Qiong Yi really wanted to round and flatten Sheng Xuanyuan into a ball, and then kick him into the sky.
The tail screamed extremely happily, and its four short legs couldn't tell which was which, and rushed forward in one go. Sheng Xuanyuan had already bent down to wait for it. Qiong was a little annoyed for some reason, and also rushed towards it. The puppy called: "Tail!"
Tails stopped when he heard her voice, circled on the spot, barked at her twice, and then ran to Sheng Xuanyuan's feet without looking back.
The corners of Sheng Xuanyuan's mouth curled up slightly. He stroked his tail, which he hadn't seen for a few days and was frantically showing off to him. He felt that it seemed to be much cleaner and fresher. He picked up Taili and approached Qiong Yi. For some reason, Qiong Yi could see a little bit of pride on his face that didn't have much expression, as if to say: Taili is indeed my puppy. Sure enough, you should be closer to me.
Qiong Yi's eyes almost crinkled with anger. She originally wanted to ask him: Where have you been, but when she spoke, her tone was extremely low: "Why are you back?"
Sheng Xuanyuan was still thinking about whether to tell her about the jade gift first, but Qiong Yi didn't give him a chance to answer at all, and continued without stopping: "I thought you were angry because of that little thing. Don’t want to see me.”
He looked at Qiong Yi's bulging cheeks and didn't understand what she meant.
He guessed that Qiong Yi had misunderstood something, so he just stared at her quietly, motionless, waiting for her to tell him everything without asking any questions.
Seeing that he didn't speak, Qiong Yi's uncertain guesses suddenly turned into facts in the heat of the moment. She really thought that Sheng Xuanyuan was because he wouldn't let him call her "Qiong Yi". He deliberately left her for so many days and even sent a naughty tail to rub her.
"I'm not saying this because I miss you! It's because I've taken care of my tail for you for so long, and I don't understand why you just left it and walked away!"
"Also! And the letter you wrote, what words are there! I can't read any of them clearly! I don't even know whether you wrote me a letter or drew a talisman!"
"The half of the money you left, there are still twelve cents left, and they are all here!"
"Take it, take it! Take your tail and leave quickly! You are obviously angry with me, but you still ask me to do things. I don't understand you!"
Qiong also poured out the copper coins from her purse and pushed them all into Sheng Xuanyuan's hands.
Sheng Xuanyuan lowered his eyes and said nothing. She couldn't see clearly the look in his eyes hidden under his eyelashes, and she didn't know what he was thinking now.
Sheng Xuanyuan looked at the copper coins in his hand and counted them briefly. It was not twelve coins, but thirteen coins.
When he looked up at Qiong Yi again, she had her waist clasped, her azure sleeves bulging slightly, like a bird that had blown away its feathers and chirped to herself.
He wanted to deceive her again, so he nodded, moved the bag hidden behind him to his side, and turned to leave.
Qiong Yi was stunned: "Are you leaving?"
Leaving now?
She turned her head away and said in a voice that was not a whisper at all: "Stingy guy! Isn't it just a title?"
"You can actually be angry with me for so long!"
"Don't you just want to call me Qiong Yi! That's my name. Just call it that's what you like! Hmm!"
Sheng Xuanyuan, who had his back turned to her, stopped, and at the same time, Qiong also heard a low laugh.
She was confused, strode forward angrily, and said angrily: "Why are you laughing?"
Seeing the sun in the middle of the night is outrageous! That's outrageous! Sheng Xuanyuan actually laughed! Qiong Yi had never seen this man smile from the first time they met until now, but now, he actually smiled! And it’s like laughing!
Qiong Yi took his arm and said reluctantly: "Why are you laughing?"
Sheng Xuanyuan turned his head, still looking calm and even a little serious. He handed over the copper coins in his hand and said, "You gave me an extra penny."
Qiong Yi's nerves were not good at learning, but he stabbed her hard again. She stared at the jade-white face in front of her, gritted her teeth, and pursed her red lips tightly: "I counted wrong!"
