This shadow guard is kinda nice

After Chu Yunhe's enthronement ceremony was over, Zhao Tingzheng and Xiao Yi'an originally wanted to leave for Jinling, but they were delayed for a few days just to wait for Xiao Yichen to come to An'an, and now they finally set off to return to Jinling.

Before leaving, Xiao Yi'an still worriedly pulled Xiao Yichen aside and told him, "Get some snacks, let me tell you, go find Mo Ran more often, don't turn around and your wife ran away with others, it won't be worth it, how much do you want?" Go look for him, it’s about relationship, it’s about cultivating and cultivating.”

Xiao Yichen's left ear went in and out of his right ear, and he hummed.

Seeing his appearance, Xiao Yi'an knew that he didn't take it seriously, so he gritted his teeth and took out his trump card.

"Let me tell you, when I was outside the city gate, Mo Ran was accompanied by a man."

Xiao Yichen froze for a moment, turned his head and looked at him suspiciously, as if trying to discern the truth of these words.

Xiao Yi'an's eyes were full of teasing, let him watch, he still pretended that Xiao Yichen didn't care, it turned out that he also cared about it.

"Based on my many years of experience, that man probably likes Mo Ran, but don't worry," Xiao Yi'an still patted Xiao Yichen's shoulder, "Your family Mo Ran is still very difficult to get close to, and that man will be useless just looking at it." .”

Xiao Yichen glared at him, gritted his teeth and said, "Thank you."

Xiao Yi'an smiled and rolled his eyes. He got into the carriage, waved his hands and said, "You're welcome!" Zhao Tingzheng also poked his head out, waved his hands and said, "Young Master, I'm waiting for you to come back together in Jinling!"

Only then did Xiao Yichen smile slightly, send the two of them away, he turned around and went back to the inn, where he stayed for a long time, in the afternoon, he changed his clothes and finally went out.

He was not familiar with Lin'an City, so he wandered around for a long time, and he didn't think of giving Mo Ran anything. Passers-by on the long street were in a hurry, and he brushed shoulders one after another, and finally stopped in front of a jade shop.

There were not many people in the store at the moment, only a few or two people were carrying jade ornaments, the shopkeeper saw that the visitor was very personable, so he greeted him with a smile, and asked him what kind of jade he wanted?

Xiao Yichen looked around, and said casually: "Let me take a look first, you are busy."

The shopkeeper smiled, he didn't listen to Xiao Yichen's advice to make him busy, but asked tentatively from the side: "Master, you want to give it away?"

Xiao Yichen looked back at him, didn't say anything, just nodded.

The shopkeeper smiled happily. He stretched out his hand and made a gesture of invitation, "It just happened that the shop got a piece of jade of excellent quality a while ago. You can come and have a look, my lord."

Xiao Yichen raised his eyebrows, and followed him to some display cabinets inside. The shopkeeper carefully took out the jade and handed it to Xiao Yichen.

A small piece of moist and transparent jade was pinched on Xiao Yichen's fingertips, round and elegant, very beautiful.

Xiao Yichen immediately fell in love with it, this jade can be polished and carved into a small pendant, which can be worn around the neck or held in the hand to play with.

"Success, this jade..."

"Shopkeeper, this Mr. Yuben wants it."

Another flamboyant and reckless voice came in, Xiao Yichen frowned almost imperceptibly, turned around, and looked at the person lightly.

I don't know when two young masters came into the store. One was dressed in blue, gentle and elegant, just like this jade, and the other was the one who asked for the jade. He was dressed in purple with cloud patterns, and his hair was tied with a golden crown. Looking young, a little immature.

The shopkeeper made a difficult move this time, the two young masters who came later didn't look like ordinary people, but the young master in white was the first to see this jade.

He looked at several people in a dilemma, not knowing what to do for a moment.

Xiao Yichen withdrew his gaze, raised the jade in his hand, and continued the previously interrupted words, "I want this jade, how much silver does the shopkeeper want?"

The purple-clothed boy was unhappy, and said to the shopkeeper: "I told you, I also like this jade. How much silver do you want?"

As soon as he entered the door, he was looking at it casually. He happened to see the jade in the man's hand at a glance. It was crystal clear, and it was just right for Chu Jiuxiao. It's bright.

People are more attractive than jade.

He wanted this jade even more.

The shopkeeper didn't dare to make an offer for a while, he looked at the few people, "This..."

Xiao Yichen smiled, ignoring the young man's arrogant expression, "Just pay the silver taels directly."

The young man glared at him angrily, and didn't say a word, he just waited for the quotation from the shopkeeper. He didn't believe that he, the majestic Seventh Prince of Nanchu, couldn't buy a jade?

The shopkeeper breathed a sigh of relief, and even faintly excited, this means that the one with the highest price will get it.

