The style is different [Comprehensive]

Xie Linyun didn't understand why Ye Gucheng suddenly mentioned this.

She looked dazed: "I didn't mention this to anyone. When Ah Jiu asked me how I knew you, I just said that I met you by chance at the foot of Zhongnan Mountain."

Ye Gucheng: "..." Sure enough, I don't remember what I said when I was drunk.

He could only recount with difficulty the conversation that took place that night after he was pulled.

Halfway through the retelling, Xie Linyun couldn't help but raised her hand to cover her mouth; when she finished speaking, she was so ashamed that she wanted to crawl into the ground.

"I'm sorry!" She apologized awkwardly, "I didn't expect that I would talk nonsense after drinking too much..."

Although to be precise, what she said can't be regarded as nonsense, after all, it is true that the god carving gave flowers, and Ye Gucheng looks like a cool and beautiful girl... It is also true.

"Don't worry, I won't bring up this matter again." After earnestly assuring her, she felt that this sounded a little unreliable, so she gritted her teeth and added, "I will drink less wine too, and I won't drink it again. Drunk and talking nonsense."

Speaking of this, on the contrary, Ye Gucheng, who asked for it, was a little uncomfortable.

So he also took a step back, saying that in fact, there is no need to drink less for this purpose.

"But if I drink too much and tell people about it, won't it damage your reputation?" Xie Linyun said, "After all, it's not your fault that you look good."

Ye Gucheng: "..." Well, don't say any more.

Xie Linyun saw that his face was blackened because of his last half sentence, and then realized that she seemed to have said something wrong again.

She wanted to apologize again, but Ye Gucheng's personal sword attendant's voice sounded outside the study.

The sword attendant spoke eagerly, and directly reported to the master in the study through the door: "City Master, Miss Shen and Young Master Jiu seem to be in conflict, do you want to go and have a look?"

In the study, Ye Gucheng and Xie Linyun looked at each other with surprise on their faces.

In the city lord's mansion, there is only one Miss Shen, the daughter of Shen Lang and Zhu Qiqi. As for the ninth son, don't even think about it, who else can it be besides Ah Jiu?

But the question is, how could the two of them conflict?

"Where is Wang Lianhua, isn't he here?" Xie Linyun turned to open the door first, and asked Ye Gucheng's sword attendant as he walked out.

"I heard from the brother on duty in the garden that Mr. Lianhua left the City Lord's Mansion a quarter of an hour ago, and he seemed to have promised to buy something for Miss Shen, and he left in a hurry." The sword waiter replied.

After the Mid-Autumn Festival, Feixian Island is the busiest time, because almost all the merchant ships that chose to go to Persia in the early summer have returned.

And Baiyun City has always taken advantage of this time to open an additional market for caravans to exchange income from going to sea. There are many emerald gemstones that are very rare in the Central Plains and other places. Zhu Qiqi learned about this before, and recently In the past few days, she has been dragging Shen Lang to accompany her to the market.

On the contrary, their daughter has no interest in these jewellery, she doesn't go out with her parents much, and prefers to cling to Wang Lianhua.

Wang Lianhua wanted to teach Ah Jiu the basics of martial arts, so she just watched from the sidelines, and sometimes even gave pointers along with her.

But now Ye Gucheng's sword attendant said that she had a conflict with Ah Jiu?

Xie Linyun was worried no matter what he thought, so he immediately decided to take a look.

As the owner of the room, Ye Gucheng followed immediately and went to the garden with her.

The City Lord's Mansion occupies a very large area, and the two walked from the study, through the lush flowers and trees and rockery, and it took a long time to arrive.

Xie Linyun originally thought that even if there was a conflict between the children, it would not be too serious, but when she arrived there, what she saw was Ah Jiu lying on the ground twitching from fright.

The girl from the Shen family stood aside, her face was pale, and she didn't dare to approach her. Seeing her and Ye Gucheng approaching, she immediately began to explain: "I... I just pushed him lightly..."

Xie Linyun didn't know this little girl well, and he felt that he was not her parent, so he didn't say anything, and went straight to Ah Jiu, planning to help him up first.

But to her surprise, Ah Jiu resisted even her. As soon as she stretched out her hand, her fingertips touched Ah Jiu's shoulder, and Ah Jiu twitched even more violently.

Xie Linyun was shocked, so he could only raise his head and ask the pale-faced daughter of the Shen family: "Miss Shen, what kind of conflict did you have?"

Perhaps her expression and tone were too serious when she asked this question. Before the little girl opened her mouth to answer, tears rolled down her face, and she immediately replied with sobs: "I... I really pushed him a little... "

"Then why did you push him?" Ye Gucheng asked, "You still sent Mr. Lian Hua to push him."

As soon as the second half of the sentence came out, the daughter of the Shen family shed tears more fiercely, and said, "I just, I just feel..."

"Why is Wang Lianhua teaching him so hard, saying that she wants to take him as an apprentice... Maybe she won't go back with us..."

Xie Linyun: "..."

Ye Gucheng also: "..."

The daughter of the Shen family cried and continued: "But I really just warned him a few words, and then pushed him to get out of the way, it's very light!"

