Temperament

When Shen Qinglan returned to Zhuo Mansion, she entered the study room. Originally, she wanted to sort out the results of the shop inspections in the past few days, and planned to hand them over to Zhuo Tianyi when she came back, but when she prepared the pen and ink, she couldn't write a single word on the manuscript paper. My heart was in a panic, and the word "Meng" with yellow letters on a blue background was running back and forth in my mind.

After sitting on the back of the chair for a long time, he still didn't get over his restless state, and instead tended to become more chaotic. He was afraid of going back to the way he was a few days ago, so he simply packed up his pen and ink, got up and went back to the backyard.

Walking to the East Chamber, as soon as he entered the door, he saw several large wooden boxes that were opened on the ground. The servant girls walked back and forth to take out some ceramic decorations, tea sets and wine vessels from the boxes and put them in place.

Shen Qinglan's eyelids twitched, and her originally chaotic mood sank even further.Seeing him, the maids and servants shouted "Young Master is back", and they all speeded up their work. In the blink of an eye, they put those things back together, carried the empty boxes and retreated.

At the door of the inner room, Zhuo Tianyi wore a head of half-dry hair, and was putting on a light short jacket for home wear. His muscular chest was exposed under the collar, and a pair of summer shoes worn in the room were on his feet. , very leisurely.

Shen Qinglan stood still, Zhuo Tianyi was wearing a belt, and looked over with a smile in his eyes, "Why don't you talk? I haven't seen you for so many days, should I say something to me?"

It was like asking him for greetings.

Shen Qinglan pursed her lips, lowered her gaze, "Are you back?"

"I'm back." With a smile on his face, Zhuo Tianyi rolled up his sleeves and walked up to him, sizing him up carefully, "You're thin." He raised his hand and wiped his forehead, "Is it hot? Look at the sweat on your head. Go take a shower."

"Okay." Shen Qinglan responded, avoiding the hand he wiped again by walking to the bathroom behind the screen.

Behind him, Zhuo Tianyi turned around to look at his hurried back, put the hand that had brushed his forehead under his nose, and showed a determined smile at the corner of his mouth.

When Shen Qinglan brushed her hair and came out of the bathroom, dinner was already prepared on the outside table, and the servants had already retreated. Zhuo Tianyi was sitting by the table, holding a wine bottle and pouring wine into two glasses.

Seeing him coming out, Zhuo Tianyi put down the wine bottle and greeted him, "Come here, let's eat."

Shen Qinglan glanced at him, feeling quite surprised.Zhuo Tianyi seldom drank unless he went out to discuss business, so there was only one night when two people drank in the east chamber.

Feeling anxious in her heart, as if something was pressing her down, Shen Qinglan silently walked to another seat by the table and sat down, drying the cloth towel for wiping her hair on the back of the chair.

Zhuo Tianyi gently pushed a glass of wine in front of him, "Liangzhou Meizhuang has charming eyes, I bought it specially when passing by, try it."

Shen Qinglan looked down. In the white porcelain cup, the wine was clear and light, with a slight crimson color, which looked very attractive.Just when he thought of the name of this wine, he instinctively didn't want to drink it, "I don't know how to drink."

Zhuo Tianyi smiled and said: "The wine brewed by Meizhuang is the best in the world, and this eye charm is even better. For the sake of buying it for you from a long distance, drink a little." The glass of wine was brought to Shen Qinglan's mouth, as if to feed him.

This action inevitably reminded Shen Qinglan of that night, he reached out to take it, "I'll do it myself." He raised it to his lips and took a sip.The wine was soft and slightly sweet, and as soon as it entered the throat, there was a pungent sweet fragrance, Shen Qinglan couldn't help but took a breath, and blinked her eyes.

Zhuo Tianyi smiled, and took a sip himself, "Ripe plums were added to this wine when it was brewed, so the wine is slightly crimson." He said and looked at Shen Qinglan, "The eyes are charming, as the name suggests, After drinking it, the crimson color in the wine is like clouds steaming and rosy, covering the corners of the eyes and brows, hence the name Yan'er Mei."

Shen Qinglan couldn't drink anymore, so she put down the wine glass, picked up a chopstick and put it in her mouth, "This wine is too spicy, I can't drink it."

