leaf shadow by the pool

Chapter 29

Ling Xichi and Yu Ze sat in the pavilion, while He Linyuan sat alone.

Ling Xichi was talking to He Linyuan, and the atmosphere was very harmonious.

"Are you back?" He Linyuan saw Ye Ying come back and waved to Ye Ying, Ling Xichi and Yu Ze also saw Ye Ying.

Ling Xichi looked at Ye Ying with a smile.

"Yeah, why are General Ling and Master Yu here?" Ye Ying sat beside He Linyuan.

"Come and have a look if you have nothing to do." Ling Xichi took a sip of tea.

"Oh." He Linyuan handed Ye Ying a cup of tea.

Ling Xichi watched the interaction between Ye Ying and He Linyuan in horror.

"You? You? Could it be..." Ling Xichi pointed to Ye Ying and said to He Linyuan.

Just as He Linyuan was about to say something, he was interrupted by Ling Xichi.He Linyuan didn't want to hide it from them.

"He Linyuan, have you sold yourself to Mr. Ye!?"

He Linyuan and Ye Ying looked at Ling Xichi speechlessly.

Yu Ze, who had been drinking tea quietly all this time, just glanced at Ling Xichi lightly, but didn't explain Ling Xichi's misunderstanding.

"It's not like that." Ye Ying waved her hand awkwardly.

"Oh, I see, does He Linyuan owe you money?" Ling Xichi moved closer to Ye Ying.

He Linyuan watched Ling Xichi's actions, and put his hand between Ye Ying and Ling Xichi.

Ling Xichi was a little puzzled by He Linyuan's move, and was about to reach out to pull him down, but was stopped by Yu Ze.

"What's the matter with the two of you? You were fine before, but when Mr. Ye came, you all went wrong. Especially you, Yu Ze." Ling Xichi was even more upset when he saw Yu Ze's hand.

Yu Ze looked at Ling Xichi meaningfully, and after being looked back by Ling Xichi, Yu Ze stopped looking at Ling Xichi.There is a posture that you will not even glance at it if you are killed.

Seeing that Yu Ze did not reply to his words, Ling Xichi turned his head to look at He Linyuan and Ye Ying.

"Let's stay in the mansion for dinner today." After speaking, He Linyuan and Ye Ying left together to lead the way for them.

Yu Ze silently followed, leaving Ling Xichi alone in a daze.

"What's the matter?" Ling Xichi asked a little confused, but still silently followed the three of them.

Ye Ying took out the dishes brought from Xiangjulou, and ordered someone to prepare some more dishes.

The four of them at the dinner table were harmonious, and Ling Xichi and Ye Ying chatted about something.He Linyuan and Yu Ze were chatting about business matters.

After the meal, Yu Ze stayed at the house for a while before he found a chance to talk to He Linyuan alone.

"You and Mr. Ye?"

"Yes, just as you thought."

"When did this happen?"

"A matter of two or three days." He Linyuan said generously.

"..." Yu Ze was speechless.

"Think it over, if Lord Ye knows..." Yu Ze looked straight at He Linyuan.

"Yes, think it over. If I can't spend my life with him, this is my biggest regret." He Linyuan looked in Ye Ying's direction.

"Speaking of which, what happened to you and him?" He Linyuan raised his eyebrows and looked at Yu Ze with a smile.

Yu Ze looked sideways at Ling Xichi not far away, and said slowly: "It's not like that, what else can I do." His words were full of helplessness.

"I advise you to think about it too. After all, I don't think you are like us. If you want to open up that elm bump, then you have to wait. If you really wait until then, I'm afraid it will be too late for everything." He Linyuan patted Yu Ze's shoulder.

Yu Ze looked at Ling Xichi who was smiling brightly and fell into deep thought.

In the evening, Ling Xichi and Yu Ze had already left, and Ye Ying nestled into He Linyuan's arms.He Linyuan hugged Ye Ying with both hands, the two of them were talking, and before they knew it, it was late at night.

