Young man, please stay

Chapter 35 Pansies

Qin Lang has been very busy recently.

At first, he took the little female cat Tuan Tuan to work with him, then he worked on his own, and later, after leaving Youyuan Tuan Tuan to be a widow for a while, he took her to work with him again.

Qin Lang originally considered it inconvenient to carry a cat with him, but later he felt that it might be more convenient to carry a cat with him.

The reason can probably be attributed to two points.

The first is her low sense of presence that seems invisible to outsiders.

Second, although Tuantuan is a cat with a foxy appearance, he has a dog nose.

It may not be accurate, but Tuantuan's ability to sense the surrounding environment is indeed amazing, which is why she has been able to bring news from all over the Zhou Dynasty to the Tianshan Mountains for twenty years.

Even when she came to see Qin Lang this time, she was very sensitive to the environment, so she stayed around for a long time with great vigilance. This made Zhen Ji, who was equally sensitive, restless all the time, and was finally caught by Zhen Ji.

Qin Lang took her to do things. To exaggerate, it was like carrying a portable clairvoyance, which was very convenient in all aspects.

……

"Meow…"

"What's wrong, Tuantuan?"

In fact, one day not long after the discussion between Gu Jin and Su Yinping, Qin Lang was walking in Jianping County. The little female cat on his shoulder that looked like a statue suddenly blinked his big blue eyes. Then a vigilant purring sound came from his throat.

Tuantuan generally only snores under two circumstances.

One is when it feels good.

The second is when you feel unhappy.

It was definitely the latter at the moment. After the little female cat finished snoring, she looked in all directions, and then she calmed down while rubbing Qin Lang's face.

"..."

Qin Lang didn't take her reaction lightly. He touched some Xingnao Pills left in his pocket and did what he had to do. However, just in case, he brought back the face towel he used before.

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In this way, about seven days passed and Qin Lang's affairs were finished.

Work and rest have also resumed.

I practiced Qigong leisurely in the morning, and after I finished practicing, I wiped my body with the Princess... No, I should have wiped my body with the Princess, and then practiced swordsmanship with the Princess.

Three feet of ice does not freeze in a day. After all, it is not so easy to master the "Sword Art Armor". Without Qin Lang watching these days, to be honest, Su Yinping is not very good at practicing swordsmanship.

As for the time in the evening and evening...

Although Qin Lang also wanted to accompany a certain girl to walk Zhen Ji like before, but the certain girl seemed to avoid him.

Even after Qin Lang returned to his normal schedule, the first words between the two of them were sent by Su Yinping.

"What did she say?"

"Jin'er said...that you should be well...accompanied by Madam..."

"?"

"She...the lady she's talking about...is naturally me..."

Su Yinping was afraid that Qin Lang wouldn't understand, so she pulled the hem of her skirt and stood on tiptoes, raised her pretty red face and explained:

"I am...that lady."

"Ahem, I understand..."

"She asked you...to accompany me well..."

"I understand this..."

Qin Lang was a little embarrassed because of Su Yinping's embarrassment.

There is no way, because if Gu Jin said the words "Be with your wife well", it would be fine. It would be easy for outsiders to retell it, which would make a certain princess who has not yet left the cabinet feel a little shy.

But having said that, Su Yinping is not stupid, and he also knows that this is not Gu Jin's original intention.

He said that he asked Qin Lang to spend time with his wife, didn't he mean to say, "Go to your wife, don't come to me"?

Su Yinping has regarded Gu Jin as a sister since she was sixteen years old. The development of their relationship in the past ten years has been as deep as the relationship between herself and the one on the throne. Now, it is not easy for her good sister, who has always been indifferent, to meet a good sister. As someone who seemed to be a true friend, Su Yinping naturally couldn't bear to see the two of them quarreling.

"Qin Lang, did you do something to make her angry, or is Jin'er acting out of temper again?"

"Well...this matter is quite complicated..."

Qin Lang thought for a while, but he couldn't tell her directly because I promised to teach her the Cloud Hand, but ended up teaching you first, so she felt a little confused.

Doesn't this sound like Qin Lang is driving a wedge between the two sisters?

Although Qin Lang grew up with his senior sister, he still has some theoretical common sense about relationships that are larger than two people.

