Zhao Wei has always been a talkative person, but on the day he sent Zhu Yunluo back to Fishui Town, he hardly said anything along the way.
He just lifted his face with the back of his hands from time to time, took deep breaths, and tried to calm his breathing.
Zhu Yunluo bit her lower lip, not daring to look at him again. As long as she looked at him, he would definitely say everything in his heart, and she would cry again. How embarrassing.
Zhao Wei stood outside Zhu Yunluo's small fenced courtyard for half a stick of incense before finally walking away.
Zhu Yunluo watched him go away through the window, but she still couldn't stop crying. She cried until her eyes turned white and her hair became blurry. She had difficulty breathing, her chest was throbbing with pain, and her pillow was soaked. Even in her dream, she was still crying. Call his name.
She dreamed that Zhao Wei was back and asked her why she was crying. Then she wiped her tears with a smile and joked, "Don't cry. Don't cry. If you cry again, you will turn into a red-eyed bunny. I don't know how to make you happy." .
After Zhu Yunluo woke up from the dream, she fell into pain again. She simply lay in bed and deceived herself with dreams. She didn't comb her hair for several days, the stove was not hot, and she was starving and naked. Until a neighbor brought her a package and read Qiong Yi's handwritten letter, she asked her how she was doing, whether she had eaten well and slept well, and said she missed her very much. Zhu Yunluo's tears spilled on the letter paper unsatisfactorily, and she supported herself After cooking porridge, I began to slowly come out of my depression.
She threw everything related to Zhao Wei out of the house and wanted to burn and bury them. After digging a big hole, she was reluctant to leave. She went back to the house, found a box, stuffed them all in, and locked them up. , pressed in an empty house.
Less than half a month later, life finally returned to normal. Zhu Yunluo went to the hospital to help as before, collected medicine in the mountains, and went home to do some needlework. However, on the first day of the third month of every month, she would always go to the yard where there were no weed trees to take a closer look. Her hands making the stew would tremble, and she would think of Zhao Wei taking the medicinal materials from her hand. I will think of his hearty laughter, his eyes that are always smiling and his mouth that can't stop talking.
That day, she was basking in the sun outside the yard and saw Sheng Zijing.
After seeing Sheng Zijing, Zhu Yunluo thought she was hallucinating, and whispered to herself: "Why not Zhao Wei."
Sheng Zijing said calmly: "Zhao Wei is getting married today."
Only then did Zhu Yunluo realize that the person in front of her was really Sheng Zijing, not her hallucination, and his words pierced her heart like a sharp sword. She didn't want to speak, and then heard Sheng Zijing ask: "Why are you not the bride?"
Zhu Yunluo turned her head away: "Second Young Master Sheng came to me just to ask about this matter?"
"right."
Seeing an angry look on Zhu Yunluo's face for the first time, Sheng Zijing raised his eyebrows slightly: "You're not really attracted to Zhao Wei, are you?"
Zhu Yunluo stood up, turned around and left.
Sheng Zijing took two steps after him and realized that her shoulders were shaking and she was actually crying.
He stopped where he was, not knowing how to comfort her, but asked: "Why are you crying?"
"You should leave quickly, Sheng Zijing." Zhu Yunluo swallowed her sobs and said.
"Why?"
"bother."
"Bother me?"
"right."
Sheng Zijing sneered: "I didn't come here specifically to see you, so don't be so sentimental."
Zhu Yunluo was full of sadness and boredom, and didn't want to say a word to him. After entering the house, she closed the door tightly. Sheng Zijing looked at the door that was locked with a "bang", and anger burned into his heart from nowhere: Annoyed? She actually said I was annoying?
In the past, wasn't she the one who pestered me?
Zhu Yunluo leaned against the wooden door, covered her face and slowly slid down, then collapsed on the ground.
If Sheng Zijing hadn't suddenly come to tell her that Zhao Wei was getting married today and the bride was not her, she would have thought she had walked out.
So, did Sheng Zijing come here just to tell me this and make me laugh?
It's bad enough.
