I'm a bully in troubled times

"Really?" With Qi Ranming's approval, Ying Xi was surprised and delighted, but couldn't believe it, "You didn't lie to me, did you?"

Qi Ranming stroked Ying Xi's hair like he did when he was a child, and said with a smile, "When did I ever lie to you?"

Ying Xi: "But you said last year that you would never come back again, I thought you really didn't want me..."

"That's all angry words." Qi Ranming coaxed, "We grew up together, how could I not want you?"

"Then why did you follow Jiang Yu?" Ying Xi asked him, "Why didn't you hesitate to fight with me last year, and didn't want to go back with me, and went to find him?"

Last year, Qin State suffered a disastrous defeat against Jin State. Lord Guangling was seriously injured and dying. Qi Ranming was worried about Ying Xi, so after Yan Qi's Gaoyang battle, he left Jiang Yu, crossed Jin State, and came to Qin State to find Ying Xi.

Qi Ranming originally just thought that if Ying Xi was in trouble, he would help the gang, which would be considered as an end to the grievances between him and Ying Xi, no one owed anyone, and then he would leave and never see each other again.But unexpectedly, Ying Xi refused to let him go. Qi Ranming accidentally injured Ying Xi, and was surrounded by Qin's guards, and almost escaped.

After escaping, Qi Ranming dragged his seriously injured body for a month before rushing from the state of Qin to Jicheng of the state of Yan, the gate of Suiyang Junfu.So when he saw Jiang Yu, he fell down without saying a word.

Qi Ranming replied: "He has been kind to me, and he gave up his life to save me. You know me, and you will always repay your kindness, so I can't go back with you before repaying his life-saving kindness."

Ying Xi seemed to be convinced, and confirmed again: "After finishing this matter, are you really willing to go back with me?"

Qi Ranming smiled and nodded: "I will, my lord."

As soon as Ying Xi was happy, she wanted to hug Qi Ranming. Qi Ranming pressed his shoulder and said, "Master, you are not a child anymore."

Ying Xi: "...I just give you a hug, and I won't force you like before."

Seeing that Qi Ranming's face darkened, Ying Xi realized that he had said something wrong. He really didn't know which pot to turn on. He covered his mouth and lowered his head: "Brother, I was wrong before, but I really won't do it in the future."

Qi Ranming said: "My son has a noble status. He is the son of a prince and the younger brother of the next prince. I am just your servant. Besides, we are all men. You must marry a wife who is well-matched to be worthy. on yours."

Ying Xi and Qi Ranming talked for a long time in the private room, until Jiang Yu got impatient waiting outside, so he asked Xiao Er to open another private room for them, and sit down and drink some tea inside.After drinking a cup of tea, Qi Ranming came over.

Seeing Qi Ranming coming at the door led by the waiter from the shop, Jiang Yu looked at him, paused for a while, then lowered his eyes, half of the heart that had been hanging for a long time fell down.

"Are you done talking?" Jiang Yu asked.

"Well," Qi Ranming nodded, "he agreed."

Jiang Yu didn't ask what they talked about specifically, but got up and took Qi Ranming's hand to leave.

"Aren't you going to talk to him about the details of the cooperation?"

"I don't want to see him now." Jiang Yu said.

"You don't want to see me, and I don't want to see you yet." Ying Xi came out of the private room at some point, waving her fan and standing in the corridor, looking at Jiang Yu.

It's just that he no longer looks as prickly as before, although his expression is stinky.

Jiang Yu glanced back at him: "Give me a time and place to meet."

Ying Xi winked at the twins behind him, and one of the twins raised his hand, "Shua!" and threw something over.

Jiang Yu raised his hand to catch it, and when he looked down, it was a circular sign made of bronze.

"When you have something to do, take this and go to Xue's house in the south of the city to find me."

"Happy cooperation." Jiang Yu raised the ring in his hand towards Yingxi.

Ying Xi snorted coldly in disdain, seeing Jiang Yu holding Qi Ranming's hand, his eyes were almost cannibalistic.

After leaving the restaurant and returning to the post house, Jiang Yu first went to the courtyard where Mr. Zhongli was staying to express his condolences.The one who robbed the purse was a gangster from Quwo, a repeat offender who had been caught many times.Mr. Zhongli got his purse back smoothly. The government wanted to punish him severely, but Mr. Zhongli didn't make things difficult for that person.

After returning from Mr. Zhongli's place, Jiang Yu went back to his room, and as soon as he closed the door, he turned around and saw Qi Ranming standing inside.Jiang Yu paused, retracted his hand and patted it, and asked nonchalantly, "Are you hungry?"

Qi Ranming answered irrelevantly: "Don't you have anything to ask me?"

Jiang Yu asked back, "Will you tell me if I ask you?"

"..." Qi Ranming moved his lips, "You can ask."

"Alright then," Jiang Yu walked in, sat at the table, poured a cup of tea for himself and Qi Ranming, "sit down and talk."

Qi Ranming hesitated for a moment, and sat down beside Jiang Yu.

"First question," Jiang Yu said, "What is your relationship with Ying Xi?"

Qi Ranming answered without hesitation: "Master and servant."

"Master and servant?" Jiang Yu said, "What else?"

Qi Ranming: "...he..."

Jiang Yu: "He likes you?"

Qi Ranming didn't expect Jiang Yu to ask so directly, he was drinking tea, when he heard this, he accidentally choked, his eyes quickly glanced at Jiang Yu, but he didn't deny it.

