On the old lady's birthday, Zhao Yuzhen and Chen Leyan were very busy.
Because Zhao Yuzhen wanted to hold a big party, he invited all the clan members and all the business friends. The friends brought their families with them. For a while, the front yard of the Zhao family was full of people.
Su Zhiqiu also came and sat at the first banquet table on the left with her father Su Qishan. When she looked up, she saw Zhao Huaining running out from the moon gate.
She is well? So soon?
"Look, isn't Huaining fine?" Su Qishan looked at his little daughter beside him, "How can she be unable to get out of bed like you said?"
Su Wanqing was also stunned. She glanced at Su Zhiqiu leisurely and said, "My sister came back and said that Zhao Huaining asked her to tell her that she was going to die and asked me to cancel the engagement quickly."
"Really?" Su Qishan looked at Zhao Huaining who was following Zhao Yuzhen to toast others, "What does this girl mean?"
Su Wanqing clenched her chopsticks and said, "She dared to lie to me, let's see if I will pay attention to her."
"Master Su, Madam Xu, thank you for coming to celebrate my mother's birthday." Zhao Yuzhen brought Zhao Huaining to the Su family's table and toasted the two of them as soon as they came up.
"Our two families are now good relatives, so we should come to celebrate the old lady's birthday." After Su Qishan finished speaking, he raised his head and drank the wine in the glass, then looked at Zhao Huaining and smiled: "I heard that Huaining fell off the cliff, and now he is fine, which is really gratifying."
Zhao Yuzhen said with a happy face: "This is also the benefactor of the scepter. Huaining felt that someone saved her but she couldn't remember what that person looked like, otherwise she would definitely come to thank him."
Su Zhiqiu raised her eyes and glanced at Zhao Huaining when she heard it, but unexpectedly, the other party was also looking at her. When their eyes met, no one dodged. Su Zhiqiu looked at Zhao Huaining in front of her and took a rare look at him. Zhao Huaining changed his hairstyle in the past. Today, he tied all his hair behind his back, revealing his fair and full forehead.
For some reason, she felt that Zhao Huaining, who showed his forehead, was much more heroic than before. She didn't think that he had such a clean and refreshing side before.
"Being rescued means Huaining is lucky. She survived this disaster and will have good fortune in the future." Su Qishan said as he looked at Su Wanqing, "Why are you silent? Aren't you worried about Huaining?"
Su Wanqing looked at Zhao Huaining. In fact, she also noticed that the other party had changed his style from hair to clothes. She felt brightened from a distance, so her anger was inexplicably dissipated at this moment. She just asked aggrievedly: "Huaining, why did you ask my sister to tell you that you are dying? Do you know that I am worried to death?" Zhao Huaining glanced at
the other party, then looked at Su Zhiqiu, and couldn't help wondering, is Su Wanqing and Su Zhiqiu sisters? Why don't they have any similar facial features?
Su Zhiqiu saw that the other party was looking at her without saying anything, and she couldn't help but glared at him. She was worried that Zhao Huaining would do something bad.
Zhao Huaining received the glare and grinned, "Oh, I felt very bad at the time, thinking I was about to die. Don't look at me now, I'm alive and kicking, maybe in two days you will see my corpse."
"What nonsense are you talking about???" Zhao Yuzhen frowned, "You are in a mess, go, go to the back to see your mother and help with the arrangements."
"Oh." Zhao Huaining responded, ignoring Su Wanqing, whose eyes were red and about to cry, and turned around and left.
Su Zhiqiu looked at Zhao Huaining's departing back, and recalled the other party's words about the funeral arrangements in her mind. She suddenly felt that Zhao Huaining seemed to be really going to die.
But why?
Su Zhiqiu was thinking about it and suddenly heard a leaping sound from the low wall behind her. Looking back, she saw only a pale yellow figure crossing the wall.
Kong Nian'er...
Su Zhiqiu's eyes moved slightly and she stood up.
"What are you going to do?" Xu Hui's eyes were sharp.
