Looking at Jiang Fuling who had returned, Shang Heng was a little surprised, "Why aren't you going again?"

He was just about to tell his father about this.

"Although you may not see the wildflowers covering Qilin Mountain at this time, the autumn scenery may have a different artistic conception."

Before getting an answer, Shang Heng said again.

He was afraid that Jiang Fuling didn't want to go because she thought Qilin Mountain was not fun in autumn.

But this is not the case.

Jiang Fuling sat down in the pavilion with a bright smile on her face. "I originally wanted to go to Yancheng, but now... I suddenly don't want to go."

Before she went out, she really wanted to see her best friend, but after she went out, or to be more precise, after she saw the note, she didn't want to go anymore. After all, her best friend was about to come back, so why would she go?

Yes, her best friend will be back soon.

In other words, Shen Chu will be back soon.

What great news this is!

The small note tied to the pigeon's foot was written to her by Shen Chu.

Perhaps because he was afraid of being seen by others, Shen Chu still used encrypted text.

In simple terms, it is their modern vernacular.

The content on the note was: My good friend, please wait for me, I am going to sail away tonight!

If someone else saw a small note like this, they might wonder what was written on it, but Jiang Fuling would not have any such doubts at all.

Because she knew it clearly.

It has been more than half a month since Shen Chu left Beijing, and now he is finally coming back. Is it because Xie Ming has rebuilt Yancheng?

Or... Chu'er doesn't want to stay with Xie Ming anymore?

After thinking it over again and again, Jiang Fuling felt that the latter was more reliable.

After all, she had heard that many houses collapsed in Yancheng and it would be impossible to rebuild them immediately in a short period of time.

Xie Ming and Shen Chu spent half of the half month since they left Beijing on the road, which means they had been in Yancheng for less than ten days in total.

It is a very difficult challenge to complete the renovation of Yancheng in ten days.

Jiang Fuling felt that Xie Ming had no way of completing this challenge.

It’s not that she looked down on Xie Ming, but she had heard about the working speed of those people in the capital.

They are all masters of slacking off.

How is it possible to complete such a high workload in such a short time?

And if that is the case, then Shen Chu's return to Beijing now can only mean that there is a problem in her relationship with Xie Ming.

Otherwise, Shen Chu would not have returned to Beijing at this time.

But no matter what, Jiang Fuling still very much hopes that Shen Chu will return to the capital.

Because this way she will have a very good playmate.

If the strategy fails, then so be it. You won’t die anyway.

Her family treats her very well.

What else can I do? Just live.

Jiang Fuling took a bunch of washed grapes in her hand, put them into her mouth one by one, and began to chew them nonchalantly. "Shang Heng, I noticed that you seem to have seldom gone out to practice swordsmanship recently."

She said it as if it were a casual remark.

Shang Heng's expression was a little strange when he heard Jiang Fuling's words.

His gaze lingered on Jiang Fuling, and after a moment he said, "I think the suburbs are a bit far. There's no need to go unless necessary."

uh-huh?

Is the suburbs a bit far?

Don't go if you don't have to?

Why haven't I heard him say this before?

Jiang Fuling casually spat the grape skins into the dish, looked him up and down, and finally spoke after a long moment, "I feel like something's wrong with you."

Shang Heng didn’t seem to be like this before.

Maybe it started to change recently.

To be precise, it was after Shang Heng moved into the general's mansion that he began to rarely go out.

A few days ago, she left the general's mansion to buy food on the streets of the capital, and heard some messy rumors.

As for the rumors... there are so many.

Jiang Fuling sat casually, her hair tied back casually. She frowned and thought for a moment, "Repeat what you heard to Shang Heng."

"You know what? Yesterday I went to buy some candied haws, and the man selling them was chatting with someone, and I overheard a few words."

Her tone was nonchalant, as if she was just saying it casually.

Shang Heng didn't think there was anything wrong with her. Instead, he sheathed his sword and listened to her quietly.

"What did you overhear?"

Shang Heng's voice was low.

He placed the long sword casually on the stone table and sat down in the position closest to Jiang Fuling.

Seeing him so flattering, Jiang Fuling's desire to gossip became even stronger. "That's right, I heard that old man selling candied haws say that your personality has changed a lot recently. You don't even go out to the suburbs anymore."

"..."

"Why do you say that?"

After a brief silence, Shang Heng finally spoke.

Why would an old man selling candied haws know about his drastic change in personality?

Jiang Fuling looked inscrutable, "You don't know this, right?"

"The old man said that every time you go out of town, he sells candied haws at a fixed location, and you always pass by him at that time. But he hasn't seen you for quite a while. It's been almost ten days since he last saw you."

"You haven't been to the suburbs for training for so long?"

Jiang Fuling was also very surprised when she heard what the old man said.

She doesn't pay much attention to these things on a daily basis.

She never asks where Shang Heng goes or what he does every day.

After all, she was just staying in the general's mansion temporarily and had no relationship with Shang Heng.

She has no right to ask so many questions.

Jiang Fuling sets very clear boundaries for herself.

She didn't want to cross the line.

However, occasionally she would still try to find out if Shang Heng was interested in her recently.

Like now.

By the time she finished her words, half of the bunch of grapes in her hand was gone, but it didn't matter.

She picked one casually and handed it to Shang Heng's mouth, staring at him with her bright eyes. There was no extra emotion in her eyes, she was just waiting calmly for Shang Heng's answer.

Their eyes met, and there was silence all around except for the sound of their breathing.

Jiang Fuling stared at him, and when she saw that Shang Heng didn't respond for a long time, she withdrew her hand.

But before she could withdraw her hand, a large hand suddenly grabbed her wrist, pulled her hand closer to him, then lowered his head and swallowed the grape.

The wet tip of the tongue gently licked her fingertips. Jiang Fuling felt an itch in her heart and she wanted to withdraw her hand immediately.

Only after Shang Heng swallowed the grapes was her hand successfully released.

There are crystal clear water stains on the white fingertips, which makes people imagine a lot.

Jiang Fuling's gaze lingered on her fingertips for a moment, then quickly retracted her gaze.

He twisted his hanging hands lightly, pretending nothing had happened.

"Very sweet."

Jiang Fuling cheered up.

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