Xu Ruyan followed Xiao Qingyue back to her house.
Ever since the Xu Mansion was ransacked that day, she had never been to a mansion like this again.
When I thought about how I was once like Xiao Qingyue, I had my own room, backyard, and a maid at my beck and call.
Thinking of this, Xu Ruyan felt a little lost for a moment.
Xiao Qingyue saw her emotions, and she asked the maids around her to step back.
There were only two of them in the room.
Then Xiao Qingyue pretended to say: "Ruyan, have you met your sweetheart?"
"Ah?" Xu Ruyan came back to her senses and shook her head quickly: "No, no."
Xiao Qingyue laughed: "You, you can't hide anything in your heart, tell me about him~"
Xu Ruyan's face also turned slightly red.
She first recalled in frustration: "In the two days after my father passed away, I felt that I was the loneliest person in the world. No one would love me or care about me."
"Maybe it's God's blessing that when I was most helpless, I met someone who was kind to me."
Xiao Qingyue listened and asked curiously: "What is his name?"
"His name is...Xue Mu, a very nice name." When Xu Ruyan said this, her eyes narrowed with a smile.
Xiao Qingyue could tell that her sister liked this young man named Xue Mu very much.
She asked, "What does he look like?"
"He, well... he is a talented person and very handsome, but... he has an eye disease and cannot see." Xu Ruyan was a little sad.
Xiao Qingyue comforted him: "It's okay, you are good to him and he is good to you, that's enough."
Xu Ruyan continued: "By the way, he can also write..."
When she said this, she suddenly remembered that Xue Mu had told her not to reveal that he was the author of "The Romance of the West Chamber".
So for a while, Xu Ruyan was a little hesitant.
Xiao Qingyue looked at her curiously: "What to write?"
"He...he can also write poetry!" Xu Ruyan said excitedly: "The poem he wrote is very powerful!"
"Oh? Really?" Xiao Qingyue smiled: "You are recognized as a talented woman by us. Even you praise him. How about I want to see the poems he wrote?"
Xu Ruyan picked up the brush and wrote the poem "Lovesickness" on the paper.
Xiao Qingyue whispered to the side: "Red beans are born in the South. How many branches will they grow in spring? I hope you will pick more. This is the most loved thing."
After she read it, she was a little surprised.
She looked at Xu Ruyan and was speechless for a moment.
Xu Ruyan had already guessed Xiao Qingyue's expression and said with a smile: "Sister Qingyue, do you also think this poem is okay?!"
Xiao Qingyue asked curiously: "Is this poem for you?"
Xu Ruyan shook her head: "He said he wrote it casually, but I always feel...he meant something else."
Just when Xiao Qingyue was about to take a good look at the poem, the door was opened.
The maid Xiaodie looked at Xiao Qingyue and said: "Miss, it's not good, the master came back suddenly."
When Xu Ruyan heard this, she looked at Xiao Qingyue and said, "Sister Qingyue, what should I do?"
"Don't worry, Xiaodie, you take Ruyan through the back door." Xiao Qingyue comforted Xu Ruyan: "It's okay. I'll find you another day."
"Okay, sister Qingyue, goodbye." Xu Ruyan was a little reluctant to leave, but she also knew that her current status was not worthy of being associated with the daughter of the Grand Priestess of the Imperial Academy.
After Xu Ruyan left, Xiao Qingyue picked up the piece of paper again and read it softly.
After reading it again, I suddenly became curious about the so-called Mr. Xue.
"Yue'er?"
After the old man's voice came from outside the door, Xiao Qingyue immediately came back to her senses.
She quickly stuffed the paper into the pile, then pretended to be calm and said: "Dad, I'm here."
...
Xu Ruyan went home gloomily.
Xue Mu was sitting in the front hall. Hearing her return, he asked, "Ruyan, did you go out to play today?"
Xu Ruyan then raised her head and looked at Xue Mu, and her mood couldn't help but feel better.
She then carefully took out dozens of copper coins from her arms and said, "I took the embroidered red needles to the cloth shop today. This is the money I earned today, a total of thirty-six copper coins."
