Jin Yu Dynasty

Chapter 14

"There's no one here, please change inside."

"thanks."

Faint sounds from outside entered the eardrums.

Xuan Huaifeng was startled, turned over from the bed, and looked out through the window.

Outside the window is a small courtyard with a rockery, and a few half-person-high roses are planted in the middle. It used to be a small two-story building.

Blocked by rose branches and leaves, Xuan Huaifeng exhausted his eyesight, only saw a footman standing in front of the building, the door creaked, as if someone had entered not long ago.

He was puzzled.

That thank you sounded very much like Lin Qijun's tone.

Did he also come to Bai Xuelan's mansion?

Xuan Huaifeng's heart suddenly constricted, as if someone had stuffed it into a small cage that couldn't see the light of day.

The unsightly place on his body suddenly throbbed, whipping him with strong shame.

For a moment, he didn't know whether he was looking forward to Lin Qijun's appearance.

Maybe I got it wrong.

Xuan Huaifeng comforted himself, but still stared at the door of the small building outside the window, why didn't the servant leave?Standing there, obviously waiting for someone, who exactly went in just now?

He rested his ten fingers on the window sill and stared at it.

After a while, there was movement on the door, and someone opened it from the inside.

Xuan Huaifeng took a closer look, and couldn't move.

Lin Qijun, who had changed into a neat set of clothes, came out, and the waiter who had been waiting all this time immediately went up to meet him and asked, "Mr. Lin, is the size suitable?"

"very good."

"The car is ready and parked at the door."

Xuan Huaifeng is far away, and if the wind blows over, he can only half-hear and half-guess.

The swaying branches occasionally swayed slightly, hanging down to cover Lin Qijun's face, he couldn't even see Lin Qijun's expression clearly, and felt more and more uncomfortable.

Just now he was hesitant to see Lin Qijun, but now his mind has become muddy, without any clear thoughts.

The ancient window with wooden lace carved around it became the window of a prison in his eyes, and the ten fingers holding on to the window turned white.

Is he here for me?

Why don't you look over here?

Seeing Lin Qijun turn around, as if he was about to leave, Xuan Huaifeng became anxious and called out, "Qijun!" After all, he couldn't hold back.

Lin Qijun turned his head in a daze, and looked around.

"Qi Jun!" Xuan Huaifeng stretched out his hand from the window and made a powerful move towards him, "Here."

Lin Qijun saw it immediately, came over quickly, stood outside the window, and grabbed his outstretched hand.

His expression was very complicated, and he was a little shy in his excitement. He held Huaifeng's hand, as if trying to hide his eyes and ears, trying to make an ordinary handshake gesture.

But that was too much, and after shaking hands, he didn't want to let go, so he wrapped his palm around Huaifeng's hand.

Xuan Huaifeng was full of worries, and was also amused by his bewilderment, a little touched, let him grab his hand in different ways, and asked with a smile, "What are you doing?"

Lin Qijun was silent for a while, and said, "I thought you would ignore me from now on."

Xuan Huaifeng asked, "Why?"

Lin Qijun said, "I can't live with you."

Xuan Huaifeng thought about the matter of Tianyin Academy, and then remembered about spending the night with Bai Xuelan, and thought to himself, it's not that you can't help me, it's that I can't help you.

His face was gloomy.

He slowly withdrew his hand.

Lin Qijun didn't stop him, and watched his hand retract to the other side of the window.

The two of them were separated from each other by the window, and they were in a daze. After a long silence, Lin Qijun said in a low voice, "I heard that you became Xuelan's adjutant."

Xuan Huaifeng's handsome face turned red all of a sudden, as if he was suddenly dragged onto the road naked, his teeth creaked and trembled a few times before he asked in a strange tone, "Who told you?"

"Xue Lan said."

Xuan Huaifeng didn't want Lin Qijun to see his expression, so he lowered his head and asked, "What do you think about me being his adjutant?"

"That's a good thing. Aren't you just looking for a job?"

Xuan Huaifeng's chest felt uncomfortable all of a sudden.

He was half-kneeling on the bed, talking next to the window, but when his chest hurt, his knees were so weak that he was about to fall on the bed, so he quickly grabbed the window rail with his hands.

He took two or three breaths and was about to speak.

The waiter who was waiting impatiently came over and said to Lin Qijun with a poignant smile, "Mr. Lin, the car is still waiting outside. You see... Otherwise, I will go to the front door and tell the driver, half an hour later Let's go again?"

