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Qiao Ran had just told Chen Jiu a lame joke, and Chen Jiu only slightly raised her lips after hearing it, but she herself laughed until her stomach hurt.

Tears were almost falling when the talkative shopkeeper abruptly interrupted her. He came over with a grin, holding a tube of snail-shell ink, and immediately praised, "Miss, you are as beautiful as a lotus emerging from the water, with an exceptional face. However, your eyebrows are a bit too light today. Try my shop's new snail-shell ink; it will surely make you even more radiant."

Qiao Ran didn't understand why the shopkeeper had come over again. Just as she was about to refuse, Chen Jinning also came over. When she saw the snail-shaped eyeshadow that the shopkeeper handed to Qiao Ran, her eyes sparkled as she said, "Sister Qiao will definitely look good using it. This color suits Sister Qiao very well."

Qiao Ran: "..."

One by one, they're all going to keep harping on her, aren't they?

Qiao Ran didn't know how to answer for a moment. She subconsciously touched her face and smiled awkwardly, "I don't usually use such good snail-shaped eyeshadow. Let's buy a box for Aning."

Chen Jinning wasn't about to let Qiao Ran dodge so easily. He quickly took it from the shopkeeper's hand and shoved it into Chen Jiu's hand in the blink of an eye. "Brother, don't you think Sister Qiao looks even better in it?"

Chen Jiu understood and simply said, "Your Sister Qiao looks good no matter what."

Chen Jinning's eyes brightened even more, and she continued to add fuel to the fire, saying, "Brother, don't you think Sister Qiao's eyebrows are drawn too lightly today? If she could draw them more carefully, she would definitely be so beautiful that people wouldn't be able to take their eyes off her."

The shopkeeper readily agreed, "What the young lady says is absolutely right."

The protagonist, Qiao Ran, stared wide-eyed, completely bewildered. What was going on? Who had she offended that everyone was staring at her?

Qiao Ran couldn't even manage a smile. She finally realized, belatedly, that Chen Jinning's behavior was a bit strange, but she couldn't figure out exactly what was wrong with it.

While they were still stunned, Chen Jinning spoke up again. She pulled Qiao Ran next to her over, a faint smile on her lips, and said bluntly, "Brother, can you trace it for Sister Qiao?"

"..."

Who drew it for her? And what did they draw?

Qiao Ran suddenly realized what was going on, as if struck by lightning. So that's what Miss Chen was thinking. Where did she start playing matchmaker?

Before Qiao Ran could say anything, Chen Jinning pretended to be angry and started threatening Chen Jiu. Qiao Ran had just uttered, "No need, Aning, I'm not suitable," when Chen Jiu leaned over her.

Their eyes met, and suddenly they were very close. She could see the fine hairs on Chen Jiu's face and the wrinkles at the corners of his affectionate eyes.

Her breath caught in her throat, and Qiao Ran couldn't utter a word for a long time. Her warm breath gently touched her sensitive facial skin. Chen Jiu raised his hand, and the cool touch gently moved from her brow to the end of her brow. Qiao Ran felt her ear tips gradually getting hot, and then the heat spread to her cheeks.

Her thick eyelashes fluttered gently as Chen Jiu's hand slowly passed over Qiao Ran's eyebrows. With each flutter of her eyelashes, his hand trembled slightly, but he concealed it well, so no one noticed.

Staring silently at Qiao Ran, Chen Jiu didn't speak for a long time. His dark eyes flickered slightly where others couldn't see. The short time it took to draw his eyebrows felt like an eternity to both of them.

"Alright." Chen Jiu finally put his hand down, stared at Qiao Ran, his eyes gradually darkening. He took two steps back, turned around, and handed the items back to the shopkeeper.

As Chen Jiu left, Qiao Ran felt a sudden emptiness in her heart. She hurriedly turned her head, trying to appear calm, and asked Chen Jinning, "Was it pretty?"

Although she thought she had acted flawlessly, her flushed face betrayed her.

Chen Jinning smiled shyly. Once she was certain of Qiao Ran's feelings, she kept praising her, "You're so beautiful, more beautiful than any of the young ladies I've ever seen in Kyoto."

Qiao Ran felt even more uncomfortable after being praised. She lowered her eyes and couldn't help but go to the bronze mirror in the shop to look at herself. In fact, she couldn't see any difference in the person in the mirror, but she couldn't stop her heart from beating so fast.

"Brother is stunned?" Chen Jinning said to Chen Jiu with a smile in a low voice, "Brother has good taste. Aning likes this sister-in-law."

Chen Jiu seemed lost in thought, his expression unchanged from before. He simply raised his hand and patted Chen Jinning's head gently, saying, "Don't talk nonsense. Go pick out something you like."

Chen Jinning still wouldn't give up, "Brother, don't deny it. Aning isn't stupid; she can see through it."

“What do kids know?” Chen Jiu said, pushing Chen Jinning to pick out things. “Don’t mess around.”

But after Chen Jinning left, his expression suddenly darkened. He gently rubbed his fingertips together, and a little bit of the face powder that had been accidentally spilled fell onto the hand that was drawing Qiao Ran's eyebrows.

His heart had indeed found a moment of peace.

Turning his gaze towards Qiao Ran, he saw her still crouching in front of the bronze mirror, looking at herself as if she could see flowers reflected in it. Her originally flamboyant personality had inexplicably become much more subdued.

Chen felt helpless; this A Ning must have done something wrong.

"Wrap it up for me," Chen Jiu said to the shopkeeper, looking at the box of cosmetics he had used himself. "Wrap it carefully."

