The east courtyard of the Hou Mansion.
Cheng Qi brought big and small boxes over.
"Hey, why did the second master come to deliver it in person?" Qin Shaojing's grandma saw Cheng Qi coming, with a warm face and a strange tone, "This is all the work of the servants!"
Cheng Qi's status in the Hou Mansion was awkward. He was just a clan member of the Cheng family and could not be considered a serious master. The Marquis took him in because of their kinship, and the servants only paid attention to him when they saw others.
This is especially true for the people on Qin Shaojing's side.
The second master was given face by shouting.
"I have nothing to do at home, so I stopped by." Cheng Qi listened to the strange tone of his mother's voice and was too lazy to pay attention.
"Then I'll trouble you, Master. We have few people here, and we're all busy in the front yard right now. Please lend a hand and carry everything into the house." Aunt Qin was not polite and continued to instruct Cheng Qi to work.
Cheng Qi was not upset and unloaded the goods with the boy who came over.
After he had moved all the boxes down, he heard a voice coming from the door of the small courtyard, "There is a poetry meeting tomorrow. That idiot Cui Tonghua said she would invite a bunch of people for me. Lu Lingjun sent me the things." Are you here? Don't delay me. That woman is also annoying. She pretends to be nice but can't give me any real benefit..."
Qin Shaojing's voice stopped suddenly because she saw Cheng Qi standing in the yard.
Suddenly, the atmosphere on the court was slightly awkward.
"Brother Cheng Qi, why are you here?" Qin Shaojing immediately raised a bright smile and smiled at Cheng Qi.
"I happened to have nothing to do. When I saw something was arranged at home, I asked my sister-in-law to come over and help." Cheng Qi answered.
When Qin Shaojing heard this, he moved forward with a considerate look on his face and said softly, "How can this be done? Brother Cheng Qi, you are a master after all. How can it be your turn to do this kind of work? Look, you are sweating." .”
Qin Shaojing took out a handkerchief and handed it to Cheng Qi.
Cheng Qi's heart beat faster when he saw a pink silk flower handkerchief. He took the handkerchief in a panic and wiped it on his face. "I'm fine. Thank you, Miss Qin."
"Brother Cheng Qi, why are you seeing me outside? I only treat you as my cousin Yun Shuo. If you don't mind, just call me Shao Jing from now on."
Qin Shaojing's smile was bright and generous, just like a rose in full bloom in June, dazzling.
Cheng Qi's thoughts drifted to nowhere for a while. He dry throated and slowly spit out three words from his throat, "Okay, Shao, Jing..."
The last two words took all his strength, and just saying them made his heart surge with passion.
Even if it doesn't show on his face at all.
Still looking at Qin Shaojing with that cold expression.
Qin Shaojing smiled brilliantly, "I know that brother Cheng Qi regards me as his sister. By the way, did you hear what you just heard?"
She slowly cut to the subject, with a hint of danger in her eyes.
"No, nothing." Cheng Qi was already distracted at this moment, not thinking about what Qin Shaojing said just now when he came in. Besides, he actually heard it and didn't pay much attention to it.
Qin Shaojing got a satisfactory answer, but she still did not reveal it so easily. Her smiling face suddenly turned to tears, "Brother Cheng Qi, like you, I am dependent on others. You know how difficult this life is. The hope of the whole family is It falls on me, and there is no one to plan for me. I really don’t know what to do in the future.”
Cheng Qi had never seen this battle before. Seeing Qin Shaojing shed tears of grievance, his heart felt like it was in knots. He thought of Qin Shaojing who had just lost the election, so he comforted her clearly, "Miss Qin, don't be sad. You lost the election. It’s those people who don’t have eyesight…”
"Shh!" Qin Shaojing immediately covered his mouth and said nervously, "Don't let others hear you."
Cheng Qi was startled and froze in place, his eyes completely focused on the girl in front of him.
"I know that Brother Cheng Qi, you are good for me, but I can't say this in the future. Shaojing will not be lucky enough to accept his fate." Qin Shaojing relaxed his mouth and continued leisurely.
When Cheng Qi came back to his senses, his eyes were full of Qin Shaojing's disappointment. He said, "Shaojing, a good girl like you will definitely marry a good man. Don't be sad."
"Thank you, Brother Cheng Qi." Qin Shaojing has returned to her previous appearance. She looks at Cheng Qi with a sweet smile, "It's getting late. Brother Cheng Qi, please go back quickly so that you can't see in the dark on the road."
"Yeah." Cheng Qi responded.
Qin Shaojing personally sent Cheng Qi out. He was gentle and considerate along the way, as if he had a very good relationship with him, like a brother and sister.
Cheng Qi didn't speak anymore, but listened to Qin Shaojing's care and felt extremely warm in his heart.
When he got out of the house, he said to Qin Shaojing, "Shaojing, if you have any difficulties in the future, just come to me and I will definitely help you."
"Okay." Qin Shaojing was relieved. She stood at the door and waved goodbye to Cheng Qi with a smile.
This response made Cheng Qi tighten his grip on the riding whip. He raised the whip and drove back happily.
Along the way, his mind was filled with Qin Shaojing's appearance. Her name was rolling back and forth in his throat, and he uttered the word "Shaojing" as if talking to himself. When these two words fell, he felt suppressed in his heart. Incessantly sweet.
The moment he turned around and left, Qin Shaojing's face immediately dropped.
She turned around and said to her grandma who was following her, "How did you do this! How did you let him into my yard!"
Qin Shaojing is always very careful.
She lived in the east courtyard, and many of the servants and maids in the courtyard were from the Cheng family. In front of these people, she would not say a bad word about Lu Lingyun.
But no outsider is allowed to enter the small courtyard where she lives.
She was just used to speaking her innermost thoughts to the people she cared about in her own territory.
Today, Cheng Qi actually heard her words. It was really... almost embarrassing for her!
"Miss, this old slave made an oversight." Nanny Qin lowered her head.
What bad thoughts could she have? She just wanted to mess with some of her masters.
These old slaves, as time goes by, they also become half-master's anger, and they like to dominate and manipulate others.
Ordinary servants don't have much fun trying to figure things out. Only those masters who are not favored and have no status make them feel comfortable.
Especially when she followed Qin Shaojing out of the Qin Duke's Mansion, she still felt that her family was nobler than the Duke's Mansion, and even Lu Lingjun looked down on her in her heart. Who was Cheng Qi?
Just by accident, something almost happened.
Qin Shaojing looked at the look on her nanny's face that she had made a mistake, but he didn't punish her, "That's it this time, it means Cheng Qi is the one listening, and it's up to others to see how I deal with you!"
After all, Qin Shaojing also looked down on Cheng Qi.
Who is Cheng Qi? Just say a few nice words to fool him. It's best for him to be sensible. If that poor boy doesn't understand, let's see how she deals with him!