Lin Qijun seemed to be awakened suddenly from a dream, "Oh, no need, I'm leaving now."

He turned his head back, looked deeply into the window, moved his feet forward, as if wishing to squeeze his body into the window, and whispered inside, "Huaifeng, why do you always keep your head down? I'm leaving , you lift your face up and let me take a closer look, okay?"

Xuan Huaifeng put his hands down from the window sill, put them on his knees, and lowered his head, as if he didn't hear anything.

Thin shoulders carried a deep depression.

Lin Qijun waited cautiously for a while, seeing that he refused to look up, he felt even more sad.

"Then, I'm leaving. I'll see you again in two days." Lin Qijun sighed and said softly, "Take care."

Xuan Huaifeng felt like he had turned into a wooden man.

He didn't even have the strength to raise his head to see Lin Qijun leave.

He heard Lin Qijun turn around, the sound of leather shoes gently rubbing against the floor tiles, and the sound of Lin Qijun's footsteps getting farther and farther away.

When he finally found the strength to raise his head and look out of the window, there was no one there.

The branches and leaves of the rose are caressed by the wind, trembling in the air.

Everything just now, being held, warm hands, and whispered conversations, seemed to be nothingness.

Xuan Huaifeng sat on the bed in a daze, feeling that the surroundings were extremely quiet.

Never for a moment had he felt himself so alone and helpless.

Everything you think you can rely on is actually not reliable.

Xuan Huaifeng missed his father, a man he didn't appreciate very much in his life, he was brutal and savage, Xuan Huaifeng saw him scare civilians with guns when he was a child, for no reason, just because Commander Xuan was unhappy.

The commander's father is not elegant, merciless, ignorant of science, and is a ridiculous old man.

but.

Xuan Huaifeng understood that without his father who was the commander, he would be nothing.

He was like an apple that had grown well before, but fell off the branches and planted in the mud, only to rot slowly.

He tried his best to imagine how an apple that fell into the mud would rot horribly, from bright and attractive to unsightly, so detailed that he even made himself tremble.

He didn't notice the butler coming in at all.

When the butler patted him on the shoulder, Xuan Huaifeng was startled, took a deep breath, raised his face, and stared at the butler with his eyes motionless.

That way, it's like you wake someone up from a nightmare.

The housekeeper thought he had made a big mistake, so he quickly explained, "I'm sorry, I talked to you several times just now, but you didn't seem to hear it all the time, probably because I was thinking about things... I had to pat One shot..."

"What's up?"

"Oh," said the butler, "the chief ordered, please go to the bedroom."

Xuan Huaifeng didn't say anything.

The butler spoke in a very respectful tone, and tentatively said, "The chief said, if you don't feel well and don't want to go, it doesn't matter, then he will come here instead."

As if his vision was blurred, Xuan Huaifeng closed his dark eyes hard, and then slowly opened them again.

"No," he said, "I'll go."

Bai Xuelan was in the bedroom, vodka and glasses had already been placed on the table.

He asked the housekeeper to call Xuan Huaifeng, he didn't have much hope, he expected that Xuan Huaifeng would not come, so he just waited for the housekeeper to come and reply, and then he brought the wine himself.

If you get there, you can ask Xuan Huaifeng, "Why are you angry again? You are so imposing. If I want to see you, I must come here in person to invite you?"

This sentence is not too servile, but it contains the meaning of concession, and it may be able to erase the unflattering conversation not long ago.

This was Bai Xuelan's original plan.

Unexpectedly, Xuan Huaifeng came as soon as he shouted.

Seeing Xuan Huaifeng's figure flashing outside the door, Bai Xuelan was surprised and stood up, "Why are you here?"

Xuan Huaifeng glanced at him, "The housekeeper said, didn't you want me to come here?"

Because of his illness, he was only wearing a nightgown, and a long white towel velvet belt was loosely tied around his waist. The comfortable aura on his body seemed to have been spent abroad.

Bai Xuelan just looked at him and didn't speak for a while.

Xuan Huaifeng saw the wine on the table, picked it up and asked, "Vodka?"

"Yes."

"Russian wine is very strong." Xuan Huaifeng put the glass wine bottle back on the table, pressed a finger on the lid, and twirled it gently, "Why, do you want to drink tonight?"

Bai Xuelan never dreamed that Xuan Huaifeng would be willing to talk to him like this, she felt happy, smiled and gestured, asking Xuan Huaifeng to sit down across the table, "When something happy happens, have a few drinks. Don't be afraid, I'll drink it myself, I won't force you to share it, how about asking the servant to bring you some drinks? Hot coffee or hot tea?"

