When the book-traveling little detective meets the two-faced prince

Facing Xiao Yihuo's inquiring gaze, Lin Lezhi shifted his gaze slightly, smiled awkwardly and said, "How could I have read all the books..."

"Why don't you read it? This book is really good!" Liu Yunhe asked relentlessly.

"If it's good, watch it a few more times."

When lunch was almost over, the number of guests in the lobby of the inn gradually decreased. Lin Lezhi looked towards the door from time to time, but Guan Ziheng had not come back yet.

Noticing that Lin Lezhi seemed very concerned about the situation at the door, Qingchuan asked, "Didn't Brother Ziheng come back earlier than us? Why didn't we come out to eat together?"

"He might be...hanging out somewhere. I'll go look for him. See you in the evening."

After leaving the inn, Lin Lezhi saw Guan Ziheng walking back from the street with a lot of food in his arms and two candied haws in his hand.

"Lezhi."

Seeing Lin Lezhi, Guan Ziheng walked over quickly and handed the candied haws in his hand to Lin Lezhi.

Lin Lezhi took one from Guan Ziheng, took a bite of the sweet and sour candied haws, and asked with a smile, "Why did someone else come to deliver the books today?"

"I'm just cooperating with you." Guan Ziheng said unhappily.

"Cooperate with me?"

"Yeah, I see your friends don't know about your book, and you haven't mentioned it to them, so I guess you don't plan to tell them."

"Last night you said in the lobby of the inn that you just met me. Your friends are not fools. They must have become suspicious." Guan Ziheng stopped and looked at Lin Lezhi and said, "Let me ask you, if I ran in with a bunch of books, wouldn't they be able to find the connection if they just thought about it casually?"

Lin Lezhi put a hand on Guan Ziheng's shoulder and said with a smile: "If you ask me, it's our Ziheng who is smart."

Lin Lezhi squeezed forward without saying a word, and the candied haws in Guan Ziheng's hand, whose stems were already exposed, pressed against his face. It was difficult for him to push Lin Lezhi away with something in his hand, so Guan Ziheng simply pushed Lin Lezhi with his elbow, creating some distance between them, with a look of disgust in his eyes.

"Come on, don't try that. I won't take your sweet talk. Since I've been with you, I haven't had a single day of leisure."

"As the saying goes, enemies often meet. Besides, as long as we make money, we won't have to worry about not having a leisurely life." Lin Lezhi responded with a smile, then looked at the pile of delicious food Guan Ziheng bought, and changed the subject: "You bought so many delicious food today, how much did you make?"

"No, not much. After deducting the production cost and the bookseller's share, I only made three taels of silver. We can't afford to eat at the restaurant, but the snacks here are delicious, so I bought some more."

“This…” Lin Lezhi touched his cheek and said a little embarrassedly: “Actually, I’ve already eaten…”

Guan Ziheng looked at Lin Lezhi with an expression of disbelief, pointed at him with a candied haws and said, "You are so nice, I care so much about you, but you only remembered me after you were full!"

"No...actually..." Lin Lezhi said without confidence: "I said I didn't eat enough because I was waiting for you, do you believe me?"

Guan Ziheng looked at Lin Lezhi with a resentful expression, which was obviously full of disbelief.

"Okay, I'll give you a surprise later."

Guan Ziheng raised his eyebrows warily and said, "What surprise?"

Back in the room of the inn, Guan Ziheng put all the food on the table, walked to the cabinet, picked up a pack of medicine and said, "There is no pot for boiling medicine in this room. I will ask the waiter to boil medicine for you."

"That's not necessary." Lin Lezhi looked refusal, as if he was facing a formidable enemy.

"That won't do. How can you get better quickly without taking medicine?" Guan Ziheng shook the medicine in his hand, and Guan Ziheng showed a wicked smile, as if he had found a magic weapon to control Lin Lezhi. Guan Ziheng shook the medicine bag in his hand and said without allowing any rebuttal: "That won't do. How can you get better quickly without taking medicine? Taking medicine after meals is very reasonable."

"Huh?" Guan Ziheng turned the medicine bag over and saw traces of ink on it. He then took a few bags beside him and looked at them, and found that only this bag had traces of ink on it.

Guan Ziheng held up the medicine bag to Lin Lezhi and said, "Lezhi, what are these ink marks?"

"Oh." Lin Lezhi took the medicine bag and said truthfully: "You can change it. This is the mark on the wall of the basement. These are all I remember, so I wrote it down first."

"Stop!" Guan Ziheng quickly stretched out his hand to stop him, "I've already told you, don't tell me about the basement. I don't want to know. But since it's useful to you, I'll change it for another pack. Anyway, you have to drink this medicine today."

The medicine bag felt like it was hot, so Guan Ziheng immediately put the bag back in his hand and took a new one from the side.

Until the medicine was brought to Lin Lezhi, Lin Lezhi still had a worried expression on his face.

"Drink it." Guan Ziheng said with a relaxed smile.

Lin Lezhi knew he couldn't escape, so he had to frown, raise his head and drink the medicine in the bowl.

Because Guan Ziheng bought a lot of food at noon and was not able to finish it all, the two of them had dinner directly in the house and ate everything.

into the night.

The group walked from the inn to Pinghai Lake where the lantern festival was held.

Pinghai Town’s monthly Lantern Blessing Meeting makes the entire town much more lively than usual, and almost all street snacks have moved to the vicinity of Pinghai Lake.

Whether they were vendors selling accessories or food, they all put homemade lanterns on their stalls. The craftsmanship and characteristics of each stall were overwhelming.

However, the most spectacular thing on Pinghai Lake is the fishing boats decorated with lanterns and other decorations.

Under the illumination of the surrounding lanterns, the hull exudes a warm glow.

"Sir, this looks very interesting. Should we buy a lantern as well?" Looking at the various lanterns, Liu Yunhe was dazzled and said with anticipation.

Xiao Yihuo smiled slightly and nodded.

Liu Yunhe took out the ten taels of silver he had taken from Cheng Su today, weighed it in his hand, and ran to a small stall that specialized in selling lanterns, starting to choose carefully.

Looking at the colorful scenery in front of him and the laughter around him, Lin Lezhi couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

Suddenly, two beautiful lanterns of different styles were stretched out.

"This is for you, as...as an apology gift." Liu Yunhe just handed over the lantern, his eyes scattered elsewhere, not looking in the direction of Lin Lezhi and the others.

Lin Lezhi reached out and took the two lanterns, a warm smile on his face.

"What a beautiful lantern, thank you."