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After dinner, in order to facilitate the wedding arrangements, Shi Qing, Shen Yan and others moved into the prefect's mansion.

Gu Xiao was also arranged to stay in another courtyard separated by a long corridor.

Shen Yi did not show up. To be more precise, except for driving, Shi Qing had hardly seen him since arriving in Lizhou City.

Rabbits, however, never lack food.

Imagining a man in black squatting expressionlessly in front of a soft and adorable little rabbit, Shi Qing couldn't help but sneer.

"What are you laughing at? You look so happy?" Suddenly, Gu Xiao appeared in the sight with a smile on his face.

At that time, Shi Qing was sitting in the pavilion in a daze, bored.

"Why are you here?" Shi Qing showed just the right amount of confusion and surprise.

After getting along with him, she found that although Gu Xiao had a charming and passionate smile and looked enthusiastic and cheerful, he was actually hot on the outside but cold on the inside, always keeping a distance and being on guard against everyone.

Just as he seemed to always be polite in calling her "Miss Lin".

"Why are you here alone? Why didn't your brother care about you today?"

Gu Xiao sat down on the bench next to him and placed the sword in his hand on the stone table.

"Why do you keep carrying this sword?"

She had seen this sword many times. The dark and simple scabbard was surprisingly harmonious with the dark yellow clothes he was wearing.

Gu Xiao was stunned for a moment, a hint of nostalgia flashed in his eyes, and then he quickly reacted.

He chuckled and said, "When you are in the martial arts world, you must have a sword by your side."

Shi Qing nodded in agreement.

That’s right, without a suitable weapon, the combat effectiveness will be reduced by half.

Just like her, although she had the original owner's martial arts, it was not her own after all, so she was not always so skilled in using it.

"Miss Lin, do you know martial arts?" Gu Xiao asked slowly and calmly.

Shi Qing raised her head and looked at Gu Xiao, only to see that his expression was natural, as if he was just asking out of simple curiosity.

She was a little surprised at first, and then said as a matter of course:

"Of course I will. As you know, I have loved reading storybooks since I was a child, and I once studied under a master when I was young."

She calmly repeated the words Shen Yan had just used, without feeling guilty at all.

"Look, my brother is very good at martial arts. He was taught by the same master."

"Then this master must be an expert. I wonder if I can have the opportunity to learn from him in person?" Gu Xiao sighed with a look of longing.

Shi Qing looked at his expression carefully, not knowing whether it was true or not.

"Then you probably won't have a chance in this life. My master has already gone into seclusion, and we don't know any news about him."

"Oh, another big regret in life!" Gu Xiao took a deep breath and sighed.

again?

Shi Qing asked doubtfully: "What is the other big regret?"

"Do you want to know?" Gu Xiao looked at her dimly.

"I do!" Shi Qing nodded without hesitation, his almond eyes sparkling.

Seeing Shi Qing's expectant eyes, Gu Xiao smiled and pointed at the night sky and asked irrelevantly:

"See that sky full of stars?"

Following the direction of his finger, the endless night sky was dotted with countless flickering stars, as if they were winking at them mischievously every night.

"I saw it, what next?"

Soon, the two of them were sitting on the roof of the courtyard.

"How about it? The view here is wider, right?" Gu Xiao sat down skillfully and smiled brightly.

Shi Qing smiled: "This is my first time climbing a roof. It feels very novel."

Gu Xiao looked a little lonely, "It's just that such a beautiful scenery would be a bit lonely if I were to enjoy it alone."

I listened to the sigh in his voice and sat down to look at the twinkling stars.

"Have you ever watched the stars with others like this before?"

"Yeah. Things change. Now I'm all alone."

He stared at the twinkling stars in a trance.

"Sixteen, seventeen, eighteen..." Sitting on the stone bench in the yard, the child looked up childishly and seriously, counting the stars that appeared and disappeared.

"Yu'er, there are so many stars, can you count them all?" Father Xiao walked to him happily, sat down and asked him.

"If I can't finish counting tonight, I'll continue counting tomorrow night." Little Xiao Chenyu answered decisively.

Father Xiao frowned and pretended to be distressed, "What if we can't finish counting by tomorrow night?"

"Then I will continue counting the day after tomorrow night." Xiao Chenyu still answered confidently.

"What if you can't finish counting the day after tomorrow?" Father Xiao asked him worriedly.