Xie Linyun saw that she didn't seem to be lying, and then looked down at Ah Jiu, still in a twitching state of being greatly frightened, and was quite puzzled.

Just when she didn't know how to deal with this situation, Ye Gucheng on the side suddenly squatted down.

With quick eyes and hands, he pinched Ah Jiu's acupoints including the sleeping acupoint, and then said: "Take him back to his room to rest first."

Xie Linyun saw that he was going to hug Ah Jiu up, so he hurriedly stopped him: "I'll do it."

Ye Gucheng: "?" As for being so worried about me?

"He is covered in dust and his clothes are very dirty." Xie Linyun explained, "City Lord Ye always loves cleanliness, so let me do it."

When she said that, Ye Gucheng really couldn't refute it, after all, he did have a bit of cleanliness.

But before he said that there was no need to pay attention to these things at this time, Xie Linyun hugged Ah Jiu.

She really didn't care about this, she didn't frown even though Ah Jiu's body was stained with mud and water on her front.

After carrying him back to the room and taking off his dirty coat and stuffing it under the quilt, Xie Linyun breathed a sigh of relief.

The girl from the Shen family didn't follow, Ah Jiu fell asleep after having her acupuncture points tapped, and the guards were all outside, so it was a good time to talk.

Ye Gucheng said: "His reaction just now, compared to the pain from the fall, is more like remembering something terrible so he is afraid."

Xie Linyun opened his eyes wide and immediately understood: "You mean, he remembered the experience of being abused at home."

"It should be like this." Ye Gucheng nodded, "I checked when I tapped the acupuncture points, and there is no injury on his body, and the garden is soft mud, if he just fell down, he wouldn't be so frightened."

And what can make him so terrified, apart from the life experience and family experience they just learned today, there is probably nothing else.

Xie Linyun recalled the scene when he first saw Ah Jiu on that cargo ship, and felt that it made sense.

At that time, he was being chased by human traffickers. In fact, the situation was quite dangerous, but he didn't show a frightened expression. Instead, he calmly led people to her and successfully got her protection.

Even being chased by human traffickers can be like this, but being pushed by a girl from the Shen family today will not be so frightening.

It should be like what Ye Gucheng said, the onset of post-traumatic sequelae.

Thinking of this, Xie Linyun couldn't help feeling even more distressed for the child.

"No." She said, "If it is because of this conflict that he recalled his experience at home, then I must not let him follow Wang Lianhua like this again."

After all, Wang Lianhua and Shen Lang were still close friends, if Ah Jiu followed him, he would definitely have to deal with the daughter of the Shen family in the future.

Minor conflicts can be explained and apologized, but PTSD is not so simple to solve.

"In a few days, I will take him back to Dongting." She made a quick decision.

"Okay." Ye Gucheng saw Ah Jiu twitching on the ground with his own eyes, and was not surprised by her choice.

"Nan Wang's side—" Xie Linyun hesitated again after finishing his decision, "I don't know if he will inform Prince Taiping's residence of Ah Jiu's whereabouts."

"Otherwise I'll write another letter."

"No, there's no need to write." She raised her head and met his gaze. "Two quarters of an hour ago, you told me that there are some things that can't be solved with words, so it's better to do it directly. It's the same with this matter."

Xie Linyun resolutely said: "Instead of asking you to owe Nan Wangfu a favor, you might as well let him go. If he wants to tell King Taiping, then ask King Taiping to come to Dongting to talk to me. I want to see, he is a father. How can I have the confidence to ask my son to go back."

After hearing this, Ye Gucheng was silent for a moment, and said: "The Lake Lord met him by chance, and he can do this for him, which is really admirable."

Xie Linyun thought for a while and said: "I was just an abandoned baby in the past. If I hadn't met my master, I would definitely not have lived like this. But when he picked me up, he met me by chance, not because of relatives."

Having said that, there was a new movement outside the house.

Xie Linyun listened intently, and found that it was Wang Lianhua who was back and was being led to this side by the girl from the Shen family.

She winked at Ye Gucheng and went out with him.

Wang Lianhua had already asked what was going on, she was also shocked, seeing the two of them coming out, she rushed up to ask what was going on.

Xie Linyun: "Ah Jiu was frightened and is resting now."

Wang Lianhua thought for a while, and said: "Although my niece is a bit arrogant—"

"Children are ignorant, so they can understand it. You don't have to explain in such a hurry." Xie Linyun paused, "But it's obvious that she doesn't like Ah Jiu. Learn martial arts for you."

Wang Lianhua is a smart person, so she immediately understood this sentence.

He said that he could ask his niece to apologize, and he would work with Shen Lang and his wife to restrain and educate this girl.

But Xie Linyun still insisted: "There is always a distinction between people and distance, not to mention that Ah Jiu was frightened today, if you really think he is a very good young man, then let me take him back to Dongting Wouldn't it be better to teach him marksmanship?"

There is only one meaning in this statement - you are much weaker than me, so go away and don't argue with me!

Wang Lianhua: "..." He really couldn't refute it.