Not being provocative is one of them.

And the second of them, what Qin Lang is about to do, is to keep a bowl of water level when facing people who also care about him!
  "Yin Ping, hide the dried fish. Tuan Tuan has eaten too much recently. I'll go find Jin'er."

"Yeah, you two must be good to each other. Sumire has grown up so far, and she has only recognized you as her friend so far."

"Don't worry, I know what to do."

Qin Lang smiled and pressed Su Yinping's jade hand intentionally or unintentionally. He originally wanted to reassure her, but unexpectedly, not only did he not press the princess's heart, but it rebounded and jumped up.

There is a saying that a man's body is so strong, even his fingers are so strong...~
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"Drive! Drive—"

It was evening again, and the girl in black rode Zhen Ji for a lap under Qingniugang. When she returned to the locust tree, Qin Lang appeared.

"Violet."

"..."

Gu Jin opened her mouth, wanting to say something like "Stop calling me that".

There's no reason, it's just that this is what happens when friends have conflicts.

Anyway, when we were in the capital, some of the maids in the house were like this with each other, so Gu Jin felt that the same should be true between her and Qin Lang. If they had any disagreements, they should do it seriously, and they should stop using more affectionate terms.

But think about it, forget it.

It's not that she likes hearing him call her "Jin'er" so much, but...it's just that she is a lady after all, and she should be more generous in her behavior...

So he could call him if he wanted to, but Gu Jin wanted to stop calling him Qin Lang.

"Young Master Qin, is something wrong?"

"Are you still angry because I taught my wife how to move the clouds?"

"Eh…?"

Gu Jin was stunned and couldn't react for a moment.

What is he talking about?

angry…?
  when…?
  Who is against whom...?
  "That matter...well...how should I put it, there is indeed something wrong with me."

Qin Lang scratched his hair and sighed:

"Although I agreed to teach you, I didn't take into account how much you attached importance to this matter at the time, so I did it quite casually..."

"..."

"But through this matter, Jin'er, I also hope that you will say more about what you are thinking in the future, express more of your wishes, and then...that's..."

……

What Qin Lang said seemed to make sense, but also seemed to make no sense.

But it doesn't matter anymore.

Because his subsequent words were becoming increasingly blurry in Gu Jin's ears.

And equally blurry is everything in front of you. The dim skylight, Zhen Ji next to her, the tall locust tree, and his familiar face...

"Jin...Jin'er?!"

"..."

When the scenery in Gu Jin's eyes was unconsciously covered by hot and humid water vapor, Qin Lang's voice finally became smaller and smaller.

Seeing that the originally clear and cold eyes of the girl standing straight in front of him could become so wet and soft and pitiful, Qin Lang raised his hand in disbelief, originally wanting to wipe away the quiet look from the corner of her eyes. She quietly shed tears, but found that the more she wiped them away, the more hot tears rolled down her still calm face.

"It's obviously you..."

Even when Qin Lang wiped her tears, Gu Jin's eyes did not blink, she just looked at Qin Lang with her little face raised motionless, with a trace of uncontrollable choking in her voice.

"What...what am I...?"

"It's obviously you who's angry with me...it's obviously you who...ignore me..."

"???"

"I shouldn't...I shouldn't be like that, so you..."

It had been a long time since she had spoken so coquettishly. After so many years, she finally remembered that when people feel very uncomfortable in their hearts, no matter how hard they try, they can't say everything they want to say in one go:
  "I know, ever since I made you angry...you leave so early every morning...and come back so late, just...you just don't want to see me or talk to me, I..."

"No...no! Sumire, you..."

"My wife has always... asked me to make friends since I was little... I have tried before, but failed... this time again..."

"No, no, no, I didn't fail this time!"

"It's all...it's all my fault..."

"Jin'er... don't say that, it's not..."

……

Suddenly facing the unknown side of a certain girl, Qin Lang was speechless for a moment as he looked at the princess's bodyguard who was looking at the pear blossoms in front of him but still blaming himself stupidly.

He never thought that there would be crying assassins in the world.

No, let's not talk about assassins, just the personal guards of big figures like secret guards. Qin Lang never thought that he would see such a person crying with his own eyes.

However, if you think about it carefully, she is only sixteen years old after all, just the age of adulthood.