"Drank too much tea." Su Zhiqiu ignored Xu Hui's eyes and left the banquet.
Su Zhiqiu had been to Zhao's house several times, and she walked in familiarly. As soon as she reached the rockery, someone grabbed her wrist.
"Senior sister." Kong Nian'er pulled the person into the rockery, "Senior sister, let's search separately. I'll go to the left and you go to the right."
Su Zhiqiu grabbed Kong Nian'er's hand and said, "Nian'er, go back."
"Senior sister?" Kong Nian'er was stunned when she heard the words, and then she understood, "Senior sister, I know this is your teacher's home, you can't bear it, how about this, you go back to the banquet, I'll search alone."
"Who is it?" Zhao Huaining said, standing not far from the rockery.
The two people in the rockery held their breath and didn't dare to speak.
"Come out." Zhao Huaining took a few steps forward, "What do you want to do with a sword in broad daylight?"
Kong Nian'er quickly took back the sword that was exposed outside the rockery.
"Heh, are you trying to cover your ears and steal the bell?" Zhao Huaining moved her wrists and ankles. She has been exercising every day since she was able to walk. She couldn't stand the feeling of her body being soft and stomping. "If you don't come out, I'll call someone." As
soon as she finished speaking, a yellow figure rushed out.
Zhao Huaining saw the other party stabbing at her with a veil on her face. She tilted her head and dodged the sword while raising her hand to hit the masked woman's wrist. Kong Nian'er's tendons softened and the sword fell to the ground.
Kong Nian'er was shocked when she saw this. In her impression, Zhao Huaining couldn't lift her hands or shoulders, so why did she suddenly become so powerful? Kong Nian'er was still in shock. Seeing the other party attacking her barehanded, she had to fight back. After the two fought for three moves, Zhao Huaining pinched Kong Nian'er's wrist and went around.
"Ah!" Kong Nian'er cried out in pain. She struggled a few times but found that she couldn't move at all. She looked at the rockery anxiously. If her senior sister didn't save her, she would have to fall into Zhao Huaining's hands.
"You dare to come into my house with a mask on with just this little ability?" Zhao Huaining said with a little force on his hands, "Tell me, what are you doing in my backyard?"
Kong Nian'er was about to cry in pain, but she bit her lip tightly and didn't speak.
"If you don't want to tell me, then I will tie you up, and then..." Zhao Huaining raised his eyebrows and showed a sly smile, "Then take off all your clothes one by one."
Su Zhiqiu heard this in the cave, cursed him as a rogue, picked up a small stone, and threw it quickly at the back of Zhao Huaining's head.
Zhao Huaining heard the sound and instinctively hid, and at the same time he let go of Kong Nian'er's hand.
Kong Nian'er didn't dare to stay any longer, and flew away when the other party let go of her hand.
"You run fast," Zhao Huaining said, patted the dust on his body and turned to leave.
Su Zhiqiu frowned when she saw this. She had just made a move, and Zhao Huaining should have known that there was someone in the rockery, so why did he just leave like that? Su Zhiqiu was confused. Seeing Zhao Huaining walking away, she did not dare to stay in the rockery for long. In order to avoid running into Zhao Huaining, she turned around and walked towards another exit of the rockery.
The visibility in the rockery was very bad. When she was about to reach the exit, the sunlight seeped in a little. She just stepped out of the rockery and stopped suddenly.
Zhao Huaining stood at the door of the rockery with his hands behind his back! ! !
Su Zhiqiu had never been so flustered before, as if she was a thief who was caught stealing, making her feel uncomfortable all over.
"Lady..." Zhao Huaining slowly turned around and raised an innocent smile, "Is there a thief in my house?"
Su Zhiqiu's cheeks were rosy, and she didn't know what to say. This feeling of being caught was not pleasant at all.
"Didn't you leave?" Su Zhiqiu could deeply feel the heat on her cheeks at this moment. When did Zhao Huaining become so cunning?
