Cure the cold-faced general by solving crimes

Chapter 13 So be it

Before long, Xu Delu drank half of the bottle of wine and finished eating a roast chicken, and his eyelids started to fight.

Jiang Xihe left the entrance of Qiaoxi, walked some way and looked back, and saw a girl wearing a veil and silk silk walking to the hanging stall with the help of a maid.

Xu Delu opened his eyes enthusiastically...

If Jiang Xihe laughs, drinks and eats too much, and relies on his sharp tongue, Xu Delu will definitely make a small fortune.

On the way home, Jiang Xihe was thinking about the news he had just received from Xu Delu. He knew a lot of things, and it was very complicated. There was also Xu Delu's own analysis, so Jiang Xihe had to carefully screen to see what information was useful to him. .

The sun was a little hot, and Jiang Xihe began to sweat as he walked. It was spring, why did the warm sunshine make people feel irritable?
  With such a mood, Jiang Xihe walked to the entrance of Yong'an Lane and was stunned. There was a person standing at the door of her house. It was Li Chengye.

Jiang Xihe was even more upset. He was going to cancel the engagement?
  After not seeing him for three months, Li Chengye became much thinner. His tall figure looked a little frail. He had not seen the sun all year round, and his face was very pale.

The last time Jiang Xihe met Li Chengye was on the Lantern Festival. Thinking of the Lantern Festival, Jiang Xihe thought of her brother. In the past, her brother would take her to play with her every year, eating candy people and guessing crossword puzzles. Usually on the morning of the Lantern Festival, her brother would also use bamboo. Make her a little lantern yourself.

Recalling these things, Jiang Xihe's eyes were sour. He cut off the memories and looked at Li Chengye.

He wore a white brocade robe.

Jiang Xihe remembered this dress very clearly. It was a congratulatory gift given to him by his father when Li Chengye passed the examination to become a scholar.

Dad said that a scholar should show off his appearance and clean himself up so that others would take a good look at him. From then on, Li Chengye would definitely wear this dress on important occasions.

So today, his first priority is to break off the engagement?
  "Master Li is here." Jiang Xihe said neither salty nor bland.

Li Chengye looked at Jiang Xihe for a long time and asked cautiously, "Xiaohe, how are you doing recently?" He hadn't seen her for three months. The last time Jiang Xifeng wrote a letter, instructing him to take Jiang Xihe out for a walk on the Lantern Festival, so they had We met by chance, but we didn't expect it had been months since we last saw each other.

Jiang Xihe looked back at Li Chengye with complicated emotions.

She has a marriage contract with Li Chengye. She has long regarded Li Chengye as her family, her future husband, and she wants to live with this man for the rest of her life.

However, since she knew that Li's mother was going to break off the engagement, she could no longer express her feelings towards Li Chengye.

Should she hate him?

There is hatred, but not that strong.

Does she like him?

But what is it that you like?

In the days without Li Chengye, she would eat and drink regularly and think about how to make money every day. Li Chengye seemed to be absent from her life.

"As usual, why is Mr. Li free today? Don't you need Wen Shu?" Jiang Xihe sighed and had nothing to say.

"I'll leave Youyue, come and see you."

The two people just stood at the entrance of the alley, having a tepid conversation.

"How are you, brother Xifeng?" Li Chengye asked.

"Yes." Jiang Xihe replied, turning to look at the hibiscus tree at the entrance of the alley. Young buds appeared on the branches. After a while, the hibiscus flowers will bloom. The stamens of the small umbrella are dragging the green leaves like little hands. It looks as beautiful as it wants. .

"A while ago, Brother Xifeng would write to me when he had time, asking me to take time to see you, but I didn't do well. I forgot everything when I was reading, and sometimes I couldn't eat even one meal a day."

Jiang Xihe looked at him indifferently. It turned out that his brother had told Li Chengye to take care of her, but what did he do? Jiang Xihe felt a little chilled.

"It doesn't matter, you're busy with your business, I'm running around here and there, and I won't have time." Jiang Xihe said perfunctorily.

Li Chengye slowly took a step forward.

Jiang Xihe remembered that the two of them went shopping for lanterns during the Lantern Festival. It was the same day. Li Chengye was walking beside her, turning his head to look at her from time to time. Every time he turned his head, she smiled lightly at him, and she could see the warm candlelight. There was a hint of tenderness in his eyes.