Zhuo Tianyi laughed, "It's only one bite, how can it be so spicy? Eat some food first, and drink later."

He put a few chopsticks in Shen Qinglan's bowl and fried lotus root slices, and talked about what he had seen and heard about going to Liangzhou.

Seeing that he changed the topic, Shen Qinglan also talked about some things about handling accounts and inspecting shops these days, and also about Gu Qingyang's arrival, but skipped the part about arguing with Shi Qiming.

When Zhuo Tianyi heard him mention Gu Qingyang, he couldn't help laughing, "Uncle Ninth Master is a wonderful person, only three or four years older than me, we grew up together, and when we were young, the old man often worried about us."

He seemed to be immersed in the memory, with a little emotion on his face, "Speaking of which, Yunlei is the most sensible of the three of us, although he is the youngest. At that time, when the two of us got into trouble, the old man would use him as a question. He neither dared to lie in front of the old man, nor dared to tell the truth, in the end, he had no choice but to join us." He shook his head, a smile appeared on his lips, and finally sighed softly.

Hearing him say this, Shen Qinglan couldn't help but think of Zhou Yunlei's words when he took him around a long way outside Qingzhou City and released him, "I'm from the Zhuo family, that's all I can do". Suddenly, those mixed emotions that he had finally suppressed deep in his heart surged up again, and the blue-and-yellow Meng character flag in his mind began to flutter.

He lost his appetite, stopped his chopsticks, and looked down at the remaining dishes in the bowl in a daze.

Zhuo Tianyi glanced at him, held the wine bottle and refilled his glass, "Come on, drink some more."

Shen Qinglan looked at the wine in the glass, and didn't refuse anymore, as if in order to suppress the chaos in her heart, she picked it up and took a big gulp.The spicy wine slid down his throat and irritated his airway, and he coughed loudly.

"What's the matter, did you drink too quickly?" Zhuo Tianyi put his arm around his back, patted it lightly, and handed him the tea for rinsing on the table with one hand, and Shen Qinglan took the cup with both hands After several sips, the needle-like hotness in the throat was diluted.

"Wine is for drinking tea, not for worrying." Zhuo Tianyi took the tea bowl in his hand and put it back on the table, lifted his chin, and looked at him who was coughing red with water vapor He stretched out his hand to wipe away the trace of tears stained on the eyelashes, and sighed: "It's okay this time, the alcohol is directly on the head, your eyes are full of tears before they are peach blossoms. Forget it, peach blossom tears, I'll take care of you soon." and asked for it."

After finishing speaking, she lowered her face and pressed her lips to the corners of his eyes, kissing away the remaining tears on his eyelashes.

The warm, wet feeling on his face made people tremble with panic. Shen Qinglan raised her face and avoided it. Regardless of her panting, she picked up her chopsticks and started eating.

Zhuo Tianyi watched his hasty movements, put out the tip of his tongue and licked his lips, and rolled the salty taste into his mouth, showing a smile.

He shook his glass a few times, watching the way the liquid overflowed and slid down the glass wall, "You, don't be too stubborn, this wine is no worse than the drunken spring breeze in the south of the Yangtze River. From now on, You have to get used to drinking it." As he spoke, he raised his neck and drank the glass of wine in one gulp.

After the two finished their meal in silence, Zhuo Tianyi called his servants to come in to collect the bowls and chopsticks and make tea.Shen Qinglan walked to the desk in the room according to her usual habits to prepare for the lessons to be taught in the Xiwen Hall the next day.

Zhuo Tianyi entered the inner room, not knowing what he was doing.Shen Qinglan naturally ignored him, and tried to calmly look at the book in her hand, occasionally writing down some important content on the paper.It's just that, just like when I was in the study before, it didn't take long before my mind naturally withdrew from the book, spinning back and forth on some things, restless.

After a while, footsteps sounded behind him, Zhuo Tianyi walked to the door, and told the servants outside, "Let's go, you don't need to be on duty tonight."

Shen Qinglan's eyelids twitched, she didn't know what was going on, she had difficulty concentrating, but now she was extremely sensitive, and she even caught the words Zhuo Tianyi ordered her servants, and listened carefully.

