Raiders of the Duke and Duchess

Chapter 948: Living in Ji's House
"A few years later..." Shen Luoxin finally stopped grinding her toes on the ground. She looked up at the tablet belonging to Xu Si Niang not far ahead and said, "A few years later, maybe I will travel around. I have been staying in Yanjing City all my life and have never been anywhere. I have never seen the beautiful rivers and mountains. I want to see the lonely smoke in the desert, the Gobi fortress, and the towering mountains and the small bridges and flowing water..."

This means that he has refused to settle in Yunzhou and also refused Ji Wuyan's invitation.

Ji Wuyan lowered her head and sighed softly. She did not point it out, nor did she try to persuade them - they both knew that this seemingly ordinary conversation was actually a cautious farewell. There was no need to persuade them, and no way to persuade them.

Ji Wuyan stood in front of Xu Si Niang's tablet, lowered his eyebrows and clasped his hands together to worship, then turned his head to look at Shen Luoxin and smiled calmly, "So, don't forget to come and see me when you pass by Yunzhou. I will always miss you after not seeing you for many years."

Shen Luoxin also looked at the other party, smiled, nodded slowly, and promised, "Definitely." This was the first time they looked at each other seriously since entering the ancestral hall.

……

Ji Wuyan said goodbye and left, and Shen Luoxin was the only one left in the ancestral hall.

The flame of the candle flickered in front of her, casting a shadow behind her. She stood there quietly, looking up at Xu Si Niang's tablet, calling softly, muttering to herself, "Mother... I know I shouldn't blame her... That was her medicine, and she used it to save my life in the end. I didn't blame her, but... I just didn't know how to face her. Mother, I, I was just a little, a little caught off guard. Yes, just caught off guard..."

A few days ago, the aunt went shopping and heard some gossip. When she hurried back to ask Shen Luoxin if she had recovered, Shen Luoxin only then "realized" that she had been poisoned.

Although she didn't know why the outside world had such a saying at that time, thinking that Old Chen and Ji Wuyan had both patted their chests and sworn that she was just drowsy due to excessive mental exhaustion, she told her aunt in a righteous manner that it was not the case, and warned the other party not to be used by someone with ulterior motives.

But these words kept coming to her mind, and one day, when she was kneeling here like this, she suddenly had an epiphany... She found Xinyue and said that she had a headache, just like a while ago, and asked her if she could keep the prescription that Chen Lao had written that day. Xinyue was honest and didn't know what was wrong with the matter, so she told the truth that Chen Lao had not prescribed any medicine that day, but had written a prescription after the girl woke up, but the prescription was taken away by Chen Lao.

"Then how did I wake up?" she asked.

Xinyue said that it was the pills that Miss Ji sent her early the next morning.

"The next day?" she asked again. Xinyue nodded and told her with certainty that it was the next day.

Shen Luoxin did not ask any more questions about what happened next. She had roughly guessed what happened, so there was no need to ask about the details. No matter what, she was grateful for the life-saving favor. She had no grudges or resentments, but she did not know how to face it all of a sudden. She was afraid that her poor acting skills would reveal the truth, and both sides would be embarrassed. What should she do?

Wuyan asked her what would happen after many years? She knew that Wuyan was asking whether he wanted to settle down with her in Yunzhou after many years. She was not unwilling, but she could not tell how long it would take to let go. Instead of letting someone worry and wait in the distant Jiangnan, it would be better to refuse first. The world is so big, if there is really a destiny and a heart, reunion after a long separation may not be a different kind of surprise.

No?
Shen Luoxin walked closer, raised her hand and touched Xu Si Niang's tablet, and called softly, "Mother, she was such a kind person. Now she must be feeling sad and self-blaming... I will give myself some time, and also give her some time. One day, we will meet again in Yunzhou, right?" The candlelight in the house flickered, as if it was some kind of response.

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Snowflakes fall gently, and there seems to be a vast sense of tranquility and peace between heaven and earth.

After Ji Wuyan came out of the Shen family, she was a little worried. She moved a reclining chair and embraced the fox fur coat to enjoy the snow. Not long after, she saw Xi An directing three servants to carry several boxes of different sizes in. Before she could ask, Xi An bowed and greeted her with a smile, "Miss. These are my master's things. Some are his daily change of clothes, some are the matters he needs to deal with recently, and some are the daily necessities such as pens, ink, paper and inkstone that he usually uses."

Ji Wuyan was almost dumbfounded, "What, what does this mean? Where is the third brother?"

"It's not Third Master's order." Xi An still smiled and bowed again, "It's the old lady's idea. She heard that the young lady caught a cold and said that it was probably because my master didn't take good care of her, so she asked us to move all these things here. She also said that there are many empty yards in this house, so the young lady can arrange it as she pleases... Young lady, I wonder where to arrange the master?"

Ji Wuyan felt a headache, she really didn't know what Auntie Ning was talking about... She said it was up to her, but she couldn't really just throw Ning Xiuyuan into some corner, right? She turned around to find Zi Qiu and asked her, "Where is the Third Master? Wasn't he here just now?"

Zi Qiu was laughing secretly at the side, and only after hearing this did he straighten his face and said, "The Third Master has gone to make medicine for the young lady. This was originally done by me, but the Third Master was worried and said he would take care of it himself... He told the young lady, have you forgotten?"

Really? Ji Wuyan was slightly stunned. At that time, she was thinking about something. Ning Xiuyuan did say something to her, and she just responded casually, so she really didn't hear the content of the words.

Of course, Miss Ji would not admit that she was distracted. She responded vaguely, "Yes, that's true. You go and tell him about it and let him choose...otherwise, he will accuse us of mistreating the Third Master of the Ning Family." After saying that, she curled the corners of her mouth with a faint smile.

Only Xi'an felt terrified when he saw it.

Ning Xiuyuan came over quickly, looked at the boxes lying in the snow, glanced at Xi An who looked up at the sky and down at the ground but didn't dare to look at him, and then he held his chin and murmured, "The yards nearby... the larger one on the east side was given to Brother Chu, and the one on the west side has not been taken care of for a long time, and the grass is as tall as a person. The northwest corner was used by the young master and daughter of the Chen family, but there are many trees there, so it is a good place to cool off and rest in the summer. Now it is the cold winter... it is too cold..."

He denied them one by one, looking particularly serious and calm, but he was familiar with Ning Xiuyuan as well as Ji Wuyan, and his eyebrows suddenly jumped.

As expected, Ning Xiuyuan pointed to the room next to her and said with a smile, "Here, it's freezing here, so don't move it around. Just leave it in that room!"