At that moment, Jiang Xihe felt that it was wonderful to spend a lifetime with Li Chengye and marry him like this.

Unfortunately, the two of them didn't talk much that day. Before they walked half a street, Li Chengye started coughing, saying that he had caught a cold a few days ago and was still not feeling well.

Li Chengye sent Jiang Xihe home and turned to leave. Jiang Xihe stood at the door of the house and watched him leave. Unfortunately, Li Chengye did not look back at her until he turned the corner. Jiang Xihe was very disappointed that night.

She didn't know what it would be like for two people to be together. Anyway, she felt that there was something missing between her and Li Chengye. As for what that thing was, Jiang Xihe couldn't tell clearly.

So she slept and woke up during Shangyuan Festival, and she forgot everything the next day.

After forgetting, Li Chengye appeared in front of her again, and she felt that so much time had passed.

Li Chengye lowered his eyes and clearly saw Jiang Xihe's clear eyes.

The first time he saw Jiang Xihe, he liked this girl. She was beautiful. She was so beautiful that she had an upward force that was always vigorous and aroused people's hopes. But... his mother didn't like her. .

After a long while, he said, "Xiaohe, I heard some rumors that my mother wants to break off the engagement. I assure you, this is absolutely not the case, and I will not agree to it."

Jiang Xihe's heart twitched suddenly and he looked at Li Chengye.

His pale face was slightly flushed with excitement, and he held his hands tightly at his sides. Li Chengye was tall and looked even more frail because of his thinness.

Li Chengye took great courage to say these words. For a moment, Jiang Xihe felt that he was not that good.

He couldn't resist Mother Li's strength.

Moreover, Jiang Xihe has figured out that it is not Li Chengye's problem now, and Jiang Xihe does not want a mother-in-law like Li's mother.

"Really? Why don't I know anything?" Jiang Xihe pretended to be surprised, "Where did Mr. Li start talking about this?"

Li Chengye blushed, "My mother came here yesterday, and I heard what she and the Meng family said in the yard, so I hurried to find you while she was out today."

Jiang Xihe understood, "I didn't do well. Madam Meng asked me to help write the complaint, but I refused."

Li Chengye hesitated and persuaded, "Xiaohe, what if you don't want to be a lawyer? After all, you are a girl, and you always appear in court like this. It is insulting to gentlemen. Lawyers are all things men do."

A wave of depression rushed into Jiang Xihe's chest.

She wants to live, but now she has nothing but forty taels of silver.

Jiang Xihe said unceremoniously, "In addition to supporting you, my father has also saved many people from being burdened. Sometimes I think that if the money had been saved until now, I would be able to live and feed well."

Li Chengye opened his mouth several times, but nothing came out.

Jiang Xihe's heart swelled slightly, and the tenderness that was once full in his eyes completely disappeared at this moment.

"Master Li, if this is what you came here to say, please come back. Your studies are important." Jiang Xihe suppressed his emotions and his voice did not rise or fall.

"Xiaohe, I'm studying hard now. When I pass the provincial examination next year, I can become an official in the court. Then I can support you. Just wait for me. I'd better not say those hurtful words in the future."

Jiang Xihe turned his head and looked at the hibiscus tree, not wanting tears to well up.

Li Chengye wanted to say something else, but Jiang Xihe turned his back. He stared at her back, feeling that the girl in front of him was a little different from the girl he was familiar with during the Lantern Festival.

At that time, she was smart, happy, warm and happy all written on her face.

It was different now. The girl held her head high and her back straight. She seemed to have a heavy weight on her shoulders. She was alienated and unfamiliar with him.

Li Chengye's figure disappeared from the alley again, and Jiang Xihe's stomach rumbled unsatisfactorily.

A gust of wind rustled the leaves of the hibiscus tree, and she suddenly realized that Li Chengye had been standing in front of her for a cup of tea. He neither asked her if she was hungry, nor asked if she was thirsty. After not seeing her for three months, he Standing in front of her house empty-handed.

He didn't know where she came from, and he didn't ask where she was going. His only concern for her was to get her to give up being a lawyer.

But Li Chengye doesn't want to, if she doesn't become a lawyer, how will she make a living?
  Jiang Xihe swallowed the sour emotion and prepared to make lunch.

As for Li Chengye, so be it.

(End of this chapter)