He involuntarily looked at the person who was closing the door and unlatching the door, just in time to meet Zhuo Tianyi's eyes when he turned around.

Zhuo Tianyi looked at his face back and forth twice, and then walked over step by step, holding his hand as usual to find him for dinner or take him to the shop, "Go, it's time to rest."

Under the shadow of the lamp, his gaze carried some indescribable taste, Shen Qinglan suddenly had the idea of ​​running away, he struggled, and escaped: "You go first, I haven't..."

"Nothing yet? I haven't!" Zhuo Tianyi said with a smile that was not a smile, pulled him out of the chair with force, wrapped him in his arms, and took him into the inner room with strides.

Shen Qinglan was pushed to the bed by him, and as soon as she turned around, she saw that he had locked the door of the inner room and was looking back with a smile on his face, the content in his eyes gradually became clearer.Shen Qinglan turned her eyes quickly, not daring to look directly.

On the bedside table, a small silver incense burner was placed at some point. At this time, there was a faint fragrance wafting out from the lid carved with the pattern of dragon and phoenix showing auspiciousness. It smelled in the nose, and there was an indescribable feeling.

In the dark, this fragrance seems to connect many things in the room that he usually doesn't care about, making him seem to have a new discovery of many furnishings in this bedroom that he has lived in for several months. The gauze curtains are red, the mats and pillows are embroidered with red auspicious patterns, and the bed rails are carved with the same auspicious patterns of dragon and phoenix as on the incense burner.

Also, there is this person behind him, who seems to be very different tonight.A string in Shen Qinglan's mind gradually became tense, and she gently stroked the skirt of her shirt with her hand.

He wanted to be as natural and relaxed as possible, but after thinking about it for a long time, he couldn't think of any topics suitable for talking to Zhuo Tianyi in this atmosphere, and even the financial problems seemed to have disappeared at this time.

His eyes flicked over the incense burner again, he exhaled, and asked the man who was getting closer and closer behind him as naturally as possible, "What is burning in this furnace?"

Zhuo Tianyi looked at him looking for something to say, and smiled, "This incense is called 'Acacia', as the name suggests, it is used by husband and wife when they perform Zhougong rituals." He whispered again on his cheek: "It has the effect of aphrodisiac and boosting the mood."

His voice was low, and the heat sprayed in his ears. Shen Qinglan turned around like a frightened rabbit, pressed her hands on the front of her chest, looked around awkwardly, and said quickly: "Then, go to bed early, tomorrow morning There are still many things to deal with, and the church meeting is coming soon!"

"It's better to be early, the night is too short." Zhuo Tianyi said every word, and took a step closer.Under the light, his chest and collar were opened wide, exposing a large piece of skin that was tanned by the sun, and the expression on his face was still half a smile, and the content in his eyes was ready to come out.

Shen Qinglan was so embarrassed that it was almost hard to breathe. At this moment, she couldn't care less about regretting the question of which pot should not be opened and which pot should be lifted. At this moment, he only had one thought in his body - to escape.

Shen Qinglan took a step back and turned her feet in a direction, intending to stay away from the dangerous place behind her.Zhuo Tianyi took a quick step, blocking the direction he wanted to turn, forcing him to keep his back to the big bed behind him.

"You... this is..." Shen Qinglan was so forced that she had nowhere to escape, she couldn't help talking, but she didn't dare to ask directly, for fear of asking the answer she didn't want to hear again.

"The bed is at the back," Zhuo Tianyi looked at his dodging eyes, raised his chin, "Where are you going?"

"I... sleep." Shen Qinglan clutched the collar tightly with both hands, her hands were sweaty and sticky, as was her back.

"Then go to bed." Zhuo Tianyi took a step closer, and then another step.

"I... no..." Shen Qinglan became more and more embarrassed, her face turned pale, she shook her head, her hands trembling.The heel of one foot has already touched the footrest in front of the bed, and if you step back, you will go directly to the execution ground.

The author has something to say: Candlelight dinner, eye-catching, acacia fragrance, Mr. Zhuo is going to have a big meal.

Collecting has abused me thousands of times, and I treat collecting like first love.First love, do you dare to show me a cup? !