The wind is gentle and the fun is endless

The next day, Xu Qu told Huanhuan to take the medicine and recuperate well. He then said, "I'm going to go see Xiangyin first. The day after tomorrow is Miss Shen's birthday party. I have to go to the shop today to see them prepare everything. After I've explained everything, I'll stay for two hours. I'll be back no matter whether they've finished or not."

Xu Qu had no choice but to agree.

So Huanhuan went to see Xiangyin in the morning, and then rushed to the shop. She asked Suzhu to take out the stocking list that Xiaoyu had brought in advance, which she and Xiangyin had summarized over the past few days, and then she and Suzhu sorted and packed the cosmetics one by one. When the time came, she followed the agreement with Xu Qu and returned to Xu's house on time.

When the carriage arrived, there were already several carriages parked in front of the Xu Mansion. It turned out that Xu Qu and his companions had just returned from outside. A group of people got off the carriages and stood there. With Madam Xie at the center, Xu Qu, Xie Jin, the eldest aunt, the housekeeper and two other unknown shopkeepers formed a fan shape facing her.

After slowly walking forward and greeting them, Mrs. Xie said, "Let's go back to Jingyuan and talk in detail." Then she and Xu Qu discussed who should go into the mansion first. Xie Jin, the housekeeper, and two shopkeepers followed them, and the last one left was the eldest aunt.

The eldest aunt looked calm and leisurely, and was not in a hurry to go in. Instead, she smiled mysteriously at Huan Huan. Huan Huan knew that she must have no good intentions, so she just looked at her quietly.

The eldest aunt smiled and said, "I could have not gone. Do you know why I went through all this trouble to discuss the escorting matter?"

He looked at her slowly without answering.

The eldest aunt didn't care at all and continued, "Because I want to help Bihua and see her and Qu'er rekindle their old relationship and make peace with each other."

He slowly became motionless, and his complexion began to look bad.

My aunt said again: "Do you know why I am not in a hurry to go in, but am wasting my energy talking to you here?"

He looked cold and still ignored her.

The eldest aunt looked relaxed and said to herself, "To tell you, Bihua and Qu'er are getting along very well now, and it will get better and better. They will be reunited soon."

Although Huanhuan knew that she would not say anything nice, she still couldn't help but shudder when she heard this.

The eldest aunt now turned into a kind-hearted look. She chuckled and said, "I'm giving you good advice. In terms of feelings, abilities, and family background, how can you compare with Bi Hua? Now even the shopkeepers of the Xu family are full of praise for Bi Hua. As for you, if you give up early, you can still end up decent, don't you think?" After saying that, the eldest aunt smiled and looked at her slowly turning blue face, then turned around and left with satisfaction.

She slowly stopped there alone, not knowing how long she had been standing there, until she felt a little cold from her stiff posture. She then raised her head to look at the bleak sky, and saw a lonely bird flying by. She slowly came to her senses, straightened her clothes, and walked slowly into the mansion with heavy steps.

Huanhuan was a little confused. Now that the things in the shop were taken care of, what should he do next? Just thinking about it, he walked aimlessly and unknowingly arrived at the gate of Jingyuan.

Why did you come here? Huanhuan was also very surprised. Just as she was hesitating whether to go in, the housekeeper and two shopkeepers came out of the courtyard talking about something. They saw Huanhuan and did not stop. They bowed and continued to discuss, "Thank you, Princess, what you said makes sense. We should unload the goods first." As they walked forward.

After slowly watching them walk away, he looked into the yard. Xu Qu was standing in the yard looking at the leafless jujube tree, wondering what he was thinking about.

After a while, Xie Jin walked up to him, talked to him for a long time, and then both of them laughed.

Huanhuan was actually a little jealous, but she had to admit that Xu Qu and Xie Jin were quite a good match when standing together.

Huanhuan felt as if a layer of mist had formed in her eyes, so she blinked her sore eyes and looked to the side, and then she saw her aunt standing not far from Xu Qu and Xie Jin, looking at them with a warm smile. The aunt's eyes quickly moved away from Xu Qu and Xie Jin, and then looked directly at Huanhuan - it turned out that she had already seen Huanhuan at the door. She pointed at Xu Qu and Xie Jin with her fingers and smiled mysteriously at Huanhuan.

Seeing her aunt like this, she slowly calmed down. Her heart was still heavy and she was still holding her breath in her throat, but she looked at her aunt for a while without changing her expression, then turned and left. She remembered what she had originally planned to do - go back and take medicine, take good care of her body, because the day after tomorrow would be Miss Shen's birthday party.

After returning to Xin Garden, he slowly went to the kitchen, boiled the medicine himself while chatting with the nanny and maids in the kitchen. When the medicine was ready, he brought it back to the room, drank the bitter medicine mouthful by mouthful, tidied up, and then rested.

After an unknown amount of time, Huanhuan was awakened by a rustling sound. Huanhuan opened his eyes and watched Xu Qu quietly changing his clothes and washing up in the candlelight. Then he sat at the table, put his hands on the table, clasped his right hand tightly with his left hand, and thought silently.

Huanhuan saw that he sometimes had a blank expression, sometimes frowned, sometimes looked relaxed, and sometimes smiled lightly. Suddenly he sneezed softly, and then he immediately turned his head to look at Huanhuan on the bed. Seeing that Huanhuan was awake, he apologized and said, "I woke you up."

He slowly stood up, picked up the cloak and put it on Xu Qu, then sat down and said to Xu Qu, "It's getting cold, keep warm. What are you thinking about sitting here?"

Xu Qu replied: "I think about a lot of things."

"For example?" Huanhuan asked curiously.

Xu Qu looked at Huan Huan quietly and said, "For example, I hope you are very obedient and trustworthy today, and I hope your injuries will heal."

He smiled slowly and said, "Thank you for caring about me so much."

Xu Qu smiled and said, "Isn't it as it should be?"

Blinking slowly, he asked, "Why? How is it supposed to be?"

Xu Qu smiled and said, "What's so strange about that? Isn't it normal to care about your wife?"

He hummed slowly and nodded, but there was a hint of disappointment in his eyes.

Xu Qu looked at Huan Huan, seemingly not understanding why this answer made her unhappy.

Huanhuan was frightened by Xu Qu's gaze, and lowered his head in silence for a while, but couldn't help but raise his head and asked: "If... your wife was someone else, would you care about her so much?"

Xu Qu looked at Huan Huan and didn't say anything for a long time.

Finally, while trying to hide his anxiety and fear of loss, and with a look of earnest inquiry in his eyes, he said, "This 'if' does not exist. Don't think about things that don't exist."

She nodded slowly and smiled, saying, "That makes sense." Then she asked, "Is the escort going smoothly?"

Xu Qu nodded and said, "It went better than expected."

He slowly raised the corners of his mouth and smiled, "That's good."

Xu Qu looked at her seriously and said, "You have to take good care of yourself. This is very important, understand? We have explained everything in the shop today. You can rest at home tomorrow."

Huanhuan actually never understood why Xu Qu kept saying such things recently, but he cared about her health, which made her grateful, so she readily agreed, "Okay, don't worry."

After hearing her answer, Xu Qu relaxed his expression and said, "Go to bed early."

On a bleak night, a person whose emotions and thoughts were tangled up finally fell asleep listening to the whistling wind outside the window.