Pei Zhi stopped after his sleeve was pulled by her.
He lowered his eyebrows, and the little girl in front of him had a somewhat eager look on her face, looking at him intently.
Pei Zhi actually felt that his behavior was very inexplicable, and he didn't know what was wrong with him.
But when he saw the tightness between the two people like just now, he felt uncomfortable and felt a sense of boredom in his heart. He didn't like this feeling very much.
Jiang Li said thoughtfully: "Third brother, did the wound open again?"
If there was no emergency, he would have left without saying a word to himself.
Pei Zhi originally wanted to shake his head, but seeing the look on the little girl's face, he swallowed back the words that were already in his throat.
He said against his will: "Well, the wound is open."
Jiang Li looked as if this was the case, and she knew that the third brother must have not called her because he was afraid that she would be worried.
She looked a little regretful and said: "I didn't think so much just now. If I had known this, I should have discouraged the third brother from drinking the glass of wine just now."
Pei Zhi pulled his lips: "It's just a glass of wine, that's not enough."
He felt uncomfortable, but he couldn't bear to lose his temper with his little girl.
Jiang Li retorted seriously: "Why not!"
It seems that I will have to take more care of my third brother in this aspect in the future. He has never taken his own body seriously.
Thinking of this, Jiang Li took Pei Zhi's hand and asked him to lean his shoulders against her for support.
Her head just reached under Pei Zhi's shoulders. Pei Zhi was tall and actually felt a little uncomfortable, but he still supported the little girl and did not move his hand away.
Helping Pei Zhi all the way to the courtyard, Pei Zhi arranged the people in Hanshui courtyard himself. When the two came in, Jiang Li felt that the courtyard was empty.
Jiang Li put her head around and said, "Third brother, where is Yuan Jing? I'll call him over."
The third brother supported half of his body on her. The whole journey had exhausted her.
Pei Zhi looked at her. The little girl was wearing thick clothes and the snow was thick. Where the two people walked, their footsteps were deep and shallow, which made her feel particularly cute.
At the banquet just now, he could feel that the old lady's words were implicitly trying to bring Jiang Li, Hua Tingye and two people together.
The man looked weak. But Jiang Li didn't feel it at all, and she still talked and laughed with that person!
Pei Zhi felt a little weird when he remembered that Hua Tingye was Mr. Huai'an.
At that time, he felt that this so-called Mr. Huai'an was unique in calligraphy and painting. Now that he thought about it again, it was nothing more than that. He would ask Shenzhao to put away all those things tomorrow.
Jiang Li didn't know what Pei Zhi was thinking at the moment. He was still thinking of asking Yuan Jing to come over, so he asked again, and then Pei Zhi realized what he was thinking.
He coughed lightly and said to Jiang Li: "No, just help me go back to rest."
After Jiang Li heard this, she disagreed and said, "Third brother, if you feel so uncomfortable, you should let him come over and take a look."
Pei Zhi dodges for a moment, then turns his head slightly: "The wound is just a split. Just give me some medicine and it will be fine."
When Jiang Li heard this, she didn't say anything more and followed into the room.
Pei Zhi felt calm this time and took off his robe directly, handing the ointment aside to Jiang Li.
The two were facing each other, with traces of blood oozing from the wound in front of him.
Jiang Li took out the medicine, gently pulled away the gauze, and looked at the wound.
There was some confusion in his tone: "Third brother, your injury looks like it just split open."
Then he used a small raft to carefully pick up some ointment and applied it to Pei Zhi's heart.
Pei Zhi felt guilty and did not answer. His wound was not open in the first place. He just made up a random reason. Seeing the little girl applying medicine to him, he used his internal strength to open his wound again.
With great difficulty, the ointment was almost applied.
Jiang Li was afraid that Pei Zhi would be in pain, so she blew gently on his heart. Pei Zhi felt a chill and numbness and couldn't help but groan.
When Jiang Li heard Pei Zhi groaning, she subconsciously raised her head to look at her, and the two of them looked at each other.
Pei Zhi was slightly tensed and his clothes were half off. Jiang Li squatted in front of him and applied medicine to him like this. Pei Zhi was tall, and she felt that her whole body was suffused with the cold fragrance of Pei Zhi.
The posture between the two people seemed to be like Pei Zhi holding her in his arms.
During the day, Pei Zhi had his back to Jiang Li. She was focused on the wound. Now that she was facing him, she felt a little embarrassed.
Both of them were stunned. Jiang Li could only smell the cold fragrance coming from Pei Zhi's body. She suddenly remembered that the third brother seemed to care about the smell of his body. Except for the one time she smelled the smell of blood on him.
Other times, the third brother's body is either scented with winter plum or cedar, which makes his whole person's temperament even more inaccessible.
