Tangled

Chapter 155
After sitting in the courtyard for a long time, neither of them spoke. The atmosphere was a bit heavy and the courtyard was eerily silent.

Shen Qiqi was a little restless, but Gu Tingshu was there and didn't seem to be uncomfortable at all.

After sitting for a while, Shen Qiqi couldn't sit still anymore. She glanced at Nanny Lin, and when she saw the other party bowing and retreating, she moved towards Gu Tingshu.

"Cousin, I don't want to move."

She really didn't know how to get along with those strange relatives.

"I found a bookkeeper for you. She will come with you in a few days."

"When you came to Kyoto, all your property was given to the old lady. Only when you moved back did the old lady find no excuse to take it."

An old lady like that, as long as Shen Qiqi is still in the house, she will come up with all kinds of reasons not to hand over things.

"There's no reason not to take back the things your parents left for you."

He said that he had to go back.

Shen Qiqi lowered her eyebrows submissively and responded softly.

"Did my parents leave a lot of property?"

"not much."

"It only makes a few tens of thousands taels of profit every year."

He was breathing heavily when he spoke, and paused for a few breaths before continuing the second half of the sentence.

"Ten thousand taels."

Shen Qiqi muttered a few times, then raised her head suddenly, her voice rising a little unconsciously, "Ten thousand taels?"

Gu Tingshu nodded, biting her lower lip and punching her palm with one hand.

"Move, we will move tomorrow."

The sum of the regular money and reward money she has received over the years is only a few hundred taels, which is not worth mentioning compared to the annual profit.

I originally thought that I was living under someone else's roof, and I had been extremely cautious in what I did and said in the past ten years, but I never thought that I was not working for a living in this house.

Speaking of bad things, the food left by her parents could feed the entire Yong'an Marquis Mansion.

She looked excited and seemed to be aroused by all her injustices.

Gu Tingshu stopped playing with the jade card, raised his eyelids and glanced at her.

"It's not a rush. There's a lot of stuff in your yard, and it will take a few days to pack it up."

“What else do you want besides the yard?”

Shen Qiqi wanted to say that her things were almost the same and could be packed away in half a day, but she was interrupted by this and all the words that came to her mouth were forgotten.

"Can I ask for anything?"

Judging from his expression, it seems that he can mention it casually.

Shen Qiqi squatted in front of his knees with the hem of her skirt, tilted her head slightly and looked up at him, and asked tentatively: "Cousin, can you give me two seaweeds?"

Although there were several dogs in the yard and ordinary people could not enter and leave her yard at will, she really liked the majestic Hai Dongqing.

When she came back from her trip, she felt a lot more courageous.

He scanned her face several times until he saw the uncertainty flashing in her eyes, then he reached out and pressed her head against his knees.

"Go to my courtyard before you leave and choose for yourself."

It was just two sea greens. Since she wanted them, she gave them to her.

Shen Qiqi just opened her mouth tentatively, but she didn't expect him to agree so readily.

She tilted her head, her face pressed into his lap, her almond-shaped eyes turned into crescent moons when she smiled.

"After I return to Shen's house, can my brother come visit me from time to time?"

She wasn't sure if she could go out at any time, so she didn't dare ask if she could come back to see him at any time.

"Shen Yanqiu doesn't want me to come to your door often."

He said casually, but he didn't take Shen Yanqiu seriously.

Although the Shen family was highly respected by the literati, it had little relevance to him. In the entire Kyoto, except for the imperial palace, no one dared to stop him. "Then let me know when my cousin comes. I'll pick you up at the door. Can you please tell me?"

"You've already said that, how can I still say bad things?"

Now that she is leaving, she has become clingy and has to ask for an accurate answer to everything.

"Don't come back during this period. If you want to see me, send someone over."

"Why?"

Gu Tingshu patted her head and did not answer.

After living there for so many years, it was time for him to change his life.

The Zhenbei Hou Mansion, which has been empty for so long, is about to be inhabited.

"Go get some sleep, I have some business to do."

"If you don't leave, just watch in the courtyard."

As if he knew what she was going to say, Gu Tingshu reassured her before she spoke.

I just came back yesterday, and I didn't get much rest at night. Now the sun is getting stronger, and the sleepiness is really irresistible.

Shen Qiqi was already sleepy, but she was unwilling to close her eyes at the thought of moving to a strange place in a few days.

Gu Tingshu was reviewing official documents in the courtyard until sunset, with several large piles on the table.

People were constantly coming in and out of Qingzhu Xiaozhu, either delivering buses or delivering approved official documents.

After Shen Qiqi woke up, she sat in front of the window and watched for a while. It wasn't until the lights were lit in the courtyard that she wanted to move out slowly.

Gold and silver treasures stood guard on both sides of the door. Seeing that she was awake, they hurriedly reached out to help her.

"Girl, you've been sleeping for a long time now, and you won't be able to sleep at night."

The two of them had been watching for a long time, originally planning to go in and wake her up, but Gu Tingshu was sitting in the yard, facing the house, and could be seen when he raised his eyes.

They really didn't dare to move and could only stand guard like wooden stakes.

"Girl, you must be hungry. The food is already ready, just waiting for the girl."

The Marquis eats here, and the kitchen is very attentive. The food is always prepared and replaced with new ones when they are cold, so that they can be served immediately when the Marquis eats.

"You go down, you don't need to wait here anymore."

She ate and slept, woke up and ate again. If she continued like this, she would turn into a pig.

Shen Qiqi had no appetite. After letting them go down, she walked behind Gu Tingshu.

She didn't dare to read what was written on the official document. She stared at the hand holding the pen for a while before raising her hand.

The hair scattered on the back was gently moved. It was not very obvious, but it was just enough to be felt.

Gu Tingshu let her move and didn't put down the pen until he finished reviewing all the official documents on the table.

"It's already this point, don't you want to eat?"

After braiding his hair into a dozen little braids, he suddenly moved.

Shen Qiqi didn't stop. She shook her head and remembered that he couldn't see, and then whispered: "I don't move much, so I don't feel hungry."

I came back and drank a bowl of milk. I didn't walk a few steps, and I really couldn't get hungry.

"Are you hungry, cousin? How about I eat something with my cousin?"

He hadn't moved all afternoon and had no idea how tired he would be.

It seems that being an official is not such a good thing. There are so many official documents every day. If she were to read them, she would be blinded.

"Then come and have something with me."

Even though he wasn't hungry, he was fed a lot in the end. Even though he shook his head, the other person didn't stop feeding him.

Shen Qiqi finally burped and thought, next time she asked to eat with him, she would never sit down.

(End of this chapter)