"So many?" Xue Mu pretended to be surprised: "It seems that your ability as a female celebrity is very powerful."
"My ability to make money is not as good as that of Sister Leng. I can only earn some household income." Xu Ruyan smiled sheepishly.
Speaking of Leng Mei, she looked around.
She asked Xue Mu, "Where is Sister Leng? When I went out today, I saw that she was still at home."
"I'm right here." At this time, Leng Mei walked out of the kitchen with a pot of soup in both hands.
Xu Ruyan immediately stepped forward to help: "Sister Leng, are you okay?"
Leng Mei glanced at Xue Mu and said deliberately: "What can happen to me? It's just that I saw white porridge this morning, which made me a little nauseous. It doesn't matter~"
"Then we won't drink porridge these days, and I'm a little tired of it." Xu Ruyan said immediately.
When Xue Mu heard this, he wondered: "Are you tired of drinking too?"
"Yes, if you drink too much white porridge, you will indeed get tired of it." Xu Ruyan replied.
When Leng Mei heard this, she suppressed her smile and said, "That's right, Xiao Mu, don't you know that you will get tired of white porridge if you drink too much? Why don't you try more of it yourself?"
Xue Mu knew that she was teasing him.
So he took out two boxes of rouge from his pocket: "Here, here are two boxes of the best rouge from the rouge shop."
"Thank you Mr. Xue." Women naturally love beauty. After Xu Ruyan took the rouge box from Xue Mu, she couldn't wait to open it.
Leng Mei is a little calmer.
But she still thanked her: "Thank you, Xiao Mu~"
While taking the rouge box, she lightly scratched Xue Mu's palm with her fingers.
That feeling reminded Xue Mu of his little hands that night.
Xue Mu coughed slightly and said, "It's nothing. You guys helped me a lot yesterday...and you should."
Then he took out another bag of silver from his pocket.
When Xu Ruyan saw it, she was very surprised: "So much silver?"
"This is the money you made from selling "The Romance of the West Chamber", a story-telling novel that many people love to read."
Xue Mu divided the silver into three parts.
He handed one of them to Xu Ruyan and said, "This is yours."
"Sir, I don't want it." Xu Ruyan shook her head and refused to accept it.
"Ru Yan, you wrote "The Romance of the West Chamber", you should want it." Xue Mu explained.
Xu Ruyan explained: "Sir, "The Romance of the West Chamber" is your story. I just polished it. If I take these coins, I will only feel uneasy."
What else did Xue Mu want to persuade.
At this time, Leng Mei said: "Ru Yan, you collected the silver. If you don't accept it, you will give all the money to Xiao Mu. Aren't you afraid that he will use the money to fool around?"
When Xu Ruyan heard this, she was stunned for a moment.
Xue Mu said awkwardly: "Sister Leng, you can't slander~"
"You dare to say it's not the case? How many men have money, and they all want to go to Guiyue Tower to find those courtesans." Leng Mei said deliberately: "But, our Ruyan is so beautiful, I guess Xiao Mu will not go far away to find her. Other women’s~”
Xu Ruyan's face turned red again when Leng Mei said this.
Finally, she accepted the money.
Xue Mu handed the second amount of silver to Leng Mei and explained: "These are our food money. You and Ruyan need to replenish their health."
"Ruyan and I don't need to make up for it, but you have to make up some~" Leng Mei didn't be polite to Xue Mu and took the silver directly.
Perhaps Xu Ruyan became more motivated after making so much money.
She said to Xue Mu: "Sir, let me polish the subsequent stories of "The Romance of the West Chamber"~"
"good."
Xu Ruyan left.
Leng Mei and Xue Mu were the only ones left in the front hall.
Naturally, Leng Mei would not miss this opportunity.
She put her fingers on the back of Xue Mu's hand, tapped it gently, and said, "Xiao Mu."
"Huh? Sister Leng, what's wrong?"
"I feel a little itchy... why don't you come in and help me scratch it~"
