After Ji Pingchuan and his family got on the carriage, they remained silent. At this time, Gao Xinman talked about the wife of the Left Prime Minister. "If Ayu hadn't dragged me to that forest, I'm afraid we wouldn't have met the wife of the Left Prime Minister, let alone saved her."
Ji Pingchuan smiled and looked at Ji Ruoyu and said, "Oh? How come it was Ayu who saved the wife of the Left Prime Minister?"
Ji Ruoyu smiled but didn't say anything. Instead, Gao Xinman asked the questions that she had accumulated all night: "I'm a little curious. Isn't it said that the Left Prime Minister is nearly 30 years old and still doesn't have a concubine? How come he has a wife all of a sudden?"
Ji Pingchuan also knew the truth of the matter, and didn't dare to think too much, saying, "We don't dare to ask too much. Today is the first time I have talked to the Left Prime Minister about something other than official business. The Left Prime Minister is usually taciturn and rarely talks to us."
"My husband, you said that the Left Prime Minister and his wife would visit our house in three days. If someone spreads it, will it be said that you and the Left Prime Minister are secretly colluding?" Gao Xinman said with some concern.
After all, Ji Pingchuan worked hard to climb up to the position of Taiwei step by step. She didn't want this incident to ruin Ji Pingchuan's future.
Ji Pingchuan looked at his wife's worried expression and comforted her: "It shouldn't be, don't worry about it. I believe that if there is a day, Zuo Xiang will not let things develop." Gao Xinman was relieved at this time.
Ji Ruoyu also said: "Mom, don't worry about it anymore. My sister will be back on the third day of the junior high school. Shouldn't you prepare well?"
Gao Xinman was happy when she thought of this. The mother and daughter hadn't seen each other for several months. I'm afraid there will be a lot of things to say when they meet.
But in a blink of an eye, she couldn't be happy when she thought of her son. Since her son joined the army two years ago, their family has not seen each other.
Ji Pingchuan saw Gao Xinman's thoughts and couldn't help but comfort her: "Don't worry, when Yuan Bo comes back with success, our family can be reunited."
Gao Xinman gently wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes and nodded heavily.
After returning to the Ji Mansion, Ji Ruoyu missed the candied haws she didn't eat last time. She begged Ji Pingchuan and his wife, "Dad and Mom, let Ayu go buy it~"
But since what happened last time, how could they allow it?
"No, Ayu, it's not that Dad and Mom don't let you go, but the fact last time was really..." Gao Xinman's hesitant expression, coupled with the tears in her eyes, made Ji Ruoyu have to agree.
"Why don't you go with me, Dad and Mom." Seeing the two hesitate for a moment, Ji Ruoyu pulled their sleeves and said coquettishly, "Dad and Mom will agree to your daughter~ Just this time~"
The couple couldn't stand Ji Ruoyu's coquettishness, so they had no choice but to agree. Ji Ruoyu excitedly pulled the two to walk to the street.
The three of them came to the street, and Ji Pingchuan and Gao Xinman hadn't been to the street for a long time. The two remembered that they often came to the street when they just got married.
When the two of them were in a good mood, they let Ji Ruoyu go to buy candied haws by herself, and they slowly followed Ji Ruoyu.
Ji Pingchuan and Gao Xinman walked quietly on the street hand in hand, and neither of them spoke for a while. They walked on the street holding hands.
Gao Xinman remembered that Ji Pingchuan was just a little soldier at that time. In his spare time, Ji Pingchuan would walk on the street with Ji Ruoning and Gao Xinman, who were only a few years old at that time.
Ji Ruoning was only two years old at that time, and Gao Xinman was still pregnant. Ji Pingchuan held Gao Xinman with one hand and put Ji Ruoning on his shoulder. The family of three went shopping and talked and laughed.
She remembered that Ji Pingchuan was getting busier and busier now. He had less and less time to accompany her. Ji Pingchuan looked at his wife beside him. Although he didn't know what she was thinking, Ji Pingchuan still held her hand tightly and said.
"Xinman, you said that I will retire and return to my hometown in the future. We will settle down in the countryside together, raise chickens and ducks, and go to the streets when we have time. What do you think?" Gao Xinman looked at Ji Pingchuan and said to him with deep affection.
"What about the children?" Ji Pingchuan thought for a while and said, "The children will have already started a family and a career by then. Maybe they will have grandchildren if they are lucky enough. I will buy a house in Beijing by then. When I miss the children one day, we will come back to live for a while."
Gao Xinman smiled and shook Ji Pingchuan's hand, looking at him and said, "Okay."
Ji Ruoyu jumped all the way to the candied haws stall, and saw the vendor selling candied haws concentrating on making candied haws. The vendor felt someone coming to his stall, and looked up and asked with a smile.
"Would you like some candied haws, sir?" Just after he finished speaking, he saw a woman in front of him. The vendor squinted his eyes and thought for a while before he remembered who Ji Ruoyu was.
