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Amidst the sound of firecrackers one after another, on the path at the foot of Luming Mountain, one person and one rider walked slowly forward as if traveling at night.

It wasn't until a faint light came into view from the pitch-black mountain that the man pulled the rein and stopped.

Tiny snowflakes sprinkled his head and body, but he didn't seem to notice it at all.

After looking at the bright light for a long time, Jiang Ling finally sighed helplessly, then dismounted and walked towards the hut.

Pushing open the bamboo door of the small courtyard and walking in, he found that the door of the hall was not closed tightly. Standing outside the door, he could see the people inside sitting with their backs facing the door. Those thin backs looked inexplicably lonely and desolate. The small table was full of wine and dishes, and the dishes seemed to have improved a lot compared to before.

After Gu Fang left that day, Jiang Tong followed in.

He froze for a moment when he saw him.

It was the first time he saw him since he kicked him out of the house.

In a few months, this boy seemed to have grown a lot, taller, thinner, and more... coarser.

Jiang Tong's attitude of admitting his mistakes was very good that day, but he saw at a glance that it was Jiang Tong and Gu Fang's routine, so he ignored him.

When Jiang Tong left, he said that he would wait for him to go back to have a reunion dinner on New Year's Eve. He was noncommittal, but today he couldn't help but come back when he heard the sound of firecrackers from every house.

"Hey..." Jiang Tong's sigh came from inside.

Jiang Ling sneered in his heart, why didn't he realize that this person had so many thoughts before.

Knowing that he was outside, she still had to pretend to be pitiful in front of him.

With a sound of "squeak", the people inside secretly rejoiced, but their faces remained silent, and they turned around to look blankly.

"Brother!" Jiang Tong exclaimed in surprise.

Avoiding his scorching gaze, Jiang Tong raised his legs to enter the house, and closed the door smoothly, shutting out the wind, snow and coldness outside.

"Brother, sit down." Jiang Tong stood up suddenly, quickly moved the stool beside him from under the table, and wiped it with his sleeve.

Jiang Ling didn't refuse, he untied the cloak and handed it to him, and sat down by himself.

There were two sets of chopsticks on the table. Jiang Ling picked up the chopsticks in front of him and picked up a piece of beef. Instead of feeding it into his mouth immediately, he glanced at it and said, "Culinary skills have improved."

Jiang Tong hung up the cloak he had given him, then obediently stood beside him without making a sound, just stood there.

"Sit down and eat."

"Okay." Jiang Tong sat down quickly, with an uncontrollable smile on his face, and his hands moved even faster, and he put a bowl full of vegetables in Jiangling's bowl in a short while, "Brother, try it quickly, During this period of time, I made a special trip to learn how to cook again, do you see if it tastes good?"

"Okay, you eat your own." Jiang Ling said.

"Oh!" Jiang Tong finally calmed down his excitement, and began to grill rice.

"This beef stew is not bad." After a long time, Jiang Ling commented aloud.

"After that, I will make it for my brother every day." Jiang Tong was very happy.

"Yeah." Jiang Ling agreed with a hum.

Apart from the occasional chatter or two, the New Year's Eve dinner was quite quiet, but Jiang Ling could clearly feel Jiang Tong's joyful mood. Sitting on the stool, his buttocks were never quiet for a moment, always moving around. .

"There are nails on the stool?" Jiang Ling finally couldn't help scolding.

"No." Jiang Tong immediately shook his head, sitting upright.

"Speak up if you have something to say," Jiang Ling said.

Hearing that Jiang Ling's tone softened a little, Jiang Tong immediately pushed forward, leaned in front of him and asked cautiously: "Then brother will come back to live here?"

Jiang Ling stopped his chopsticks and thought for a moment: "No..."

Jiang Tong's face immediately collapsed.

"It's too far away from the Zhangjian Division, and it's inconvenient to go back and forth. You should move to live with me!" Jiang Ling continued.

Jiang Tong was really still a child at heart, and hearing what he said, his expression immediately changed from cloudy to sunny.

"Then you forgive me?"

Jiang Ling's gloomy eyes finally met his, and his expression was cold: "Just this once, if I find out that you have thoughts that you shouldn't have, I will never let you go lightly."

Jiang Tong only hesitated for a moment and then readily agreed. He only said that he should not have thoughts, but he didn't say what this should not have thoughts!

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Gu Fang, who failed to light the Bawang whip, wanted to speak, but the crackling firecrackers and the fireworks rising into the sky never gave him a chance. He opened his mouth a few times and finally had to give up. He dropped the bamboo pole and carefully hugged the injured That leg sat deflated on the porch steps.

Jun Ruohan walked over to pull him, but he wasn't too willing to stand up.

The man still stood there and said something, but Gu Fang couldn't hear clearly, and blinked in confusion.

"Isn't your butt cool?" Jun Ruohan bent down and pressed against his ear and said loudly.

At the same time, all the firecrackers stopped for a while, as if they had made an appointment, and the surroundings were quiet, except for Jun Ruohan's voice.

Gu Fang heard it clearly now, not only he heard it clearly, but he was afraid that all the servants in the west courtyard heard it.

"It's not cold!" Gu Fang didn't know why, and hooked his neck and shouted into his ear.

Jun Ruohan immediately covered his ears that were hurt by the shock, and Gu Fang leaned back and laughed when he saw this, with no image at all.

"You can't light a firecracker, what are you proud of?" Jun Ruohan couldn't help hitting him.

