Uncle Nine, where are you running to?

After Lin Jiu had explained everything, he packed his luggage and stayed in a hotel near Zhe Gu's house.

The wall where he first stood became the place he went most often.

Either standing or sitting.

But his face was always facing the direction of her room.

Watch her playing with Sugarcane Girl.

Watching her teach Xiaoyu to walk little by little.

Seeing that she was getting impatient with teaching, she would pick up the child under her arm and walk away.

Lin Jiu smiled silently.

In the past half month, he secretly asked his senior brother and found a way to control Xiaoyu, but he still didn't dare to go in.

……

Zhe Gu looked at the perfume bottle left on the wall and couldn't help sighing. She called out to Jing Zhi who was wandering around the yard doing nothing, "Hey, your lover has sent you something again."

After shouting, she continued to mutter in a low voice, "Brother is so stupid. What's the point of just giving her perfume? She already has a basket full of perfumes with all kinds of scents."

Jingzhi took the things, jumped down, and asked, "What did you say?"

Sugarcane Girl suddenly became very busy. "Oh, someone suddenly came to ask for rice in front. I won't talk to you anymore. I have to go and get busy first!"

After saying that, he turned around and left, closing the door to the backyard considerately.

Lin Jiu stood a little further away. After seeing her take the things on the wall inside, he smiled faintly and turned away.

Before he had taken two steps, his arm was suddenly grabbed from behind.

A scent of powder wafted over, and when Lin Jiu realized it was a woman, he quickly broke free, then took several quick steps before turning his head to take a look.

"...Junior sister, what are you doing?"

"Well done, keep it up." Zhe Gu leaned against the wall with one hand, looking at him with a nonchalant smile, "That's right, men with partners should also observe male ethics!"

"Stand still!"

Seeing Zhe Gu straighten up reflexively, he continued, "If you're here to teach me a lesson, then I'll leave first."

"Hey, don't!"

Seeing that he was still walking, Zhe Gu quickly took a few steps, passed him, and opened her arms to block his way.

"In half a month, your wedding day with her will be here. Aren't you planning on taking her home with you?"

Lin Jiu lowered his head silently, "She hasn't forgiven me yet, she won't go with me."

Zhe Gu took a step closer, looked back carefully at the half-open door, and then turned back to Lin Jiu and said:

"Her birthday is in three days. I'll invite her friends over here. You can prepare a birthday present for her, and then apologize to her while she's happy. Who knows, maybe she'll be willing to go back with you."

Lin Jiu suddenly raised his head, looked at Zhe Gu for a few seconds, and then slowly said, "Thank you."

Zhe Gu raised her hand nonchalantly and said, "It's not easy to get a thank you from you. Okay, go back and think about it. Time is a bit urgent, so you should do it quickly. Whether you can have a wife or not depends on this."

Lin Jiu nodded, with a thoughtful expression, and left quickly.

"Alright!" Zhe Gu said to the person hiding outside the door, "Are you really planning to stay here for a long time? I don't mind, but I couldn't bear to look at my senior brother's face just now."

The door creaked open a crack.

Jingzhi's face couldn't hide the worry, "What's wrong with his face?"

"Just like you, I've lost weight."

Zhe Gu walked closer slowly, folding her arms around her chest. "Are you worried about him?"

She pinched Jingzhi's thinner face and said, "Why torture each other? I see your anger has subsided. In three days, give him a way out and let him go."

Jingzhi shyly pushed her hand away, still stubbornly saying, "It depends on how he performs. If he doesn't perform well, I'll live with you forever!"

Zhe Gu spread her hands and said, "I don't mind anyway. It's much more lively when you come. It's just that I have to help you block someone else every time, which is a bit annoying."

Jingzhi asked: "Who is it?"

Say everyone is here.

Zhe Gu raised her chin towards the elegant man approaching the alley entrance, "A doctor comes to my temple almost every day. He's almost as diligent as my senior brother."

Jingzhi took a closer look and quickly pulled Zhegu, who was still watching, into the house.

The door closed gently, and then he said "hush" to Zhe Gu.

"Jingzhi, I see you, won't you come out and see me?"

Zhe Gu made some frantic gestures at her, but she couldn't understand them.

But judging from her teasing smile, what she wanted to express was so clear that Jingzhi couldn't help but roll her eyes.

The bolt was pulled and the door creaked open.

Jingzhi walked out with a stern face.

