Bai Yu'an looked at Shen Jue's broad back. Although he reminded her with good intentions, the slight ridicule in his words still made Bai Yu'an extremely uncomfortable.
A Tao pulled Bai Yu'an to sit down and said, "Sir, what's the origin of the one in red just now?"
Bai Yu'an didn't care at all about the origin of Gu Junjiu's foot, and that person was as good as Long Yang, which made Bai Yu'an feel sick all of a sudden, and he couldn't eat the wontons in front of him.
A Tao saw Bai Yu'an put down her chopsticks and had no appetite.
Wei Ruyi had already finished eating. Seeing Bai Yu'an put down her chopsticks, she said, "How about I go buy some rice cakes for the young master?"
Bai Yu'an lost her appetite, so she stood up and waved her hand, asking A Tao to pay the bill, and then asked them to clean up in the shop.
A Tao and Wei Ruyi were tidying up in the shop. Bai Yu'an saw that A Tao and Wei Ruyi probably still had some time left, and then remembered that she would have a small gathering with Wen Changqing in the evening, so she planned to drive back alone to change clothes, and wait for a while. Come pick them up.
After telling A Tao, Bai Yu'an took the carriage back alone.
On the way, Bai Yuan rested against the wall of the car, thinking about what Shen Jue said about the administration, and in a blink of an eye, he arrived in the yard.
I changed my clothes alone, and seeing that it was still early, I picked up a copy of "Kuo Di Zhi" and read it.
Halfway through, he heard Mother Chen outside saying that Gao Han was coming. Bai Yu'an was stunned, wondering what Gao Han was doing at this time.
After closing the book, she walked outside and saw Gao Han standing at the door, looking at her with a smile in his eyes.
Bai Yu'an asked Gao Han to come in and sit down. He asked Mother Chen to change the tea, poured a cup of tea for Gao Han and said, "Brother Gao came to see me at this time. What's the matter?"
Gao Han took a sip of tea, looked at Bai Yu'an in front of him and smiled: "I can't come to you if I have nothing to do?"
Bai Yu'an was stunned for a moment, then hurriedly said: "Brother Gao knows that's not what I meant."
Gao Han put down the tea cup, his tall and gentle figure sat upright, and looked at Bai Yu'an with a pair of pale eyes, with a slight emotion in his eyes: "I heard that you are going to have a gathering with Mr. Wen at night, so I'm fine. I just wanted to go with you."
Bai Yu'an thought she heard wrongly. In her impression, although Gao Han looked gentle, he rarely made close friends with people he didn't know well.
He and Wen Changqing had not met each other a few times, so why would he want to go there together.
That's what he thought, but Bai Yuan still agreed.
Gao Han said again: "I have nothing to do, how about a game of chess?"
It was indeed still early in the day outside. Bai Yu'an nodded, and the two of them went to the small pavilion in the backyard to play chess.
Although it was still winter, Mother Chen brought a brazier over and stuffed a hand stove into Bai Yuan's hand, so she didn't feel cold anymore.
Bai Yu'an had hardly been in the backyard. Now he was sitting in the pavilion and looking out. The scenery was really beautiful.
Outside the pavilion are magnolia trees and banana trees, which are also lush.
The banana leaves swayed with the breeze, and one or two dewdrops fell from time to time.
Gao Han was sitting across from him in a crimson robe. He picked up a black stone on his slender fingertips and placed it on the chessboard. He glanced at Bai Yuan and said, "Shen Shoufu's move this time is really big."
"It's just that there are so many people involved in this corruption, and I don't know how it will end."
Bai Yu'an knew that Gao Han was talking about the incident in Danyang a few days ago, and also knew that Shen Jue wanted to continue the rectification, so he said calmly: "We should know tomorrow."
Gao Han nodded. The people involved are still in prison, and the cabinet has not yet issued an order on how to deal with them.
He played another piece and said, "But with so many people involved, we can't kill them all. Otherwise, who will take the vacant positions?"
Bai Yu'an lowered his eyes and took a pill and said, "These are not what we are considering."
"I just hope this time it can be a deterrent and there will be no more corruption."
Gao Han glanced at Bai Yu'an and smiled: "It is impossible without corruption. There are always invisible places."
Bai Yu'an stopped moving his hands and sighed again: "That's true."
This chess game lasted until nightfall.
Gao Han threw away the chess pieces and admitted defeat with a bitter smile: "I still can't beat you."
Bai Yu'an picked up the chess pieces and said with a smile, "It's Brother Gao who gives in."
Gao Han picked up the food with Bai Yu'an, his eyes fell on Bai Yu'an's slender fingertips: "It's getting dark, let's eat outside."
Bai Yu'an turned his head and looked at the darkness outside. He suddenly stood up, swept his wide sleeves onto the chessboard, and dropped a few chess pieces.
The jade-white chess pieces fell to the ground, making a crisp sound.
Gao Han glanced at the chess pieces on the ground, then looked at Bai Yu'an and asked, "What's wrong?"
Bai Yu'an and Gao Han were so absorbed in playing chess that they forgot to pick up A Tao.
She told Gao Han the reason for the incident and hurried to the front yard.
Gao Han looked at Bai Yu'an's hurried back. He usually had a gentle temper, but rarely got anxious.
He smiled and leaned down to pick up the chess pieces on the ground. When he looked up, he saw a figure flashing past in the attic above his head.
Looking up from his place, he could clearly see the fence of the attic opposite.
That should be the attic in Shen's house.
However, the attic fence was empty at the moment, which made people wonder if they had seen it wrong just now.
Gao Han glanced at the attic again, his eyes thoughtful.
Bai Yu'an hurried back to the house, took his cloak and tied it before going out, but Gao Han didn't come.
Just as he was about to call someone in the backyard, he stepped out of the front hall door and saw Gao Han walking over from the shadows.
Gao Han looked at Bai Yu'an standing at the door, with the warm light in the room behind him, making his figure appear somewhat elegant and transparent, as if covered with a layer of moonlight.
He looked at it in a daze, then walked over with a smile and took the chess box in his hand to put it in the room, and then said warmly to Bai Yu'an: "You don't want the chess pieces anymore?"
Bai Yu'an then remembered that he had forgotten to clean up just now, and said a little embarrassedly: "Excuse me, Brother Gao."
Gao Han walked up to Bai Yu'an, looked down at him and said with a smile: "There's no need to be in such a hurry, it's a good time to go."
Bai Yu'an nodded, just thinking that it was still a cold day after all, and he was afraid that he would be late and would freeze A Tao and Wei Ruyi.
The two of them walked out, and Gao Han asked Bai Yuan to sit in his carriage.
Gao Han's carriage was spacious and had a brazier inside. Bai Yu'an didn't refuse and got on with a smile.
As soon as he arrived at Liuhe Street, Bai Yu'an hurriedly got off the carriage and went to the shop to take a look.
The lights on the street were already on. Bai Yu'an saw that the shop was almost tidied up and saw no one at the door, so he walked inside.
The light in the room was not very good. Bai Yu'an shouted before A Tao came out with Wei Ruyi.
As soon as she saw Bai Yu'an, she complained angrily: "I thought the young master was seduced while he was reading in the room."
Bai Yu'an repeatedly admitted his mistake.
Gao Han watched this scene at the door and frowned slightly when he saw Bai Yu'an being so condescending to his personal girl.
