Jin Tingjiao

Chapter 213 I Don't Care
Xiao Huai felt a little annoyed, raised his head and said, "You really care about him!"

Shen Xi pursed his lips, walked up to him and sat down on his knees: "What will the crown prince do to him?"

Xiao Huai saw the concern in her eyes, and his face turned cold: "Kill it!"

Shen Xi was suddenly speechless, not knowing what to say about him.

Although she knew that He Lanzhun was King Yan's confidant, it was not so easy for him to kill him.

But the sternness in his eyes could not prevent her from believing that he was hostile to him.

He Lanzhun is only an official of the royal family, and he is the only son of King Yan. If he really planned to kill He Lanzhun, how could He Lanzhun escape?
She managed to strike up a conversation with He Lanzhun, how could all her previous efforts be wasted because of this?
It would be a foolish choice to reason with him right now.

But in any case, this misunderstanding must be explained clearly.

She took a breath and tried to slow down her voice as much as possible: "I really have nothing to do with him. I just happened to meet him, and I made an appointment to have a cup of tea nearby.

"I asked him a few words about his origin, and he also asked me a few words about the marriage, but I could feel that he was ordered by the prince to spy on me.

"Other than that, we didn't say anything else."

Xiao Huai watched her try her best to show obedience, and felt cold every inch of her heart.

"Are you worried that he will be killed, so you don't hesitate to make amends in front of me?" He stretched out his hand to support her chin, his voice was lazy but cool, "You take the initiative to protect him, so it can be seen that you like him very much?"

Shen Xi was suddenly hurt by his gaze: "I don't like him."

If he meant that kind of affection.

"Then prove it to me." He leaned closer to her, his eyes bottomless under the candlelight.

Shen Xi looked at him without moving.

She doesn't know how to prove it.

She had no way to prove this to him.

"Then get out!"

Xiao Huai held his breath for a while, then quickly withdrew his hands.

Shen Xi looked at his face without any trace of warmth, paused for a moment, and then stood up.

The atmosphere became stagnant, and both of them were like stone sculptures.

The candle wick on the desk exploded into a flower, Shen Xi regained consciousness, she grabbed the hem of her skirt, bowed deeply, and went out the door.

Xiao Huai didn't look at her again, turned around and picked up the booklet, and continued to look down.

Outside the door is even deeper.

The autumn wind rolled up the fallen leaves and danced in the air.

Shen Xi reached the gate of the courtyard unimpeded, and did not encounter the guards and archers of the legendary triple checkpoint.

She raised her head and let out a breath, folded her arms under the door and looked at the cold stars in the sky.

The Mid-Autumn Festival was approaching, and the moon was shining brightly, but the weather was getting colder, and there were no human voices around.

Under the moonlight, the trees are swaying with the wind, carrying the quiet fallen leaves.

Leaves were also laid on the swing under the wall. With a wrong eye, it seemed that he could still see him when he first saw him. His head was on the rope, his long hair was loose, and he was sitting on it with cloth shoes on.

The astonishment that Yu inadvertently showed made him look like a young man who didn't know much about the world.

She never saw him like this again after that.

He appeared in the gambling house, on the execution ground, in the yamen, and in the jade shop in a blink of an eye, shrewd and tough in every way.

Every meeting in Chuchu was a fragment, and it wasn't until later——she couldn't remember exactly when—that they started to be connected into a paragraph.

She sat down on the boulder on which he had given her medicine.

Pick up a leaf and blow it with your mouth closed.

Surrounded by quiet, very suitable for solitude.

In the past when Xu Jing came to ask for marriage, Mrs. Xiao asked her if she liked her, and she said yes.

Xu Jing is bright and enthusiastic, always thinking about her.

If she wanted a bird, he would go up the tree to catch a bird for her. She didn't want to learn the piano, but wanted to sneak out to play, so he drove the carriage and waited for her under the back wall.

With him anyway, she never has to worry about getting into trouble and being punished, how could she not like it?

She felt at ease with Xu Jing.

But if Xu Jing told her to get lost, she might not be sad, but would turn around and chase him down with a feather duster.

She didn't know that there was such a difference between Xiao Huai and him in her heart...

She raised her hands and covered her face again.

He shook his head again, as if trying to shake it all off.

Aunt Pei and Qi Jiu must still be waiting for her right now, and reason tells her that she should just leave like this, and go back with them to continue on the road ahead.

But she couldn't move her feet, and her heart was still there.

She couldn't know the meaning behind his anger, whether it was really giving up, or because he was worried about gains and losses.

She let go, looked around, and breathed a sigh of relief.

She can't go.

If she just left like this, she didn't know how to get back to her relationship with him.

And no matter what the marriage contract benefits, she is the one who benefits—yes, it's just for the sake of the marriage contract.

She stood up, brushed the hem of her skirt, turned around and opened the door and walked in.

No matter how long she had gone, Xiao Huai had been staring at the booklet in his hand.

Su Yan looked at him, frowning for a long time.

The air in the room seemed to be frozen, and no one dared to break it.

Suddenly the guard came up to him, carefully looked into the room, and then whispered something in his ear.

He paused for a moment, then waved him back.

After another moment of silence, he finally walked up to the desk: "The lord summoned He Lanzhun to ask a question, and He Lan said bluntly about the girl he met on the street, and the girl herself said that the marriage to the son was purely accidental.

"Now the lord has told him to arrange for Shen Shilang to come to the palace for tea soon, presumably to discuss the matter of matchmaking."

The folder swayed slightly.

Su Yan glanced at him, and then said: "It can be seen that He Lanzhun saw the girl, and he was indeed ordered by the prince to find out the details."

There was a fluctuating air flow in the frozen room.

The figure in front of the case collapsed slightly, and his face was raised.

Su Yan was a little afraid to look at it, after all, the emotion in his eyes was extremely rare even for him.

"Master Su..."

The guard at the gate called out again in a low voice.

He didn't expect Xiao Huai and Su Yan to look over at the same time, and quickly said: "Miss Shen is back."

Xiao Huai froze there again, looking around all obstacles to the door, Shen Xi under the door was as thin as a fallen leaf, and when the door opened, the autumn wind rolled up her skirt and long hair, as if suddenly falling from the sky.

Su Yan and others quickly withdrew.

The folder in his hand suddenly twisted into a ball.Xiao Huai lowered his eyes, and slowly covered his hands with his sleeves.

Shen Xi made up his mind, took a heavy breath when he entered the door, then walked in calmly, knelt down in front of him with lowered eyebrows and said, "My lord, I was wrong."

No matter what, if it's something that can be solved by admitting a mistake, she has no reason to complicate it.

Xiao Huai sat on the ground with bent legs, his eyes seemed to be glued to her body.

The woman in front of her was upright and condensed, without the usual cunning, let alone the anger she had when she talked back to him earlier, and even the kneeling position was two feet farther than usual.

He looked ahead, as if a knife had been cut through his heart.

Picking up the cold tea in front of him, he took a sip in his mouth, before he could warm it up with his body temperature, he swallowed it.

"No need to come back and admit it. I don't care anyway," he said.

(End of this chapter)