Embers

Growing up in the palace since he was a child, Shao Yunqi had never seen any kind of good-looking person, but when he saw the man opposite him for the first time, he still couldn't help being startled.

He looked to be in his early thirties, with a slender figure, wearing a black shirt, and hair as white as snow.Wei Wei raised her eyes and looked over, as if there was a deep lake in her eyes.

Shao Yunqi has never seen such a person.

Lazy, indifferent, expensive, and has an indescribable sense of vicissitudes.Being watched by him like that, it seems that all thoughts can be easily seen through.

Before he came back to his senses, the man had already withdrawn his realization, turned around, and seemed to be about to leave.

Who is he?

Subconsciously, Shao Yunqi chased after him, passed through the passing people, and grabbed Ember by the sleeve.

Ember stopped, tilted her head slightly, and looked at him casually.

Shao Yunqi was scalded by that gaze, and quickly withdrew his hand, raising the little white cat in his hand: "Well, are you taking care of Ah Bai these days?"

Ember didn't speak, and Li Mei who was next to him smiled at Shao Yun: "Yes, so it's your cat. It slipped into the humble house on New Year's Eve. It seems that I can't find my family, so we will take it in temporarily."

"That's it, thank you so much..."

The words were addressed to the gentle fair-skinned man in front of him, but his gaze involuntarily turned to the man on the side.

And that person didn't even look this way, he didn't know what he was thinking, and his face was indifferent.

"Could you both tell me the address, tomorrow... I'll ask my servants to deliver the gift to the house!"

Li Mei smiled and said: "No need, since Abai has found his master, we can rest assured, it's getting late, so let's take our leave first, and see you later."

Shao Yunqi could only watch in a daze as the two left one after the other.From the beginning to the end, the man didn't even say a word.

The little white cat in his arms "meowed" restlessly, clawed at his arm, and looked at Ember's back anxiously.

"You don't want him to go either..."

Rubbing the little white cat's head in frustration, Shao Yunqi watched the figure of the man disappear from sight, and raised his hand to call for the guards to come over.

"Find out who that person is."

Li Mei didn't speak a word along the way.

Ember glanced at him, said nothing, and walked behind him unhurriedly.

Passers-by gradually became rare, and the path became quiet. The moonlight was clear, and the ground turned into hoarfrost.

The shadows of the two people were long on the ground.

At the end of the alley, after another turn, the door of the house was reached, but Ember stopped suddenly.

Li Mei was taken aback for a moment, then stopped, looking at him with some doubts.

Under the moonlight, the familiar handsome appearance was particularly vivid.

After a long pause, Ember slowly spoke: "I didn't say anything."

"..."

Seeing him sluggish, Ember sighed slightly, as if he was very troubled, and there was an imperceptible softness in his eyes.

Li Mei finally came to his senses, this is, explaining to him?

When does a person like him need to explain to whom?

Li Mei felt hot on his face, as if he couldn't hide anything in front of this person, so he could only lower his head and say, "I'm just angry with myself."

Ember looked at him calmly.

"He has been staring at you, and I feel sour in my heart, and I feel that I shouldn't think so, so..."

In desperation, he simply explained everything.

Probably because the rare tenderness these days spoiled him, in the past he could turn a blind eye to Ember and anyone, but now he can't stand even being touched by others.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help turning his eyes slightly red.

Ember looked down at him without saying a word.

He tried his best to suppress the grievance in his heart, and said with a smile: "Let's go, are you hungry, I'll cook something for you when I go back."

But suddenly someone held his hand.

A warm and thick touch like never before.

Ember leaned over slightly, and lightly touched his forehead with her thin lips, carrying deep apologies and comfort.

Li Mei froze all over, her eyes didn't blink.

"go home."

After finishing speaking, Ember led him and walked out of the alley step by step, just like leading a child who hides many grievances.

"What? Can't even find out his name?"

Shao Yunqi was startled, looking at his subordinates who came back to report, his face was full of disbelief.

The subordinate lowered his head, not daring to make a sound.

Slowly calming down, Shao Yunqi stroked the cat in his arms, and murmured: "Who the hell is he? Can I see him again?"

After returning to the master's place on New Year's Eve, the house became quiet again. Many times when seeing Ember wandering around alone, Li Mei felt a little empty.So when he was lying in bed before going to bed, he offered to have another cat.

Ember was resting her mind with her eyes closed, and she gave a lazily "hmm" when she heard what he said.

But Li Mei could tell that he was quite happy.

So the next day, he asked people around, and in the afternoon, he brought back the little civet cat that was always orange.

This kitten was very good-looking and obedient, so Ember took it and hugged it, and it also remained motionless obediently, blinking its eyes and looking at him.

Li Mei looked funny and said with a smile: "I scratched me as soon as I touched it today, why did I become honest when I saw you?"

Ember's eyes fell on the light scratches on his hands, and she didn't say anything.

When preparing dinner, Li Mei put down the small plate containing the food in the yard, and went into the house to serve the food.

The kitten happily ran over to the plate, and was about to start eating, but the plate was taken away by the always slender and beautiful hand.

It raised its head in bewilderment, and the good-looking man took one last look at it, with an unfathomable expression on his face.

Then he paced into the house.

After eating, Li Mei cleaned up the kitchen, but saw the little civet cat running in, circling around him, meowing non-stop.

He looked down at it suspiciously: "What's wrong with you? Are you not full?"

"Shoulder pain."

Ember didn't know when she came to the door of the kitchen, and suddenly threw out such a sentence.

Li Mei was taken aback for a moment, and immediately forgot the kitten's meowing, and hurriedly said, "I'll give you a shoulder squeeze after I'm done tidying up."

"Ah."

After that, the kitten became completely obedient.

Li Mei also named it Jiujiu.

He explained to Ember that he hoped that it would stay with them forever, but the real reason was that he just remembered a word that day: I hope people will last forever.

What a good meaning, for a long time.

Ember didn't say anything.

Maybe it's been a long time like this, and both of them are contaminated with the smell of rice, oil and salt. They have nothing to do every day, so they just chat about prices and trivial matters.Most of the time it was Li Mei who was talking, but every time Ember listened patiently, including things like the dog next door scratching Jiu Jiu's hair.

Although Ember's health is still not good, maybe because he is relaxed these days, he no longer needs to drink medicine so frequently.

It had been rainy for days, and the damp smell made both of them very uncomfortable. They were studying to see if they could build a kang, when a familiar meow interrupted their thoughts.

A snow-white kitten appeared in the sight of the two of them.

It looked fatter again, with big, piercing eyes.

"Lunar New Year's eve!"

Li Mei called this name subconsciously, and looked at it with some surprise.

"How did you come?"

The kitten came over and rubbed its head against his leg, and with a "meow", it jumped into Ember's arms.

Ember caught it steadily, without any expression, but raised her head and looked in the direction of the gate.

When she came back to her senses, Li Mei also realized something, and walked over to push open the door.

Shao Yunqi's embarrassed face appeared in front of the two of them.

"It turns out that it ran so fast to find you..."