"It turns out to be you, Miss. There are a lot of candied haws today. How many do you want, Miss?" Ji Ruoyu thought about it and thought of one for herself, one for her parents, and one for Dongmei Qiuyu.
She smiled and said to the vendor, "Give me five!" The vendor smiled and wrinkled his eyes, this was his big business today.
"Okay! Miss, wait a moment, I'll wrap it up for you!" Ji Ruoyu had nothing else to do, so she walked around the stall.
Suddenly, she ran into an old lady who seemed to have fallen at the entrance of the dark alley. Ji Ruoyu went forward to check without thinking.
The "old lady" was sitting on the ground, holding her stomach, and seemed to be in pain. Ji Ruoyu went forward and squatted beside the "old lady" and asked, "Old lady, what's wrong with you? Do you need my help?"
Quan Jin carefully covered his vest and said in an old voice, "It's okay, little girl, I just fell down accidentally. Help me up."
Ji Ruoyu didn't think much about it and carefully helped the old lady up. After helping her up, Ji Ruoyu asked, "Old lady, did you fall and hit your stomach?"
Quan Jin was embarrassed when he heard this. He was careless. Quan Jin laughed awkwardly and said, "Yes, I accidentally hit something when I fell."
Ji Ruoyu was not a smart person, and she became anxious when she heard this: "Do you want me to take you to the clinic? This hit to the stomach is not a trivial matter."
Quan Jin waved his hand and said, "It's okay, I'll be fine in a while." Seeing that Ji Ruoyu was still worried, Quan Jin said with a guilty feeling: "If you are really worried, why don't you accompany me to wait for a young man to come."
Ji Ruoyu thought that she had nothing else to do and agreed. It was only a few minutes later that the young man mentioned by the old lady rushed over.
"Grandma, didn't I ask you to wait for me here? Why are you running around again? What if something happens?" Teng Haojue turned into a young man to play the man who cared about the "old lady".
Ji Ruoyu saw the young man coming, and just wanted to tell him the whole story, but when she saw the young man's eyes, she recognized that this person was the man who saved her that day.
"It's you?!" Ji Ruoyu exclaimed, and Teng Haojue also pretended to be shocked. "It's you, long time no see."
Ji Ruoyu was shocked. She pointed at the old lady and said to Teng Haojue: "Who is this?"
Teng Haojue spoke before Quan Jin could speak: "She is my friend's grandmother. My friend unfortunately saved me and..." Teng Haojue didn't finish his words, leaving the rest for Ji Ruoyu to think about.
Ji Ruoyu was also very sorry that she actually asked such a question. Teng Haojue's hand secretly pinched Quan Jin. Quan Jin reacted and pretended to wipe away the non-existent tears and continued.
"It's okay, I'll go back first." After saying that, he left quickly. Ji Ruoyu didn't react. Just when she wanted to chase him, she was grabbed by Teng Haojue's hand.
"Let the grandmother go. She is like this every day. She will become like this when talking about her grandson." Teng Haojue's words made Ji Ruoyu feel even more guilty.
"Is grandma okay... Why would I ask such a question?" Ji Ruoyu just looked up at Teng Haojue and saw that his face was flushed.
"Are you okay?" Ji Ruoyu asked, pulling Teng Haojue's sleeve. Teng Haojue really felt that he could not hold on any longer and felt like he was going to faint.
He said to Ji Ruoyu: "Sorry, can I lean on you for a while?" Ji Ruoyu nodded stupidly, and saw Teng Haojue leaning on his shoulder.
Teng Haojue sighed and said to Ji Ruoyu with apology: "I'm really sorry, I'm not feeling well. I probably caught a cold on the way to find grandma just now, so..."
Ji Ruoyu said anxiously: "Are you okay? Do you want to go to the clinic?" Teng Haojue shook his head and said to Ji Ruoyu: "It's okay, let me lean on you for a while. It will be fine after a while..."
Ji Ruoyu felt that his voice was getting softer and softer, and finally he seemed to fall asleep.
Ji Ruoyu encountered this situation for the first time and didn't know what to do. She hadn't even taken her candied haws yet.
Fortunately, Teng Haojue stood up and said to Ji Ruoyu: "Sorry, it's getting dark, you should go back first."
Seeing Teng Haojue turn around and leave, Ji Ruoyu plucked up the courage to ask: "What's your name?"
Teng Haojue paused, turned around and looked into Ji Ruoyu's eyes, and said word by word: "Pei Zhi. My name."
"Ji Ruoyu, this is my name." Ji Ruoyu also said her own name after Teng Haojue finished speaking.
Teng Haojue smiled and nodded, then turned around and disappeared into the night. Ji Ruoyu was a little overwhelmed, and silently recited his name in her heart, Pei Zhi...
Quan Jin, who was hiding somewhere else, could only wipe the sweat from his forehead when he saw this scene. He had finally risked his life for the prince today.