Xie Qingxuan slapped Jiang Huailu with her fist and said, "Follow you."
Jiang Huailu lowered his head and said, "It's okay to follow the lead."
Xie Qingxuan was furious, "You are the prince of a country. Do you want to lose face if you act like a rogue like this?"
Jiang Huailu spread his hands: "I was like this before I became the prince. It's not like you don't know."
Xie Qingxuan couldn't make sense to him and didn't bother to talk to him, let alone being alone with him. When she stood up to leave, Jiang Huairu took her hand.
"You are not allowed to go tomorrow. If you want to see the lanterns, I will take you to see the big palace lanterns. The lanterns in the palace are a hundred times more beautiful."
Xie Qingxuan lowered her eyes and looked at the wrist that was tightly clasped by him, and a question couldn't help but arise in her heart.
When did she and Jiang Huailu become accustomed to such close physical contact?
She didn't feel embarrassed or uncomfortable at all.
But when she was pouring tea, she accidentally touched Xu Nian's arm, and she immediately withdrew her hand as if she was electrocuted.
"I've already made a promise, how can I break the promise?"
Xie Qingxuan ignored Jiang Huailu's suggestion and insisted on going to the appointment.
And on the second day of the Lantern Festival, I dressed up specially and went to the appointment beautifully.
The carriage stopped at the entrance of Zuixiangju. Xie Qingxuan opened the curtain and saw Xu Nian standing not far away.
Xu Nian is tall and slender with a handsome face. Just standing there attracts frequent glances from the girls passing by.
With such a talent, it's no wonder his father is so fond of him.
Xu Nian also quickly spotted Xie Qingxuan's figure and immediately stepped forward to meet him. However, his steps and the smile on his face stopped when he was still three steps away from the carriage.
Because, after Xie Qingxuan got off the carriage, another person got out of the carriage.
"Brother Xu Xian, are you okay?"
Jiang Huailu saw the stiff look on Xu Nian's face and smiled softly.
Xie Qingxuan explained awkwardly: "My cousin has no friends. He is very pitiful, so he wants to hang out with us. Mr. Xu, do you mind?"
Jiang Huailu glanced at Xie Qingxuan dissatisfied.
He can have no friends, but he cannot have no wife.
Xu Nian quickly regained his composure and smiled gently: "Really? It just so happens that my cousin is here too. Why don't we let my cousin and Cousin Jiang go shopping together?"
Xu Nian looked into Zuixiang Juli. Not long after, a girl from Pingting walked out of the restaurant, followed by a little girl.
"Thank you, Miss Jiang. Little Miss Sisi, this is very polite."
Miss Sisi was very enthusiastic. As soon as she came up, she grabbed Jiang Huairu's sleeve and pulled him aside.
By the time Jiang Huailu reacted, Xie Qingxuan and Xu Nian had already blended into the crowd and disappeared in the blink of an eye, while Xie Qingxuan didn't even look back.
How should I put it? He, Jiang Huailu, had always been the one to poke fun at others, but today he was punished severely. Jiang Huairu couldn't help but feel a little angry.
……
The Lantern Festival Lantern Festival was very lively, and the streets were lined with all kinds of lanterns that were not usually seen. They were beautiful, but Xie Qingxuan was really absent-minded along the way. Even when Xu Nian called her several times, she didn't respond.
"That's not your cousin," Xu Nian said suddenly.
"Um?"
Xie Qingxuan came to her senses and looked at Xu Nian in a panic.
"He has no ill intentions, Mr. Xu, don't mind..." Xie Qingxuan's first reaction was to explain to Jiang Huailu.
"He likes you." Xu Nian smiled, without any anger on his face, "It's obvious."
He looked at Xie Qingxuan and said, "You like him too, right?"
Xie Qingxuan's eyes widened and she looked at him in shock again.
"It's very obvious." Xu Nian couldn't help but laugh and said with a very firm tone.
"The body doesn't lie."
"From the moment we met until now, we have been one step away from each other. I tried to get closer, but you hid away. Even when you couldn't stand firm just now, I tried to reach out to help you, but you dodged it. But. I saw that when you got off the carriage, he was beside you. When you got off the carriage, you subconsciously reached out to him, and he supported you in a tacit understanding."
"Along the way, you can't help but take a second look at every person who passes by you and wears flowing yellow clothes. Because Cousin Jiang is wearing flowing yellow clothes today."
"Also, you called me 'Mr. Xu'. Yesterday, you probably called me 'Brother Xu' out of anger. Cousin Jiang's face changed, but you secretly laughed from the side."
Xu Nian analyzed it carefully, while Xie Qingxuan was dumbfounded.
is that so?
She never noticed these small movements.
At the same time, she couldn't help but marvel, "Why do you observe so carefully?"
Xu Nian couldn't laugh or cry: "Xiaojiu, do you still remember what I do?"
Xie Qingxuan thought about it. When we met yesterday, Xu Nian seemed to have said that he had just joined the official position. Where was he from?
Yes, Dali Temple!
What he cultivates is the knowledge of understanding people's hearts from the outside to the inside.
"Although our two families are interested, it's obvious that Xiaojiu, your thoughts are not on me." Xu Nian said very freely.
"I'll take you back first."
Xu Nian was so free and honest, but Xie Qingxuan felt guilty and ashamed.
She really didn't care about him, she accepted his invitation, she just wanted to see what it was like to get along with others.
Speaking of which, since she was a child, the young members of the opposite sex around her, besides Jiang Huailu, were several older brothers in the family. She had been getting along day and night, and she couldn't tell the difference between Jiang Huailu.
Xu Nian was so observant and considerate, but she still felt reserved and even repelled when she was with him.
Except for Jiang Huailu, she seemed to feel uncomfortable when she was with anyone else.
Xu Nian sent Xie Qingxuan back to the entrance of Zuixiangju. Through the gap between the crowd, he saw Jiang Huairu sitting alone on the shaft of the car from a distance, with his arms folded and looking at the crowd.
As soon as they appeared, his eyes immediately locked onto them.
"His Royal Highness the Prince is very casual." Xu Nian said quietly.
When Xie Qingxuan heard this, he couldn't help but said: "Master Xu, you will definitely become the mirror of the blue sky in the future."
Xu Nian smiled and cupped his hands towards her, "See you again when we are destined, sister Xiaojiu."
Xu Nian left first, but Jiang Huailu had already walked over. He was obviously pleasantly surprised, but he said:
"You've been shopping for so long, why didn't your brother Xu buy you a lantern?"
"After shopping for so long, did you buy lanterns for that girl Sisi?" Xie Qingxuan asked.
Not to mention it was okay, but when Jiang Huailu was mentioned, his heart was filled with overwhelming unhappiness.
He thought that he had confessed his feelings so openly that day, saying that he wanted to marry her.
No matter how dull she was, she should have understood what he meant. How could she accept an appointment from another man?
"Xiaojiu, when will you understand?"
Xie Qingxuan was silent for a moment and looked up at him.
"What do you want me to know?"
"When I was a child, I said that men and women were not close to each other and that I couldn't go out with you. You said it didn't matter and asked me to treat you like a big brother."
"I consider you my brother, what do you want me to know now?"
Jiang Huailu's heart was blocked and he couldn't say a word to refute.
"Jiang Huairu, do you think this is just a matter of title?"
