Chapter 119 [VIP] Lifesaver (6)

Jin Lili, who was sitting in the study handling official business, looked up and saw the empty yard. He frowned slightly. Where did Li Nanyan, who always liked to hang around him, go at this moment?

On weekdays, she either stays in his study or in his yard, and can't be chased away. But in the past one or two days, he doesn't know what happened, she disappears without a trace, and makes him upset for no reason.

"Jin Wu, come here, I have something to ask you."

Jin Li subconsciously called out to the door, and a servant came over respectfully. But it was not Jin Wu, which made Jin Li a little dissatisfied. "Why is it you? Where is Jin Wu? He dared to leave his post while on duty. Aren't you afraid that I will punish him?"

The servant immediately shook his head and said he dared not, then explained anxiously, "My lord, have you forgotten? Earlier, Miss Li came to ask Jin Wu, who is by your side, to help her with something, and you agreed without hesitation. Jin Wu is still accompanying Miss to practice archery. It's not because you are afraid that you will be inconvenienced without someone to serve you, so you let your subordinate take over temporarily, not because Jin Wu has left his post without permission."

After hearing what the servants said, Jin Lili suddenly remembered that this seemed to be the case.

This morning, Nan Yan had made such a request when she came to him, but at that time he thought it was just a trivial matter, but he didn't expect that she wanted Jin Wu to teach her archery.

Why would a lady from a wealthy family learn archery?

Jin Lili frowned unconsciously. Besides, isn't he the best archer? If she wants someone to teach her archery, why doesn't she come to him?

Thinking of this, Jin Lili became a little impatient. He realized that his mind was being distracted by the other party again, so he subconsciously waved his hand to send the person away, "Okay, I get it. This is none of your business. Go and make me a cup of tea."

"Yes, I'll go right away."

After the servant respectfully left, the room became quiet again. Jin Lili looked at the words on the memorial and felt that his heart could not calm down at all. He could not read a single word of the official document on the letter. So he shouted outside the room, "Wait, you don't have to go make tea yet. Come with me to the martial arts training ground to see what that woman is doing?"

It was normal that he couldn't concentrate on reading the official documents since all his usual servants had been sent away.

Jin Lili took the servant to the martial arts training ground in the backyard. As soon as he entered the gate, he heard the sound of a conversation coming from not far away.

"Master, this is not the way to shoot arrows. You have to raise the bow higher, level with your shoulders. Oh, that's right, just keep this position..."

"Alas, Master, you are wrong again. Your back is not straight again."

"I forgot. I don't know why, it looks easy for you to do this, but it becomes very strange when you do it by yourself. How about you support me from behind?"

"Then I'll watch you from behind. You have to straighten your waist and use the strength of your waist. That's right, that's it. Don't bend your back..."

Jin Lili listened to the two people practicing back and forth, his eyebrows slightly raised, thinking in his heart, this Miss Li has really changed her personality, and is actually willing to be patient to practice archery. He saw that her movements are quite professional.

Seeing that the young lady's waist had relaxed unconsciously again, Jin Wu beside him reached out subconsciously and was about to straighten her waist when he suddenly heard a light cough coming from behind.

When he turned around and saw the dark eyes of his master, he was almost frightened to death.

It’s over. He almost forgot his identity just now. How dare he, a servant, reach out to offend Miss Li? It’s over, it’s over. Could it be that the master saw this action?

Will the master silence me?

Jin Wu was so frightened at this moment that his face turned pale. When he looked up, he saw his master glanced at him nonchalantly, and his knees immediately went weak with fear. His master was notoriously stingy and vindictive. He would normally respond to any mild sarcasm in the court with his calm demeanor. He almost offended his master's sweetheart just now. How could this be tolerated?

At this moment, Jin Wu really wished he could disappear right there. He shrank his head and hands, and never dared to touch his master's sweetheart again.

