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Jing Chan was also startled when she saw him like this.

"Yan Hai, why have you become so haggard in such a short period of time?" She looked her up and down: "Are you sick again?"

She actually went back to Beijing with Chi Lian, but she sat in the carriage all the way and never met Yan Hai face to face.When he arrived in Beijing and lived in the Princess Mansion again, he didn't know much about what happened outside. Seeing Yan Hai's appearance now, he naturally thought that he was sick.

"I'm fine." Yan Hai stood up with some difficulty. "How does Miss Jingchan know that I'm here?"

"I went to Chengwang Mansion first, and someone over there told me that you moved here to live." Seeing him shaking, Jingchan was used to serving others, so she wanted to come over to help him unconsciously.

"My lord, you should sit down first! You won't get dizzy again later!" Han'er got closer and reached out to support him first.

"Are you really okay?" Jingchan said worriedly: "You look very bad!"

Yan Hai shook his head, but still sat back in the chair.

"Let's talk first, I still have some work to do." Han'er was also clever, knowing that they must have something to say, so she stepped back first.

"This yard is really nice." Jingchan looked around, "Elegant and quiet."

"Yes!" Yan Hai nodded.

"Actually, I... didn't want to disturb you." Jingchan lowered her head, rubbing the corner of her clothes with her fingers uneasily: "But after thinking about it, I think it's really not good not to tell you..."

"what's up?"

Everyone has already talked about it before, and according to Jingchan's temperament, she will not pester her any longer.And although she looks weak on the outside, she is very stubborn and strong inside, and Yan Hai has never seen her so hesitant.

"Actually, I should have come to tell you earlier, but I always felt that it was not appropriate, so it has been delayed until today."

"Oh?" Yan Hai became more and more confused: "Miss Jingchan has something to say, just tell me."

"I... saw her."

"Who?" Yan Hai looked at her blankly as he spoke without beginning or end.

"Your sweetheart."

"My... what?"

"My sweetheart!" Jingchan smiled a little forcedly: "You forgot, you showed me a picture of her not long ago, the picture is so vivid, I recognized her at a glance."

Yan Hai rearranged Jing Chan's words in his somewhat drowsy mind.

Then his eyes widened suddenly.

"What did you say?" He grabbed Jingchan's wrist and pulled her down to face him. "Can you say that again!"

"I said I saw the person you drew for me before, the lady you said was your sweetheart..." Jingchan was taken aback by him.

"Impossible!" Yan Hai retorted, "She has clearly..."

But at this point, he stopped again.

"No wonder you want to say such things to me, after all, her identity..." Seeing that his reaction was so intense, Jingchan was not surprised, but just sighed softly: "With her identity, it is not easy to get high."

"Jingchan." Yan Hai pulled her again to let her focus on herself: "Please explain clearly, where did you see her? Identity...what does it mean?"

"It turns out that she is the young lady of the Xie family." Jing Chan bit her lip: "The Xie family is such a family, and for ordinary people, it is indeed unattainable, no wonder you are so depressed."

"Miss Xie?"

"Yan Hai, what's wrong with you?" Jing Chan felt that something was wrong: "The one you drew for me is Xie Mengfei, the fifth young lady of the Xie family, isn't it?"

"No..." Yan Hai let go of her: "I was just too surprised."

Yes, he was astonished, astonished, simply indescribably astonished...

"She...why is she in Shangjing?"

"Xie's family is in Beijing, so of course she is going to Beijing too." Jing Chan said a little awkwardly: "That day Miss went to visit Xie Guogong, and I followed her. I was so stupid when I saw her for the first time... …She was like she stepped out of that painting, and I kind of lost my composure at the time."

"But..." Yan Hai clenched the armrest: "I always thought that Xie Zhilan only had three sisters, why is there one more?"

Xie Zhilan has three younger sisters, one is married to Prince Yurui, one is married to the county prince's mansion, and the other is married to Jiangdong Bai's family, but almost no one has mentioned Miss Fifth...

"I inquired about it later." Jingchan told him, "Miss Fifth is the daughter born in the concubine. Because of her frail health, she has been living in the Narcissus Temple outside the city since she was a child."

After she finished speaking, the feeling that something was wrong intensified.

"Could it be that you don't know her true identity?" She asked Yan Hai: "Or is there such a coincidence in the world that someone looks exactly like your sweetheart?"

"She made a crown?"

"That's not true, but I've heard people say that it will happen sooner or later..." At this point, Jingchan felt that she had found the root cause of Yan Hai's gaffe: "She has been living in the Taoist temple for these years, and she has never been married yet. "

Yan Hai stared at her blankly.

"She comes from such a good background, and at this age she has never married, and there are not many..." These days, there are very few daughters of ordinary families who are not married. "Maybe...she has been waiting for you all these years..."

"No!" Yan Hai shook his head, and he didn't know what he was denying, Jingchan could only hear him muttering: "Let me think about it..."

Jingchan can understand.

After all, the sweetheart whom I have missed for more than ten years suddenly appeared in front of me, and it was quite difficult to accept it immediately.

And judging by Yan Hai's appearance, he must not know that she is actually the young lady of the Xie family.

With such an identity... I'm afraid there are more shocks than surprises.

Yan Hai lowered his head, Jingchan could see some inconspicuous strands of silver in his temples.

She felt more and more that her decision was the right one.

In this person's heart, he never had himself before, and he never will in the future. What's the point of keeping this news from him?

"Yan Hai." Jingchan couldn't help but squat down and looked up at him slightly: "I came to you today to tell you about this, just to let you know that the person you have been waiting for all these years is actually..."

But the next moment, she was frightened by what was hidden in Yan Hai's raised eyes.

Then Yan Hai blinked, the kind that made her want to look back for a moment, as if it was just her illusion.

"Well... I can help you arrange... let you meet..." She said incoherently. "In that case, you might..."

"Thank you, Jingchan. Thank you for telling me about this, I'm really happy." Yan Hai's voice was very gentle, and she hadn't heard Yan Hai speak to herself in such a voice for many years. "Can you let me think about it first? This is really... too sudden."

He must be surprised to hear the news suddenly, and he needs time to accept it.

When Jingchan left, she walked outside the door and couldn't help but glance back.

He was sitting by the pond by himself, with a straight back, but...indescribably lonely.