"Little girl, I can't eat your melon for free, now, I'll give this to you."
Seeing that Shen Zhiyao was leaving, the little old man took out a small white bottle from his arms and handed it to her.
Shen Zhiyao waved his hand: "It's just a courgette, you don't need to give me anything."
The little old man said casually: "Don't worry, what I give you is not a good thing."
Um?
Shen Zhiyao suspected that she had heard wrongly, so she happily followed his words and said, "Oh, I'm interested in this, what is it?"
The little old man put the bottle into her hand: "Poison. If anyone dares to misbehave with you, let him get this stuff, and he will be unconscious instantly."
"Then this is a good thing. If you exchange a courgette for this, you're quite nice." Shen Zhiyao held the small bottle and looked at it.
"Hey, you little girl is quite interesting. You didn't even blush when you heard the effect of this poison." The little old man clicked his tongue and finished the remaining courgette in his hand.
"So just accept it. To me, this thing is just like your courgette. I can take it out easily."
"Okay, that's all, thank you."
Shen Zhiyao accepted the small bottle and said goodbye to the little old man.
When she returned to the county town, her basket contained some mushrooms taken from the space and a dozen pepper plants.
"Shu Yingran, why are you avoiding me!"
In the alley behind a bookstore on Qintai Street, a girl with a pretty face wearing a goose-yellow skirt arrogantly grabbed a young boy who was about the same age as him, handsome but with a baby face.
The young man named Shu Yingran pulled up his sleeves: "I didn't hide from you."
"Then why did you run when you saw me?"
"Let go first."
"I won't let go." The girl tightened her grip.
Shu Yingran's face turned red: "Pei Lingxuan, men and women are not close to each other, what girl is like you? If you don't let go, I... I will call someone."
"Then, don't run."
"Okay, I won't run."
Pei Lingxuan slowly let go of her hand.
It would be strange not to run!
Shu Yingran ran away the moment she let him go.
He ran to the corner of the alley, but he didn't expect that a woman carrying a backpack was about to turn. Seeing that he had no time to stop, he was about to collide with the woman.
"careful!"
At the critical moment, Shu Yingran felt a push on his shoulder. With a swish, he was pushed down onto his buttocks and slid back about a foot.
Shu Yingran: "..."
who I am? Where am I?
"Are you okay?" Shen Zhiyao walked forward in two or three steps, looked at Shu Yingran who was sitting on the ground and said, "Why did you suddenly run out? Look at the road."
Hearing her voice, Shu Yingran, who was confused, stood up quickly, waved his hands and said: "It's okay, it's okay, I almost hit the girl, please forgive me. But girl, you are too strong, you pushed me with one hand. so far."
"Great strength!"
Before Shen Zhiyao could speak, Pei Lingxuan suddenly shouted and came over.
Standing next to Shen Zhiyao, she looked at Shen Zhiyao with bright eyes and said, "Girl, can I hire you to do something for me?"
"Huh? What's going on?"
"He is my fiancé. If you help me catch him, I will give you ten taels of silver."
Pei Lingxuan was afraid that Shu Yingran would run away again.
"Girl, your reaction is too quick, don't you think about it?" Shu Yingran looked at Shen Zhiyao who immediately grabbed him, and twitched the corner of his mouth.
Shen Zhiyao said solemnly without changing her expression: "Harm, I just caught it subconsciously."
It was definitely not when I heard ten taels of silver that my heart moved!
"It's over, another girl who doesn't look like a girl!"
Shu Yingran wailed, how could a girl's family arrest her at any time?
Before he finished wailing, he felt his arms loosen, and ran away without saying a word.
"Why did you let him go? He didn't even give up ten taels of silver!" Pei Lingxuan was surprised and didn't go after Shu Yingran.
Shen Zhiyao looked at her and said softly: "Twelve taels of silver is indeed tempting, but what we women want is only interesting if we can get it ourselves."
"How to get it?" Pei Lingxuan immediately asked for advice, not forgetting to put ten taels of silver into Shen Zhiyao's hands.
Seeing her pure face and innocent look, Shen Zhiyao raised her forehead and said, "You are not afraid that I am a liar."
"I don't think you are a liar, and you are more interesting than other women. When other women saw me running after Shu Yingran, they either laughed at me for losing my sense of dignity as a girl, or they said a lot of things about women not being able to do this or that."
Pei Lingxuan rolled her eyes and continued: "No one says anything when men visit brothels. I just like someone and do their shit. So, you are not as pedantic as other women. I am happy to talk to you."
"Tell me, how can I get Shu Yingran?"
Pei Lingxuan began to urge her.
This person really doesn't see anyone outside.
Shen Zhiyao's mouth twitched slightly. She had never been in love, how could she teach others?
"I don't know." Shen Zhiyao returned the money to her: "But don't lose yourself for a man. This is a wise saying. And it's hard to find a three-legged toad. There are two-legged men running all over the street. It doesn't matter if this one runs away. The next one will be better."
"Hey, I don't dare to do this next one." Pei Lingxuan suddenly looked behind her with a dry smile, and then called out: "Mr. Lin."
Shen Zhiyao looked back and saw that Lin Jinglan had appeared at the entrance of the alley behind her.
"Miss Shen, Miss Pei."
Lin Jinglan said hello to them respectively.
"Master Lin, do you know each other?" Pei Lingxuan looked curiously at Shen Zhiyao and then at Lin Jinglan.
"Um."
Lin Jinglan just hummed and said nothing more.
Pei Lingxuan looked at his cold face and didn't feel comfortable asking any more questions. She quickly said goodbye to Lin Jinglan and Shen Zhiyao, and headed in the direction where Shu Yingran ran before.
"Mr. Lin, did you just finish visiting the bookstore?"
As soon as Pei Lingxuan left, Shen Zhiyao looked at the rice paper and pen and ink in Lin Jinglan's hand, and broke the silence.
Lin Jinglan raised her feet and walked forward to her: "Yes, with my classmates."
Not long ago, Ying Ran went to his house and took him to the library. They had only stayed in the library for a while when Pei Lingxuan came. As soon as he saw Pei Lingxuan, Ying Ran ran away immediately.
After Ying Ran and Pei Lingxuan left, he sold the paintings in the book store and picked out the things he needed, then left the book store and went home.
Unexpectedly, when passing by the entrance of this alley, I heard Miss Shen's words.
It's hard to find three-legged toads, and two-legged men run all over the streets... I didn't expect that Miss Shen actually had such a side.
Um? Is this person laughing?
Shen Zhiyao was about to step forward when she suddenly saw Lin Jinglan smiling softly.
Although she didn't know why he was smiling, this was the first time Shen Zhiyao had seen him smile. This man was handsome, and his smile was even more eye-catching.
"Mr. Lin, do you want to go home?" Shen Zhiyao moved forward on her toes.
"Well, I'm about to go back." Lin Jinglan looked at her bright face and moved his eyes to her backpack: "Miss Shen, why don't you leave your backpack to me."
"No, it's not heavy." Shen Zhiyao shook her head and walked forward without any hesitation: "Master Lin, let's go back together."
"good."