Nan Yan also heard the noise behind her. She turned around and saw that the person behind her was Jin Lili. She immediately showed him a happy smile, "Jin Lili, why are you here?"

There was no change in Jin Lili's expression, but anyone with a discerning eye could tell that their parents were unhappy.

Especially when I saw the bow and arrow in her hand, I couldn't help but ask casually, "Can't I come? Why don't you come to me if you want to learn archery?"

Of course, it's because I want to retreat in order to advance, and I want you to come closer to me on your own initiative.

Nan Yan blinked, then turned away unhappily, her voice muffled and complaining, "Didn't you say you were busy with official duties and didn't have time to accompany me? That's why I asked Jin Wu to accompany me. What's wrong? Is this not okay?"

"When did I say..."

Before Jin Lili finished speaking, he suddenly remembered that he had been feeling complicated during this period of time. Every time he saw her, he would feel upset, so he simply made an excuse that he was too busy to see her.

I didn't expect that she had always remembered this. It's true, she doesn't listen to what she should listen to, but remembers what she shouldn't listen to.

Jin Lili coughed, his eyes flickered slightly, and then he took two steps forward. Nan Yan didn't know what he was going to do and was about to step back, but he grabbed her arm and aimed at the bull's eye on the martial arts training ground, "Okay, why are you hiding? I was busy with official duties before and didn't have much time to accompany you, but now I've dealt with it. If you want to learn archery, you can naturally ask me to teach you. Why are you so aggrieved? I didn't bully you."

Nan Yan thought that he had not bullied her, he had just been avoiding her. If she didn't do something naughty and make some noise, she was afraid that this person would continue to hide like an ostrich.

...That won’t do!

Sure enough, after hearing what he said, Nan Yan was about to say no, it was good enough for her to have Jin Wu as her mentor.

But before she could say anything, Jin Lili reached out his hand without saying a word and grabbed her wrist from behind, with his chest pressed tightly against her back.

Then he raised his hand and pulled the bow. With a "whoosh" sound, the feather arrow flew towards the center of the bull's eye, exactly right in the middle.

"Are you sure you don't want me to teach you?"

Jin Li looked down at Nan Yan in his arms, with a hint of "Don't be so short-sighted" in his eyes.

This man looked like a peacock with its screen spread out, eager to show off his strength.

Nan Yan was stunned when she saw this, staring blankly at the feather arrow. She subconsciously wanted to turn her head to look at him, but unexpectedly the action was too sudden, and her lips accidentally rubbed the other person's chin!

The wet and soft touch reminded Jin Lili of the feeling when he took the initiative to kiss her that night. His heart skipped a beat. When he came to his senses, he subconsciously patted her waist with his palm and said shyly,

"Be quiet, what are you doing?"

"Didn't I teach you already?"

Nan Yan was also stunned for a moment, as if she had not expected such a thing to happen. Hearing this, she quickly turned her head away, but her cheeks turned red uncomfortably, and even Jin Lili's face behind her was inadvertently stained with a hint of red.

"Okay...I understand." Nan Yan nodded.

"Okay, just follow my instructions."

Jin Yinli was pressed against her back. He was tall, and when he came around from behind, he almost held her in his arms. From this angle, he could just see her earlobe, which was red as if it was stained with rouge.

He thought to himself, so this person can be shy too?

Inexplicably, that tingling feeling resurfaced in his heart, spreading from his throat into his heart, and he unconsciously had the urge to lower his head and kiss her gently.

Nan Yan curled her lips. This man pretended to be serious, and it was obvious that he came closer on purpose. Don't think that she didn't see the slightly red ears.

…

I finally finished learning archery at the training ground.

Nan Yan's palms were covered with several tiny blisters. She didn't feel anything at first, and she didn't feel much pain while she was practicing. But now that she stopped, the feeling was immediately different.

She suddenly picked up the teacup on the stone table. As soon as she held it in her hand, she felt a sharp pain. The cup in her hand slipped uncontrollably and the tea spilled all over the floor.