As a child, I witnessed my whole family being silenced, living under the shelter of others, and then entering Biluo Valley...

Such an experience will indeed make most people habitually think, how can such a person cry?
  Even if you cry, how can you cry so heartbreakingly... or even heart-warming?

But in fact, Gu Jin was never the emotionless, cold-blooded killer that most people, including Qin Lang, thought.

She herself may naively want to hide her feelings and her own nature, but little does she know that such things cannot be hidden cleanly.

This matter should have occurred to Qin Lang when he learned that she had killed the protector of Biluo Valley when she was ten years old.

If it was a little girl who people imagined had lost the feelings of ordinary people because her whole family was silenced, how could she rather risk herself to kill the protector than harm other girls who participated in the trial at that time?

Yes, for Gu Jin, the tragedy she experienced as a child did not make her lose her feelings, but made her long for feelings even more...

Her cold temperament was never due to indifference or rejection of feelings.

It's just that I lost my parents and family too early, so I can't express it.

……

"Violet."

Qin Lang no longer tried to wipe the girl's tears.

Since she thought she had been angry with her, it just so happened that today Qin Lang was going to hand over the results of his busy work these days to her.

"I want to give you something."

"...?"

The girl in black sniffed her red nose and looked at Qin Lang steadily and blankly.

Then, Qin Lang took out a flower from his arms.

A flower that is just the size of Gu Jin's fist looks very thin and swaying overall, but each of its four petals is covered with three rich colors of purple, white, and yellow.

"It's called a pansy."

"pansy…"

"Well, it's not a flower native to Dazhou, but there are flowers on the border. I've seen them at the foot of the mountain before, but I've been looking for them for a long time these days."

Qin Lang handed the flower into Gu Jin's hand and said with some embarrassment:
  "I was born on the border, and I am a rough person. I am not as understanding as people in the capital or Jiangnan. It may be a bit tacky to give you this flower, but the reason why I went to find this flower to give you is because on the day of the competition, you ended up with That’s what I said.”

On the day of the competition...

At last…

[The lady is the flower and I am the leaf. In addition to setting off the flower, the leaf can also support the flower]

Gu Jin quickly remembered, because it was she who said this at that time, Qin Lang said "Okay", and then ignored her from the next day.

But in fact, Qin Lang just went to find the pansy nearby and gave it to the person he thought was most suitable for the flower.

"The madam is indeed a flower, but you are not her green leaves, you are also a flower. If you ask me to describe it, the madam is a peony, born rich and noble, loved and envied by countless people, and you are this pansy, seemingly It's inconspicuous, but it has its own color...I think when your parents gave you this name, they probably hoped that you could live out your own rich colors like the pansy..."

"..."

Gu Jin lowered her head, listened to Qin Lang's words, and looked at the flowers in her hand. After a long time, when her wet eyes were almost dry, she raised her head:

"So...you have been...picking flowers these days..."

"..."

Qin Lang's mouth twitched.

Can this girl speak?

After talking for a long time, he described himself as a flower-picking thief?
  "If you are willing, you can understand it this way."

"Then you...are not angry with me..."

"Well, of course not. I thought you were angry with me."

"Then we...are still friends..."

"Yes."

Qin Lang's eyes were firm, he grabbed the girl's little hand and squeezed:
  “Better than friends!”

"..."

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When the misunderstanding between friends was solved and they continued to be friends, under the same night sky, on the official road leading to Jianping County, a mighty group of people was marching towards Jianping County.

"drive--!"

"drive!"

There are three hundred bay-red horses. The people on the horses are wearing gold-colored rhinoceros robes, with pear knives hanging on their waists, and their faces are all black veils embroidered with white pear blossoms. Although their faces cannot be seen clearly, you can tell from their bodies and the sound of horses drinking that they are all woman.

"Master Zhenfu, Jianping County is approaching. Do you want to send an owl to inform the local magistrate?"

"No need, the Holy One said to keep a low profile, so we should hurry up and pick up the princess and the others as soon as possible."

"..."

"how?"

"Secretary and Governor, may I ask what they mean..."

"Oh, that's right, you don't know the details... Lord Qianju is also accompanying the princess on this trip."

(End of this chapter)