Outside the window, orioles on the tree are singing in duet.
Yu Ji is wearing a bright red dress, sitting at the desk by the window. While humming a tune, he is carefully writing something on the paper.
His outfit is still bright and sexy, revealing a large area of fair skin on his chest, and with a gold-inlaid jade necklace on it, making him look even more glamorous.
He is obviously in a great mood. The necklace slightly sways as he moves, and it seems to blend with the orioles' melody outside the window.
The room is filled with the aroma of ink. Looking closely following the smell, one can see that the love poems are written clearly on the letter paper in front of him.
Lines like "The mountains have trees, and the trees have branches. My heart yearns for you, but you do not know," and "Wish to win someone's heart, and never part until our hair turns white," make people feel sweet in their hearts.
He has written a full page, and satisfactorily blows the last ink to dry. Then he picks it up and admires it for a while.
When the letter paper is turned to the first page, it can be seen that the beginning of the letter is written:
My Love, Yu Wei.
Seeing these four words, Yu Ji's expression becomes shy. He quickly turns the letter back to the end of the last page.
He holds the letter paper and leaves a bright red lip mark where his name is written.
Then, he folds this stack of love letters in half, opens the drawer, and puts it in the deepest part.
In that drawer, there are actually many more of the same love letters hidden!
Yu Ji satisfactorily locks the drawer and then takes out the lip balm to touch up his makeup carefully.
After that, he stands up and opens the window to hear the orioles' chirping more clearly. But He Yuwei, who should have been doing needlework by the opposite window as usual, is not there today for some reason.
Yu Ji thinks for a moment, then closes the window, lifts his dress hem, and walks downstairs.
In the Baiyao Pharmacy, the little apprentice and other doctors are busy grabbing medicines. When they see Yu Ji coming downstairs, they greet him one after another.
Yu Ji waves his hand to tell them to continue their work, and then he walks out of the Baiyao Pharmacy and enters the adjacent Zhijin Workshop.
Sure enough, He Yuwei is busy downstairs. There is also a young boy standing beside her, seemingly helping. Together with other female workers, they are putting several boxes in order.
Yu Ji finds the young boy unfamiliar and squints to size him up.
When He Yuwei sees him coming, she comes forward and asks with a smile, "Aji, why are you here?"
Yu Ji's face instantly puts on a smile, and his eyes seem to be filled with falling peach blossoms as he gently replies to her, "Yes, I saw you were not in the room, so I came to find you."
"You forgot. Today, we need to send a batch of clothes to the Feng Mansion." He Yuwei points to the boxes on the ground. "Two boxes are for the city lord, and three boxes are for the others in the Feng Mansion. Summer is here, and they are all light clothes."
"Oh - " Yu Ji then shifts his gaze to the young boy. "Who is that? I haven't seen him before."
"That is a new child from the Tian Gong Ge, called Qin Qimu. I heard that he was brought in by Master Xie." He Yuwei covers her mouth and smiles. "He is very energetic. Today, he came with the people from Tian Gong Ge to deliver the loom. Seeing that we were packing the boxes, he offered to help."
"Oh? When did the purple-skinned eggplant change his profession to bringing children?"
Qin Qimu is busy with the sisters in the Zhijin Workshop. He is lively and cheerful, handsome, and sweet-talking. He keeps calling the girls "beautiful sisters", making them extremely happy.
"Sisters, the boxes are quite heavy. Let me help you deliver the clothes to the Feng Mansion." Qin Qimu smiles, revealing two cute tiger teeth, making him look even more cute andClever.
"Okay, okay, Xiaomu is so good." "It's been a long time since Liudu City has had such a cute boy. Other men are all big pig trotters, especially the owner of the medicine workshop."
The sisters' words happen to be heard by Yu Ji.
Yu, the big pig trotter, Ji walks over with his arms crossed, and asks the sisters, "Oh, is this the image I have in the sisters' hearts?"
"That's right! You are always so close to Sister He. Tell me, do you have ulterior motives!" The girl also puts her hands on her hips and glares back.
Yu Ji thinks in his heart, that's right, I do have ulterior motives. But looking at He Yuwei standing next to him, this sentence is really hard to say.
"How dare I. I'm so well-behaved, right, Sister Yuwei."
He Yuwei covers her mouth and can't help laughing. There is a hint of laughter in her tone as she says, "Yes, Aji is the best."
Yu Ji proudly raises his head, just like a peacock showing off its tail.
The girl doesn't bother with him either and giggles.
While Yu Ji is feeling proud, he uses his peripheral vision to size up Qin Qimu standing aside. He can clearly feel that when he steals Qin Qimu's limelight, Qin Qimu seems to clench his teeth.
Although it is not obvious on the surface, Yu Ji can still see Qin Qimu's real dissatisfaction.
Yu Ji scoffs in his heart. This little guy is still a vain person.
Yu Ji stops testing and turns to stick behind He Yuwei, asking her if she is thirsty for a moment, and if she wants to have lunch together for another moment. At this time, the emotion in Qin Qimu's eyes eases a lot.
Qin Qimu and the girls from the Zhijin Workshop lift the boxes out and load them onto the cart. The cart is a manpower vehicle with two wheels and a wooden board. Qin Qimuinitiative rolls up his sleeves, stands in front of the cart, and drags it forward.
