Don't disturb me, I won't be a concubine

Du Manting pretended to be well-behaved in front of Mrs. Fan and Mrs. Wang for a few days, admitting her mistakes and coaxing them, and finally got their forgiveness. She could finally let go and have fun outside.

The first thing she did when she went out was to go to Haolin Bookstore to buy the storybook she had been longing for.

"Give me a copy of The Legend of Sword and Fairy." Du Manting generously slapped the silver on the counter.

Dong Jialin, who was looking at the account book, raised his head with a smile and took the silver in his hand, "Wait a moment, young lady, I'll give it to you right away."

The two of them glanced at each other inadvertently and were both stunned.

"It's you?!"

"Miss Du..."

Du Manting coughed lightly to cover up the embarrassment, "Well, I didn't agree with my aunt going to your house to propose marriage, please don't misunderstand."

Dong Jialin smiled faintly, "That matter has long passed, and I didn't agree to it at that time."

After hearing what he said, Du Manting felt something was a little strange. Without thinking too much, she said, "That's great. We didn't agree. It will save us a lot of trouble later. Let's just pretend it never happened. I heard you're engaged. Congratulations."

"Thank you."

One of them said it casually, and the other responded casually.

"I'll go get the script for Miss Du."

Dong Jialin took the script and gave it to her together with the change.

"Is this the only one? Such a long time has passed, and the Future Guest hasn't written the next one yet?" Du Manting felt unsatisfied holding the storybook in her hand.

How can a guest like you take the same carriage back to Beijing? How can he have time to write a storybook? Dong Jialin finished his complaints and replied politely with professionalism: "When the next one comes out, if Miss Du is still in Beijing, I will save a copy for you."

"That's a deal." Du Manting happily left with the script.

She wanted to go back and read the storybook immediately, and also wanted to see her best friend.

Standing at the intersection, staring at the scripture in her hand, after several rounds of inner struggle, Du Manting finally put away the scripture and went to Qin's house.

Qin Fangsui came out to greet her with great joy.

"Manting, when did you come back? I thought it would be a few years before I saw you again, but I didn't expect to see you again so soon."

"I've been back for a few days, and have been staying at my grandmother and aunt's house. As you know, I left secretly last time, which made them very angry. This time, it took a lot of effort to get them to forgive me."

Qin Fangsui took her to the room and asked, "How long do you plan to stay this time?"

"I don't know. At least I have to wait until my father's anger has calmed down."

"So you made a mistake and hid here," Qin Fangsui poured her a cup of tea, "Tell me, what mistake did you make that scared you so much that you came to the capital."

Du Manting picked up the tea, but wanted to drink it but it was too hot, so she had to put it down.

"It's not a big deal. I just went to Xizhou to kill the Beidi people without telling my father."

Qin Fangsui was surprised. "Isn't this a big deal? I heard that Xizhou was in danger at that time, and Marquis Zhongjing died on the battlefield. Uncle Du must have been very worried."

At this point she suddenly remembered something, "Brother Yan was also in Xizhou at that time, did you see him?"

Du Manting nodded unconsciously, "I saw him, but I didn't recognize him at first. But..."

Du Manting looked at her hesitantly, not knowing whether she should tell her.

"But what? Just say whatever you want to say. There is nothing we can't talk about between us."

"He went to collect herbs with Dong Jiafu."

Qin Fangsui's expression paused for a moment, then she smiled calmly, "I thought it was something, I know about it."

"Do you know that they are together?" Du Manting was a little surprised.

Qin Fangsui suppressed her unhappiness and nodded, then asked, "How did you know that?"

"I'm not stupid. I've been traveling with them back to Beijing, and I can see the relationship between them."

Du Manting spoke with a proud look, not noticing that Qin Fangsui's eyes had turned cold.

"You mean...you came to the capital with Dong Jiafu?"

"It's not what you think," Du Manting realized belatedly and quickly explained, "I was injured on the battlefield and couldn't ride a horse by myself. It just so happened that they were leaving that day, so I just took their carriage."

Qin Fangsui suddenly smiled, "What do you think I can think of? Don't be nervous, it's okay."

After she said that, Du Manting was really relieved, and she advised her, "I'm relieved that you can think it through. I was afraid that you still have a grudge against Dong Jiafu and will be angry with me."

"Why do I feel like you don't hate her anymore?"

"Through our time together in Xizhou, I discovered that she is a little different from what I thought before. She is a very special person. And you know what, she actually believes that I can really become a female general one day."

"Really?" Qin Fangsui picked up the teacup and drank tea, thinking that Dong Jiafu was really good at winning people's hearts. In just a few days, she changed the opinion of Du Manting, who had always hated evil and was straightforward, about her.

When Du Manting saw her drinking tea, she started drinking too.

After finishing a cup of tea, Du Manting happily took out the storybook she had just bought, "I have finished reading the storybook you sent to me in Liangzhou. This time when I came to Beijing, I happened to catch up with the new storybook published by Weilai Ke, so I went to buy one. You see, I like the grand stories he wrote. Those little love stories are too petty."

Qin Fangsui glanced at it casually and said, "I haven't paid much attention recently and didn't know that he wrote a new storybook. It's my negligence. If you hadn't come to the capital, you would have missed it."

"It's okay. I'll be very satisfied if you can buy it and send it to Liangzhou for me."

Du Manting put the storybook away again and said, "Let's go for a walk on the street together tomorrow."

"I'm sorry, Manting. Normally, I should spend time with you when you come to the capital. But I have a lot of shop and farm matters to deal with right now, so I really can't spare the time." Qin Fangsui said apologetically.

"Hey, weren't these things taken care of by your second grandfather and his men for you? Now you need to do it yourself?"

"Yes, I spent a lot of effort not long ago to get them to return our property. Now it's a mess in my hands. I have to sort out the account books again, and some shops also need to be adjusted."

"Can you handle so many things by yourself?" Du Manting felt overwhelmed just by listening to it and couldn't help but worry about her.

Qin Fangsui was indeed a little tired. "I am too busy, but now that the family property is in our own hands, I feel more at ease. If we do things bit by bit, things will get better."

"I don't know much about housekeeping, so I can't help you with anything, but if there's anything else I can help you with, please don't hesitate to ask me. I don't have anything important to do here anyway."

"Well, actually, I'm very happy that you can come and talk to me."

"Really? I won't disturb you from doing your work, right?" Du Manting said as she stood up. "Or I'd better go back."

"Why are you leaving right now?" Qin Fangsui stood up and said, "Well, since you are leaving, I will take you there. But please come over when you are free. I can take a break as well."

Du Manting nodded and said, "I will."