how dark the world is, no matter how difficult the things are, the sun will always rise, and the road ahead will be bright."
She smiled and said, "I'm fine. It's just that the game of chess just now made me a little annoyed."
Tianqing gave her a look that said "Is that really the case?"
She placed her hands on the edge of the tub, her eyebrows curved into crescents as she smiled, joking: "Girl, sometimes you seem silly, and sometimes you seem so smart!"
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