Zhong Yao's eyes lit up and he immediately went to meet him.

"Jingzhi, you're out now? Why did you move here?"

He was secretly happy in his heart. He had already inquired about it. Lin Jiu also came here to wait for people every day. The two of them must have had a quarrel.

"none of your business."

Zhong Yao's face froze, then he smiled and said, "Didn't you say you'd treat me to a drink someday? How about we drink together today?"

Jingzhi: "I've quit drinking."

Zhong Yao: "Then... let's have dinner together?"

Jingzhi's brows gradually furrowed: "You have good conditions. You are handsome and tall. Your family is rich. You have your own career and you are capable..."

Just this one praise made Lin Jiu, who was eavesdropping at the entrance of the alley, feel chilled to the bone.

He is neither handsome nor tall.

When it comes to money, she may not be as rich as Zhong Yao, and he is also old. What was her reason for choosing to be with him in the first place?

"but."

A "but" successfully made the two men's hearts rise.

She said seriously: "In this life, even if I don't end up with Lin Jiu, I think... I will choose to die alone."

Her firm words were like a bolt of lightning that struck Zhong Yao, causing him to take a few steps back.

His smile gradually turned ugly. "How will you know if you don't try?"

Jingzhi sighed, walked back to the eaves, and said again:

"I've already said this. No matter what you do next, I won't respond to you anymore. You'd better give up as soon as possible."

Sugarcane Girl stretched out her head and said:

"Give up! Her heart is now colder than the mountain spring water!"

Zhong Yao saw that she was no longer there, so he slowly put away his smile and frowned as he glanced at the round-faced Zhe Gu. "It's none of your business."

Zhe Gu choked, retracted her head, and closed the door with a bang.

"He looks like a decent person, but he has no manners."

Lin Jiu, who was hiding, saw them parting on bad terms, and the heart that was stuck in his throat finally settled down.

……

In the evening, he called Qiu Sheng to his hotel room to talk.

"Tell me...what are her hobbies?"

Qiu Sheng sat on the chair, his elbows on the table, and asked him with his face in his hands:

"Didn't you notice?"

Lin Jiu's eyes widened. "I found out, do I need to ask you?!"

Qiu Sheng was no longer afraid of Lin Jiu. He leaned closer, looked at his master's angry face and said:

"Isn't you her hobby? Everything she does is about you. I think she loves you so much that she has lost herself!"

I have to say that Qiu Sheng, as a bystander, saw things clearly and summarized them very well.

Lin Jiu recalled the time they spent together and found that it seemed to be true.

Apart from cooking a few meals for her, he never did anything else for her...

His eyes, which had been wide open, slowly closed, and his straight back slowly leaned back against the chair.

Qiu Sheng looked at his master who looked half dead and couldn't help but want to say something to him.

"You should pay more attention to her. She is the best person I have ever seen to treat you. Even your own mother is not as good to you as she is. Her kindness to you has brought happiness to Wencai and me. Sometimes my aunt is not even this kind to me!"

Lin Jiu did not refute his words, "I understand."

Qiu Sheng sighed and finally gave him a suggestion, "When you apologize, you always have to put on a serious face. You can't keep being so arrogant. This isn't a martial arts competition."

"I saw she was very happy at the last theater. How about you invite her to go to the theater with you again?"

Lin Jiu stared blankly at his eldest disciple for a long while before he slowly said, "I'll consider it."

Qiu Sheng had become impatient with his lukewarm attitude towards feelings, so he stuffed two tickets into his hand.

"Look, I know her birthday is in three days. After dinner, take her to the theater. Here are the tickets. It's in town."

Lin Jiu looked down at the ticket in his hand, hesitant, and whispered, "I'm afraid she won't agree."

Qiu Sheng exclaimed, "What's the big deal? Wencai and I have already bought tickets, and Zhegu has also bought a ticket. If we all go together, she probably won't refuse."

Lin Jiu suddenly felt that Qiu Sheng had been suppressed for too long, and he came up with this idea purely because he wanted to have some fun.

After thinking for a long time, Lin Jiu, whose only daily entertainment was watching plays, had no other choice but to close his eyes, nod, and reluctantly agree.

Lin Jiu thought that he couldn’t rely entirely on Qiu Sheng.

He also has to do something practical to express his sincerity.

……

Unexpectedly, Jingzhi was already worried about him before the show even started...