Qin Qimu and his elder brother often do hard labor. Although he is a bit thin due to malnutrition, he is quite strong. The heavy cart easily moves towards the Feng Mansion.
Two girls from the Zhijin Workshop are sent along with him. While dragging the cart, Qin Qimu chats and laughs with the two girls, and there is continuous laughter and joy along the way.
The cart enters the Feng Mansion and stops in the outer courtyard after being informed by Bai Zhong.
Qin Qimu and the servants of the Feng Mansion unload the boxes. Among them, the box with the most luxurious decoration is for Feng Tingliu.
The servants of the Feng Mansion lift that box and are ready to send it to the inner courtyard.
"I'll help you." Qin Qimu smiles and steps forward to give a hand.
"Well..." The servant looks at his smiling face with hesitation, not knowing if this is in line with the rules.
"Let him go." Bai Zhong suddenly says. He has a kind smile on his face and looks at Qin Qimu.
Qin Qimu's eyes meet his, and for some reason, he feels a hint of chill from those kind eyes.
"Okay, then you carry this side." The servant nods, moves the box, and lets Qin Qimu hold the other side.
"Okay!"
Qin Qimu helps carry the box into the inner courtyard bedroom and sees Feng Tingliu leaning against the Arhat bed. His sharp eyes directly look at him, making him tremble in shock.
The box is placed on the ground, and Qin Qimu and another servant stand aside honestly. Yu Chi Feng comes forward, opens the box, and takes out the clothes one by one, preparing to put them in the cabinet in the bedroom.
Yu Chi Feng becomes more vigilant when he sees that the person delivering the clothes is Qin Qimu. He carefully examines each piece of clothing in his hand to make sure there is nothing that could endanger Feng Tingliu's life.
Fortunately, all the clothes are made of soft fabric and there is nothing hidden in them.
"Okay." Yu Chi Feng drapes the clothes over his arm, closes the empty box, and says, "Carry it out."
"Yes."
The two come forward again, carrying the empty box and walking out of the door.
Before going out, Qin Qimu carefully looks back and sees Feng Tingliu's lazy posture and Yu Chi Feng closing the door. The box in their hands is empty, so it is naturally much lighter. It only needs one person to easily carry it back.
"Big brother, I accidentally dropped my pouch on my waist. I have to go back and pick it up! You go ahead with the box!" Qin Qimu suddenly stops and says.
The subordinate doesn't think much about it. Anyway, it's just an empty box, which is easy for him, so he nods. "You go, you go."
"Thank you, big brother!" Qin Qimu grins at him, turns around and runs back to the inner courtyard.
Qin Qimu really wants to find his pouch, the one he deliberately left in the study that day. Seeing that the door of the bedroom is closed and there is no one guarding the empty inner courtyard, he sneaks into the study.
He quietly closes the study door, runs to the new bookshelf, squats down, and reaches under the bookshelf to find his pouch.
With the pouch, even if he is accidentally discovered, he can explain it.
Then, Qin Qimu looks at the desk piled with letters and books. There might be what he wants. He nervously swallows and walks towards the desk.
Although the desk is piled with things, it is not messy. It is obviously carefully tidied up.
He casually flips through it twice and immediately sees what he wants!
He nervously and happily picks up the booklet and sees the words "Account Book" written on the cover. Inside, various money transactions are neatly transcribed.
Qin Qimu dare not delay and quickly puts the account book into his arms and continues to search for other useful things on the desk.
But before he can search more carefully, footsteps suddenly come from outside the room.
Qin Qimu is so scared that he quickly tidies up the books on the desk that he has messed up, hurriedly piles them together, and runs towards the door.
Just as Qin Qimu is about to push the door to escape, the study door is opened.
Yu Chi Feng's tall figure blocks the door, blocking all possibilities of Qin Qimu's escape. His eyes are sharp, different from the tenderness when looking at Feng Tingliu. At this moment, he is as majestic and terrifying as a wild wolf.
"What are you doing here!" Yu Chi Feng scolds.
Qin Qimu has never seen such a momentum. He knows that he can't beat Yu Chi Feng. He is so scared that he sits on the ground. Fortunately, he is still holding the pouch, which gives him an excuse for entering the study.
Qin Qimu holds up the pouch to show Yu Chi Feng and trembles as he says, "When I was moving the bookshelf before, I accidentally left my pouch here... I suddenly remembered and came to look for it... I'm sorry! I... I shouldn't have come in without permission!"
Yu Chi Feng frowns tightly, staring at thejuvenile who keeps apologizing in front of him. He looks at the pouch and becomes even more suspicious of thejuvenile's actions.
Qin Qimu has an ominous premonition in his heart. In order to apologize, he quickly kneels down and kowtows three times to Yu Chi Feng.
Just when Yu Chi Feng is considering how to deal with him, someone suddenly pats him on the shoulder.
He turns his head and sees Feng Tingliu standing at the door with a mysterious smile. He is holding a tobacco pipe in his hand and slowly spits out a puff of smoke.
"Let him go."
It is clearly a word to spare someone's life, and there is still a smile on the corner of the mouth. But at this moment, Qin Qimu's back is instantly soaked with cold sweat.