"Well, senior brother, ask the boatman. It's not my boat." She curled her lips.

Ouyang Rong said nothing and strode closer.

He squinted and looked at the beautiful face in front of him, which still had water droplets on its cheeks and hadn't had time to wipe dry.

Ouyang Rong raised his hand and wiped her cheek with his thumb. He tilted his head slightly:

"What did you call me?"

Xie Lingjiang shrank back subconsciously, her big eyes rolled up, and she looked foolishly at Ouyang Rong, who was holding her cheek with one hand.

The atmosphere of politeness and greetings caused by not seeing each other for a long time suddenly disappeared. The lady Xie, who had sounded arrogant and stiff just a moment ago, stuttered a little and shouted:

"Tan... Tanlang."

Ouyang Rong's palm felt that the beauty's cheek quickly became hot.

He made a serious face and said in an adult tone:

"Next time you shout something wrong, I'll punish you with chestnuts."

Xie Lingjiang's mouth quickly pursed, silently protesting someone's tyranny:

"I'm an adult now, but I'm still knocking chestnuts. Tan Lang, don't treat me like a little girl, okay?"

Ouyang Rong nodded: "Aren't you only eighteen? How big is that?" He glanced down.

"Everywhere is great."

Xie Lingjiang didn't think much, puffed up his cheeks slightly, and argued:

"When I went home this time, in Wuyi Alley, the sister from the Wang family next door, who is one year younger than me, used to follow me. Now she is pregnant. She got married in the first year of God's blessing."

Ouyang Rong touched his chin with one hand and nodded: "I understand, Wanwan also wants to show her affection."

"..."

Xie Lingjiang was so angry that he couldn't help it anymore. He stepped down and stepped on his boots. An embroidered shoe from below kicked off his boots.

Ouyang Rong felt pain, inhaled and nodded, re-analyzed and said: "If you put it this way, Wanwan is indeed an old girl."

"What an old girl." Xie Lingjiang couldn't help but glare: "It's not like no one wants me."

Ouyang Rong was confused: "Who else dares to want you?"

"Tanlang...you..."

She turned away her pretty face and didn't want to talk to anyone.

Ouyang Rong suddenly took Xie Lingjiang's right hand and strode forward: "Yes, this person is me."

He nodded calmly.

Xie Ling Jiang's pretty face tensed up, "Humph."

Ouyang Rong suggested with a smile: "You're hungry? Let's go to your yard and see if there are any noodles. Let's eat down there."

Xie Lingjiang looked away and pretended to be impatient:

"I eat here every day and midnight, but I don't see you getting fat."

After a pause, she looked at him more, bit her lip, and lowered her voice:

"After Yuanzheng, why did Tanlang lose weight?"

The noble daughter of the Xie family, who was led away by Ouyang Rong, spoke softly and reproachfully.

Someone said casually without looking back:

"Then why is Wanwan so fat? The food in Wuyi Lane in Jinling is so good? I just pinched her cheeks and her cheeks are plump, like baby fat."

With such an interruption, the atmosphere just now disappeared.

Xie Lingjiang was angry and funny. He nodded lightly and said, "Okay, okay, then you don't want it."

Ouyang Rong shook his head seriously: "This won't work, I want Wanwan even more. It's better to be fatter. I like fat people."

"Oh, what you say is not what you mean."

He corrected: "It's true."

"Hmph, he is truly a gentleman known to the world."

She glanced at him sideways, curled her lips and hummed twice.

Ouyang Rong pretended not to hear.

After a while, seeing no one around the corridor, Xie Lingjiang acted like a childish girl again, grabbing the senior brother's right arm with both hands together, and swinging it from side to side like a swing:

"Wait Tanlang, I forgot to ask just now, and I almost let you succeed."

"What a success." He blinked.

Xie Lingjiang narrowed his eyes: "You have to decide first what you are going to do in my yard, and don't mess around. Sister Guo'er is right next door."

It seemed like a reminder, but also like a worry.

"Just pretend she doesn't exist." Ouyang Rong: "Besides, I can't really eat noodles?"

"Can you be so honest?" Her pretty face showed some doubts.

"if not?"

"Hmph, it's up to you, but there are so many people in the house, so someone shouldn't be conspicuous."

Ouyang Rong laughed. He, Ouyang, acted smartly and never stood out.

After lighting a stick of incense, the two of them approached the two boudoirs by the lake.

Xie Ling Jiang Qi asked: "Tan Lang knows the road? Why is he so skilled?"

Ouyang Rong blinked: "Actually, there is a little surprise."

She asked expectantly: "What's the little surprise?"

"You'll know when you enter the yard."

"Oh, pretending to be a ghost."

After walking for a while and approaching the boudoir, Xie Lingjiang couldn't help but turn around:

"Tell me first...what a little surprise it is..."

Ouyang Rong was about to open his mouth when his face was stunned and he couldn't help but look at the two courtyards in front of him, one bright and one dark.

Suddenly I felt that there was something wrong with this sequence of light and dark.

At this moment, he held Xie Lingjiang's hand and subconsciously walked to the right side of the boudoir that used to be dark but is now bright.

"Eldest brother, how do you go there? This is sister Guo'er's yard. Shhh, let's not disturb her. If she sees it, she will say something else during the day."

"Ah." Ouyang Rong looked around blankly, opened his mouth and repeated: "Ah?"

Seeing his dull and stupid look, Xie Lingjiang laughed it off, stepped past Ouyang Rong's hesitant steps, and pulled him into the silent and lightless boudoir on the left.

Push the door open and enter.

Xie Lingjiang immediately looked around with curiosity on his face: "Where is Tanlang's little surprise?"

"..."

Ouyang Rong silently turned his head and looked at the southeast corner of the yard. There were no chrysanthemums there, but a cluster of orchids.

He couldn't help but swallowed:

"This...is this Wanwan's yard?"

"Yes, didn't someone come here in advance?"

"I..." Ouyang Rong smiled forcefully: "I've been here before, it looks familiar."

"What's wrong with Tanlang's face..."

"It's okay, it's just that the winter wind is blowing a bit cold."

"oh."

Ouyang Rong suddenly said with a serious face: "Hey, I almost forgot, there is something urgent at Dalang's place, I have to go there."

"What happened again?" Xie Lingjiang said in a disappointed tone.

Ouyang Rong quickly comforted her softly: "I'll come as soon as I go. Wanwan waits for me obediently."

"Okay, I'll take a shower and change clothes first, then I'll go find you later, Tanlang. When I see you, I, I can't sleep tonight, you have to chat with me."

"Okay, okay." He agreed hastily.

Ouyang Rong, who not long ago was eager to sneak into Xie Lingjiang's boudoir, could not stay for a moment longer. Even if the junior sister wanted to take a bath, he did not dare to stay and cause trouble.

Xie Lingjiang glanced at his back in a strange way.

In a shadow in front of the boudoir door, someone stopped and lingered. When he heard the sound of Xie Lingjiang entering the building from the courtyard, he took a long breath.

Ouyang Rong immediately turned his head and quietly turned into the Li Guoer Boudoir on the right.
To be continued...