This is equivalent to the default.

But then Qi Ranming explained: "Young Master, it's just because he has too few contacts. We grew up together. I am older than him and take care of him more. That's why he misunderstood and mistook other feelings for liking. He's just young and ignorant."

"So, you don't like him?" Jiang Yu asked.

The corners of Qi Ranming's lips curled up, looking at Jiang Yu's eyes with a little smile, he shook his head and said, "Who do I like, don't you know?"

"I don't know." Jiang Yu said.

Qi Ranming was slightly taken aback, clenched his fingers, and lowered his eyes in embarrassment.

Jiang Yu suddenly leaned close to him, resting his hand on the armrest of the chair beside Qi Ranming, his breath enveloped Qi Ranming.Jiang Yu asked softly, "What do you want me to know?"

"You come, you go, never tell me the reason, don't tell me what happened, what you are doing, what you are thinking. For you..." Jiang Yu held Qi Ranming's lock of hair with his fingers and played with it carefully, " The more I get in touch with you, the more confused I become, the more mysterious you feel..."

"You seem to be a gust of wind, maybe it will disappear in the blink of an eye."

"I won't." Qi Ranming looked at Jiang Yu without blinking, "I said, this time I will go to Jicheng to find you, and I have no intention of leaving again."

Jiang Yu lowered his head, put his hand on Qi Ranming's side face, and stared at Qi Ranming's eyes that were close at hand.

Those eyes are as black as a deep pool, as if hiding a lot of the past, so deep that it can suck people in at once.And his slender and thick eyelashes, slightly pale complexion, light-colored soft lips, all softened the sharp edges and corners of this person.Qi Ranming seemed to have a kind of magical power that made Ying Xi, Ji Zhong, and even Jiang Yu all fascinated by him.

"How do you tell me to believe you?" Jiang Yu asked in a low voice, the sound of breathing softly rang in Qi Ranming's ears.

"I..." Qi Ranming was speechless for a while, "What do you want me to do for you to believe me?"

Promise?No kidding, promises are the most fragile things.

Seeing the rare helplessness on Qi Ranming's face, Jiang Yu's eyes dimmed, and he asked in a low voice, "What did you promise him today?"

Qi Ranming opened his eyes slightly.

Jiang Yu said: "If you hadn't promised him some conditions, how could he have agreed so readily? What did you promise him?"

Qi Ranming: "He said to let me go back to Qin with him after this matter is over."

"I agreed, but that was just a stopgap measure. If I wanted to go back, I would have gone back a long time ago. I won't wait until now."

Jiang Yu looked at Qi Ranming for a moment, judging whether his every sentence was concealed or lied: "Then what do you plan to do after this matter is over?"

"It's a big deal to fight those twins..." Qi Ranming said, "I can't beat them, but they can't catch me either, just run away..."

A smile finally flashed in Jiang Yu's eyes, and the hand that was caressing Qi Ranming's profile slipped to Qi Ranming's chin, and lifted it up slightly.If it was in the past, Qi Ranming would definitely resist and refuse at this time, but he might be ashamed, so he didn't move.

Jiang Yu brushed Qi Ranming's lips with his thumb, and asked, "Has he ever kissed you?"

"...No." Qi Ranming slightly parted his lips, inexplicably finding it difficult to breathe.

"What about the others?" Jiang Yu asked, "Since he used to be your master and liked you, with his character, he probably wouldn't do nothing."

Qi Ranming did not answer.

Jiang Yu: "Then there seems to be something wrong? I'm very jealous..."

"No," Qi Ranming lowered his eyelids, his ears turned red, and explained in a low voice, "My lord had that idea, but I'm not a dead person...he didn't succeed."

Jiang Yu continued to ask: "What has he done?"

It's too shameful to say such a thing, not to mention that Qi Ranming has a thin skin, and in normal times, he would never talk about it.

"... Some took advantage of my sleep, and some... gave medicine. But I refused... After the Queen found out, she was also very angry and forbade him to do such a thing."

"Prescribe medicine?" Jiang Yu's eyes turned cold, "How dare he give you medicine?"

Qi Ranming raised his hand and grabbed Jiang Yu's arm: "It's okay, he didn't succeed, so he was caught and locked up by the queen."

"how about you?"

"...I endured it and passed it." Fortunately, Qi Ranming has endured all kinds of pain all year round, has strong willpower, and with martial arts practice, his mind is firm, so even after taking that kind of medicine, he didn't get too out of control.

"The queen didn't do anything to you?" Jiang Yu asked, his son got involved with a servant, and the queen was not a reasonable person, but rather arrogant, how could he let Qi Ranming go so easily.

Qi Ranming looked away for a moment: "Of course the queen doesn't like me."

"Just don't like it?"

Qi Ranming was forced to question by Jiang Yu, so he had no choice but to tell the truth: "When the queen found out, she wanted to kill me to avoid future troubles. But the young master kept begging her and protecting me, so the queen never killed me."

"You still speak for him." Jiang Yu said, "It was he who brought you trouble. Isn't it natural that he blocked you for you?"

"Jiang Yu..." Qi Ranming said in a low voice, "You don't know, when I was young, apart from my mother, Young Master was the only one who treated me sincerely."

Two children who live in the dark and are not loved by others, embrace each other and lick their wounds, comfort each other, and cherish each other with every bit of warmth.

This is true for Qi Ranming, and it is also true for Yingxi.