Zhao Huaining smiled when he heard this and said, "You are a guest, how can I leave you alone in the backyard? You are not having a feast in the front, but running here. Could it be that my backyard is different and particularly attractive?"
Su Zhiqiu turned away from the other party's sharp eyes and said, "Why is your house so attractive? You should know it in your heart."
"What do I know?" Zhao Huaining pretended not to know, and said, "I don't know anything, because a thief should know it very well."
Su Zhiqiu was extremely angry when she heard the other party say that she was a thief.
"Zhao Huaining, do you think I would be a thief in my teacher's house?"
This question seemed to be asked with some gritted teeth. Seeing that the other party was really angry, Zhao Huaining did not dare to tease him anymore, and smiled and said, "How can a female knight be a thief? Female knights are chivalrous and brave, cold on the outside but warm on the inside, and have the best hearts. The thief I am talking about is the girl who is not good at martial arts
just now." Su Zhiqiu was stunned when she heard the words. Kong Nian'er knew that Zhao Huaining, who she looked down on the most, called her a girl and a thief, and she would be furious.
"Your personality has changed a lot after you woke up." Su Zhiqiu looked at Zhao Huaining in front of her with scrutiny. How can a person have two faces?
"So was his personality better before or now?" Zhao Huaining waited for Su Zhiqiu's answer with a smile. She was also a human being, and there was no human being who didn't like to hear nice things.
Su Zhiqiu felt that Zhao Huaining was better than before except for being a scoundrel and shameless. However, seeing his smug look, she really didn't want to do what he wanted.
"The Zhao Huaining used to be honest and polite, but now he looks like a scoundrel." Su Zhiqiu said as she walked past Zhao Huaining and walked out.
Zhao Huaining's smile froze on his face, and he followed him and said, "In fact, I am multifaceted. When I want to be irritable, I am very irritable. When I want to be calm, I can also be very calm."
"I have never seen such a shameless person." Su Zhiqiu gave a comment.
Zhao Huaining pursed her lips. This meant that she had to go back for revenge, otherwise she would have to stay and have a good fight with Su Zhiqiu.
The two walked to the moon gate one after the other. Zhao Huaining heard the noise in front and was about to step out when Su Zhiqiu grabbed his collar. "What are you
doing? You're holding a chicken."
Su Zhiqiu's eyes flashed with a smile. She didn't think so at first, but after Zhao Huaining said that, she really felt that the other party's metaphor was very close.
"Are you laughing?" Zhao Huaining's eyes sparkled as if he had discovered something new. In fact, Su Zhiqiu's oval face and high nose bridge should look very beautiful when she laughs. "Next time, don't just smile with your eyes. Learn to raise the corners of your mouth. It will look better if you smile like this."
Zhao Huaining stretched out two index fingers and placed them on the corners of his mouth, pulling the corners of his mouth upwards and said, "Like this, you try it?"
Su Zhiqiu was a little surprised. She thought Zhao Huaining was so funny now, but she only smiled in her heart and she wouldn't show it on her face.
"I won't." Su Zhiqiu said and walked out, "I'll go out first, you come out after a while."
Zhao Huaining kept pulling the corners of his mouth upwards and watched Su Zhiqiu walk away.
"What kind of person is this? She can't even laugh." Zhao Huaining curled his lips. In his impression, it seemed that Su Zhiqiu had never laughed. Could she really have facial paralysis? Or did she never laugh when she was a child, and she didn't know how to laugh when she grew up?
Zhao Huaining waited at the door for a while, and then came out with her hands behind her back. Just as she was about to walk to the big table where everyone was gathered, she heard the deep voice of an old man.
"Your daughter's horoscope... Hey, today is the old lady's birthday banquet, and I shouldn't tell the truth, but the horoscope cannot be false. Mr. Zhao, your daughter's horoscope shows the fate of a beggar. I'm afraid she will become a beggar in the future."
Zhao Huaining stood behind the crowd and raised his eyebrows slightly. Feudal superstition, is there anyone who still believes in it?