Xiao Chenyu was shocked: "Are there so many stars?"

Mother Xiao sneered, walked over slowly, looked at Father Xiao with eyes rolling, and said angrily: "You just like to tease him."

She sat on the stone bench on the other side of Xiao Chenyu, "If Xiao can't finish counting by yourself, you can find someone to count with you."

"That's right!" Xiao Chenyu, who had a troubled face, suddenly became enlightened, and his eyes became bright and black.

Seeing their son so cute, the couple looked at each other and suddenly burst into laughter.

The happy laughter drifted in the wind on the cool night, and gradually drifted to the stars in the sky, twinkling there.

"one two Three……"

Gu Xiao's slender fingers gently slid across the void, his eyes filled with the bright starry sky, and his tough and three-dimensional facial features looked extremely tender in the neutralization of the night.

"Sixteen, seventeen, eighteen..." The surroundings were extremely quiet, with only the clear and soft voice continuing his counting.

Gu Xiao's fingertips paused in the air, and he slowly turned his head as if hesitating.

Looking at Shi Qing who was counting the stars seriously, he smiled with his eyes. The faint smile intoxicated the galaxy. The stars in the sky turned into moonlight, and the gentle and beautiful appearance of the woman fell into his desolate heart along with the stars.

Shi Qing paused, stopped counting, and asked in confusion, "Is there something on my face?"

Gu Xiao came back to his senses and was stunned for a moment. He shook his head and said, "No."

Then he added with a smile, "But you have stars in your eyes."

Shi Qing was stunned, lost in his eyes that were as deep as the universe. It seemed like a deep affection that came for someone across a long period of time.

As if she realized something, she suddenly turned her head away from him and secretly pursed her lips to suppress the smile at the corner of her mouth.

Under the cover of night, pink quietly climbed up the fair face.

Seeing her shy posture, Gu Xiao couldn't help but laugh out loud, and his loud laughter echoed in the night sky.

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[No, it’s mainly because the male lead is so good at it.]

Shi Qing was not being modest. The way Gu Xiao looked at her with a smile just now was so affectionate and devout that she was indeed a little shy.

Seeing that Gu Xiao was still unable to stop laughing, Shi Qing's face turned red and he pretended to hit him, "Gu Xiao!"

"Stop hitting me, stop hitting me. I won't laugh anymore." Although he said this, Gu Xiao continued to laugh while dodging.

"I'll be angry if you laugh again!" Seeing that he was laughing so hard that tears were about to come out, Shi Qing turned her head away, speaking with an aggrieved tone and a hint of tears.

Seeing that she seemed to be about to cry, Gu Xiao immediately stopped laughing:

"Don't be angry, I won't laugh anymore, really!" After saying that, he made a swearing gesture.

But she still had her back to him, so her expression couldn't be seen; all she could see was her shoulders twitching.

Gu Xiao was really panicked now, at a loss, and comforted her: "Don't cry, I really don't laugh anymore, I apologize to you!"

Gu Xiao hesitated for a moment, but still put his hand on Shi Qing's shoulder and tried to turn her around.

"Ding ding ding, I was just kidding!" Caught off guard, Shi Qing raised his head and made a face at him with a smile.

Gu Xiao breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that there were no signs of crying in her eyes.

"I'm glad you're not angry. I laughed too much just now. I'm sorry."

Shi Qing was stunned for a moment by his sudden and sincere apology, and then snorted softly.

"Then I will forgive you for what you have done."

"Thank you for your generosity, Miss. I am very grateful!"

Gu Xiao clasped his fists and bowed respectfully, with a look of happiness and gratitude on his face.

The two looked at each other for a moment, and suddenly laughed out loud together.

The girl's clear laughter and the man's bright laughter overlapped, and drifted into the twinkling stars with the wind.

"Gu Xiao." The girl stopped laughing and suddenly called out.

"Hmm?" Gu Xiao smiled and turned his head to look at her. The girl's eyes were bright.

"Next time you go to see the stars, bring two more bottles of wine."

"Why bring wine?"

"Next time, tell me some interesting stories about the underworld while we drink, okay?"

Shi Qing seemed to have already thought of that unrestrained and carefree scene, with curved eyebrows and eyes filled with longing that he could not clearly see.

"Okay." Gu Xiao nodded gently, a glimmer in his eyes, and smiled: "I will bring the best peach wine when the time comes."