Song Jinyin was unusually unguarded and did not hide her thoughts.
At this moment, she suddenly remembered why she felt Lin Jingxiu was a little strange just now.
This noble young master has always been gentle with others, especially women. No matter whether he is familiar with her or not, he never messes up his rules, but his treatment of Li Wanqing is different from usual.
However, in just a few meetings, the two never got along peacefully together. Even the brief harmony just now eventually became the beginning of trouble tomorrow.
Thinking of this, Song Jinyin subconsciously thought of Lianxiang.
What Lianxiang saw was the handsome young man Lin Jingxiu, and she was attracted by his gentleness and warmth. She might never see the other side of him, but luckily Lianxiang's sobriety made her stop at the cliff.
Otherwise, the flat water will not only make no ripples, but may also become a torrent that drowns people.
Just as he was thinking about it, Pei Yanzhou got up and went outside. When he came in again, he got a cloak for her.
"Would you like to go for a walk?"
The small courtyard outside was really small, and it was only a few steps to go back and forth. But Song Jinyin came back to her senses, looked at him for a moment, and then nodded.
Under the bright light, the wooden box was placed in front of her.
Xuanwei and others had already retreated, but although the courtyard was empty, there were still sounds of firecrackers outside from time to time, surrounding their solitude.
Pei Yanzhou didn't look at her face, thinking that when tomorrow passed, he would only be able to live by his memory, and his heart felt so empty.
Just very quickly, the man came back to his senses, suppressed the depression in his heart, and looked at her with a smile.
"The days when we get along well are too few after all."
Song Jinyin seemed to hear the bitterness in his voice, but when she raised her eyes, she heard his soft smile, and then continued: "You once called me Brother Yanzhou. Speaking of which, I responded to that call." Brother, I have failed to take good care of you until now, but since we are going to separate, let me make up for the return gift I gave you over the years."
Song Jinyin didn't understand what he meant, but she saw the man tightening his cloak for her first, and then walked to the wooden box.
"There is probably no brother in this world who doesn't care for his sister. But looking back on your birthdays over the years, although I remember it, I have never celebrated it for you once. I have never even asked anyone to give you a bowl of noodles. It's my brother. No."
The wooden box was opened, and inside it was as small as a clay sculpture of a face, or as large as a coral and jade sculpture.
There are folk gadgets and dazzling jewelry piled with gold and silver.
Pei Yanzhou took her over and looked at them all, just like a brother leading his sister, looking at those rare treasures.
"The little thing is just for fun. If you like it, you can keep it. But if you can, take this with you."
After saying that, Pei Yanzhou couldn't help but cough again, his eyes were a little red, and he was trying to hold on to the discomfort.
But before Song Jinyin looked over, he took out the amulet he had asked for and a string of red string bracelets that he had prayed for sincerely from his waist.
There are a few beads on the bracelet, which shine brightly even in the night, making people unable to take their eyes away.
Song Jinyin looked at the things in his hands and thought of his words about sister, and her heart suddenly became clogged.
When they first met, under the "coercion" of the Duke's wife, he responded to the call of brother and called her sister Jinyin.
Now that I think about it, the day they first met was actually the closest the two of them had ever been in all these years except today.
"But I don't want to accept these things. If this happens, I won't be able to feel at ease in the future."
Song Jinyin's voice was a little dry. When she lowered her eyes, her long eyelashes covered her eyes, "It was because I was ignorant and didn't know your identity that I was so disrespectful."
"But I'm very happy."
Pei Yanzhou's eyes flashed far away, as if he had seen that day, and he smiled gently: "Actually, from that day on, I have remembered that brother in my heart, but I don't know why, so I deliberately don't want to respond to you. Yes, but Yin Yin, to this day, I still remember what you looked like that day, what kind of bun you were wearing, what kind of skirt you were wearing. Only now do I realize that it was probably God who was reminding me, but I, I realized it was too late.”
Song Jinyin thought that maybe it was because she had a child that she became sentimental.
At this moment, she actually thought of the scene that day.
But she didn't say that she had never forgotten the unruly look on the boy's face, and she even remembered it more clearly than he did.
"Yin Yin's bento is selfish of me. I prepare these for peace of mind. I think it's also for our children."
Pei Yanzhou saw Song Jinyin's small body wrapped in a cloak, her head lowered, only the top of her black hair was exposed, and he couldn't help but want to wrap her up in his arms.
But the man still endured it and whispered: "I am his father, and today is the first time I stay with him on New Year's Eve. Yin Yin, don't reject me."
Song Jinyin's heart felt heavy, but she didn't know that Pei Yanzhou's pleading tone could make people hesitate so much.
Under the night, the cold wind blew.
But Pei Yanzhou stood in front of her, as if he had cut off all the coldness for her.
She suddenly sighed softly and wanted to laugh, but her eyes were a little moist.