"500 taels."

As soon as the shopkeeper finished speaking, Chu Tanxi preemptively said, "600 taels."

The shopkeeper squinted his eyes and smiled. He had already quoted a higher price, but now that he quarrels like this again, he can be said to have made a lot of money.

Xiao Yichen lazily said: "800 taels."

Chu Tanxi then added, "900 taels."

"1000 taels."

Chu Tanxi gritted his teeth, "One thousand two hundred taels."

"Tanxi—"

The person next to Chu Tanxi was a step slower and failed to hold Chu Tanxi. Even though this jade is good, it can be bought for 1000 taels, which is really not worth it.

Chu Tanxi shook his head to Zhong Mengze, indicating that he was fine, then raised his eyebrows at Xiao Yichen, with a look of complacency in his eyes, you increase, continue to increase the price, can you still have more money than me, a prince?

However, Xiao Yichen smiled, and jokingly said: "This jade is yours now."

Chu Tanxi:? ? ?

Chu Tanxi was stunned for a moment, and the person on the opposite side looked like he was enjoying the show. It was obvious that he had been tricked, and he would spend 200 taels to buy a jade! ! !

But he just raised the price for a while, and he kept raising the price for a while, as if he forgot that he was away from home and didn't bring so much silver.

The shopkeeper's mouth was grinning to his ears, he took the jade from Xiao Yichen's hand, carefully packed it, and then waited for Chu Tanxi to pay the silver taels.

Chu Tanxi stared at Xiao Yichen with a fierce look on his face, wishing he could poke a hole out, thanks to him just now thinking that this person was prettier than Yu, but in the blink of an eye, he was beaten hard.

Xiao Yichen had seen enough of the young man's brilliant expressions, so he clapped his hands and prepared to leave.

However, Chu Tanxi's body was faster than his brain, and he reacted first, reaching out to stop him, but Zhong Mengze looked at Chu Tanxi with disapproval, and put a hand on Chu Tanxi's shoulder, signaling him not to be impulsive.

For some reason, he always felt that the man in white was not as handsome as he looked on the surface, and he hated him inexplicably from the bottom of his heart.

Xiao Yichen waved away the hand that was blocking him, and suddenly moved closer, with a half-smile, Chu Tanxi was startled.

Xiao Yichen turned his head and whispered in his ear: "It's better for children to keep a low profile, it's not attractive to be so flamboyant."

After Xiao Yichen finished speaking, he left quickly, but Chu Tanxi was still in a daze, as if he couldn't react.

The man's low voice had been echoing in his mind just now, and a face that was prettier than Yu was suddenly so close to him, and his heart suddenly throbbed.

The sky completely darkened, Xiao Yichen came out of a jade shop in the north of the city, he wandered around, almost crossing the entire Lin'an City, before he found another jade shop, which had the white jade he liked.

The shopkeeper is also nice. He said that he can polish it and make it into a pendant or a hairpin.

Xiao Yichen suddenly had a thought, and said, can he polish it into a hairpin himself?

The shopkeeper smiled and said yes, and then instructed him how to polish it in the backyard. This process lasted the whole afternoon. After the shopkeeper made more delicate finishing touches, Xiao Yichen got the finished product and looked at it carefully in his hand. So a little rough, but barely watchable.

He took the jade hairpin and went to see people in the palace. He didn't see him for a few days, and he missed him very much.

Xiao Yichen sneaked into the Nanchu Palace again, and then went to Moran's place with ease, climbed up the wall, turned around and landed, a set of movements were done in one go.

Last time he walked in a hurry and didn't find out his courtyard. This time, he walked around and went to the main hall.

Candles were burning in the main hall, and the dim yellow flames were flickering. When Xiao Yichen came in through the window, there was no sound, and he closed the window softly.

However, when he turned around, Chu Jiuxiao was just a few steps away from him... staring at him.

The sound of rushing water reached Xiao Yichen's ears. Chu Jiuxiao was in the hot spring, with his thin upper body stretched out, his eyes slightly widened, as if he couldn't understand why this person always climbed over the wall and the window at night, and he hadn't seen him for a few days , even worse this time, came in while he was taking a bath.

Xiao Yichen raised his eyebrows, what a coincidence?

Chu Jiuxiao got up from the water silently. It was very rare that he didn't make a sound to drive people away. After all, in the past few years, no one was allowed to come in while he was bathing. quit.

Under Xiao Yichen's unclear gaze, he put on his clothes and wiped his hair with a cloth towel, Xiao Yichen finally said his first words when he came here.

"I'll help you."

Chu Jiuxiao was surprised for a moment, this person shouldn't do these things, the words of refusal came to his lips, but in his deep and complicated expression, he was defeated.