When Xuan Huaifeng sat down, his face changed slightly, and he seemed a little uncomfortable.

He wanted to hold back and kept his face, but he couldn't escape Bai Xuelan's eyes.

Bai Xuelan immediately asked, "Are you uncomfortable? It's my fault. I should get you a mattress." Standing up, she went to turn over the mattress on the bed.

Xuan Huaifeng took his arm and said in a low voice, "No, please sit down, the two of us have something to say."

Bai Xuelan had never been treated so kindly by him before, she was ten times calmer, her heart was beating wildly, she nodded and said, "Okay, just say it."

sit down.

Xuan Huaifeng looked at him seriously, "Are you joking about asking me to be your adjutant? Or is it true."

Bai Xuelan said, "Of course it is true."

"Okay," Xuan Huaifeng said, "since I have become your adjutant, I will naturally do my duty to remind you. The first thing is this vodka, which is too strong to be drunk at night. Please withdraw it. Yes, change to something else."

Bai Xuelan smiled and said, "You are thinking of me, I will listen to you."

Bring in the footman, tell him to take the wine away, and bring something else to drink.

Bai Xuelan asked Xuan Huaifeng, "What do you want to drink?"

Xuan Huaifeng asked, "Is there any black tea?"

Bai Xuelan told the servant, "Make two cups of black tea."

The servant went, and the two waited quietly for the black tea to arrive.

It didn't take long, but they walked very slowly and sat opposite each other. Gradually, they all silently felt a different taste from the past.

It's like eating a fruit with all five flavors, but I can't tell what it tastes like.

Bai Xuelan really wanted to say something lively, but suddenly thought that she had said something wrong in the daytime, and for the first time, she became panicked, restrained her mouth, sat quietly, and looked at Xuan Huaifeng with kind eyes as much as possible.

Unexpectedly, Xuan Huaifeng was still extremely sensitive. After being stared at by him for a while, he asked uncomfortably, "Why are you looking at me?"

It was only then that Bai Xuelan realized that he didn't even accept his own gaze, so he could only turn his gaze to the bottle of vodka, imitating Xuan Huaifeng's gesture just now and turning his finger on it slowly, pretending to be relaxed, "You There are three fires for a new official to take office, and I have already accepted the first suggestion, and I look at you, naturally wondering what the second and third are."

When Xuan Huaifeng came, he thought he had already made up his mind. When he saw Bai Xuelan, he was silent for a while, and he was a little confused. He sat silently and didn't look at Bai Xuelan, as if he was in a trance. .

This is Bai Xuelan's favorite demeanor, clean and uncommon, as if she is out of the world.

Bai Xuelan took the opportunity to boldly spy on him again.

After a while, Xuan Huaifeng coughed lightly, and Bai Xuelan hurriedly turned her eyes away as if nothing had happened.

Xuan Huaifeng's voice passed by his ears, like a cloud, "I don't know what to say to you."

Bai Xuelan waited a lot, but she couldn't help laughing when she actually waited for such an insignificant sentence.

The corners of his lips raised, and he quickly restrained himself, thought for a while, and said, "You are right, but I don't know what to say to you."

Originally, he was only agreeing, but when he said it, he suddenly felt that this sentence was absolutely true, and he couldn't help but feel a little emotional again, and he couldn't help sighing softly.

Xuan Huaifeng didn't expect him to answer like this, and gave him a surprised look.

Just as he was about to speak, the voice of the servant outside came in, "Boss, the black tea is here."

"Bring it in."

The footman brought two cups of black tea to the table, bowed and went down again.

Both of them seemed to be thirsty, they took up the black tea together and took small sips of tea.

While drinking tea, Bai Xuelan's mind was spinning, thinking about how to break this stagnant situation.

To talk about the body is to expose scars; to talk about parents, to evoke Xuan Huaifeng's sadness; to talk about sisters and siblings, maybe to bring up his hatred of using his sister to blackmail him, the gain outweighs the gain; talking about Qijun is even more taboo...

Speaking of the weather?

Wouldn't that be a joke?

His mind has always been spinning quickly, but now he was stunned as if someone poured two buckets of paste. After thinking about it, he could only strike up a conversation and ask, "What do you think of Adjutant Sun?"

"Just met, not very familiar."

"Even if you just met, you can still talk about how you feel."

