I do beauty in Jianghu

Late at night, when Bai Muxi dragged his tired body back to the bedroom, Qi Ming was still awake.

He sat on the grand teacher's chair with a cup of tea in his hand, quietly lost in thought.

Bai Muxi felt a little uneasy.

He always felt weird, Liu Chuyun looked at him today very hesitant to speak, and heard Xiaoyu say that after he left during the day, Liu Chuyun and Qi Ming talked for a while, what did Xiaoyu dare not say? Listen, but when Liu Chuyun left, the expression on his face was somewhat desperate.

But seeing Qi Ming's indifferent expression, Bai Muxi vaguely felt that it was not a good word.

He subconsciously resisted, so he hurried to wash up, climbed into bed after washing up, and didn't talk to Qi Ming.

But Qi Ming rarely called out to him.

Bai Muxi sat cross-legged on the bed, holding the quilt in his arms, and the thick quilt in his arms gave him a sense of security. He stared at Qi Ming as if facing a formidable enemy: "What are you doing?"

Qi Ming didn't look at him, his eyes were still fixed on the teacup in his hand.

"Don't you want to hear the truth?"

Bai Muxi immediately said: "I don't want to hear it now!"

"I want to sleep now, I'm so sleepy!"

After he finished speaking, he lay down and wrapped himself in a quilt, trying to block his ears.

Qi Ming's voice sounded out of his control.

"I have a lover."

Bai Muxi froze, her brain exploded with a 'buzz'.

Countless thoughts and pictures raced through his mind, making his already exhausted brain chaotic and slightly dizzy.

He curled up under the quilt for a long time, then slowly sat up, pulled off the quilt, and looked at Qi Ming with wide eyes.

His eyes, panic, shock, grievance, forced calm...

Qi Ming lowered his head and did not respond to his gaze.

Bai Muxi opened his mouth, his voice was very soft and hollow.

"Then...then you should live for your lover too."

Qi Ming said lightly: "He is dead."

Bai Muxi: "..."

At that moment, Bai Muxi had difficulty breathing.

He thought, is Qi Ming lying to me?

As in those little stories, when a pair of lovers are forced to separate, one party will always say some hurtful words to make the lover give up, so that the lover can live in peace and life in the future, leaving himself to suffer alone.

Like a lover.

He stared at Qi Ming's expression, eager to find this possibility from his face.

Qi Ming's expression was very cold and indifferent.

Bai Muxi's fingertips were trembling, but he couldn't help asking. He asked a question that had been buried in his heart for a long time, and asked a name that always appeared in Qi Ming's nightmares in his dreams at midnight.

"It's... the man named Jingshi?"

Hearing this name for the first time, Qi Ming's eyes trembled uncontrollably.

Bai Muxi was instantly heartbroken.

He didn't lie.

The two sat opposite each other, silent for a long time.

Bai Muxi said softly: "I understand."

Your lover is dead.

So you don't want to live anymore.

I have always been a person who is passionate and nosy.

Qi Ming stood up slowly and left the room.

Only then did Bai Muxi realize that there was only one quilt and one pillow left on the bed.

Qi Ming took his things into another bedroom.

Bai Muxi sat on the bed blankly, his face was pale, his eyes were cold, and he repeated a sentence to himself.

"I understand."

……

Bai Muxi stopped asking about Qi Ming's affairs.

He began to focus on Bailiuji's business wholeheartedly.

After not worrying about Qi Ming's consultation fee, Bai Liuji's finances suddenly relaxed a bit, and Qiuniang was finally able to go back to the yard and cook for the family in a down-to-earth manner.

And Bai Muxi's body is gradually recovering. Recently, he has traveled far outside and met many bosses, including restaurant owners.

After he was relieved of the predicament in his heart, his appetite whetted. Shi Chang brought some delicious food from outside to share with everyone at the dinner table. Qiu Niang also worked hard to improve her cooking skills and tried her best to make Bai Muxi fat.

Qiu Chu is still helping in the store, Wen Wen continues to go to school, and Xiao Yu still practices daily with Qi Ming.

But Qi Ming didn't eat at the same table with everyone anymore, he spent more time sitting in the room and practicing exercises to heal his injuries.

For the two of them to suddenly continue to be indifferent to the point of indifference, several members of the family were very panicked, but Liu Chuyun told them not to care about this matter, they could only watch and worry, not daring to talk too much.

That night, Bai Muxi happily returned home with a lunch box.

Today he went to a newly opened restaurant to participate in the ribbon-cutting banquet. The chef of this new restaurant is very skilled and the taste is novel, which is very popular with him. Eat with everyone.

When Qiuniang saw him coming back with a food box, she immediately understood and went to the kitchen with a smile to start the fire.

Bai Muxi brought back five dishes in one go, all of which were packaged just after they were prepared. Among them, a bowl of secret braised pork, although it was half cold, but the meat was still fragrant when the lid was opened, and everyone's index fingers were twitching.

Qiuniang took all the half-warm dishes to the kitchen and warmed them up slightly, then served them again, and fried a few delicious vegetarian dishes to match.

Xiaoyu and Qiuchu are growing their bodies now, and their food intake has increased greatly, compared to eating.

Qiu Niang looked at the children and smiled, and saw that the table was full of dishes that might not be finished, so she tentatively asked Bai Muxi if she wanted to ask Qi Ming to come over to eat, she remembered that Bai Muxi loved to give Qi Ming Buy braised pork to eat.