The cloth towel was taken away, and he followed the person behind the screen as if in a wandering state, and sat in front of the bed. The cloth towel covered his head, and then moved.

He was already shorter than Xiao Yichen, so it was easier for Xiao Yichen to move now.

Xiao Yichen's movements were not very proficient, and he even had great strength. Sometimes Chu Jiuxiao felt his scalp tingle, but he still lowered his head obediently and let him move.

Xiao Yichen finally finished brushing his hair, his fingers ran through Chu Jiuxiao's hair, and it felt warm and cool to the touch, just like before.

Chu Jiuxiao froze for a moment, he subconsciously wanted to rub, as if they had done this many times before, in fact, he did the same.

Xiao Yichen smiled, feeling the closeness and overtures of this man, "Come on."

Chu Jiuxiao nodded.

The comb was pinched in Xiao Yichen's hand, he looked at Chu Jiuxiao's loose long hair, he felt a bit difficult, brushing his hair was okay, but combing it was really not.Chu Jiuxiao thought to himself, sure enough, he won't.

He seemed to have known it for a long time, took the comb from Xiao Yichen, and said softly: "I'll do it myself."

Xiao Yichen was very straightforward, and he didn't make it difficult for himself. He nodded, leaned on the side shelf with his arms folded, and watched Chu Jiuxiao move.

His gaze went from his long hair to the white hand holding the comb. After several years of pampering, his fingers were not as rough as before. Xiao Yichen thought wildly, and then his eyes went to his chin and neck.

"Is that all right?" he asked suddenly.

Chu Jiuxiao's hand paused, and he turned sideways, facing Xiao Yichen, exposing the bitten side of his neck.

On the delicate and white flesh, the bloody marks left by that night can no longer be seen.

Xiao Yichen nodded.

Chu Jiuxiao suddenly said, "I wiped off the scar removal potion Jiang Yujin gave me, so I can't see any traces."

For some reason, Chu Jiuxiao wanted to tell him that he subconsciously didn't want to leave scars on his body. When he woke up that year, he couldn't see a good spot all over his body. It took a long time to develop the scars he has now. .

He was always afraid of scars left on his body, and subconsciously felt that someone would not like it.

Until he met Xiao Yichen, he felt that this person should be him.

But he saw the pensive look on the face of the person opposite, thought for a while, maybe he didn't know who Jiang Yujin was, so he explained again: "Jiang Yujin's medical skills are very good, and now he is a well-known genius doctor in the world. "

Xiao Yichen came back to his senses, he smiled, without explaining too much, he said he understood.

Chu Jiuxiao also smiled lightly.

Xiao Yichen was almost dazzled by that smile, and sighed in his heart, if he hadn't been separated for five years, what would he look like?The next moment, Xiao Yichen couldn't help but laugh, there are so many ifs, it is already five years later, he should look forward, cherish the present is the real business.

Chu Jiuxiao put down the comb, Xiao Yichen immediately stood up straight, and stopped leaning lazily, with a gentle look on his face, he took out the jade hairpin he made, and put it in Chu Jiuxiao's hands.

"This jade suits you, it should look good when you use it."

Chu Jiuxiao was completely stunned with the warm jade in his hand.

This jade matches you.

This jade is suitable for you, it should look good when you use it.

The same person, the same words, Chu Jiuxiao suddenly raised his head, he wanted to ask if you gave me anything else, if you also said this sentence.

However, in Xiao Yichen's deep and tender eyes, he was unable to speak, his lips were murmured, his chest was sour, and he finally said, "...Thank you, I like it very much."

Xiao Yichen smiled, "As long as you like it, go to sleep."

Chu Jiuxiao nodded, he took two steps, then suddenly turned around and said, "What about you?"

"I?"

Xiao Yichen was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect him to ask himself, he immediately smiled and said: "Seeing that you have fallen asleep, I will leave."

Chu Jiuxiao swallowed back the words that he wanted someone to stay. This person weighed much more in his heart than he thought.

Counting today, it's just two sides, but they got along as if they had known each other for a long time, and he even had the idea of ​​wanting him to stay.

When Chu Jiuxiao was lying on the bed, Xiao Yichen pinched the corner of the quilt for him, "Go to sleep, I'm leaving."

Xiao Yichen got up from the side of the bed, Chu Jiuxiao suddenly stretched out his hand to hold him, when Xiao Yichen looked over, he suddenly retracted it, annoyed, not knowing what happened to him.

Xiao Yichen's expression darkened, he smiled lightly, and asked what's the matter?

After a long time, Chu Jiuxiao said in a low voice, will you come next time?

He seemed very embarrassed, and summoned up the courage to say such a sentence, and then dodged his eyes, not daring to look at people.

Xiao Yichen looked at this extremely familiar person and movement, and said, "Come."