Lu Xingyue nodded, his expression calm.
He didn't feel guilty at all about being caught eavesdropping.
Lu Jingzhi bowed and was about to leave. After passing by, Lu Xingyue suddenly stopped her again.
"If you are free, come and sit here often."
Lu Jingzhi paused and looked back, looking at him in surprise.
This is actually what her third brother who lives alone can say?
Lu Xingyue didn't look at her. After saying this, he went straight into the bedroom, followed closely by Guan Chun.
Lu Jingzhi suddenly realized, was it for the third sister-in-law? Is he afraid that the third sister-in-law will be lonely alone?
She walked down the steps and turned around to look again. It seemed that the third brother was really interested this time.
She suddenly felt relieved and her steps became lighter.
*
Lu Xingyue walked to the bedside. The chair had not been confiscated yet. He glanced at it and sat down directly on the bedside. "Are you feeling better?"
Shen Lansui nodded, "It's much better. It doesn't hurt that much. I just feel a little sleepy."
"The medicine contains calming ingredients. It's normal to feel sleepy. Can you sleep for a while?" Lu Xingyue asked softly.
Shen Lansui thought for a moment and realized that he really had nothing to do today, so he lay down.
Guan Chun stepped forward and said, "Madam, this is the hand stove given by the young lady. Can I put it down first?"
"Has the carbon been released?" Lu Xingyue asked.
"Let it go, it's warm and not scalding." Guan Chun handed over the stove, and Lu Xingyue took it and tested the temperature. It was indeed not scalding, and it still had a faint pear fragrance.
"Sleep with warm hands."
Lu Xingyue placed the stove in Shen Lansui's palm.
The fingertips passed across the palm of his hand, causing a slight itching. Shen Lansui curled up his fingers, held the hand stove, and looked at Lu Xingyue, "What should I do if it falls?"
Guan Chun subconsciously said: "Slave..."
"I'll guard here." Lu Xingyue said calmly.
Guanchun: "???"
No, why do you always compete with us?
She hesitated and whispered: "Why bother young master, slave..."
Before she could finish speaking, Lu Xingyue's indifferent gaze swept over her.
Guanchun: "..."
After a moment of silence, she said decisively to Shen Lansui: "I'll leave you now. Madam, please call me if you need anything."
Shen Lansui: "..."
She didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "Lu Xingyue, don't scare her. I don't need you to guard her. You can do whatever you have to do. I'll cover the stove for a while and then put it down when my hands are hot. I won't get it on the bed."
"I have nothing to do. Jin Yiwei doesn't need me, so I am idle."
As Lu Xingyue said this, he got up and went to the couch outside to get the book he had not finished reading before. He sat down and read it without saying anything.
He had made up his mind, and Shen Lansui stopped trying to persuade him.
She was feeling sleepy, her mind was in chaos, and she felt like she was in the clouds as soon as she closed her eyes.
She fell asleep completely in less than a cup of tea.
Noticing that the breathing of the people around him was gradually calming down, Lu Xingyue stopped turning the pages and looked over with lowered eyes.
After drinking the medicine, Shen Lansui felt hot all over, and a thin layer of sweat broke out on his forehead.
He took out the silk handkerchief from his arms, held it on his sleeve with one hand and held the handkerchief with the other, and leaned over to gently wipe it off for her.
Shen Lansui's eyebrows moved slightly, she was not sleeping peacefully. Lu Xingyue stopped immediately and observed her expression carefully.
After a while, Shen Lansui whispered something in a low voice.
Lu Xingyue frowned and listened attentively. She suddenly called: "Sanlang..."
It turned out to be a dream.
Lu Xingyue's heart moved, and the feeling like plucking a string appeared again. He stared at Shen Lansui silently for a long time, and gently raised his lips in a corner where no one could see him, "Yes, I'm here."
As he fell asleep, Shen Lansui's hand naturally let go. The hand stove slipped down, but did not fall onto the bed. Lu Xingyue caught him halfway.
He held the stove in his right hand, and held Shen Lansui's hand in his left hand and put it back into the brocade quilt. He didn't let go for a long time. He waited until her hand was warm before carefully putting it down.
As for the book...it was lying alone at the moment, being brushed by his wide sleeves and helplessly turning a page.
…
Shen Lansui slept for a long time and woke up in the afternoon. When she woke up, her stomach no longer hurt and her body felt warm.
She returned to her usual energetic self and continued to modify the jewelry designs she had drawn.
Lu Xingyue didn't come back until evening.
Shang Xia asked while cutting the wick: "Young master hasn't come back yet. Madam, how about you have dinner first?"
Shen Lansui raised his head from the messy drawings, stretched his stiff neck, and looked out the window. The night was as thick as ink, and the leaves were shaking wildly, a sign that a storm was coming.
"It's going to rain..." She murmured, suddenly stood up, and walked to the door with her shoes on. The carved lanterns on the corridor swayed in the wind, shattering the light on the ground. When she looked closely, she realized that it was not lights, but broken raindrops. .
"Shang Xia, go get an umbrella and ask someone—" Before Shen Lansui could finish her words, a tall figure appeared at the end of her sight, limping toward her.
The person holding the umbrella also noticed her gaze, and the umbrella brim was slightly raised, revealing Lu Xingyue's handsome face.
"Madam, the umbrella is here." Shang Xia came over with an oil-paper umbrella. Shen Lansui smiled and said, "No, go ask someone to prepare the meal. Sanlang is back."
Shang Xia turned her head and saw that Lu Xingyue had just stepped up the steps. He closed his umbrella and looked at Shen Lansui, and asked in a warm voice, "You haven't eaten yet?"
Shang Xia smiled and retreated silently.
Shen Lansui turned sideways to let him in, "I forgot about it when I was busy."
Lu Xingyue raised his eyebrows, "So you weren't waiting for me?"
Shen Lansui paused in her steps and couldn't help but laugh, "I told you that I was worried that you would be burdened. Why don't you appreciate it?"
"It's because I don't know what is good and what is good." Lu Xingyue smiled softly.
His eyes were dazzled by the brilliance, and Shen Lansui couldn't help but be fascinated by it.
Lu Xingyue raised the ends of his eyes slightly. He had always been half-believed by Shen Lansui when she said he had beautiful eyes, but now he completely believed it.
He smiled again, turned around and walked inside, "Recover."
Shen Lansui blinked and pursed his lower lip awkwardly.
It happened that Shang Xia brought someone to set the table, which relieved her embarrassment.
After dinner, the two of them moved to the couch and sat down to eat. Shen Lansui asked, "What happened in the afternoon? Why did you come back so late?"
"The Duke called us over and talked about Lu tomorrow night." Lu Xingyue's eyebrows were covered in tea mist, looking a little distant.
Shen Lansui was puzzled, "Lu Mingwan? What happened to him? He didn't really break his leg, right?"
Lu Xingyue made a move and said, dumbfounded, "No."
He put down the tea cup and whispered: "There is a rumor in the palace that His Majesty intends to choose a consort for Princess Jiale and Princess Rong Zhao, and Lu Mingwan is one of the candidates."
"Is the news reliable?" Shen Lansui asked and thought about it first, "According to Lu Mingwan's family background, it is not impossible."
"These are all secondary. Lu Mingwan has been in love with Princess Rongzhao for a long time."
Lu Xingyue threw a big melon without changing his expression.
Shen Lansui was stunned: "He?"
A thought flashed through the lightning, and she covered her lips in vain, suddenly realizing, "He was targeting you so much before, didn't he treat you as a love rival?" (End of Chapter)