Bai Muxi was chatting and joking with Qiu Chu, when he heard the words, he said very easily, "Shout."

Qiuniang immediately asked Xiaoyu to shout.

But Xiaoyu showed embarrassment on his face, he groaned for a long time, and when Qiuniang blamed him for only caring about himself, he couldn't help but said: "Mr. is not in the room."

Bai Muxi was taken aback.

Qiuniang wondered: "It's so late, where is he not in the house?"

Xiaoyu whispered: "Recently...Mr. went out as soon as night fell and came back in the early morning."

Qiuniang suddenly became embarrassed, and looked at Bai Muxi.

Bai Muxi said lightly: "Then let's eat."

Xiaoyu looked at Bai Muxi, and held back the words that followed.

He wanted to say that Mr. has been coughing up blood frequently recently, Mr. has been staying up all night, Mr....

Qiu Chu ate a few mouthfuls, and suddenly said: "By the way, young master, I feel that there are some strange people near our shop recently."

Bai Muxi: "What kind of weird person?"

Qiu Chu frowned: "I feel that some people are staring at us, always looking around... Sometimes when I walk on the road, I feel that someone is following me."

Qiuniang suddenly became nervous: "Did you find out who it is?"

Qiu Chu shook his head.

Bai Muxi was not surprised: "I know, it was there a few days ago, and I have asked someone to find out who sent it. I guess there will be news in a few days."

Hearing that he was on guard, Qiu Chu felt relieved and concentrated on eating.

After dinner, each had a rest.

Bai Muxi stood in front of the door of her house but didn't go in. She was dazed for a while, then turned around suddenly, and walked slowly towards the room where Qi Ming was.

The window was pitch black, he hesitated and opened the door, but there was no one in the room.

really not here...

Bai Muxi lowered his head, closed the door and went out again.

The yard was empty, and the moon was as cool as water. He stood in the yard, feeling very stuffy in his heart.

In fact, the chef didn’t prepare the ingredients for braised pork at all today. The chef is good at cooking and has a big temper. He wanted to do whatever he wanted, but he felt that the chef was so good at it, so he had the cheek to please him and made a special serving of braised pork. come out.

He wanted to talk to Qi Ming through the braised pork.

He didn't prevent Qi Ming from eating at the table, it was Qi Ming who didn't come by himself. Ever since he couldn't meet Qi Ming at dinner, he had almost no chance to talk to Qi Ming.

At first, I could bear it, thinking that if you were ruthless, I would give up, and you were running towards death with all your heart, but I still wanted to live well.

But how can the accumulated love be so easily given up.

After a long time, he couldn't hold back anymore, and he would die if he wanted to. Anyway, he's not dead yet, so it's better to talk more and see each other more now, than to close his eyes and walk away in the future, just thinking about it.

When he came home with the braised pork, his mind was full of drafts, thinking about how to talk to Qi Ming.

But I didn't expect that as soon as I got home, I was splashed with invisible cold water.

Bai Muxi went back to the house to sleep in disgrace, but she couldn't sleep well. In the early morning, she vaguely heard movement in the yard, like the sound of small fish.

Who can this little fish talk to in the middle of the night?

Bai Muxi's heart moved, he got up, and when he opened the door, he saw an extremely familiar figure standing in the yard.

Immediately, Bai Muxi's eye sockets turned red in disbelief, and she almost didn't shed tears.

He walked a few steps quickly and came to the yard.

When Xiaoyu saw him coming, he turned his head and ran away. He didn't know what was going on between Bai Muxi and Qi Ming, but subconsciously felt that the two were not dealing with each other. Xiaoyu was most afraid of this kind of scene, and hid whenever he could.

Qi Ming just came back from the outside, and his breath was a little messy. Seeing Bai Muxi walking towards him, he didn't go back to the house immediately, and stood there waiting for him to come.

Bai Muxi rushed over with a solitary courage, but he didn't know what to say when he came in front of him. The matter he discussed with Liu Chuyun and others during the day was caught by him.

"That... you... have you seen any suspicious people recently?"

Qi Ming was at a loss: "What?"

Bai Muxi scratched his head, told about the fact that someone followed him and went around the shop recently, and asked Qi Ming if he had noticed the same abnormality near his home.

"I asked Yin Xin. She asked someone to investigate, but they didn't find any clues. Those people have been watching us for a while, but they haven't done anything. It makes people feel uneasy."

Qi Ming listened for a while, then said disapprovingly, "Maybe they are sneaky thieves staying here, don't worry about it."

Then he turned and left.

Bai Muxi had never seen him perfunctory himself so much, just as he called out 'Qi Ming', the other party closed the door with a 'touch'.

Bai Muxi froze on the spot, feeling extremely uncomfortable in her heart, tears fell down when she failed to live up to her expectations.

He wiped away his tears resentfully, scolding himself inwardly for being worthless, he also turned his head and walked towards his own room.

Fuck you! ! !

"One more word to you! I was hit by a carriage and killed when I went out!!!"

He cursed viciously in his heart!

But when I went home the next evening, I was surprised to see Qi Ming not going out, but sitting in his room, playing with the teacup on his table, waiting for him to come back.

Bai Muxi hesitated again.

"Is...is there something wrong?"

Qi Ming looked up at him with a calm expression: "I want to ask you..."

Bai Muxi was extremely nervous.

Qi Ming: "Do you want to do business with Jiang Hu people?"

Bai Muxi was taken aback.

Doing business with quacks?

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