Chapter 206 Embarrassment
Chapter 206 Embarrassment
Su Chengfeng felt a little embarrassed and scratched his head. "I saw this nice hairpin on the street. I thought it suited you very well, so I bought it. I hope you like it."
Xi Yunling saw that he was rarely shy and smiled.
"Well, it's not in vain that you drank my sweet-scented osmanthus wine for several years. Now you know how to respect your sister, so I'll accept it."
elder sister?
Su Chengfeng felt disappointed for a moment. He tried to ask, "You... treat me as your brother?"
"What else?" Xi Yunling said as a matter of course: "I am two years older than you, so he is my younger brother."
Su Chengfeng's eyes were obviously dim. Seeing Xi Yunling holding the hairpin and admiring it with a smile, he asked for some unknown reason.
"Then...where is Ziqing?"
Xi Yunling turned her attention back to him and pointed at his forehead.
"You don't have a fever, so why isn't your brain working? You're asking nonsense. Ziqing and I grew up together, so he's my biological brother. You and Chengyi met later, but the four of us grew up together. I'm a few years older than you three, and I took care of you when you were little. I treat you three equally, absolutely not partial."
As she spoke, she handed the hairpin to Su Chengfeng, "Quick, help your sister put it on."
Su Chengfeng felt extremely heavy-hearted. He took the hairpin and put it on Xi Yunling, forcing a smile. "It looks good."
Xi Yunling pursed her lips and smiled, "You have good taste. You will definitely win my favor in the future. You are already twenty-seven this year. When will you bring a younger sister back to show me? And Ziqing too, I haven't heard anything about him."
Su Chengfeng thought that Xi Yunling would see how good he had been to her and would think that something was different. Unexpectedly, after more than ten years of relationship, she had always treated him as a younger brother?
His burning heart had already cooled halfway. He asked, "You're talking about us, but what about you? Do you have a sweetheart?"
"Me?" Xi Yunling's smile hid bitterness and she shook her head slightly.
"I've been through so much over the years. I used to have only one obsession in my heart: to avenge my father and find you. Romance is not something I should have."
"And now, my father's revenge has finally been achieved, and you are all safe and sound. I have no regrets. As for the future... if I meet someone who is destined to be with me, I think I will accept it. If not, then I, your sister, will travel the world with my sword. I also know martial arts now."
The night gradually darkened, and lanterns were lit in the yard. Lu Ziqing had been waiting for Xiao Yan, but he didn't show up. Instead, he saw Su Chengfeng walking towards him with a sullen look on his face, just like Yang Zhounan just now.
He asked, "What's wrong? You were so cheerful when you came in before, but now you look so downcast, and so does General Yang. Did you two have another fight?"
Su Chengfeng gently kicked the pebbles on the edge of the lawn and muttered softly, "Arguing with him? Who has the time for that?"
Lu Ziqing was suspicious, "Why is that?"
Su Chengfeng sighed deeply, "I... gave a hairpin to Yunling."
Lu Ziqing's face lit up with joy. "Really? You finally took action. I was just talking to Cheng Yi about you guys. How is it going? What's Senior Sister's reaction?"
Su Chengfeng's face was more bitter than a bitter melon. Lu Ziqing frowned, "Confession is a happy occasion, why do you look like that? Tell me, did Senior Sister agree?"
Su Chengfeng was depressed. "She said she treated me as her brother. What could I say? I said nothing."
"Brother?" Lu Ziqing was surprised. "You were so obvious before, but my senior sister didn't notice? Then... it seems that she really treats you as a brother? Or maybe we are too familiar with each other and there is no feeling between men and women. What are you going to do..."
Before he could finish his words, he saw Xiao Yan, Lang Si and his junior sister coming. Lu Ziqing went over to exchange a few words and asked Xiao Yan.
"There's already wine in the house, why did the Marquis buy more?"
Xiao Yan went into the house and said, "The wine in the house is too strong. You can't drink it. This is the same kind you drank last time."
