Your Grace as before

Yan Ruyu slowly pushed Zhiyi away, a look of unnaturalness flashed across her face: "It's just that you're fine."

……

The rare sun yesterday was covered in the vast whiteness of heavy snow in the morning of the next day. It will be New Year's Eve in two days, and the sound of firecrackers from time to time in the city greets New Year's Eve early

On the contrary, inside the Yan Mansion, it was as quiet as in the past, only the intermittent sound of the piano coming from the study and the occasional voice of the restless Yan Zhu broke the original tranquility

Xie Ziyan propped his chin with one hand, staring at Yan Ruyu, who was immersed in the sound of the piano, without blinking.

After finishing the song, Xie Ziyan smiled: "I haven't seen you for a few years, Ayu's piano skills are getting better and better."

Yan Ruyu got up, walked to Xie Ziyan's table and sat down, poured a cup of hot wine, looked at Xie Ziyan, who had a smile on his brow, but had a look of sadness in his eyes, and said softly: "Xiao Yan, what's bothering you, why don't you tell me about it." good"

Xie Ziyan was taken aback when he heard the words, and said with a wry smile: "How do you know, I'm just a mediocrity."

Yan Ruyu looked at Xie Ziyan who was completely different from the past, all the thorns all over his body were gone, and his brows were slightly frowned: "Xiao Yan, we grew up together, who knows you better than me?"

Xie Ziyan drank the wine in the glass in one gulp, and after a moment of silence, he said softly, "Ayu, I have to go."

Listening to the words without warning, Yan Ruyu asked, "Why are you in such a hurry? It's not too late to leave after New Year's Eve."

Xie Ziyan lowered his head and fiddled with the cup in his hand, "If you don't leave..." His tone was full of helplessness and sadness

"What will happen if you don't go?" Yan Ruyu wondered

Xie Ziyan raised his head, eyes full of affection and unstoppable sadness, only reflecting Yan Ruyu's dazed face

"Xiaoyan, you..."

"Heh..." A chuckle overflowed from Xie Ziyan's mouth

But for a moment, he looked foolish again, his clever eyes were radiant, and the corners of his mouth were slightly hooked: "If you don't leave, I'm afraid you won't be able to enter the house again in the future."

Xie Ziyan looked at the unresponsive Yan Ruyu: "Ayu, I'm here to say goodbye to you, you have to take good care of yourself in the future."

Yan Ruyu's heart felt heavy, because he knew that it would be farewell today, and he didn't know when it would be. He raised the wine glass in his hand and said, "Xiao Yan, take care."

Xie Ziyan took a deep look at Yan Ruyu, but he couldn't say it in the end, and the words that came to his lips were swallowed word by word, "I'm leaving."

Yan Ruyu got up to send her to the door, but Xie Ziyan stopped her, Zhi Yi lightly pulled Yan Ruyu's cloak, Xie Ziyan swallowed the words again, his eyes dimmed

Yan Ruyu watched Xie Ziyan get on the horse. The tall and straight Haoerlang was no longer the little boy who always called himself tirelessly. The figure riding the horse and raising the whip gradually disappeared in the end of the street

Yan Ruyu didn't notice Zhi Yi beside her, and seeing her lost expression, the expression on her face became more and more serious, and she pursed her lips tightly.

Zhi Yi gently helped Yan Ruyu into the room, and was about to speak, when Zhi Yi suddenly hugged himself, and couldn't help but say that the overwhelming kisses hit Yan Ruyu's face delicately and painfully, and finally fell on his lips, sucking her in carefully

Yan Ruyu didn't care about the shock, and pushed Zhiyi away abruptly, Zhiyi was unprepared, and took a few steps back, looking up at Yan Ruyu calmly

"You..." Yan Ruyu was interrupted by Zhi Yi's deep voice before she finished speaking, "You know what I'm thinking" and said again: "You don't hate me either" staring straight at Yan Ruyu

Yan Ruyu looked away in embarrassment, after a while of silence, a cold laugh came from Yan Ruyu's mouth, she tilted her head and said: "You cat, you just make me feel restless"

Zhi Yi looked at Yan Ruyu in a daze when he heard that, "You... are you back?" There was a slight tremor in his voice

Yan Ruyu blinked, took out the jade from her bosom, rubbed it lightly, and said softly: "Are you tired after all these years?"

Zhi Yi moved forward and carefully hugged Yan Ruyu like he was hugging a rare treasure: "When I think it's you, I won't be tired."

Yan Ruyu gently pushed Zhiyi away: "I don't have much time left."

Zhi Yi smiled softly: "Am I about to end the long wait?"

The two silently watched the fluttering snowflakes in the courtyard

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In addition to the Yan family brothers and Yan Zhu, the total number of people in Yan's house is only one Aunt Lin who cooks and two sisters and maids. On New Year's Eve, Aunt Lin prepares a table of dishes, and there is no distinction between the master and the servant at the same table. They have a lively New Year's Eve dinner together

After dinner, Yan Zhu clamored to go to the lake to watch the fireworks, so Yan Sitong and Yan Zhu went out together.

At midnight, Yan Ruyu stood by the corridor, listening carefully to people's wishes for the new year through the courtyard wall

Zhi Yi quietly accompanied Yan Ruyu, the first bunch of fireworks pierced the sky and bloomed with cheers, but it was only a flash in the pan, but it made people linger endlessly

Zhi Yi lightly held Yan Ruyu's hand, and then held each other tightly, Yan Ruyu looked sideways, with a pair of narrow glass eyes reflected in his eyelids, Zhi Yi lowered his head and gently held his pale thin lips...

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