She spoke confidently. Sheng Xuanyuan seemed expressionless, but in reality he was holding back a smile and put the extra penny in her hand.
Qiong Yi clutched the copper plate, her face slightly angry, and some apricot powder flew to her cheeks due to anger. She was pretty and very smart. He called her: "Qiong Yi."
The call passed through her ears. Sheng Xuanyuan clearly didn't speak in a strong tone, but Qiong Yi felt a little jumpy when she heard it, as if she had been scratched by an itchy grass.
He added: "You misunderstood, actually I'm not angry."
He added: "Not at all."
Qiong Yi: "Ah?" She raised her finger and pointed at Sheng Xuanyuan: "Then why did you look so bitter and resentful just now?"
He said: "You are wrong."
Qiong also realized that this man had been keeping a straight face just now, but it turned out that he was just pretending! I can't believe that I have been just guessing for so many days!
She grabbed his sleeve angrily and gritted her teeth: "You're teasing me..."
"I didn't do anything," he said matter-of-factly.
Qiong also didn't know when she messed up or fell into his trap unintentionally, but the man in front of her looked innocent, as if everything was caused by herself and had nothing to do with him.
She said to Taitail full of anger: "Tail, bite him!"
Tails obediently gave Sheng Xuanyuan two snarls.
Sheng Xuanyuan almost said the word "Lu", but when it came to his lips, he changed it back abruptly: "...Qiong Yi."
Qiong Yi let go of his hand and turned his head: "What are you doing?"
"I've been away for a few days to do some things. Thank you for taking care of my tail."
Qiong also pouted: "Oh."
"I bought some food to bring to you on the way. It's still hot." He said, taking out the handbag from behind that was well hidden by him but Qiong Yi had seen it early in the morning.
"You want to bribe me with food again?" Qiong Yi raised his head.
Sheng Xuan said resentfully, "Yeah."
This man is half honest and half dishonest, but he readily admits it at this time.
Qiong Yi thought: For the sake of delicious food, I won’t argue with you this time.
*
Qiong also invited Sheng Xuanyuan into the house.
When Sheng Xuanyuan first came here, it was the day when the Hanged Ghost came to rescue people. The room at that time was very gloomy and you had to light a lamp to see things clearly. It was completely different from the bright environment now with the windows open. .
The dormitory was very clean. It was a narrow wing with few furnishings. There was a wooden cabinet, a wooden bed and two small wooden tables, one of which was moved to the window and used as a dressing table. Sheng Xuanyuan felt that this place was very small, so small that he felt that Qiong Yi was so close to him.
Compared to the big dormitory where he lived under Su Ye's spotlight, it could be said to be a world of difference. His place has five rooms, and a small open-air courtyard in the middle. It not only has a study and miscellaneous rooms, but also has a bathroom, which is full of luxury. Only then did he feel that Qiong Yi's place was shabby and small.
She led him to sit at the table: "Sheng Hao, please sit down."
Sheng Xuanyuan sat on the wooden chair, his tail crawling under his feet.
He opened the bag and found four or five kinds of food, large and small, which couldn't even be placed on the table. The top oil paper packet was opened to reveal roasted chestnuts. Qiong Yi raised her hand and passed one over. It was hot. The bottom was also sweet-scented osmanthus cake. When she opened it, she could smell the fragrance of osmanthus. The white cake surface was sprinkled with a thin layer of sweet-scented osmanthus cake. Thin sesame seeds and garnished with some dried osmanthus flowers.
Sheng Xuanyuan continued to flip through the food in an orderly manner. In order to show that he was not easily fooled by delicious food, Qiong Yi, who could not sit still, was holding back her temper and rubbing the round chestnut in her hand.
Then there is a small bag of dried fruits, including lychees, hazelnuts, pine nuts, lotus seeds, mulberries, and grapes.
Then, there is a bag of crispy shortbread, with a few white sesame seeds shining in the golden shell.
