leaf shadow by the pool

Chapter 1

The streets of the imperial city of Ningguo were very lively, and the hawkers kept shouting and selling.Ye Ying, the second son of the Minister of the Household Department, led a group of servants to roam the streets.

"Second young master, there is a tea utensil seller in front of you, aren't you thinking every day to sell the master a tea utensil from Longjing before soaking in the rain?"

"Ye Chen, you know me best, let's go!" Ye Ying shook her fan and smiled.

Before Ye Ying and his party stepped into the door of the teaware shop, they heard someone shouting that there was a thief on the street.

A thin figure ran past Ye Ying, Ye Ying turned around and chased after him, and when he was about to catch up, a person walked out from the side, Ye Ying bumped straight into the person's arms.Ye Ying felt a burst of dizziness and smelled a pleasant smell of sandalwood.

The man put his hand around Ye Ying's waist slightly, so that he would not fall to the ground.

Ye Ying raised her head and was about to curse, but when she saw that person's face, she stopped speaking, and swallowed it abruptly. The person's facial features were exquisite, her skin was like a fine mutton fat jade, her lips were very light pink, and her appearance did not look like that. A woman with delicate features but also a kind of ostentatious beauty.

Everyone knows him, he is He Linyuan, Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, whom most of the women in the imperial city who have not left the cabinet want to marry.

"Young master Ye, I'm sorry. I didn't notice, is it a problem?"

"It's okay, it's okay." Ye Ying replied with a slightly red face and lowered her head.Blushed?That's right.Ye Ying also fell in love with He Linyuan like many women in the imperial city.

He wanted to step back a little distance but found that He Linyuan was surrounding him, the blush on his face deepened even more.

Ye Chen quietly walked to the side of Ye Ying and He Linyuan, looking straight at them

He Linyuan saw Ye Ying's uneasiness, and Ye Chen watched from the side, then calmly withdrew his hand.

"Master Ye, were you chasing someone just now?"

"A thief stole something and wanted to run away, so I chased after him. I didn't expect to bump into Mr. He. Where is Mr. He going?"

"Brother Xu asked me to go to Xiangju Building today." He Linyuan looked at Ye Ying fixedly.

"Oh, then I'll take my leave." When Ye Ying heard that He Linyuan was going to meet Xu Che, she couldn't help feeling sour, and she was about to leave in a hurry.

Xu Che is He Linyuan's good friend, a...very, very good friend.

Seeing Ye Ying's expression, He Linyuan raised the corner of his mouth slightly but controlled it well. "It's almost time for lunch, Mr. Ye might as well come with me, Brother Xu won't mind."

Ye Ying was confused.Go ahead, seeing the two of them chatting and laughing happily there, I feel panicked again.Don't go, this is finally a chance to have dinner with He Linyuan.

"No, my father is still waiting for me at home."

"Okay then, Mr. Ye, I'll take my leave." He Linyuan didn't force him to stay.

"Well, Master He, go slowly."

Hmph, if you call Xu Che, you will call him Brother Xu, and if you call me, you will call him Young Master Ye.He also said that he wanted to invite me, but as soon as I refused, he left immediately.Ye Ying slandered.

"Second Young Master, shall we continue shopping or go home?" Ye Chen asked.

"I don't go shopping anymore, I lose my mood."

Ye Ying didn't go back to the mansion either, and walked around the city, and scattered the other servants, only bringing Ye Chen with her.Ye Ying and Ye Chen walked towards Xiangju Building together.

Ye Ying looked around after entering Xiangju Building, where is He Linyuan.Ye Ying didn't see He Linyuan's figure, so she knew they must have entered the private room, so she asked the waiter, "Where is Mr. He?"

"Shopkeeper, Mr. He went up to the second floor, the second private seat on the left." Xiaoer replied.

"I see"

That's right, Ye Ying is the owner of the largest restaurant in the imperial city, Xiangjulou. Ye Ying doesn't like to dance, so he opened a restaurant at the root of the imperial city.However, there is another owner in this Xiangju Building, who has never shown up, and even Ye Ying has never seen him.

This other owner was last year that Xiangju Building was involved in a case and closed for a period of time, so it suffered a lot of losses.

Ye Ying didn't have much money on hand to settle the matter.So I asked someone to find out who was interested in helping Xiangjulou overcome this difficulty and become the second owner of Xiangjulou.

The next day, Xiaosi sent 400 taels of silver, but the person who gave the money did not come, and never showed up, but the monthly dividends did not fall once, and they were all taken away.Ye Ying didn't care too much, anyway, it doesn't matter if he sees the business or not.

Ye Ying took Ye Chen and sat down in the room next door to He Linyuan and the others, and called Xiao Er to serve some dishes.Ye Ying signaled Ye Chen not to speak, and put her ear to the next door to listen to what they were talking about.Ye Chen has gotten used to Ye Ying's appearance, so he obediently sits and drinks tea.

Ye Ying couldn't hear clearly intermittently.So Ye Ying made up her mind to make the walls of the box thinner.

Ye Ying simply called Xiao Er and asked him to deliver food to the next room.

"Send food?" Xiao Er didn't react for a while.

"Yes, send food, send... send a plate of hibiscus prawns, let's say there is a happy event in the restaurant today, and it will be delivered for free. When you go in, take a good look at what they are doing inside." Ye Ying said.