Ye Ying realized that it was getting late, so she stopped talking and urged He Linyuan to sleep, because she had to go to court the next day.

He Linyuan listened to Ye Ying's words and consciously fell asleep holding Ye Ying.

Ye Ying was asleep at first, but then woke up again.Seeing He Linyuan's sleeping state, he couldn't help kissing He Linyuan again.

He Linyuan's mouth was soft, thin, and slightly red.He Linyuan's mouth is as good-looking as He Linyuan's.Ye Ying stared intently and couldn't move her eyes away. Ye Ying felt like she had a treasure in her heart, no matter how much she looked at it, she couldn't get enough.

After so many days, Ye Ying still feels like in a dream, she can't believe it.I can't believe that half of the sons in the imperial city who want to marry are taken by me like this.

Ye Ying kissed He Linyuan again, again and again, until He Linyuan showed some signs of waking up, Ye Ying stopped talking.

Ye Ying obediently hugged He Linyuan and fell asleep.It's early morning.

As soon as Ye Ying opened her eyes, there was fluff in front of her eyes.Ye Ying was frightened, and straightened up immediately. Yuanyuan, who was sleeping in front of Ye Ying's face, was frightened and let out a meow.

Ye Ying took a closer look, only to find that it was Yuanyuan. Ye Ying hugged Yuanyuan, and Ye Ying tugged at Yuanyuan's small ears: "If you do this again, I will throw you to my father."

Yuanyuan seemed to understand, and hurriedly rubbed against Ye Ying, as if trying to curry favor with Ye Ying so that he would not let him deliver herself to Ye Hongxin.

In fact, Ye Hongxin was very kind to Yuanyuan, but he loved rubbing Yuanyuan's paws.At the beginning, Yuanyuan was acceptable for Xiaoyugan's sake, but later Ye Hongxin got worse, and Yuanyuan couldn't stand it anymore. Whenever Ye Hongxi touched Yuanyuan, Yuanyuan would scream, and Ye Ying had to fight against her own. Father's murderous eyes hugged Yuanyuan into his arms.

"It's good if you know you're wrong." Ye Ying put Yuanyuan under the bed, and got up to wash herself.

When Ye Ying made herself ready, someone came to report that a young man had come to Xiangju Building and wanted to see Ye Ying.

"Sister Han ordered me to come and pass on the message that Shopkeeper Ye should go back to Xiangju Building soon."

"What happened?" Ye Ying asked the servant.

"I don't know the details, I just came here to pass on a message." The boy shook his head and said.

Ye Ying ordered people to prepare a fast horse, and after changing his clothes, he hurried to the Xiangju building.

Today's Xiangju Building is not as lively as yesterday, the whole lobby is deserted, only the staff of Xiangju Building are there.

Ye Ying entered the door and didn't see Li Ranhan, so she asked a waiter: "Where is Sister Han?"

"Shopkeeper Ye, Sister Han is at the back now." The waiter pointed to the back, just as Li Ranhan opened the curtain and came over.

Seeing Li Ranhan's tired face, Ye Ying asked, "What's the matter, Sister Han?"

"You are here. Today we are open for business as usual, but when our clerk went to the kitchen, he saw a dead body lying on the ground, no longer breathing. We hurriedly reported to the official and told you to come. Now the government has come Yes, it’s in the back kitchen, and the body has been transported away for you to examine.”

After Ye Ying heard it, she really felt incredible, she didn't have any enemies on weekdays, so why did such a thing happen today.

"Did the government find out anything?" Ye Ying asked worriedly.

"Nothing has been found so far, but if we have to cooperate with the officials, I'm afraid the business will be delayed for a long time." Li Ranhan comforted Ye Ying.

"It's fine, as long as you're fine, business or something doesn't matter." Ye Ying patted Li Ranhan on the shoulder, "By the way, I think the wages for the past few days will be paid as usual, and the restaurant should be closed for rest until the matter is over. Say it again."

