The small courtyard deep in the bamboo forest was filled with smoke. Yu Shiqi and Xuanyue returned hand in hand, but when they approached the gate of the courtyard with wind chimes hanging, they let go of each other in a sympathetic manner.

"It's this?" Xuan Yue asked.

"Yeah, it's here."

Yu Shiqi said and took her past the swaying wind chime and into the clean and tidy courtyard.

There were neatly arranged rows of flower pots along the wall, and colorful roses were planted in the pots. Xuan Yue opened her lips slightly in surprise, bent down and looked forward carefully: "If you were in the Western Wilderness at this time, you would definitely not be able to bloom such flowers..."

"The Wuyue is much warmer than the Western Wilderness." Yu Shiqi smiled, "and this flower is quite cold-resistant and can bloom as long as you take good care of it in winter."

"It's right," Meng Yuzhou's voice came from the house, "And even in the Western Wilderness, there is a way. As long as you keep it in a room with warm fire, remember to take it out to bathe in the sun at noon, and you can still support it with care."

Xuan Yue stood up and stood timidly behind Yu Shiqi's side. She secretly looked at Meng Yuzhou, and suddenly became secretly amazed at the beauty of this woman, and a subtle sense of inferiority arose in her heart.

"Auntie Xiaozhou."

"Zhi'er, I don't seem to agree to you bringing your friends from outside home." Meng Yuzhou was still wearing an apron and holding a rolling pin in his hand to preach to Yu Shiqi seriously.

Hearing these serious words, Yu Shiqi and Xuan Yue showed a nervous expression at the same time, but the next moment, they saw Meng Yuzhou smiling at the two of them: "But because I like the girl you brought back, so let's forget it this time. Okay, come in, and you have to wait for a while for dinner, so let Dong'er pour you tea first."

Yu Shiqi breathed a sigh of relief, Meng Yuzhou turned around and walked back into the house, stopped at the door and turned around and blinked: "By the way, Zhi'er, you have to remember that if the girls you take home next time are different, I might be angry if I don't explain it carefully."

"Thank you, Aunt Xiaozhou..." Yu Shiqi lowered his head shyly to look at his toes, feeling his cheeks hot.

The two of them then entered the room and met Dong'er who came out of the kitchen with a teapot. Dong'er was so happy when she saw Yu Shiqi coming back, but when she looked at Xuan Yue beside Yu Shiqi, she couldn't help but widen her eyes. She quickly blushed and even spoke inconveniently: "Brother...brother...you...you..."

"Be careful of the teapot." Yu Shiqi saw her hand trembling, and Du Jian stepped forward and tightened the teapot's handle.

Dong'er asked Yu Shiqi to take the teapot from her hands and let her free hands. She covered her face and shouted in a whisper: "Dad! There is someone outside my brother!"

Yu Shiqi's hands shook, and almost sprinkled the tea. The next moment, Zhong Lingqi appeared in front of them.

"Shouldn't you be in bed and recuperate..." Yu Shiqi said lightly.

"Originally, isn't you sitting up in a panic? "Zhonglingqi coughed twice, "Zhi'er, I probably can't survive this winter. My only wish now is to see you get married..."

"Don't have so many shows, you can take a good look at who she is." Yu Shiqi interrupted his one-man show.

Zhonglingqi was stunned for a moment, hesitantly looked at Xuanyue, who was sitting on the chair, keeping her squinting smile. After looking at her for a while, she said, "It seems to feel familiar, but she doesn't seem to have any impression of her appearance."

"You have seen it." Yu Shiqi reminded.

"Mr. Zhong." Xuan Yue said, "Don't be fine."

She took out a mask like a magic trick and slowly pressed it on her face. When Zhonglingqi saw the white wooden mask, he was stunned. It took him a long time to come to his senses and smiled and said, "It turns out to be... the young shopkeeper, it's really surprising. The journey from the Western Wilderness to Wuyue is long, and it's hard for you."