"Be careful, don't get burned."

Jin Lili beside her almost subconsciously warned her, and he quickly pulled her aside to prevent her from being splashed with tea.

"I'm fine..."

Nan Yan also subconsciously retracted her fingers.

The tea was obviously freshly brewed, and the cup was still hot. If she had touched it normally, there would be no problem. However, her palms were rubbed raw from archery practice, and the sudden burns from the heat naturally made it difficult for her to bear.

Jin Lili frowned. As soon as he saw her tears in her eyes, he knew what had happened. He felt inexplicably strange in his heart. Normally, she would complain to him about even a small injury the size of a pinhole, but now she didn't say a word even though her palms were rubbed raw. When did she change her personality?

He dragged her back into the house, then grabbed her wrist and refused to let go. "Alright, stop hiding. I saw it all. Are your palms blistered?"

Nan Yan choked up when she heard this, and seemed not to want to answer, and glanced at him secretly again.

猶豫磨蹭了小半會兒，見靳厭離仍舊是一副好整以暇的姿态盯着她，這才老老實實的把手伸了過去，“好吧，其實就磨破了一點點，也不是很疼的。” 她說完又立刻補充了一句，“你不能嫌我麻煩，以後就不教我了。”

靳厭離頓了頓，這下瞬間明白了她為什麽沒有直接說出來的原因了，原來是怕他嫌她麻煩，不肯繼續教她。

就這麽在意他的看法嗎？靳厭離別過臉，心中忽然有種很奇怪的情緒在翻滾着。

他很快就拿來了藥粉跟銀針，先是替她清理了傷口，又小心翼翼地将水泡戳破，然後撒上藥粉，動作輕柔的南嫣幾乎沒感覺到什麽刺痛，便聽到對面的人聲音溫和地問她，“好端端的，為什麽要學習射箭？”

南嫣笑眯眯的，另一只手撐着下巴，歪着腦袋滿心歡喜地望着他，“當然是為了在秋獵過程中抓兩只狐貍給你做個袖套了。”

“現在都入秋了，你每日處理完公務手指都是冰冷的，我的針線活雖然一般，不過做兩個袖套還是可以的，這樣以後你處理公務時手太冷的話直接放在袖套裏就不怕了，手指應該也不會凍瘡了……”

南嫣認真地說完，看到對面的靳厭離動作不知何時停下了，眼睛略微眨了下，臉上還帶着歡喜笑意。

南嫣心底啧了一聲，其實能不能做成，也只是口頭上說說而已，說真話容易傷人又沒人喜歡聽，但好聽的假話誰都愛聽，重要的是讓能他對自己心軟。

靳厭離的目光又落在自己的手掌上，他手指上的凍瘡是年幼時幫人洗衣掙錢導致的，一年凍傷以後，往後每年都會凍傷。

但對他來說這些都是不值一提的小傷，倒是沒想到她這麽個沒心沒肺的大小姐居然發現了，而且還惦記着要給他做副袖套。

靳厭離輕吐一口氣，他一時間不知道該怎麽去描述自己此刻的感覺，只覺得心中忽然有種說不出的柔軟。

尤其是看着她手心的傷口，胸口忽然有種悶悶的酸楚，讓他有些不舒服，“不用給我做這些，你的手太細太軟，不适合練習這些，更何況射箭不是一日兩日就能練成的，你想抓狐貍可以找我幫忙的。”

南嫣看着他皺眉的那樣，嘴角忽然彎了彎，然後忍不住伸手戳了戳他緊縮的眉頭，靳厭離看她一眼倒是沒出聲訓斥，只是剛想伸手捉住那只搗亂的手指，便聽見對面那人眉眼含笑地問了一句，

“靳厭離，你是不是心疼我了呀？”