Jiang Li was in a daze. Her fingertips accidentally touched Pei Zhi's skin, and she suddenly stopped her hand. She seemed to be frightened and came to her senses.
Pei Zhi's expression returned to normal at this time and he asked, "What's wrong?"
Jiang Li retracted her hand angrily and cleaned up the things in her hand: "It's okay."
It was getting late outside, so Jiang Li used a handkerchief to wipe the area where she had accidentally touched the ointment.
"Third brother, it's getting late, so I'll go back first."
Pei Zhi put on his clothes and said with a hint of doubt in his tone, "I'll take you back."
Jiang Li originally wanted to refuse, but she saw Pei Zhi holding an umbrella and already walking at the door, so she took steps to catch up.
The cold water courtyard was illuminated by lanterns, the color of snow reflected on the ground, and some snowflakes fell in the air.
Jiang Li stretched out her hand, and the snowflakes fell on her palm and quickly melted away.
Pei Zhi held the umbrella with one hand and pulled the little girl into his arms. The tip of Jiang Li's nose was red from the cold, but his hands were very warm.
She smiled and said: "Third brother, let me warm your hands."
She thought Pei Zhi would refuse, but Pei Zhi put his free hand into her palm and said casually: "Okay."
The bamboo umbrella tilted, and Jiang Li almost stayed in Pei Zhi's arms. Both of them were dressed in green, and the lantern light reflected on the people, making them look particularly warm.
The two figures gradually moved away, and Shuang Ning stood under the eaves with her arms folded.
A cold color flashed between his eyebrows, which seemed to be lower than the surrounding temperature.
Now she can finally see that the master does not regard her as his sister, he clearly has some unusual thoughts——
If she really was regarded as a sister, Jiang Li was already fourteen years old now, and at the age where she could get married, the master should have made arrangements for her and kept a certain distance.
However, the master has never been clear about love, and no one has ever taught him about it. When other people reach the master's age, they are probably already married.
The master's feelings for Jiang Li are probably something he hasn't even discovered yet.
She frowned, the master had his own mission and must not be dragged down by such a person.
If Jiang Li had married earlier before the master realized this kind of feeling, the master would probably stop thinking about it even if he saw his heart clearly in the future.
Shuang Ning already had an idea in her mind.
Previously, the master managed to save his majesty's life, but his own vitality was also damaged. They, the subordinates, were also worried about the master.
Unexpectedly, when the master woke up, he actually begged the county master for Jiang Li. Although the reward that finally fell to the master was not small, it can be seen from this that Jiang Li is indeed a unique existence in the master's mind.
Before, Shuang Ning could comfort herself in her heart, thinking that no matter what, when her master went to Luoyang in the future, the connection with Jiang Li would naturally dissipate.
Now it seems that it is not at all.
——
Shen Zhao didn't know when he came to her first, and for a while, both of them were silent.
Shuang Ning spoke first: "Shen Zhao, do you think the master's love for Miss Jiang is really just brother and sister?"
Shen Zhao didn't look at her and just said: "How can we guess the master's thoughts?"
Shuang Ning snorted after hearing this: "Shen Zhao, don't forget how we got to the master."
Shen Zhao didn't speak again after hearing this.
No matter what, in his heart, the master is more important after all.
However, Shuang Ning was not wrong in what she said. If the master really only maintained the relationship between brother and sister, the distance between the two people was indeed too close.
——
The two of them returned to Wanli Courtyard. Jiang Li stood under the courtyard and said, "Third brother, the weather is too cold. It is expected that there will be a heavy snowfall soon. Let's go back first."
Pei Zhi didn't hear so much, and went inside on his own: "When I left before, I said I would come back to check your homework, and now I just have a look."
Jiang Li didn't expect that Pei Zhi would suddenly mention this. Her eyes were round and she said in disbelief: "Third brother, are you sending me here just to check my homework?"
Pei Zhi raised his eyebrows: "Otherwise."
Then he quickly asked: "Or are you slacking off during my absence?"
Jiang Li waved her hands hurriedly: "Of course not."
When her third brother didn't come back before, she missed him very much, and she knew that he kept these lessons for her own good.
And Pei Zhi said at the time that as long as she completed these homework, she would come back.
So Jiang Li is naturally particularly concerned about this aspect.
The day before her birthday, Pei Zhi had already finished all the homework assigned to her. She originally thought that Pei Zhi would break the appointment, but she did not expect that he would actually come back to celebrate her birthday the next day.
Pei Zhi walked directly into Jiang Li's room. The room was elegantly decorated, and there were many books on the table, all of which had been turned over.
There was a smile on Pei Zhi's lips. It seemed that during this period of time when he was no longer around, the little girl was still conscious about these things.