"No, I like the scenery along the way, and there are still some expectations of getting closer." When she took off her mask, her appearance had already returned to her appearance in the Western Wilderness, which made Dong'er, who was beside her stunned again.

"Just for this kid?" Zhongling Qi slapped Yu Shiqi on the shoulder, "Is it worth it?"

"Why isn't it worth it? He still owe me something." At this moment, she was Xilingyue again, smart and cunning, and easy to do.

Yu Shiqi took the initiative to say, "Aren't it two things? I... could not do the third thing before parting, and I was repeatedly plotted against it later."

"The third thing is not to bully Xuan Yue. Have you forgotten?"

"No...but, that's all?" He turned out to be just a joke that she had on a whim.

"Of course." Xiling Yue threatened: "If you don't keep your trust, I will file a complaint with your master's wife on New Year's Eve."

"Okay." He bowed helplessly.

Zhonglingqi frequently used his eyes to signal Yu Shiqi to pour him a cup of tea, but Yu Shiqi stared at Xilingyue without turning his eyes, not paying attention to him at all, which made him feel helpless.

In the end, Dong'er couldn't bear it anymore and took the initiative to help him pour tea. Zhong Lingqi, who was holding the tea cup, couldn't help but burst into tears in his heart and sighed in his heart that his daughter was still caring.

"Mr. Zhong didn't ask me why I changed my mind and left the Western Wilderness?"

"I've come here, do you ask what's the point?"

"Yes..." She lowered her head and chuckled, "Wuyue is Mr. Zhong's territory. I am a guest and a foreigner. If there is any offense in etiquette, I hope he will forgive me."

"We are countrymen and don't have that much etiquette." Zhong Lingqi replied easily, "And my place is very small and there are no extra rooms. If the young shopkeeper doesn't dislike me, I can let Yu Shiqi..."

"Hey!" Yu Shiqi shouted out in panic.

The calmness on Xilingyue's face was also a little shaken. The legendary bridal candle flashed through her mind for a moment, but she was soon held down by reason.

"Sleeping on the ground." After Zhong Lingqi finished the second half of the sentence, he turned around and left.

"Or let my sister and me do it too!" Dong'er said righteously.

Yu Shiqi and Xilingyue looked at each other.

"What do you think..." Yu Shiqi asked nervously.

Xilingyue silently put the mask on: "Let... let Xuanyue choose it himself."

...

"Brother, I've put down the quilt for you. Should I add another layer of the mattress underneath? Isn't the floor too hard?" Dong'er asked considerately.

Yu Shiqi pressed the bedding spread on the ground with his hands: "Forget it, let's do it, it's much better than sleeping in the wilderness."

Dong'er made a laughing and crying expression and quickly left the room.

"Don't you feel wronged when you sleep on the ground?" Xuan Yue, who was sitting on the edge of the bed, asked with a smile.

"Don't feel wronged." Yu Shiqi replied without hesitation.

"I left the Western Wilderness and felt very uneasy on the way to come. I was not afraid of not being able to find you, but I was afraid that what I found was no longer you at that time." She suddenly whispered about her mental journey, which made Yu Shiqi, who was sorting out the floor, stunned.

"I know that people's hearts are changing easily, and vows are not worth mentioning." Yu Shiqi replied, "But it's only such a short time before we part, your lady is really worried."

"A foolish people will get one thing if they think thousands of things." Xuan Yue smiled faintly.

"Is your lady a fool? Then isn't a person like me... hopelessly stupid?"

"When dealing with feelings, my lady is also a fool. As for you, you are hopelessly stupid." Xuan Yue giggled and kicked him casually.

Yu Shiqi was kicked gently by her, turned her head and blew out the candlelight, and lay down into the bedding on the floor.

"Why don't you avoid it?" Xuan Yue asked in the direction of him in the darkness.

"I do." Yu Shiqi closed his eyes, with a satisfied smile on his face.
Chapter completed!