The reborn girl always wants to escape, but the abstinent marquis hugs her and coaxes her!

Chapter 147: The past and the future are all connected

The further north you go, the colder the weather becomes.

As we walked along, the leaves on the tree trunks had all fallen off, and lonely branches stood on both sides of the road, exuding endless coldness and desolation.

But the cold in the north is different from the bone-chilling cold in the south. As long as you isolate the severe cold outside, the scene inside will be completely different.

Xu Rongrong sat in the carriage. Two charcoal basins were placed at the bottom of the carriage, making the carriage warm.

She was wearing a light yellow floral jacket and her face was rosy.

He was leaning against the table in the middle of the carriage, flipping through a medicine book that was already a little worn out.

On the table lay a plate of pastries and a plate of vermilion fruit, both bright and juicy, making one want to take a bite. In the middle stood a small, mahogany incense burner carved with gold and silver dragon patterns. Incense was burning in the burner, and the smoke curled up, making her feel as if she were in a dream.

Mu Rong sat across from her and took advantage of her break from flipping through the book to ask, "What kind of incense is that incense burning in the stove? It makes me feel so refreshed."

Xu Rongrong's eyes were still fixed on the book. She didn't even look up. "It's the ordinary magnolia fragrance, but with some mint and green leaves added."

"You really like adding mint to your spices." Mu Rong remembered that she also burned incense in the same way in Xu's mansion, so she asked, "This recipe is very strange. Did you learn it from a medical book?"

"Well, I have to verify it myself to know if it works." Xu Rongrong nodded. She closed the book and glanced at Mu Rong. "Now that the Marquis has praised it personally and it's so inspiring, it's enough to prove that this formula is effective."

Mu Rong: "..." He felt like a guinea pig again.

Oh, this time it’s not a drug test, but a fragrance test?

However, this can be considered as a reward for his good deeds.

When he set out from Yujia Village, he got into the carriage without hesitation.

At that time, Xu Rongrong, thinking of the commotion he had caused in the village, was so angry that she wanted to kick him off the carriage.

But the man fell silent while speaking.

When I looked again, I found that... he had fallen asleep!

He half leaned against the wall of the carriage, his head tilted to one side, his eyes and brows full of fatigue.

Perhaps in order to make enough space for Xu Rongrong, his long legs had nowhere to rest and had to be crossed together. His slender body seemed a little aggrieved at that moment.

Xu Rongrong was originally furious, but seeing him like this, she couldn't bear to wake him up and drive him off the carriage. Thinking of how busy he had been these past few days and how he had been guarding outside her room all night, she had to extinguish her anger.

After all, he hadn't slept for two nights and had just experienced a fierce battle in the imperial farm.

Even so, he arranged everything carefully and meticulously before leaving the village.

Xu Rongrong had no choice but to sit down and wait for him to sober up before making any plans. She originally didn't want to pay any attention to this person, but...

The roads in and around the village were uneven, and the carriage was always shaking. During the bumps, his head hit the wall of the carriage from time to time, making a "bang bang" sound.

But even so, he did not wake up. He just frowned uncomfortably, looking quite pitiful.

Xu Rongrong sighed and had to move over.

She pushed the table as far as she could to make more room for him, then helped him lie down.

In order for him to sleep comfortably, she had to gently help him find the best position.

As she fiddled with it, the warm masculine scent hit her face, but this did not cause her discomfort.

After he lay down, Xu Rongrong took another blanket and covered him.

His brows gradually relaxed, revealing a gentle and elegant look.

This reminded her of when she was ten years old...

On the anniversary of his mother's death, Xu Yaoyao happened to be ill, so no one in the house mentioned the memorial service, and no one even prepared any supplies.

She sneaked out of the house when no one was paying attention.

That was her first time leaving the house. Standing on the streets of the capital, she looked at a loss.

Unknowingly, I walked into an alley.

Two men came up to her with a wry smile on their faces and asked, "Little sister, can't you find your family?" She knew at a glance that they were not good people, but the two men surrounded her from the front and the back, leaving her panicked and at a loss.

At that moment, a young man in red came over and said, "Why? Don't tell me that you are going to look for her family?"

The murderous aura emanating from him instantly paralyzed the two men. They hurriedly said, "I dare not. I just saw that she was alone and wanted to ask if she needed any help. I'm leaving now!"

Seeing that the situation was not good, they turned around and wanted to leave, but several guards appeared from behind the young man in red and rushed forward to hold them down.

The young man coldly looked at the two people who were pinned to the ground and cried out that they were innocent. "Investigate them carefully. They looked like they were sneaking around following a young girl. It doesn't look like they were innocent."

After saying that, he turned around and looked at Xu Rongrong, and said coldly: "Don't run around if there's nothing wrong. Go find your master."

This was the first time Xu Rongrong had seen such a good-looking person. She stared at the young man in front of her in a daze. But the young man in red was used to seeing this kind of look. He glanced at him and was about to leave.

However, his robe was grabbed by a hand.

He lowered his head in displeasure, but saw the small hand that was pulling his robe, which was skinny and had white knuckles.

He turned around, frowned, and said, "Where is your home? I order my subordinates to take you back."

"I don't want to go home." Xu Rongrong shook her head. "I want to go shopping."

juvenile:"……"

He was a man with little patience for others, but the look in the girl's eyes made him at a loss for words: "What do you want to buy?"

"I want to buy paper money..."

juvenile:"……"

Seeing that he was about to get angry, Xu Rongrong hurriedly said, "It's my mother's death anniversary, and no one in the mansion remembers it... I want to burn some paper money for her."

juvenile:"……"

Finally, in front of the nearest funeral shop, Xu Rongrong picked out five strings of gold ingots and some other things, and bought a big bag of everything.

She thought to herself that on her mother's death anniversary this year, those people either intentionally or truly didn't care and completely forgot about it.

What about next year's? She couldn't leave the house every year, so she might as well buy more at once.

Then he emptied his purse and took out a silver ingot.

The boy and the shop owner were both stunned.

Xu Rongrong didn't understand. She looked at the owner and asked, "What's wrong?"

She had never had the concept of money. All she saw every day was a servant completing their task, Xu Liu tossing out a silver ingot, and then seeing the servant happily leave. Surely, the money she had should be enough, right?

After a long silence, the young man's face lost some of the impatience, and instead gained a touch of elegance. He looked at the owner and said, "Whatever is missing, I will fill it."

The young girl Xu Rongrong stared blankly at the young man in red.

The young man's expression at that time gradually overlapped with that of the man lying in the carriage.

Xu Rongrong withdrew her thoughts.

It was probably that encounter that made her heart firmly locked on him.

Even, paid with a lifetime.

In her previous life, after marrying into the Weiyuan Marquis Mansion, she had tried many times, but the final result made her understand:

That unforgettable encounter did not even leave a ripple in his heart.