她笑着看着這人，打蛇就随棍上，這順着杆子往上爬的本事真是與生俱來的。

靳厭離手上的動作一頓，微微擡眸掃了這人一眼，表情溫和平靜，“我是嫌你每次受傷都會麻煩我幫你清理傷口，本官事物繁忙，哪有那麽多時間陪你玩這些小把戲。”

南嫣哼了兩聲，那小表情明顯是不高興了，“那我找靳五指導我也是一樣的，不用浪費你這個大忙人的時間。”

靳厭離眉梢微挑，眼裏似乎閃過一絲笑意，然後輕呵了一聲，“靳五是我的小厮，每日都要專心伺候我，哪有時間陪着你。”

還跟她在這兒打馬虎眼，南嫣心中好笑，別以為她不知道，分明是這人占有欲太強，沒瞧見靳五都被吓得瑟瑟發抖恨不得原地消失了嗎！

南嫣立馬抿着唇不高興了。

知道他是不肯放靳五指導她了。

靳厭離也瞧出了她的不高興，心中有些好笑，這李大小姐向來都是氣性大、忘性也大，前頭還在跟他生氣，下一秒又自己好了。

靳厭離搖了搖頭，看她撅着嘴生氣的模樣，不由得輕笑出聲，手指輕輕敲了下她的腦袋，動作很輕，“行了，以後有什麽事情找我就可以了。”

“不要随随便便地麻煩其他人，你想做什麽，要什麽，我都可以幫你，不會怪你的。”

聽到這句話，南嫣似乎有些意外，她猶豫了一瞬，忽然轉過頭來，目光認真地望着他，“真的嗎？我做什麽，你都不會……怪我嗎？”

看着這樣眼神略有些躲閃的南嫣，靳厭離似乎想到了什麽，目光也跟着微微閃爍了一下，随後皺着眉別過臉，将她的手指放下去，語氣淡淡地說道，“那要看什麽事情了，只要不是很重要的事情，不管你做什麽，我都可以原諒你，不會怪你的。”

對面的南嫣聽到這話時似乎松了口氣，這次眼裏終于真心實意的露出了一絲笑容，但卻沒察覺對方眼中那一閃而過的複雜。

……

之後的幾天，南嫣又在練武場一個人練起箭術來了，畢竟要維持住人設，不能對方稍微阻攔一下，自己就放棄了，否則這也顯得太沒誠意了。她一個人在練武場練着，剛開始準頭确實差，不過兩三天之後倒也有模有樣了。而靳厭離那邊，嘴上說着不願意管她，但實際上每日公務處理完後都會口是心非地跑來指導她，時間一久，兩人之間的默契明顯更深，甚至靳厭離對她的态度也愈發溫和體貼，尤其是看她的眼神，眼裏的寵溺和縱容幾乎都要溢出來了。

明明這府裏這上上下下每個人都能看得出來他家大人是很心悅這李小姐的，偏偏靳厭離自己瞧不出來，他一直把自己對她的縱容寵溺當做是彌補愧疚，而且心中依舊沒有放棄尋找自己真正的救命恩人的念頭。

這人要是鑽起牛角尖來，那真是十頭牛也沒法把他回來，不過這也沒辦法，有些人天生就是這麽固執。

不親自嘗試一下，不真切感受到那種痛徹心扉的感覺，他是不會放棄的，恰好靳厭離就是這麽一個不撞南牆不回頭的頑固性子。

也就是在這種情況下，皇家秋獵終于開始了，當今聖上攜文武百官一同赴上林苑狩獵，群臣及其家眷也一同跟随。

而這麽重要的場合，女主自然也在其中。

與其說是狩獵，還不如說是一場選拔人才的比試。頭一天肯定要比誰的獵物最多，尤其當今聖上正值壯年，也愛熱鬧，興致來的時候自然也要拉着底下大臣比試一番。

而剩下的那些世家貴女們也有自己的區域，都只在小範圍的安全地域活動。貴女不止會琴棋書畫，自然也大有學習箭術、騎術的女子在，大黎朝還有女将軍，最聞名的便是當朝已經去世的長公主，據說是為了保護當今聖上而死，死後還被追封成大黎朝唯一的女将軍，享無尚的榮光。

