bayedsolid Chapter 59: Less Gifts
Chapter 59: Less Gifts
Mingjue lowered his head and stared at Yaojia in his arms. He felt that Yaojia in his arms was particularly hot. He did not notice that the person in his arms had calmed down and let her hang on him like a koala.
Lang Yue sat over and coaxed Yao Jia softly, "Yao Yao, are you sleepy?"
As he spoke, he stretched out his hand to pull Yao Jia into his arms and held her sideways, "I'll carry you back to rest..."
Seeing Yaojia being carried away, Mingjue had an urge to snatch her away.
But is Yaojia's love for him out of gratitude? Or is it love between a man and a woman?
What right does he have to snatch people?
Thinking of this, Mingjue unconsciously clenched his hands.
Huaichuan caught the disappointment in his eyes, pursed his lips, and asked: "Brother Ming, do you like Sister Yao?"
Ming Jue was stunned by the question, then lowered his head with an unnatural look on his face, "Thirteen, don't talk nonsense."
"I'm not talking nonsense. I saw it clearly just now. You just fall in love with Junior Sister Yao." Huaichuan looked at him firmly.
"You...don't talk nonsense." Mingjue stuttered anxiously.
"Am I talking nonsense? If Lang Yue hadn't carried Junior Sister Yao away just now, were you planning to carry her back yourself?"
"I..." Mingjue was speechless for a moment.
"Senior Brother Ming, I advise you not to like her," Huaichuan looked at him seriously.
Hearing this, Mingjue suddenly raised his head and looked at Huaichuan, "What do you want to say?"
"I told you this because I think you are my brother. Junior Sister Yao is not ordinary. You... you should not really fall into it. Besides..." Huaichuan sighed, "Langyue is outstanding in both talent and appearance. You may not have an advantage."
Ming Jue was so shocked by his words that he was speechless for a moment. He thought he would say something useful, so he said unhappily, "Drink your wine!"
"Don't disbelieve me! Senior Brother Ming, Junior Sister Yao was taught by my master himself. How could the children of noble families who came here before have such an honor?"
Huaichuan looked at Mingjue and analyzed carefully, "From this, it can be seen that her family background is not ordinary. Unusual families often like to have male lovers. According to my observations over the past six months, Langyue is most likely..."
"Shut up..." Mingjue looked at Huaichuan with a hint of sarcasm on his face, "With your observation ability, I really don't know how you completed the task in the past."
He knew that Lang Yue was a male concubine as early as when they came to Zizhulin, so he looked down on Yao Jia at the beginning.
But why did he have such thoughts about Yao Jia? Was it really just about that ridiculous incident in Zizhulin?
Huaichuan was choked by him, and his face flushed red. Years of tacit understanding made him know that Mingjue had something else to say. After thinking carefully, he looked at him in surprise, "So you know... Then you should control your heart even more."
Mingjue is a proud and arrogant person, and he can never be a mistress. If he likes Yaojia, he will only be trapped in his own web.
Ming Jue lowered his eyes, his distinct eyelashes trembling slightly. He said it lightly, but when he was truly moved, it was not something he could control...
After a moment of silence, he said, "It's not your turn to take care of my affairs!"
"Just do it!" Huaichuan snorted, "Don't come to me and cry when she plays with you."
Then he smiled and said, "You can come to me and cry to me. I will make fun of you and tell you not to listen to my advice..."
Mingjue was so angry and embarrassed by what he said that he threw his sleeves and went back to the house.
Back in the room, Mingjue sat at the table with a cup of cold tea in front of him. Thinking back to what Huaichuan had just said, he felt a little uneasy. Yaojia's identity was indeed extraordinary, otherwise the master would not have brought Yaojia here and asked him to treat Yaojia's body.
My love for her... should be restrained.
On the first morning of the new year, Yao Jia woke up early for a rare occasion.
Wearing the red New Year costume prepared by Langyue, he stood in the yard with an excited look on his face.