Xiaoer knocked on the door with a plate of hibiscus prawns, and it was Xu Che who opened the door.

"Guest officer, there is a happy event in the restaurant today. This is a free dish for the two guest officers." Xiao Er walked in with the food and said as he walked.

"Free delivery? Oh, thank the shopkeeper for me." Xu Che smiled and sat back on his seat, and Xiaoer followed into the cubicle.

Xiaoer put down the dishes and looked around secretly, but didn't find anything, so he backed out.

"What are they doing?" Xiao Er stepped into the door, and Ye Ying stood up and stepped forward.

"I didn't find anything, the two of them were just drinking and eating normally." Xiaoer told Ye Ying everything he saw.

"Just drinking and eating vegetables," Ye Ying said.

"Yes." Xiaoer replied, what is the shopkeeper doing? Could it be that the two of them did something ulterior, and the shopkeeper secretly investigated in order to preserve the reputation of the building.Um.It must be like this, I can't see that Mr. He will do such things.Xiaoer is still immersed in his own brain.

Ye Ying let Xiao Er go after hearing this. Ye Chen walked to Ye Ying's side for a moment, and said carefully, "Second Young Master, I think Mr. He and Mr. Xu are just close friends, and they don't have the relationship you think." Ye Chen was also faintly unable to see any expression.

"That's not sure." Ye Ying said.Ye Ying sat down at the table and picked up a chopstick of hibiscus prawns.This hibiscus prawn is Ye Ying's favorite. Every time I come to Xiangjulou, I order a plate to eat.

On the other hand, after Xiaoer brought the dishes, the two did not continue their previous conversation, but Xu Che talked about the dish.

"It must have been the dish brought by the young master of the Ye family, you should eat more." There was an unstoppable sense of ridicule in the words, and he even winked at He Linyuan.

"The little girl just now is obviously looking at what we are doing here, so how can I ask you out in the future, what do you think?" Xu Che said while putting the hibiscus prawns in He Linyuan's bowl.

"Then you have to be a little self-aware, and don't ask me out if there's nothing important in the future, let alone ask me here." He Linyuan said calmly without changing his expression, and by the way, put the prawn into Xu Che's bowl.

"Hey, I don't like to hear what you say. It's obviously your fault that when I meet him, he stares at me like a rival in love."

He Linyuan didn't respond.He bowed his head and took a sip of the wine, and picked up a hibiscus prawn.

Xu Che also knew that He Linyuan had his own plans, so he didn't ask any further questions.

Ye Ying came out of the room after eating, and it happened that He Linyuan and the others also came out. Ye Ying saw He Linyuan looking at him, and was so embarrassed that he wanted to run away quickly.

Ye Ying thought in her heart, I met the person who I said was going back home, this... oh.

He Linyuan was not surprised when he saw Ye Ying, he just smiled and said, "Thank you Mr. Ye for the food."

When Ye Ying heard that he was running away faster, he didn't realize how he knew it.

Ye Chen followed Ye Ying slowly, Xu Che waved at Ye Chen, Ye Chen pretended not to see it.

Ye Ying escaped from Xiangju Building and returned home.

When Ye Ying stepped into the hall, he saw his father Ye Hongxin sitting on a chair slowly sipping tea.

Seeing Ye Ying come back, Ye Hongxin called Ye Ying to the front of the hall, patted Ye Ying on the shoulder, and said to Ye Ying, "Zian, it's all right for you to run around all day long, you are not young. But if there is a girl you like, if you If you have one, bring it back earlier to show your mother. Your mother has been thinking about having another grandson. Today she whispered in my ear again, Zian, you have to be considerate and considerate of my busy work this day. I heard your mother whispering in my ear. Don’t you think so?”

"Then let the eldest brother and the eldest sister-in-law have another one, they are all the same," Ye Ying said casually.

Mother is afraid that she will not be able to hold me in her life.But these words are also in the heart, and I dare not say it to anger my parents.

"Your elder brother is yours, and yours is yours. What's the difference? Besides, your elder brother has two sons and two daughters. Look at you again, alas. I have been worried about you since I was a child. Now you grow up When I grow up, I have to worry about marriage." Ye Hongxin persuaded.

"My Xiangju building is booming. I can't be distracted at this time. Let's talk about it later." Ye Ying couldn't help her forehead, so she wanted to leave immediately.

"Forget it, forget it, every time I mention it to you, you always use this kind of rhetoric. I'm not surprised by it, and I don't want to hear your empty words. But you have to find out for your sister, don't worry It doesn't mean that Xiaoxi is not in a hurry. She is also big and big. There are people coming and going in your restaurant every day, if you find something you like, you can ask Xiaoxi, do you understand?"

"Understood, but I have asked Xiaoxi many times, and she didn't like it, but I will help my little sister to pay attention, don't worry." Seeing that her father cared about Ye Xi, Ye Ying immediately responded happily. down.

Ye Hongxin saw that Ye Ying didn't want to listen anymore and didn't hold back, "Have you eaten yet? If you haven't eaten, let the kitchen make some more for you. I have business to leave."

"Not yet, Dad, go slowly. I'll go and see Xiaoxi after dinner." Ye Ying waved to Ye Hongxin.

"En." Ye Hongxin got into the carriage and drove away.

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