"Should be quite capable."

Bai Xuelan smiled, "Speaking of ability, I have high hopes for you. I know you are very serious about what you do, and there is no one in a hundred people like you."

Xuan Huaifeng took sips and drank more than half of a cup of hot black tea. He put down the cup, "When it comes to doing things, I'm actually not familiar with customs matters."

"That's okay..."

"Starting tomorrow, can I trouble Adjutant Sun to give me some customs information?"

Bai Xuelan was slightly surprised, "Tomorrow?"

Seeing his expression, Xuan Huaifeng knew what he wanted to say, lowered his eyes to look at the cup, and said lightly, "I don't do heavy work, but I just read a book and familiarize myself with official duties. It won't burden my body. I can recuperate while reading a book." , instead of being irritable. Also, about what you said to me earlier..."

Paused for a while, lowered his eyes, and said in a low voice, "I am your adjutant, so naturally I call you chief."

"but……"

"However, a boss must act like a boss. Since he is a subordinate, the relationship should be clear. There can be no distinction between public and private, and it can't be clear." Xuan Huaifeng suddenly bit his lip.

Bai Xuelan's heart suddenly warmed up, and she blurted out, "I just like being ambiguous with you."

Xuan Huaifeng's face turned pale, he raised his head to look at Bai Xuelan, then suddenly turned his face to the other side, holding his right hand tightly with his left hand.

Bai Xuelan got out of the chair, stood in front of him and stared at him, as if she wanted to see him through. In an instant, hatred came out of nowhere. Bai Xuelan felt that she had been fooled, so she gritted her teeth and sneered, "Adjutant Xuan, You underestimate me too much, you just want to trap me with such a few innocuous words? I, Bai Xuelan, will not let go of what I have already obtained for nothing just for the sake of being a good boss."

He finished speaking every word, as if he was afraid that Xuan Huaifeng would escape, he hugged Xuan Huaifeng tightly.

Xuan Huaifeng remained motionless, quietly letting him hug her.

After a while, I turned my face back slightly, and asked close to his ear, "Do you think you really got it?"

Bai Xuelan froze suddenly.

Xuan Huaifeng gently pushed him away and stood up, "There are gentlemen and villains in the world. Which one wins people's hearts and which one do you want to be? Think about it for yourself. After drinking the tea, I should go back .”

Bai Xuelan maintained the same posture, as if she didn't hear it.

Xuan Huaifeng ignored it, walked out of the room and returned to the guest room.

At night, while falling asleep on the bed, he suddenly felt that there was an extra person in front of the bed.

The fear left over from last night seized him suddenly, his eyes widened suddenly, and his breathing stopped.

Bai Xuelan put her finger on her lips, "Shh."

Under the moonlight through the window, the expression on his face was incomprehensible.

Bai Xuelan kicked off her shoes, climbed onto the bed, and whether Xuan Huaifeng wanted it or not, she lay on the bed side by side with him.

"I've thought about it." Bai Xuelan stared at the ceiling, and said in a deep voice, "Being a villain may be beneficial for a while, but you will inevitably be looked down on for the rest of your life; being a gentleman depends on my status in your heart? This is destined The bamboo basket fetching water is empty. You are so good, give me two ways, both are dead ends."

Xuan Huai's heart hangs.

"However, since you have given me two ways, I will reciprocate and give you two ways. Huaifeng, we are already sleeping in the same bed. Either you will fulfill me, or you will destroy me."

After saying this sentence, Bai Xuelan turned over and stretched out her arms to him.

His movements were fast, but cautious, Xuan Huaifeng couldn't dodge in time, he was already in his arms, half of his face had to touch his shoulder, just about to break free, Bai Xuelan whispered on top of his head, "Even if you don't want to fulfill me, why force me to be a villain now?"

All of a sudden, Xuan Huaifeng was taken aback.

He was afraid that he would give Bai Xuelan an excuse to do evil, he didn't dare to move around any more, he gasped restlessly in Bai Xuelan's arms.

"Thank you, thank you. This is half of my fulfillment." Bai Xuelan smiled.

I kissed him on the top of the head, closed my eyes in satisfaction and fell asleep.

When she woke up the next day, Bai Xuelan was no longer in the room.

The servant came over with hot water to wash Xuan Huaifeng, and said by the way, "The chief executive went out to work early in the morning, and asked me to tell you when you wake up."