"Well, it can only be like this now." Li Ranhan sighed.

Li Ranhan told Ye Ying about the situation at that time, and at this time some officials also lifted the curtain.

"I heard that there is another shopkeeper in this Xiangju Building, why haven't I seen him yet?" It was Zhu Zhengqing, Yin of the Imperial City Mansion, who came.

"Master Zhu, don't say you haven't seen him, even I, the shopkeeper, haven't seen him." Ye Ying explained to Zhu Zhengqing.

"How is it possible?" Zhu Zhengqing was skeptical.

"It's true, I really haven't seen him." Ye Ying told Zhu Zhengqing about the incident between him and the second shopkeeper two years ago.

After Zhu Zhengqing finished listening, he didn't make things difficult for Ye Ying, but asked Ye Ying, Li Ranhan and the rest of the staff to go to the government office for questioning.

The questioning continued for a long time, and Ye Ying didn't go back until the moon was hanging in the dark sky.

As soon as Ye Ying went out, she saw a carriage parked at the door. Ye Ying recognized that it was He's carriage and walked over quickly.

The people in the car opened the curtain first, and Ye Ying saw He Linyuan in official uniform.

"You never went back?" Ye Ying climbed into the car and sat beside He Linyuan.

"Well, on the way, I heard someone say that something happened to Xiangju Building. When I rushed over, you had already been taken away. In my capacity, I can't directly intervene, so I can only stay outside and wait for you to come out, Mr. Ye, I'm afraid it will be sooner or later." I just know that he is just as bad at meddling in this matter as I am, so don't blame him." He Linyuan touched Ye Ying's face.

"I don't blame him, I just can't figure out why something happened today when nothing happened on weekdays? And I haven't seen the second shopkeeper until now." Ye Ying leaned in He Linyuan's arms.

He Linyuan was silent for a moment before slowly saying: "I am."

"What are you?" Ye Ying straightened up and looked at He Linyuan.

"It's your second treasurer."

"Don't be kidding." Ye Ying smiled and slapped He Linyuan lightly.

"I'm not kidding." He Linyuan said seriously.

Ye Ying was shocked by what He Linyuan said, "Are you serious!?"

"Well, I was going to investigate today too, but I don't plan to let others know. So I will work hard on you today."

"You kept it from me for so long." Ye Ying hammered He Linyuan's chest hard instead of lightly.

"Forgive me, please." He Linyuan hugged Ye Ying in his arms again.

"You have to tell the reason." Ye Ying no longer broke out of He Linyuan's embrace.

"If I had told you earlier, would you still be running your restaurant well? And if Ling Xichi, Xu Che and Yu Ze knew about it, why wouldn't they all come to eat Bawang's meal? Wouldn't they?" Ye Ying's message The silk felt so good that He Linyuan couldn't put it down.

Ye Ying thought about it for a while, it would be fine if Yu Ze knew about it, but if Ling Xichi and Xu Che knew about it, they wouldn't be able to eat Xiangjulou.

"Actually, the main reason is that if someone with a heart knows about this, it may be harmful to you. I think that today's incident may be specially designed by someone who wants to lure me, the second shopkeeper. This case may be handed over to the Ministry of Criminal Justice. When the time comes I'll check it out."

"And you, a few days ago I asked you to investigate the matter of the second shopkeeper. You hesitated. At that time, I felt strange. It turned out to be like this." Ye Ying hugged He Linyuan tightly again.

"Really smart." He Linyuan praised Ye Ying.

"So you've been dividing my money all these years!" Ye Ying thought suddenly.

"I'll give you all my money, that's fine." He Linyuan always knew that Ye Ying was a little money fanatic.In fact, He Linyuan kept that money untouched.

After He Linyuan and Ye Ying returned to the He Mansion, they washed and rested quickly, and Ye Ying was also tired all day.

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