But before the two of them could speak again, a figure suddenly flashed into the originally quiet courtyard.
Pei Yanzhou immediately turned around and protected the person behind him.
The person who came was Xuan Wei. When he stepped into the courtyard, he had a look of urgency on his face.
"What's the matter?"
"Master, Young Master Lin was ambushed in front of Qian Lai Inn. Many assassins came. Master Cang Lin was also injured while protecting Young Master Lin who was asleep!"
Pei Yanzhou's eyes darkened and his voice suddenly turned cold.
"Send someone to capture Li Wanqing, and leave half of them to guard the yard. The rest will go with me to the inn."
"yes!"
Xuan Wei retreated, and the man suppressed his anger and turned to look at Song Jinyin, who frowned worriedly.
The original peace of the night was interrupted, and Pei Yanzhou gradually became angry in his heart. He didn't care to keep his distance from her, and reached out to smooth the broken hair on her face.
"Don't worry, I'll go over there and you can pick out these things and see how many you want to keep."
After the man said this, he pursed his thin lips and tightened his jaw for a moment. His voice was hoarse and he laughed at himself, "I didn't expect that I still couldn't stay together with you. It's probably because God wanted me to suffer this, so I kept some." The thing is next to your pillow, keep it well, you and the child will need it in the future... If you want to return it to me, I will no longer allow you this freedom."
Perhaps because he was afraid of hearing Song Jinyin's rejection, Pei Yanzhou turned around and walked into the night before she could speak.
As soon as what Song Jinyin wanted to say escaped her lips, the man had disappeared.
Not long after, the wooden door was pushed open again, and it was Mrs. Sun who had stayed with them in the future.
"Sister Sun."
When Song Jinyin saw her, her worry calmed down a little, "Sister Sun, can you ask Xuan Wei to go with him? I really don't need so many people guarding this place."
"Girl, don't worry."
The visitor saw that she didn't seem to have any grudge against her, so she felt a little relieved.
"Although that end is tricky right now, it should be stable. On the contrary, it is the girl who will lose his calmness if he is really targeted."
Someone carried the wooden box into the house, and Song Jinyin also entered the house with Mrs. Sun's encouragement.
As she took off her cloak, she suddenly remembered what Pei Yanzhou said when she left, and raised her eyes to look at the bed.
There was a wooden box beside the pillow. When he opened it, he found that there were many land deeds, including shops and houses, all in Kyoto and Luo City.
Song Jinyin's fingertips tightened, and she couldn't move for a long time after touching those things, until she saw the bottom of it, which belonged to Song Jinyin.
Only then did she realize that just in the house, there were two names, Song Ci and Song Jinyin.
Probably because he was not sure whether she would ever use that name again, Pei Yanzhou arranged a copy for her.
Song Jinyin didn't move for a long time. She couldn't cry, but she didn't want to laugh either.
These things were too heavy, just like Pei Yanzhou's thoughts, which made her uncomfortable and made her breathless.
But she knew very well that the word "turn back" would still not appear to her.
After a long while, Song Jinyin carefully put the things away, closed the box, turned around and took out the sewing basket from the cabinet.
The night was not over halfway yet, and since she had agreed to stay up late with him, there was no reason to rest too early.
...
At this time Qian came to the inn.
Li Wanqing's medicinal powder was so powerful that Lin Jingxiu couldn't wake up from his sleep.
Even with Xuanwei blocking the way, Cang Lin had to protect the sleeping person while paying attention to the hidden weapons flying around, which was a bit difficult.
The scratch on his arm was soaked with dark blood, which seemed to be poisoned. Cang Lin secretly thought that it was not good, but still did not dare to relax.
It wasn't until Pei Yanzhou appeared that all the assassins from the darkness came out.
There were no patrols on the streets in the middle of the night, and there was only darkness all over, which was unbelievably weird.
"The assassin's hidden weapons and arrows are poisonous!"
Flying arrows flashed by his ears, and Pei Yanzhou swung his long sword, knocking down batch after batch of hidden weapons.
But as soon as he dodged and before he hit the ground, discomfort surged in his throat.
"Master, be careful!"
Pei Yanzhou suppressed a cough and jumped sideways to avoid the long arrow shot from the dark place. However, the next moment, he suddenly heard a shattering sound.
The jade pendant on his waist blocked a hidden weapon for him, but it also made a crisp sound.
This jade pendant belonging to Song Jinyin's past was the only thing he could keep related to her. At this moment, she actually chose to leave him.
There seemed to be something cracking in the man's heart.
Nothing can be retained, like the relationship between him and her. Once tomorrow passes, there will be no more contact.
As soon as he was stunned, another long arrow flew towards him.
Pei Yanzhou's eyes turned red, and he allowed the long arrow to scratch his shoulder, and he lost all reason.