也正是因為有了這麽個先例，所以本朝對女子的限制才沒有前朝那麽嚴格。

南嫣也混在一群貴女當中，看一群穿着妍麗、容顏俏麗的貴女們彎腰上馬，然後拉弓搭箭，動作英姿飒爽，又不失女兒家的柔美秀麗，頗有一種賞心悅目的姿态。

她這次的目标也很明确，原本是想試驗一下這幾日的成果，看她能不能抓兩只狐貍什麽玩玩，但巡邏一圈也沒瞧見什麽自己想找的獵物，眼見天色不早，正當她垂頭喪氣準備往回趕的時候，聽到不遠處草叢似乎傳來一陣狐貍叫聲。

這可真是巧了，南嫣立馬挽弓搭箭，原本想展示一下自己不俗的箭術，但隐約瞧見那草叢裏的小狐貍似乎還是只幼崽，立馬心軟扔了弓箭，整個人直接就往草叢裏撲過去了。

這一撲就發現不對了，底下明顯是人的觸感，草叢後的靳厭離被人撲了個滿懷，笑着将人一把摟進懷裏，聲音沙啞地說，“怎麽，這才一會兒不見，就對本官投懷送抱，這是想念本官了？”

這人臉皮夠厚，還真是自作多情！

南嫣笑着去扒他胸口，然後從裏頭扒出一只估計還沒斷奶的小狐貍幼崽，眼睛頓時一亮，也沒在意這人占她便宜的事了，直接将小狐貍抱過來，愛不釋手地捧在胸口，

“這是送給我的嗎，靳厭離？”

她眼睛亮晶晶的，有那麽一瞬間，擡頭的動作跟這懷裏的小狐貍同步了。

靳厭離看着嘴角忍不住彎了彎，目光落在眼前這人身上，只覺得這副打扮的南嫣格外明豔動人，一身鮮紅的騎馬裝，腰系一根束帶顯得腰身更加纖細，盈盈不堪一握。

他将人放開，心口微微悸動，努力很久才将胸腔的情緒平複下去，然後笑道，“你不是說想抓只狐貍嗎？周将軍射中了一只母狐貍，我在附近撿到了這只還沒斷奶的小狐貍，瞧着也是可憐，不如就送給你了。”

南嫣滿心歡喜朝他笑着，又後知後覺地想起來，表情悶悶的，“可是我是想抓只公狐貍給你做袖套的，這小崽子渾身上下還沒你巴掌大，袖套怎麽做啊？”

靳厭離實在沒忍住伸手摸了把她的腦袋，“想什麽呢？這只狐貍崽子送你養着玩的，袖套的事情以後再說就行了。”

"Okay, stop dawdling. It's getting late. I'll take you back to the camp to get some food. You must be hungry after walking around all day. I have to report to the emperor later."

As he spoke, he subconsciously held her hand again. This was also the result of Nan Yan's training. In the past, whenever he went out, as long as he walked too fast or didn't hold her hand, Nan Yan would basically run around. After a long time, Jin Lili was afraid that she would get lost, so he would hold her hand tightly every time he went out.

With this in mind, the two of them slowly headed back to the camp. Fires were lit all around them, and the air was filled with the aroma of barbecue. A hunting trip would naturally require good food and wine.

Nan Yan was dragged back to his tent, and a servant immediately came forward to help her wash her hands. Nan Yan reluctantly handed the little fox to the servant. After she had tidied her clothes and came out, she saw that Jin Linli was already roasting a rabbit. The aroma was everywhere, and there were different bowls and plates of dipping sauces beside them, all of which were gifts. The smell was also more fragrant than that of ordinary people. It seems that high-ranking officials do enjoy more than low-ranking officials.