The last big item, when opened, turned out to be half a hot roasted chicken. The aroma suddenly filled the whole room, making the tail squeal on the ground with greed, wishing it could grow wings and fly to the table.
Sheng Xuanyuan sat upright and said, "Okay, that's it."
Is this still called "that's all"?
Qiong also felt that he said this on purpose, but her face was half surprise and half hesitation, which she couldn't hide at all: "...too many."
He said: "I don't know what you like to eat, so I just bought some at random."
If the tail could talk, it would definitely say at this time: Stop chatting and feed me!
It's a pity that it can't, it can only stare under the table.
Qiong Yi had already peeled the chestnuts in her hand. The roasted part inside was brown. She raised her hand and handed it to Sheng Xuanyuan's mouth: "You eat it first."
Sheng Xuanyuan looked at her, opened his mouth in a daze, then quickly closed it, and took it with his hand: "Yes."
Qiong Yi had no intention of paying attention to his increasingly colorful ears. She took another chestnut and started peeling it, then smoothly put it into her mouth.
Chestnuts stir-fried with sugar flavor were chewy and sweet in her mouth. While eating, she thought: Putting aside the risk of being fooled by Sheng Hao, being friends with this person is actually not bad.
"Eat this while it's still hot." Sheng Xuanyuan wrapped it in oil paper and pulled off the legs of the roasted chicken. The perfectly cooked meat fell apart when pulled casually, leaking out fresh and tender juice. He handed over the chicken drumstick with the oil paper in his hand. When Qiong Yi came to pick it up, she was afraid that she wouldn't be able to hold it steady, so she held it carefully in his hand and then took the drumstick.
Her hand was small and slightly soft, and there was a thin layer of calluses on the tiger's mouth where it rubbed against the back of his hand. Sheng Xuanyuan knew that only people who practiced swordplay for many years would leave calluses there that were difficult to remove.
"Qiong Yi." Sheng Xuanyuan wanted to call her for no reason.
Qiong Yi bit the chicken leg and raised his head: "Huh?"
"...It's nothing." As if he was getting familiar with the name, he silently recited it twice in his mind, each time deeper and slower.
After Qiong Yi finished eating the chicken legs, she took out a piece of silk and wiped her mouth, then picked up a piece of shortbread and started eating it. The tail on the ground, with a resentful face on its face, finally made eye contact with her.
"Puch -" she laughed, tore off a piece of chicken and threw it away, along with the chicken leg bones, so that it could grind its teeth, swallow the meat with its tail, and run back to Shengxuan with the bones in its mouth. He sat down at Xin's feet and started chewing attentively.
Seeing that Sheng Xuanyuan was only looking at her and not moving, she asked, "Why don't you eat?"
He said: "I bought them all for you."
Qiong couldn't help but want to laugh: "How could I eat so much!"
She added: "Sheng Hao, do you know? In fact, I never ate so many delicious things when I was a child."
Sheng Xuanyuan was a little curious and raised his eyebrows: "Huh?"
"When I was a child, I was raised by my uncle. My uncle worked for the Lu family. He was not sold to the Lu family as a handyman, but he just worked there."
"There was not much food to eat at that time. The most delicious thing I have ever eaten was the mung bean cake that Uncle Chen left for A Luo. A Luo loved me and was kind to me, so she gave me half of it."
Sheng Xuanyuan frowned.
Qiong Yi's voice was still very relaxed and calm: "But that was all in the past."
He was silent for a long time: "Did you have a bad life before?"
Qiong also regretted mentioning these things to him. She just said it casually. She didn't want to make Sheng Xuanyuan feel pitiful because of her things, so she sympathized with herself and changed the subject and said, "I'm living a good life now."
Sheng Xuanyuan didn't understand her past, and he wanted to know more about her. Seeing Qiong, he said no more and said, "From now on, I will buy you whatever you want to eat."
Qiong Yi bit the shortbread: "Why are you so nice to me?"