*
Zhu Yunluo thought she had lost her temper with Sheng Zijing, scolded him away, and would have no contact with him from now on. Unexpectedly, the next day, a disciple of the Sheng family was waiting outside the hospital and asked her in a very polite tone if she could come to the guard station three times a month to deliver medicine as usual. The medicinal materials would remain the same. As for the remuneration, he would pay three times the price on the market. Price to pay.
Zhu Yunluo was puzzled: "Did Sheng Zijing send you here?"
"The second young master sent me here. He said that the old disease has recurred and asked the girl to continue delivering medicine."
"The ear disease has not been cured?" She murmured: "I will give him the prescription and let him buy it himself."
The disciple looked embarrassed, "This, this probably doesn't work..."
Zhu Yunluo saw that the talisman pattern on his shirt was consistent with the sleeve protection Zhao Wei usually wore, and asked, "Do you know Zhao Wei? Can he still return to the city to guard the tower on duty?"
"Senior Brother Zhao, I heard that he has already married and started a business. He also suffered a serious illness. Now he has voluntarily been transferred to the Luoyao border. He will leave at the end of the month."
"...That's it."
"Girl, don't forget to deliver the medicine every month, otherwise I will be punished."
Zhu Yunluo heard that he would be punished and subconsciously agreed: "Okay."
Unexpectedly, this disciple quickly answered: "Well, it's settled then! Please also ask the young master to say a few kind words about me, such as being neat in doing things and having proper etiquette. I would like to thank you."
"Huh?" Zhu Yunluo stretched out her hand to call him, but he had already walked away quickly.
What is Sheng Zijing doing?
Zhu Yunluo was very confused and thought: Didn't he say that ordinary medicinal materials have no effect? So this is just to entertain me?
I can't understand what this person is thinking, it's inexplicable.
She thought: I'll just buy the medicine from the shop. Anyway, I won't see him when I go to deliver the medicine.
*
A few days later, she came to Shoutai to deliver medicine as promised. To her surprise, the person who received the medicine was not a Shoutai disciple, but Sheng Zijing himself.
Zhu Yunluo stood stunned: "Why are you here?"
"That's all?" Sheng Zijing extended his hand to her without explaining, indicating that he wanted to take the medicine bag in her hand. After Zhu Yunluo handed the medicine over, he said, "You can go."
Zhu Yunluo felt that the disciples in the courtyard were looking at her, lowered her head slightly, and turned to leave.
Sheng Zijing watched her disappear into the street, wondering what she was thinking.
Maybe, I'm still thinking about Zhao Wei.
Was it because Zhao Wei was here, taking the medicine she handed him over and over again, that made her fall in love?
Don't understand.
*
Zhu Yunluo thought it was a coincidence that she met Sheng Zijing this time, but the next time he delivered medicine, he was still there to receive it, and the next time, he was still there, so she knew it was not a coincidence.
The two met each other on the 10th, and there was almost no eye contact or verbal contact. She just handed over the medicine bag, and Sheng Zijing took it over, that's all.
Time flies by quickly, and a month or two flies by like a blink of an eye.
Zhu Yunluo overheard that the girl from the Wan family whom Zhao Wei married was already pregnant.
When she heard the news, she had no reaction at first. After returning home, she smiled for no reason, thinking about Zhao Wei's promise. She drank a lot for the first time. She was so drunk that she completely forgot about delivering the medicine. In her drunken dream, she was carried to bed by someone. The man scolded her coldly. She felt aggrieved and held his hand and cried. laugh.
After waking up and actually being in bed, Zhu Yunluo shook her tingling head and felt that it was really strange to dream about Sheng Zijing.
Even though it was delayed by a day, the medicine still had to be delivered, after all, it was someone else's money.
That day Zhu Yunluo sent the medicine to the guard station and felt that Sheng Zijing's face was particularly ugly and even duller than usual. When delivering medicine, she would often see a rich lady learning swordsmanship from Sheng Zijing, and today was no exception. Her name was Ning Xue, and she was as white and beautiful as her name suggests. Maybe she was the future second wife, Zhu Yunluo thought silently.
On the way home, she accidentally encountered bad luck. Zhu Yunluo tripped over a stone and sprained her foot. After she limped home, she applied a cold compress with cold water and applied it with plaster. The next morning, there was still a big swelling. , the pain was so painful that I couldn’t walk.