Xuan Huaifeng was noncommittal, wiped his face, rinsed his mouth with powdered salt, and was hesitating to do something when Adjutant Sun came to the door with his hands full.

He held a book in his left hand and a small stack of documents marked with customs in his right. He put them all on the table and said with a smile, "These are ordered by the chief. I dug them out and brought them to you. Unexpectedly, Adjutant Xuan Compared with you, I should be ashamed of being so studious.”

Although Xuan Huaifeng was unwell, he stood up politely and said sincerely, "I'm a newcomer. Adjutant Sun always says you. I should be the one who is ashamed. How will I be called by my peers in the future? I will call you."

"How can I do that? Although Adjutant Xuan is new here, he has stayed abroad and is much smarter than me."

Xuan Huaifeng asked with a wry smile, "Adjutant Sun, it's so early in the morning, do we really have to compete for a title?"

Adjutant Sun thought about it and found it interesting, so he smiled, "Sure enough, there is no need to be serious."

Both of them changed their peer names.

Adjutant Sun invited Xuan Huaifeng to sit together, pointed at the books on the table one by one, talked for a while, and said frankly, "These books are full of scenes, nothing interesting, just a little understanding. "

Pointing to the documents again, "These are just the rules and regulations of official affairs. As for personnel affairs, they cannot be learned in books, and they are also the most troublesome. As adjutants, most of our thoughts are entangled in this."

He took a look at Xuan Huaifeng, "Adjutant Xuan, how much do you drink?"

Xuan Huaifeng immediately shook his head, "This one is really ordinary, I would never dare to compete with others for wine."

Adjutant Sun understood, nodded and said, "Then I understand." He lowered his voice and taught him, "In the future, when you encounter drinking, don't refuse to drink. The more you don't drink, the easier it is for others to drink it. Just mix it in the cup secretly. Water is fine."

Xuan Huaifeng was glad to be taught, and had a better impression of Adjutant Sun.

On this day, the two of them ate lunch and dinner together. The cook in the mansion was very skilled and had all the ingredients, so they ate very comfortably. After dinner, they drank coffee before continuing to read the stack of documents.

As soon as Bai Xuelan came back in the evening, she went to see Xuan Huaifeng. When she entered the door, she saw Xuan Huaifeng and Adjutant Sun looking down at the documents on the same table, and said with a smile, "Still working hard? It's almost as if you are hanging on your shoulders."

Hearing the voice, Adjutant Sun stood up immediately, and replied with a smile, "As expected, Adjutant Xuan is a book lover, and the word "work hard" is extremely appropriate when applied to him."

Xuan Huaifeng looked up at Bai Xuelan walking over.

"What's wrong? I'll teach you." Bai Xuelan said.

Xuan Huaifeng closed the document, and instead of answering his questions, he asked, "The chief just came back? Have you eaten yet?"

Looking at the situation, Adjutant Sun knew that he couldn't get involved. He looked at his watch and said, "Chief, I still have some work to do. Do you think..."

"Well, you go about your business."

Adjutant Sun greeted Xuan Huaifeng and left quickly.

Bai Xuelan waited for him to leave, sat where he was just now, and stared at Xuan Huaifeng with her chin propped across the table, "Listen, what have you learned today?"

Xuan Huaifeng asked, "Are you in a hurry to check my homework as soon as you come back?"

He said "you" to Bai Xuelan with a weird tone, which made Bai Xuelan smile straight up, "I understand, you are issuing an order to evict guests. Okay, I will go to dinner by myself, and I dare not hinder you, Adjutant Xuan." Work hard."

Standing up as if about to leave, he suddenly turned around and said in a low voice, "I'm still coming tonight."

Xuan Huaifeng's heart pounded.

Looking up again, Bai Xuelan had already left the room, with a trace of determination in her back, it was really hateful.

That night, he really came and fell asleep with Xuan Huaifeng in his arms.

In the next few days, Adjutant Sun would accompany him to read during the day, and Bai Xuelan would properly hug him to sleep at night.

Xuan Huaifeng gradually felt that he seemed to have fallen into a very strict trap, being watched and bewitched all the time, gradually becoming uneasy in his heart, thinking about breaking Bai Xuelan's silent and dark situation.

On this day, he woke up earlier than usual, and noticed that Bai Xuelan got up lightly, sat up from the bed, and said to Bai Xuelan, "I'm feeling much better these days, I want to see my sister."

Bai Xuelan nodded without thinking, "It's okay, your sister has also called to ask about your situation several times. I will send a car to take you to last year's house."