After observing the three people for a while, the shopkeeper finally figured out their relationship. He was overjoyed to have a great deal today and excitedly went to pack it up.

There were other books that Qiao Ran and Chen Jinning had seen, and Chen Jiu bought a whole bunch of random things.

When they got to the jewelry shop, Qiao Ran became the quiet one. She looked around and deliberately kept her distance from Chen Jiu.

Chen Jinning was still having a blast, thinking that anything expensive was suitable for Qiao Ran. He would hold up each item to Qiao Ran and then turn to Chen Jiu to ask, "Brother, is Sister Qiao pretty?"

Chen Jiu always simply answered, "It looks good."

The result was that they paid and it was wrapped up.

After strolling around for almost two hours, Chen Jinning calculated the time and realized it was almost time for Chen Jiu to take his medicine. She reluctantly stopped and said, "I'm tired, Sister Qiao, brother, let's go back."

Qiao Ran and Chen Jiu both breathed a sigh of relief and said in unison, "Okay."

The atmosphere instantly became awkward again. Qiao Ran had never felt so uncomfortable in her life. Ever since Chen Jinning did the eyebrow-drawing thing, she felt uneasy no matter how she looked at Chen Jiu.

On the way back, to avoid awkwardness, Qiao Ran said it was stuffy in the car and offered to ride a horse back.

The old saying "out of sight, out of mind" is indeed true; she finally felt much more at ease.

Back at the villa, Chen Jinning pointed to the boxes of various sizes that had been brought back and said, "Send them all to Sister Qiao's room."

Qiao Ran was shocked and quickly stopped the guards who were carrying the items away. She said to Chen Jinning, "These were all bought for you. Keep them and let them move them to Qinyuan."

Chen Jinning smiled broadly, "Sister Qiao, don't be so formal, your brother bought all of these for you."

Qiao Ran "..."

She was truly speechless.

After giving his instructions, Chen Jinning went back to his room first, leaving Qiao Ran and Chen Jiu with all the time.

The guards were already hurrying to move the things into her room. Qiao Ran's temples throbbed, and she sighed softly, "A Ning misunderstood. You know, I really don't need these things."

Chen Jiu glanced at it and said gently, "Just leave it in your yard for now. It's just for you and Aning to use anyway."

Qiao Ran decided not to dwell on the matter any longer and let the guards move the door.

"Qiaoqiao, you have to accept this."

Qiao Ran looked over and saw Chen Jiu handing her the box of snail-shaped eyebrow pencils she had drawn. She hesitated for a moment, but still took it.

"Well..." Qiao Ran hesitated for a moment before saying, "Ah Ning is really something, worrying about nothing."

Chen Jiu looked at her for a while and said, "Don't mind her, Aning didn't mean any harm."

Qiao Ran smiled and let it go. She didn't blame Chen Jinning. She held the dai in her hand tightly, her eyes lowered, and after a long silence, she said, "A-Ning, isn't this a case of matchmaking?"

As she said this, Qiao Ran tried her best to keep a calm expression. Rather than directly confirming her feelings, she wanted to be more tactful with Chen Jiu. She understood that with Chen Jiu's intelligence, they should give each other a definite answer.

As expected, Chen Jiu just smiled lightly, looked away, and said, "It was Aning who was being unreasonable. I'll talk to her about it later. You and I are just friends."

friend.

Qiao Ran couldn't quite describe her feelings. With a slight smile, she held up the dai in her hand and said, "Thank you for the gift. I really like it. I'll have to trouble you to explain things clearly to Aning so she doesn't continue to misunderstand."

Chen Jiu stood under the flowering tree in the courtyard. The light and shadow cast a soft glow on him, as if draping him in a veil. The delicate flowers were blown down by the breeze and landed on his shoulders.

He stood there and gave a curt reply: "Okay."

Qiao Ran went back to her room alone with a bright smile on her face.

She knew that some feelings needed to be kept within limits, just like her relationship with Chen Jiu.

Since that day, Qiao Ran went to the Moon Care Pavilion whenever she had free time, often staying for the whole day. Qiao Ran also asked Old Qu for medicine several times. Wu Yang's health gradually improved, and the Moon Care Pavilion gradually returned to its previous state.

She had also asked around about Yingyan, but all she knew was that the Eagle Capture Gang was closed and Yingyan's fate was unknown.

They couldn't very well rush into the Eagle Capture Gang and kill Eagle Flame, so they simply stopped being distracted and focused on recovering from their injuries.

Half a month passed in a flash, and the roses in front of Qiao Ran's villa had bloomed several times. Only then did she realize that she hadn't seen Chen Jiu and Chen Jinning during this time. She had been so busy with work that she had overlooked them.

That day, she saw Muxiang busy in the courtyard, so she beckoned her over. Muxiang put down the water jug ​​and walked slowly down the steps. "Miss."

"What has the young lady been up to lately? Do you know?"

Mu Xiang said, "The day before yesterday, the young master took the young lady to the back mountain to admire the flowers. The young lady stayed in the back mountain for most of the day, and then returned to Qin Garden."

Qiao Ran asked curiously, "You only went to the back mountain once every two weeks?"

“Yes,” Mu Xiang nodded, “Miss doesn’t like going out. After she came back from shopping with the young master and young lady last time, she became even less willing to go out after two days.”

They even discussed privately at the time whether the young master had upset the young lady.

Qiao Ran guessed that Chen Jiu had clarified their relationship with Chen Jinning, and Chen Jinning was still heartbroken.

"Let's pack up and go see Miss Qinyuan," Qiao Ran instructed Mu Xiang, and the two of them slowly headed towards Qinyuan.