She was sitting on the bed sewing embroidery, thinking that the vegetables in the garden had not been watered, the clothes after yesterday's drunkenness had not been washed, and the rice had not been cooked. Suddenly she thought to herself, if there was a capable person to live with her, it would be great. alright.
He won't be so helpless when he is sick or injured.
Once this idea arises in the mind, it cannot be suppressed.
After her foot injury recovered, Zhu Yunluo asked the matchmaker in the town to help her find a match for her marriage. After the matchmaker heard her tell her her age, she was surprised and asked her if she had divorced her? Do you have children? After knowing that she was still a young girl, he was even more surprised and said, "Girl, you are really delaying me." He also said that he would look for a good match for her.
*
The day of delivering medicine came again. Zhu Yunluo used crutches to deliver medicine to Sheng Zijing. After taking the medicine, he calmly asked her what was wrong with her foot.
She replied that she was pregnant and it was not a problem.
Seeing Zhu Yunluo limping back, Sheng Zijing took a deep breath, stepped forward to help her, and said he would send her back.
"I don't need to worry about it, Second Young Master." Zhu Yunluo pushed his hand away, looked into those deep eyes, and turned away as if facing a formidable enemy. She had been fascinated by him once, and she must not make the same mistake again. .
During the tug and pull, a female voice came forward: "Is it the medical sister who is here to deliver medicine again? Second Young Master, my sister doesn't want you to follow me, so why do you force yourself to make things difficult for me?"
Sheng Zijing glanced at Ning Xue: "I didn't want you to come, why didn't you come anyway?"
"Second Young Master! You can't say that..."
Seeing that she was disgusted, Sheng Zijing hugged Zhu Yunluo regardless of the gazes of passers-by: "I will take you back."
Zhu Yunluo struggled to get away, but she saw him summoning his sword, half-hugging her and stepping forward. Then she felt weightless from head to toe, and she exclaimed: "Ah! Sheng Zijing!"
The street scene shrunk beneath her feet, and the wind blew in her face, floating in the air. Zhu Yunluo was so panicked that she didn't dare to move anymore. She could only hold on to his sleeves and close her eyes. After a while, the feeling of emptiness disappeared, and Sheng Zijing took her back to the door of his house. , put her on the ground.
Zhu Yunluo's face turned pale and she trembled: "You, you..."
"It's here. If you have trouble with your legs and feet, just go back and sit down." Sheng Zijing said indifferently. Seeing that she didn't move for a while, he raised his eyebrows and led her back into the room. The magic circle didn't stop him at all, and Sheng Zijing put her on the bed. Pressed it and said: "Have a rest."
Zhu Yunluo finally came to her senses: "...Why did you send me back?"
Sheng Zijing froze: "Because..." He didn't know how to answer. He was just impulsive when he saw that she was injured and uncomfortable walking, and Ning Xue made trouble. At this time, shouts came from outside: "Miss, Miss Zhu——"
Zhu Yunluo heard the matchmaker's voice and called her in. After the matchmaker entered the house, she saw Sheng Zijing. Her eyes lit up and she asked herself that she had never seen such a handsome man before. He hesitated and asked, "Miss Zhu, who is this?"
"Uh, this is my brother-in-law's brother, can he be considered a relative of mine?" Zhu Yunluo explained with a smile, then pulled a stool for the matchmaker: "Please sit down, come here, this is hot tea."
Sheng Zijing glanced at the matchmaker coldly. There were not many stools, so he simply sat casually on Zhu Yunluo's bed.
"Miss Zhu, I have asked around for you. You see, although you are not short of money, virtuous and neat, and you are decent in appearance, you are still old. The young men in the city all want girls with talent and haircuts to marry." The matchmaker folded her hands on her legs and pressed the handkerchief: "There is a nice man in the next village. His wife died last year. He is about the same age as you. He is also strong and honest. He has fields and land at home, and he also raises cattle. The conditions are satisfactory. . I just thought, if you think it’s okay, I’ll go talk to him and let you two meet. What do you think?”