Seeing Nan Yan coming out, Jin Li asked her to come over and sit down, and then handed over the cut rabbit meat, "Come and eat some rabbit meat to fill your stomach. You've been playing all day, and you should be hungry."

Nan Yan rushed towards him happily.

Although Jin Li was helpless, he still caught the man. Perhaps he himself did not realize how gentle his eyes were at the moment. "Okay, stop making trouble. I have something to go out for later. If you miss these, no one will roast rabbit for you anymore."

After hearing this, Nan Yan sat down next to him obediently, and then ate the roasted rabbit served by a special person while drinking the chrysanthemum wine given by Yu Ci in small sips.

I can't help but sigh in my heart, days like this are truly like days in heaven, and the hero's cooking skills are indeed good.

She was in a good mood and would occasionally put a bite into the mouth of the person next to her. He did not resist but ate it obediently.

Nan Yan didn't eat much, but she drank up the pot of sweet and fragrant chrysanthemum wine next to her.

By the time Jin Lianli realized something was wrong, the person next to him was obviously drunk. His cheeks seemed to be stained with clouds, his skin was faintly flushed, and his eyes were blurred. Even though he was like this, he still held the wine bottle and refused to let go. His voice was soft and lingering, "Jin... Lianli, how come you have two heads? Which one is the real one?"

Jin Li was a little helpless for a moment. If he had known, he would have asked someone to take away the pot of chrysanthemum wine. "You are drunk. I don't have two heads. Come here. I will carry you back to rest."

Nan Yan's eyes were half-closed. When she saw the man was about to hug her, she immediately leaned back with her head tilted back, saying stubbornly, "I'm not! I'm not drunk. I can walk by myself. I have legs. Come here... Come and help me hold the road. Don't let it move. I can walk by myself. I will walk back by myself."

Jin Lili: "..."

Are you not drunk yet? Your eyes are blurry, but you can still walk by yourself?

Jin Lili simply wanted to laugh, because he knew it was impossible to reason with a drunkard.

Nan Yan propped herself up and stood up shakily. She almost fell down halfway. Fortunately, Jin Lili beside her supported her in time and hugged her into his arms. "Okay, okay, you are not drunk, it's your legs that are drunk. I will carry you back first, okay? I will help you hold the road when we get back. Is that okay?"

Nan Yan looked at the person in front of her in a daze, and it was obvious that she hadn't recovered yet. "No, I can't go with you. I have to wait for my fiancé. I can't leave until he comes."

Jin Li shook his head. He really couldn't do anything with her. "You want to find a fiancé, then come closer and see who I am?"

Nan Yan bit her lip and looked at the man carefully. She blinked twice in a daze and suddenly felt that he looked familiar. Then she went over to him, held his face with both hands, and rubbed her cheeks against his with joy. "Ah, I recognized you, Jin Lili, you are my fiancé... I have been waiting for you for a long time. Why did you come just now? I am very obedient. I will not leave even if others come to see me. Can I go home with you alone?"

Hearing these words, his heart seemed to soften into a pool of warm water. Jin Lili smiled and hugged the man tighter, "Okay, come home with me alone, I'll hold you, okay?"

The person in his arms finally stopped making a fuss. He just stared at him with his watery eyes and said honestly, "Okay..."

Jin Lili carried the person into the tent, and then carefully placed her on the bed, and finally covered her with a quilt. When everything was done, he turned around to get some warm water to wash her, and heard the person behind him calling his name softly.

"Jin Lili..."

He turned his head and looked over, coaxing in a low voice, "What's wrong?"

The sounds coming from behind me were intermittent.

"I love you the most. Marry me soon... From now on, we will be together forever... OK? You can't bully me, and I will treat you very well..."

Hearing what she said in her sleep, Jin Lili paused for a moment, but soon returned to normal.

His eyes fell on the sleeping Nan Yan. He was stunned for a moment, then came to his senses. Then he shook his head and chuckled. After settling the person down, he turned around and left.