in2ebook Chapter 258 Fragrant Tea
Chapter 258 Fragrant Tea
Qingshan Village
After everyone enjoyed a sumptuous dinner, the night had already enveloped the entire village. Old Lady Yang warmly invited Qi Xingyun and his personal guard to stay overnight, after all, it was already late and the county town might be closed by the time they returned.
Although Qi Xingyun might have asked someone to open the city gate, he also intended to stay here tonight. He gladly accepted the kindness of Old Lady Yang and decided to stay here for one night.
The night spread silently. Ermao finished washing up and was thinking about chatting with his sister Xiaocao. When he hurried to Xiaocao's door, a familiar figure appeared in front of him - it was Qi Xingyun. Qi Xingyun walked towards him steadily. Ermao couldn't help but stop and asked respectfully: "Brother Xingyun, it's so late, why haven't you rested yet?"
Qi Xingyun walked up to Ermao with a smile and said softly, "Well, not yet. I just happened to have something in my heart that I wanted to talk to you about. From the looks of it, are you here to look for Sister Xiaocao'er as well?"
Ermao nodded and answered truthfully: "Yes, Brother Xingyun, I do have something I want to ask my sister."
Upon hearing this, Qi Xingyun said, "What a coincidence! I also happen to have something I want to ask Sister Xiaocao'er, why don't we go together?" As he said that, he stretched out his slender fingers and gently knocked on Xiaocao'er's door.
Xiaocaoer, who was inside the house, heard the knock on the door and walked over happily. She opened the door and said, "Second brother, why did you come just now? I've been waiting for you for a while. If you don't come soon, I'll fall asleep!" It turned out that Ermao had told Xiaocaoer after dinner that he would come to talk to her later, so Xiaocaoer had been waiting for Ermao.
Xiao Caoer opened the door. When she saw Qi Xingyun outside the door besides her second brother, she was startled for a moment. Then she smiled and said softly, "Brother Xingyun is here too."
After that, Xiao Caoer stood quietly at the door, without moving to invite them into the room. If it was only her second brother, it would be fine, but even if Qi Xingyun was quite familiar with the family, he was still a man from another family! How could he casually step into the boudoir of a woman like her? Thinking back to when she was still young and ignorant, but now that she has grown up, she naturally understands that she cannot easily let a man from another family enter her boudoir.
Ermao, who was standing by, had the same idea in his mind. He felt that it was inappropriate to rashly enter his sister's boudoir, so he quickly suggested, "Why don't we go to the study to talk?"
"That's great." Qi Xingyun responded, turned around without hesitation, and walked straight towards the Yang family's study. He had visited the Yang family many times and was familiar with the layout of the Yang family's house.
Seeing Xiaocao'er still subconsciously not letting outsiders into her boudoir even in the presence of her second brother, Qi Xingyun couldn't help but feel happy. Thinking back to the chubby little girl back then, she has now grown into such a graceful and sensible girl, which is really gratifying.
At this time, Xiao Caoer picked up the pot of tea in the house and planned to take it directly to the study, so as to avoid making tea again and wasting a lot of time.
Several people walked into the study and sat down. For a moment, the whole room fell into silence, as if time had stopped. No one spoke up to talk about business. This silence lasted for a long time, and the atmosphere seemed a little depressing and awkward.
Finally, the impatient Ermao could no longer suppress his anxiety and was the first to break the silence. He frowned slightly, looked directly at Qi Xingyun who was sitting opposite him, and said in a slightly higher voice: "Brother Xingyun, do you have something important to tell my sister?"
Hearing Ermao's question, Qi Xingyun slowly picked up the teacup in front of him, gently blew on the tea leaves floating on the rim of the cup, took a sip and then slowly replied: "I'm not in a hurry. If you have something to say, just tell me first." After that, he continued to focus on the fragrant cup of tea in his hand without saying another word.
Seeing this, Xiao Cao'er, who was standing by, turned to look at Qi Xingyun and found that he seemed to be completely immersed in the joy of drinking tea and didn't care about anything around him.
If this tea was not the chrysanthemum and wolfberry tea that she brewed herself and the tea bag she bought from the mall, looking at Qi Xingyun's expression, one would have thought that she was drinking some precious fragrant tea.
So she turned her gaze to Ermao again: "Second brother, if your matter is not particularly urgent, why don't we talk about it tomorrow?"
Ermao almost didn't even think about it, and responded subconsciously: "It doesn't matter, Brother Xingyun is not an outsider, it's no big deal even if he hears it."
However, as soon as this sentence came out, Xiao Cao'er rolled her eyes in her heart and complained inwardly: Humph! What do you mean Brother Xingyun is not an outsider? Could it be that he is your wife? But you two are obviously grown men!
But Xiao Cao'er was also very clear that her second brother had always been simple-minded and would never have those messy ideas, and she was just secretly joking in her heart, just for fun.