Wishful Things

"Young Master is talking to Miss Xu, let's not follow." Xiao Qi reminded in a low voice.

If they follow up too early, the distance for Miss Xu to send the young master off will inevitably be greatly shortened.

Sui Jiang glanced at him.

He's not the kind of person who would interrupt without winking and ignoring the rules, so what if he keeps up?

But the smile in Xiao Qi's eyes, as if he knew everything already, still made him nod his head reluctantly - we must not make Xiao Qi, a newcomer, feel that he doesn't understand anything.

Xu Mingyi sent Wu Chao out of the Yinxian Building, and the two walked a short distance in the snow.

"go in."

Wu Chao stopped, turned his head and said to the girl beside him.

"Okay, the snowy road is slippery, you ride slowly." Xu Mingyi confessed.

Wu Chao nodded: "Don't worry—"

He rides most cautiously now.

"etc!"

Just as Wu Chao walked a few steps, Xu Mingyi suddenly called out to stop him.

Wu Chao turned his head, and before he had time to ask "what's the matter", he saw her walking towards him quickly.

"Your cloak—"

Xu Mingyi handed him the cloak in his hand.

This is not the one he took off and put on for her today, that one was stained with muddy water while riding a horse, and she planned to have Ah Zhu wash it off before returning it to him.

And this one was given to her when he sent her back to Yinxian Tower after returning from Xiling Mountain that day.

Wu Chao also recognized the cloak, took it at this time, hung it on his elbow, and urged her: "It's snowing too much, go in quickly."

However, she saw that she pulled back the cloak in his elbow——

Wu Chao was a little confused.

The next moment, I saw the girl in front of me shake the cloak in her hand twice, and took another step closer to him, stood on tiptoe in front of him, and raised her hand to put the cloak behind him.

Wu Chao was suffocating for breath, staring blankly at the girl's face who was close at hand.

He could even see that the thick and slightly curled eyelashes were no longer distinct due to being wet by the snow, and even the eyes seemed to be covered with a layer of moisture, but they were still black and clear, like a deer that suddenly appeared in the forest shrouded in mist in the early morning——

Her fingers quickly circled around his neck, although she never touched him, it still made his body tense.

Under this tension, the boy's handsome Adam's apple rolled unconsciously.

Xu Mingyi fastened the tie of the cloak in twos and twos, and withdrew his hand.

Wu Chao looked at the girl in front of him who was still calm.

The four eyes met for a moment, and there was emotion surging in the young man's focused eyes. He asked in a low voice: "...Has Miss Xu ever tied a cloak on other men like this?"

"Never."

Xu Mingyi's eyes were also very serious, and he asked back: "Could it be that Wu Shisun took off his cloak several times before and gave it to other girls?"

"Never—" The boy answered quickly and decisively.

After he answered in this way, he saw a smile in the girl's eyes: "Since that's the case, isn't it right for you and me to reciprocate courtesy?"

When she came to Ningyang this time, she clearly realized that he was an exception to her——

She is a person who has never liked unbalanced relationships.

Therefore, she didn't want to let this exception go, but since she accepted his exception and never refused, then she would return it herself—so, she naturally treated him differently from others.

Anyway, he can't run away in fear now.

Looking at the eyes in front of him, Wu Chao was calm on the surface, but his heart was in a mess. He was thinking——with her, can he be reciprocated for whatever he does? If he...

The boy's hand hanging by his side was slightly clenched to stop his wild thoughts.

"Miss Xu—"

"Um?"

The warm yellow lights on the street made the snowflakes falling in front of the two shine brightly, making her miss the solemnity and courage in the young man's eyes: "What kind of life do you like?"

This question...

Xu Mingyi thought about it seriously, and said honestly, "Stable."

She likes a stable life.

Those experiences in her previous life made her realize that stability is the most important thing.

When she was young, she thought that her small town, the Duke's Mansion, would be stable for a long time, and she didn't want to experience the nightmare of her previous family being destroyed again.

To put it more broadly, she also wished that the world would be stable and prosperous, and those people who had no power to resist would not have to suffer from wars.

stable……

Wu Chao repeated her answer in his heart.

He was right in guessing that what she needed most was a stable and carefree life.

"What about you?" Xu Mingyi asked him, "What do you like?"

Wu Chao shook his head.

"I never thought—"

Although he still has his own opinions, everything he has accepted since he was a child has given him a very clear vision of his future life - he clearly knows that the responsibility on his shoulders is the rise and fall of the Wu clan.

But these are what he should do.

If he said that he likes it, he really never thought about it before.

But now he seems to have suddenly...

What he likes is that she can fulfill his wish——

She likes stability, so he will do his best to make her stable.

But this cannot be done by thinking, but by doing.

This idea made the boy more clear about how he should go in the future.

Therefore, some impulsiveness needs to be reconsidered.

"I didn't think about it before, maybe I'll know it in the future." Xu Mingyi saw that his black hair had been covered with a thin layer of snow-white, and then urged: "Go back quickly, if you have anything to say, we can talk about it tomorrow—"

"Okay, I'll come see you tomorrow."

Xu Mingyi nodded and watched him get on the horse.

That person rode one by one, and quickly disappeared into the vast snow curtain.

Xu Mingyi turned around and went into the building, brushing off the snow from his body under the eaves, but then turned his head subconsciously, looking at the position where the two were standing and talking just now.

There are very conspicuous footprints left there.

It's his and hers—

The girl's eyes stayed in the empty place for a while, before she turned her head and went upstairs briskly.

...

The next day, Xu Mingyi got up early as usual.

But there were many people who got up earlier than her.

In the small kitchen in the backyard, the smell of rice has already spread.

After washing, Xu Mingyi smelled the fragrance and followed him.

Doctor Qiu was busy working behind the steaming stove.

Xu Mingyi walked in, saw this scene, and looked at Qin Wu who was sitting there burning the fire, and couldn't help feeling a little out of harmony.

This disobedience is not only because Uncle Qin Wu is so big that even if he sits there alone, he will look very crowded behind the stove——

The reason why she felt that it was against harmony was more because in her inherent memory in her previous life, it was Doctor Qiu who cooked the food, but Uncle Qin should not be the one who lit the fire.

She was in Yangzhou at that time, and Uncle Qin Wu and grandfather in the capital were no longer alive.

At this time, Divine Doctor Qiu lifted the lid of a pot, and white steam with the sweet aroma of steamed buns steamed out in large swaths, making her eyes wet.

Xu Mingyi blinked, forcing back the sudden tears——

This time, she must protect the people around her, even if it is Uncle Qin Wu who is as big as her two and has enough money.

"I heard that you are leaving tomorrow?" Miracle Doctor Qiu found some free time and raised his head to ask her.

Good night.