Gu Fang clicked his tongue and supported the pillar beside him to stand up, patted the snow particles that had turned into water on his buttocks, and picked up the bamboo pole next to him unconvinced.

"Okay, you can't light this thing even if you toss it all night."

"Then how about I tie a torch on it?" The torch is not easy to extinguish.

Jun Ruohan sighed: "Then you might as well start a fire in the yard and just stand here and throw the firecrackers into the fire."

Hey, are you so detrimental? Gu Fang was a little annoyed, and after thinking about it, he gave up: "Forget it, go ahead and order it. Anyway, everyone orders it, and no one else can see it."

"I'll carry you on my back." Jun Ruohan said suddenly.

Gu Fang looked at him in surprise: "Huh?"

"I'll carry you on my back, and when you light up, I'll run with you."

Gu Fang looked at him for a long time, and laughed: "The one you said last time I like, the one who can carry me from the Cangchun Tower to the General's Mansion, is you!"

Jun Ruohan didn't know whether to praise him for being smart, or to be mad at him for his slow reaction.

"Yeah, you finally found out."

"You said in your heart that I was stupid!" Gu Fang pointed at his chest and narrowed his eyes.

"Correct."

"..." Gu Fang took a deep breath, suppressed the irritability in his body, "carry me over."

Jun Ruohan carried Gu Fang on his back and walked to the overlord's whip. Gu Fang was hanging on the man's back, hooking the man's neck with one hand, and blowing the torch with the other.

Although it was so close, he still felt that there was a thousand miles of distance between him and the lead wire, and every time it blew it, it would go out before reaching out.

"Come on!" Gu Fang gave up, and handed the fire folder to Jun Ruohan, who didn't refuse, leaned slightly, and ignited the fuse at once.

"Run, run." Gu Fang was more nervous than him, staring at the firecracker without blinking, and shouted excitedly as soon as the fuse was ignited.

Jun Ruohan only felt a tightness in his neck, and it was a bit difficult to breathe, so he had to rush down the corridor on his toes.

He had to put this person down quickly, or his life would be in danger.

As soon as the two ran to a safe place, they heard the sound of crackling firecrackers behind them, occasionally mixed with a "bang" explosion.

The boss who sells firecrackers is an honest man, this whip is not adulterated at all, and the sound is extremely loud.

The two people in the hallway had their ears blocked, and Gu Fang Jinji was independent, probably because he was wearing too thick clothes, and he was a little unable to maintain his balance, so he bumped into Jun Ruohan after a while.

After bumping into Jun Ruohan again, Gu Fang himself felt very embarrassed.

"If you bump again, I'll kiss you." Jun Ruohan turned her head close to his ear, pulled his hand and said.

The sound of firecrackers was so loud that Gu Fang thought he had heard it wrong, but this person could say such stinky and shameless words.

But looking at Jun Ruohan's eyes again, he knew that he had heard correctly, this person was indeed so stinky and shameless.

Gu Fang covered his ears with both hands and stabilized his figure. After Xin Daoren said this, if he bumped into someone again, people should think he did it on purpose.

Unexpectedly, the next moment, he couldn't help but tilt his body, Jun Ruohan stared at him like a prey, Gu Fang swayed from side to side several times with his last little balance, and barely stabilized.

I couldn't help but start to complain in my heart, why did I have to buy such a crappy thing, and put it away endlessly.

"Boom~" there was another sound.

Gu Fang was startled by the sudden explosion, and bumped into the person again.

After a bump, the sound of firecrackers stopped abruptly.

This is... finished?

That would be embarrassing.

"You just bumped into me." Jun Ruohan stared at him and said calmly, with a clear voice and clear articulate.

It looked like he owed him money, and the debt collection came.

Gu Fang clicked his tongue, leaned on his shoulders and kissed the corner of his mouth: "Okay, I'm such a big man, I still care about everything, help me in."

A faint smile flashed across Jun Ruohan's face, and he helped him back to the wing.

I thought that the sound of firecrackers outside would scare General Gu, but what the two of them saw when they entered the room was the scene of General Gu's army sleeping soundly on the quilt.

"This cat can fall asleep, don't this cat be deaf!" Gu put it up and lifted the quilt, and General Gu's reaction speed was not affected by its size, and jumped onto the lamp stand beside the couch with a swish.

The lamp stands here are different from those in the palace, they are just made of a few pieces of wood, they can be shaken every time you touch them, and General Gu doesn't have a clear understanding of his weight.

"Hey~" It was too late for Gu Fang to yell, Fat Cat suddenly jumped from the light stand to the chair, the light stand was under force and fell to the ground almost at the same time.

The room was plunged into darkness, and the fat cat could only hear an exasperated "meow~" and no more.

Gu Fang was still standing by the bed, and couldn't help but say: "What's wrong with this cat, he has done something bad, yet he dares to be so righteous."

"If you hadn't lifted the quilt, it wouldn't have jumped up the lampstand." Jun Ruohan said, "Go to the couch, and I'll light the lamp."

"it is good."

Jun Ruohan said he was going to light the lamp, but Gu Fang waited for a while but there was no movement. Not only that, he could even feel Jun Ruohan's breath getting closer.

"Hey..." A shadow was getting closer and closer, and Gu Fang reached out and pressed his shoulder accurately, "Didn't you say to light the lamp? Where is the lamp?"

"Turn on the lights later."