During the meal, after three rounds of rice wine, the whole room was noisy and lively, and they started playing drinking games. Except for Yang Zhounan and Su Chengfeng who got drunk on their own, the rest of the people were almost drunk by Xiao Yan.
Chen Ji, Su Chengyi and others finished early and went to the yard to set off fireworks.
Inside the room, Lang Si, drunk, shook his head and said, "...Qingjun, you really are...are you sure this is your first time playing drinking games? How come you always win? It's too weird."
Xiao Yan poured wine for Lu Ziqing and said, "This is called luck. Thank you."
An Yue was also drunk and said to Lang Si, "The Marquis has always been very secretive. Do you really believe it? You fool."
Lang Si narrowed his eyes and chuckled, "Our Yueyue is right. I am a fool. Come on, fool... give me a kiss."
As he spoke, he approached An Yue with a playful grin. Everyone at the table immediately started joking and making fun of him. An Yue was embarrassed and angry and pushed him away, dodging the drunkard herself. When she stood up, her arm swayed and she accidentally knocked over the wine on the table next to her, spilling it all over Xi Yunling.
An Yue apologized immediately and slapped Lang Si. Xi Yunling was wearing a light green dress with rice wine obviously stained on it. She wanted to wash it off, and Wu Ji happened to come in and see it.
"Where are you going, sister?"
Xi Yunling said, "My clothes are dirty. I'll go wash them."
Wu Ji took a look and said, "Such a large piece? It will be cold if it gets wet. I'll find you some women's clothes to change into."
Xiao Yan drank his wine and heard Lu Ziqing ask Wu Ji, "Where are the women's clothes here? How about changing into mine first?"
Xi Yunling was about to say that they didn't need it, but Wu Ji said first, "Yes, yes, I saw it last time. I'll go get it."
Lang Si, now dazed, began to speak again, "Look, that guy is also... drunk. The house is full of stinky men, where did the women's clothing come from?"
The people in the room leaned on the table in a crooked manner, waiting for the so-called women's clothing. After a while, Wu Ji came in hurriedly with a light green dress.
"Look, isn't this it? It's exactly the same color as Sister Xi's."
As he was about to shake it off, Lu Ziqing had just drunk some wine and hadn't swallowed it yet. When he saw the clothes, he suddenly turned his head and looked outside the table, puffing, and sprayed all the wine in his mouth.
Xiao Yan was startled, looked at him sideways, and patted his back with concern, "What's wrong? Are you feeling like vomiting?"
Lu Ziqing's face turned green. He stared at the clothes that were about to be shaken open and hurriedly got up to go over.
Xiao Yan immediately understood what he meant. As soon as Wu Ji shook out his clothes, he grabbed them and kneaded them in his hands.
"This dress is too thin. Miss Xi, why don't you find one of Ziqing's cloaks to cover yourself with?"
Xi Yunling smiled and said, "I told you not to. Just wash it."
It was almost midnight when Yang Zhounan and the others left. Only Xiaowu, Xiaoliu, and Wuji stayed here to serve.
In the room, Lu Ziqing went to the inner room to get medicine. Xiao Yan looked at the clothes in his hand and felt that they looked very familiar. Thinking of Lu Ziqing's reaction just now, he shook the clothes away and his face was stunned.
This was exactly the dress worn by the Persian beauty in Changlefang. Xiao Yan had dreamt of Lu Ziqing several times because of the half-covered face of that beauty. He had thought he was possessed by a demon, but he had no idea it was really...
Before Xiao Yan could recover from his surprise and joy, he met Lu Ziqing's embarrassed gaze. He hurriedly grabbed his clothes and hid them behind his back, and explained.
“…This is, that…I…I am…”
After saying "I" for a long time without being able to explain the reason, Xiao Yan thought of his appearance at that time and chuckled.
"...Persian beauties are very beautiful."
When Lu Ziqing heard this, he felt as if his whole body was scalded by boiling water. His face turned red with embarrassment and he felt panicky. He hid the clothes back into the box and secretly cursed himself for forgetting to throw them away.
"At that time, in order to attract tomb robbers, I... made a fool of myself again. I will apply medicine for you."
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