Last night, under the cover of darkness, Xuanying ordered his men to move the New Year gifts shipped from Kyoto into the Purple Bamboo Forest.
Yao Jia was rummaging through several large boxes, looking for something.
Lang Yue asked: "Yaoyao, what are you looking for? How about I help you?"
Yao Jia poked her head out of a box and gestured to Lang Yue, "It's a tiger-head hat this big. It was included in the gifts in previous years, but I can't find it this year."
Langyue searched everywhere but couldn't find it, so he called Mingjue over. The three of them searched everywhere but couldn't find the tiger-head hat.
Yao Jia's eyes were filled with disappointment. This had happened every year, so why not this year?
For the sake of that tiger-head hat, she even asked Langyue to make her a red New Year dress at the tailor shop. Now all her work was in vain.
"Father Lin, what a fool! Why didn't he give me a tiger-head hat this year? Did he think I was too grown up to wear it?"
Lang Yue comforted him, "Zheng Jun may be too busy and forget about it. He has to take care of business and court affairs, and take care of Master Lan. If Yaoyao wants it, why don't we go down the mountain and buy one to wear."
Yao Jia shook her head. "Forget it. If I don't have it, then I don't have it. I just think it's a waste of the clothes you made for me."
Lang Yue smiled, "How could that be? Yaoyao looks really good in this outfit. If you don't believe me, ask Ming Jue." Then he looked at Ming Jue, "Don't you think so?"
Mingjue glanced at Yaojia quickly with his almond-shaped eyes, then lowered his head and said nothing.
Lang Yue: "..."
Yao Jia glared at Lang Yue and said, "Move all the things back into the house."
He turned around and went back into the house, took off his red New Year suit, and put on a brand new green suit, which made him look heroic.
He went out with the dagger he usually used in his hand.
Lang Yue was tending to the gifts. He took a look and thought that Yao Jia was going to the bamboo forest to practice sword again, so he continued to move the gifts.
Mingjue had been staring at the door of Yaojia's room absentmindedly since Yaojia entered the room. When he saw her come out and change her clothes, he felt extremely guilty.
Yaojia went out of the door and walked all the way deeper into the bamboo forest. Mingjue followed her from a distance and saw her leave the bamboo forest and walk further away.
Mingjue hesitated for a moment, but still followed, not too far away, staring at Yaojia's back in a daze.
When I was distracted, I could no longer see Yao Jia.
Just as he was surprised, a sword was placed across his neck from behind.
"Why have you been following me?"
Mingjue quickly turned around and looked at Yaojia.
He wanted to tell Yao Jia that she looked really good in the red dress she wore just now and that she didn't need to change. However, when the words came to his lips, they turned into four words: "Where are you going?"
"Go up Spring Mountain..."
Ming Jue: “…”
When Mingjue thought that Chunshan was a brothel at the foot of Mingyang Mountain, his face suddenly turned as dark as the bottom of a pot.
Yao Jia smiled heartlessly and put away the sword, "I'm going to the Shadow Guard Camp, why are you following me?"
Mingjue started to remain silent again.
Yao Jia tilted her head and looked at him, and asked, "How about you go with me?"
She took out the medicine Mingjue had given her earlier and shook it in front of him. "How is it?"
Mingjue then realized that Yaojia was going to challenge Xuanying.
"You want to go today? On the first day of the Lunar New Year?"
Yao Jia nodded, "That's right, a new year means a new beginning. If you win, everything will go smoothly. If you lose, everything will be difficult. What a good meaning."
Mingjue's eyes flickered, and he smiled dotingly, "Why do you always have so many twisted ideas?"
Yao Jia walked forward, "I'm not making up a story, this is an unchangeable truth."
Mingjue followed Yaojia and walked towards the Shadow Guard Camp in the rising sun of the new year.
The Shadow Guard Camp did not have as strong a New Year atmosphere as the Purple Bamboo Forest, but on the roof of the hall, there were a few strips of red silk, which barely gave it a New Year feel.